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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-08
Commandcr Brown Injured.

r.. b. Brown, of Cincinnati. o.. COM
mander in chief Of the G.. A. r., and
one other passenger. and the engineer
of n Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern
train, east bound. were slightly injured
In q collision Friday between a pas
senger train and a switch engine near
Norwood, La.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-08
Child Labor Inquiry.

The president has approved of a bill
authorizing the secretary OF commerce
and labor to investigate the report on
the industrial, social, moral, educa-
tionai and physical condition of wom-
en- and child orker in the United
States.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-08
Ri. Land Deal.

John Walkin, a and man of Castle
wood, a just closed n of the larg-
est land deals in the real estate history
of the state, he having disposed Of
twenty-five quarter sections of Me-
Pherson county land to Fl. 0. Rhine, Of
Dell Rapids, consideration $50, 600.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-08
Earth shakes in Illinois.

Specials from Highland and Green
Vile. ILL.,. report severe earthquake
shocks at 1880 o'clock Wednesday
night. The vibrations seemed TO be
from the west and continued about
five econds. In many homes dishes
were shaken from the shelves.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-08
Ric Onake In south Seas.

solomon island. in the South seas
vas visited by q fearful earthquake
several months ago. SO heavy was the
force of the trembler thai the earth
opened and deep gorges We're created.
entire appearance of the island
was changed by the upheaval.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-08
Runaway wife Retnrns.

A sensation has been created at
Hermosa by the return to hat place
of the former wife of John Beatty,
who about ten months ago created no
end of talk by clipping with a nah
named Terwilliger. Since the esce-
pade the husband of the woman has
secured a divorce from her.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-08
Aimed nc DISCRIMINATION.

Senator Jones Thursday introduced
a bill in the Illinois senat modelled
after laws in Arkansas. Kansas. Mis-
souri, and Iowa prohibiting discrimina-
ton In the sale of commodities by
selling at a lower rate in one commu-
nifty than is charged for tile same COM
modify elsewhere.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-08
Nrother and child Slain.

Mrs. Harvey Marris and her 7-year-
Did son were murdered Thursday a
few hundred feet from their home,
three miles east OF Roosevelt. Ari-.
Mrs. Morris husband had left home
Tor Roosevelt during the morning.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-08
commons Koch,s Theora.

The English royal commission on
tuberculosis has just issued a lengthy
report on tubercular diseases. The re-
port sets forth that man Is liable to in
lection by bovine tuberculosis and hat
cows milk containing tubercuiar ba-
lcilli Is responsible fol a majority of
the cases of such infection.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-08
Lower Fnrc in Alabama.

The senate bill fixing the passenger
rate on railroads at ~ cents a mile
passed the lower house OF the Alabama
legislature Thursday and will be sign-
ed by the governor.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-08
Commits Suicide.

Edward p. Nipple. of Philadelphia.
aged 10, brother of the late Frank A.
Nipple, who ended his life last SUM
mer after The wreck Of the Real Estate
Trust company. Of which he was pres
ident. committed suicide Friday with a
revolver.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-08
Stickney Firm Fails.

The firm of Burns 81 Irons, at Stick
ney, has made an assignment for the
benefit of creditors. The firm did a
general merchandise business. The LA
bilities are $4,000 and the assets con-
s~iderably less.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-08
SoOO.OOO Firo at Troy.

The federal signal works of Green
island at Troy, N. Y, were burned
Thursday nighta The loss is estimated
at $780, 900.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-08
Union County institute.

The Union county farmers institute
Wednesday closed a two days session
which was largely attended by the
agriculturists in that section. Keen
interest was shown in the
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-08
Large INHERITANCE Tax.

Probably the largest inheritance tax
paid to the state under the inheritance
tax law has just been paid to the coun-
ty treasurer of Brule county by the
Carpenter estate amounting to $1,260.
This sum goes into the state treasury.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-08
To Attack the Lottery.

AS the result OF a conference at the
department of justice at Washington,
it was decided to take steps designed
to end the operations of the Honduras
National Lottery company in this coun-
fr1y t4at. sftF MWEs
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-08
Bic Swine Sale Mt Mitchell.

The annual sale of swine which was
held by the South Dakota improved
Live stock Breeders association at
Mitchell recently was the most sue
cessful one ever held by the associa-
ton. P. F.. Murphy's P~oland-China
SOW topped the sale at $40.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-08
Escaped Convict CAUGHT.

John Mally, who was arrested at
Deadwood on a charge OF burglary
and was held on suspicion hat he was
John Lee, an escaped inmate of the
state reform school at Plankinton,
confessed that such vas the case. He
will be returned to the school.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-08
Coolest Il, Two Years.

Yankton was the coolest place en-
the map Wednesday with a tempera-
ture OF 20 degrees below zero, the
coolest for two winters past. Last
winter the coolest record was "A be-
low zero.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-08
Gets Divorce nj yankt@.

Mrs. Mary Welby Wilcox was grant
ed a divorce from Will Wilcox at
Yankton on the grounds of cruelty and
improper conduct, in Judge e. r..
Smiths court. Her maiden name Of
Mary E.. Welby has been restored to
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-08
~ Factory employees Strike.

Four thousand mel and zoo women
employed In the hat factories of the
Orange. N. j., district were called o
on strike Friday by order Of the ma
tional union officers.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-08
Institute.

The farmers institute held at Elk
Point recently was one of the best
ever held in the county. The court
room was well filled at every session.
and much interest was manifested by
those present.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-08

To Complete ON Excavations.
The municipal authorities of Rome
are making preparations to complete
the excavations of all ancient monu-
ments and ruins in h large parks
which form what is called the arch
.aelogieal promenade.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-08

Sioux City 1.-Two Stock Market.
Saturdays quotations on the Sioux
City live stock market follow: Top
beeves. $4.e6. Top hays, $3.50
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-08

The new divorce law introduced by
Senator Lathrop has as its main pro-
visions a requirement of an actual res.
idence of not less thar a year in the
state, and three months on the county
where the proceedings are to be
brought, before the suit can be com
menced 1t also provides that all d.
vorce hearings shall be before the
court in open court, and not at the
chambers of the Judge, and that all
cases shall be heard in public. That
law If enacted would reduce the di-
vorce of a number Of attor.
neys in the state and they will proba-
bly, oppose it.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-08

For Hospital ut Hot Springs.
A number of leading Black Hills
physicians have formed an organiza-
tion for conducting a hospital and san
itarium at Hot Springs.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-08
Receiver for Edgmont Bank.

The Citizens Bank of Edgemont.
has closed its doors and w. w. Stewart
was appointed receiver by Judge Nc
Gee. It is claimed that the creditors
will be paid in full.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-08
Two-Cent Fare In Irdiana.

The Indiana senate Thursday passed
the Bland bill which provides for a
2-cent railroad fare in Indiana, with
no excess charge for failure to rur-
chase tickets.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-08

Vote Bonds for New School.
A proposition to issue bonds in the
sum of $4,000 for the erection of a
new school building for Tyndall was
carried at a special election.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-08
Rubonic Plague in Australia.

Rubonic Plague in Australia.
Sixteen cases of the bubonic plague
have appeared at Brisbane, Australia,
in a new form, and seven ave result
ed fatally.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-08

The son of Jasper Hixson, of Yer
million, got his right and cought i'll
the cog wheels of a corn shelter and
crushed it so badly that h amputa-
ton of one finger was necessary.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-11-06

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The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-04-12
GREAT NORTHERN IS FINED
MUST PAY $1,000 ON EACH OF FIF-
TEEN COUNTS FOR REBAT.
ING.

Minneapolis, April 9. - The Great
Northern Railway company was Sat
urday fined $ $1,000 each on fifteen
counts for giving rebates.
Inc trial was before Judge Page
MOTIFS OF the federal court, the charge
pelng the giving of freight conces-
slons on grain shipments to the Pa
cine coast. The case was called, the
jury selected, the addresses to the
jury made, the charge of the court de-
llvered, the verdict returned and IN
penalty imposed in n hour. f
next week the case will be %appealN~
to the circuit court of appeals; mean
while the defendant is released on
81 900 bail.
In many respects the case, which
was tried Saturday, is of national in
terest. 1t will be the typical case, or
the one on which the final court will
make it's decision as to whether the
Hepburn railroad rate law repealed
the Elkins law, or whether the statute
covering the offense under which the
Indictment was brought had been re
pealed as to the offense charged.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-04-12
MURDER IN FIRST DEGREE.
James Wesley Convicted Of the Mur
der OF N, o. Dahl and DAUGHTER.

Bemidji, Mimi, April 6. - James
Wesley Is nov lying in the county
Jail convicted of murder in the first
degree for the killing of N. O. Dahl on
or about April 7. 1904, and awaiting
the sentence of the court.
The verdict of guilty vas returned
yesterday morning.
The case against Paul Fourier,
who is also charged with having killed
N. O. Dahl, was taken up yesterday.
The killing of N. o. Dahl and his
daughter Aagot was one of the most
cold-blooded and brutal murders in
the annals of crime in Northern Min.
nesota.
An almost helpless old man, white
haired and past sixty-two years &
age, and a young woman twenty-five
years old, sickly and frail, were the
victims of the murderers, who shed
blood in the hope of obtaining a few
paltry dollars.
Mr.. Dahl and his daughter lived on
shacks N their claims in Beltrami
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-04-12
RED RIVER FLOODS STREETS.
Large Area of East Grand Forks I'm
der Water-Oslo Is Flooded.

Large Area of East Grand Forks un-
der Water-Oslo Is Flooded.
Grand Forks, N. D., April 9.-The
Red river has been about at a stand
still here since midnight. There was
a slight fall early in the day, but T.
river is back again at the high pc
A large area of East Grand Foi..
is inundated and boats are used by
residents, many Of whom are remain
ing in their homes until forced out by
the flood.
The situation is serious at Oslo,
twenty miles down the river. The wa
ter has backed up on the streets and
many of the residents are using boats
to reach their places Of business. So
far it has not been necessary for bust
ness men to move, but a rise of a foot
will force many of them into the sec
ond story.
A message from Saunders, seven
miles down the river, yesterday told
of a big ice gorge there. A messen-
ger was sent at once from Grand
Forks to dynamite the gorge.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-04-12
Newell DIES.
Famous Diplomat Passes Away in St
DAHL

ST. Paul. April 8. = One of the most
prominent of the former diplomats of
the United States. Stanford Newell.
died at his residence in ST. Paul Sat
urday night. Mr.. Newell had been sick
about three weeks with pleurisy, but
to all appearances he was getting
along nicely. His death came sud
denly. About three weeks ago Mr..
Newell slipped on the steps of the Min
nesota club building, causing the frac-
ture of a rib. The illness resulting
brought on the fatal attack.
He was one of the American dele
cation to the peace conference to The
Hague in 1899. In 1903 he was APP
pointed ambassador extraordinary and
minister plenipotentiary TO the Meth
erlands and Luxembourg. Of late years
he was president Of the Pioneer
Press Newspaper company.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-04-12
DROP RANGE FOR DAIRY.
Cattlemen Yield to New Condition
and Build Creameries.

and Build Creameries.
The old time owners Of range cat
tie, who STAYED off the inevitable set
Element west of the Missouri as long
as they could, are showing their views
of the changed conditions by their
works. They have formed a creamery
organization with a central plant at
Fort Pierre. and with shipping sta
lions all along the railroad to the
Black Hills. The stations to the west
will be established as oon as the cen
trail plant is ready to handle their
product, which, it is promised, will be
within a few weeks.
The range steer must give way to
the dairy COW under changed condi-
tions, and by urging this movement
the cattlemen are assisting in making
the settlement west of the river more
permanent than than it was along the
river ON the eaS side, where wheat
farming was depended upon to build
up the country from the start and
proved a failure with a few dry years.
With dairy farming as the foundation
the dry years will not greatly injure
the section west.
A creamery also is being erected at
Hayes, one of the inland towns, but
while the building is being put up it
will not attempt to handle milk until
late in the season on account of lack
Of loo which will not he the case an
other year..
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-04-12
HONEST MEDICINE
TRY Or. WILLIAMS PINK PILLS
FOR STOMACH TROUBLE.
Convincing Evidence Supported by Q
Guarantee That Must C%onvince
Tho Most SkepticaL

DR.. Williams Pink Pills are a DOCTORS
prescription, used by an eminent prac.
tltioner, and for nearly a generation
known as q reliable household remedy
throughout the United States. Need.
less to say, no advertised medicine could
retain popular favor for so long a period
without having great merit and it is the
Invaluable curative properties of the pills
h a have made them q standard remedy
In every civilized country in the world.
d to this is the absolute guarantee
that the pills contain no harmful drug.
opiate, narcotic or stimulant. A recent
evidence of their efficacy is found in the
statement of Mrs. N. B. Whitley, of
Boxley, Ark, who
81 had suffered for a good MANY wears
from stomach trouble. For a long time
! was subject to bad spells of faintness
and Lack OF breath accompanied by an
understandable feeling that seemed to
start in my stomach. Whenever 1 was
q little rundown or over-tired, these
spells would come on. They occurred
frequently but did not last very long.
81 was confined to my bed for ten
weeks one time and the doctor pro-
nounced my trouble chronic inhamma.
ton of the stomach and bowels. Since
that time l have been subject to the
fainting spells and at other times to fut-
tering Of the heart aud a feeling as
though l vas smothering. Ny general
health was very bad and I was weak and
trembling.
II had seen DR.. Williams Pink Pills
mentioned in the newspapers and de-
cided to try them. When 1 began taking
the pills l was so rundown in strength
that l could hardly do any homework.
Now 1 could walk ten milesi if necessary.
Both my husband and myself think DR..
Williams Pink Pills the best medicine
made and we always recommend the
pills to our friends"
DR.. Williams Pink Pills actually make
new blood and give strength and tone to
every part of the body. They have
cured serious disorders of the blood and
nerves, such as rheumatism, sciatica.
anamia, nervousness, headaches, partial
paralysis, locomotor ataxia, st. Vitus'
dance and many forms of weakness in
either sex. They are sold by all drug
gists or will be sent, postpaid, on receipt
of price. so cents per box, six boxes for
$50, by the DR.. Williams Medicine
Company, Schenectady. N. Y.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-04-12
NORTHWEST NEWS
HAUL MADE BY GRAND JURY.
More Reservation Liquor Cases Ar,
Passed Upon.

dSSCO UPON.
James Madison, who is we'll known
IN h south central part of the state,
was the first person to be sentenced
during the present term of the United
States court in Sioux Falls. He was
indicted on five counts for the selling
of liquor at the new town of Wagner,
Charles Mix county.
Wagner lies in the coded portion Of
the Yankton Indian reservation, and
the treaty with the Indians surrender
ing the land contained a clause pro-
hibiting for all time the sale of liquor
on the coded lands. S. H. Wright, at
torney for Madison, after Madison
had entered a plea of guilty to the in
dictment against him, called the atten-
ton of Judge Garland to the fact that
the defendant vas not aware of this
provision of the treaty; that he had
procured a government license and
that his was the first time he had
ever been in trouble. In view of this
a plea of l%eniency was made in behalf
OF the defendant. Judge Garland, in
calling attention to the five Oun in
the indictment, stated they were suf-
ficient to subject the defendant to i'm
prisonment for a period of ten years.
However, Judge Garland sentenced
| Afol,,~, t~ - t~., - ~-, rpo,- ~, n
one day in the United States peniten-
tiary at Leavenworth, Kan, and fined
him the sum of $500.
The grand jury returned additional
indictments in a number of cases.
NO bills" We're returned in the cases
of Yellow Back, an Indian who was
charged with the theft of a horse on
Old Lodge, an Indian charged with
larceny on the Rosebud reservation.
Indictments were returned against the
following DEFENDANTS:
Benjamin F.. Burns, selling liquor
on the Yankton reservation.
James Madison. selling liquor on the
coded portion of the Yankton reserva-
ton.
Max Lyman, introducing liquor into
the Yapkton reservation.
Harry Slow, introducing liquor into
the Crow Creek reservation.
Jerome Cadotte and Francis New
Earth, Indian boys, theft of two horses
belonging to the government from the
Standing Rock reservation.
Thomas Brother Of All, larceny on
the Grow Creek reservation.
Charles Wells, introducing liquor
into the Yankton reservation.
Judge Garland granted orders for
the transfer to Sioux Falls of several
defendants who nave been indicted SO
! they can be on hand when their cases
are called for trial, they at present
being in Jail at Aberdeen, Chamber
lain and other points.
Samuel Watkins and Thomas Fer
ron were arraigned or indictments
charging them with the theft of cattle
and horses on the Rosebud reserva-
ton. Three Indictments We're re
turned in the case of Ferron. Ihey,
with others, are alleged to have beer
implicated in wholesale cattle and
horse "rustling' on the Rosebud res
ervation, it being alleged that the
gang was one of the worst which mas
operated in that part of the state
since the days of the notorious Jack
Su11V.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-04-12
BLAZING STICK FATAL.
Sets Fire to Woman's Clothes and
Death Pec,II<c

Sets Fire to Woman's Clothes and
Death Results.
Sioux Falls, S. d., April s.. = Mrs.
Hampton, aged eighty, was fatally
burned at the home of her son, Abra-
ham Hampton Of Platte.
Her sol had been burning the de
bris in the yard. His mother, seeing
a piece of wood burning on the
ground, picked it up and started for
the house to burn it in the stove.
Only one end Of the stick was burn
ing and she placed the other end un-
der her arm Before she realized what
had happened her back was all on fire.
She had celluloid hairpins in her
hair and these instantly caught fire.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-04-12
Girl Swallows Aconite.

Browerville, Mimi, April 6.-Agnes
Torek, the eighteen-year-old daughter
of a family living in Ward township
took aconite last night and would
have died if prompt measures had moi
been taken. 1t is not known certainly
whether the dose was taken inten
tionally or by accident.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-04-12
WOMAN FAsTs SO DAYS.
Says She will Continue Starvation
Cure Two Weeks More.

Webster City, Iowa, April 9.-Not a
morsel of food has passed the lips of
Mrs. Harriet NJ. Close for thirty-three
endeavor to 5tarve out an attack of
rheumatism. She continues to attend
to her household duties. and says she
believes she will continue her fast for
two weeks longer.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-04-12
VILLAGE IN FIRE PERIL.

Thanksgiving Apparatus Burns With
Buildings.
Cedarburg, Wis, April 6.-The fire
station with all of the fire apparatus
and the village school, which was in
the same building, were destroyed by
an early morning fire. The fire
spread to an adjoining building and
for a time it was feared that the en-,
tire town would be destroyed.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-04-12
Fire Fighter Dead.

Marshalltown, Iowa, April Cross
%lngledue, twenty-five years old. son of
Mayor o. l.. Ingledue, died OF pulmo-
nary tuberculosis, the direct result OF
contracting a severe cold almost five
years ago, while fighting a fire as a
member of the volunteer fire depart
ment.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-04-12
Snow Stops SEEDING.

Fergus Falls, Mimi, April "a few
farmers began seeding in this locality
during the last week, but a heavy
snow storm Saturday afternoon and
evening put a stop to the work, and it
will be impossible to opera
tons for several days.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-04-12
Two BOYS Drown in slouoh

Grand Forks, N. D., April 9.-Three
boys went out sailing in a canvas
boat on a slough near here yesterday.
A heavy wind prevailed and the boat
was upset. Two of the boys were
drowned and the other had a narrow
escape from death.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-04-12
LIGHT Company RaIks.

Winona, Mimi, April 6. - The La
Crosse Light and Power company, for
which the city has prepared two fifty.
year franchises, has refused to accept
them and now the matter must be
threshed out again.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-04-12
Car Runs Down Three Men,

Winnipeg, April 6.-Joseph Wrixon
was run down by a street car and IA
tally injured. Both his legs were bad
ly mangled at the hips and he cannot
live. Two companions were slightly
injured.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-04-12
Grand Jury lndlcts Mayor.

Marengo, Iowa, April 6. = A sensa-
ton has been caused here by the ac-
ton Of the grand jury in returning
an indictment on two counts against
A. M. Henderson. mayor of this city.
The charge is fraudulent banking.