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ROOSEVELT FAVORS
BUSSE IN CHICAGO
President Writes a Letter In
dorsing Him for Mayor of
the Windy City.
CAMPAIGN Is RED HOT
Labor Vote Said-to Be the KEYNOTE
to the Situation at
Present.
dunno MAY SCORE A VICTORY
light Has Been One in Which
Vituperation and Violent Invec-
tive Have Played a Very
Large Part.

CHICAGO, April 1.-The republican lead
eTs in the municipal campaign. now draw
Ing to close, expressed themselves as de-
lighted with letter printed in the Tribune
of today in which the statement is made
by authority" that President Roosevelt is
in favor of the election of Frederick A.
Busse, the republican candidate for mayor
The democratic leaders assert that the
letter, coming 'as it does from a paper
which is strongly in favor of the election
OF Busse, is discredited in advance, and
that even though 1t came from the Presi-
dent himself il is too late to stop the prog
ress of the vote which has set in strongly
for Dunno. Chairman W. L. O'Connell the
democratic campaign manager. said today
that the reelection of Mayor Dunno is alb
solutely certain and nothing can now pre-
vent 1t.
The campaign today took on a more lively
aspect than at any time previous. All day
band wagons We're rolling throughout the
city advertising political gatherings which
were scheduled for all sections of the city
and for all hours of the day between noon
and midnight
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The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-07-19
Crimes and Criminals.

Marion r. Biggs, convicted at Port
land. Or, of conspiracy in the famous
Blue Mountain land fraud case, was
sentenced to ten months in the Multi
nomah county Jail. He will also pay
a fine of $500.
CASTOR F. Phillip. the Washington
and New York clubman who has been
held in Jail In Washington since May
Is on the charge of numbering Frank
MacAboy. has been admitted to bail in
the sum OF $25, 900.
Waiting through the long hours of
the night for the return Of her hus.
band, Mrs. H. V. Kerschner of Center
vile, Iowa, took an overdose of head
ache powders and lay down to die.
She was dead when her husband re-
turned.
The federal grand fury at Chicago
returned indictments alleging viola
ton Of the Sherman antitrust law
against the Stafford Manufacturing
company of hat city, and alleged
member of the trust in school II
church furniture.
rs the result Of a drunken row at
Aldridge. Moont., John Ferrey was
shot to death and George Roberts was
so severely cut that he will die. Six
men have been arrested. charged with
the crime. The killing was the out
come Of q quarrel.
Will Kitchins and Jesse McCollum,
hath rnrvOAr m, -,,11lo1- A----1 a
Marion. Ark. Kitchins was convicted
OF having murdered j. T. Foster, a
white man. last September, and Nc
Collum Of criminally assaulting an
aged negro woman.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-07-19
Casualty.

Ralph and Sam Kimmel, cousins.
we're drowned in Otter creek, near
hatlock, while bathing.
Twenty residents Of New Alexan.
aria, Ohio. were made violently III by
eating preserved chicken at a picnic.
Almost the entire village Of North
Lawrence, N. Y, was DESTROYED by
IRE. Two hotels. ten stores and sew.
.ral factories and private dwellings
burned.
Ellesley. the country homo Of g. G.
Wallace. q capitalist, a Paducah
Ky. was destroyed by nre. Loss. $50.
700.
Richard D. Gamer, IN electrician.
VAS ele%ctrocuted at Council Bluffs by
coming in contact with an electric
light wire.
a small tornado swept the country
lear Aids, Neb., injuring four per.
lnns, one fatally. and destroyed sew.
nal buildings.
One BOY Was killed, another was
htally hurt and two seriously injured
losthe result OF . street car accident
- Dchsnectady. y. 7.
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Haywood Stands Borah's Grilling.
Boise, July IA. - William d. Hay
wood, charged with the murder of
Frank Steunenberg. left the witness
chair this afternoon. He had been un
der examination six hours, the time
being equally divided between his own
counsel and Senator Borah, who con
Quoted the cross-examination. Hay
woods testimony practically closes
the case for the defense. One witness
will be called to-day and his examina-
ton will take up about fifteen minutes.
The state will her begin the rebuttal.
Rapid-fire Questions.
Borah's cross-examination, always
rapid fire, was more than usually
quick yesterday, but from first to last
control. At times his replies came as
quickly as the questions were flung at
him. Again he would hesitate and
speak slowly, with marked emphasis.
Mr.. Borah's tanner was courteous
throughout. but now and then a tinge
of sarcasm appeared as he insisted on
a direct answer and Haywood appear
ed reluctant. Haywood in turn was as
courteous as the cross-examiner.
Feeling Toward steunenberg.
Once when Senator Borah pressed
Haywood as to his sentiment toward
Former Governor Steunenberg, Hay
wood said quietly and with a smile, II
felt no different toward Steunenberg
than l do towards you or any of those
people,"
Senator Borah looked Up quickly
but did not smile. He said very quiet
ly: Yes; have been given to under
stand something of that Sort" and did
not pursue the subject.
Much OF Haywood's testimony yes
terday was a repetition in detail of
what Meyer said Thursday. Haywood.
however. made no effort to deny his
knowledge of Orchard and his affairs
or his connection with Simpkins.
Haywood Denies Crimes.
Like Meyer, Haywood said he had
never heard Orchard make threats
against ~Steunenberg. Haywood in
many particulars confirmed Orchard
but where Orchard connected Hay.
wood or the Western Federation with
crime the witness was emphatic and
prompt In his denials. He showed no
desire to conceal the fact that Orchard
had visited him at his house, or that
ne on different occasions had intimate
conversations with Orchard. He de.
nounced the administration OF Colo.
RADIO at the time of the troubles as cor.
rupt and he extolled the Western Fed.
Grafton.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-07-19
STORM NEAR MITCHELL
ONE MAN KILLED AND A NUMBER
OF HOUSES AND BARNS
WRECKED.

Mitchell. S. D., July 16. 100 A tornado
visited this section Saturday night.
The storm came from the west, and in
the vicinity of Mount Vernon n man
was killed and a number OF houses
and barns were wrecked. All tele-
phone and telegraph wires went down
and no outside information could be
secured until yesterday morning.
John M. Pease. living three miles
north of Mount Vernon, was killed. A
part of his family had gone into the
cellar when the storm came up and
others went across the road and took
refuge in a grove. Mr.. Pease, a few
moments afterward, started across the
road to see if the children were safe,
and when a hundred feet from the
house the wind picked him up and
carried him fifty feet in the air, and in
dropping to the ground he was crush
ed. He lived but a few minutes. Two
women are reported killed nea Mount
Vernon, but this has not been verified.
Additional details of the damage done
by the storm east of Mount Vernon
show that the damage was heavy. A
number of houses and barns was
wrecked.
$4,000 Escape Tent Disaster.
Watertown, S. D., July 15.-Thirty
minutes after the tents of the Barnum
& Bailey circus had been deserted by
a crowd of Is, 900 people, a wind storm
demolished the menagerie tent and
one man was killed and three Others
seriously injured by falling poles.
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Seventeen miles Of Golden e South.
ern railway tracks in Clear Creek can
yon, Colorado, was washed away as
the result of a cloudburst-
Long Pine, Neb. was visited by a
tornado and heavy damage was done.
With but few exceptions all the fronts
OF store buildings yer blown in.
Three persons were hurt.
Thomas Smith of Chicago was
seized by al epileptic fit while launch
riding on Spring lake, near Grand Rap
ids. Mich. He Jumped Into the lake
during the At and drowned.
A. S. Freeman was instantly killed
and B. o. Wurl seriously injured by
an explosion of gas in the basement OF
the building occupied by them as a
grocery store at Plattsmouth, Neb.
Mrs. Louis II. Ebert and little son
OK Beaumont, were killed by a train at
Galveston, Tex. They jumped from an
automobile, trying to escape the cars,
but were caught beneath the wheels.
The cable of the inclined railroad In
Prospect house at Niagara Falls broke,
permitting both cars ~ plunge to the
foot of the incline. Several Of the
passengers were injured. None OF
their injuries is fatal.
The little town OF Polk, Neb., found
ed last September. was badly wrecked
by combined wind and hail storms.
Business buildings were demolished
or damaged and crops over a consid-
cradle distance ruined.
Mrs. o. d. Taylor OF Marshalltowr,
Iowa, was overcome by gas from q
leaking stove and was found by her
husband. He attempted to bear her
to safely. but was himslf overcome.
Both were found unconscious on the
floor and were resuscitated.
Three members of the crew Of the
steam yacht Yacona. belonging to Hen
ry Clay Pierce of St. Louis, were
drowned in the Hudson river when q
small yawl carrying six Of the Yaco-
mas crew and a dock man was cap
sized by a sailor who rocked the
boat.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-07-19
Domestic

Ben Reynolds. president of the coal
miners union at Mount Lake. Tenn,
who was shot by w. H. Bellows, Ia
Dor agent. Is dead.
There has been an appendicitis cpl
demic at Grundy Center, Iowa. Dur
ing the past two weeks ten operations
have been performed.
F. L. Eaton, president Of the Sioux
City Stock Yards company, has pur-
chased the Sioux Falls packing plant.
The consideration is said to be about
$3.50, 900.
American delegates to the interna-
tional Masonic conference at Brussels
say the next international conference
will be held in the United States FIVE
years hence.
A cablegram from Swallow, China,
announces the drowning Of DR.. f.
Worley, a medical missionary. He
was a graduate of the Rush medical
college, Chicago.
AS the result of the placing OF a Sun
day lid upon Dubuque, five s%aloonkeep-
ers have closed their doors and an
nounce that they will go out of bust
ness permanently.
A Seattle dispatch to the Portland
| Oregonian says orders have been CIV
en- to rush the work on the battleships
Oregon and Wisconsin, which are I'M
dergoing extensive repairs at the
yards.
The Northwestern Lumber COM
pany, the principal stockholders in
which are the Bradley brothers and NJ.
F. Quinn Of Pennsylvania, has pur-
chased 10000 acres Of timber land in
| Western Washington. The considera-
ton was 81, o. 900.
The widow Of Bartholdi. the creator
Of the Statue Of Liberty at New York.
in addition to giving q valuable oollec-
ton Of art treasures to the town Of
| holman, Alsace,. her husbands birth
| place, has presented the municipality
with 10000 to be used in founding a
Bartholdi museum.
Roland, Faulkner. has resigned the
commissionership Of education for
Porto Rico. He IL to become associ-
ated with the Civic Federation, New
York. in an editorial capacity. Prof.
Dexter Of the University OF Illinois
] succeeds Mr.. Faulkner.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-07-19
FLAYS HARTMAN
AND His METHODS
INTERSTATE COMMERCE coMMIs-
SION LAYS CRIME TO MAG
NATE.
POWER IS ALMOST ABSOLUTE
RAILROAD CAR is SCORED FOR
INDEFENSlBLE FlNANc.
ING.

Washington, July ICE. H. Harri-
man. the railroad magnate, stands
charged by the interstate commerce
commission of a criminal offense pun
lshable by a fine and imprisonment of
not less than six months, with main
tanning a gigantic combination in re-
straint of interstate and foreign com
merce; with draining the sourc of
a prosperous railroad, and with con.
Quoting his operations under what the
commission characterizes as a method
"of indefensible financing"
Absolute Monarch.
Hartman, the autocrat Of Wall
street, a leading factor in railroad
operations of the East and almost the
absolute monarch in railroad and
steamboat transportation west Of the
Mississippi river; the beneficiary of
enormous land grants from the fed
eral government that are now Of meal
culable value; the would-be director
of political parties and the arrogant
scorner of courts, commercial integri-
ty and the big stick" is at last face
to face with the legal machinery of
the government which he has so often
scorned.
Commission Makes Good.
The interstate commits
sion, after months OF exhaustive in
vestigation, in which it was from
time to time piqued by the audacious
contempt of the Hartman people and
after an expenditure of what it is be-
lieved may ultimately reach a quarter
of a million of dollars in the prosecu-
ton of this case. has made good"
1t has UNANIMOUSLY found Hartman
guilty as charged"
The Hartman Plague.
Briefly summarized the findings of
the commission as to the Hartman
plague, it's evils and cure, are as fol
lows:
His Characterization of the act OF
June 20, 1874, in discrimination in
management of the Central Pacific;
fine 81, 900; Imprisonment not less
han six months. Conducting comb.
nation in restraint of trade.
His Policy = To gather under one
to exclude all competitors.
his fOWer-Well ulSQ absolute
over his entire systems.
His Railroad Control-Seven great
systems, every steamship line on the
Pacific, south Of Puget sound and two
big steamship lines on the Atlantic.
His Partial Railroad Control =
Eleven systems and three express
companies.
lndefens;ble Financiering.
His ~Indefensible Financiering
Taking a rake-off of nearly %$114, 00O,-
600 from a railroad that cost but $685.
900, 900.
His Future Intention - Suppression
OF all railroad competition, if not
headed off by federal interference.
Probable Result of 1t Adjusting
of combination; criminal prosecution
and enactment of laws confining inter-
state roads to business of ~transporta-
ton; preventing control by one line of
parallel and competing lines, and reg
ulating issuance of railroad securities.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-07-19
Served Out Guns.
Governor. Salute Fatal.

Port Townsend. Wash, July 10. =
One man killed and two severely
burned marred the reception to Gov.
Mead and STAFF at Fort Worden yester.
day.
AS a governors salute OF seventeen
guns was fired from a battery one gun
became overheated and as the charge
was driven home 1t exploded. Private
Tobassen. S~ixty-second company. re.
ceived the full force of the charge.
which blew on one arm and badly
mashed his hand.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-07-19
Personal.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the novel.
list, Is to be married In September to
Miss Jean Leckie.
Former Congressman Bankhead has
been nominated for United States
senator to fill the unexpired term of
Senator Morgan Of Alabama.
Hiram S. Thomas. a negro, who
originated Saratoga chips and who
was a noted chef, died at his home at
Red Bank, N. ]. He was seventy years
old.
Felix Poznanasky, a we'll known
Montana pioneer. is dead at Rapid
City, S. ID. He was the second owner
Of the first newspaper published in
Helena. He located in Helena In
1864.
Sir William Henry B%roadbent, ply
sician-in-ordinary to King Edward and
to the prince of Wales, and who for
= long time attended the late Queen
Victoria and others Of the royal fami-
ly, is dead.
Mrs. Annie Besant has been elected
president OF the Philosophical society.
In succession to the late Col. Olcott,
who died in India last February. She
will visit the United States and other
countries before returning to- the
her dquarters of the society in India.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-07-19
SOUTH DAKOTA
NEWS OF WEEK SUMMARIZED
IMPORTANT EVENTS AT HOME
AND ON FOREIGN SHORES
BRIEFLY TOLD.
Washington.

1t is practically decided to erect a
statue of Christopher Columbus that
will cost 500. 600 in the plaza in front
Of The new union station in Washing.
ton.
The navy department has finally ac-
cepted the b%attleship Georgia and au-
thoriZed the payment to the contract
ors of the reserve fund required by
the contract.
The interstate commerce commits
sion has appointed a board of experts
to supervise and conduct experimental
tests Of block signal systems aAd 9th
or safety devices.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-07-19
TWO WOMEN HURT.
Parkers Prairie Horse Refuses to Be
Ridden by Them.

Parkers Prairie, Mimi. July 16. -
While entertaining a group of friends
with an exhibition of her skill in
Craftsmanship, Mrs. William A. Nc
Nair was thrown from her horse and
seriously injured. The horse suddenly
reared n threw it's rider in such a
that several ribs were broken.
Miss Mary McNair attempted to ride
the same horse, but fell under its
hoofs and received a wrenched Shout
der and had her body severely bruis-
cd
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-07-19
$1,000 Escape Tent Disaster.
SURVIVE LONG FALL.
Two Miners Only Slightly Hurt by
Drop Of S~eventy-five Feet.

Butte, Mont, July 16.-By the CIV
ing away of stull Joseph McGaftigan
and Frank Rench, miners employed in
the st. Lawrence mine were precipi-
tated through eight floors, a distance
of seventy-tive feet. Their compan-
ions hurried to the spot where they
struck, expecting to find both dead,
but they were not seriously injured.
McGaffigan sustained an ugly scalp
wound, a spraineG wrist and injuries
to his back, while Rench had only a
few cuts and bruises to show for his
long fall.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-07-19
Sneak Thieves Busy.

Winona, Mimi. July 16. : Sneak
thieves are becoming numerous and
troublesome in Winona. In the last
two weeks a dozen houses have been
entered and considerable money and
valuable articles were stolen.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-07-19
Flies Kill Chickens.

Geneva, Mimi, July 16. - Poultry
raisers are becoming alarmed at the
large number of birds being killed by
the new fly. Great havoc among some
flocks is being reported, some losing
as many as two hundred fowls.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-07-19
RUNAWAY CAR TURNS OVER.
Four Passengers Are Injured in Min
neapoIis.

Minneapolis, July ia Cedar and
Emerson car, running at a terrific
rate, jumped the track at the foot of
a steep grade at Fremont avenue and
Thirty-third street last night. 1t turn
ed on its side and plowed over the
ground a distance of fifty feet. Five
passengers were in the car, and foul
of them were hurt. The motorman
and conductor and ]. Davis escaped
with a few bruises. The accident was
due to the failure Of the air brake to
work.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-07-19
DOGS RULE AN ISLAND.
Made Ferocious by Starvation The,
Will Not Allow Boats to Land.

st. Louis, July 16.-A horde of dogs
marooned on McPike island, in the
Mississippi river above ST. Louis, rem
dered ferocious through starvation,
has made dangerous the landing of
river craft. 1t is believed the dogs
we're placed on the island by owners
who desired to be rid of them and yet
disliked to kill them.
Members of the humane society
have decided to succor the starving
animals and declare they will prose-
cute the owners if they can be found.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-07-19
Killed by Fall.

Aberdeen, s. D., July Is. - Martin
Erickson was found dead at the foot
Of the stairs of his boarding house.
His skull was fractured. It is sup.
posed that he fell down stairs in the
night.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-07-19
Engine Wrecks Buggy.

Billings, Mont, July 16.-While at
tempting to cross the tracks of the
Northern Pacific railroad in this city
a horse mi buggy which was in
charge of Kemp Haythorne, a twelve
year-old boy, was struck by a switch
engine. The horse was killed and the
vehicle reduced to kindling wood.
The boy was seriously injured.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-07-19
Shoot, I'll. Foot.

Preston, MINI. July 16. = Willie
Howard, nine years old, blew of q
part of one foot with a shotgun yes.
terday, and there is grave danger of
blood poisoning from the powder
burns.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-07-19
Foreign.

Cigar manufacturers OF Havana
have accepted the strikers demands
and reopened their factories.
The portrait Of Emperor Nicholas OF
Russia, which was m%yteriously stolen
from the gallery in Berlin has been
returned to the gallery by mail.
The Russian council of ministers
has authorized an annual expenditure
Of $1E. 500. 900 from 1908 to 1911 for
the construction of new w%arships.
The census and statistics depart.
ment has figured out Canada's popula-
tion on April l at 6,504, 900, an in.
e OF ~1,1S3,586 in the last six
years.
1t is announced in London that the
home fleet will assemble at Cowes the
md Of July to demonstrate in honor Of
Emperor William, who is coming over
Tor Cowes week.
1t is understood that Russia and
China have arrived at an understand
ing regarding the customs in Northern
Hanchuria, apd 1t is expected that Gus
toms houses will shortly be opened
here.
Baroness o E~ckharstein, wife of
The councillor of the German imperial
foreign Office in London. and former
secretary Of the German legation in
Washington, has been granted a d.
vorce on the ground of cruelty and
misconduct.
Great surprise has been caused in
Vatican circles by the fact that Cardi-
aal Merry del Vel. the papal secretary
Of state, has bought q powerful auto
mobile. It was generally supposed
he pope would not countenance the
cardinals riding in a motor car.
Gen. Francisco Sandoval, the noted
professional revolutionist and soldier
81 fortune, is dead at Guatemala City.
Sandoval had fought on one side or
The other of every war that has taken
place in Central and South American
countries during the last thirty years.
Two officers of the British navy
have invented an apparatus which, it
e claimed. will remove the present
hangers to crews working submarine
boats. 1t is designed to enable the
men to escape from a vessel even If
t is filled with poisonous gases or wa.
er.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-07-19
Iowan Jump. From Bridge,

Muscatine, Iowa, July 16.-Theodore
Price. aged sixty-ive, a prominent and
wealthy citizen, jumped from the high
bridge into the Mississippi river with
suicidal intent. Ill health was the
cause.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-07-19
LockJAw FATAL TO TWO.
Mules Kick and Splinter Cause Two
Deaths in Iowa.

Abba, Iowa. July IA. = Two deaths
from lockjaw occurred here yester-
day. Albert Ann vas kicked on the
end of a finger by a mule several days
ago.. Blood poison followed amputa-
ton and he died in terrible agony.
Mrs. George Williams ran a splinter
into her finger several weeks ago.. Te-
tanus resulted in spite Of amputation.
causing death.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-07-19
NO PENSION FOR JUDGE.
Gov. Davidson Vetoes the Judge Gas.
sody Bill.

Madison, Wis, July 16. : Gov. Da.
wilson vetoed the bill to give a pen
sion to Chief Justice j. B. Cassidy,
who will soon retire after twenty
years service. The pension was to
have been $4,000 per year, or half his
present salary. Poor public policy is
the reason given by the governor for
the veto.