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Sisseton Weekly Standard

Location

Sisseton, South Dakota, United States of America

Date

May 10, 1907

Page

2

South Dakota News Of Week Highlights Warmer And Colder News

Washington reports April was among the coldest in twenty six years with temperatures near historic lows. Government finances show April receipts of 55 260 591 and expenditures of 48 071 124 creating a 5 189 457 surplus. Notable deaths include Rev J D Simmons Parkersville editor David J Cook pathfinder Capt George H Cottre Professional losses list George H Daniels NY Central retirements and Maj Gerald Rathbone a Paris envoy and Civil War aide.

Washington Weather Bureau Cons Rce Ins Lst Seewin Hee Secretary of the Navy Naval Academy New York J. D. Simmons Parkersville W. Via The Baptist Banner David J. Cook Denver George H. Cottre Great Lakes Marine City Mich John Kells Meram Economst Deblin American Economical Association George Henry Daniels New York Central Maj Gerald Rathbone San Francisco Paris Cleveland Maj. Rathbone Scofield

Accidental Happenings and Notable Early 20th Century Incidents

A prairie fire north of Glencoe North Town caused about 10000 in damage before it was contained. A Union City Pa factory building fire caused 300000 in losses. A Collett Ind train wreck injured about a dozen, two seriously. Paw Millman 13 shot himself accidentally while hunting in Burlington Town. Mrs Josephine Hess 46 died during a police visit in Philadelphia. A Rock Tals Store opening sidewalk collapse injured nine women and three children. A priest in Puebla Mexico caused a fatal shooting in N Joaquin Casarrato. Mrs William Jones was killed by a Milwaukee flyer in Cedar Rapids during a snow storm. Foreign: A Portuguese Jew murdered in Tangier by a Moor-backed P. The pope’s body to be moved to St John Lateran. Uruguay’s ex-president and a diplomat named to attend The Hague peace conference. Thorium deposits found in Perm Russia. Siberian sledge dogs secured for Wellman expedition. Emperor William buys Villa Achilledon for warm climate residence. Gov Magoon suspends Venacio Contalvo at Guantanamo port for demanding tributes. Montenegro revolutionary movement proclaimed with armed bands marching on the capital. Dispatches report rising unrest in the region.

Glencoe Union City Chair Company Union City Collett Ind Burlington Town Paw Millman Philadelphia Josephine Hess Rock Talsandl Hilario Hernandez Puebla Mex N. Joaquin Casarrato William Jones Cedar Rapids Iowa Tangier Pope Leo Church of St. John Latern Toe Battle Y Ordonez Uruguay Juan Pedro Castro Uruwiny Hague Perm Russia St. Petersburg Wellman Emperor William Leopold Bavaria Venacio Contalvo Guantanamo Montenegro Vienna Raguss Carroll B. Short Wik Khor Ineiinity Kdved Buck Pant Sdea Fin Daal aUeikine Joseph Munzel Dubuque David Martin Eixty Tivye Henry Williams Abham Miles Gulpolis Ohio Williams Miles Willams Nashua Plainfield Penny Arcade Riverside Park Sioux City John Spencer J. G. Bike Grace Wilson Lexington D. Strong Henry D. Smith Macon Lillian Strong

Unclear World News Items Mix In Domestic Incidents

A jumble of early 20th century items details varied events. Royal family youth at Ostorve naval college. a Vienna shopper invents a weight frame for umbrellas. multiple crime and accident reports mention hangings, shootings, train wrecks, and a park fire with losses. international incidents include immigration, emigration, and legal actions against Standard Oil. rail and university news plus a large 1906 casualty tally round out the digest.

U. S. Bluejackets Land at Laguna

The United States soldiers arrived at Laguna amid measures for potential action. Troops were deployed with cautious advance planning and security checks in place.

U. S Bluejackets Laguna

Authorities Put in Irons Commander Fullam Orders Arrest of Police

Report describes Commander Fullam ordering arrest and iron constraints on police and soldiers after a violent incident in Ta Ditevia. Nicaraguan officers were delivered to Gen Estrada to be held. potential executions were threatened. Padueah and Marietta forces reinforced to stabilize the site. Mexico and Guatemala tensions cited over extradition and assassination cases involving Gen Jose Lima and Gen Manuel Le Ramillos.

Fullam Seenpy Ta Suan Cuartels Flim Temicitalpa Estrada Nicaragua Herrada City of Mexico Dirio Baye Guatemala Jose Lima Manet le Ramillos Pion United States

Riots Rage in Rawalpindi Burnings and Looting

Anti European riots erupt in Rawalpindi Punjab as Hindu mobs burn two bungalows, loot a mission church and post office, and destroy a power plant. Police and Tenth Hussars restore order amid blame on agitators linked to Lahore unrest.

Rawalpindi Allahabad British India Punjab Tenth Hussars Lahore

Strike Threatens Jamestown Exposition Transportation

May 5 The strike to cripple fair threatens serious transportation disruption for the Jamestown Exposition. Engineers threaten wage increases after May 15 and say they can sustain a months long walkout if unresolved.

Washington

Girl Fatally Burns While Trying to Start Fire

Ruth Walstad, seven, daughter of Theodore Walstad of Superior Wisconsin, probably died from severe burns sustained while attempting to start a fire with kerosene yesterday.

Superior Wis Ruth Walstad Theodore Walstad

Cov ernale Indicted for Murder of Two Officers

New York on May 5 reports Salvatore Covernale has been indicted for murder after fatally shooting two policemen near Washington Place Park. His trial is scheduled for May 13 with authorities pledging an expedited process.

New York Salvatore Covernale Washington Place Park

Dominican treaty ratified amid postwar Western Hemisphere tensions

Santo Domingo reports ratification of a new treaty between the Trtified Shits and Santo Donduvo aimed at replacing the pending pact with the United States. The agreement, linked to American supervisory terms and a modus vivendi from 1905, affected Dominican customs deposits and debt handling, with Morales deposed and Cacere installed as president. A fleet of four fine cutters built in the United States is noted as in Dominican possession.

Santo Noningo United States Treskin Tana Kent Lorie Ollie Phesiteny Morales Seeurine Phetory Surat Capt Dod Morales Gen. Cacere New York Thak

Canton Ex explosion destroys powder magazine and kills many

Hongkong reports a massive Canton gunpowder magazine blast yesterday evening. Twenty one bodies recovered, hundreds injured, fifteen buildings razed, over a hundred seriously wrecked. A 200 foot section of the city wall collapsed. The magazine officer in charge was killed, a pipe found in his hand suggests a possible cause. Financial losses are enormous.

Canton China Hongkong

Sailors Start Row Sparked By Alleged Seaman Misconduct

Santiago papers denounce an armed clash between police and Tacoma sailors who, after an intoxicated disturbance, fired revolvers and fought with pistols and lances. Dispatches urge action by the provisional governor amid alleged abuses by interventees.

Santiago Havana Tacoma Lay Dtustracion Cabana Cubano Libre

Detroit Doctor Held on Statutory Manslaughter Charge

Dr George A Fritch of Detroit was arraigned before Judge Stein on statutory manslaughter in the death at Hope sanitarium of Edith Presley a Lansing proofreader for the state senate She stood mute and examination was set for May 7 at Detroit.

Detroit Mich George A. Fritch Stein Hope Sanitarium Edith Presley Lansing State Senate State Capitol Fritch

Missing Body Found at Farm Identifies Marvin Boy

Dead body located on a farm is identified as Marvin Boy. Authorities report discovery by a passerby and are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death.

Bears No Mark of Foul Play in Dover Child's Death

Dover, May 7. The father of Horace Marvin persists the boy was murdered after his body was found in a marsh near Marvin Place. Dr Marvin believes foul play. investigators will begin formal inquiry today as clues are pursued and the corpse is examined for signs of exposure or harm.

Dover Del Lytug Miarsky Piter Bf Iil Teoke Sean Die Vlns Mun Win Ollie Plowsinton Medtsanion Pleasanton Farut Miurvin Horace

Fullam Refuses Surrender of Honduran Police

In Puerto Cortez on May 7 Capt. Fullam of the Marietta declined to surrender Honduran police officers held on a warship after a thorough inquiry into the brutal assault on Thacker Bros. fruit inspector Davis. Commandant Ito Bonilla and Dr. Mitchell joined Capt. Winterhalter and the Acting Consul. no courts have existed in the department for over thirty days, and Davis remains seriously ill.

Fullam Puerto Cortez Thacker Bros. Company Davis Nicaragua Honduras Winterhalter Repley Manuel Ito Bonilla San Pedro Mitchell

Editor to receive decoration for famine relief work

Baron Oza wa, en route from Seattle to London, will visit Boston to honor Dr. Lewis Klopsch, editor of the Christian Herald, for raising 500000 dollars for famine relief in Japan two years ago. The ceremony recognizes Klopsch’s role in coordinating the relief funds and support for Japanese victims.

Seattle Wash Baron Ozawa London Red Cross Society Japan Boston Lewis Klopsch The Christian Herald Klopsch

Casey slays brother in Chicago quarrel over phonograph

Michael Casey cut the throat of his brother John with a razor after a quarrel over a phonograph. John Casey died about thirty minutes later. Both men were drinking. Michael Casey was arrested.

Chicago Michael Casey John Casey

Two Killed in Collision on Electric Road

Toledo dispatch reports two people died and more than twenty were injured in a collision of two cars on the Toledo Urban and Interurban Electric road. Local authorities investigated the crash as responders aided the injured at the scene.

Toledo Ohio

Winter Wheat Damaged Pressures Chicago Trade Revival

Chicago May 7 The Chicago board of trade shows revived activity after years of lull as cold weather in the West and Southwest drives trading higher. Analysts warn winter wheat damage could reach near 100 million bushels versus last year with inconsistent Oklahoma green bug reports.

Chicago Chicago Board of Trade Buregwu Cvop Oklahoma Board of Trade

President Replies To Labor Union On Moyer Haywood Case

New York May 7 President Roosevelt says he will seek justice if evidence shows a miscarriage of justice for or met Moyer and Haywood awaiting trial in Boise Idaho for the murder of Former Governor Steinetbers The letter was sent as a formal reply to the union committee that urged him to state his general attitude toward the accused and why he had called them undesirable city pits The committee chairman Jom Kenry reported a one hour discussion with the president and a vote to send a copy letter to counsel for Moyer and Haywood

Labor Union Moyer and Haywood New York Central Federated Union Honsevelt Moyer Haywood Boise Idaho Steinetbers Atttorney Uton Washington Jom Kenry William Conlley Carmpines

Chicago Police Trial: Former Chief Collins Indicted in Scandal

Chicago grand jury returns indictments against Former Chief of Police John M Collins and five other officers over alleged police department misconduct tied to the dunne mayoralty campaign. Inspectors captains and lieutenants face censure for participating in soliciting and accepting contributions under stress from lower ranked officers.

Chicago Grand John M. Collins Jyatioe City Afl Wiles Car Phon Grand Jury Civil Service Commission Edward I. Dunne

Two Drive to Their Death on Rock Island Bridge

Fred Hill and Darwin Truax of St Paul Park drowned in the Mississippi near Inver Grove while attempting to cross the Rock Island bridge as it opened for a steamboat. The bridge tender signaled to stop but the drivers did not heed him, and in darkness their bodies were not recovered by nightfall after search parties scoured the river all day.

Fred Hill Darwin Truax Mississippi St. Paul St. Paul Park Rock Island Inver Grove Mississippi River

Woman Stabs Self in Wisconsin Farm Wife's Death

Waupaca Wisconsin May 7 Mrs Christian Jenson wife of a well to do farmer died by suicide stabbing. She had been ill for some time and it is believed her mind had become impaired.

Waupaca Wis Christian Jenson

Go-devil Goes Wrong on Jefferson River Ferry

Go devil craft capsized while crossing the Jefferson river at Fish Creek Montana. George Kinder drowned and David McCall swam to safety after the vessel collided with the ferry cable.

Fish Creek Mont Jefferson River George Kinder David McCall

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South Dakota Prince Edward of Wales Prince of Missouri Federation of Women's Chibs Joplin Edward Johnson Billinga Hospital Frank Pent Honolulu Tawaiian Talunda Tena Menesko la Porte County Michigan Central’ Railroad Detroit River Detroit River Tunnel Company New Hampshire Polk County Skimk River Wiggin University of the South At Sewanee,Tenn Andrew Carnegie George H. Phelps Common Pleas Court Pindlay Standard Oil Company Hamburg-American Steam Packet Company Interstate Commerce Commission Purvis Coates Boven Siton Geneil Nat Inspectur Thacker Thie Nieneagnan Mametta Ensign Bersich Enlam Cour-Mar Ceiba Truxillo Domingo Ratifes Republic Shamilen Marvin Boy Father Mur DERED
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