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Newspaper
Sisseton Weekly Standard
Location
Sisseton, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1907
Page
6
The Standard notes Washington plans a Columbus statue costing $1000 for the Union Station plaza. Navy accepts the battleship Georgia and funds payment to contractors. ICC forms a board to test block signal safety devices.
Criminata Marlon K. Biggs jailed ten months for conspiracy in land fraud in Portland Oregon with a $500 fine. Gastoh F. Phillip jailed in Washington since May 18 on murder charge bail set at $25,000. Iowa woman H V Kersehner died by overdose while waiting for husband. Chicago grand jury indicts Stafford Manufacturing for Sherman act violation. Aldridge Missouri drunken row ends in death of John Ferrey and severe wounds to George Roberts. Kitching and McCollum hanged at Marton Arkansas for murder and assault.
Ben Reynolds leader of Mount Lake Tennessee miners union dies after being shot by labor agent W H Bellows. Gruny Center Iowa reports ten appendicitis operations in two weeks. F L Eaton purchases Sioux Falls packing plant for about 150000. American delegates say next Masonic conference will be in U S two years hence in Brussels. Swatow cable reports Dr EK Worley missionary drowns. he studied at Bush medical college Chicago. Dubuque sees Sunday lid close five saloonkeepers bow out of business. Seattle dispatch notes rush work on battleships Oregon and Wisconsin for repairs. Northwestern Lumber buys 10000 acres in Western Washington for 200000. Widows Bartholdi donates art treasures to Kolmar and 40000 for Bartholdi museum. Roland Taulkner resigns Porto Rico education post to join Civic Federation New York. Prof Dexter Illinois succeeds Faulkner in editorial role.
In Boise Idaho July 11 the defense in the Wesuhenberg murder case charged Detective McParland with seeking to secure wire testimony against William J Haywood but failed to lay a proper foundation. The trial moved to Haywood on the stand July 12 denying Orchard dealings while outlining federation ties and defense plans as Borah questions.
Moyer testifies for his fellow miner leader in Boise. Haywood disavows guilt in Steunenberg murder and related charges, recounting his life and labor as a union organizer. He denies meeting Orchard before the Vindicator blast and any funding or threats linked to the case. The direct examination had not reached conclusion.
Two men died in Albia Iowa from lockjaw linked to farm injuries. Albert Arun's finger was kicked by a mule leading to blood poisoning and amputation followed by death. Mrs George Williams splinter from a finger led to fatal infection despite amputation. Also included, a Port Townsend Washington salute tragedy with a gun explosion injuring a guard during Gov Mead’s reception.
Boise July 16 witnesses in the Hay Wood trial produced startling revelations in rebuttal. A labor riot confession tied to two deaths and a murder conviction exposed motives and loyalties. William Dewey admitted armed participation in the Wardner destruction of the Bunker Hill and Sullivan concentrator on April 29, 1898, with 1,000 rioters involved. He named Big Bill Davis as a mob leader and gun distributor, while defense witnesses contested Orchard’s presence and Davis’s whereabouts. Ten rebuttal witnesses followed, aimed at countering defense claims about Orchard’s movements.
A tornado from the west struck Hin section near Mount Vernon killing John M. Pease and destroying houses and barns. Several others possibly killed, many wires down, delaying information. East of Mount Vernon heavy damage reported. Also Barnum & Bailey tents scattered after a wind storm. one death and three injuries among circus workers.
In Butte Montana on July 16 two miners Joseph McGaffigan and Frank Reach fell seventy five feet from eight floors in the St. Lawrence mine. They escaped death with McGaffigan suffering a scalp wound a sprained wrist and back injuries while Reach sustained only cuts and bruises.
In Parkers Prairie Minnesota on July 16 Mrs William A McNair was thrown from a horse during an exhibition, breaking several ribs. Miss Mary McNair also rode the same horse and fell, suffering a bruised body and a wrench ed shoulder.
Madison July 16 Gov Davidson vetoed the bill to grant a pension of 2500 a year to Chief Justice J B Cassady who will retire after twenty years service The governor called the plan poor public policy and vetoed it amid debate over retirement benefits and state finances.
Sparta Minn July 16 two dynamite blasts near a drill at the Pettit mine injure drill runner Nelson who loses an arm and is fatally hurt dying within thirty minutes. The blasts occurred in an unaccountable manner and killed one man.
Hutchinson Minnesota July 16 a local creamery completed a contract to supply 100000 pounds of batter to the United States Navy. The award was shared with two other creameries under a program requiring a batter score of 95.
In Billings Montana on July 16 a switch engine struck a horse and buggy driven by twelve year old Kemp Haythorne as it crossed Northern Pacific tracks. The horse was killed and the buggy destroyed while Haythorne suffered serious injuries.
Flies are blamed for heavy losses in Geneva Minnesota where poultry raisers report many birds killed by the new pest. Some flocks have seen as many as two hundred fowls perish amid growing alarm.
Preston Minnesota July 16 Willie Howard nine years old accidentally blew off part of a foot with a shotgun yesterday. Doctors fear blood poisoning from powder burns as the injury is serious and urgent care is required.
Sneak thieves are becoming numerous in Winona Minnesota with a dozen houses entered in two weeks and significant amounts of money and valuables stolen.
Iflays Harriman targets the magnate Sion with a bold critique of business tactics employed by the railroad financier. The confrontation centers on claimed methods undermining rivals and public trust, drawing swift reaction from media and political circles.
Washington July 16 The Interstate Commerce Commission finds railroad magnate E. H Harriman guilty as charged of criminal offenses including conduct of a vast combination in restraint of interstate and foreign commerce and indefensible financing The report portrays Harriman as controlling seven transcontinental systems and allied steamship lines with near absolute power and seeks legal action to curb his parallel lines and regulate railroad securities The commission estimates substantial costs in prosecution and signals possible new laws to restrain interstate rail competition and regulate railway financing.
A horde of starved dogs marooned on McPike Island in the Mississippi above St. Louis has become ferocious and blocks river landings. Humane Society members plan to shoot the starving animals and will prosecute the owners if found.
A Cedar and Emerson car ran off the track at Fremont avenue and Thirty third street last night. The vehicle skidded fifty feet and turned on its side. Five passengers were aboard. four were injured. Motorman, conductor, and J. Davis escaped with minor bruises. Air brake failure blamed for the crash.
Theodore Price aged sixty five prominent and wealthy resident of Muscatine Iowa leaped from the high bridge into the Mississippi River in a personal crisis Attempt to take his own life health was cited as the cause by witnesses and officials
Aberdeen July 16 Martin Erickson was found dead at the foot of the stairs in his boarding house. His skull was fractured and it is supposed he fell down stairs in the night. Local authorities are investigating the death as a possible accident.
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