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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-11-16
sTABBED BY A WOMAN.

NOtsHsg Pennsyivanian Dies - the Re-
suit Of = Mystcrious Attack.
Z6nmas sDoughcrty. = prominent
kquhs man Of Dunmore. Pa. died In
kh4 hospital at Scranton Sunday - the
redoaIt OF being stabbed by an unhnowl.
WdkoAn Saturday might. Fills death ~
sasE mysterious.
Dougherty died rcfusing TO make
- statements az to tho name Of the
Dlnne1n who caused tho fatal injury.
but inttmated that It was = woman
aad that no wan to blame. ~
n the brief statement he made
Oodghesty declared that he was Vic
tttAu . woman and tina she stuck .
snS1oie or : hatpin In him. after which
NJ was taken III. The postmortsm re-
avea1oA tiiat he had been stabbed with
isasttA nno instrument. such - . hat
In and that Il nod entered the heart
ne police were unable to set n
itgi[ne az Dougherty's whereabouts up
stoskhe ume the Doctor was summoned.
Coroner Etem Sunday night ordered
attId@ arrest Of Mary Burke. : youns
Udnm0ro oman IN whom eDoughsr-
~ called on Saturday night. The
WnnMa has not yet been located. The
e1foueraa Jury declares that 1t wal a
1lh1ptn which penetrated Dousherty's
lDart, and that IL passed through the
fdGen I'm. indicating that It had bseD
1dhbed with araat force.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-11-16
EXPRESS COMPANY IS BEATEN.
important Ruling in South Dakot

Important Ruling in South Dakota
Case.
In the suit instituted by the United
states Express company in accordance
with Instructions from Thos. C. Platt,
president of the company, and was for
the purpose Of preventing an order is
sued by the railroad commissioners
from going into effect, Judge Garland,
in the United States court at Sioux
Falls. decided against the company.
The express company did not wish
to assume the responsibility of holding
in its office over night the money
which a bank rendered it for ship
ment to towns near Aberdeen, and re-
fused to accept it unless the money
was taken to it's office before the trains
left in the morning. The express COM
pany cortended that to properly and
safely care for the money over night
it would be necessary for it to provide
Il safe. costing $3.50, and a night
Waterman at a cost OF $50 per month
additional.
The decision OF Judge Garland
grants q stay of thirty days OF pro-
ceedings subsequent to the entry OF
the order so the express company may
appeal the case should 1t so desire.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-11-16
HORSE 1rYDRopnoB1A VICTIM.
Hare Case Is Reported from Day
County.

khuPc SaSc IL l~ScTlOftSu lTCIH LAY
County.
One Of the few cases Of horses dying
from hydrophobia Is reported from
Day county. A horse belonging to Al
fred Peterson, a well known farmer o:
that county, was a victim OF the dis.
ease.
When DR.. Sorbel. a veterinary sur.
geon, arrived OF the scene in answer
TO a request from the owner of the
animal. he found the horse securely
tied so it could not harm anyone
When approached the animal went in
TO a perfect rage. kicking, strfkin :. and
trying to bite. Satisfied hat the ami
NAL had hydrophobia, the doctor man
aged with difficulty to place a pail OF
water within its reach, and the inabil-
ity of the horse to swallow n the ac-
tion OF its mouth confirmed this be-
lief.
The animal was then quickly pu
out of misery. Last winter a mad dog
which passed through the neighbor'
hood bit two OF Mr.. P~eterson's sheer
and also nippcd the horse. One Of
the sheep died soon after being bitten
while the other butted himself to
death against the hub Of n Wagon
wheel. The strange feature of thu
case is the period OF time which
elapsed before the horse developed by
drophob;a. a...E. ..r.. .r
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-11-16
upHor1Ds DEALS IN OPTIONS.
Federal Court Sustains the Ronrd Of
Trade Contracts.

COnIrucIS.
The United States circuit court OF
appeals handed down a. decision.
Thursday upholding the validity of
contracts for the purchase or sale OF
grain for future delivery as It is prac-,
ticed by the Chicago board of trade'
and the Merchants exchange Of st.
Louis. The ase Is that of Thomas
Cleage. Jr, appellee, against w. Fl.
Laidley and others.
Cleage dealt in about 1000, 600
bushels of grain, and less than 2 per
cent was delivered. He testified that
he did not intend to deliver or receive
any grain under his contracts unless
forced to do SO in order to keep his
contracts from being closed out under
ten rules of the board or the exchange.
The brokers to whom he became IN
debted filed q creditors petition In
bankruptcy. upon which Cleage was
%adjudged to be a bankrupt. h bank
ruptcy was assailed on the ground
that Cleage was not legally indebted
to any of the alleged creditors for tho
reason that their claims against him
were grounded upon wager agree
ments and were therefore void. The
court holds that the evidence did NOT
disclose q purpose to settle the OBJ
legation of his contracts by paying to
or receiving from the other parties
thereto the difference between the
contract prices and the market prices
at the time of delivery and did not
make re transactions wagcrs and
void.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-11-16
LIMB CRUSHED BY ECCR.
Farmer Seriously Injured, with y
Ono Near to Assist Him.

Farmer Seriously Injured, with No
One Near to Assist Him.
Hans Kingslein, a Hanllin county
farmer, had u terrible experience as
the result of being pinioned by a rock
while at work on his farm.
His son lac been aiding in the work
of burying rock, but toward evening
returned home, tbs father expecting
to follow him as soon as h> had fin
ished digging a hole for a huge rock
A few minutes after the son had dis
appeared the rock suddenly topplcd
over into the hole in which Kingslein
was working. striking him and shat
tering the bone in one Of his Ices and
pinioning him in the excavation.
After a great deal Of difficulty the
farmer succeeded in releasing himself.
but discovered that owing to his in
jured limb he was unable to walk.
Early in the evening the members
of his family became al.rnsed at his
non-appearance. searched all night
for him. but without success. The
search vas resumed in the morning.
when the injured man was found on
the o trying to crawl home 1t is
feared the injured limb will have to be
amputated.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-11-16
NEGRo SHOOTS PRIEST
Rev. John Phelan y Hurt, but nos
Seriously.

- WSAA8 90 ~ $3.50
Seriously.
A crowd Of negro laborers on q
po~uth-bound Milwaukee train near
Woisey, s.. D.. Friday morning guar
relied over q game OF cards. Rev.
John Phelan, o Catholic priest OF Sib-
ley. Ia. who formerly lived In Sioux
City, tried to quiet the trouble whom
n OF the negroes drew q revolver
and fred. one shot taking effect on
the right side Of the priests head.
He vas taken to q hospital in Mitch
ell, 8. D.. The wound Is not regarded
~ serious. Eight Of the negroes ware
taken into custody at Wolsey and re-
moved to Huron where they ware
lodged in the county jail.
NJ negroes had been engaged in a
red hot poker game in h smoking
car. AS the train pulled into Wolsey
one OF the players snatched up the
stakes and jammed the roll" down
his pocket. That started things.
The biggest coon" in the bunch pull
led Q gum, as did several of the others,
and shooting began, The car was
filed with men, who stepped lively in
an effort to get out of danger.
In the day coach behind there were
many ONE passengers. and they be-
came much alarmed when the shoot
ing continued. Father Phelan, who
was In the day coach. stepped to the
door Of the moker and admonished
the negroes to be quiet and STOP
shooting. The train had been stopped
by hat time. As the priest stepped
back q big negro struck him with his
fist. The priest stepped off onto the
ground. The negro followed and fired
his revolver full in the priests face.
Father Phelan fell. struc In the side
Of the head. He rose again. then fell
again. colIapsfng twice more before
he was able to get into the car again.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-11-16
GUN DECLARED USELESS.
Weapon No Longer Ut
for Coast Defense.

Weapon No Longer 1tt
for Const Defense.
That the Finch gun in use nj mos
Of the coast fortifcations of the United
States would not last through an engage
ment Of two hours, the period that would
elapsc from the time the leading vessel
of a fleet would come within the range
until the last vessel would pass beyond
the range Of the guns, is the statement
made by Brig. Gen. William Crozier,
chief of ordnance. whose annual report
has been made public. ' "s"
Gen. Crozier thinks that it is of the ut
most importance that some method De
devised whereby the necessary gunpow-
Pr can be secured with less expense than
that involved in using the high velocities
of ~projectiles now employed, with the
accompanying rapid wearing away OF the
rif1ing, in such a manner as to destroy
the accuracy Of the gun sitter a few
hours. The Pinch gun will last for
about sixty rounds, and as the gun IS ca
pable CT firing for a considerable inter
val at tie rate Of forty-fvc round per
hour, it can be seen that the limit of the
life of this gun could be reached IN less
than ar hour and a half.
Similar statements can be made with
regard to guns of smaller caliber. says
the report, although as the caliber dimin-
fslles the admissible velocity increases. by
lowering the velocity of the Finch pro
jectile from $500 feet to $3.50 feet per
second the life of the gun is increased
to 900 rounds The penetration of armor
is reduced by the process, that of the IL"
inch gun at 10000 yards coming down
from about ten and one-half inches to
about nine inches and the range at which
it's projectile would penetrate twelve
inches of armor plate being reduced from
about 5000 yards to about 6,000 yards.
The chief of ordnance states that 1t
appears, by using in the situations re-
uuiring the greatest power n 14-inch gun,
with 2,15O feet per second velocity of pro-
j~ectile, instead of the Pinch Jul with
H,5OO feet per second initial velocity, the
army would secure a better gun and a
gun which would last four times as long.
Gen. Crozier states that the Taft board
for the revision of the report of the Enid
.ott board on coast defenses. recommended
this gun and that the department has de-
cided to use it in place of the Pinch gun
In situations where the highest power is
required. and the 12-inch gun as a max
Imum caliber has been abandoned.
Among the changes made in the equip
nent issued to cavalry, infantry n ar
tillery during the year was that Of the
cup, which formerly was made of steel,
heavily timed, and which is now made OF
aluminium, adopted after an extensive ser
vice trial.
Gen. Crozier states that a number OF
militia batteries have been supplied with
the new three-inch field artillery material
md others are being rapidly furnished
with it.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-11-16
BANK ROBBERS ESCAPE.
Disappear After Engaging in Series OF
Battles with Farmers.

Disappear After Engaging in Series of
Battles with Farmers.
The two robbers who secured $1,000
from the Farmers and Miners bank at
Laid, ILL.,, made their escape Monday
night after an exciting chase Of over
forty miles and after numerous battles
with m who attempted to inter
cept them. goa
After holding UP the Ladd "a the
robbers drove to Peru and at the point
Of a revolver compelled the liveryman
to furnish another rig. They passed
through La Sale and then the pursuit
began. The robbers drove through
four county townships with the police,
armed with rifles. in close pursuit.
Farmers were compelled to furnish
the robbers with fresh horses. In Wal
lace township a lively exchange OF
shots was exchanged, but the robbers
took to the corn fields. secured a new
team and escaped to Sheridan. where
they abandoned horses. buggy and
overcoats and caught a train. presum-
ably for Chicago.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-11-16
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The st. Louis Nationals tried 16 pitch
ers during the past campaign.
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The st. Louis Nationals tried 16 pitch
ers during the past campaign.
Willie Fitzgerald Is to get another
crack at Harry Lewis, the clever young
lightweight who recently knocked him
cold in jig time. The boys have signed
articles for a six-round scrap in Phila-
delphia soon.
Battling Nelson will now have 10 find
an antagonist other than Joe Cans. The
Battler's manager, Billy Nolan, tried to
arrange "A match between the two men,
but Cans imposed conditions as to weight
and splitting the purse that Nolan would
net consider.
John Morgan of st. Louis, Mo, cham
pion continuous pool player of the world.
has formally surrendered his title and re-
turned the diamond championship emblem
to the donor. Horgan's interest in bill
lizards. he says, causes him to give up the
pool title.
Ed Walsh, whose great twirling was
one of the main causes of the Cubs de-
feat, is the youngest member of the White
Sox. He is "a.
No member of the Detroit club will
have a two-year contract for 1907 and
1908. Only one-year instruments have
been handed out.
The American athletes who covered
themselves with glory in Greece have
shown the i'll effects of the Journey since
their return. Nearly all of them dis
played poor form in the contests in which
they competed after returning from the
Olympic games.
With the outdoor track meetings over
for the season enthusiasts of the cinder
path are busy getting together an ..au-
American team.
Richard Sampson, a trainer and jockey
from Australia, has arrived in New York
in charge of a shipment of so thorough
breds from Belgium ana France, and
which will be sent to a breeder Of horses
in Iowa.
Baseball follows the flag. 1t has late
" invaded Panama. A game was played
there recently that was attended BY the
society people of Panama. The players
were made up of distinguished American
and Panamani officials and others.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-11-16
a THEATRICAL TRUST
GIGAECTIC COMBINE rs BEING
FORMED IN CHICAGO.
IArUsst Organisations Now In ExisE-
cuca VIII Become Parts OF the New
Syndicate, which Control Propsrty
v0ucd In Exccss OF $50, DOC, Ooe.

Tho most gigantic theatrical combi-
aatibn in tho world. OF which the big
GeDG syndicate now in existence will
hey qn1y q part, is in h process Of
Formation In Chicago.
Tho new combination Is to include
$50 nf tho most important theaters in
the Unfted States; will be represented
mi every city from New York to San
aFrancaaco. and from Portland to New
Orleans: will dictate matters OF book
fnkI tDurs OF all big companies. and.
dn . word, do the theatrical business
Of tho limited States, IL not the world
Although the combination is still In
the process OF formation. the following
interests are stated as those to go into
IT.:
K1aw & Erianger. Daniel Frohman,
Charles Frohman. AL Hayman, Nixon
kfzxmmerman, Rich s. Harris and his
iOrpheum circuit.
IT ~ estimated by some Of the man
agera who expect to go into the new
coaubtnntion thai the properties con-
krneaed by the corporation will value
: In exccs OF 100000 Accord
ing To present plans q new corporation
VIII be formed. probably under the
Haua OF Illinois. Its capital stock will
bes placed somewhere between sSs,.
100000 and 800. 100000
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-11-16
MEAT CLEAyElR Is WTlaPoN.

Belle Fourclle Ma May Not STRIVE
Attack of NcSra.
Fill Mckay. q bartender. lies at tbs
point of death from an attack made
OF him by a negro named Ferguson.
who was doing his first days work as
at the hotel in Belle Fourche.
Mckay n Ferguson had some
words, the former being drunk. Fer
guson was in the hotel kttchcn and
Mckay outside, when the negro be-
came Infatuated. and threw q meat
cleaver through the window screen.
catching Mckay directly in the side
of the heaa. He is not expected to
live.
Ferguson effected his escape but
was captured and Jailed.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-11-16
FIRES CAUSE PANICs.

Five Blazcs In New York the Work OF
Incendiarles.
One woman is dead, one man Is in
= hospital suffering from sever burns.
1000 perosns fed from their homes
in a panic and thousands more passed
. sleepless night as a result Of a series
OF incendinry fires in two blocks
bounded by Sixtteth and ~Sixty-first
streets and Columbus and West End
avenues, New York, early Friday.
Scores OF persons whose lives were eli.
Aangeyed by the confagration were
rescued by flremsn.
In all there were flve fircs. every
one Of them Of incendiary origin. be-
tween midnight and 8 o'clock Friday
MOrnAng.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-11-16
Ex-JUDGE HIS OWN PRISONER.

Unusual Complication Follows killing
Of DR.. Aldrich.
An unusual legal situation has fol-
lowed the killing OF Or. Aldrich by
Congressmsn-elect George X. Favrot
IA Baton Rouge, La. and the result
may be to keep Favrot in Jail for sixty
days without hope OF bail.
He was Judge there OF the district
court. before which his case should
legally come up for consideration. His
resignation from this Office Thursday
left the court without q Judge. and 1t
viii be sixty days after q notice OF a
new special election Is served before
his successor can be chosen. The pris-
oner cannot secure a before his case
goes before the court.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-11-16
SCORE BURIED IN RUINS.
view Bi1by Hotel Collapses at Lon
Reach. Cal.

View Bixby Hotel Collapses at Long
Reach, Cal.
ThN New Bixby hotel. being erected
Ga the beach ut Long Beach. Cal.
saved in Friday morning, supposedly
from weak construction. with possibly
. Of men buried In the ruins.
The structure, which was of rein.
forced concrete. caved in without
warning from the basement to the
fourth hoor. leaving but one wing
Standing.
lmpoasible 10 obtain IN accurate report
81 the number OF workmen buried In
the debris. 1t u estimated the num-
Der Of dead ranges from ten toStwenty-
I'VE
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-11-16
TAFT AT FORT ROBINSON.

Secretary OF Wa and His Party in.
vited to Inspect Fort Meade.
Secretary Taft spent Wednesday al
Fort Robinson, Neb., inspecting that
post. An effort has been made te
have him and his party come to Fort
Meade on a similar errand.
The secretary is understood to be
making the tour Of posts with the in.
tention Of recommending to the pres.
ident certain ones which shall b.
changed from regimental to brigade
posts. In his party are Gen. Hum.
phrey. quarter master general; Gen
Whit, Gen. Barry and Representative
Kinkaid, of Nebraska.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-11-16

of the Supreme
Court of the United
States, to succeed
Justice Henry Bill
linss Brown, who
retired some time
ago. Mr.. Moody has
filled the Office Of
Attorney General
since July L, 1904.
Previous to that
time he had served
for nor than two
e a as Secretary
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-11-16
WelI-Knaun nan Killed

Word has been received in Lead to
the effect that one of the Cleveland
brothers, who conduct n saloon in
Beulah. Wyo.. n section visited by all
travelling men in the Hills. had been
killed by the rowing Ute Indians on
the Powder river, north Of S%undance.
Both the Cleveland brothers are well
known throughout the northern Hills.
As they have been in business in that
section of the country for severai
years.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-11-16
KILLED NEGRo.s WIFE.

Black Who Helped Hicks to Escape
Also is Dead.
The wife of Hicks. the negro who
killed John A. Akridgo last Sunday.
was found dead In her home at Pei
ham. Ga, Thursday. having been kill
ed by unknown parties. some time
during the night she was shot with
over twenty bullets.
On thu same farm and not far away
a negro who. 1t Is claimed, helped
Hicks to escape was found dead. He
also had been shot several lines. The
coroner was notified. Hicks has not
been captured.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-11-16
work on New pierrc. Rridce

~ WV oIKUECs -
Stonelaying. a been commenced
on the piers on both sides of the river
for the permanent bridge at Pierre.
The piers are being constructed with
a heavy facing Of O%rtonville granite
and filed in the center with concrete.
Work is now under way on every pier
to be sunk all the way across the riv-
er, and the work will be hurried all
winter. with the expectation OF getting
that part Of the bridge completed be-
fore the going out OF the ice in the
spring compels the taking out of the
temporary bridge.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-11-16
SUICIDE AT LAKE ANDES.

Cashier V~andcrvcort. of the Lakeside
Bank, Ends Ills life.
A. Vandervoort, cashier If TIE Lake
side State bank. shot and Instantly
killed himself with a 45-caliber ~revolv-
er Sunday evening about 1850 o'clock.
No motive for the act can be found
except that he had not been feeling
well he past week.
Everything at the bank was found
as usual and accounts all right. Mr..
Va~ndervoort was about 81 years OF age
and vas one of the old settlers of that
count
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-11-16
chicnso auit. Co-eaucntion.

William D. McChntock, dean of the
University of Chicago, announced that
the faculty had finally decided upon
complete Segregation of men and women
students, in henceforth the aim would b
two affiliated universities, one for women
and another for men. The buildings for
the women's dormitory and recitation
rooms are to be entirely removed from
those Of the men the students Of differ
ent sexes will never meet except occa-
~sionally on the capnpus. The dean says
that the university life needs to be more
secluded and freer from the publicity
which is now its greatest failing
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-11-16
Famous Hymn. Barred Ont.

Bishop John j. O'Connor of the Cath
Ollie diocese of Newark, N. j., has in
structed all of his churches to discontinue
the use of the hymns, Nearer, My God,
to Thee and Lead. Kindly Light" in
their service. The latter might be sung
after the conclusion Of the service, but
the former never. as the law of the
church does not permit the singing of
any hymn that is not part of the iitur-
gical service. Lead, Kindly Light was
written by Cardinal Newmas before his
conversion to the Catholic religion.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-11-16
New ONO for Maj. Lacey.

There n = strong belief in Wash
ngton. d. c., that President Roosevelt
VIII appoint Representative John F.
general land once to succeed William
a. Richards. who will %relinquish his
place at the same time that Secretary
OF the Interior Hitchcock leaves office.
March 4,
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-11-16
Tdabilities Arc Se.s5O.oaO.

At a meeting in London Thursday
OF the creditors of the firm of Mac
Fayden g. Co.. bankers. the London
house Of Arbuthnot & Co, bankers Of
Madras. which suspended payment the
day its president committed suicide.
the chairman announced the liabilities
in London amounted to $~2.S50.O0O.
with assets Of 500. 900. The Indian
liabilities exceeded $4,000
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-11-16
Count Wittc Sentenced.

A report is In circulation in Mos
COW that the league to combat the
revolution" to which the murder Of
Deputy H~erzenstein in Finland last
summer has been ascribed. had sen
fenced the former premier. Count
Witte, to death In the event OF his re-
turn to Russia.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-11-16
society wedding for Indians.

Society circles among the Sioux In.
dams on the Cheyenne River Indian
reservation have been set agog" by
the marriage in white mans style"
Of an Indian warrior bearing the name
OF George Smells Log and an Indian
maiden named Anna Bald Head. The
ceremony was performed at st. Johns
church at Cheyenne agency.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-11-16
volcano In Colorado.

Mount Culebra, located forty miles
vest Of Trinidad. Colo. was reported
in : state q eruption Friday. Post
master Adolph Storx. OF Stonewall.
who lives within twelve miles OF the
peak, sent word to Trinidad that
smoke and vapor can be seen issuing
from the mountain.