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The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-02-22
CAUSED REIGN OF TERROR.
Murderous Band for Some Time Has
Ruled Wilkesbarre Reuion.

Murderous Band for Some Time Has
Ruled W%ilkesbarre Region.
Wilkesbarre, Pa. Feb. 17.-Twenty-
five Italians. accused of being mem
bers of Black Hand gangs which have
terrorized communities in the upper
portion of this county for the last two
years and suspected of three or more
murders. were captured yesterday in a
series of rapid raids, directed by the
district attorneys office in this city.
The aid of Troop B Of the state po-
lice, commanded by Capt. j. w. Page
and Lieut.. Lumley, and comprising
f%orty-five troopers, was secured by the
county, and these, with the detectives,
made the arrests.
Attack Is Murderous.
The raids have been carefully plan
ned for the last two weeks, yer since
an assault upon the home of Charles
and Joseph Ritz of Upper Pittston.
On hat occasion the Black Hand
gang, after failing to frighten the
brothers by the usual method OF threat
ening letters into paying over several
hundred dollars in tribute, surrounded
the house with ten men at midnight,
and for half an hour, until the police
arrived, maintained a steady fusillade
in the endeavor to kill the two men,
their wives and children.
This is one of many cases of muir
derous assault and outrage of which
various members of the gang are sus-
pected.
Guilty of Many Murders.
1t is believed they are guilty of three
mysterious murders in the Pittston
district in the last two years.. each OF
which the police were unable to solve,
and it is alleged that they have been
conducting a systematic reign Of ter
ror in a. number of the mining districts
of the section and living off the fears
of their fellow countrymen.
In many of these small mining vii
lagos the Italians pay regular tribute
to the gang in order to secure protec-
ton.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-02-22
CAUGHT in Ice Hoist.

Waterloo. Iowa, Feb. 17.-John r.
Simpson was caught in the machinery
of the chute at the ice house and was
probably fatally injured. He was car
ried almost to the top of the chute be-
fore his cries brought assistance. His
right leg was broken in four places
and the flesh was horribly mangled.
He may die.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-02-22
WAGE MAIL ORDER FIGHT.
La Crosse County Men Hold Discus
sion on Methods.

La Crosse County Men Hold DISCUS
sion on Methods.
La Crosse, Wis, Feb. 1.-THE cam
paign against the mail order houses
cussion at the quarterly meeting of the
La Crosse County Agricultural, Hortl'
cultural and Dairy association, at
which more than half the farmers OF
La Crosse county were present.
w. E. Barber, a newspaper publisher,
campaign here against the mail order
business from the standpoint of the
consumer as we'll as the country mer-
chant, led the discussion.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-02-22
$4,000 for y. M. C. A

Davenport, Iowa, Feb. II. - E. S.
Crossett, a wealthy lumberman of this
city, has offered to give s5O 5000 for a
Y. NJ. G. A. building in this city, pro-
vided an additional $4,000 is raised
by the citizens.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-02-22
Safe Blowers Wake Town.

Hillsboro, Ind, Feb. 15.-The safe
in the Citizens bank at Yeddo was
blown open by FIVE men and $1,000 sc.
cured. The explosion was heard
throughout the town. The robbers a.
capped.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-02-22
Guilty of Many Murders.
Father of Late Senator Davis Dead

Buffalo, N. Y, Feb. II. = Horatio
Nelson Davis, father of the late sena-
tor Cushman X. Davis of Minnesota.
died at midnight here at the home OF
his daughter, Mrs. Thomas T. Nor
ford. He was ninety-five years old.
The body will be taken to Waukesha.
Wis, for burial.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-02-22
Poisoned bx Gas: NAV Die.

Minneapolis, Feb. 17.-Mary Rad
nitz was overcome by gas in her room
and it is feared that she may die. 1t
is supposed that in extinguishing the
light she was careless and feft the key
of the gas burner only partly turned
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-02-22
Political Situation Alarming.

Buenos Ayres, Feb. 15.-The pol1ti-
cal situation in several provinces OF
Argentina, according to reports preva-
lent here are alarming. Extraordinary
precautions to preserve order have
been taken.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-02-22
WhIteIaw Reid is Sick.

London, Feb. 10. Ambassador
Whitelaw Reid. it is reported, is sui
fering from influenza. His physicians
have advised him to go abroad for a
week or two. but his official duties at
this time make this impossible.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-02-22
Operators Get Raise.

New York, Feb. 15.-An increase OF
10 per cent in the salaries of telegraph
operators at the company principal
offices throughout the country was an
nounced by the Western Union Tele-
graph company yesterday.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-02-22
Comb Is Fatal TOY.

Sioux Falls, S. D., Feb. 17.-As the
result OF playing with a celluloid
comb and holding it over a lighted
lamp, the three-year-old daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. John Frank of Hosmer
met with a horrible death.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-02-22
$4,000 Families Hungry.

Lodz, Russian Poland, Feb. 19.-As a
result of the prolonged strike by the
men employed in the largest factories
here. not less than $4,000 families OF
Lodz are in dire straits for want OF
food.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-02-22
Criminal.

Policeman James Wright and James
Barrett of ~Middlesboro, KY, shot and
killed each other in a raid on an al
legged gambling resort.
The safe in the Citizens bank at
Yeddo, Ind, was blown open by five
men and $1,000 secured. The explo-
sion vas heard throughout the town.
After a running fight, in which shot
after shot vas exchanged, four men
who attempted to hold up a Lake
Shore E. Michigan Southern freight
train were captured near Terre Couna,
Ind.
William Golf. night cashier in the
Capitaf restaurant at Bellaipe, Ohio,
was shot and instantly killed by G. L.
Perham, deputy state game warden
for Belmont county. A quarrel pre-
coded the murder.
Warner Townley. tried for having
killed his brother at the union station
on Aug. 4, 1906, was acquitted in st.
Louis. Townley's defense was that he
drawn a knife on him.
In the rear of a saloon in the opera
house block at Kokomo, Ind, Wesley
Peters, seventy-five years old, was
found dead with his skull crushed, in
dicating murder. A bank book show
ing $4,000 recently checked out was
found in his pocket.
Lottie Hawkins was stabbed to death
with a pair of shears in the female
ward of the penitentiary at Mounds
vile. w. Va, by Ada Cross. a notori-
III convict. Both women are federal
prisoners, sent there from the District
of Columbia, and about thirty years OF
age.
Mrs. Fred West, proprietor of the
West lying-in hospital at Des Moines,
was bound over to the grand jury IN
$4,000 bonds on a charge Of murder
in the first degree. 1t Is alleged that
Mrs. West instructed a nurse to give
Baby limits parents are unknown
ten drops of laudanum to put it out OF
its misery.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-02-22
SAYS ROBBERS MURDERED WIFE.
Hanson Alleges He Was slugged by
Burglars.

Moorhead, Mimi, Feb. 17.-Stephen
Hanson, the wealthy Tansep man who
is charged with brutality numbering his
wife and f%ve-year-old son and who is
in Jail here, has issued a long state
ment denying that he is guilty n de-
claring that the murders were commit
ted by robbers. who also knocked him
~senseless.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-02-22
Two hano for Assault.

Russellville, KY, Feb. 17-Guy Lyon
and Polk Fletcher. white men. were
hanged yesterday for an assault upon
Mary Glades, a young German girl,
two years ago.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-02-22
People Talked About.

Mrs. Lucy L%angdell, one OF the pio-
neer women of Iowa Falls, Iowa, is
dead
Senator Howard Robb died at his
home in Arkansas City, Ark, after a
protracted illness from malarial fever.
Hugh Mcmillan, a well known bust
ness man and brother of United States
Senator James Mcmillan, died in De-
troit from diabetes.
Owing to i'll health, t. III. Pardo
Tavera, one of the native members of
the Philippine commission. has e
granted a leave of absence for six
months.
Sir William Howard Russell, editor
of the British Army and Navy Gazette,
is dead. He was eighty-six years old.
He was a famous wal correspondent
and in that capacity served the Lon
don Times at the battle of Bull Run.
Western Kansas world., 1907-05-18
v0DA.

Ralph kristof was out among them. Sunday.
Wheat has revived wonderfully since the
rain.
Ralph Horak and father visitors at
Wa-Keeney. Saturday
r. Owen attended the Masonic blow out at
Wa-Keeney. Monday night
Some green bugs in the wheat but not
enough to do any material damage
The Sunday school at voda viii take rest
until the patrons get time to attend
]. Bailey and Fred Hickman. of Collyer.
were visiting Schwanbeck Bros. Sunday
Mrs. c. Thiel and daughters. Anna. Kamela
and Matte were visitors at voda. Sunday
W. D. Austin has gone over his corn once.
1t coming up nicely but the late freeze
put the fixings on it.
Potatoes are. frozen to the grond and the
leaves have all fell on the peach trees and
the trees look as if they We're dead
J. Kristoff. of Blue Rapids. is visiting his
mother. He is enjoying himself at old
fashioned game of cards. He has been play
ing for six days and nights and when he gets
through with the game he win be ready to
visit his friends
The farmers around voda are talking up n
farmers elevator and a cooperative store at
yoda- Mr. Schimkowitsch laid the matter
Western Kansas world., 1907-05-18

We want to write your HAIL
INSURANCE for 1907, and will put
you in good reliable companies,
that will pay you cash as soon as
any losses that may occur are
adjusted. This present wheat
crop promises too good for you
to risk the Hail storms, and
while the present rates seem a
little high, our past experiences
for the last 20 years in writing
HAIL insurance right here in
Trego county is that the compa-
nies have not made any money
out of writing hail business So
do not take the chances, nor put
it off till Decoration day, but
COME in at ONCE, and have us
write your Insurance.
r. G.. WILSON.
Western Kansas world., 1907-05-18
BIG CREEK.

The barley crop prospects seem quite good
Elihu Altman using the sidewalks of
Ellis last week.
Miss Lilia Gross and Miss Clara Mason visited
at Mr. j. F. Barclays last Saturday
The Congregational people in Ellis have be-
gan work their new church in that city.
Miss Bertha and Lydia Glass and Mr.. John
Wages visited at Frank Cross's last Sunday
evening.
Samuel Glass has received his new Economy
cream separator last Saturday and is very well
pleased with it's work.
Several of the people from around Ridge
way atterded the Sunday school convention
at Silver Lake last Sunday.
The Golden Belt Elevator Stockholders held
meeting in Ellis Tuesday to perfect the
ganiZation of their company.
The report is that Miss Matte Teeters
health is improving splendidly since she went
back to'the hospital at Topeka.
o. S. Hofer and Chris Huck are both invest
ing in the new style of horse collar that dis
penses with the harness team.
The foundation under Ross & waldo's imple-
ment house in Ellis is crumbling and they are
putting concrete wall against it the out
side.
Miss Clara Mason after spending a couple of
weeks visiting with friends in Glencoe left for
her home in Mcpherson County last Monday
morning.
The Sunday School Convention at Silver
Lake last Sunday was well attended and the
talks of those on the program were mostly
very entertaining.
James Coleman. one of lhe road overseer's
of Ellis township is doing some good solid work
on the public road leading to Ellis from the
south Wednesday
c. NJ. Lohn of Glencoe has invested in an
other quarter section of land adjoining his
farm. he says he cannot sell out SO he thought
he would buy so as to keep someone busy
Cold for the season the first of the week.
quite little snow Tuesday. big frost on
Wednesday morning. Pastures are getting
pretty good now Stock generally are along
well. Farmers are busy putting in their feed
crops The prospects for a big crop of wheat
gets better every day
Western Kansas world., 1907-05-18
OGAILAH.

j. A Rich is laid up with the mumps.
A. " Hixson shipped of hogs. Tuesday.
Ben Mapes sold his wheat this week to Yost.
Rock Springs nut-the best summer coal
Ross Waldo.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. D. Yetter attended the Ma
sonic entertainment at Wa-Keeney Monday
night.
George Hunt and his mother arrived from
the east recently and are visiting with Chas.
Marquand.
Jess Cortright is producidg one of the finest
pieces of the decorators art in G. G. Yetter s
new house.
VIII Harvey has recovered from the meas
les and is out again. but he regrets missing the
ball game very much
Orval Huddleston had a hard fall from a
scafold on the hall. but luckily escaped
with few bruises and a shaking up.
The Sunday school convention which was
postponed from May will be held in Ogallah
May 18th. with the same program originally
printed in the county papers.
Mrs. w. A Tawney is i'll with the mumps.
Mr.. Tawney has so far recovered from them
as to be able to run the station for her. while
Joe Marquand takes his place behind the
counter
The people in this vicinity are very indig-
nant about the wagon road on the south side
of the track between here and Wa-Keeney
being plowed up. as it will throw them out of a
direct and smooth road to the county seat. 1t
has been understood that the commissioners
had this strip leased from the railway. but it
seems they have neglected to keep it open.
AS the road was public for more than twenty
years it is hard to understand how it can be
closed The merchants of Wa-Keeney should
look into this matter if they desire trade from
this locality as it will make Wa-Keeney
farther than Ellis. and worse road
Western Kansas world., 1907-05-18
r. c. WILSON.

When your food has not been
properly digested the entire sys-
tenn is impaired in the same pro-
portion Your stomach needs
help. Kodol for Indigestion and
Dyspepsia not only digests what
you eat, it tones the stomach and
adds strength to the whole body.
Makes rich, pure blood Kodol
conforms to the National Pure
Food and Drug Law Sold by
W. w Gibson.
Western Kansas world., 1907-05-18
COLLYER.

Miss Frances Glenn has been very ill with
measles
This locality was visited by a copious shower
Thursday.
Joe Yanda and E. w. o'Toole shipped hogs
last week.
More strangers in town Saturday than for
some time.
vigorating.
Miss Hannah Luck is assisting Mrs. Briggs
with her work
about the 18th.
To say the wind blew like blazes Sunday is
putting it mildly.
Jake Dietrich is able to be up town after
his severe illness.
wm Lormer is convalescing after a sever
dose of the measles.
Miss Biehler returned to her home at Bosnia.
Wednesday evening.
Mrs F. walz and Mrs. Walters took a trip to
wa-Keeney. Saturday.
Many from here have had to go to Osborne to
testify at the Busl<irk trial
Mr.. and Mrs. w. vanscyoc are spending a
few days with his parents
Clyde GuSchewSky spent saturday ana
Sunday at the Kessler Ranch.
The Ronow Art Car can be found on Main
street and will remain for ten days.
C. c. Hicl1man's store presents CHEEKY
look with a stock of bright, fresh goods.
The young son of Emery Cass. who broke
his arm last week. is getting along nicely
Dr. Lacerte has moved his family to Mrs
Scott's former residence near the track
So fre,r,
recent attack of the measles to be able to
be up.
The box social at the Congregational church
Thursday evening was social and financial
success.
Misses Biehler and Glenn closed their schools
last Wednesday with very pleasing program
which did justice to both teachers and pupils
The next chicken Chase Wilson finds
wandering around with its head on win be his
broil-that is unless Belle Glenn insists the
bird is her property
c. c. Hickman received $500 this week from
his insurance through the local agent John j.
Harrison. He previously received $500 on his
loss making 5000 received.
Susan and TUFTS Guschewslxy made a pleas
ant surprise call Chas. King. Saturday. it
being his birthday. and presented him with a
beautiful shell as memento of the day.
Jim Yanda' s new meat market will meet the
approval of all and he cannot begin the dis
pensing of steak any too soon for the people.
He has the best wishes for success of all his
friends
DIR. Lacerte- rumor says. has vacated his
shack to give it to Charlie Glenn to live in
so he viii not have to build. Well we always
considered the doctor very thoughtful and
generous. How about it Charlie. there's GER
( tainly room in it for two:
Mrs John Glenn has just been notified by
large music publishing house in Ohio that her
compositions have been accepted as far SUI
perior to many of the successes on the mar
ket today and her pieces win soon be sale
in all the leading music stores of the country
The shower and wind of Thursday blew
about forty of the friends of Mr.. and Mrs. E
Gusche ewsky into their residence for dinner. it
being the tenth anniversary of their marriage
The surprise well the wedding feast was
complete and all did ample Justice to the
delicious and tempting viands. after which the
Western Kansas world., 1907-05-18

before the people and calling meeting was
talked of. and the farmers all seem to be in
favor of it, but they all want to hold the
meeting on Sunday as they haven't time dur
ing week day, you see failure written
on the face of it now. think it would be a
good thing for Voda. but if the farmers around
here haven't time to attend the meeting a
week day they had better let the job out to
someone that has. Yours for elevator.
cooperative store and bank at Voda
Western Kansas world., 1907-05-18
COMMISSIONERS PROCEEDINGS.
(Aprl meeting continued)
Wa-Keeney. Kans-. May IL. 1907

The board of county commissioners met to-
day at the once of the county clerk as per
adjournment April Sd. 1907 The following
members of the board were present. to-wit:
@. w. Lynn chairman. Jones Walsh commits
sioner and the county clerk Commissioner w
F. King not being present
In the matter of the cement arch bridge
across Spring creek between sections ? and
IL township Is range 21 there were four bids
on file with the county clerk for the con-
struction of the same. which were considered.
to-wit.
Henry Mcclure. Hays City. kans-. $685.
Fener S Enermeyer. Wa-Keeney- KanS-.
$1,000
W. R. Boyd Ellis Kans-. S475
Jonas Moore. Ellis Kans-, 131-
After due consideration the contract was
let to w. R. Boyd at S475. said bridge TO be
completed by the 18th day of July A D. 1907
Western Kansas world., 1907-05-18

west entrance to the court house there were
several bids on file with the county clerk all of
which were rejected by the board
On motion the board decided to build q
cement walk from the east entrance to the
court house. This additional walk to be in
sealed bids for construction of same to be
ceiyed by the county clerk up to noon on the
3ro day of June A. D. 1907
SAID walk to be constructed follows The
east walk to be inches in thickness. the low
er part or foundation to be six inches thick. to
be composed of part Portland cement
and SIX parts sand. the face surface to De 2
inches IN thickness composed of l part Port
land cement and two parts sand This walk to
be creased or so constructed that loads can be
hauled over
The first 81 feet from west entrance of court
house west to be constructed with mat erial
prOpOrtlOned the same above stated and
face same thickness. the balance of walk from
this point west to west entrance to grounds to
be as follows face or surface to be the same
and one-half inches in thickness proportioned
as above The walks to be same width old
walks.
During this session the following accounts
were audited and warrants drawn in favor OF
the parties. tO-wit:
F. F. Weller plowing and narrowing
court yard and hauling four loads of
F. B. Acre assessing SO days coming
after and returning books. Collyer
James Walsh day Com. meeting and
mileage so
G. w. Lynn day Com. meeting and
mileage , 20
No further business appearing the board ad-
journed sine die.
Attest: w. n. LARABEE.
lsEAL-]s County Clerk.
Western Kansas world., 1907-05-18

afternoon spent in pleasant chat and
music until nearly sun down when the guests
departed for their respective homes wishing
the host and hostess many happy returns of
the day. leaving them beautiful wardrobe
couch in remembrance of the delightful oc-
caSion
Western Kansas world., 1907-05-18
II. f. OSTERKHMP.
Wholesale and Retail Dealer In
FLOUR. FEED. GRIM.

phone 82-fve kinds of
at prices; ;twok
flour Milfeed Bran Shorts Corn Chop Chicken
Hay Butcher seed Mammoth
cornguaranteed Kafircorn Red Texas OATS
English AultInan & Taylor
shingA andE Engines
Western Kansas world., 1907-05-18

Picked pork at Bakers.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-05-30
WAS NOT IN CHARGE.
Officer Huskey Had Nothing TO Do
With Loss of Prisoner Bird.

Officer c. ]. Huskey did not have
charge of the prisoner, Bird, Monday
evening Immediately before the
mans escape. City Officer Earnest
Hughes as was stated yesterday did
take charge of the man as was stated
in yesterdays paper but Officer Hus-
KEY was not connected with the case.
Hughes took the man out of the
county Jail and went with him to
get his check cashed. Later while
in the custody Of Sam Snider, the
prisoner prevailed upon his keeper
to allow the liberty which resulted
in his escape.
After his recent capture, Bird, will
exercise every precaution for elud-
ing the officers and the chances Of
recovering him are slight. Several
clues have been obtained, however,
as to his course after leaving here
and it is possible that he may be
recaptured.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-05-30
THEY WERE welded
AFTER MIDNIGHT

Not even night strange surround
ings. rain and wintry weather can
forcstall determined young man
who Is on matrimony bent who has
the whcrewlthal for the license, and
a little tribute for the minister, that
is, provided the young man IS accom-
panied By a young woman similarly
bent and equally determined,
Allen Chapman was the young man
who met these qualifications last
night and surmounted these obsta-
cles. Miss Annie way Baker was the
lady In the case and Is now Mrs.
Allen Chapman.
Allen Chapman Is tho railway mail
clerk on the Plainyiew branch Of the
Pecos valley which has just been
given mail service this week, Yes
terday after his arrival from his run
he was met by Miss Baker but when
Miss Baker arrived the hour was so
late that the couple had TO 90 to the
county clerks residence to procure
the license. It was after midnight
when the couple left the clerks res
idence to 90 to the home Of Rev
H.. C. Kirkes. At the Kirkes resi-
aence they succeeded in awakening
such members Of the family as were
at home and then learned that the
head OF the family was In Chatta-
nooga. Mrs. Kirkes gave the young
couple such advice and sympathy az
she could and directed them to the
residence Of Rev. Ferguson. After
some wandering, owing to the fact
that they we're strangers in the town
the couple reached the Methodist
parsonage and found the minister a
home. After some minor prepare
tons, Rev. Ferguson appeared, tie'
the nuptial knot, gave his blessing
and Mr.. and Mrs. Chapman went Of
their way with thankful and happ'
hearts.