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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-11-02
WEEKS HAPPENINGS
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON.
DENsED FORM.
Sioux Fails Mil Burns-Big structure
in Heart OF City Destroycd-Loss
Estimated ut $50, 0OO-Amount of
Insurance Unknown.

About 4 o'clock Sunday morn
ing fire was discovered in the four
story frame mill building of the Eul-
ton Milling company, situate IN the
heart of Sioux Falls. Efforts to save
the building were ~unavailtng, ana the
structure and it's contents were com
pletely destroyed, entailing an esti-
mated loss of about $4,000. William
Fulton, the principal stakeholder IN
the company, is temporarily out of the
city, so no authentic Information con-
corning the amOun of the insurance
could be secured, but it is understood
the loss is fully covered by insurance.
The fire is believed to have been
caused by spontaneous combustion OF
the dust in the ppe portion OF the
mill. The fire department responded
promptly and did effective work, put
it was impossible to save the struc-
ture. A fierce northwest wind was
blowing, and had it not been for the
fact that u heavy rain was failing II
would nave been difficult to have pre-
vented the flames being communlcat-
ed to other buildings by flying en-
berS.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-11-02
CUSTOM ~SERVICEPLOT
BIG RUSSIAN HOLDUP LIKELY
AIDED FROM WITHIN.
Police Without Hope Of Recovering
Plumber Amounting to Nearly
$500, 900, Which VIII Replenish tho
Depleted Revolutionary Treasury.

st. Petersburg: The plumber from
the amazing robbery committed in this
city Sunday, when highwaymen got
away with $4,000 from a wagon
which vas conveying the cash from
the customs department to the state
treasury, has been hidden, apparently
beyond the danger OF recapture. The
purpose of the intrepid bomb throw
ers, to pour coin into the impoverish-
ed treasury of the revolutionists, has
thus been achieved.
Monday the police dragnet gathered
in t~wenty-one persons. Among these
prisoners are several actors in the rob-
berry. including the driver of the cab
In which rode a whose part
1t was to carry the leather bags con-
tanning h booty to safety.
A man who vas with this woman
in the cab was captured and identi-
fed. The wOman herself was thought
to have been captured in the person
of a gypsy who looked like her. This
occurrence gave rise to a story that
the money had been recovered, but
according to the latest information the
story Is denied.
Three customs officers who were in
charge of the vehicle conveying the
cash at the time of the robbery have
been arrested. One Of these men is
named Hermann. The Investigations
are beginning to point toward n con-
spiracy In the customs service. III
house porter who was wounded in the
shooting Is dead.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-11-02
CHANGES IN CABINET
GENERAL SHIFT IN 2GEeiCENT'5
FAMILY PLANNED.
Oscar s. Straus and Gepr=c Won L.
Meyer VIII Take Once When
Shaw and Moody step oUi-EcE-
sonnet Of R~corganixeu Body.

President Roosevelt announced V,!'S
day night the reorganization of iNs
cabinet made necessary by TIE rr,itC
nleot oe Attorney General Moody Jan.
! and the retirement of Secretary Shaw
OF the Treasury Department March L..
The two new cabinet ministers will be
George V. l.. Meyer. now ambassador
to Russia, as postmaster general aHl
Oscar S. Straus of New York as sccrc-
tary of Commerce Il labor. MeSsrS.
Cortelyou, Bonaparte and Mctcalf Will
have new portfolios.
The rorganized cabinet VII be as
follows:
Secretary of State-Elihu Root of New
York.
Secretary of the Treasury-Gcorsc T..
Cortelyou of New York.
Secretary of War-Wil!inm II. Taft of
Ohio.
Attorney Gnncral-Chnr!rs J. Bona
partc of Maryland.
Postmaster Genrral-Grorge Won L.
Meyer OF Massachusetts.
Secretary c; the Navy-Nictor II. Met
calf of California.
Secretary of the Interior-Ethan Allen
Hitchcock of Missouri.
Secretary of .Agriculturr-Jnmes Viii
son of Iowa.
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Oscar solomon Stratus of New York.
Mr.. Straus is a W~cIl-knOwn New
York merchant who was formerly a
Democrat. but left the party III the
free silver question. and has been Il
Republican since. He WAS minister to
Turkey under Clryeland's second adj
miniStration and waS reappointcd by
Mckinley. Mr.. Straus is Il Jew. and
his appointment is remarkable from
the fact that he is the first Jew to be
a member of the cabinet of the United
States.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-11-02
SURVIVED c.; rLIs.sY RAFT.
Five Men Had Remarkable Experience
During Recent storm.

Norfolk, Va: Counting the minutes
which seemed but few between them
and death, five men on a bit Of wreck
age off the Florida coast saw one Of
their companions, whose sufferings
had driven him mad, throw himself
into the sea, to death, and not Ion
afterward a ship which was coming
saved their lives.
The five survivors of one Of the
Cured on his coast were and here
Thursday by tho British steamer
Heatherpool. which arrived for coat
These survivors are Frank Revely,
foreman OF Mariana, Fla Gus h
son, of Brooklyn, n. Y; Ben Clarke,
Kissimee, Fla, and John Campbell, of
Florida.
They, with las others, were on
structing a concrete viaduct for the
Florida East Coast railway through
the Florida keys, and We're aboard
h~ouseboat No. 4, which lay anchored
off the coast. The great hurricane
struck the houseboat about l o'clock
or the morning OF October IA, and the
boat was dashed to pieces by the
waves. Six men dashed together two
timbers, one 10 by 20 inches and the
other probably IA inches, and both 20
feet long. They lived on this raft I'M
til resCued Oct. 10. The men are being
cared for at the Norfolk city mission.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-11-02
FINED DIME FOR MANS DEATH.
Man Forced to Fight Technically Pun
isMcd Cndcr Now LAW.

baltimore, Nc Under q new law
a fine of 10 cents was imposed by
Judge Harlan upon Frederick Moore
for manslaughter. Moore was charg-
ed with causing the death of Charles
Jubb. The men had an alteration at
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad sta
ton. Moore said he endeavored to
avoid Jubb, who followed him up and
struck at him. He then hit Jubb, who
fell, striking his head and causing
fatal conclusion OF the brain.
Judge Harlan. who tried the case
without jury, in pronouncing sentence,
said Moore, under the circumstances.
acted just as any other mar would,
but it was a technical case of man
slaughter.
h fine of u dime does not carry
n costs, but a fine of Is cents would
include trial expenses. So the state
must bear the cost of the proceedings
in this case. Had Moore's trial oc-
Cured before the ratification of the
acts of 1906 Judge Harlan could not
have imposed a fine under $500.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-11-02
THE CANNED BEEF INDUSTRY.
Figures on Exports show Trade to
Have Fallen on.

Figures on Exports show Trade to
Have Fallen or.
Detailed reports of the export business
in canned beef go to show how the ex-
port output of that product has been re-
duced since last spring. In August
the exports were down to GJ9,127 pounds,
against 5,O4S,5S3 pounds same month last
year. For September the exports ~increas.
ed to 1,644,S13 pounds. against 2,S95.T02
pounds for September last year. The fig
ures for September still show a business
only ~ per cent of that dom at the same
time last year, but August business was
only about 10 per cent of the volume of
business done the same month last year.
For nine months of this year a total of
51,161, 71S pounds of canned beef has
,een sent out, against 52,577,4S4 the same
time last year, and the value Of this
stands $3,042,7 1872, against $685. 01
worth of canned beef sold the same time
last year. For the nine months Of the
fiscal year ending with March, 1906, total
exports of canned beef were 80, 1873
pounds, valued at $5,267,O13, against 49,
575,059 pounds, valued at $%4,S4O,757 for
exports the same period ending with
March, 1905.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-11-02
IMPORTANT LAND RULING.
Celebrated Case Decided in Favor OF
Government.

Ate four years of legal strife the
United States government has won the
celebrated land case known as the
Dead placers. Several years ago a
endeavored to acquire a ute
to this land, which is located near
Custer, as placer land, but the appll-
cation for a patent was suspended on
reuuest of P. r. W~adSWOrth, special
agent Of the government land ot1lce,
who claimed that the land was more
valuable for timber than for any other
purpose. The land office upheld Mr..
WadswOrth and this decision was suS-
tanned by the commissioner of the gen.
eral lane office. The case was then
appealed to the secretary of the inte-
rior, who affirmed the previous deci-
siOns. The final decision has Just Deen
handed down, the entry and appllca-
of claimants Cancelled n the
land is now government land n n
der the supervision Of the forestry pu-
reau. This tract of land Is ltuat
southwest of Custer, comprises nearly
1000 acres of land n has a growth
of timber valued at approximately
$4,000. The precedent which this
decision establishes is a most lmpor-
ia NJ ono
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-11-02
"a VICTIMS or A FIRE.
Result OF Blaze in Chamber Of Com
MERGE, Kansas City, Kan.


Kansas City, Mo-: -Four persons are
known to be dead. eight others are
missing. two are fatally injured, n
dfty more seriously injured as the re-
suit OF the fire which destroyed the
Chamber of Commerce building in
Kansas City, Kan, at an early hour
Thursday.
A single body has been recovered
| rom the ruins, that of -. r. Young,
aged 62 years, Identified by a relative.
although burned almost beyond recos-
alton. 1t is known that Charles A.
Lynch. a laborer, and the infant son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. George Sparks are dead,
out the bodies have not been recov-
cred. J. f. Branham, a wagonmaker,
died at a hospital Thursday as a re-
suit Of injuries.
Three bodies are positively known
to be in the ruins. The fremen believe
that George Mullin, aged so, an in
valid, who lived on the fourth floor,
persisted in the flames. h firemen
abandoned their search for bodies
Thursday night. and the work of delv-
Ing into the ruins will be taken up
by the police.
A railroad man, standing near the
burning building heard a man in a
second story window giving the Broth
erhood of Railway Ffremen's distress
signal, of which he was q member.
Finding a rope, he drew it to his
brother fireman, who. instead of saw
ing himself, passed it to a woman in
the window above him. The woman
saved herself, but the man was lost.
His name is not known.
When the fremen arrived at the
burning building they saw men hang
In f,Ar, X,tr1ny,r ellis or, tho lniDGT
floors and frantic women with babies
in their arms and children c%linging to
them leaning far out from the win
dows, unable to find any means of es-
cape and yet taking advantage of the
little fresh air which the windows af-
forded.
The firemen quickly ran their lad
ders up, but they did not reach above
the third floor. Many persons were on
the fioor above. The firemen first de-
voted themselves to the people on the
second and third floors and did not
then heed the creams of the people
above. Many of the persons in the
interior of the building were already
overcome by moke and had to be
carried out by the Gremen. Many es-
capped down the ladders without as
s~istance
After getting everyone they coulu
find out of the second and third floors
the fremen turned their attention to
the people above. AS the ladders did
not reach above the third floor. the
men on the fourth floor literally
pitched their wives and children down
to the firemen on the ladders and then
jumped down themselves. Some of the
more excitable ones jumped to the
ground and were either killed or badly
injured. Some whom the iremen tried
to catch fell the entire distance to the
ground.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-11-02
Riots Stop French Races.

The throng of spectators at the Long.
champs course near Paris, last Sunday,
was thrown into a panic by a riot in the
betting ring, which eliminated in the
burning of the booths and the calling out
Of soldiers and fremen to save property
and restore order. The rioters retreated
when the soldiers arrived. but much dam
age had already been done. The disturb
ance was brought about by a bad start
in the free handicap which left the favor
lite and three other horses at the post
and enabled an outsider to win the race.
The government next day took cognizance
Of the riot by announcing that there
would be 40 more racing this season.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-11-02

dSdlHSl LII lAllltO
Grain and Securities Company, a get
rich-quick concern which hourished in
Missouri a few years ago.
When Burton, at that time a United
States Senator from Kansas, was con.
victed of the crime of using his off cial
station to make money unlawfully, it was
said that he would never be punished for
his ~offense. He himself believed it would
be possible to obtain immunity for his
acts and that the humiliation and discom-
fort of serving a term in prison would
not be his. Immediately after his CON
viction al appeal was made to the higher
courts and it went as far as the United
States Supreme Court. 1t had the effect
of delaying his punishment. but the Su-
preme Court denied his petition for a re-
hearing in the case. and the ex-senator
has begun his term in the little prison.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-11-02
GIRL ENDS LIFE IN CHURCH.
Miss Ncttle Brown Takes Carbolic
Acid In Kansas City Cathedral.

Miss Ncttle Brown Takes Carbolic
Acid In Kansas City Cathedral.
Kansas City: Miss Nettie Brown,
aged as years. said to be the daughter
of d. C. Brown, of Lincoln, Neb., COM
mitted suicide here Sunday in the
Catholic cathedral by taking carbclic
acid.
Miss Brown came to Kansas city
about three weeks ago and registered
at one Of the leading hotels. She re-
manned several days. Later she
changed her hotel. going to another
me-. also first class. At the latter ho-
tel. without funds. she asked the hotel
people to telegraph to her guardian
in Omaha. The answer from the Oma-
ha mar satisfied the hotel authorities
that he had no connection with her
and she was requested to leave.
Sunday she attended services at the
cathedral. It was noticed that she
remained in the church after the con-
gregation had left. but nothing was
thought Of 1t. Later, however. she
was discovered in a pew dead.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-11-02
SCORES DIE IN CARS.
Three Elevated Electric Coaches
Plunge to Sea.

Plunge to Sea.
Atlantic City. N. T.: A railroad ac-
ident that vas even worse than the
Meadow wreck Of July 80, 1896, sent
about eighty persons to sudden death
Sunday, catching them like rats in a
trap.
Tie cars of the electric train of the
West Jersey and Scashore railroad
lines jumped the track on the trestle
bridge over the Thoroughfare river
and before any n could get out they
were hurled to a water grave. The
trestle is about fifteen feet above the
water and the drop to the water re-
CURED several seconds, giving time for
the passengers, ONE and children,
to see and calculate their tate.
The accident was due to a rail
turning ;" 1t appears that the rail.
which was al outside one on the right
hand side coming down, must have
been out Of plumb about an eighth Of
IN inch. The sharp flange OF the
electric train caught this and twisted
1t inwards. Had 1t spread instead Of
twisting inwards the accidenr never
would have happened. This twist
threw the first car Off the track and
into the water.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-11-02
supreme court con,empt ca.e.

The answer of Sheriff Ship of Hamil.
ton county, Tenn, and nine deputies. to
the charge Oh contempt made by the Su-
preme Court in connection with the lynch
ing OF a negro named Ed Johnson at
Chattanooga last March after Johnson's
appeal had been granted by the highest
court, was filed at Washington, by ex-
Attorney General Harmon. The answer
contends that the negro's case was not
appealable, but that in any case the
sheriff and his deputies did their best to
prevent the lynching.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-11-02
TO RESIGN.
VIII Leave Republican Committee
Upon Succeeding Shaw.

Washington. d. C.: Postmaster
General George B. Cortelyou will retire
from The craftsmanship of the Repub-
lican national committee before he be-
ZONES secretary of the treasury in sue
cession to Secretary Shaw. This state
ment is made on excellent authority.
It has been generally understood that
Secretary Shaw woull retire from the
treasury on the 4th of next March, but
an intimation was given Friday that
he might sever his connection with the
department between the 1st Of jan
uary and the 4th of March.
Harry S. New, the vice chairman
of the Republican national commit
tee, will, it is expected, assume the
duties of chairman when Mr.. Cortel-
you ~retires.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-11-02
SIX BABIES STAHVE TO DEATH.
Managers of an Orphans Home in
Colorado Held for Manslaughter.

Pagosa Springs, Colo: G.. c. Rose
and Mrs. Winnie Wheeler, leaders of
The Brotherhood of Light" who con.
duct a home for poor children on a
farm near Arbeles, Colo, were ar
raigned before County Judge e. Cald-
well here Thursday on charges of
m~anslaughter, in the connection with
the deaths of six babies of the place.
They waived examination and were
remanded to Jail until they can fur
nish bail. h charges were nae by
an agent of the state humane society.
who alleged that the children were FED
almost exclusively on a vegetable diet
and were practically starved to death.
Seven children now at the home were
made wards of the county court until
the court shall award them to the
state home for dependent children or
some other institution.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-11-02

s.. w. Mills died at his residence in
Rapid City of old age. He vas in his
So year and had been for more than
twenty-one years a resident of that
city. He was an Old soldier, having
served through the civil war in the
One hundred and Eighty-fourth regi-
ment, New York infantry. He came
west from New York state in 1870
and located in Cheyenne, Wyor ing,
where he made his home until coming
to Rapid City in 1884. He leaves five
children.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-11-02
INDIAN FIGHTS IN COURT.
Agent Seeks to Keep stock OF the
Six-Nilc Trail.

~
II hearing of the injunction suit
against IndiaE Agent Downs, of the
Cheyenne agency, which was to have
come up before Judge Boucher at Eu-
relIa, has been continued to Oct. 81,
when 1t will be heard at Bangor. The
case promises to develop some fine
points of law.
Renoist. who is accepted by the
government and by the Indians as an
Indian, owns about 700 head of stock
and lives on the six-mile trail near
the Cheyenne reservation. The In
dian agent ordered him not to let his
stock run on the trail. and when Be
moist refused to comply with the Or
der the agent threatened to seize the
stock and sell it. Benoist, through his
attorney, secured q temporary in
junction restraining the agent from
Interfering with his stock.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-11-02

Through Bishop Walters, the national
Afro-American council ISSUED a prociama-
ton asking the coloied race of America
to dedicate Oct. { as a day of prayer ana
fasting. He calls upon them to pray tna'
the country may rid itself of race pIeju-
dice-the American heart disease. when
only the grace of God car cure. lie ASKS
them to pledge to fight every law having
for its aim the humiliation of any class OF
American citizens, because of race, coior'
creed or previous condition. The proc
lamations charge that many men OF power
are using their offices to degrade lo''no'i
900 American citizens, and that many pe''
pie are looking on in silence.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-11-02

There prevails at present an unprece-
dented corset crusade among the fashion
able women of Paris. taking their cue
from famous actresses. The society lead
ers have adopted The theory that the fe-
male figure is in reality more beautiful
and graceful in its natural lines than
with the construction and distortion of
the corset. Since the empire style has
come in the prevailing plan is to have
the weight of the garments largely sus
pended from the shoulders.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-11-02
INTERSTATE CONFERENCE.
Evangelical Ministers Are in Session
at Wittcnbcrg.

The annual convention of the Aber-
deem District Ministerial association of
the Evangelical church met at Wit
tenberg Thursday. The sessions will
last over Sunday, and a large attend
ance is expected from all parts Of the
district, which embraces all of this
state and a portion of North Dakota.
Many important matters will be pre-
sented to the convention for action, all
of them aiming for a greater church
influence throughout the district. The
program includes addresses from
twenty-five speakers, six of whom will
be in the German language.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-11-02
TWO HUNTERS LOSE LIVES.
PoDuIar Chamberlain Young Men Di
-..;o, Nr,,;Io

PopuIar Chamberlain Young Men Die
of Exhaustion While Wading.
Two of Chamberlain's popular
young men, David Ganaway and HUI
bert Brown, lost their lives in
Red Lake, eight miles south of
Chamberlain, Sunday evening. They
had been duck hunting, and while
wading among the reeds in the cold
water became chilled and exhausted
from the exertion. When located by a
rescue party Brown had san from
his feet into the water, while Ganaway
was reclining with his head and shout
ders above the water, but expired soon
after reaching shore.
Many were hunting ducks in the
AXE at the time.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-11-02
Sues Montana Treasurer.

Helena, Mont: Attorney General
Albert Galen Thursday began suit in
the district court against the present
state treasurer, J.. H.. Rice, and his
bondsmen, and the two predecessors,
A, II. Barrett n T. e. Collins, and
b~ondsmen, to recover S245,0 O alleg-
ed to have been received by those Off
Gals as interest on public money de.
posted in the banks.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-11-02
Interfercd in Fight.

Much interest was taken at Dead
wood in the verdict brought in by the
Jury in. the. case of Edholm VS.. Cessna,
in which Edholm sued Cessna for
$4,000 damages. The jury allowed
the plaintiff damages to the amount of
$1,000. The suit originated last
spring, when Edholm interfered in a
fight and received a blow from Cessna,
which resulted in a broken jaw.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-11-02
Agree on Labor Bill.

London: 1t is announced that the
government has met the views of the
labor members of the house of com
mons on the trades disputes bill. The
attorney general has drafted an
amendment to clause 4 of this bill,
which viii leave nc loophole for an
other Taff-Vale decision and which
places union funds beyond the reach
of attack.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-11-02
pnne Plus Better

Rome: DR.. Lapponi, notwithstand-
ing the unsatisfactory conditions Of
his own health, visited the pope We'd
nesday morning. He found the pontiff
improved. tho pains in his knees had
decreased and his temperature.
which Tuesday was above normal, had
diminished.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-11-02
tribute to Zimmerman Patriot,

Budapest: The remains of Franz
Rakoczy arrived Sunday from Con-
stantinopie and were transferred to
st. Stephens cathedral, where Cardi-
nal Samassa celebrated mass in the
presence OF a great assembly. RAJ
koczy was a famous Hungarian pa
triot, and died in exile in Turkey.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-11-02
Apache Kid of Sioux.

Jake Huksha, an Indian whose
home is near Sisseton, evidently as
pires to become the Apa<he Kid Of
the Sisseton tribe of Sioux Indians.
Only about two months 6 he was re-
leased from the Sioux Falls peniten-
tiary after serving a year for horse
stealing, and now he has been arrest
ed on another charge of the same
kind.