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Newspaper
Sisseton Weekly Standard
Location
Sisseton, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1911
Page
7
A fragmented society column spoofingly covers topics from cats with microbes on whiskers to new hair trends, cigars, weather, and politics. It lampoons public figures, fashion quirks, and upcoming events with whimsical, satirical vignettes.
A monoplane at Issy Les Moulineaux plowed into a crowd of spectators including ministers during the Paris to Madrid race start. Minister of War Berteaux was killed and Premier Monis badly injured, with the pilot Train unhurt. Several others faced serious injuries as the craft wrecked in gusty wind.
Mrs Michnal Cudahy widow of a millionaire packer and guardian of her late son Jack Cudahy's four children took the children from a convent near Alhambra in secret. Jack Cudahy went to fetch them but found they had already been taken away for several days.
Reports from Torreon recount a three day battle and sack after rebels seized the city. Chinese residents are said to have been killed in mass numbers including 206 confirmed dead, with many others injured or executed as mob violence spread through the town. The scene follows civil strife and foreign nationals drawing varied fates amid the uprising.
Juarez officials and revolutionary leaders signed a peace agreement at the customs house to conclude a half year conflict. President Diaz and Vice President Corral will resign and the government will pursue reforms while troops will be withdrawn as states regain tranquility. Francisco Madero and other revolutionists signed for their side in the Taft era room.
Six Black men held on murder charges were seized by a masked posse posing as officers who produced a forged telegram to the sheriff’s son. The mob, from Tallahassee, shot the men near Lake City and left at dawn. The killings followed a May 12 shooting that wounded another man.
The U S battleship Wyoming was launched at Cramp shipyards with Miss Dorothy Knight hurling champagne at the bow. Dignitaries from Washington and Philadelphia attended along with Wyoming state representatives as the ship rests about halfway built and would rival the Arkansas in power upon commissioning. The Wyoming is part of six first class battleships then under construction, aiming to strengthen the American navy beyond its late Spanish American War capability.
Anthony Drexel and his wife Marjorie Gould faced a police court in New York where he admitted speeding and paid a five dollar fine. Previously he was arrested in Hudson County New Jersey but released without a fine as a first offense.
Clarence Deitz is recovering at St. Agnes Hospital Fond du Lac following an appendectomy. Doctors say he is out of danger and will likely leave the hospital in about two weeks.
Paris France Premier Monis narrowly survives after a tragedy at the Paris Madrid air event. An early plane crash killed Minister of War Berteaux and injured officials. Monis’s condition is reported as improved though critical.
Edward B Jewhurst a well known turfman of Auburn New York died there He drove the famous Sorrel Dapper which in 1865 set the world record for a mill race event and earned him lasting renown in the turf sport.
Columbus report says John A. Feller, owner and editor of the Graphie-Bontinel weekly in Cleveland, received a three year sentence in the penitentiary for blackmail.
Four legislative correspondents representing Ohio newspapers refused to testify before the senate committee investigating alleged bribery of legislators in Columbus. The witnesses cited journalistic privilege or feared self-incrimination as the inquiry focused on legislative corruption.
Two freight trainmen died and a third was fatally injured when two Wisconsin Central freight trains collided head on at Doolittle crossing near Grigs Lake in Waukegan. The crash sent crews scrambling and prompted emergency response. Authorities investigated the cause of the Milwaukee line crash.
Private letters from Paris indicate a royalist bid to restore the monarchy in Portugal. Movements may begin in Oporto where business is paralyzed by a general strike as a three-man secret directory arms monarchist factions.
Utica Kansas report says five Roach children aged 7 to 16 died in a house fire caused by a lamp fueled by gasoline. The mother accidentally lit the lamp and a flash ignited a gasoline can on the stair, trapping the daughters in a second floor room. Father Harve Roach saved his 6 year old, but the others perished. Beadie 16, Leah 14, Ruth 12, Hazel 9, and Fern 7 are named in the casualty list.
Postmaster General Hitchcock expands the savings system designating 100 new depositories weekly, up from 50. Forty new depositories announced include Wallace Idaho Colfax Iowa Calumet Mich Virginia Minn Red Lodge Mont Holdrege Neb Williston N D The Dalles Eugene Ore Lead S D Aberdeen Ellensburg Wash Cudahy Chippewa Falls Wis Rawlins Wyo. A lightning bolt in Chicago instantly killed Mrs Wm F Cantwell 40 and severely burned Miss Elaine Ochner while stunning several others.
The ill fated battleship Maine, raised from Havana harbor and stripped of valuable parts, will be towed to sea and sunk in deep water unless Congress directs otherwise. The War Department accepted the engineers report and Secretary Dickinson approves the action.
Mexico City reports show crowds in celebration as Francisco de la Barra becomes provisional president. After Diaz’s resignation, the transition proceeds without assaults or wrecking, contrasting with yesterday’s violence and proving the revolution’s claimed self government.
President Diaz resigns his office in Mexico City after a letter read in the chamber of deputies. The vote to accept was 167 to 2 with two abstentions. Francisco Leon de la Barra is named provisional president and will take the oath tomorrow at noon in the yellow palace. Fort Madison Iowa reports a My? May 25. The body of William Sourwine Jr found in the Mississippi River. Pierre commission appoints Munson police chief and other city officials. In Chicago Miss Ethel Lorimer wed Ralph Graham son of Andrew J. Graham banker and former mayoral candidate.
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