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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-09-13
BRULE LANDS IN DEMAND.
Many Inquiries Received Regarding
New Tract for Settlers.

The officials of the government lanu
office in Pierre are receiving
of letters of inquiry every day In re-
gard to the opening of the $4,000 acres
of land in the Lower Brule
This tract has been transferred from
the Chamberlain to the Pierre lana
district from the fact that 1t lies WITH
/ in a few miles of Pierre n a long
distance from Chamberlain. Ihere
will be no long delay from the time OF
the beginning of the registration until
those who secure filings will be allowed
to make the same, as the drawing Will
be held Immediately after the reglstra-
ton and the claimant be allowed to hie
at once. the whole transaction being
carried out at the land office in Pierre.
The question of securing natural gas
on any of the tracts cur Is already
settled by the we'll at Mcclure, which Is
used to light and heat the ranch on
which it is located and gives a bountl-
full supply of water at all times. IN
many sections the question of such
wells is yet one Of theory, but on these
lands it is assured as the McClure we'll
Is on the edge Of the tract to be OPEN
ed. A sawmill just over the border
of the tract will supply the settlers
with cottonwood lumber at a r~easona-
BILE price for the putting up of their
buiiGinyS
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-09-13
ROUGHLY USED BY A CROWD.
Artist Earle in Danger of Tar and
Feathers.

Feathers.
Ferdinand Penney Earle, an artist,
who sent his wife to France, her old
home. to secure a divorce in order-that
he might marry another woman, re-
ceived a sorry welcome when he re-
turned to his old home at Monroe, N.
Y, Wednesday night, after bidding his
wife farewell at the steamer. Earle
was met by a crowd of villagers as he
stepped from the train, who insulted,
then hooted him and finally dragged
him from his carriage and into the
muddy street of. the village. Earle
courageously faced his tormenters and
eXhorted the crowd in a vain attempt
to vindicate himself, and then. goaded
for an instant by the insults of the
people. seized a carriage whip and
slashed at the crowd. A mar snatched
the whip from the artists hands and
bystanders state he struck him a sting
ing blow. Further trouble was pre-
vented by the arrival of officers who
forced Earle to drive to his home,
though he persisted in trying to ex.
plain his views to the angry crowd.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-09-13
WARNING TO FIRE CHIEFS.
State Marshal Crafts Instructions or
Use of Gasoline.

State Marshal Crafts Instructions on
Use of Gasoline.
Fire Marshal Craft, of Pierre, IS
sending out a letter of warning to ire
chiefs all over the state cautlonlng
them in their Investigations OF the
storing and handling of gasoline. In
the letter he reports s~iXty-nine fires in
the state since the LIST of July, or
which eight have been traced to the
careless handling of gasoline. Inc
city of Huron reports five fires, three
started from gasoline explosions. In
one case a fire was started by a man
pouring gasoline from one can to an
other while holding a lighted pipe in
his mouth, showing that the gas from
gasoline can be exploded from a coal
as we'll as from a blaze. The mar
shall urges the greatest of caution in
the storing of gasoline and asks thai
those who handle it shall keep 1t in
open, detached buildings to allow the
escape of the gas arising from 1t, in
stead of allowing it to be confined
where it may explode with danger to
fremen in case of their being called
upon to fight a fire.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-09-13
CLASHES WITH sUPERIoRs.
OF Letter Carriers Associa-
fiOn Forced RI Retire

President Of Letter Carriers Associa-
ton Forced to Retire.
President Holland. OF the National
Letter Carriers association, an
nounced to the national convention at
Canton. o., that he would not be a
candidate for reelection This step
was taken In response to an expressed
wish Of the postal department as out
lined In an address before the onven
tten by p rst - A sssstaa Postmaster
General Hitchcock. 1t was charged
That Holland had violated a rule of
the department in lobbying in con-
gress for legislation favorable to the
carriers, after having been requested
by the president not to do SO.
The convention voted to pay Hol-
land SO, 00O-$5,0 900 at one and S.
900 within two years. This action is
taken to mean thai Holland will eithcr
voluntarily resign or be forced to re-
sign as a Boston mail carrier.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-09-13
HINDUs 1 v OUT.
Mob Raids Mill Workers In Washing
tCs tate.

Six badly beaten Hindas are in the
hospital at Bellingham, Wash, 100
frightened and half naked sikhs are in
jail and in the corridors of the city
hall, guarded by policemen, and some-
where between Bellingham and the
British Columbia line $50 natives of
India, beaten, hungry and half CLOTH
ed. are making their way along the
Great Northern railroad bound for the
Canadian territory and the protection
Of the British flag.
The long expected cry, Drive out
the Hindus,' was heard throughout
the city and along the water front
Wednesday night. h police were
helpless. Authority WAS paralyzed.
and for five hours a moi of half a
thousand white men raided the mills
where the blacks were working, bat
horses, and dragging the invaders
from their beds, escorted them to the
city limits with orders to keep on GO
ing.
The trouble started at G and Holly
streets, g district with Indian lodging
houses. The houses were cleaned out
and the denizens started on trek for
the Canadian line,
The moi then swept down to the
water front, and mill after mill was
visited, the white employees joining
the mob, and every black man was
hustled outside.
Here the police suggested that the
undesirables be taken to Jail. This
was hailed with delight, and the
black were hustled along. From this
time on very few were beaten, the
btoodthirstiness of the mob seeming
ly having been satisfied during the at
tack on the lodging buses
The mob kept up its work along the
water front until early Thursday
morning, when Larson's mill at What
com lake was visited and 100 blacks
brought in from therein
Four women were found Thursday
morning among the crowd in the city
building.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-09-13
SHARKS from, the Wires.

Increase in the pay of the army, but
no increase in it's size, is the compromise
which has been reached by the President
and the leaders in Congress.
After being imprisoned for eight hours
in the McAdoo tunnel, New York, eigh-
teen men were rescued. The rainfall had
caused an accident to the working.
Two young foreigners unable to speak
English were arrested by Syracuse, n.
Y, police on suspicion of connection with
the attempt to wreck a New York Gem
trail train at Jordan, N. Y.
The Rev. Marcus A. Brownson, pastor
Of the Tenth Presbyterian church, Phila-
delphia, Pa, has been asked by the trus-
tees of Hanover college, Hanover. Ind,
to assume the presidency of that %institu-
ton.
Grown Prince William, while riding in
an automobile near Brunswick, Prussia,
was in collision with an empty wagon,
slightly damaging the princes car. No
body, however, was injured.
George Gould, 60 years old, who was
one of the wealthiest men of New Ro-
chelle, n. T., died in a hospital there Of
~Ttarvation and exposure, according to the
physicians.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-09-13
KING IN QUEER MOVE
TRANSFERS CROWN INTEREsy
IN CONGO STATE.
As Monarch Himself is Known to
Hold an Interest In the Concern the
Deal Has Created a Sensation in tho
Belgian Capital.

King Leopold made another mo-
mentous move in the Congo question
Monday by turning over h domain
OF the crown in the Congo independ-
ent state to a joint stock company in
which he is alleged to be interested.
This is the most important section of
the Congo. It is ten times larger than
Belgium and was to have reverted 70
Belgium with annexation. Its ans
fer deprives Belgium of the most prof
liable part OF the independent state.
The decree announcing the trans
fer, which appeared In the official bull
letin, caused a sensation. 1t being gen
orally accepted as endangering the
success Of the commission appointed
recently by King Leopold to negotiate
q treaty annexing the Congo inde-
pendent state. EH53
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-09-13
platt Replies to Critics.

Senator Platt, as president of the Unit
ed States Express Company, in a circu-
lar to stockholders, shows that the earn
ings and income dor the first half of the
present year nave fallen off, compared
with the first half of the preceding year.
The net income from all sources for 1907
he estimates at z per cent. This state
ment is regarded as an answer to the de-
mands of minority stockholders for a di-
vision of surplus and their charge that
the Platt family and their associates have
juggled the books to hide the profits from
owners of stock. The minority faction al
leges that rival companies have been rep
resented on the board and that business
has been diverted to competitors. A for
NAL demand has been made for reform in
the management of the company.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-09-13
LOST IN THE FROZEN NORTH.
Three OF Arctic Expeditions Are Be-
licved to Have Perished.

Three OF Arctic Expeditions Are Be-
lIcved to lave Persisted.
News OF loss of the schooner Ouch
ess of Bedford, a ship belonging to the
Anglo-American arctic expedition,
which hoped to find a new continent
nerth1cf the Mackenzie river, was
brought to Attabasca, Can, by Alfred
Harrison, who has been in the arctic
circle two years and came on the
steamer Midnight Sun.
Harrison said Ernest Stefanson, of
Harvard university, after whom the
a been called, himself
brought the news OF the loss Of their
to Herschell island. He also
brought the news OF the disappear
Of three OF the party and express
ed the fear that they met death in the
frozen north. The missing men are
Capt. Mikkelson. a Dane; Ernest LET
fingweli. OF Chicago, and j. M. Marks.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-09-13
TRY TO DITCH EXPRESS.
Wreckers Full to Throw Fast New
York Train from Track,

Wrcckers Fail to Throw Fast New
York Train from Track.
Train wreckers We're at work near
Scott Haven and Suterville, thirty
miles east Of Pittsburg, Pa, Wednes-
day night. Spikes were drawn from
the rails for the purpose, it is be-
lieved, Of wrecking the New York ex-
press. The wreckers evidently were
deceived by a number OF other freight
and passenger trains during the even
ing and the New York express passed
the point before the spikes we're with
drawn. A fast freight which followed
was not SO fortunate, however, When
the engine struck the rails they turned
over and the engine and twelve cars
were derai1ed. The tank Of the engine
is in the Youghiogheny river. The
fireman and engineer escaped injury
by jumping.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-09-13
HIS VOICE ..FROZEN UP"

Dakotan Loses Power Of Speech After
Visit to Cold Storage Plant.
When Thomas White thaWs out ne
maybe able to speak again above a
whisper. At present he can scarcely
make himself heard, although he has
never suffered with any throat trou-
BILE in the past. While in Omaha re-
Gently White, who is a pioneer OF
Butte county, went with several others
into a large cold storage vault. He
left for home hat day and found a
few hours later hat he a lost his
voice. White recalls that many years
ago his mother had a similar expert
ence and only recovered her voice
when she was startled by something
falling on the floor beside her. White
is applying hot applications and is
1o-afyI IL. .Eg#"... .s#. rsa.. #.. r
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-09-13
A BANK SAFE is CRACKED.
Robbers Secure 5000 in a Raid at Wa
TOW

While n masked mar held part
CT the population of Strandburg, in
Grant county, at bay with his six
shooter three confederates broke into
the bank of that town and got away
with 5000. The burglars entered the
building by breaking a rear window,
got inside of the vault with sledges
and blew the safe open with nitro
glycerin.
The noise attracted several citizens,
but as fast as they appeared unarmed
they We're covered by the man on
watch. Whenever a light appeared in
a window the guard snuffed it out with
a bullet.
j The robbers got away, riding in a
n~orthwesterly direction. A pursuing
posse has been organized, but as t1ere
Is no clew to the identity of the h@nd
the likelihood of their being caught is
small.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-09-13
MANGLED IN WRECK.
Twelve Persons Killed Near Cedar
Falls, In.

At 1890 o'clock Friday morning
northbound passenger No. z on the
Chicago and Rock Island road was
wrecked three miles north of Cedar
Falls. La. Twelve men were instantly
killed and nine were seriously injured,
several of whom probably will die.
At the time OF the wreck the train
was going at the rate Of forty-fve
miles an hour. A freight was side
tracked on the switch waiting for the
passenger to go by. AS the engine
struck the switch 1t jumped the track,
~telescoping the baggage and smoking
cars.
List OF the dead: c. b. Oliver, Wa
terloo; John W. Watson. Waterloo;
William Goodwin. Waterloo; j. D.
Lanpher, Shell Rock; Roy johnson,
Dixie, Ia; B. NJ. Christie. Minneapolis;
H. J. Barron. Beamer, Ia; Tifoda
Laza. Hammond. Ind; J.. A. Merrill,
Charles City. Ia; two unknown Ital-
ians; one unidentified boy, about 20
years of age, carrying school pin with
letters III. H. s." and a ticket for
Chicago; believed to be Ernest Love
JOY, OF F%aribault, Mimi.
Names of the injured: DR.. O. ].
O'Keaf, Marble Rock, Ia, neck brok-
en- and internal injuries; w. H. Mey-
ers. Of Burlington, baggageman; arm
and ribs broken; condition critical; ].
A. Newell, Finchford, ILL.,; Central
conductor; arm cut off, both legs
crushed; may die; John Show, Water
loo, cut on head; J.. Fl. Douglas, Wa
terloo, collar bone and right arm frac-
tured; J. L. Mason. Cedar Rapids. en-
gineer; head bruised; l.. Mcmahon,
Cedar Rapids, fireman; A. L. Welliver,
Cedar Rapids, legs gashed and bruis-
ed; B. n. Merdin, West Liberty, postal
clerk; right arm torn and federated.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-09-13
KILLED IN FIGHT ON TRAIN.
Workman is Shot to Death Near Aber

Workman is Shot to Death Near Aber-
deem. .5
A quarrel on a w~estbound Milwau-
kee train near Andover resulted in n
man being killed and another badly
wounded, perhaps fatally. The dead
man is William Waldo, and his home
us believed to have been at Minneapo-
His. The name of the wounded man
lis not known. The tragedy occurred
in a. workmen'scar filed with men for
Extension work. Ed Gilmour was fir
ing shots from a window and the man
who was wounded took his gun away.
Wade interfered, it is said, and stab
bed his opponent. The latter fired in
self-defense, the bullet striking Waldo
In the head. The man who was stab
bed and Gilmour We're taken off the
train at Andover and Waldo died near
Aberdeen while being taken to that
city for surgical attention. The body
was shipped back to Andover.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-09-13
M.rtxr Ia Experiments.

The death of DR.. Seneca D.. Powell, a
member of the faculty of the Post Gradu-
ate Medical School of New York City,
is believed to nave been directly due to his
experiments in the cause of medical sci
ence. In his efforts to demonstrate that
alcohol was an antidote to carbolic acid
the doctor frequently swallowed what
would rave been a fatal dose of the poi
son and then took alcohol. Many of these
experiments were made in the presence
of classes at the school where he was an
instructor. l
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-09-13
BRII1sHEKs RAID CHINESE.

Homes Wrecked and ORIGINALS Driven
Out OF Vancouver.
A riot occurred at Vancouver. b. c.,
Saturday night In which 1000 Chi
nese were driven from their homes
and $4,000 worth OF property de-
stroyed. Lieut.. Gen. Dinsmore, Of
British Columbia. was burned in ef1gy
BY 10000 laboring men at the close OF
parade and an anti-oriental demon
stration. The police were unable to
quell the rioters till q late hour, when
they finally got control OF the situa-
ttcn and prevented = raid on Japan.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-09-13
OWNERS MUST STAND LOSS.
Cannot Pay for Diseased Meat

State Cannot Pay for Diseased Meat
Ordered Killed.
In old territorial days the legisla-
ture passed a bill providing for pay
ment by the territory in cases Of horses
which were killed by order of the
health authorities on account of CLAN
lders. But the session which passed
the law stopped al that point and
made no provision for supplying the
funds for carrying 1t into effect. The
state board has at several times dis
the ACCESSIBILITY of making a
levy for that purpose, but no action
ever been taken. While John L.
Pyle was attorney general and mem
Der of the assessment board, he gave
the board his views of the law as I'M
constitutional.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-09-13

city of Buffalo,
was d a t d
Thursday. 1t Is in
the form Of an ODE
liSk of white mar
BILE eighty-six feet
high and Is Il
Ell at a
square, the inter-
section of Niagara
and Court streets
and Delaware ave-
hue. The principal
address was made
by Gov. Charles q.
II--h1r
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-09-13
WAR ON MITCHELL GAS PLANT.
Citizens Viii Seek Injunction to Pre-
vent ODeratiOn,

Citizens viii Seek Injunction to Pre-
vent Operation.
When the gas plant of the Mitchell
las company partially blew up the
other night as the result Of the explo-
sion Of a small piece of carbide left
in one of the tanks, the citizens living
in the immediate vicinity at once drew
up a petition asking the city council
at it's meeting to abate the plant as a
menace to life and property. Owing
to the plant being in the hands Of a,
receiver the council was powerless to
take any action, but the citizens We're
notified to commence their action in
the federal court at Sioux Falls and
the city would stand the expense.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-09-13
UNEASY AS TO IRELAND.

british Government Taking Prccan-
lions Against an Outbreak.
That the government is a%pprehen-
sive with regard to the coming winter
In Ireland and is doubtful regarding
the loyalty OF the constagulary since
the Belfast agitation is revealed in IN
present strenuous efforts to recruit tho
force. The number Of the constabu-
larry has been steadily decreasing for
the past four years. The authorities
have ret aside partsofs Dublin
military barracks as additional quar-
terS for Inc men. and to the consta-
bles and officers throughoutcthe coun-
Try there has been sent q circular IN
strucing them to make haste to secure
suitable candidates.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-09-13
DIES DURING A QUARREL.
Excitement Kills a Wealthy Water
town Man.

In the midst of a heated quarrel
with his wife M. D. Flint, aged IS, a
wealthy wholesale liquor dealer of Wa
tertown, dropped dead, overexcitement
inducing heart failure. The cause was
dissatisfaction with the management
of a hotel owend by Flint, and Mrs.
Flint demanded the discharge of the
housekeeper. In refusing Mr.. Flint
said he would never go home again.
Outwardly calm the husband made a
dignifed bow, saying, Mrs. Flint, I
am through with YOU" A moment
later, while telephoning for the chief
of police, he fell dead.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-09-13
Harmed. the Tennis Champion.

For the third time in his career Will
liam A. Larned won the national tennis
championship in the singles at Newport
the other day, defeating Robert Leroy,
the intercollegiate champion of Column
bia thus the cup becomes Larned's prop
erty. He is expected to retire from the
championship field. /
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-09-13

United States Leases Dry Dock.
A special dispatch from Shanghai
says that the United States has taken
a v years lease of Norvik bay, south
of V1adivostok, and has also leased
for next winter the floating dry dock
at vladivostok.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-09-13
Pioneer Passes Away.

Alfred T.. Howard, one of the pic.
neers of Volga, is dead, agel IA, at his
home in Arlington. Mr., Howard was
a resident of Illinois when the Indians
still canned the prairas around Alton,
and was one of the early gold seekers
who followed the trail to the Pacific
with OK teams
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-09-13
Col. Elijah Halford Retires.

Lieut.. Col. Elijah w. Halford, pay
department Of the United States army,
was retired Wednesday, having reach
ed the statutory age of 81 years. Col.
Halford is attached to headquarters
of the department of California at San
Francisco.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-09-13
Accidentally Shoots Himself.

William N. Randall, of Rockyford,
Colo, accidentally shot and killed
himself Wednesday night when pack
ing his grip preparatory to leaving for
Wiiiimantic, Conn.,, TO join his family,
h had been in the east all summer.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-09-13
VIII Send More Troops.

Paris: Premier Clemenceau an
nounced at a meeting of the French
cabinet that the government had de-
terrnined to send strong forces of cav
airy, infantry and artillery to Moroc-
&C as rapidly as possible, and that
strong measures would be taken to put
down the revolt in that country.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-09-13
Death OF w. r. Lewis.

William L. Lewis, father of Mes
DANES d. NJ. Inman, R. A. Morgan n
NJ. D. Thompson, died at the latter's
home in vermillion at the age OF 92.
years. He was a brother of James T..
Lewis, wisconsin, war governor, who
died at Columbus, Wis, a year ago.