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Connecticut western news., 1911-11-30
Killed 27 Snakes.

When Clarence Jones saw a huge black snake disappearing into a hole in an embankment in Easthampton the other day hls curiosity was aroused and securing a shovel he pursued the reptile by excavation. After digging in some 20 feet and three feet under ground he came upon a colony of black snakes hibernating. According to his story he first came upon large hole or under ground chamber where he found the snake he had previously seen. Branch ing off from this chamber were a num- Der of smaller ones and from each Jones says he dug a snake. In all he captured 27 reptiles ranging in length from 316 to 5 feet. He is of the opinion that if he continued his excavations he would fiud still more. All of the snakes were in a comatose. state having retired for the winter. The snakes taken were killed and nailed to plank and placed on exhibition in the town.
Connecticut western news., 1911-11-30
Old High Finance

Frenzied finance is not exclusively 8 habit of recent years. At the Riggs National Bank in Wash ington. says the Popular Magazine, there is carefully guarded a proof of the foregoing as- sertion.
 Regarding the proof there IS told this story:
 One winter morning Henry Clay, finding himself in need of money, went to the Riggs bank and asked for the loan of $250 on his personal note. He was told that, while his credit was per fectly good. it was the inflexible rule of the bank to require an endorser.
 The great statesman hunted up Dan- iel Webster and asked him to indorse the note.
 "With pleasure" said Webster. But I need some money myself. Why not make your note for $500 and you and I will split it?
 This they did. And today the note is in the Riggs bank-unpaid.
Connecticut western news., 1911-11-30
Beer Going Up

ungh F. Fox, who is secretary of the United States Brewers asSoclation and who attended a gathering of state brewers here, on Friday made a state ment of much interest before he left New Haven, in which he forecasts an increase shortly in the wholesale price of hs CT.
 MT. Fox says that while brewers. by reason of the increasing price of hops and barley and the lessening production. will be obliged to increase the price of their product, the 'EaltImate consumers'' it Is not expected, will have to pay any higher price for beer which he buys ever the counter, although there may be some slight increase in the cost per case in bottled beer.
 MT. Fnx, in statement made to the brewers. said that conditions were with out precedent In the history of the trade. It confronts the brewers the world over. Said he:
 While the consumption of beer has been steadily increasing. the production of barley and hops has been decreasing. so that even under normal crop con- ditions the worlds supply would amount to little more than actual requirements. It is we'll known that labor is one of the principal items of expense in the manu- facture of beer. The result is that it costs fully dolIar barrel to make beer than in previous years, which is con- siderably more than the average profit that the brewers have been making. Under these conditions brewers in many important centers have advanced the price of beer 50 cents barrel and such action soon will become general"
Connecticut western news., 1911-11-30
Thank sgiving Prices

Prices of Thanksgiving edibles val in different rarts of the state, and in every instance show a startling increase over the ''cost of living" a few years ago. Take the item of turkeys. In Bridge port the marketmen advertise choice turkeys at 25 to 28 cents per pound; Hartford, % to 32; New Haven, go to 2S; Cauaan, B. Chickens-Bridgeport, 13 to IS; Hartford, IA to 20; New Haven, IS to 25; Canaan, 20 to 24. Geese Bridgeport, IS to 20; Hartford, 22; New Haven. 25 to 2S; Canaan, 24.
Connecticut western news., 1911-11-30
Hartford Explorer Returns.

Dr. William c. Frying. surgeon of the Yale Peru expedition, is home in Hart ford after an absence of seven months during which he penetrated to little wis tied recesses of the mountainous interior of Peru, with Professor Hiram Bingham of Yale University.
 The expedition discovered a hitherto unknown Inca city, containing 8 palace, temples and baths, and Professor Bing- ham and MT. Tucker of the party sue. ceeded in reaching the summit of Mount Corapuna after six days of hard work
 Dr. Frying and others followed the parent branch of the Amazon from its source more than fifteen thousand feet above the sea.
Connecticut western news., 1911-11-30
The Waning of Henry

As one of the results of waning pohti- cal strength and the reapportionment of of Congressional Districts by the last General Assembly. Congressman Henry, formerly of the First District, will be re- tired to private life. The territorial re- arrangement made him resident of the Second District, in which his political friendships coont for little. He had for merly made some splendid campaigns, hut in the last election a change of 620 votes would have defeated him. Accord ing to the Hartford Times Congressman Henry does not expect his Republican friends in the Secoud District to nomi- nae him. He will take the opportunity to retire voluntarily from congress. "- Bridgeport Farmer.
Connecticut western news., 1911-11-30
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Connecticut western news., 1911-11-30
Raisins.

Raisins often stick to the paper in which they have been wrapped. At such times hold the paper for mo- ment over the steam escaping from a teakettle and the fruit can then be re- moved readily. Q
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1911-12-22
Crazy Social.

The Crazy Social held Wednes-
day evening, Dec. 13, at the
home Of A. ]. Otto, in this city,
under the auspices of the Ladies'
Aid Society of the M. E. church.
was a pronounced success.
About eighty-five persons were
present, and each appeared to
enjoy the occasion immensely.
AS the name implies, each
number on the program was
given in an unusual fashion.
Rev. Shearer, in uniform, acted
as instructor to a band of mus
leans composed of James Oliver
and Lloyd Peterson with combs,
Harry Otto with violin, Frank
McKeever with tin-pan drum
and Harold Warning with a pc
culiar instrument of his own
manufacture in which tin can
and string were much in evil
dence. These gentlemen also
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1911-12-22

Mrs. R. G. Myers. New Castle.
Ind.
Mrs. G. W. Barber. Terry.
Mont.
Mrs. j. F. Richards, Mobridge.
wife Of Superintendent Richards
ans-Missouri slope division
Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul
railroad.
Miss Vessie Richards, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. j. r. Richards.
Miss Peterson, Green Bay, Wi;
--McKone, Minneapolis, sleep
ing car conductor.
Thomas Alexander, Newark. N
j., cook dining car.
One unidentified man, about 30,
passenger.
Two unidentified persons.
The Injured.
John Samuelson, Aberdeen,
head cut.
M. e. Lablanc, Seattle. back
injured and face cut.
Alpha Lablanc, Seattle, bruised
and shaken.
E. Lablanc, Seattle. back
wrenched.
G. G. Cragin, New York, body
bruised, left knee wrenched.
w. H. Swan, Toronto, left lSnr
wrenched.
j. Scanlon, Minneapolis, leg in
jured.
John Koch, Aberdeen. foot j.
jured.
Joseph sandell, fireman Sc
cond section, ankle broken.
F. j. Mather, Reeder, N. D.,
shoulder bruised and left knee
injured.
Mrs. F. J. Mather, Reeder. N.
D., side injured.
R. Pierce, Seattle, back sprain-
ed.
j. f. Alexander, porter, Chic
ago, head and face cut.
w. II. Perry, Vancouver, B. c..
head, arm and shoulder injured.
Mrs. B. A. Williams, Lennon
back and head injured.
Ralph Aney, Aberdeen, anklc
sprained.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1911-12-22

gave the song, Good Night,
Ladies'"
Mrs. Judkins convulsed the
audience by singing. Married
Life. y A japanese sextette, en-
costume, gave S selection con-
sisting of the rendition. in uni
son, of a different tune by each
member.
The president, Mrs. Babcock.
read a comic paper filled with
clever personal hits. Mrs.
Dave Stevens also amused the
listeners with an original paper,
composed of anecdotes and YER
ses. In a storytelling contest,
Mrs. McKeever won first prize Of
a china dog, and Mr.. Lien second
with a reward of a rubber boy Of
the variety that "squeals when
squeezed" A. j. Otto gave a
sleigh ride song and II. L. Mas
slngham proved his oratorical
ability with a speech in Irish
dialect.
Nearly all of the participants
were in costume. representing
different countries and historical
characters, China, Germany
and Ireland being largely in
evidence.
Refreshments served in ludi-
crous receptacles such as coal
scuttles, tea kettles, etc., were
partaken of amid much merrii-
ment. All left the scene of en-.
Joyment voting that it wasn't
half bad to be temporarily crazy.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1911-12-22
Towed to Town.

G. w. Eaton, Of Luffman,
started for Sisseton. Monday
morning, with a sleigh loaded
with about fifty bushels of flax.
When three miles from town he
was forced to secure The services
of another team to tow him and
his load in'o town. tandem, as
the snow appeared to have be-
come a decidedly minus quantity.
Mr.. Eaton added his name to the
already large list Of Standard
subscribers. with the remark,
"sisseto' s my town, if l do live
in Marshall county," +"
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1911-12-22

Twelve persons killed and six
teen injured is the story Of
railroad wreck which occurred
early Monday morning near Odes
sa, Mimi, the first station east of
Ortonville.
The columbian" flyer, one
of the crack coast trains on the
Milwaukee road, was running il
two sections, the first section
being the regular passenger train
and the second section bein
made up Of cars loaded with silk
from the Orient. The first sec
ton had been Tagged by a freigh
train and was pulling in on the
passing track when the second
section crashed into the rear
sleeper, causing one of the most
disastrous railroad wrecks in the
history of the Milwaukee system.
The engine of the second see
ton ploughed for five feet into
the sleeper, but the greatest loss
of life was in the front end OF th'
coach, which was telescoped by
the dining car just ahead: Al
though both the diner and the
sleeper were of steel, the former
cbaarod tho unner norton of TIL
sleeper from the flooring as
though it had been constructed
cardboard.
The crash caught the occupant
Of the sleeper like rats in a trap
and in an instant the car was a
shambles. Of all those in the
sleeping car but two escaped
without injury Of some sort
and in the front end Of the car
whore the diner ground its way
through the berths, dead bodies
were numerous. In some cas-
by some freak chance, one OF
two III a berth would be killed or
seriously injured, while the Other
escaped unseathed, or with or
slight injuries
The Dead.
DR., r. F. MILESTONE. Mlnnea
polls.
Mrs r. +. Milestone. Mime
apolis.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1911-12-22

second prize-a round trip ticket
OF Europe.
w. E. Stevenson wins third
prize-a scholarship in the Ma
tional Business College at Mime
apolis.
The other candidates made no
particular gains the last week,
and, as there were only three
prizes, the balance of the vote
will not be published unless re-
quested.
The contest was conducted alb
solutely "on the square," as we
believe practically everyone who
has paid any attention to it is
willing to concede. No favorit-
ism was shown and none asked,
each individual contestant win
ming Or losing on his or her own
merits. We believe the result
gives general satisfaction, and we
have yet to discover single
"sore spot"
That the contest was good
thing for both the Standard and
Posten goes without saying. The
subscription list of the Stand
ard, especially, has increased by
leaps and bounds, and we have
no fear of successful contradic-
tion when we say that the
Standard has at least 25 per cent
more subscribers than any other
newspaper published in Roberts
county Our list is open for in
spection, and we shall be pleased
to have the business men of Sisse
ton call and look it over.
We not only guarantee that
we have the largest circulation,
but we stand back Of the guar
antee with "the goods
Obey that impulse; come in
and sign a contract for your 1912
advertising in the Standard-TO-
DAY.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1911-12-22
seat of the national government,
where people view conditions
through different kinds of lenses.

where people view conditions
through different kinds of lenses.
Governor Harmon, of Ohio, and
Woodrow Wilson have each en-
phasized the Importance of Con-
gress making a revision of the
tariff; just as though Champ
Clark and Oscar Underwood had
not already settled that they
were going to handle this very
job. With the reports of the
tariff board in hand. and the
disposition on the part of the
leaders of all parties to turn loose
upon the tariff, it is certain that
this rather uninteresting but al
ways live subject will be in the
foreground after the holidays.
There is about as much prospect
of an agreement between the
administration and it's followers
and the democratic majority of
the house as there is for hot
weather in Alaska this winter.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1911-12-22
The Prize Winners IN
the Big Voting Contest
FIRST PRlZE-Nnss TRYPHENA LEWIS 2245s5
SECOND PR1ZE-MIss MINNIE D. WILBUR 2230s5
THIRD PR1zE-w. E. STEVENSON, 17s,745

The big Standard-P -Posten Vot-
ing Contest closed in veritable
shower of votes, Wednesday
afternoon, Dec. 20, at exactly 4
O'Clock, at which hour the ballot
box was officially sealed by j. A.
Rickert, chairman of the award
ing committee.
At z O'Clock p. m. the awarding
and checking committees met at
the Farmers State Bank and pro-
ceeded to count the votes-and
it was fully three hours before
the final result was known.
The vote was canvassed by j..
A. Rickert, 0. T. Axness and j.
G. Knapp, who composed the
awarding committee, j. A. Ray
and G. E. Sundberg, of the check
ing committee, acting as clerks.
Everything was done in the
most regular and approved fash
ion, the high standing of the
gentlemen conducting the canvass
being sufficient guarantee of the
fairness and correctness of the
count.
The count showed that the
race had been a very close one
between Miss Lewis and Miss
Wilbur, the former winning first
place by the narrow margin of
800 votes.
The vote is as follows:
Miss Tryphenia Lewis, of Eff
fington, 224,585.
Miss Minnie D. Wilbur, of One
Road, 223,Os5.
w. e. Stevenson, of Good Will
Mission, 179,745.
Miss Tryphenia Lewis Therefore
wins first prize-a round trip
ticket to Europe and $4,000 in
gold. "'
Miss Minnie D. Wilbur wins
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1911-12-22
In the Circuit Court

The Standards report Of the
doings of the circuit court, now
in session in this city, termin-
ated last week with the case of
David Stapleton, who sued the
Peever Mercantile Co. for $500
damages, alleged to have been
sustained in fal! down tine un-
guarded elevator shaft of the
Peever Mercantile store, some
years ago. The jury returned .
verdict for the plaintiff in this
case in the full amount asked.
Friday evering the judge
thanked the jury for the faithful
performance of their duty in the
several cases and dismissed them
until Tuesday noon. when Judge
Taylor, of Huron, opened the
court to try the criminal case Of
the State VS.. Chas. Bailly and
the civil case of Elizabeth Humpf
ner VS.. Chas. Bailly, Judge Nc
Nulty being disqualified 10 hear
these cases on account of having
at one time been consulted by
the plaintiff in the civil a 'tlon.
The case of The State VS.. has.
Bailly is now in the hands ef the
jury for deliberation and the
civil action of Eliz beth Humpi-
ner VS.. Chas. Bailly has been
dismissed without prejudice.
The cour, room has been
crowded the greater part of he
week, as considerable interest is
manifested in the GU C me- If
the criminal case. Tslad Fuller,
states attorney Of Grant county,
and Frank McKenna, of this city,
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1911-12-22
Royal Neighbors Elect Officers.

The local camp of the Royal
Neighbors has elected the fol-
lowing officers for the ensuing
year:
Oracle-Ida R. Taplin.
V. O.-Ida Otto.
Observation-Disclosures Judkins.
Heceiyer-Robira Davis.
f,nancellor-M Margaret Lowery.
Marshal = Nettie Houde.
| S -Maude McGee.
O. S.-Lola Robinson.
Manager-Mary Croal.
Physician DIR W. F. Glasier.
Legal blanks for sale at The
Standard office.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1911-12-22
Marriage Licences.

Dec. 16. Oliver skogen to
Emma Lobben, and Melvin Sko-
gen to Helma Nelson. all Of
Grenville, s. ID.
Dec. l8. William Tawafon.
honta. Of Peever, to Nyna Was
tewin, of Sisseton; Albert Hend-
rickscn to Josephine Gudan,
Dec. 20. Jonathan Peterson
OF Almont. N. D., to Sophie
Emily Serum. Of St. Olaf. Iowa.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1911-12-22

were prosecuting, and Howard
Babcock, Judge Andrews and
Atty. McGallaget were defending.
Both sides showed much brillian-
cy in the legal battles which
were fought during the progress
of the case.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1911-12-22
AFFAIRS AT
WASHINGTON
Matters Concerning the Law
Makers and Events Of Import-
anoe at the National Capital.

Washington, D. c., Dec. 21.-]
Once more the house of repre-
sentatives has passed a general
pension bill. this time endorsing
the Sherwood measure, which
establishes the following basis Of
pensioning; Service for ninety
days to six months, SIS a month;
from six to nine months, $50 a
month; from nine months to one
year, $25 a month; more than
one year, $50 a month. This is
the measure popularity known
throughout the country as the
"dollar day pension bill". It
differs from the Sulloway bill
passed by the last republican
house, which, instead of recognize
ing length of service as a basis,
fixed the varying amounts of
pension according to the age of
the pensioner. The republican
members this week made a per-
sistent effort to substitute the
Sulloway measure for the Sher.
wood bill. In the last congress,
the southern democrats effect
ually preventedany pension legis-
lation being acted upon, and
there have been all sorts of
charges of playing politics since
this measure was brought before
the present congress, but the
true friends of the veterans of
the Civil War, who supported
both the Sherwood and Sulloway
measures, are greatly pleased at
the outcome, and it is generally
believed at the capital that favor
able action will be secured in the
Senate.
F. r. Burke of Madison, South
Dakota, state commissioner of
school and public lands, and Hall
D. Kelleter, supervisor of the
Black Hills Forest Reserves, have
been here, and with Representa-
tive Martin are pressing a claim
for about $1,000 acres of land
due the state in lieu of lands
which were included in the Black
Hills Forest Reserves. The state
seeks to recover this acreage in
Harding county.
The meeting of the South Da-
kota Society proved to be a very
pleasant social gathering and a
permanent organization was per-
fected. The congressional dele
cation participated in the event
as also did Thomas Thorson,
member Of the republican nation
al committee, who was in the city
at the time. One of the guests
was Congressman John Mcclure,
of Nebraska, a former resident
of South Dakota.
The reclamation service and
the interior department have ap-
proved all the contentious made
by the Belle Fourche water users,
who claimed that owing to
droughts and the other failures
which have prevented them Sc
curing water, that they are en-
titled to an extension of two
years time in making their pay
ments for the maintenance of
their water system.
Representative Martin did not
join his committee on their trip
to Panama for the reason that he
went to the Isthmus last March,
and feels that his knowledge of
the conditions do not require an
other visit at this time.
The meeting of the republican
national committee, which fixed
the time Of holding the next
national convention for June l8
at Chicago, proved, at least, that
members of that organization
were practically all in favor of
renominating President Taft. As
the discordant tones always
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opportunity to reach the public
ear, and the Progressive League
issued statement criticizing the
procedure of the committee.
About the same time one of the
old Indiana feuds broke loose,
withsthe result that some of the
politicians of that state attacked
the president and his followers.
A protest also came from Mr..
Barnes, chairman of the repub-
lican state committee in New
York. and the lack of harmony
in Ohio was also brought to the
foreground. On the whole,
nothing very serious turned up,
nor was there much to indicate
what the political conditions of
the country are at the present
time. These representative men
from their different states seem
to agree that President Taft will
be renominated, and most of
them expressed the belief that
he would be re elected, although
there were, of course, a small
minority who thought otherwise.
The popular impression that
the postoffice department. is advo.
eating system Of parcels post is
not borne out by the position of
Postmaster General Hitchcock.
Recommendations of the post
office department do not con-
template that the system be
placed in operation in any way
upon the railroads of the country,
but the report is in the nature of
a renewal of the recommended
tions made last year for legis-
lative authority to start a par
GELS post on rural routes, and a
similar organization for the in
PRODUCTION of such a service in
cities and towns having delivery
by carriers. The postmaster
general says he believes that
after the organization of the
system is completed in this mat
ter, that it's extension over the
railroads will be taken up. 1t
begins to look as though this
subject would form one of the
big questions of legislation to be
fought out in the present session
of congress.
Considerable interest has been
felt in the national capital in the
visit of the twenty-three southern
boys who have won prizes for
premium yields of corn through
out different portions of the
south. When President Taft
received these champion corn
growers he was told that six of
them had raised over two hun
dred bushels of corn each per
acre. and one Of the boys sue
ceeded in securing two hundred
and thirty bushels. Each had
received a prize from the depart
ment of agriculture, the average
value of which is about $500, al
though the first prize was more
than twice that amount. 1t is
confidently predicted that more
than sixtv thousand southern
boys will go into corn raising
next year. Only one northern
contestant was in the delegation,
he being from Illinois.
It beats the band the number
of sure-shot political prophecise
that are being handed out in the
capital these days, by prominent
and semi-prominent citizens from
the different states, whose af-
fairs are bringing them to Wash
ington. Their views vary all the
way from the administration
capturing all the delegates from
all the states, including Wiscon-
sin, to other views which just as
optimistically describe the way
Colonel Roosevelt and Senator
LaFollette are likely to stampede
I.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1911-12-22
Awful Railroad Accident
On the Milwaukee Road

Twelve Persons Killed and six Badly Injured in Railroad
Wreck Near Odessa MINI, Early Monday Morning Second
Section Of Columbian" Flyer Crashes Rear Coach
First Section Reapng Terrible Of Dead and 1njur
sdsmashup Claimed Due to careessness on Part of
Railroad Employees.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1911-12-22
The Dead.

The Dead.
DR., r. F. Milestone. Minnea
polls.
Mrs. r. +. Milestone. Mime
apolis.