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Newspaper
Sisseton Weekly Standard
Location
Sisseton, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1907
Page
3
New rules require annual physicals at the United States Military Academy with potential dismissal for those deemed insolent. The Interstate Commerce Commission will host a hearing on carrier liability for property damage in ship shipments on June 11 in Washington.
Foreign news details a failed jailbreak in Lublin after a ship delivery, a fire destroying Ciudad de Mexico in Buenos Ayres and extensive damage to adjacent properties. Reports cover riots in Hołubok, Galacta district, and major fires in Fogarty Dickinson's machinery store. The piece notes numerous deaths and injuries from various incidents, including accidents, floods, and a railway disaster, with international reactions and local impacts in Mexico, Poland, and the United States.
A vast Northwest Catholic procession through St Paul drew an estimated 60 000 visitors with 100 000 spectators along the cathedral site. The crowd, including Catholic and non Catholic, witnessed elaborate ceremonies led by Archbishop Treland and Gov. Johnson as the new cathedral site was hailed.
Fragmentary text describes tie forms and cathedrals with religious symbolism. Mentions matin entrance under a monumental arch framing a rose window. References a great dome 95 feet in diameter and 175 feet interior height with gallery and vestibule.
Reports along the Cheyenne river describe a record flood washing away houses and inundating stores in Leslie and nearby towns. Cattle drowned and farms along the river suffered as residents evacuated, with many buildings and structures damaged or carried off by the rising water.
The body of Maggie Hermes, thirty, was found with a throat cut in a cow pasture northeast of Hampton. A note in her pocket read This is what love leads to. No sign of struggle. The June 4 scene in Winona is noted as a fatal walk on track.
Henry Harms of Bon Hone county was trapped under a cave-in at a gravel pit. Rescue crews freed him but doctors fear severe injuries may be permanent and recovery is doubtful.
In Oskaloosa Iowa on a June 4 a seventeen year old section hand Hiram Weaver fell in front of a moving handcar and was run over. He was alive when picked up but died seven minutes later.
In daylight the flood swept heavy with cattle carcasses drifting downstream past the city as waters rose high, leaving a grim scene of loss and damage.
Noah Randall, seventy, was thrown from a heavy wagon when a wheel fell into a rut near Minterville Minnesota. A passerby, arriving quickly, found him conscious and noting a broken neck. He died shortly after being moved to a nearby house.
Sam Cohen was found hanging in a Ducas Street police cell on a June 4 night. He was revived and said he did not know what he was doing when he attempted to kill himself while in custody on suspicion of attempted robbery.
A damaged fragment reports a man struck by a train on the Chicaso and North Railway track between St Charles and Dover. The pedestrian was walking along the path when he was hit.
Sheboygan Wis June 4 an employee of a coat company Anepsi Radloff fell from a fifty foot trestle yesterday striking the deck and rolling into the river Workmen watching raced to the water but he did not surface. It is believed he was killed or stunned by the impact with the dock.
Christina Thulin and Lorens Saestrom returning home were attacked by three men around 10 o'clock. They were beaten severely with Thulin reported injured and fearing serious harm. Authorities urged witnesses to come forward.
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