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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-02-12
ROGERS TO GET
 AN ELKS LODGE

Rogers, Feb. 11.-Arrangements are
 being made for the installation of Rogers Lodge No. 1928, B. P. o. E.' dispensation for which has been granted by the Grand Exalted Ruler
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-02-12

upon the application of George D.. Locke, of this city. Great interest is being taken in the order. This will make 20 in this state.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-02-12

!. 20 6t.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1911-01-06
ALL COMPANIES MADE MONEY
Fire and Life Insurance Concerns Find
South Dakota Proved Most
Profitable Field.

The South Dakota state insurance
departments annual report shows that
the people of the state paid in insur'
ance premiums in 1909, exclusive of
the business of fraternal and assess
mont companies, the sum of $3,97O,-
a2b77.
The report gives summary of the
business Of foreign fire and life COM
panies since the organization of state
hood up to and including last year
with the Are business. Risks written,
$500, 2,6SO,810,99; premiums received,
$13,845.312.S9. The losses incurred in
that time were s5,s94,602.15; and the
losses paid, $5,774,1S4.41. This is a
total of 1851 ,12s.4s paid in excess OF
the amount returned on premiums for
fires for that period.
The foreign life companies for the
same period wrote risks to the amount
Of s139,776,523s4; on which they re.
ceived premiums to the amount OF
$14,229,64204 and paid losses of S2,
S92,262.4O.
The 1909 business of the foreign fire
companies operating in the state Went
up to higher point than for any for
mer year with risks written of $110,
290, $50 %, on which they received pre-
miums of s1,723,621.O3, a balance o1
! l,157 .S65.06 over the losses paid.
The foreign life companies for theil
1909 business wrote risks amounting
to $6,O65, $3.50, receiving premiums o
| $1,462,22156, out of which to pay
their losses Of $215, 5,921.70, and to keel
up their reserves and other expenses
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1911-01-06
New Machinery Firm.

j. A. Rickert and O. S. OPP
helm have formed a partnership,
under the name Of the Rickert,
Opfeim Implement Co., and have
bought out the machinery busl-
ness of A. w. Tower. The firm
will handle all kinds of farm
machinery and automobiles and
as they are thorough business
men and backed by unlimited
capital, we bespeak for them a
good business. Mr.. Tower, we
understand, will devote himself
to his farming interests which
are quite extensive and in addi-
tion to the lands he already has
there were several acres of fer
tile farm lands changed hands in
this deal.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1911-01-06
BANQuE11ED AT ABERDEEN
State Officials Are Entertained by
Business Men,

Aberdeen gave the sixth biennial
banquet to state officials, legisla-
tors and ether prominent men OF the
state at the Commercial club building.
Among those who responded to
toasts We're: Governor Robert S. Yes
sey, State Senator Ira O. Curtlss Of
Aberdeen, Rev DIR. j. Rosser jones,
pastor of the First Presbyterian
church of Aberdeen, Judge James HI.
Mccoy of the state supreme court, j.
w. Parmley of Ipswich and Judge
Frank McNulty of Aberdeen.
j. Lewis Browne, formerly speaker
of the state house of representatives
and member-elect of the lower
house of the next legislature from
Brown county, was toastmaster.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1911-01-06
Ike Ii 9fG& It, G'&.ez&:%23::;: By 81 3::;:

something was wrong in my in
terror department and suggest
ed that my pneumongastric nerve
might be out of whack. l now
know what Eugene Field meant
when he said:
And lays an ear against my
breast
And listens there awhile;
Then he is ready to admit
That all he can observe
Is something wrong inside. to
wit:
My pneumogastric nerve!
Now, when these Latin names
within
Dyspeptic hulks like mine
Go wrong, a fellow should begin
To draw what's called the line.
For, of all torments known to
me,
LII sayWlthOut reserve.
There is no torment like to thee,
Thou pneumogastric nerve!
This subtle, envious nerve appear
To be a patient foe
It waited nearly forty years
Its chance to lay me low;
Then, like some blithering blast
Of hell,
It struck this guileless bard,
! And in that evil hour | fell
Prodigious far and hard.
The tea kettle on the hay linz
limited broke down last nigh
at Corona and delayed the train
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1911-01-06
LEE FRANCIS LYBARaER.
Second Number| of the Lyceum
Course.

Mr.. Lybarger's treatments Of
economical subjects are not part
isan but scientific. Being simply
a student and thinker, not am Of
flee holder, his words reach class
es otherwise not reachable. His
hearers soon realize that it is no
part of his lffc's- ambition to holo
public office; that his purpose
the whole truth, but nothing but
the whole truth, bat nothing bu
the truth And they soon come
to realize that back Of his concu
thought and research. And this:
slons are yeu's upon years of
nse4}se.s= his lectaaers educational
and Informing. to the highest de-
gree possible. The result is that
he not only makes people think
but that they find JOY in thing
ing.
In the fall Of 1909, he followed
La Follete in q number of places
in the Northwest and seemed not
to have suffered, but gained,
from the comparison. Electing
a man to office does not give him
a monopoly Of knowledge on pub
Tic ueqstions; nor o monopoly OF
the high art of conveyin G this
knowledge in an entertaining and
persuasive way to public audi
ences.
His greatest forte as a lecturer
is in presenting dlscussional and
disputed subjects. The motto
written across his desk during 5
years at college was "To carry
the truths of science and history
to the homes and hearts of the
common people, That is his
sole ambition Of his life; and to
equip himself for such a noble
work he has studied and prepar-
ed with a duration probably few
men ever have given to a cause.
He went back to the celebrated
Miami Valley Chautauqua for
the fourth time Last summer and
without repeating a single lecture
HIS first lecture there was heard
by less than fifty people. In 19
% he had an audiences Of three
thousand people; and this is the
more remarkable when it is real
lied that his lectures were delive
ed in the forenoon beginning at
. 8 80.
+ He is a member of the Philade
8 lphM bar, and author Of two vel
, known text books on "The Tai
( iff," "Land, labor Wealth, ant
""Science Of Money
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1911-01-06
Will See About It.

4 letter from Hon. Charles H..
Burke at Washington says that
the matter of disseminating the
Railroad Postot'fice service from
Sisseton to NIilbank is under
consideration and that the de-
partment will not make the or
der permanent until an opportun
ity has been presented to show
cause why the present servlc,
should be discontinued.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1911-01-06
BITTER ATTACK ON ELLIOTT
South Dakot. Railway Commissioners
Opposes Him.

OPpoeSo n'W'
A spirited attack upon elevation of
James D. Elliott to the federal bench
Is contained in letter addressed to
Senator Gamble by State Railroad
Commissioner George Rice of South
Dakota. Commissioner Rice declares
Mr. Elliott has been a railroad attor-
ney for twenty-five years and that as
such he is disqualified from sitting as
Judge in cnses affecting railroads.
Mr.. Rice's letter was written as re-
suit of the announcement that Senator
Gamble has formally endorsed MI.
Elliott for nomination to the place on
the district bench in South Dakota
that will be vacated by the transfer
of John Emmett Garland to the COM
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1911-01-06

merCe court The Rice letter is a tor
rid document. 1t numbers 1000
words.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1911-01-06
MOTHER HELPS SONS STEAL
Woman Sent to Prison With Other
Members Of Gang.

When the two Merrifield boys, who
were charged with being implicated
with M. NJ Edwards in large
series of thefts in Stanley county,
were sent to the reformatory by Judge
Boucher, it was learned that the boys
mother was working with the gang
which had employed her sons. She
was hailed into court and sentenced to
eight months in the penitentiary.
Edwards, the leader of the gang,
pleaded guilty and drew fourteen
months sentence. Sam Craddock was
sentenced to eight months and Clifford
Wyman fourteen months for their part
in the operation of the gang.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1911-01-06

did we would have to enlarge
the Standard and the trouble
brew of the Witch of Endoi
would not be a circumstance
compared to it.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1911-01-06

The Standard disclaims any in
tcntion of saying anything at any
time that would hurt anyone s
feeling but our mission ON earth
is to publish the news and when
things get to be matters Of court
record they then become public
property and as such are enti-
tledto begiven publicity and will
be so treated by the Standard,
and we play no favorites. We do
NOT publish mere rumors if we
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1911-01-06
New Captain

Last Friday night there was
a meeting Of Company l to take
action on the resignation of
Capt. Fred Kelly and the same
was accepted. The subsequent e.
lection for captain resulted in
the unanimous vote for Arthur
Olson. Capt. Kelly left for Cali
fornia, Saturday with his father.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1911-01-06

Keep your eye on Sisseton,
She's all right.
Her skies are clear and full Of
cheer,
And all her prospects bright.
Over west Of the river a fellow
who was missed from his usual
haunts for several months and
when found the remains were as
sociatcd with tree some dis
tance from the ground. The
coroner brought in verdict OF
whereas and seoin and wherefor
the deceased has become involved
in a knotty complication with
yard or two of rope and that it
was apparent that said deceased
was some dead.
Every town-and Sisseton is
no exception-has little bunch
Of boys WHO exist without any
visible means Of support, but
while they toll not neither 90
they spin, Old Man Solomon IN
all his pristine glory was never
a,raved like one Of these because
Solomon never wore highly col
ored socks and neckties the col
or Of a rainbow. This particular
bunch soldier around like dog
with a sore ear. They ought to
be Nebubcudnizered every blame
The Golden Rule Store, with
characteristic enterprise, gets in
to the game this week with al
advertisement in the STAND
ARD so large that he who rum
may read In the days of ole
Ramesis. when a man wanted t.
make an announcement to tn
populace he hung his banner o1
the outer wall and in the days G
Nebuchudnezer, we are told the.
wrote their ads on tablets o
stone. but in these days OF entel
prise when firm, like the Go
den Rule want to let peopl
know about the wonderful bal
gains they have to offer, the
write up a good advertisement
and then HE themselves to-
newspaper of we'll known clrc'
latior and buy literally OF j
space.
Well, here we are again as t.
end-man would say in the mini
trel show, between the doctt
- and the undertaken, for over
week we have been at home, te
me-1ted with that fiend, dyspe
s., and numerous distempeE
which the flesh is heir, and t!
good physician whom | sought
know what seemed to be the m
ter tapped me on the back az
on the breast and scaned my :!
que for bile and opined til
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1911-01-06
ORE RUNS $1,000 TO THE TON
Black Hills Man Seems to Have Big
a1Eortune in SiQht.

In the Lalena district Charles Ulrich
has made shipment Of silver ore that
runs about $1,000 ton, being the
richest shipment from there in some
wears. The work done thus far is
slight and the development largely OF
q surface character so that the extent
of the ore body is as yet unknown.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1911-01-06
Aim os. Killed in Wire Fence.

A peculiar accident befell boy
named Emery, living on farm fifteen
miles northeast of Washington. He
was riding blind horse which came
In contact with barbed wire fence.
One of the wires caught the boy S
neck cutting cash that came near
proving fatal.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1911-01-06

N.u so,osho.
police
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1911-01-06

Passengers on this line are re-
quested to carry small quantities
of wire about their person to
fix the engine with as shoe
strings have been found to be a
trifle too weak.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-08
CLAIM CENSUS DATA.
OLD AND INCORRECT
School Statistics Based on
Erroneous Estimates.
FIGURES CARRY NO WEIGHT
District Officers See. No Yindication
of Board of Education in Fisures
OF Government Bureau Auditor
Tweedale Far from Convinced.
Judson Studying F1gures.

Taking the stand that the statistics
quoted are old. and based on erroneou,
population estimates. District officials
who have been charging extravaganza ir
the local public school administration
refuse to see a vindication of the schoo
board in the tables recently issued b,
the Census Bureau, showing the com.
parative cost per capita for school chill
dren In the larger cities of the country
The statistics quoted cover a period oi
six years. between 1902 and 1905. and
show Washington's to be far from the
most expensive school system In the
the country.
Following the publication Of part OF
the tables relating to cost Of public school
administration. both Auditor Tweedale
and Commissioner Judson began an in
vestigation yesterday. Neither has had
time to go into the matter thoroughly.
they say.
Auditor Tweedale says. however. that
IN his belief the statistics should not be
given too much weight. as the figures on
several cities. notably. New York and
Salt Lake City. are based on census esti-
mates which the recent tabulations have
proven were inaccurate. He SAYS the re-
cent census returns for New York and
Salt Lake City showed that far too
slight an increase in population had been
allowed for in the advance estimates.
This, according to Mr.. Tweedale must
have brought the per capita estimates for
those cities higher than the actual facts
allow. Thus, he explained. Washington
is given an undue advantage in the COM
parison.
Commissioner Judson said he had not
thoroughly studied tn figures. He add
ed they seemed to carry little weight, as
they were two years old.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-08
WOMAN FOUND IN TRANCE
HAS BEEN HERE BEFORE
Police Believe They Dealt With Mysterious Stranger
Under Similar Circumstances Seven Years AGO.

her as the woman he saw At Casualty
Hospital more than seve,. years ago.
"A search in the records has not as yet
disclosed the case mentioned by Detec-
tive Cornwell.
Playing for Sympathy.
The woman in 1905 did not claim the
loss of money or jewels, as in this case.
1t Is thought that she uses this means
Of playing upon the sympathies Of the
public.
Detective Cornwell stated last night
that he would look through his notes Of
that year and would to-day be able to
locate the record. and so identify the
mysterious woman.
Notwithstanding that the woman was
yesterday released from the Hospital
and that she spent more than an hour
with Capt. Boardman. assistant super
fntendent OF police. at police headquar-
tiers. a mystery still surrounds the
case. and 1t is probable that the real
facts will never be brought to light
unless Detective Cornwell finds record
Of her case All trace of her was lost
after she boarded an east-bound F
street car about o'clock in the after
noon. The story she told Of being
drugged and robbed by a plausible
stranger is discredited by the police.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-08
COL. PRINCE TO GO
ON RETIRED LIST
President Finally Approves
After Previous Refusal.

President Taft has approved the appli-
cation Of Col Thomas c. Prince, u. S.
NJ. c.. for voluntary retirement after
more than thirty years service.
Col Prince was formerly ON duty In the
Quartermasters Corps in Manila, and
was ordered to Washington several weeks
ago. His retirement will take effect on
February 10. Col Prince was one of the
officers transferred from the headquar-
ters OF the corps here to Manila, as the
result of a court Of inquiry held last
year into conditions existing at the head
quarters. He then applied for voluntary
retirement but the Department declined
to grant his application on the ground
that it was submitted only to escape
duty in the Philippines.
Col. Prince proceeded to Manila, where
he served for several months before he
renewed his application for retirment. He
is a native of Ohio, and has been in
the Marine Corps since July 1. 1854.
First Lieut. Frederic kenSel. L. S.
NJ c.. has been retired for physical dis
ability. He Is a native OF Massachusetts,.
and has been in the Marine Corps only
since June 80. 1905. He was last stationed
at the Boston Navy Yard
The Washington herald., 1911-02-08

That the mysterious woman who was
found in an unconscious condition last
Sunday at Union Station and removed
to Providence Hospital has appeared in
Washington before under similar circum-
stances was tho statement made by
Central Once Detective Cornwell at po-
lice headquarters last night Detective
Cornwell said that some time in 1903. be-
tween the months Of May and Novem-
Der. his partner. Mullen. who subsequent
ly resigned from the force, and himself
were called to Casualty Hospital to SEQ
woman who was found in a trance in
the old Pennsylvania Railroad depot, at
Sixth and streets.
Upon their arrival at the hospital
they were conducted to the cot occu-
pied by the woman and every endeavor
on their part to learn her name or
residence proved futile. When the
woman found last Sunday at Union
Station entered police headquarters yes
terday after her release from Provi-
dence Hospital, Detective CornwelI
spoke to her and she answered him
with a smile He positively Identifies
The Washington herald., 1911-02-08
DIED.

FERBER-On Tuesday. February Z. 1911.
after a three-day illness, JOHN FER
BER, a native of Hessen-Darmstadt.
Germany. beloved husband of Annie
year Of his age.
Notice Of funeral hereafter.
MACFEELY-On Monday, February s.
1911: at his residence. 1875 T street.
WILLIAM MACFEELY.
Funeral and interment at Carlisle. Pa
a. m. at the residence Of her SON.
in-law. F. A Parkhurst, go Mary
land avenue northeast, LYDIA L,
beloved wife Of EZRA TRoTH. OF
Funeral services at Chapel Of Oak
Hill Cemetery. Thursday, February 9.
at o'clock. Relatives and friends in
vited.
MII.LER-On Tuesday. February z. 1911,
at 1:30 p. n., at Sibley Hospital, WILL
loved husband Of Mary F. Miller.
aged sixty-one years and eleven
Funeral from the residence Of his son.
avenue northwest, Thursday, Febru-
airy 8. at 2 p. m. Relatives and friends
invited. york and Harrisburg (Pa)
papers please copy)
Tuesday. February :.
her daughter. Mrs. John H. Magruder.
1S43 street northwest. DELL Nc
LEAN PROBASCO. widow of Rev.
Wallace NJ. Probasco.
Notice of funeral hereafter.
wooDslon Tuesday evening, February
z. 1911. at her apartment in the Cum
berland. Mrs. ANNE f. WOODS. wife
of the late Associate Justice William
B. Woods: United States Supreme
Interment at Newark. Ohio.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-08
DEADLOCK IN HONDURAS,
Proposed Armistice Not Meeting
with General Approval

Ok>oSu Not uecJ1nx
with General Approval
There is grave danger of a deadlock
over the proposed armistice between
the insurgents in Honduras under
Manuel Bonilla and the government
party, which is represented by Presi-
dent Davila. Official dispatches re-
cefved at the State Department from
Fenton r. McCreery. American Minis
ter at Teguciga1pa, reported that the
government is desirous Of maintaining
the status quo. and claim that the revo-
lutionists should not be allowed to
capture Puerto Cortez or San Pedro
Sula pending the proposed discussion
of the armistice.
Gen Eonilla desires to OCCUPY Puerto
Cortez as condition prior to the ac-
ceptance of the armistice Mr. Nc
Creery also reported that government
troops have recaptured San Marcos, on
the Nicaraguan frontier. and that the
revolutionists were reported to be
moving from Yoro toward Sulaco.
Fresh rumorS have reached Hon6fu-
ras. Mr.. McCreery added, that men
are coming from the interior of Guate-
nala en- route for Ceiba
The Washington herald., 1911-02-08
JOHNSTON CENSURED
Lincoln Park Citizens Do 1t
Mildly, However.
THINK WOOD IS LILY TREATED
Denial of Formal Hearing Is Prin-
cipal Point of Objection Against
Dismissal of Superinte ndent-Adop
Resolutions Favoring Sunday Clos
ing of Mail Carriers Windows.

A mild censure Of Commissioner John
ston for the discharge Of former Supt
Wood, OF the street cleaning depart.
ment. is contained in resolution
passed by the Lincoln Park Citizens
Association at a meeting last night
The resolution does not protest d.
rectly against the discharge of Mr.
Wood. but against the taking of such
action without according the District
official a formal hearing.
A resolution was presented to the
Federation of Citizens Associations at
it's last meeting by Charles c. Ian
caster, of the Citizens Northwest
Suburban Association, calling for CEN
sure of the Commissioner. After sus-
pending the rules to consider the ques-
ton. the Federation decided against
taking the responsibility of censuring
the Commissioners until the delegates
had received instructions on the mat
ter from their various organizations.
Accordingly, each delegate was fur
nished with a copy OF the instrument
and instructed to present it for con-
sideration at the next meeting Of his
organization.
Not Very Violent.
After stating in the preamble that
Mr.. Wood was discharge without a
hearing and without the presentati of
charges and that an out-of-town man
was appointed to fill the vacancy. the
Lincoln Park resolution advocates for
NAL hearings and charges in like cases.
and the appointment of residents of the
District to such positions 1t was adopt
ed without opposition. Copies Of the
resolution will be forwarded to the Sen
ate and House District Committees and
to the President
Claiming that there is no more reason
why the poSt-office of this city should
be kept open on the Sabbath day any
more than the Treasury" the associa-
tion adopted a resolution favoring the
closing of carrier windows on Sunday.
The resolution which was introduced by
President Edwards, and unanimously
adopted. reads:
I'VE believe that every man Is entitled
to one day Of rest each week. We do
not see any valid reason why the post
Office of this city should be kept open
on the Sabbath day any more than the
Treasury. Therefore. be 1t resolved. by
the Lincoln Park Citizens Association.
that We favor allowing tho carrier win
dows to remain closed on the Sabbath
day. the first day Of the week