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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-11-17
ron SEARCHING INQUIRIES.
Attorney General Goe Afser Flee
tion Frauds In New York.

Attorney General Goes Af1ef Esec'
tion Frauds In New York.
New York: Ten indictments for viola
lions of election laws and Two Tor as
saults committed ut the polls ut the cleo
lion last Tuesday were Friday drawn up
by the grand jury.
1t was said Friday that Attorney Gen.
.ral Mayer and State Superintendent OF
Elections Morgan had instituted a search
ing investigation OF the alleged frauds,
which would be continued until the iegls'
lature meets.
The attorney general and Mr.. Morgan
Friday night examined q number OF WIZ.
nesses in connection with the frauds, ana
also conferred with Henry Il. 1onnge'
special counsel for Mr.. Hearst, and dis
cussed plans to prosecute persons agaihs.
whom charges may be brought.
1t was announced ut Iammahy nun
Friday that the Tammany district cap
tains have secured evidence showihs
frauds committed by Hearsts supporters
on election day. .
Several leaders said while the recount
might lessen McClellan's vote the coun-
ter charges OF fraud which they intend to
bring against the Hearst organization VIII
likewise bring about a lessening or the
Hearst vote me that in this way an equal
reduction will be made in the vote, when
will not affect the result. .
Mr.. Hearst made public n postal card
received Friday, signed merely "Iruck
Driver which read: ION Wednesday
night five ballot boxes were take:: from
the boarding stable at 232 Front street.
Mayor Mcclellan has made public the
following statement:
. "The election returns show my election
by a plurality of 4.1SO votes. The re-
turns are the results Of procedure pre-
by the law II they are expressly
by the law to be presumptively
l will believe they are correct,
and I will take all legitimate means to
protect my rights, MS well as those of the
voters. II my adversary appeals to the
law to overthrow what are now the legal
eturns Of the results Of the election, L
will meet him fully prepared TO vindicafe
these results
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-11-17
THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION
CIV. EIrod Calls Upol the fcop'e
or the State to Give

Gov. EIrod Calls Upol Inc Io"p'o
or the state to Give
Gov Elrod has issned the following
Thanksgiving proclamntioh' ma,,tb
All the people eof this co~mnionwea.'n
have great reason TO be S'hah'lu' ~.
h,r,,tirul crops. for employment -
health, for happy homes, for BLESSINGS VI
onua led. and for al the nccessaries ""u
many Of the. comforts Of ite.
II conformity with the prociamalioi
os prcsident Roosevelt. !. Samuel "a. u =
rod. governor the state OF south 90
do set apart Thursday, Nov. ~. i9o'' 'S
a day of thanksgiving. .. oo,se
All e~itizeus,are earnestly urged 10 ce"s
from their labors at least part o. '"e ny,
dov. md 10 meet in houses OF worship Vi
in homes. and give thanks unto Hoo.
Vherc there is sickness ana sorrow
Ict friends fail not TO do and say th'hss
Which will cause the hearts OF snch VII
fortunate oues to be thhnk1"l.
Hrother ought to learn from brother
Recently there was n fast day sacred w
ro,oi,ners Every foreigner i'll our great
count nv sacredly kept the fast DAY OF nis
native land. Possibly some OF them III"
il through fear. BE that as 1t may, there
* Il lesson in it for IFS. We ought 10
Keen Thanksgiving day for love or nome
and country and in acknowledgement OF
divine blessings.
Let each citizen of South Dakota OBJ
serve the day rs his best thoughts direct
and as the day grows old let every cit'-
zen Of the commonwealth silently petition
tho great father to continue his goodness
to us.
Given under my hand and the great seal
of South Dakota, at the capitol in the
city of Pierre, this 9TH day Of Woven
Der, in the year of our Lord nineteen hun
dren and FIVE, and in the sixteenth year
Of the state.
BY the governor: Samuel IL. Elrod.
u u. Wipf, Secretary Of State.
BY +. y. Platts. Assistant Secretary.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-11-17
DIED IN BRIDAL chAMsER.
Tragedy OF Married Couple in North
asg ". Carolina. ~ .

@ No. Carolina. TO- ~ .
Norfolk, Va: Alspecial to1the Virgin
Ian Pilot says Helen Hope, who Wednes-
day night was married to Randolph Z.
Johnson at Perguimans, N. G., was
found dead IN her bridal chamber Thurs
day morning with a pistol in her hand
and n bullet wound through her head.
Johnson was lying across the bead with
three bullets in his head and body.
johnson had loved Miss Hope since
her early childhood. He was % years of
age and she but II. After their wedding
Wednesday night a large supper and
dance followed and about midnight the
couple drove to the home the groom had
prepared.
Their on-appearance about the house
in the morning caused inquiry, md when
the door of their room was broken open
the woman was found lying i'll a pool Of
blood before her dresser with Il pistol in
her hand and her brains oozing from the
wound in her head.
Johnson's wounds were in the left
breast, the left temple and a grazing
wound on the cheek. Either Of the first
two would have proved fatal. No mo-
tive for the tragedy can be learned.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-11-17
ROBBED RICH NEW WORKERS
industrious Jewelry Thief Caught
4 nv AGcidont and Sent to Prison.

Industrious Jewelry Thief Caught
by Accident and Sen to Prison.
New York: Confession to the robbery
OF 100000 worth of gems from fashion
able New York homes in the last two
years was made Friday by Harold Pres
colt, a painter. His profit on pawning
the jewelry, Prescott says, was a little
over $4,000.
Almost by accident the painter was ar
rested in connection with 4 recent small
robbery, and the police We're ignorant
OF. the value of their arrest until his ar
raignment Friday. Immediately the
search was made Of pawnshops he named
md the police say they have recovered
$4,000 worth of the stolen gems already.
Prescott was later sentenced to five
years in Sing Sing.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-11-17

A dispatch from st. Petersburg saws
that the sailors of the Russian squad.
ron at Kronstadt mutinied "Wednesday
night. o"verpowered their officers, land.
ell and attacked Shops. public build.
ings and spirit stores. Troops were
called out and fighting ensued, in
which machine guns were used and
many persons We're killed or wounded.
In addition a number of houses We're
set on fire. The fighting lasted all
night. The British embassy in st.
Petersburg requested General Trepoff
10 protect British subjects at kron-
stadt.
Authentic accounts received at Odes-
sa from various points in Bessarabia
show that the anti-Jewish outbreaks
there followed the same lines as at
Odessa, varying only in the number of
victims. At Kishenev the disturbances
were preceded by inhammatory
speeches, ~gendarmes and city officials
near the Governors house asserting
hat the Jews had attempted to take
the life Of the local bishop and intend
GU W ioo' TIC 'ieasuiy. 1ue iuoo was
thus melted to the bloody work.
Carrying ikons and portraits of the
Emperor, the mob proceeded to Alex
androvskaia, rushkiHskaia and Gostin-
kaia streets, devastating and pillaging
unhindered. Attempts at self-defense
We're prevented by the troops. Ninety
per Ceit Of the killed and wounded
were victims Of bayonets and rife
huyl1nfS
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-11-17
At VIOLIN.
Burelars Make a Raid on Saloons
but secure Only $3.50.

Burelars Make a Raid or Saloons
but Secure Only $3.50.
Robbers made a raid on two saloons
at Violin, fifteen miles northeast OF 1anh-
ton on the Northwestern Railroad. secuf-
ing $3.50. The robbers escaped on n
handcar, which was dumped into the
James River.
The discovery of the Northwestern
handcar in the James River. where II
was submerged all but one wheel. reveal
ed which way the yeggmen left Eoi1n.
The tracks of three men was clearly FOL
right into Yankton very easily be-
cause Of the peculiar shape OF II boot
of one of the robbers.
The place of conccalment used before
the robbery was also found in the North
western elevator where an empty bot'le
of "Cnderoof" whisky was found, i'll some
hay which showed where the men had
laid down, after breaking an entrance
through the locked door.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-11-17
Road Can Enter Sioux Fails.

The South Dakota Central Railroad
Company has won the first round IN the
between itself and the milwaukee,
Railroad Company, involving the use by
the former Of Il former right or way Oh
the latter company. and the construction
of the South Dakota Central into the
heart of the business district of Sioux
Falls, where the independent line is de-
sirous of making a connection with tho
trucks of the Illinois Central.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-11-17
INJURED.
Brakeman Falls Head Foremost
from a Milwaukee, Train.

Council Bluffs. Ia: Delbert Reams,
aged Is, a brakeman for the Milwaukee
Railway, tell from a moving train near
Underwood Friday aud sustained a frac-
tured skull, many scalp wounds, a brok-
en- nose and temporary paralysis OF the
left arm. He was climbing up the side
Of q freight car when he missed his hold,
dropping head foremost upon a cattle
guard beside the track. He was brought
to Council Bluffs for an operation and
hospital treatment. He had a cut extend
ing clear across the forehead with the
skin hanging down over the eyes. His
condition is critical, but there is a chance
for recovery.
Reems lives at Pcrry and is unmarried.
His parents live q Defiance.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-11-17
Former Chicaxo Man Shot.

City of Mexico, Mex: News has
reached here OF the murder of Charles
Neuhauser, formerly Of Chicago at the
San Saidro Hacienda mine, Of which he
was superintendent. The Young nephew
OF Robert Boyd. manager of the proper
", is accused OF the crime.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-11-17
TOGO TO VISIT AMERICA.
Famous Japanesc Admiral Will
Come with His Fleet.

London: The Toxic correspondent OF
the Daily Telegraph sends the following:
1T IL officially announced that the
American legation has been raised to an
sIIbassy. 1t mas been definitely decided
that Vice Admiral Togo with a squadron
will visit the United States and not Aus
tralia, as previously announced. Mr..
Yon0. former president OF the diet, and
MI. Otake, 4 member OF the diet, with
other prominent politicians, have been
arrested in connection with the recent
peace riots"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-11-17
Heaviest Man in the State.

Rapid City claims to have the heaviest
man in South Dakota. Ernest Schlen-
ming, who is the landlord at n or the
hotels there, weighs 3G5 pounds. before
Judge Bennett, of Watertown. died ne
was considered the. heaviest man, his
weight being 43O pounds.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-11-17
TRIAL OF PAT GROVE.
It vii, be Held in omaha on De.

It Will be Held in Omaha on De
cember 4
Omaha, Neb.: The trial Of Pat Grove
has been set for Monday, Dec. A. He
viii be first tried on the charge of shoot.
ing with intent to kill Officer jackson,
who, attempted to arrest a man On South
Sixteenth Street alleged to have been
Grove. Jackson received a serious wound
i'll the thigh.
Nearly 100 witnesses are named in the
brief fled BY the prosecution, who are
to be called in ease Grove is later
brought to trial on the highway robbery
charge in connection with the Cudahy
KIDNAPPING.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-11-17
FATAL WRECK IN TEXAS.

One Man Killed and Several injured
ON Texas and Pacific.
Aledo, Tex: Eastbound Texas and
Pacific passenger No. g, known MS the
C~annonball, was wrecked about two miles
west Of Iona switch Saturday, killing
one man n injus;ng eight others.
The train was a d~oubleheader, and the
two engines turned over Just as they
struck . curve at the top of a heavy
grade, up which they We're pulling the
train Of fifteen coaches heavily loaded
with passengers.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-11-17
Prisoner Refuses to Eat.

Peter Carlson. who is confined in the
Clay County Jail on n charge of assault,
refuses to eat, and nothing that the
sheriff can do will persuade the fellow
to put something wholesome into his
stomach. 1t has been several days now
since Carlson ate anything. Although the
food set before him is good, he claims to
have no appetite for it.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-11-17
h Potatoes AreSi in Demand.

: Buyers are in Miller from eastern mar
kets after potatoes, paying 2tA cents a
bushel. The demand has not been hlled,
although a good many carloads have been
shipped from all the towns. The larg-
est grower mt Miller this year was >. ii.
Putnam, who got $500 bushels from
twenty acres of ground.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-11-17
Naarried Einx Year..

The friends and neighbors of Mr.. and
Mrs. F. NJ. Ziebach, OF Yanktol, gave
them a surprise party Tuesday evening
in honor of the 50th anniversary Of their
wedding. Mr.. Ziebach was the first
territorial governor Of Dakota territory,
which included all of North and South
Dakota and q part OF Montana.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-11-17
Election May be Illegal.

The election of Tuesday for q bond is
sue of $4,000 to take up Deadwood's
floating indebtedness was carried by q
very small majority. A vote OF 8 was
cast out of a possible 1,4OO. 1t is doubt
full whether or not a sufficient number
of votes was cast to make the election
1onol #EEHE sEaE-as El%s
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-11-17
STOCK BY coyotes.

From Bixby it is learned that coyotes
and gray wolves are becoming very nu-
'merous in that vicinity, and lots of stock
Is being killed. United action for their
by cattlemen, it is said. will
be begun at once.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-11-17
Can Money Takes . Jump.

New York: Money on call went to Is
per cent Thursday, the highest rate for
several years. Secretary of the Treasury
Shaw was in New York and it was re-
ported he intended to deposit several
million sdo.larstof government funds with
the banks to relieve the situation, but
the report was not confirmed.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-11-17
BOARDING CARS BURNED.
Fire at Camp NO 1 on the MIlwnu'
kee Extension.

kee Extension.
A telephone message received at Cham-
berlain from what is known as Camp NO.
1 on the extension of he Chicago, Mil
waukee and St. Paul Railroad from that
city to the Black Hills, states that a fire
destroyed four boarding cars utilized by
the men working OH that section Of the
extension. The hundreds of Of men EN-
ployed in the vicinity endeavored to ex-
ltinguish. the flames, but the absence of
AN adequate supply of water made their
efforts unavailing. ai 5'HS
Camp No. is situate.i about g four
miles west Of the new town OF, Reliance.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-11-17
South Dakota Poultry Show.

The Southeastern South Dakota Poul-
try and Ret Stock Association is com
plotting its premium list and in other ways
perfecting plans for a big meeting at
2Beresford Dec. 10 to %. One thousand
birds will be OH exhibition and one OF
the best meetings ever held in the state
is ex pectei. ea --~nF%E.8E rff%Fe
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-11-17
Zoo cold for Italians.

A gang of thirty Italian laborcrs who
have been at work on the Milwaukee road
at Evarts are preparing to return to Chi
cago for the winter. Most OF the men
are but recent arrivals from Italy. and
they do not find the South Dakota eli
mate to their liking.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-11-17
Returns After Twenty Years.

After a separation of twenty years
George Woolston suddenly appeared at
his fathers house at Belle Fourche. The
young man was born in the valley near
that place t~wenty-three years ago, and
his whereabouts has been unknown for
twenty years. AS a surprise to him his
father presented him with a letter from
his grandmother's administrator which
stated that a legacy of $1O,5OO has been
left him,
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-11-17
Jerome Greeted as Z Hero.

Lakeville, Conn: William +. Jerome.
who was reelected district attorney Of
New York County Tuesday, arrived in
town Friday and will seek q rest at his
home here. Citizens turned out almost
and firewofkss.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-11-17

Under the state caucus law pissed last
winter, each party is required t1 select a
specific color for it's party ballots at the
primary, and must file their color choice
with the secretary Of state. Up to the
present the Republican, color has been Sc
lected. white being their designation. The
Socialists have just selected tbrir party
color, having chosen red as thair ticket
badge in the primaries. The Democrats
will nave to select some color, and wheth-
err there will be any other party selections
under the present political line Up i'll the
state remains to be seen..-zs-
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-11-17
No Gambunr ae Geddee.

At . meeting OF the city council q petit
don Of citizens Of Geddcs was presented
aaking that all gambling be stopped there.
AZ soon As read the mayor Instructed the
chief Of police to close all gambling
houses and to have oil gambling devices
and machines emoved from the build
ings.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-11-17
Bond Proposftion Carried.

AT n special election at Aberdeen
Thursday the proposition to issue So, eco
bonds for n municipal lighting plant car
ried, receiving G2S votes to 123 for the
proposition to grant the franchise to the
highest bidder.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-11-17

The Milwankee's extension to.the Pacif-
&c a has been completed forty miles
west of the river, to the town of Presho.
though the grading extends more than
seventy miles west OF hamkes!assf Set.
tiers are pouring iDto2the new cosntrY
rapidly.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-11-17
COMPLETE PLURAlrHES IN
LEADING CITES AND STATES
States.

Plurality.
Observation-Disclosures. D. ,.....1OO.O 900
Obio-pa ttison. q. 5 5000
Observation-Disclosures. r. .... 23.116
Rhode Island-Utter. R,-....... .342
Reconsideration, R........... $4,000
Citiex.
Phil NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. .........43,333
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. r.. 1861
Salt Lake-Thonlpson, Am...... 92o
Louisville-Barth, ID. .......... 900
San Francisco-Schmitz, .11.oo4
Jersey City-Fagan. R......... 5000
Proyidence-Dyer. R............ 400
Newport, r. I.-Cottreil, Re-. 81
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-11-17
THREE NEGROES LYNcHEo.

Texas Mob BFeaks Into . and
OvePpowers the Onicers.
Henae.=cs.. Tex: Early Sunday morn
ing a mob Of 200 men broke into the jail
here and overpowering the officers took
therefrom John Reece, Robert Askew and
one other negro whom they hanged in the
pubiic square. The negroes We're arrest
ed with two others a few days ago for
the murder Of a farmer about ten miles
from this place.
The other negroes were not molested,
members Of the mob claiming they were
only accomplices, and not principals.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-11-17
Deposit. Nearly a2.ooo,ooO.

The First National Bank OF Deadwood
carries a deposit OF $l,7O0,OO0. This is
the savings and earnings of the people OF
Deadwood principally. The First Ma
tioaal Bank is now the strongest Link III
the state a. South Dakota.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-11-17
Tvnhoon serIkee Gu.m.

Guam: a severe tyniloon. accompa-
MED by a tieinge or rain, took place here
"Wednesday. The extent of damage
done Is unknown. The towns of Agans
and Pitt were inunaatad.b but no iives
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-11-17
Enrollment at Indian school.

There are PAT pupils enrolled at the
Indian school at Rapid City this year,
two-thirds of them being fuli-blood In
dams.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-11-17
Yeuows rever5iseH.tan..

Havanaa Two eases Of yellow FEVER
OF the persons stricken is m American
tourist. A. \. Outwater, Of Passaic, Nd.
who is employed as 4 teller. h q bank IN
Jersey City. szsas
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-11-17
Mrs. Hearst Wait. I,oad.

Phoebe Hearst, the principal owner OF
the Homcstake mine, ard mother of VIM.
r. Hearst, Of New York, arrived III Lead
Monday. accompanied BY General Man.
ager HcidrAs.e ss1as Rariias road.
She will remain several days.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-11-17
Death OF Phtlisp smoot.

Phillip Smoot, aged 81 years, died in
Sturgis Tuesday morning. He came to
the Black Hills in 1877, and had been a
resident Of Meade County ever since.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-11-17
Pillow Headquarters.

The John Deere Plow Company has
secured one of the largest and finest build
ings in the wholesale district at Sioux
Fails in which the company will estab-
fish headquarters for the handling of its
goods in South Dakota n adjacent ter
ritory.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-11-17
De.dwood,. Nov Ldbr.rv.

The new Carnegie library built with q
gift from Andrew Carnegie. was dedicat-
ed Thursday night by the people of Dead
wood. The building is made of stone and
is one of the handsomest libraries in the
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-11-17
C..r Removee TrenDR

ST. Petersburg: The car has made !
complete surrender to White and the PEG.
ple. He has granted universal suffrage
and removed Gen. Trepof, the much-hat.
ed MILITARY tyrant.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-11-17
lied States Commissioner

Now United States Commtssioner
- Judge Garland, of the United States
COURT in Sioux Falls, has appointed Frank
Mullen to the position OF United States
commissioner at Burke, one of the new
towns in the coded portion Of the Rose
bud reservation, in Gregory County.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-11-17
Fort Meade Flour Contract.

. The Sturgis roller mills have been
awarded the contract to furnish Fort
Meade with 81, 600 pounds OF -four.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-11-17
Train serack . Cow.

An extra freight train on the Milwau-
tee road was wrecked near Strnsburg.,
N. D.. by striking a COW. The engine,
tender and fbur empty cars were derailed
end Fireman Field Noble was injured.
although not seriously.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-11-17
Accused Horse THIEF Discharged

Because OF insufficient evidence Judge
J. A. Copeland At vefmillion refused
% hold James Kicker to the circuit court
bn 4 charge Of horse stealing. Kicker
val charged with stealing a team from
Mike McCarty, for whom he worked.