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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-03-22

CONFESSION EXTORTTID.
Denver Prisoner Said to Have Been
Cruelty Beaten.

Unless new and important evidence
Is found against Benjamin G. Wright.
formerly of Chicago, he probably will
never be tried on the charge of muir
dering his wife and child at Denver,
Colo. District Attorney George A.
Stidger admits that evidence to con-
Wet the mar Is lacking. but he has not
yet dropped the investigation. The
alleged confession made by Wright to
Chief Of Police Michae A. Delaney
is said to be worthless as evidence.
having been obtained by use of physi-
cal force. Three physicians who eX-
a1nined Wright in Jail after he made
his confession declared hat he had
been cruelty beaten, as the prisoner
asserted. No poison was found in the
bodies of Mrs. Wright and her child.
and it is alleged by the defense that
their deaths probably were caused by
carbon dioXide from a defective was
heater, in which fire had been burn
ing all night when the bodies were
found. AS a test of this theory the
defense placed a dog in the house with
the gas heater burning, and after two
hours it is asserted the animal was
taken out asphyXiated.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-03-22
BLAST ON WARSHIP,
HUNDREDS KILLED BY MAGA
ZINE EXPLOSION.
French Ir0nclnd .Jenn Blown t.
Pieces at acknowledgements All
rpe the Cause-Most Deadly
Naval Disaster Since the Maine.

A powder magazine on board th1
French battleship Jena blew up Tues
day, While the vessel was in the Missi'
essy dock, at Toulon, owing to the
explosion of a compassionate torpedo
1t was reported that the casualties
number from 200 to 300. There Were
about $50 officers and men on board
the Jena at the time of the disaster
but many of them jumped into tho
water. The authorities declare that
the victims number over 200.
According to cablegrams, the explo.
sion took place during Il gun drill!
which brought the bulk of the crew
into the vicinity Of the magazine.
While the crew was lifting 4 torpedo
from the magazine some defect in the
compressed air apparatus caused a pre-.
mature discharge. The shock Of g
bursting torpedo caused the almost
instantaneous explosion of the entire
magazine.
The members of the torpedo crew
were blown into shreds. Scarcely
enough of their bodies remained tc
make Identification possible. The deck
was swept by shreds of steel and sec.
lions of the debris OF the wrecked CON-
partment. Scores who escaped death in
the initial blast met death in the hail
OF missiles.
Thirty seconds after the explosion
the deck of the battleship was 4 mass
o. shattered and bleeding corpses.
Here and there injured men moved
feebly, but most Of the victims We're
killed outright. Calls for help were
made by the few officers left unin.
jured, and the surgeons began the task
of giving relief to those to whom 8
chance for life remained.
The most Of the men who persisted
were asleep in their hunks and ham.
mocks between decks when the cxplo.
sion came which lifted the great ship
almost clear of the water and tore a
huge hole in its bottom. Many of the
men were killed as they slept. Others
were drowned as they sought to es.
cape TO the deck by the inrushing tide
OF water. Within a few moments the
vessel had sunk to the bottom of thu
IarbOr, where its wreck lies to-day.
The jena II Nodern Ship.
The Jena was built at Brest and
launched in 1898. being completed in 1901,
so that she was one of the newest of the
French war vessels. She had a displace
ment of 1861 tons and an indicated
horse power of 16.I0O. Her length was
40Oa feet, beam GSM feet and draft
27H feet.
Like all new French battieships, the
Jena had three propellers. Steam was
supplied to her three vertical triple-e1.
pansion engines by twenty Beileville boil
ers fitted with economizers. The fur.
naces were so arranged that petroleum
could be used with the coal. The normal
coal supply was $50 tons, giving an en-
durance of $500 miles at ten knots, and
1000 at full speed. The cost of the bat
tleship was $5,5OO,OOO.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-03-22
FISH TO SHINE ANEW
MAY LEAD GOULD WAR ON r. r.
HARTMAN.
Gould Lines Prepared t 0 Spend $780,
100000 I'm Betterment and Exten-
sions, While Hartman Lines Pursue
Rigid Policy OF Retrenchment.

That George j. Gould, with Steyve-
SAINT Fish as his chief lieutenant, is to
become an active foe Of r. H.. Harri-
man in the west and southwest, is one
OF the interesting stories following the
recent storm In Wall street. The an
nouncement that Mr.. Fish, whom Har-
rimar recently ousted from control OF
the Illinois Central, had become prom
inently identified with the Missouri Pa
cific, was made several days ago. If
there is now to be a Gould war on
Hartman, as reported, 1t is taken for
granted that he will enter the cam
paign with the utmost enthusiasm.
- was made Monday
that Mr.. Gould expects to spend $780,
100000 In improving and extending
the Missouri Pacific system, and that
Mr.. Fish will take an active part In
this work.
That Gould can obtain such an
amount OF money for improvements
while Hartman has to economic to
the extent of canceling contracts for
office buildings, new rails and con-
struction work, and even has to take
Off some Of his finest western trains, Is
said to be significant in Wall street.
Mr.. Fish's entrance into the Gould
roads is also significant. Fish Is a di-
rector of the National Park bank. a
strong competitor Of the National City
bank, and almost as potent when 1T
comes to financing big deals. On what
terms Gould will raise his money is not
vet known.
The Gould management. 1t is said.
figures on fighting Hartman hard at
all points where the two systems como
In contact.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-03-22
OHIO FLOOD is DISASTROUS.
Property Loss of Millions in Great
Valley.

valley.
Serious flood conditions prevail in
western Pennsylvania, West Virginia
and eastern Ohio. At I o'clock Thurs
day the water reached a stage of 34.6
feet at Hers island and 34.3 feet at
Market street in Pittsburg, and at the
headwaters the rivers are now station
airy.
At 4 o'clock Thursday afternoon
the thirty-mile ice gorge at Parker,
Pa, broke The immense gorge in
the Clarion river has also started down
stream.
Conditions in Pittsburs are the
worst ever recorded. The whole low
er downton district is under water.
Duquesne way, Penn avenue and Lib
erty street, running parallel with tho
Allegheny river, are submerged to q
depth of several feet. Hundreds of
business houses located in this dis
trict are flooded. In a number Of in
stances the water is almost up to the
second floor.
The guests in the Colonial, Lincoln
and Anderson hotels are either ma
rooned or compelled to use skiffs to
and from the buildings. Trolley serv-
Ice between Pittsburg and Allegheny
was suspended early Thursday, and at
the Pennsylvania depot thousands of
excited people were trying to board
trains for Allegheny and other sub
urbs.
Trolley, elevator and telephone serv-
Ice is demoralized in different sec
tons. Within thirty-siX hours four
teen fatalities directly due to the hood
haze occurred.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-03-22
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The News
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The Orange On. j. dog that ate Q
$3.50 glass diamond no doubt now has a
pane inside.
Mrs. Harry X. Thaw seems to ave de-
voted a large portion OF her life to the
photographers.
That $1,000, 900 loan to the Jamestown
exposition makes Virginia think her credit
is pretty good.
The earth is still giving expression in
various parts of the country to that
shocked feeling.
The idea of abolishing the weather bu-
reau is absurd. What would we have to
find fault with?
Women are to wear cheaper hats this
spring, but like as not they will want
twice as many of 'em.
Next we will have the Amalgamated
Order of the Used-to-Be Heads of the
Panama Canal Commission.
Delaware wants to whip wife beaters
and tax bachelors. The woman's millen-
mum is beginning to dawn.
The Indiana Legislature is considering
a bill to tax bachelors over 40 years of
age at the rate of $40 annually. But
even at that rate it would still pay to be
n bachelor.
To avoid earthquakes, cyclones and
wrecks put a few of these troublesome
predicters in a lonely cell for life.
The ''unwritten law" occupies lots OF
space in the courts, even if it hasn't been
able to break into the law books.
Looks as if the Ice Trust would have
to trot out a brand new line of excuses
Tor raising the price next summer. !,
The Ohio woman who sued for a d.
vorce in verse no doubt thought that was
all her husband was worth-a song.
Upon general supposition, not neces-
sarily based upon exact statistics. there
are more fresh people in this country
than fresh eggs,
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-03-22
BLOODY STRIKE RIOT.
two Men Probably Fatally Shot Mt
Hammond, Ind.

Two Men Probably Fatally SnOC NJ
Hammond, Ind.
In q strike riot Saturday at the East
Chicago mill Of the Republic Iron and
Steel company at Hammond, Ind, sew
eral men were shot. two probably fa-
tally. The trouble started when fifty
laborers struck for higher wages.
Twenty later went back to work. and
the remaining thirty broke drought
the rates OF the steel plant to get at
their companions. When nee within
the plant q bloody riot followed, in
which q hundred shots were fired.
Neosho Zecevich, a foreman. was
shot through the shoulders. The
wound will probably cause his death.
John Kalinki. a laborer. vas shot and
beaten. probably fatally.
Several other foreigners were
wounded by knife thrusts and bullets.
The East Chicago police, led by
Chief Higgins, arrived on the scene
and after an hours work, assisted by
citizens. arrested twenty-one men and
ended the riot.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-03-22
ANTELOPE HERDS INCREASE.
Large Bands seen in Western Part OF
the State.

While the law protects antelope in
this state, such protection would be OF
little avail in much of the country
west of the Missouri if it were not for
the fact that the rancherS themselves
look to the prevention of the slaugh-
ter of the animals. Under that pro-
lection reports indicate that a num-
Der of bands of the animals are locat-
ing themselves. Several with from
twenty to thirty in a band are report
ed to be on Bad river, near Philip
this winter. probably having come out
of the Bad Lands, where they make
their summer p~asturage. one man
who has just come in from the Grand
river country reports seeing a band OF
more than 100 on that stream a rev
days ago. He claims to have counted
1870 in the band, n that they were
spread over a hilltop, n he knew
that some of the band were out OF his
sight. With the protection which IS
now being given them these lima
should in a few years again be numer-
Gus in the western part of the state.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-03-22
MANY NEW BANKS.
Eighteen Have Been Chartered Since
First of the Year.

First of the NeaT.
Since the 1st of January eighteen
new state banks have been organized
under the laws of the state, and with
the railway extensions and new towns
they will continue to increase. The
list which has been organized so far
this yearFfs the First State bank. Bow
Ole, 10000, Peoples State bank, Ra-
mona, $4,000; First State bank, Ran
dolph, $1,000; B~roadland State bank,
$1,000; Farmers State bank, Lane,
$1,000; State Bank of Manchester,
$1,000; Bank of Monroe, $4,000; Ger
man State bank, Scotland, $4,000;
First State bank, LeBeau, $4,000; Bel
videre State bank, $1,000; Croker
State bank, $1,000; German American
bank, Burke, 10000; Badger State
bank, $4,000; First State bank, Nor
den, $1,000; Hamlin County State
bank, Hayti, $1,000; Farmers and
Merchants State bank, Eureka, $1O,-
900; First State bank, lambert, So
600; Bank of Philip, $4,000.
This rate of organization has been
going on for the past year, and that
work alone is quite an item in the
work of the department.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-03-22
BROKERS SOBER UP.
Big Wall Street Spree is Finally
Checked.

Checked.
An unusual .cene was enacted on
the floor Of the New York stock ex-
change Friday just after the market
had closed strong and %buoyant, in
sharp contrast to the decentralization
Of Thursday. Brokers gathered
around the trading posts and cheered
loudly in demonstration of their re-
lief and satisfaction at the days
change In speculative sentiment from
the paRicky feeling of the day before.
Congratulations were exchanged all
around the on the fact that the
members nf the exchange without ex-
ception had successfully passed
through the severe declines in prices
Of the past two weeks, and hopes were
generally expressed that the worst was
over.
A feature of the day was the state.
ment by William Rockefeller. He
said:
The present astonishing decline in
the values Of securities Is as much a
mystery to me as 1t can be to yon
l know that public confidence has
been disturbed, but / do not think that
IL COulu nave Deen III any. SuCn meas
ure as to justify so great u fall in
prices. With genuine, overwhelming
prosperity throughout the country
there certainly seems no adequate rea-
son for 1t. AS for myself and asso-
ciates, our faith in the future of the
country has not been shaken at all,
and we have been buyers and not sell
ers throughout the past ten days
Throughout the business troubles we
have done and are doing all we can
to restore and maintain public conf
dence. 1t is very clear to me that the
people who are throwing way their
securities at panic prices will sorely
regret it within the next six months.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-03-22

Circuit court is in session at Huron
with Judge Chas. s. Whiting presld-
ing, and fourteen criminal and civil
cases on the calender. a grand jury
is in session and nearly 100 witnesses
have been supboenaed. 1t is evident
that matters pertaining to reports of
offenses in the city are being careful
~ investigated by the grand jury
and developments of more or less SEN
sational character are anticipated.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-03-22
JEFTRIEs TO FIGHT AGAIN.
Champion Heavyweight is in Need of
Money.

Jim Jeffries, the greatest pubilist of
ihem all, has been compelled to come
out of retirement and will be seen
again iii action in about four months.
Jim needs the money badly and on
that account he has notified Match
make McCarey, OF the Pacific Athletic
club, of Los Angeles, to match him
with Bill Squires as Don as the Aus
tralian champion arrives in Califor-
MIA.
Jeffries has lost considerable money
gambling during the last twelve
months. Word has been received in
New York that he has given up his
ranch outside of Los Angeles and has
moved into the city. 1t is aid that
his money is all gone and that his
wife has refused to give him any more.
That is why the big fellow is ready
to fight again.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-03-22
ROunht Stolen Cattle.

Carl Ketelson, a Lyman county
homesteader, recently purchased a big
bunch of cattle from a stranger, who
disappeared after he had ecure the
purchase price. 1t now develops that
the animals were stolen from a Ly-
nan county stockman named Helleck-
son, and as the stranger could not be
located, Ketelson has been compelled
to pay twice for the bunch of cattle.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-03-22
Plumber Hangs Himself.

The dead body of Gottfried Schmid
was found recently hanging in a va
cant room in the basement of the
Hyde block at Pierre Schmid was a
plumber who has been doing some
work in thai block and was last seen
Monday at nOon, having told some
friends tina he intended to leave the
city. HI had been drinking heavily
for several days and it is claimed that
he admitted to lifting" about $50
from a saloon.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-03-22
Italian Village Destroyed.

In the town of Borsano. Italy, 1000
persons We're Wednesday made nome
less by a fire which destroyed the
greater part of the village. h peo-
pie We're Indifferent to the spread. of
thu flames because their property was
insured, and the authorities We're
obliged to force the peasants to work
to check the c~onflagration.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-03-22
DESTRUCTION OF THE MAINE
Previous Naval Disnste
Due to EXPLOSION.

Greatest Previous Naval Disaster
Due to Explosion.
The greatest previous naval disaster
due to an explosion was the destruction
of the American hattleship Maine in the
harbor of Havana, which precipitated the
Spanish-American war. Two hundred
American sailors lost their lives in this
explosion. which, according to the testi-
mony of experts who carefully examined
the sunken hull. was caused by the firing
of a mine under the warship as it lay
peacefully at anchor in a supposed friend
ly harbor.
The Maine was blown up Feb. 10. 1898.
and so strong was the evidence that the
destruction Of the ship and 200 of its
men and the injury of many others was
due to an almost unparalleled act of wan
ton treachery on the part of Spanish au-
thorities of the island that it reused q
fiery wave of anger throughout the Unit
ed States. This resulted in an over
whelming demand for a declaration of wal
against Spain.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-03-22

The last end of the great ice gorge
at Vermillion has gone out and the
people are wonderfully relieved. There
is a general rejoicing throughout the
over the disintegration of the ice
that has menaced the property inter-
ests and the personal safety of many
for so many weeks.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-03-22
Calls in State Warrants.

The state treasurer has sent out a
call for about 100000 of warrants,
which will be taken up on the 23d of
this month with funds on hand. This
will leave q number of warrants yet
outstanding. and the probabilities are
strong that an issue of emergency war
rants will be mad about the list of
April to call in all the floating debt
outstanding and reduce the interest
charge upon the state.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-03-22
at Huron.

The marriage in Huron at the HON
of the brides mother, Mrs. }. ,.
Spaulding, or Tuesday of Charles See
ley and Miss Rose Blanche Spauldlng
was an interesting social event. The
bride is president of the Grand lodge
Daughters of Rebekah, Jurisdiction OF
south Dakota, and has lived in Huron
all her life. Mr.. Seeley is a well and
favorably known Chicago n North
Western railway employe.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-03-22
Road Builds Station.

Plans for the Minneapolis and st.
Louis railroads station to be ou1lt IN
Aberdeen and bids for the structure
were opened Thursday. The specl-
fcations call for a modern brick and
stone structure for both the station
and freight depot. When completed
ii is expected to be one of the best sta
tons in the northwest.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-03-22
BOW is Victim of Cigarettes.

Chris Friedrich, a young man re-
siding in Bridgewater, who has been
acting queerly of late, has been taken
into custody by the authorities pend
ing an examination by the board of
insanity. The unfortunate young man
is said to be a dope and cigarette fiend
the excessive use of which has derang-
ed his mind.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-03-22
Banker walsh Indictments.

Judge Anderson, of Chicago, Friday
sustained the demurrer fled by the
attorney Of John r.. Walsh. former
president of the Chicago National
bank, to twenty-five counts in the in
dictments charging him with misuse
OF funds of the bank, and overruled
the demurrer to the remaining 100
counts.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-03-22
TWO NEGROES ARE LYNcHED.

without slightest Hitch.
A special from Monroe, Ia, says
Clint Williams and Henry Gardner,
two young negroes, We're aiken from
the city Jail about l o'clock Friday
and hanged In the court house square
by q party of about fifty men.
Gardner confessed to having entered
the room OF Miss Bessie Bumpus about
3 o'clock Thursday morning. The
whole affair was planned after the
capture n confession of the negroes
and was carried out without a hitch.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-03-22
Rural Carrier Alleged Embezzler.

Deputy Marshal Skaggs. of Harris
burg, Ill, arrested John Morgan, a
rural letter carrier at Maunie. Nor
gan is alleged to have enfbezzied mon
ey left by patrons with which to pur.
chase money orders.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-03-22

Prof. Hiatt, of the Gregory high
school. has introduced a novel plan
of punishment to the higher class.
Two of the large boys engaged in a
tistlc encounter and to punish them
he appointed Geo. Casey as marshal
and caused the arrest of Bart FELTON,
who seems to be the aggressor, n
held his trial Friday afternoon.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-03-22

Another railroad bill, requiring rail-
.oads to sell 50O-nile family books at
the same rate as for any other mile
age, came up to the surface and
passed the house, as did the senate
bills creating municipal courts and a
state printing commission.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-03-22
Another Revival Fire.

Another fire started in the audito-
rum in Aberdeen while a revival serv-
ice was in progress, but owing to the
precautions taken after last Satur-
days narrow escap from a panic the
blaze was easily extinguished and no
body but those directly concerned
knew anything of the matter.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-03-22
LABOR WAR AT GoLDFIELD.
Every Mine and Business House to Be
(,lOaaT

Every Mine and Business House to Be
Closed.
Thursday night the citizens of Gold
field, New, organized to fight the In
Industrial Workers OF the World. Ev-
= mine and store will be closed in
initely. 1t is agreed that no person
III Goldfeld shall employ any worker
who is a member of the Industrial
Workers Of the World. 1t also has
been determined to back UP the Amer
lean Federation Of Labor in its effort
ito organize local trades. The citi-
zens have appointed 100 special Off
GERS to patrol the city to preserve or
der.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-03-22
Burns Herself to Death.

Despondent because she feared she
was losing her eyesight, Miss Mary
ollinger. of st. Louis, Mo, 81 years
old, committed suicide by pouring
kerosene upon her clothing and ignit-
ing 1t. She desperately fought per-
IONS who attempted to rescue her and
died soon after she was taken to the
city hospital.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-03-22
Cannot Withdraw Signatures.

Judge Whiting has decided that the
signers to the petition asking for a
vote on license in Oldham could not
their names less than thir-
ty days before the date of the election,
and directed the clerk to issue the call.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-03-22

The senate passed the house anti
gambling or wagering by anyone a
misdemeanor. and gives right of re-
covery against property owners or
tenants where betting or gambling is
allowed. Several attempts to amend
were voted down, and the bill went
through as left by the house.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-03-22
splnk County statistics.

The vital statistics report of the
clerk of courts shows that in Sphinx
county for the month of February
there were 26 births, 8 deaths. 6 mar
riages and naturalization ape is
sued to one person.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-03-22
Nethodists Meet at Mitchell.

Over 200 Methodists representing
the ministerial association of the
Mitchell district, Epworth Leaguers
and missionary workers attended a
triple convention in Mitchell recently.
Naval School Discipline.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-03-22
Fnd Lost Tralnman's Body.

The body OF E.. p. Joyce, of Paxton,
brakeman on an Illinois Central
train who disappeared from the train
while it was running between Kanka-
kee and Chicago three months go,
was found recently in a creek near
Manteno.