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The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-02-08
JAPAN SEEKING
PRET[XT FOR WAR
SERIOUS CRISIS IN RELATIONS
BETWEEN UNITED STATES
AND JAPAN.
CALIFORNIA MUST BACK DOWN
THE RESTORATION OF JAPs TO
SCHOOLS ONLY PREVENTIVE
OF POSSIBILITIES.

Washington. Feb. .. - A most seri-
Gus and unexpected crisis has arisen
in the heretofore friendly relations
eAlstllls between the United States
and Japan. The utmost eXel ms of
trained diplomats will be necessary to
aver hostilities, precipitated by ia
pan.
n paramount concession TO Japan
is essential to restore the semblance
of friendship. The educational au-
thorities of San Francisco must re.
store Japanese children to the same
privileges of public school attendance
they enjoyed before the fire and earth.
quake.
Only Preventive of War.
1t was seriously stated last night
that thai is the only preventive of war
between the United States and Japan.
The president has sent for the pres
ident of the San Francisco board Of
education and the superintendent Of
schools, plainly and u~nequivocally to
inform them that their edict of non
admission for Japanese children must
be withdrawn.
Extremely Critical Situation.
President Roosevelt convinced the
entire California delegation in con-
gress that the existing situation is ex-
tremely critical and that they must
make some sacrifice of state pride for
the general good. He did not differen-
tiate as between the Japanese govern
ment and the Japanese people, but
made the broad, sweep comprehen-
sive declaration that Japan desires
wal and is seeking a pretext for it's
prosecution.
Every member of the California del
egation was impressed by the presi-
dents utterances and promised to rem
der all possible assistance.
Willy Jap Dodges
The president and Secretary Root
are hopeful that if the action of the
San Francisco school officers is re-
scinded, friendly relations may be
completely restored through diplomat
ic channels and a treaty arranged
whereby Japanese Goodies may be ex-
cluded from entering the United
States. That this "a be accomplish
ed is still problematic.
In all the negotiations up to this
time, Japan has adroitly asked for i'm
possible concessions as compensation
for the n favor of coolie exclusion.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-02-08
THREE TAAw JURORS DROPPED.
Murder Trial Full of Sensations--StiI,
One Vacant Seat.

W0'uSV iIIdi run OF
One Vacant Seat.
New York, Feb. 3 Sensations were
frequent in the Thaw murder trial e
terday, and before the two sessions of
court had ended three sworn Jurors
had been released from scsvice in the
case, making five in all summarily
excused from the trial panel during
the last three days. In the case of
two of the released jurors no expla-
nation was made in court, nor could
the men themselves offer any explana-
ton of the courts action in ordering
their discharge.
The third was allowed to go upon a
physicians certificate. Three salts
factory talesmen We're found to re-
place the excused jurors so that at
the close of the day there were again
eleven men in the jury box.
Rumors were current last night that
the end of the jr"v changes is not yet
in sight and that rther chal rs may
be added to what has already become
an unprecedented record in criminal
proceedings in New York city.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-02-08
sNAe FOR JAP E A
Senate Will Not Allow Distinction i'm
American Citizens.

Washington, Feb. ). - Special
President Roosevelt's plan for ami
cably adjusting all differences between
the United States and Japan, with a
view to excluding coolies, is doomed
to- certain failure. He will w be
able to obtain the ratification of q
treaty barring American w%orkingmen
from Japan.
The president has made his calcu-
lations on the theory that as no Ameri-
can laborers so to Japan there will be
no objection to having a clause insert
ed in a treaty providing for their ex-
clusion. This will be reciprocal for
the exclusion of Japanese coolies.
1t has already become evident that
the senate will refuse to approve any
convention in which distinctions be-
tween American citizens are made.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-02-08
BIG MEN 70 HELP OLIVER.
en- Contractors Will Combine to
Handle Canal Job.

New York. Feb. 5.-William ]. Oil
yer of Knoxville, Tenn. the lowest
bidder for the construction work on
the Panama canal, held a conference
here last night with ten other con-
tractors who will. it is understood, be
associated with Mr.. Oliver in the
event that his bid is accepted. The
purpose of the conference, it was said,
was to discuss the formation of a cor
poration which would be prepared to
undertake the work on the isthmus.
Mr.. Oliver declined to make public the
outcome of last nights meeting, but
said hat something might be made
public in a few days.
A representative of Mr.. Oliver sub
s%equently announced some plans that
have been agreed upon, in addition to
those already made known.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-02-08
From Other Shores.

j. g. Patton, the missionary, is dead
at Canterbury. Australia. He was
eighty-two years old.
During the year 1907 seven japa-
nese warships will be launched at the
various nava lizards.
Solomon Tuck, the Oldest explosive
manufacturer in this country, died in
New York. He was seventy-nine years
old.
The government schooner Pilot was
wrecked during a recon cyclone on
C~ooktown, Australia. Seven lives were
lost.
Sixteen cases of bubonic plague
have appeared at Brisbane, Australia,
in a new firm and seven of them have
resulted fatally.
The French government has com
missioned MN. B~artholonne and Sego-
finn to execute statues of Noltaire and
Rosseau for erection in the Pantheon.
On account of the failure of the local
wheat crop, Russia this year will be a
purchaser of American wheat, and the
VI 81 SliDIpdt Will dIIlNe SOOi dt Nioh.
Prime Minister Maura, the Conserv-
ative leader, who assumed office a few
days ago. has decided to dissolve the
Spanish cortes and hold a general cleo
ton.
A petition bearing the signatures OF
16S, 341 persons, urging the complete
suppression of the manufacture OF abb
sinthe in Switzerland, has been pre-
sented to the federal council.
Generals Arencibia and Boldomero
Acosta, we'll known rebel leaders.
have been given positions with the
Cuban government. The appointments
have caused some adverse comment.
An official denial has been made of
the report published by Il Montreal
newspaper that negotiations were on
foot for the sale of the islands of st.
Pierre Minuelon to Japan for use as a
coaling station.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-02-08
ADMIRAL DAVIS COMMENDED.
President Approves of His Action at
kinuston-Davjs Reports.

Washington, Fet. BIN u%nequivo-
cal terms President Roosevelt yester-
day approved Admiral Davis entire
action in connection with his visit to
Kingston, Jamaica, to render aid to
the stricken city, and in addition re.
quested the secretary of the navy to
express to Admiral Davis his heartiest
commentator of all that he did.
The long-eXpected report of Admiral
Davis of the circumstances leading up
to the withdrawal of the fleet from
Kingston reached the navy department
yesterday and was at once laid before
the president. Inasmnch as the presi.
dent already has announced that the
diplomatic phase is a closed incident,
the report itself will not be made pub
lie.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-02-08

Sarah Williams, three years old.
daughter of William Williams of Ana
conda. Mont, was fatally poisoned by
drinking carbolic acid.
The lifeless bodies of Jacob We'll
and his wife, Rosa We'll, were found
In their apartments in New York.
Both had been asphyXiated by gas, the
rubber tubing connecting a gas stove
with a fixture having been removed.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-02-08
MAIL ORDER SUIT DENIED.
Court Refuses to Enjoin South Dakota
Association.

Sioux Falls, S. D., Feb. S. = Judge
Garland of the United States court
denied the application for a temporary
injunction Of Montgomery Ward & Co.
of Chicago against the officers and d.
rectors of the South Dakota Retail
Merchants and Hardware Dealers as
ISOLATION and E. j. Mannix, editor OF
the Commercial News of Sioux Falls.
The Chicago concern alleged that it
was unable to purchase goods from
jobbers and wholesalers because of a
boycott maintained by the association
and Editor Mannix. Montgomery
Ward & Co. sought an injunction to re-
strain the defendants from continuing
this alleged boycott.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-02-08
LocHREN TO LEAVE BENCH.

Washington Rumor Says That the
Judge Will Resign During Month.
Washington, Feb. 3.-Rumors of the
forthcoming resignation of Judge Will
liam Lochren, United States district
judge for Minnesota, are current in
Washington. 1t is understood that
Judge Lochren has announced to some
friends that he intends to retire soon.
AS reports have it he will sever his
connection with the federal bench
some time this month.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-02-08
Snow in Death Valley.

San Francisco, Feb. death VAL
ley, California, which is normally the
hottest place in North America, is
now covered with ten inches of snow.
This is the first time On record that
snow has fallen in Death Valley.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-02-08
XIII Police Chief

Warsaw, Russian Poland, Feb. "A
band Of terrorists last evening shot
and killed Victor Cruen, the chief of
the secret police of this city, as he
was driving in a cab. The murderers
escaped.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-02-08
Mail Rate is Reduced.

Washington, Feb. PA compromise
of the proposed reduction in railway
mail pay has agreed upon between
representatives of various railroads
which have mail contracts and the
house committee on postofice and
post roads.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-02-08
Elk up the OREGON.

Washington, Feb. 5.-The battleship
Oregon is to be modernized and Secre-
tary Metcalf announced that he had
authorized the expenditure of $1,OOO,-
900 out of the naval repair fund for
that
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-02-08
Fall on Walk Kills Man.

Burlington, Iowa, Feb. 1. - Andrew
Meyer, a pioneer citizen of Burlington,
was killed by falling on the icy side
walk. He lay unconscious where he
had fallen for several hours before he
was discovered.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-02-08
PERJURY ADDED TO BRIDES.
Two More New York Aldermen Arrest.
ed in Case.

New York. Feb. 3.-The hearing OF
the case against Alp. w. S. Clifford on
charges of bribery in the election of a
recorder of the court of general SEES
sions ended yesterday in the arrest OF
Aid. Henry c. Peters and John j.
Cronin on charges of perjury.
Aid. Clifford was held in &c., 900 bail
for the grand jury.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-02-08
Saw Bow Shot Man.

Centerville, Iowa, Feb. 1. A fiji
teen-year-old boy named Snow is held
awaiting the result Of the injuries Of
Hugh Leach. a railroad man. 1t is al.
legged the boy shot and probably IA
tally wounded the man.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-02-08
PLAYS at Hanaina: Dies.

Princeton, Mo-, Feb. 2. Fred
Brooks, aged fourteen, yesterday hang
ed himself from a barn rafter for the
amusement of his playmate, but his
feet slipped from a support and he
5strangled to death.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-02-08
Gives Life TO Save Picture

Appleton, Wis, Feb. 1. - Rushing
up stairs in a burning farmhouse to
ave the picture of his dead mother,
Perley Baker was carried down by
the falling in of the burning roof ana
was cremated.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-02-08
Domestic.

Domestic.
The Kansas legislature has passed a
bill to abolish capital punishment.
An American company has been au-
thorized ito build a r rbor at Rio
Grande du Sol.
For the first time in three years a
complete ice bridge has been formed
across the Hudson river at Its widest
point.
The Indiana legislature has passed
a 2-cent railroad fare bill. No excess
charge will be allowed for failure to
purchase tickets
Pipe smoking is on the increase.
| This is shown by the increased briar-
wood pipe material which is imported
from Italy. The imports almost dou-
bled in 1906.
The Pennsylvania legislature has
| passed a resolution calling for an in
yestigation of the expenditure of So.
oOO, 900 for furnishing n decorating
the new state capitol.
The New York board of health has
issued an order prohibiting the sale
of cocaine alone or in combination
with other substances, at retail, TX
cept on prescription of a physician.
If the grand jury now in session at
Elkader, Iowa, takes the drastic &C.
ton hat it plans to take If evidence
justities it, every saloon in Clayton
county will be ousted.
Because the council members OF
Muskegon, Mich, are all stricken with
grip, which is sweeping that town,
Muskegon's government is crippled.
The police force is demoralized.
A remarkable surgical operation
performed at Suffolk, Va, resulted in
the birth of a petrified child.a A wo-
man from Gates county, N. j., came
there, who had been pronounced as
suffering from internal tumor, and
had been similarly affected for more
than three years. The child had turned
to stone. Its weight was five and one
' half pounds.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-02-08
Brands Trusts "crir,inals."

Guthrie, Okla, Feb. 5.-The consti-
tutional convention passed the follow
ing propositions:
TRUSTS and monopolies shall be
treated as criminals and be prohibit
ed"
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-02-08
BIG EARTHQUAKE LOCATED.
Solomon Islands. in South Seas, Visit
ed Months Ago.

ed Months Ago.
San Francisco, Feb. 8. = The Solo
mon islands. in the South seas. were
visited by a fearful earthquake several
months ago and so heavy was the
force of the trembler that the earth
The entire appearance of the islands
was changed by the great %upheaval.
but as far as can be ascertained there
was no loss of life.
The news was brought here by Gov.
c. B. L.. Moore. who arrived on the
Oceanic company's steamer Sierra
yesterday from Samoa.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-02-08
SIS.
Senator Rayner Discusses Expansi,
of Executive Prerogatives.

oeTTdtoT NdyHeT DISCUSSES CXPdTSToH
of Executive Prerogatives.
Washington, Feb. 1.-Senator Ray
ner's address on the expansion Of ex-
ecutive prerogatives, Senator Lodges
brief reply and an extended discus
sion of the administration of the pub
lie Nand laws by Senator Hepburn con-
stituted yesterdays proceedings in
the senate.
The river and harbor appropriation
bill occupied practically all the time
of the house yesterday
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-02-08
TAAw JURY COMPLETED.
Trial Of Case Will Begin Monday
Morning..

New York, Feb. 3.-The Thaw jury
was completed late yesterday.
The selection of the twelfth juror
came as a complete surprise at the
end of a long and tedious day-the
eighth of the trial-and Immediately
after this last member of the trial
panel had been sworn in Justice Fitz
gerald ordered an adjournment OF
court until 1890 o'clock Monday
morning.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-02-08

;or Refusing to Give Grand Jury

Wreck Evidence.
Cincinnati, Feb. 5.-Five officials of
the Cincinnati Traction company were
indicted for refusal to bring into court
books, pieces of %wreckage and other
things wanted in the investigation of
the recent Warsaw n accident, in
which two men were killed.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-02-08
HOT AFTER THE PAPER TRUST
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL
PLACE TRUST ON THE GRILL
AGAIN.

Washington, Feb. 3.-Once more the
TO be placed upon the grill by the fed
eral government. The judiciary COM
mittee of the house will report favora-
bly, the resolution of Representative
Williams, directing the commissioner
of corporations to make a thorough in
v~estigation of these concerns.
The investigation will not only at
feet newspapers, which pay $26, 1000, 600
annually for the paper they consume,
but book publishers and boXboard,
writing and other paper m~anufactur-
ers, who consume at least ST., 000, 900
worth of paper. .
The General Paper company, which
controls the entire market of the Mid
die and Western states, was dissolved
recently, after a federal prosecution in
Minnesota.
Prices Shoot UP Again.
Prices at once dropped so per cent.
Now they have advanced again, the
law being evaded through the incorpo.
ration of a new concern, the Kimber.
ly-Clark company, in Wisconsin.
The allegation has been that the
paper trusts now in existence sell
their product at a lower price abroad
than they do at home. There is no
possible chance of competition, be.
cause of the methods used by the pa
per combination Representations
have been made to congress that, if
the tariff on wood pulp, which
amounts to $1.67 per ton, and on paper
for newspaper printing, which is Sc
per ton, should be removed, there
about the erection of mills in six
months which would entirely relieve
the situation.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-02-08
Criminal.

William J. Donahue, a member OF
the New York legislature, committed
suicide in Brooklyn. No aus for the
deed is known.
j. M. Brown, an attorney of Sioux
City, has been swindled u Of $4,000
by a clever crook who borrowed that
amount on a forged deed of a valua-
BILE farm.
George A. Burnham. Jr.. convicted of
larceny from the Mutual Reserve Life
Insurance company. of which he was
vice president, has been taken to Sing
Sing to serve a two-year sentence.
Lou Bolyard and wife, Grace Boil
yard, have been arrested and are now
in the county Jail at Mount Gillado,
Ohio, charged with the murder of
Charles Westbrooh at Cardington
March II, 1904.
Twenty-six Japanese, including sew
eral women disguised as boys, We're
found concealed in Il box car near Ell
Paso, Tex, by immigration officers.
They had waded the river TIC avoid
payment Of the head tax.
Chris Flynn was found dead in his
room at Billings, Mont, with his
throat gashed in a shocking manner.
Appearances indicate that he had de-
liberately cut his throat with a razor.
No cause for the deed is known.
Quentin Hood of Sault Ste. Marie,
Mich, is suffering from severe t
wounds, and his condition is so c.,1ti-
cal that it is expected his injuries Will
prove fatal. Hood attempted to act
as a ~peacemaker between two men
who were engaged in a brawl, and
received several wounds from a knife
in the hands of one of the brawlers.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-02-18
NEGRO WORSHIPERS
 DONATE TO FUND
Stirring Address of Doctor J. W. RoW. land Brought Forth Literal Cash Contributions at St Paufs
 Church Sunday.

Immediately after the services held Sunday morning at the St. Paul's Bap- tist Church, colored, Doctor J. w. Rowland, a local negro physician, ad- dressed the congregation in behalf of the East End fire sufferers. He stated that while the fire visited a district in which only white resided the col ored people of the city should feel that it was their duty to assist them. He added that the white people are the first to the aid of the colored man in times of trouble and distress and that they should appreciate the past kind nesses bestowed on them. In three minutes time $15.20 was contributed in nickels, dimes and quarters by the congregation. The money was turned over to Doctor Rowland, Reverend A. M. Middlebrooks and Luke Ross, who presented it to the Relief Committee today On behalf of the Baptist Church members. A resolution of sympathy was also adopted at the services.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-02-18
CELEBRATED DOCTOR
 IS CORNING HERE.
Man Who Attended Governor G0ebel of Kentucky, Will Tour .rhansas and Lecture to Medical SO-
 cietieS in March.

Doctor J. N. McCermack, of Bowling Green, Ky, the doctor who was given
 ten thousand dollars by the Ken
 lucky legislature for attending Gov
 ernor Goebel, will visit Pine Bluff,
 March 19, and will be entertained by members of the Jefferson County Medi-
 cal society. Doctor Mccormack comes
 to this city as the official representa-. !. tive of the American Medical Associa- ton, beginning a series of public ad- dresses on March II, under the aus pices of that association.
 He will visit Little Rock, Hot Springs, Fort Smith and other points in this state. His subject here will be Things About Doctors That Lay, men Ought to Know. z Doctor Mccormack will discuss this subject and other germane ones on his tour, having just finished a cam- paign in Michigan. Doctor McCo:- mack says the profession is not as well organized in Arkansas as it should be and he comes to this stale to improve conditions. Special invii tations are to be issued at each place
 Doctor Mccormack visits to friends on physicians, county and municipal au- thorities, members of the legislature, minister's, lawyers, teachers, mer- chants and all classes of people, 6 hear him. Ladies will also be encour- aged to attend his lectures. Commit tees have already been named here for the entertainment of Doctor Mo- Cormack. He is one of the most noted physicians in this country and his visit to Arkansas is being awaited with eager anticipations by the members of the medical profession. Announce ment of his coming has been made by Secretary C. c. Stephenson, of the Ar kansas Medical Society.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-02-18
"IuEFT OUT IN THE
 RAIN AND THE SNOWo
Now Edwin Joplin Wants $500 Dam- ages from The Iron Mountain Railroad Fire in Station
 Contracted Rheumatism.

Edwin Joplin, of this city, today filed suit against the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway eom- pany, for $500 damages, alleged to be due him for rheumatism alleged ,o have been brought on through the neg ligence of the railroad company.
 His complaint is of a most unique character. He says he went to the railway station at Forrest City, Ark, on the night of January 2, that the ticket agent was not ill the depot and that the building was locked. He says he was forced 10 remain out in the sleet and storm more than an hour. From this exposure, Joplin claims tn It he contracted rheumatism and has
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-02-18
Solmson's coming, Some thing doing.
FATE OF HOME,
 SWEET HOME

Easthampton, l.. I. Feb. 1S-The plot
 of three acres adjoining the parish
 property on which the boyhood home %1f John Howard Payne, the home ne
 ga in his mind and heart when he wrote Home, Sweet Home has been
 purchased by St. Luke's parish for
 $15,OOO. The house is small frame
 one, of the peculiar style of Long Isl-
 and In the early part of lsC. century. St. Luke's Properties are scattered, the church is in one part of the town and the rectory~i in another As the church IS too small for it's needs, especially
 m summer, the Payne homestead was purchased to provide greater facilities kumors have been spread throughout the country that St. Lukes parish will pull down the famous house. and M@protests have been received from both #sldes of the Atlantic. and especially &1rom East Hampton people. It is &pleaded that the house be turned into @a museum but no funds are forthcom sdng for the purpose. Ae meeting of @tne vestry was held last night but mo definite action was taken in the
 matter.