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The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-01-04

A passenger train was wrecked at
Moncrief, Fla. John Homer, coloren,
fireman, was killed and three others
injured.
The siXty-horsepower touring car OF
Joseph Letter ran down and instantly
killed Samuel West, a fourteen-year
old boy in Washington.
Four persons were burned, three ia
tally, as a result of a natural gas ex
plosion in the home of John Carvel at
Washington, Pa, neal Pittsburg.
Fire which broke out at the ship
yards at Newport News caused $780,
DOC damage. A fireman was fatally In
jured. The Old Dominion liner JET
ferson was damaged.
The Buffalo Pittsburg flyer struck a
trolley care at the Lake street grade
crossing at A%shtabula, Ohio. The
street car was demolished. One per
son was killed and fourteen injured.
The steamer Empire State of Mil
waukee, n of the fleet of the Barry
Transportation company, vas dam
aged to the extent of $4,000 by a fire
which started in the engine room of
the boat.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-01-04
Foreign.

The passive resistance strike of %,
600 Of the Austrian postal service.
which was begun several days ago, has
ended.
A sailboat with twenty-five persons
on board was overturned neal Montego
Bay, jamaica. Sixteen passengers
were drowned.
The Ecuador national assembly for
mally elected Gen. Elroy Alfaro, the
acting president, to be constitutional
president for four years.
A bomb exploded in the Rambla, one
of the principal thoroughfares of Bar
celona. One man was wounded. Three
anarchists have been arrested,
An unknown traveller dropped a
bomb in the railway station at Khar-
kov, Russia. Two passengers were
killed and many We're wounded.
The contract for the British battle
ship Superb, the third of the Dread
naughts, has been awarded to the
Armstrong; of Observation-Disclosures.
Baron Hengelmuller, Austrian am
DdoSttuOJ dl dSIllISIOH, VIII III
from the diplomatic service about the
middle OF 1907. He has already served
the usual Austrian term of service,
forty years.
The president of the South Manchu-
rian railway says that the people guild
ing the management of the company
forbid the granting of preferential
treatment to persons of any nationali-
ty, Japanese or otherwise.
Grown Prince Frederick Wilhelm
emulated his fathers custom of dis
tributing money on Christmas eve.
He walked the streets of Potsdam, ac-
companied by an aide, and scattered
new mark pieces among the people.
Half of the town of africa, in Chile,
has been destroyed by an earthquake
and other towns in the neighborhood
have suffered more or less severely.
With the recollection of the August
disaster fresh in their minds, the peo-
pie in the earthquake zone are greatly
alarmed.
A Christmas lottery prize of $780,
900 was won by the inmates Of the
workhouse at Evora, Spain. All the
paupers, numbering 1000, subscribed
each a few coppers to buy a ticket in
the drawing. When they received the
prize they held a great farewell ban
quet at which all drank champagne.
The workhouse is now empty.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-01-04
Personal,

DR.. William Herbst of TreXlertown.
Pa, widely known as a botanist, is
dead.
William e. Smith, president of the
United Mine Workers of Illinois, died
at Coal City, III.
Bishop Henry Cosgrove of the Ro-
man Catholic diocese of Davenport,
Iowa, died after a long illness.
Count Eugene Itchy, the Hungarian
statesman and Central Asian explorer,
died at Budapest of apoplexy. He "a
born in 1897.
DR.. Alois Pister, one of the biggest
men in Milwaukee, is dead. DIR. PTS
ter was six feet four inches tall and
weighed 400 pounds.
Harrison Parkman. the man who
first brought alfalfa from South Amer
lea and planted it in the United States.
died at Emporia, Kan, aged seventy
three.
Charles F. Thwing, d. D., LII. D.,
president Of the Western Reserve Uni
versity Of Cleveland, and Miss Mary
Gardiner Dunning were married at
Auburn, N. Y.
DR.. William Albert Noyes. editor Of
the Journal of the American Chemical
reau of standards at Washington, d.
c., has accepted the position of profess
sor of chemistry and director of the
chemical laboratory in the University
of Illinois.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-01-04
). J. HILL SOON TO RETIRE.
Says He Will Shift Burden Upon His
Son First of Next JULY.

says He Will Shift Burden Upon His
Son First Of Next July.
st. Paul, Dec. 80. - James J. Hill,
president of the Great Northern rail-
road, will retire from active business
and active management of his many
mammoth enterprises July 1. 1907.
The announcement comes from MI.
Hill himself. His will be his
second son.. Louis w. Hill. first vice
president of the Great Northern.
From time to time in the past few
years there have been rumors that Mr..
Hill was planning to retire. The def
mite time for the retirement has never
been announced until yesterday. when
MI. Hill himself named July / next as
the date for getting out of harness. He
said:
Il have planned to retire as soon as
l could safely do so. BY that time l
shall be able to leave the work OF a
lifetime, the business here, on a safe.
sound base that will endure"
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-01-04
SHOT By A NEGRO SOLDIER.
Chinaman Wounded While Resisting
HoId-Up.

Ell Reno, Okla, Dec. 3O.-Resisting
an attempted holdup in his laundry
last night, Lee Sung. a Chinaman, was
shot and dangerously wounded by an
unknown negro, who wore the uniform
Of the United States army. The as
sailant escaped. Soldiers from Fort
Reno, the sheriff's force, police and
many posses of citizens are searching
for him.
The numerous ,outrages perpetrated
by negroes, believed to be discharged
soldiers of the Twentv-1fth infantry,
have aroused the public to an intense
degree.
The negro was dressed in the full
uniform Of the United States army,
but it is not known whether he Is u
member Of the negro troops now sta
toned at Fort Reno or one of the dis
charged soldiers.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-01-04
INJUNCTION
FOR STOCK ISSUE
ATTORNEY GENERAL e. 7. YOUNG
FILES COMPLAINT AGAINST
GREAT NORTHERN.
PLAINLY IGNORING The LAW

st. Paul, Dec. 2S.-Attorney General
Young yesterday began suit in the dis
trict court to prevent the proposed is
sue of 100000, 900 new stock of the
Great Northern, which was to have
been made Jan. 4.
The court is asked to issue a perma-
nent injunction against the issue OF
the stock and a temporary restraining
order, pending the hearing of the suit.
The complaint says that the stock
of the Great Northern is limited bv it's
charter from the state to 100000 300
and that additional stock a only be is
sued with the consent of the state rail-
road and warehouse commission. after
a public hearing as to the necessity for
the issue.
Unauthorized Increase.
The complaint says that on March 1,
1906, the road had increased it's stock
to $3.50, 900 1000. some of the increase
being without authority. and that it Is
now proposed to add $G0,000.0O more
Jan. 4. The interest on this $60,000.-
600 at Z per cent, the complaint points
out, will add 81 1900, 900 to the annual
fixed charges of the road, a great part
Of which of necessity will be paid by
the people of Minnesota in freight and
passenger charges.
The complaint insists that the road
should have given the commission no.
tice of the proposed increase that it
might inquire into the purposes for
which the money is to be used and the
necessity therefor.
Violation of Law.
All these facts the complaint holds,
constitute a gross subversion and vio-
lation of the law, which will result in
great damage to the state if not pre-
vented.
Reports from New York say that
news of the beginning of the action
caused a decided drop in the price OF
the stock of both the Great Northern
and Northern Pacific.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-01-04
General.

Just as he presented a Christmas
gift to his wife, Thomas Cardin OF
Philadelphia dropped dead of heart
disease. ~.
Rev. T. X. Crowley of st. Patrick's
church, at Dennison, Tex, while put
ting on his vestments to celebrate high
mass, dropped dead.
While kneeling in his stable, fixing
a ranger Charles Riemer Of Oconto,
Wis, died, Of heart disease. His wife
found him dead on his knees.
Fifteen-year-old Gilbert Schuerman,
living near Mount Pleasant, Iowa, won
the first prize, a fine sulky pillow, for
the best ten ears of yellow corn TX
hihited at the corn show.
President Fell of st. Johns college,
Annapolis, Md, has denied positively
that any Of the students of his institu-
ton took part in the .~lynching of the
negro, Harry Davis, Friday morning.
n: Miss Esther Rankin has secured a
Verdict of $1,000 damages against H.
L.. Schultz, a druggist OF Belmond,
Iowa, for. an alleged error on the part
of the druggists clerk in giving her
carbolic acid instead of camphor.
John.Sterlin..and attorney of Chica-
60, has*besh" disharred. by the state
supreme court. He was recently in.
dicted on a charge of participating in
alleged frauds, said to have. been en-
gineered by Thomas Cameron of Mil
waukee.
Mrs. James G. Blaine. Jr., formerly
Miss Martha Hichborn, who secured a
divorce in South Dakota several days
ago, announced that she would soon be
married to Paul S. Pearsall of New
York, a lieutenant in the regiment OF
rough riders during the war with
Spain.
A deed Of trust fled for record in
Chicago involves a gift of $50,0 900 by
William r. Porter of Washington, d.
c., to the Northwestern university,
The gift. however, is conditioned OF
the payment by the university OF. 4
per cent on the $4,000 to the three
daughters Of MI. Porter. and their sur
viyors.
William Dutton, aged sixty-two,
world renowned equestrian and circus
man, died at Cincinnati. His death was
directly due to a blow on the head
which he received about two months
ago from thugs.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-01-04
cAssATT DIES IN HARNESS.
Railroad President and Financier
Passes AWAY Suddenly.

Philadelphia, Dec. 80. - Alexander
Cassatt, president of the Pennsylvania
Railroad company and n of the fore
most railroad men and fnanciers in
the country, died suddenly at his resi-
dence here yesterday. Mr.. Cassatt,
who was a little more than sixty-seven
years of age, was stricken with heart
disease shortly before ] o'clock and
died before assistance could be given
him. His malady is known profession
ally as 1.-The Stokes-Adams symbrone."
Though Mr.. Cassatt's death was en-
tirely unexpected, he had been in i'll
health for nearly a year. His condition
was aggravated by an attack of whoop-
ing cough, which he contracted from
his grandchildren while at Bar Harbor
in September. He never entirely re-
covered from the effects of the attack.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-01-04
FOREST RESERVES.
More Than 100000 Acres Withdrawn
From Settlement.

Washington, Dec. 80. = The acting
commissioner of the general land of.
Ace has announced the withdrawal o.
537.920 acres of land for forest reserve
purposes, included in the Sacramento
range of mountains in South Central
New Mexico. The acting commission.
er also announced the withdrawal OF
512.720 acres in Routt county. Colo.
RADIO. west of the continental divide,
for similar purposes. He also with
drew for forest reserve purposes 4s3,-
COG acres of land lying in Southwest
ern Colorado, near Durango, and 1856,
$50 acres in California adjoining the
klamath forest reserve, on the wes.
and the Oregon border on the north.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-01-04
CONVICT JUMPS FROM TRAIN.
Makes Daring Escape From Sheriff

Makes Daring Escape From Sheriff
While on Way to Saltwater.
Shakopee, Mimi, Dec. 3O.-Convict-
ed of grandNarceny in the second de.
gree and sentenced to serve five years
in the penitentiary at Saltwater, a
prisoner made his escape from the Gus.
tody of Sheriff Freer of Blue Earth
county while on the way to the prison
by jumping through a window of one
of the coaches while the train was
slowly moving through the city.
Sheriff Freer, assisted by Sheriff
Wagner of Scott county and several
deputies, r securing the woods and
bluffs north of the city; where the
convict is supposed to be in hiding. :,
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-01-04
NO FUEL; WOMAN FREEZES.
Homesteader Reports Death of Claim
holder.

Ray, N. D.. Dec. %. - Amel Low
rehce a homesteader living near here,
went to his claim just before the re-
cen blizzard and since has been snow
bound, only reaching town yesterday.
Lowrence reports that a m
who held a claim near his own was
frozen to death. She had no fuel in
her shack and was unable to withstand
the severity of the weather.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-01-04
GUMS REcoIL KILLS FARMER.
Butt Strikes Him in the Abdomen
With Fatal Effect,

Eldora, Iowa, Dec. 2s.-Samuel Wis
ner a veteran of the Civil war. died
from the effects of injuries received
while examining a shotgun. He at
tempted to raise the hammer of the
gun, when it suddenly was discharged
and the force of the explosion was so
great as to jar the mans intest1nes,
the gun being held against the abdo-
men as it was discharged.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-01-04
PAYS se,ooo,o 900 CASH.
One Hundred. rh9u An Nh Acres Of

One HUNDRED. housanN Acres Of Vir-
einia Timber Changes Hands.
Spokane, Wash. Dec. 3O.-What is
said to be the biggest cash lumber
deal ever negotiated has just been
closed here by the payment of $4,000.
900 for 100000: acres Of virgin timber,
estimated to contain more than $500 :
000,00 feet of lumber. /.
The timber is that portion of the
Panhandle Of Idaho lying between the
st. Joe and st. Marie rivers.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-01-04
SWEPT BY FIERCE STORMS
RAILROADS IN NORTHERN ENG
LAND AND SCOTLAND ARE
TIED UP.

London, Dec. 30.-It is man years
since Central Europe generally has
suffered so severely from an arctic Wis
itation as it has this Christmas week.
From France. Belgium, Switzerland,
Germany and Austria Hungary the
same tale is repeated of heavy snow
storms. the interruption OF railroad.
vehicular and Geographic commun1ca-
ton, the loss of life and general dis
comfort and inconvenience in the
towns as we'll as in the country dis
tricts.
According to reports received fro
northern points in the United King
dom the storm situation is growing
worse
Heavy Loss of Life.
The heavy snow storms are accom-
panied by violent gales and have re-
suited already in a serious railroad &C
cident near Arbroath. Scotland. in
which sixteen were killed. Railroad
traffic in Northern England and liz
Scotland Is becoming completely tied
up.
Many trains are ~showbound and pas
sengers are suffering from cold and
hunger. The gales have caused many
minor casualties along the coasts.
Disasters at Sea.
Among the worst sea disasters thus
Tar reported is the wreck of the jap
anese liner Ava Maru. through tie
swapping of her anchor cable. No lives
were lost in this accident. but the
steamer threatens to become a total
loss.
In the mountain districts of France
there is much suffering, In Belgium
ice is forming on the Scheldt and
other large rivers. and all communica-
ton with points in the Hertogen for
est is at a s%tandstill.
In Switzerland. Austria and Hunga-
ry the weather is of unusual severity.
Germany reports the heaviest general
snowfall in many years.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-01-04
iroquois Fire Victim Die,

Chicagdl Dec. 80. ~ After suffering
for three years, lacking two days, from
injuries receiysAJn the %Iroquois thea
ter fire Mrs. aA6arrie Kuh. wife OF a |
wealthy business man Of this city.
died yesterday.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-01-04
JAMES MANHATTAN
TURNED DOWN
BARRED FROM PRACTlCING De.
FORE RAILROAD AND WARE
HOUSE BOARD.
HIS CHARGES THROWN OUT
GOVERNOR REFUSES TO ACT ON
COMPLAINT AGAINST THE
COMMISSION.

st. Paul, Dec. 3O.-James Manahan,
attorney for the shippers association.
has been barred from practicing be-
fore the state railroad and warehouse
commission. The commission yester-
day adopted a resolution excluding and
barring him from practicing before it
as an attorney in any future proceed
ings until the further order of the COM
mission. This action is based, accord
ing to the resolution, upon the ground
that Manahan has shown not only
his inability, but, on the contrary, has
commission, but, OF the contrary, has
repeatedly interfered with the proper
order and regulation of the proceed
ings."
Turned Down by Gov. johnson.
Gov. Johnson made public a letter in
which he refused to take any action on
the charges filed AGAINST the commits
sion some time ago by Mr.. Manahan.
The governor admits that possibly an
injustice has been done Mr.. Manahan
in refusing to allow him to appear as
a party to the recent commodity rate
investigation, but that the action was
taken on the advice Of the attorney
general. and as he is the legal adviser
of the board the responsibility rests
upon the attorney general and not
upon the board.
Besides. Gov. Johnson says, the COM
plant does not contain specific facts
showing a corrupt intent, and this also
prevents him from acting.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-01-04
No Blame in Letter Mishan

Washington. Dec. 2S.-The coroner's
5ury returned a verdict of "unavoid-
able accident in it's inquest over the
BODY OF Samuel West, the fourteen
year-old colored boy who was run over
yesterday and ':illed by Joseph Lei
ter's automobile.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-01-04
Jeffrtes Signs for Fight.

San Francisco. Dec. 30. = Articles
were signed yesterday for a lght for
the heavyweight championship of the
world and a $4,000 purse at Rhyolite,
New, next. April between .1effries and
William Squires of Australia.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-01-04
NEWS OF WEEK SUMMARIZED
IMPORTANT EVENTS AT HOME
AND ON FOREIGN SHORES
BRIEFLY TOLD.
Washinuton,

The controller of the currency has
declared a dividend of 20 per cent to
all creditors of the Aetna Banking
Company of Butte and Washington.
President Roosevelt has issued a
proclamation calling on the people of
the United States to contribute funds
for the relief Of the millions of famine
sufferers in China, who are on the
verge of starvation.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-01-04
Dynamite Kills Three.

Fargo, N. D., Dec. 3O.-Three Men
We're killed and q third so badly in.
juged that he may die by a explosion
of dynamite which was being thawed
between Hawley and Muskoday, small
stations on the Northern Pacific. about
fifty miles east of Fargo.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-01-04
RAILS SPREAD; TRAIN p.rc4Ep.

Six Coaches. Leave Track at Trenton,
- N. D.-No One Is Killed. -.
Williston, N. D., Dec. 3O.-A most
miraculous wreck happened to Great
Northern Train No. 2, about two miles
east of Trenton, yesterday. The train
of six coaches left the track on &C
count of the rails spreading.
No n was seriously injured. al.
though two women were pretty badly
shaken up. The engine kept the track.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-01-04
Bow Killed While Huntino

Jessup, Iowa, Dec. 80. Charles
Freezing, fifteen years old. was, instant.
ly killed while hunting rabbits near
here. Just as a companion had taken
aim at a rabbit the boy ran in front
of the gun, the charge blowing the en-.
tire top of his head off.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-01-04
cAokED BABE WITH CORD.

Giri-mother of Bangor, Wis.,. Accused
Of Horrible Crime.
La Crosse, Wis, Dec. 2S.-A warrant
was ~issuedGhere yesterday for the az
rest of Miss Lillian Losching of Ban
gor, Wis, on the charge of murder in
the first degree.
The girl is alleged to have given
birth to a child, and to escape detec-
ton to have strangled it to death with
q cord.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-01-04
MANY ARMY CHANGES DUE.
Generals Bell, Whit and Funston to 81
Promoted.

Promoted.
Washington, Dec. 30.-There will be
a number of changes in the army dur
ing the next few months, the most i'm
portant OF which will be the promotion
of Brig. Gen. Bell to the rank of major
general. Gen. Bells promotion will
take place upon the retirement of Maj.
Gen. Jesse M. Lee next Wednesday.
Maj. Gen. Wade, the senior in his
grade and the second officer in rank in
the army, will retire April Ia. This
vacancy will, in all probability, be fill.
ed by the promotion of Brig. Gen. Will
liam S. McCaskey, now in command OF
the department of Texas. Gen. McCas-
key will retire Oct. 2 next.
Brig. Gen. Frederick Funston or
Brig. Gen. Whit will be promoted after
the retirement of Gen. McCaskey.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-01-04
Criminal.

Earl NOrLnrup was PROBABLY IaIdllN
stabbed during a saloon quarrel at
Fort Sill, Okla, by Private Howard Of
Troop X, Thirteenth cavalry, stationed
at Fort Sill.
Gov. Cummins gave a Christmas gift
In the form of a pardon to- Thomas
Smith of Abba, Iowa, who is serving
q sentence for shooting q man while
doing duty as an officer.
Henry Herb, an iPonworker, was
shot and killed by Constable Jeffries in
a saloon at Columbus, Ohio. Wit
nesses of the tragedy say the con-
stable acted in self.defense.
Michael Swedish of Laurium, Mich,
who murdered his wife in cold blood
on Oct. IL, has been taken to the
asylum for the criminal insane at Iona,
being too insane to stand trial.
T. Il. Brady, a prominent Great
Falls, Mont. lawyer, has been indict-
ed by the federal grand jury on the
charge of having illegally fenced 49,
167 acres of public land in Valley coun.
ty.
Two masked men held up seventeen
occupants of the lobby barroom of the
Columbia hotel at Goldfield, New. They
secured $825 from the gambling games
the safe.
Fifty negroes engaged in a drunken
fight at Kansas City, using clubs,
knives and stones. Besides the injur-
les sustained by the participants.
which consisted of broken heads and
severe bruises, a policemtn and a
spectator were hurt.
On complaint of Gov. Frank R..
Gooding, R. s. Sheridan, editor and
manager of the Boise Udaho) Capital
News, has been arrested, charged
with criminal libel, The alleged libel
is contained in an editorial published
by the Capital News. July 10. in which
'Gonding" and graft" are spoken of
as Synonymous terms.
In the presence of the four troops of
Fort Sheridan squadron of the Ninth
cavalry, who had just begun their
Christmas dinner in the dining hall of
the fort, Sergeant John Griffin OF
Troop | shot and almost instantly
killed Corporal William Taylor of the
.saine troop. Both men. who are col
!. ored, quarreled over..a oma
Casualty.
The Ernest & Cramer building, one
of the finest office buildings in Denver,
was damaged by fire. The total loss
to the building and renters is estima.
ted. at $500. 900.
Pinned between a massive roll of
paper and a steel roll weighing ten
tons, Arthur Hauk was slowly crushed
to death at the paper mill of the Kim.
berly-Clark company at Niagara, near
Menominee, Mich.
Mrs. Susan Kelly, aged thirty years,
was burned to death and her husband
barely ESCAPED with his life in a fire
which destroyed their apartments in
New York. It is believed that Mrs.
Kelly's dress caught Are from a
Christmas candle. &
Laden with holiday travellers; the
North Coast limited iran into an, open
switch at Spokane. Wash. The en-
CINE and baggage car were ditched.
Mono OF the passengers were seriously
injured. G. B. Smith, fireman on the
limited, and Duncan Mathewson, trav-
cling engineer. were fatally injured.