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The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-11-22

According to the London Shipping
Gazette there is a probability that the
Salvation Army will soon WI several
transatlantic steamers. The steamers
will be used in connection with the
army's scheme for promoting Cana
dian immigration.
A German company is nov tele'
phoning wirelessly from Nauen to
places in Germany fifty to sixty miles
distant. One of the officers of the
company said that conversations had
been conducted with extreme clear
ness and precision.
A railroad connecting the two cen
trail passenger stations in Christiania
has been opened. BY this arrange
ment lines entering the city from vari
GUS parts of Norway and Sweden are
enabled to transfer their cars directly
from n line to any other.
Iquique, Chile, has been visited by q
fire, the biggest since 1882, which has
entailed losses amounting to over 81,
100000. Seven and a half blocks were
burned over. The property destroyed
was mostly dwellings, and no less thar
1000 people are homeless.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-11-22
COURT RULES AGAINST WALSH
Books Of Banks and Other Enterprises
Competent Evidence.

Chicago, Nov. 20.-Judge Anderson,
In the trial Of John R. Walsh yester-
day, ruled that the books of the Chi
cago National bank and of the other
Walsh enterprises constituted compe-
tent evidence, n hat counsel for
Walsh had no constitutional right to
exclude them. Following up this VIC
tory the prosecution through the tes-
timony of National Bank Examiner
e. P. Moxey proceeded to trace six in
stances of alleged irregularities in ac-
counts which, it is c%ontended, indicate
misapplication of the funds of the
Chicago National by its former presi-
dent That Mr.. MoXey was permitted
to testify as an expert in accounts
was DIE to another ruling by the
court, Who declared his testimony adj,
Missile after the defendants attor-
neys had made every effort to have it
excluded. From book to book through
out the afternoon the bank examiner
traced transactions and pointed out
connecting links through q maze of
figures and at the close of the session
it appeared that the task set before
him would keep him occupied for
days, since each of the 100 counts in
the Indictment must be traced
through a half dozen or more books.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-11-22
FINANCIAL FURRY VANISHfS
BANKING CIRCLES IN NEW YORK
ARE GRATIFlED-sToP GOLD
IMPORTS.

Washington, Nov. 20.-The financial
relief measures launched by the treas
urv department have been freely COM
mended in kilograms received from all
parts of the country. All are manl-.
nous in their approval of the course
adopted in issuing the Panama bonds
and the certificates of indebtedness.
Callers at the White House yester-
day were numerous and each added
an opinion on the optimistic side OF
the situation.
Stops Run on Bank.
The president was informed from
Buffalo that his letter expressing con-
tidence in the fiscal s%oundness of the
country had been printed in several
languages in Buffalo and distributed
among depositors who were making a
run on a bank there, with the effect
of checking the run. Before the bust
ness day of the treasury had ended
many applications arrived for the new
certificates of indebtedness. The fiscal
uses to which these certificates may
be put will make the demand for them
very general, according to the opinion
of experts in the department.
Financial FURRY Over.
The president was heartily second
ed by every comment yesterday in his
statement of the %soundness of the
| country's finances and that the vanish
ing point of he financial furry has ar
| rived. AS indicative of the state of
mind in congress it may be stated that
in a gathering of six Republican sen
ators, Messrs. Foraker, Lodge, War
| rem, Scott, Buckley and Warner, all
! of them expressed the decided opinion
that some financial legislation is nee
| essary and will be enacted during the
approaching session of congress.
Qualification in New York.
New York, Nov. 20. - Qualification
was the prevailing tone in banking
circles yesterday as the result of the
government plan of relief to the mar.
ket by the issue of $50, 900, 900 in PAN
ANA bonds and 500, 600, 900 in one-
year treasury certificates.
The general opinion in banking cir
| cles was that both measures would
tend to draw idle money from private
boards and thereby to break the pre-
MUM on currency and restore normal
conditions in the money market.
So strong was this feeling that 1t
was understood that gold engage.
ments would practically cease. Inter
national bankers declared that the,
gold already engaged is as much as
New York can justly take from Eu-
rope under the strained conditions
which prevail there, and that to take
more will only compel it's return at a.
later date. The amount already taken
or engaged, which approaches $40
00O, 900, Is much more than the most
sanguine predicted at the beginning
of the movement about three weeks
ago.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-11-22
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN EPITOMt
IMPORTANT EVENTS AT HOME
AND ON FOREIGN SHORES
BRIEFLY TOLD.
Washington.

Max Duffen of Munich, Germany.
walked on his hands down all the
steps of the Washington monument
and won a wager of $500. He tainted
upon reaching the bottom and was
then ordered off the grounds by the
Waterman.
Secretary Root announced that Da-
vid Jayne Hill, American minister to
The Netherlands, and a former assist
ant secretary of state, will be named
rs ambassador to Berlin to succeed
MI. Tower, who is about to retire on
account of Ill health.
Chief Wilkie of the secret service
reports the discovery Of a new coun-
terfeit $40 national bank note. The
counterfeit is on the Wells-Fargo Ne
vada National Bank Of San Francisco.
and is a poor Photographic reproduc-
tion, printed on heavy bond paper,
with no silk fiber.
There is a great deal of anxiety in
Washington regarding the condition of
the health of Elihu Root, secretary of
state. 1t was denied at the White
House that he had any present inten-
ton of resigning, and yet, in spite of
this fact, those who are acquainted
with the situation, are aware that Root
is ready to lay down the burden OF
public life almost any day.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-11-22
BIGGEST SW|NO[f
EVER ATTEMPTED
c. e. MARSHALL PULLS FORl oNe
OUT OF FAKE MAIL ORDER
BUSINESS.
OFFERED jfwflRY VERY CHEAP
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE FROM
COAST TO COAST TAKEN IN
BY ADVERTISING.
OFFERED jtWfLRY VERY CHEAP
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE FROM

Chicago, Nov. 20.-Charles E. Mar
shall, who for W. weeks conducted a
m%ailorder business at 324 Washington
boulevard, Offering $4,000 worth of
bankrupt jewelry'' at something like
a cent on the dollar, was not there
yesterday afternoon when Col. James
E. Stuart, chief inspector of the post
office. called to see him. Several thou
sand people all over the country who
had sent money to Marshall, attracted
by his advertisement, Buy your
Christmas gifts now" would be dis
appointed, the colonel thought.
He found several hundred copies of
newspapers containing Marshall's ad.
vertisement, several hundred letters
from publishers and nearly 200 bills
for advertising.
Collected About $4,000.
Before Marshall took alarm and fled
it is believed he must have gathered
in between $4,000 and $4,000 frog
persons who had an idea they could
buy diamond rings at SIS each.
Col. Stuart had gone down to his
Office in the federal building to do a
little work before dinner when he re.
ceived a complaint about Marshall.
This complaint was to the effect
that lone of the biggest, boldest and
most successful coups Of it's kind ever
perpetrated in Chicago and perhaps in
the United States has come to light
with the disappearance of Charles E
Marshall, jewelry, jobber."
Thousands of Victims.
although in operation only a short
time" the complaint went on, "the
army of victims extends from coast to
coast, and l believe when all the vic
tins have been heard from the total
will reach from $4,000 to $4,000.
"In addition to this huge sum must
be added the thousands of dollars Of
credit that Marshall managed to Sc
cure from hundreds of papers through
out the country for advertising space
in their publications."
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-11-22
form BASIS FOR BANK NOTES
PROCEEDS ARE TO BE PLACED
WHERE MONEY is NEEDED
TO MOVE CROPS.

Washington, Nov. 10. - Secretary
tant announcement that as a measure
of affording relief to the financial slt
uation, the treasury would issue Soo'
100000 of Panama bonds, and $loo,
100000 certificates of Indebtedness
or SO much thereof as may be neces'
sary. The certificates will run for one
year and will bear 3 per cent interest
The secretary's action in coming 10
the relief of the financial SITUATION
meets with President R~ooseVelts
hearty approval.
Afford Substantial Relief.
Secretary Cortelyou says that the
Panama bonds will afford most SUD
stantial relief, as the law provides
that they may be used as a basis for
additional national bank circulation.
He also states that the proceeds from
the sale of certificates can be made oil
rectly available at points where the
need is most urgent and especially
for the movement of the crops, which
he says, "if properly accelerated Will
give the greatest relief and result In
the most immediate financial returns
The secretary calls attention to the
attractiveness of the bonds and certlh-
Gates as absolutely safe investments.
Congress Will Act.
Secretary C%ortelyou adds that these
relief measures will enable him to
meet public expenditures without
withdra wing for that n,1rnOca any an.
probable amount of the public mon
eys now deposited in the national
banks throughout the country.
In his letter to Secretary Cortelyou,
approving the treasury plans, Presi-
dent Roosevelt states that he has been
assured that the leaders in congress
have under consideration a currency
measure (which will meet in perma-
nent fashion the needs of the situa-
ton, and which 1 believe will be pass.
ed at an early date after congress
convenes two weeks hence"
Conditions Are Sound.
The president also calls attention
to what is needed most at this time
that the people should realize how
fundamentally sound business condi.
lions in this country are, and how alb.
surd it is to permit themselves to get
into a panic and create a stringency
by boarding their savings instead OF
trusting perfectly sound banks"
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-11-22
Peonle Talked About.

Santos Dumont has just completed
The new machine is shaped like a but.
terfly.
Juliette Estelle Prescott Mathis,
sixty-eight years old, a writer Of songs
and verses, died at the home of her
son at Los Angeles.
Rear Admiral Asa Walker has been
retired on account Of having reached
the statutory age limit. He took part
IL the battle Of Manila bay.
Mrs. Alexander Kafka, the mother
of seventeen children, danced five
hours at the celebration of her golden
wedding anniversary at st. Louis.
Abraham Evans, grandfather of the
duchess of Manchester, is dead at
B~ellefontaine, Ohio. He was eighty
years of age. The duchess of Man
chester was formerly Miss thinner
man of Cincinnati.
Count Cassini, former Russian am
bassador to the United States, is
slated for retirement from the post of
ambassador at Madrid and will be
succeeded by M. de Giers, now Rus.
sian minister at Brussels.
Gen. w. e. w. Ross. former vice
tion OF the G. A. r.. died at his home
in Baltimore at the age of seventy.
Gen. Ross served with distinction in
the Civil war, losing a leg before Pc.
tersburg in 1864.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-11-22
DIR. CHADWICK GOES FREE.
Indictment Against Husband of Witch
of Finance Nolled.

Cleveland, Ohio, Nov. 2O.-The in
dictment returned in the criminal
court here against DR.. Leroy Chad
wick several years ago, in which he
was charged with aiding and abetting
his wife, Mrs. Cassie L. Chadwick, in
forging the name of Andrew Carnegie
to a note for $50 ZOO, was nolled
yesterday by Judge Estep upon the re-
quest of the county prosecutor. Mrs.
Chadwick shortly before her death
employed a Cleveland attorney to
have the indictment nolled if posi-
BILE.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-11-22
Domestic.

After many years OF experimental
work the machine with which Alexan.
der Graham Bell hopes to solve the
problem of aerial navigation has been
successfully launched.
The Dominion government has ar.
ranged to keep navigation on Lake
Superior open until Dec. TO- Every eff.
fort is being made to have as much of
the wheat crop as possible moved be-
fore navigation closes.
Col. Hodges, the purchasing agent
of the isthmian canal commission
has received authority from the com
mission headquarters at Panama to
contract for the delivery of twelve
steel barges from the Newport News
Shipbuilding and Derrick company for
the sum of $2s2,0O0.
Prof. Brander Matthews of Colum.
bia university has won another victory
in his efforts towards reform In SMELL
ing. The trustees and the University
press have voted to adopt a standard
of spelling which will bring into Off
cial use at Columbia at least 23O of
the 800 reformed spellings proposed by
him as chairman of the reformed
| spelling board.
The total assessed valuation Of all
taxable property in Montana this year
is $251,325,7 19, according to figures
compiled by the state board Of equal
ization. The total assessed valuation
of all real property is $116,167,719 of
personal property $91, 242,993 and of
railroad property $43,816,035 This is
an increase over the assessed valua-
ton last year of $17,O00,O00
Supt. Shelton of the Ute Indian
agency at Ship Rock, N. NJ, positively
denies the report sent out from Duran.
go, Colo, that another battle took
place Tuesday between the disaffected
Utes and the United States troops now
In the field at Ship Rock to subdue the
redskins. The report had it that six
Indians were killed by the soldiers.
v. T. Hamilton was given a verdict
Of $4,000 against w. w. Mcneil, the
millionaire of Oskaloosa, Iowa, who
was sued for alternating the affections
of Mrs. Hamilton. Mrs. Hamilton mar
ried McNiel shortly after she had OBJ
tanned a divorce from Hamilton and
the latter promptly sued. Mcneil is
many years older than his pretty wife,
All moo and public places Of ed
ucation and amusement at Paulina.
Iowa, have been ordered closed by the
town council on account OF the preva.
lence OF smallpox. The streets are
deserted n all kinds ~ h,a,r... 4,
suffering . temporary lull.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-11-22
Accidental Happenings.

A nan identified as Jacob Dealman
OF Newark. Iowa, In attempting to
board a Milwaukee train at Wesleyan.
fell under the train and was killed.
While trying to board a street car in
Canadian 500 Ofie Thomas was in
stantly killed. He fell under the real
trucks and his head and arm were
crushed.
The north-bound train crashed into
the rear of another train waiting at
the Bronx Park station, New York,
and injured twenty persons. Two are
In a serious condition.
Fire hat threatened the entire bust
ness district of Parsons, Kan, destroy
ed 100000 worth of property. The
lire originated in a barn where small
boys were smoking cigarettes.
Harry P. Grapl, a prominent club
man and contractor, fell eleven stories
while working ear the top floor Of
the Fleming building at Des Moines,
Iowa, and was instantly killed.
Fire which started from a defective
flue in the garnet destroyed the main
building Of Monmouth college at Mon
mouth, Ill. One fireman lost his life
while fighting the flames. LOSS, $40,.
900.
Seventeen guests of the Santa Fe
hotel at Cleburn, Tex, we're injured
when they were compelled to leap
from the second-story windows to save
themselves from rapidly spreading
flames.
A North-W Western freight train
crashed squarely into an electric
car in a crossing accident neal Ames,
Iowa, seriously injuring ten and bare.
ly escaping many fatalities among the
passengers on the electric car.
Ole Olson a fireman of the coal dock
at Gladstone, Mich, fell from n of
the clam shells a distance of twenty
five feet, landing on a pile of coal. He
broke two ribs and received internal
injuries which will probably prove
fatal.
Mrs. John Brodeson of Mason City,
Iowa, was fatally burned, the result
of using gasoline in cleaning. The
flesh was burned from her limbs, arms
and face. Her fourteen-year-old boy
tore the clothing from her, preventing
the house from burning.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-11-22
OPPOSED BANKER
KILLS HIMSELF
FORMER PRESIDENT OF KNIcK.
ERBOCkER TRUST COMPANY
A SUICIDE.
HEALTH AND REASON BROKEN
TRAGEDY OCCURS WHILE HIS
FRIENDS WE'RE TRYING TO
ADJUST HIS AFFAIRS.

New York, Nov. 16.-Charles Tracy
Barney, the deposed president of the
Knickerbocker Trust company and I'M
til recently a power in the financial
world, shot and killed himself yester-
day in his home. His loans with the
bank, it is said, are amply secured,
and when he was forced from it's pres
ldency he was, to all intents and pur-
poses eliminated as a factor in banking
circles. What ill effects his uneXpect-
ed taking off might have had on the
financial situation generally had long
since been discounted. In distress of
mind over the dissipation of his pri-
vate fortune and the loss of high
standing among business associates,
lntimates acquaintance find the hid
den drift that broke his health and
reason.
Wealth Might Have Been Saved.
And even much of his personal
wealth might have been saved. At the
time that Barney was dying at his
home and surgeons probed for a bull
let that, misdirected by a nerveless
hand, had entered the body below the
heart, a handful of friends at a down
town office we're concluding an ar
rangement by which the loose ends
Of the bankers many enterprises were
to be gathered up and financed by a
stock company, which, II not wholly
successful, would at least rescue from
the wreckage sufficient to insure the
promoters future standing financially.
The conference broke up at the an
nouncement that Mr.. Barney was
dead.
Shot Self While Alone.
Mr.. Barney, who was in his fifty.
seventh year, shot himself while alone
in his chamber. The death was re.
ported to the coroner a little after 8
o'clock.
From the confusing stories due to
the excitement of the hour, it was de.
termined that Mr.. Barney deliberately
shot himself while alone and soon aft
err rising. AS the bullet entered his
body he fell unconscious upon the bed.
The report of the revolver startled
the family. Mrs. Meade, a guest, was
the first to reach the chamber, and
she summoned the physicians. DR..
Dixon responded and also called other
physicians. Mr.. Barney was revived,
and to DR.. Dixon, for twenty years his
family physician, said:
Says It Was an Accident.
Doctor, this is an accident"
In reporting this to the coroner DR..
Dixon added: with this l coincide"
Ether was administered and efforts
were made to remove the bullet, but
they were not successful. During pc.
RODS of consciousness the patient suf.
fered much, but according to those
who were with him made no statement
other than that quoted by DR.. Dixon.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-11-22
SEEK TO CONSERVE RESOURCES.
President Calls Conference of Gov
errors to Discuss Matter.

''S " ~ NIdSlSts
Washington, Nov. 10. President
Roosevelt has invited the governors
of the states and territories to meet
him at the White House May 13, Ia
and Is next to discuss the question OF
means to conserve the natural re.
sources of the country. Invitations
are to be extended to the members
of both houses of congress and to the
inland waterways commission. The
Importance and m in which the
subject is to be considered are indi.
Gated in the presidents letter to the
governors, which was made public at
the White House yesterday.
Are Becoming Depleted.
The president says in part:
ut is evident that the abundant nat
ural resources, on which the welfare
of this nation rests, are becoming de-
pleted, and, in not a few cases, are al.
ready exhausted. This is true of all
portions of the United States; it is
especially true of the longer settled
communities of the East. The gravi-
ty of the situation must, I believe, ap-
peal with special force to the govern
ors of the states, because of their
close relations to the people and their
responsibility for the welfare of their
communities.
Vital to the Nation.
"The matters to be considered at
this conference are not confined to
any region or group of states, but are
vital to the nation as a whole and to
all the people. Those subjects in
clude the use and conservation of the
mineral resources, the of
the land and the resources of the wa
tiers in every part Of our territory.
"In order to open discussion, 1 shall
invite a few recognized authorities to
present brief descriptions of actual
facts and conditions, without argu.
ment, leaving the conference to deal
with each topic as it may elect.
A Weighty Question.
"Facts, which I cannot gainsay
force me to believe that the conserva.
ton of our natural is the
most weighty question before the PEG.
pie of the United States. If this is
so, the proposed conference, which is
the first of its kind. will be among the
most important gatherings in our his
tory in it's effect upon the welfare Of
all our people"
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-11-22
NO PRINCESS, NO SALARY.
Enrico ToseIIi's Dignity Costs Him
Concert Contract.

Florence, Nov. 20. - Enrico Toselli.
the Italian pianist who last Septem-
Der was married to Countess Montign-
oso, divorced wife of King Frederick
August of saxony, recently received
an offer to give a series of concerts
in Warsaw, Russian Poland. He ac-
cepted, but when the condition was
made that Signora Toselli should be
present at his recitals, Signor Toselli
replied that his dignity would not al
low him to have his wife appear in
public. The manager then broke the:
contract.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-11-22
From Other Shores.

An ascending cage in a mine at
Rambaud, near ST. Etienne, France,
was struck by a descending car and
seven occupants of the latter we're
thrown out, fell to the bottom OF the
+, shaft and were killed.
An earthquake caused a serious
landslide close to the village of the
valcombre, Spain, the population OF
which fed.
There will be no trouble between
Uruguay and Argentina over the seiz.
3ure of a tug in Uruguayan waters by
Argentine officials. The Uruguayan
cabinet has decided to protest against
the act and to reafiirm Uruguayan
right to jurisdiction, but not to demand
satisfaction OF Argentina. This settle
ment OF the dispute is unsatisfictor,
Is the minister Of foreign AFFAIRS. Sen
81 Acevideo. who declares he. viii re
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