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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-07
GOES UP IN SMOKE.
Many Millions Eaten Up by Act
Fires and by Fire Protection.

Many Millions Eaten Up by Actuai
Fires and by Fire Protection.
In all this huge country of ours we
built about $5OO,OOO,00O worth of new
buildings a year; our fire losses, includ-
ing cost of fire departments and insur-
ance. exceeds that uln Two hundred
million dollars is actually burned up
gone into smoke; fire departments, high
water pressure and all that sort of thing
mean nearly $3OO,OOO,OOO more; we an
nually pay out $195, 100000 to the gen.
tlemen who condescend to gamble with
US on the question of fire in insurance
premiums. We get back, after consider
able trouble and some litigation, about
$95, OOO, 900 from the insurance COM
panies as a slight salve for our fire in
juries! Surely not a profitable gamble.
Now then, the above are normal losses,
90 called. One fire, like San Francis
cos, means $315,OOO, 900 wasted in smoke,
$1,OOO,O 900, 900 in lost business to that
city and the country generally, $4,000
600 to clean up the debris n $35O,OOO,-
900 and 20 years time to get the city
in the condition it was before the fire.
To co~unterbalance all that vast total
the people of San Francisco may, after
long delays, much quibbling ,and firing
litigation and fussing, get $135,OOO,OOO
from the insurance companies!
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-07
Brain Injury and Speech.

Taking issue with the generally accept
ed theory that a defini region OF the
brain presides over the function of speech
and that an injury to this part of the
brain means an interference with the
power of using language, Pierre Marie, a
French investigator, whose views are set
forth in an article translated for the Lit
erary Digest, contends that the old notion
is largely erroneous. After referring
somewhat in detail to the results of ex-
periments on persons afflicted with apha'
STA, he states that failure to stand these
tests indicates, not word deafness, but
diminution of intelligence, since the pa
tient understands the meaning of the
words separately, but is not able to make
a proper connection of ideas. He con-
cludes, therefore, that the theory OF word
deafness and it's localization in the brain
cannot be sustained. While his views
are perhaps too radical for general accept
ance, they seem to necessitate some MOD
ifcation of previously held theories on
this subject
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-07
Nav Not Destroy Forests.

The Supreme Court held that the State
of Georgia had a right to protect its
forests. and that the Tennessee Copper
Company and the Ducktown Sulphur n
Iron Company could be enjoined from so
conducting their smelling works on the
Tennessee side of the line as to destroy
forests and vegetation in the State OF
Georgia. The court gives Georgia until
the October term to submit the form OF
a decree with which it would enjoin the
operation of the shelters. In the mean
time the Objectionable mpanies are said
to be installing a plant that will con-
dense the suIphurous fumes, and which
would thus render the decree unneces-
sary. However. the decision remains i'm
portant as affecting the principle OF for
est and vegetation protection. The
smelling companies in the case are large
ly owned by Standard Oil interests and
the case has been pending fer a year and
q half.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-07
MRS. M'klNLEY EAD
widow of Martyred President Passes
Away at Canton.

Away at Canton.
Mrs. Mckinley, the widow of the
martyred President expired at Can
ton, Ohio, Sunday afternoon. Her
death was so peaceful that it was with
difficulty the physicians noted when
dissolution came. There was no pain
and no struggle. The body of Mrs. Nc
Kinley is to rest in the vault in West
Lawn cemetery, which holds the re-
mains of her husband, until the COM
pletion of the national mausoleum on
Monument hill, when both caskets will
be transferred to receptacles in that
tomb.
Although for thirty years Mrs. Nc
Kinley had been something of an inva-
lid, she was comparatively well until a
week before death, when she suffered
q stroke of paralysis
Throughout the long period of her
lnvalidism, dating from the death Of
her two little children, Mrs. Mckinley
showed a firm and unwavering belief
in the career of her husband and by
her cheering words, in spite of person
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-07

al Affections, encouraged him when
there was darkness at hand. She be-
lieved that his star Of destiny would
dent Of this land and for more than a
quarter of 4 century cherished that be-
lief until her hopes were realized.
After President McKinley's. death
she expressed a desire to join him and
prayed day by day that she might die.
Later, however, she frequently told
friends she desired to live until the
leum, which is the gift of the nation
and which is to be dedicated on Monu-
ment hill Sept so next.
Mrs. Mckinley was born in Canton
June 8, 1917. James A. Saxton, her
father, was an intellectual and pro-
gressive business man and banker, his
wife a lady OF culture and refinement.
comfort and ease. After attending
Canton schools she was a pupil at a
private school at Delhi, N. Y. Later
she went to a Cleveland academy and
finished her education at Brook Hall
seminary, Media, Pa. .
While she taught Sunday school in
the Presbyterian church young Lawyer
William Mckinley was superintendent
Of the First Methodist Episcopal Sun
day school. Among many admirers and
suitors the handsome young soldier,
who had been with Grant and Sher'
man and won distinction in the Shen.
andoah valley, was the favored one.
Her life as the wife Of William Nc
Kinley was a devoted one They never
s'kept house" while he al in Congress
because Of her invalid state. She, how
ever, desired to be with him as much
as possible inc spent much time IN
Washington. On his campaign tours
while he was Congressman, Governor
and President, she j%ourneyed with him
After McKinley's term as Governor
ended, they came to Canton in Janu.
ary, 1896, in time to celebrate their
silver wedding anniversary in the first
home of their early married life. This
wedding anniversary was the begin
ming of a year and two months resi-
dence in Canton, during which time
MI. Mckinley was nominated and
elected President of the United States.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-07
LIKE WHANG THE MILLER.
Maine Farmer Ruins Himself in Fu-
tile Search for Gold.

u SCuFSn loE "oAo.
If a faker, who made a precarious liv-
ing selling patent cure-alls in the daytime
and holding second-sight seances at night
hadn't put up three years ago at the
home of Samuel Gordon, then 4 weii-to-
do farmer near Macwahoe, Me-, the
chances are that Mr.. Gordon would be a
prosperous man to-day. Instead he is
dead, his farm has gone to ruin and his
children are scattered through the West.
When the faker put up at the Gordon
home he said he would give the owner
a second-sight seance for his keep. More
to accommodate him than anything else,
Gordon consented, and that night in
vited in the ~neigh5ors. After some weird
incanta tiQns the faker went into what
appeared to be n trance and told of a
spot in the woods not far from Gordon's
home where a vast amount of Indian
gold. taken from white men more than
two centuries ago, lay buried. He was
far from exact in locating the spot, but
he did mention a peculiar bowlde-. and
the entire community was so impressed
that they secretly set out next day to
find the place.
Gordon found within a week a bowl
der resembling that described by the
faker and bought the property upon
which it was situated. To do this he
was forced to mortgage his farm, but
this he did cheerfully, as he had great
faith in seances. He then began to dig.
The more he dug the more determined
he became to locate the wealth and the
more he neglected his farm duties. But
though he dug long and faithfully he dis
covered nothing more valuable than
stones and earth.
His children believed their father had
been fooled and sought to persuade him
to desist, but their efforts amounted to
nothing, and finally. one by one, they left
home, saying that they would return
when the gold fever was over. After
that Gordon lost his farm and his health
foilad
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-07
FEED BABIES TO SERPENT.
Priest Makes Startling Accusation
Against New Mexican Indians.

RSnsnst New mexican Indians.
In spite of the fact that a similar
charge was investigated and dismissed
by a grand jury some time ago another
complaint has been filed with United
States District Attorney Llewellyn OF
New Mexico that II tribe OF indians in
that territory are given to the worship
of an enormous serpent to which are
fed the newborn babes of a puebla in
which it is housed and carefully tended
and guarded. The complaint was filed
by a Catholic priest, who alleges that a
dozen families were segregated from sew
eral pueblas around about two years ago
and formed into a puebla by themselves
and that, although it is known that many
children have been born to these fami-
lies. not a child is to be found in the
puebla. This led the priest to press his
Investigations, with the result that he
discovered that in an adobe house, iSo-
lated and closely guarded, there is an
enormous seryent which is worshiped by
the Indians of all the pueblas around
and that every babe born in the small
puebla, and it is suspected many others,
is fed to the serpent. Major Llewellyn,
having no jurisdiction, has filed the ath-
davit of the priest and other evidence
with the territorial authorities.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-07

Search of Kansas Farmer Ends III
Mergue of university.

search of Kansas Farmer Ends In
MerRu OF University.
The search of John g.. Farr, a farmer
of Milan, Kan, for his son, Jay G., who
wandered away from his home three
months ago, ended in the morgue OF the
University of Kansas the other night,
where he found the body embalmed n
in cold storage in the dissecting class
room. The young man was killed by a
Rock Island train at Perth, Sumner
County, March g.. The body was uniden-
titled, and, after the usual formalities,
it was sent, under the State law, to the
University Medical College, where it was
embalmed and put in cold storage to
await the needs Of the classroom. Young
Fairs parents, not hearing from MIN, be-
gan a search. Finding a man had been
killed at Perth, twelve miles away, early
in March, they inquired at Wellington,
the couHty seat, and were shown their
sons watch, which they identified. They
were told where the body had been sent
and the father recovered the corpse.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-07

1125-Death of Emperor Henry v. ut
Utrecht. $50
1811-Sir Nicholas Bacon created the
first English baronet by James l.
|1633-Samuel de Champlain entered up
on his second tenure of office as
governor of Canada.
1657-Auiance of Vienna.
1659-Richard Cromwell formally abdi-
Gated, after nominal rule of seven
months.
1679-Habeas corpus act passed in Eng
land.
17O3-St. Petersburg, capital of Russia,
founded by Peter the Great.
17O3-British under Marlborough victo-
rious at battle of Families.
l763-Fort St. Joseph taken by the In
dams.
17S1-American force laid seige to Au-
gusta. Ga.
1795-Mungo Park set sail On his first
voyage to Africa.
1S13-Duroc killed at Reichenbach.
1S26-First congress met in Bolivia.
1S31-Edward Livingston of Louisiana
became Secretary of State. Levi
Woodbury. of New Hampshire be-
came Secretary Of the Navy.
lS45-Sir John Franklin sailed from
Sheerness on his last expedition to
the Arctic.
1S50-Dr. A. Conan Doyle, English nov
elist, born.
,is62-Battle of Port Royal. Virginia.
1S67-Queen Victoria signed the procla-
nation uniting the provinces OF
Canada into one dominion.
lS72-The Earl Of Dufferin appointed
governor general Of Canada.
1s77-Don Carlos, Spanish pretendsr, eI-
PEELED from France.
1SS1-Queen Victoria revived title Of
Duke of Albany for her youngest
son Leopold.
1SS2-Royal Society of Canada held Its
first meeting at Ottawa.
1Sss-Brooklyn bridge opened to traffic.
1sS9-Shah of Persia arrived at st.
Petersburg on his first European
tour....Mr. Leslie Carter granted a
divorce from his wife at Chicago.
lS9O-George Francis Train completed
his trip around the world in 81 days,
13 hours.
1S91-United States Supreme Court de.
clared Original package" law con
stitutional.
1S92-Cyclone in Kansas destroyed TIVE
towns and killed 81 persons.
1S95-Secretary Carlisle spoke against
the free coinage of silver at the
sound money convention at Memphis
1e96-Several hundred lives lost in cy
clone in st. Louis, Nc.
1851. s. battleship Oregon completed
trip of 1850 miles around Caps
Horn in 70 days.
19OO-Congo Free State annexed by
Great Britain.
19O1-Bresci, the assassin of King Hum
bert of Italy, committed suicide IL
prison. Norwegian parliament con
ferred franchise on women taxpay
ers.
19O2-Rochambeau statue dedicated al
Washington, D. G.
10O3-British troops defeated the Mao
Mullah in Somaliland.
19O5-Japanese destroyed Russian feet
in battle of Sea of Japan.
19O6-Reunion of Presbyterian church
(North) and Cumberland Presbyte-
rian church effected at Des Moines
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-07
VAST GROWTH SINCE 1900.
Expanding Conditions in United
States Shown by Government.

states SHOWN ny Government.
A series of panoramic views of condi-
tons in the United States from 1900 to
the present time in area, population, pro-
duction, commerce., money circulation,
wealth, REORGANIZATION, publication
and education is presented in a statistical
abstract of the United States just issued
by the Depa rt1nent of Commerce and La
Dor. 1t is a volume of 700 pages. with
scarcely a line of text discussion other
han the titles of the tables themselves.
Beginning with tables as to area, it il
shown that in the continental United
States the population to the square mile
has grown from six and one-half persons
in 1900 to nearly tw~enty-eight at the
present time. The per capita circula-
ton, which in 1900 was IS, in 1906 wal
1922. The per capita wealth, which in
1850 was 1907, in 1904 was $3.50.
Bank deposits, for which no record IL
available earlier han 1875, were a trffe
over $1,000, 600 1000 in that year, and in
1896 they were $12,25O, 100000. In 1920
deposits in savings banks amounted in
round numbers to $f;O0O,00o, while in
1906 they were, $3,25O,0OO,0OO with
1927, 1872 depositors. Imports of mer-
chandise, which in 1900 amounted to $91,-
OOO,O 0 in 1906 were $1,226,OOO,0oO;
while exports, which in 1900 were SILL
OOO,O 900, in 1906 were s., IA, 10000.
The publication also shows increases in
cotton production from 155,556 bales in
1900 to 11,333,OOO bales in 1906; in sugar
production, which amounted torless than
$4,000 tons in 1925, to 5S2,414 tons in
1906, and in corn, the production OF
which in 1910 was 3T7,0O0,O00 bushels,
to 2,927,416,O91 bushels in 3 The
value of manufacturing products has
grown from ST. OO 100000 in 1850 to
nearly $15, 100000 in 1905.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-07
BIG Loss AT ROCHESTER,.

Fire Causes Damage Of 100000 to
Stores and Other Buildings.
Fire which caused at least 100000
damage broke out on the top floor Of the
building occupied by Oaks & Calhoun, on
Main street East, Rochester, N. Y. Al
though the flames were confined to the
buildings occupied by Oaks & Calhoun
and the top floor and attic of the Ma
tional Clothing Store, several other struc-
lures suffered from smoke n water. The
Chamber of Commerce, saved by the thick
fire wall, was flooded with water, which,
coming through the basement wall, filled
the engine room and cellar to a depth of
four feet. The Cook opera house also
was damag ed,
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-07
FOUR DIE IN LONG BRANCH FIRE.

Children and Servants of Cigar Man
ufacturer Perish.
The bodies of four persons were found
in the ruins Of the house occupied by
Walter Schiller. secretary Of the United
Cigar Manufacturers Company, which
was burned in Long Branch, N. j. They
were Ruth Schiller, aged IA, and Marion
Schiller, aged 10, daughters Of Mr.. Schif-
fer, and lilly Monthon and Mary Dilter,
domestics. In attempting to rescue her
children Mrs. Schiller was SO severely
burned as to be in a critical condition
and MI. Schiller suffered severe burns in
fighting the fire. Two guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Schiller, b. Citroen and NJ. Breicer,
we're also seriously burned.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-07
TWO Fort. Are Abnndoned.

An order received from the War De
partment announces the abandonment OF
two of the most important forts In the
department of Dakota. They are Forts
Assiniboine and Keogh, Montana. AS
siniboine Is by far the largest fort In the
United States in point of area, compris-
ing 10000 acres. Fort Keogh is x to
Fort Assiniboine in size, comprising 81
SOC acres.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-07
Tbr.ad Price Goo. I'm.

Interests controlling the thread indus
try have advanced the price of thread II
cents a dozen spools and dealers through
out the country have received formal no
tice of the Increase. The Clark o. N. 7.
of Newark and the Coats n rocks
conH,anies of New York, the largest max
ers, are in the combination. Retailers
say the price will be put up 1 cent a
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-07
Young Boy Kills Mother.

Ernest Doll, 5 years old, shot and kill
ed his mother, Mrs. Frank Doll, at their
home in Airville, Pa. A shotgun was left
standing in the room and the boy. who
had seen his father load the weapon, did
the same during his mothers absence.
AS his mother returned the boy turned
the weapon upon her and pulled the trig-
ger. killing her instantly.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-07
Iroquois Cases May be Delayed.

Attorneys for plaintiffs in actions for
personal damages and loss of life in the
Iroauois theater fire have asked the Unit
ed States Circuit Court in New York to
postpone the trials until the October term
of court. Defendants will ask that the
cases be dismissed if plaintiffs are not
ready at calling in June. .
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-07
Roosevelt on Railroads.

President Roosevelt, in his Indianapo-
lis speech Memorial day, clinched his
policy toward railroads, saying stock job
beers must be punished, overcapitalization
checked and publicity enforced, while at
the same time honest operators must BE-
encouraged. -.....
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-07
~ndat kills Conductor.

While a street car, outward bound on
the new Rise City Park line, was cross
ing the Oregon Railway and Navigation
tracks in Portland, Ore, "a masked rob
Der shot Conductor G. L. Nevins In the
stomach, killing him. The murderer,
jumping from the ear, disappeared in the
darkness.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-07
Hughes vetoes Bill.

Gov. Hughes OF New York vetoed the
bill to compel the payment of the same
salaries to women school teachers of
New York City as are paid men, on the
ground that it involves a great principle
of the economic policy of the State,
which has not received sufficient consid-
Grafton.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-07
American Give. $4,000 BAIL.

Eugene Mergenthaler, a student belong
ing in Baltimore, who was arrested for
dangerously injuring another student in
an automobile accident, has been liber-,
ated under $4,000 bail at Karlsruhe.
Mergenthaler is a son Of Ottmar Mergen-
thaler, inventor Of the linotype typeset-
ting machine.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-07
whole City to Clean House.

BY proclamation of the Mayor, on re-
quest of the board of public service, Gin
cinnati will hold a municipal house clean
ing, beginning on June IL. Citizens gen
orally are to be requested to empty into
the street, and within reach of teams, all
refuse from cellars and attics, and at the
same time clean up their yards.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-07

The Rev. DIR. Charles N. Sheldon, M
thor OF "In His Steps," has obtained ax
months leave Of absence from the N
trail Congregational church, Topeka, Kan.
A portion of this time is to be spent in
England under the auspices 81 b Brit
ish Temperance Union. He will aiso
visit Australia and New Zealand.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-07
chtcneo Chronicle su.pends.

The Chicago Chronicle, property Of
John R.. Walsh, went out of existence
with Friday mornings issue. A brief
editorial announcement explained that
the paper with this issue" would sus-
pend publication. The reason given for
suspension was that the publication of
the paper has not been profitable of
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-07

Miss Birdie Robinson, Rumburgh,
England, assisted in ringing a peal OF
500 changes, lasting two hours and
ffty-two minutes, on the church bells
at that place a few days ago This is the
first occasion on which a woman has
rung a peal in the diocese Of Norwich.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-07
E1oo De,troy. 2eO Home..

The bursting OF the dams on the Dan
ube have caused disastrous floods in the
n~eishborhood of Rudolsgnad, Hungary.
In Torontal county 26O houses have col
lapsed. Troops are succoring the dis
tressed inhabitants
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-07
Takes His Bride to College.

Guy D. Haviland, son of the million
aire china manufacturer, has been for
given by his parents for contracting a
secret marriage and will inherit a fortune
of $2O,OOO,OOO, as originally intended.
The youth is still under 81 and it is un-
derstood he has agreed to complete his
college course, taking his bride of 20 to
live with him in luxurious style while
they both continue their studies.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-07
suffer from Cold Wave.

There was frost the other night in
northwestern Missouri and generally over
Kansas, with the temperature in many
places in Kansas reaching 80 degrees.
The strawberry crop in Missouri p~articu-
larly is said to nave suffered.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-07
nm, Ar.tnst Homo RuIe.

Mayor Mcclellan Of New York vetoed
the public utilities bill on the ground that
II Is against home rule, M that it would
give the party In power a handle by
means Of which to levy tribute contribu-
lions on the corporations.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-07
Rank Teller IL Found Guilty.

Thomas w. Harvey. former teller Of
the Enterprise National bank of Ale
gheny, Pa, was found guilty IN thirty
three counts for making false entries and
not guilty on three counts charging mis-
appropriation of funds Of the bank.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-07

An effort is to be made to erect . col
lexe building as a memorial to Bishop
McCabe on the grounds Of the Americas
university, Washington, D.. G., OF which
university ne was chancellor at the time
Of his death.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-07
UpheId by Supreme Court,

The Indiana Supreme Court rules that
the LIQUOR traffic is lawful and constitu-
tional unless prohibited by the State, the
decision reversing lower courts. Right Of
cities to restrict the traffic to prescribed
areas also Is uFbeld.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-07

In a feeble effort to save her home
and aged and paralytic husband from
two masked burglars, Mrs. Thomas Hull,
aged rs, gave battle to the men and was
fatally stabbed In Alliance, Ohio.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-07
Cattle Dealer Kills Himself

Charles M. Carson, 40 years old, took
his life in gainesville, Ohio, by shooting
himself at the home of his mother, Mrs.
A. M. Carson. He had been i'll with
typhoid fever at his home in Omaha,
where he had been in the cattle business.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-06-07

The second squadron of the Second cav
airy, ordered from Fort Riley, Kan, to
Fort Des Moines, Iowa, and the first
squadron of the Thirteenth cavalry, or
dered to Fort Sheridan, have been in
structed to march the entire distance.