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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-03-08

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piece of government engineering is done.
Senator J. G. S. Blackburn of Kentucky,
who soon ~retires, was made a member Of
the commission.
Stevens is the third man to throw up
the canal 10" suddenly and without ade-
quate explana ion. John +. Wallace, the
first president of the commission, said
that he could get more money elsewhere.
The excuse of Theodore p. Shonts, Wal
lace's successor, that he could not afford
to work for the government when he was
elsewhere offered twice the salary he wa
getting. Stevens makes no excuse what
ever.
1t is reported that Stevens, who is q
Chicago man and was formerly chief engi-
neer of the Rock Island railroad, has ac-
copied the presidency of a private con-
struction company, at a salary about
double the present one. He is said to
have expressed himself as being tired Of
unjust criticism in the public prints.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-03-08
why He Wanted r...

When Jim Fisk was in his glory a.
railroad magnate one day he was
greatly annoyed by people asking for
passes over his road for all sorts of
reasons. He was well worked up when
q seedy locking individual asked for a
pass and asked sharply, ION what
grounds do you ask for a pass?"
The applicant replied, Because I do
o want to pay my fare"
Fisk called a clerk and said to him
"Give this man a pass to anywhere and
return. He Is the first man that has
told the truth to-day."-Boston Her.
aI1
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-03-08
Brief News Items.

The deaths are announced at Carta-
sena, Spain, of Vice Admiral Sanchez
Ocana and Rear Admiral Martinez Illes-
cas-.
To enable the grand jury to investigate
Jennings election frauds in Louisiana
the. entire electorate of $40 persons has
been summoned.
Sir John L. Walton Attorney General
of Britain, in a speech at Leeds declared
that the House of Lords was out of bar-
mony with modern democratic insHtu-
tons and must go.
The department store of B. G. Carpen-
ter & Co., situated in the heart of Wilkes
barre, Pa, was practically destroyed by
fire. Loss 100000.
William Smith, colored, set fire to
"Pinkey'' Tigg, with whom he formerly
lived, at Gulfport, Miss, and the woman
was burned to death.
Argentine imports for 1906 aggregated
S269,97O,521 gold, an increase of over
S64, 100000. Exports amounted to $780,
58O,629, a decrease of $50, 590.012.
Formal notice of appeal in the case of
Chester Gillette, the convicted murderer
Of Grace Brown, was filed with the dis
trict attorney of Herkimer county.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-03-08

Mrs. mike" Mcdonald, wife of the
former Chicago gambling king, who is I'm
der arrest for the Staying of Webster
Guerin, and who, the police feared, would
die in her cell of h~ysteria after the shoot
ing, has improved since her removal to
the county Jail hospital. There is no
question, declared the jail physician, that
Mrs. Mcdonald is mentally deranged at
present and has been so since she fired
the shot hat killed Guerin. The ques-
ton which the authorities wish to deter
mine, according to the physician, is
whether the woman was insane before the
tragedy.
According to the attorney retained by
Mcdonald, the line Of defense will depend
upon Mrs. McDonald's version of the
case. The woman, he says, may have no
recollection of the shooting INT ave been
insane ut the time, or she may have been
attacked by Guerin and shot in self-de-
Tense, or the two may nave been strug-
Cling for the pistol when it exploded.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-03-08

eral health was affected when / began
using them. My FEET were swollen, my
eyes pulled, and dizzy spells were fire.
duent. Kidney action was irregular
and the seeretions highly colored. To
DAY, however, 1 am a well woman, and
Z am confident thatDoan's Kidney Pills
have made me so, and are keeping me
well
, Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, n. Y.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-03-08
Some House Bills Passed,

The house Tuesday passed house
bills to prevent the use of impure
cream in the manufacture of butter,
and fixing grades of cream; granting
to county judges powers as commit
ting magistrates; allowing personal
service on non-residents without pub
lication; limiting the time of begin
ming quasi criminal actions to three
years; giving county judges jurisdic-
ton in criminal cases in counties OF
10000 or more population-up to the
present limited to counties of 20, 600
or more; authorizing city councils and
school boards to appropriate funds for
Memorial day services; providing
method OF probating estates OF nom
residents.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-03-08
Sea snakes.

Sea snakes are very plentiful in the
south Pacific. They are widely distrib-
uted, stray individuals having been Sc
cured on the coast of New Zealand.
When swimming close to the surface
they exactly resemble an ordinary
snake, except that the head is always
below water. At night they come
ashore and lie among the rocks. They
feed on fish, and, although their small
double fangs appear harmless, they are
reported to be very
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-03-08
The Galveston Plan.

The principal bill to receive consid-
sideration Tuesday was the Galveston
plan of city government, which passed
unanimously A number of the cities
of the state will give it a trial as soon
as they get through with the formali-
ties after the bill goes into effect. AS
it is not being put through as an
emergency meaSu it cannot in any
way affect the spring elections this
year, and will not be used to any great
extent before the elections of next
year.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-03-08

and other kidney ills,
find comfort in
the words of Mrs.
Farrell, of COG
Ave, Jersey
City, n. J., who says:
Il reiterate all l
have said before in
praise Of Doan's Kid
ney Pills. I had been
having heavy back
aches, and nv gen
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-03-08

n decision TO
build the canal
without the aid of
contractors. and in
the resignation of
John +. Stevens as
president of the.
canal commission.
Stevens will be sue
ceeded by Major G.
w. Goethals of the
engineer corps, who
with h army en-
gineers will do the
work as INV other
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-03-08

Honduran city. which was defended by
Solomon Ordonez, the Honduran minister
of war, at the head of a strong army, was
taken by storm by Nicaraguan forces.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-03-08
To Regulate Phone Tolls,

The house railroad committee has
returned to the house, with a favors-
BILE report, house bill 270, which re-
quires all telephone companies to al
low connections with farmers lines,
at a maximum switching charge. and
hxing maximum charged of telephone
service on long distance lines in the
state
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-03-08
Rebun,

CaIler-Polly want q cracker?
Boston Parrot-That question, sir, Is
one of the unnecessary noises to which I
am compelled to listen whenever a bar,
harlan enters this apartment. Obliye me-
by no. repeating
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-03-08
To Inspect Fair Grounds.

Under a resolution of the house of
Saturday Speaker CLANCY has appoint
ed a committee to go to Huron n
look over the state fair grounds and
on the needs Of that institution.
Representatives Kleinsasser, Watt n
Olson Of Moody, were chosen.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-03-08
STEVENS QUITS CANAL JOB.

Construction Work to BE Intrusted
to Army E~ngineers.
To the troubled history of the building
of the Panama canal two strenuous chap
ters were added Tuesday in the Presi-
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-03-08

houses, n he will be busy for several
days getting the copies ready for
transmission, as they have to be pre-
sented in time for action upon them
by both houses before adjournment.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-03-08

In these years the public debt has de-
creased nearly one-half from $1,019, O0O,-
600 to ST. 1O7. OOO. 900.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-03-08
County Option Petition.

The petition for putting the question
of local option to a vote of the people
through the provisions Of the initia-
tive and referendum wag filed with
State Secretary Wipf Tuesday with
1904 names upon it. The law requires
him to transmit copies of it to the two
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-03-08
TESTIMONY.

Woman Who Has Suffered Tells
How to Find Relief.
The thousands of women who suffer
backache, %languor, urinary disorders
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-03-08
South Dakota ;
/ Legislature:
For Adjournment March 8.

A resolution introduced in the house
Saturday by Mr.. Parmley fixes IL
o'clock noon. March s, al the hour of
adjournment.
The change in oil inspection was
knocked out by the judiciary COM
mittee in an adverse report.
The house took up the senate call
endar and passed the senate bills de-
fning due diligence in the collection
Of checks and drafts, giving the rail-
way commission power to require con-
Meeting tracks at junction points, and
giving the South Dakota Contra rail-
way a right of way across the peniten-
tiary farm.
Sessions Of both houses Saturday,
while turning out a lumber of bills,
were devoid of features, none of them
being such as to raise contests. Even
the wolf bounty in the house was al
lowed to be raised to $4,000 a year
tho a word of protest.
Among the senate bills passed by
the house were a stringent search and
seizure law in case Of illegal sale of
liquor, giving the railway commission
power to force the placing in of con-
Meeting tracks at railway junction
points. and defining due diligence in
the collection of hecks and drafts.
"A NlfflDeE OIL Sflall appropriation
BILLS were passed by the house for
money for sewage at the reform
school; money for fire companies
which failed to receive the tax in 1904
on account of negligence of their Off
Gals, n fixing the compensation of
county assessors in large counties.
Among the senate bills passed by
the senate were: To prevent corrupt
influence Of agents and employees; to
provide for a state board of osteopa-
thy, and compulsory education of the
deaf and blind.
h senate passed house bills pro-
viding a penalty for a county judge
who allows his law partner to practice
in his court, and increasing juror and
bailiff fees to So a day in certain
cases. The house worked up a small
contest over the senate bill to require
county commissioners to publish pro-
ceedings in the minority party paper,
defeating it.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-03-08

Bratrud Tuesday attempted to over
turn an adverse report on his bill to
create a state board of deposits. to Sc
lect the banks which shall receive de-
posts of state funds, but failed in the
effort and the bill is dead.
The only bill Of importance passed
by the house Tuesday was the senate
bill creating a state board of osteopa-
thy. which passed.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-02-14
No Room in Schools.

Mayor Sehmitz and the school board
of San Francisco, who were Summon
ed here to discuss the Japanese school
question with President Roosevelt, ar
rived in Washington. The delegation
wsA be received by the President.
Mayor sehmitz said:
"We have come to Washington
with free mind to discuss the school
question with the president. Ne CAL
Hornaan Is willing to stand on any
technicaiity that viii work on the
astriment Of the nation. We have
not excluded the Japanese children
from the schools Of San Francisco,
hut since the fire the school board has
found Il necessary to adopt segrega-
&on, not exclusion, IN the primary
and intermediate departments.
fsIhe law of California makes Sc
grega6ion discretionary with the
school board in the various towns
and critics. After the fire we found
Jaldt ta6 OdpdlA<SC WS1t SAV"0AAiO eAO
wflte children out of the schools and
the only course was TO take advantage
of the state law and establish the
separate schools. This was done. The
Write children took the places of the
Japanese in the white schools and the
oriental schools were established for
the Japanese. That is the whole story
in nut she'll -
When asked as to how the Japan
ese children could be admitted to the
white schools If the delegation agree
TO make the concession which the
president will ask, Mayor Schmdtz
rep1aed:
9sThat would he simple enough. We
would abolish the Oriental schools
and then, under Our law, the enforce
ment of which, as I have explained,
is left to the discretion of the school
board, the Japanese would then be en-
TITLED to admission to white schools. !"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-02-14

DR.. R. H. Aldrich. It is now reported
that the defense will attack the validi-
ty of the indictment Of the Grand
jury on technical grounds.
Congressman Favrot has been in
Jail since Nov. Z, tho night he killed
DR.. Aidrieh, until the FIRST Of this
week. There had been no session Of
the District Court, ovsr which Judge
Favrot presided, unsl Judge n. F..
Brunot took tho oa4h of sfiss On
Tuesday.
The trial, If the case comes to trial,
will be before Judge Fl. r. BruHot,
the new Judge Of the District Court.
No special attorney has been employ
ed TO assist District Attorney Wax
in the handling Of the case. The
Aldrich family has taken no steps to
employ counsel to prosecute and the
District Attorney win conduct this
case alone for the State, unless he
is assisted by the Attorney General
which does not seem likely.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-02-14

AGAINST LOTTERY
ARE BEING MADE IN VERY
QUIET MANNER.
TIE Tolls ARE TIGHTENING
Around the Honduras Concern. Crest
Amount Of Free Mail Is Carried.
Indians Cannot Sell Their Surplus
Land.

Washington, D. c. Proceedings
against the Honduras LOTTERY Com
Company have been conducted during
the past few days with every effort
to avoid publicity, but enough is man
pany have been conducted during
tolls are seriously tightening against
the accused. It transpires that when
the Government made known its
terms to the legal representatives of
the Lottery Company they were
thrown into CONSERVATION. Some of
them left the city immediately.
w. III. Ambrecht, of Mobile, in ses-
sion with Secret Service Chief Wilkie
is considering reports corroborative
of previous evidence which have just
come from the different cities where
lottery agents operated.
1t has been determined that the
main prosecution will be at Mobile,
and the Department has asked Judge
Toulmin to call the Grand Jury in
special session on the case the first
Monday in April. The case will be
conducted by w. Fl. Armbrecht, at
torney for the Southern Alabama
District, assisted by District Attor-
ney Nields Of Delaware, who has had
more or les to do with the lottery
cases since ten months ago, when j.
r. Rodgers, wealthy Wilmington
retired business man, was arrested
for conducting the business of print
ing lottery tickets. The charge at Mo
bile wal be conspiracy to violate the
LOTTERY Act of 1905, and at Mobile
tae principal offenders will be indict-
ed, including citizens whose names,
Il divulged, it is said, would aston
isA 1heir friends In Brooklyn, Boston,
Wilmington and Washington.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-02-14
SHERIFF KILLS DEPUTY.
Then Murderously Assaults His Own
Daughter, and Attempts to Cut
His Own Throat.

Winona-A terrible tragedy o.
Cured here when 7. ]. Whitehead
ST., sheriff of Montgomery county,
killed his chief deputy, J. C. Binford,
attempted DO murder his own daugh-
ter, then made desperate but unsuc.
cessful attempt to cut his own throat.
The affair occurred at the Whitehead
residence, and the entire city was in
turmoil throughout the night over
the tragedy.
Sheriff Whitehead has been m Ill
health for the past two years, unable
to look after the duties of his office
personally, and the greater poStion OF
the work devoaved on his chief dep
uty, J. c. Binford, son of Colonel j.
R. Binford, of Duck Hill, one Of the
foremost citizens Of the state, and
member Of the board Of trustees Of the
Institution for the deaf and dumb at
Jackson. Mr.. Binford went to the
Whitehead residence and rendered
his resignation as deputy sheriff, In.
tending to return TO his home at Duck
Hill. The motive for the resigna,
ton has not been revealed, but it IL
Stated by friends and relatives thai
the young man intended 30 engage IN
other business. After the resignation
was rendered Sheriff Whitehead ask.
ed Mr.. Binford to remain few min.
utes. He then stepped into an ad.
Joining room, secured a pistol, and up
on returning, remarked to Binford:
81 ann going to kill you! Doni
novel"
Before Binford could protect him,
self Sheriff Whitehead fired two shots
the second striking the young man In
the chest just below the heart, ani
he fell to the floor. Sheriff Whitehead
then ran into an adjoining room and
seized his daughter, Miss Nannis
Whitehead, and attempted to chok.
her to death, but was prevented by the
arrival of neighbors who had beer
attracted by the shots. AS they en-
tered the room Sheriff Whitehead
drew knife, and attempted TO cuI
his own throat, but was prevented
from doing So by the crowd. After
desperate struggle he was overpow.
erred and carried 10 jail under strong
guard.
Mr.. Binford fingered in senm-con.
scious state until O'Clock the fol
lowing morning when he passed away
His father and mother reached hi
bedside before he breathed his last
notification Of the tragedy having
been conveyed to them by telephone
The only explanation of the tragedy
assigned is that Sheriff Whitehead
was mentally deranged by his illness
Rigid investigation fails to DISCLOSE
any family matters involved.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-02-14
Consumption of Sugar.

Washington. 1.-THE average citizen
Of the United States seems to have
consumed one-half his own weight in
sugar In the year just ended" says
a statement issued by the bureau Of
statistics of the department. Of COM
merce and labor. The average pen
capita consumption was rs pounds.
The amount of sugar consumed was
six and one-half billion pounds, at a
cost of over 00,0o0, 900.
OF this enormous consumption one
fifth was produced in this country
and another one-ffbh was imported
from our island possession, and tho
remaining three-ffths, or $780,, 666-
661 pounds from foreign countries.
OF the production OF sugar In the
United States last year a little less
than one4half was from cane and .
little more than one-haf from beets.
The quantity Of beet sugar entering
into American consumption was 672,
0o0, 900 pounds, showing a remarkable
increase, and for the frst time en-
ceeding the production Of the product
from cane. There was an increase at
$50 per cent in the production OF
beet over cane sugar from 1000 10
1905.
Rapid as the increase In sugar pro
duction in the United States has been
in recent years it has not, by any
means, kept pace with the increased
consumption. In the last ten years
there has been an increase Ia tts
conumption of this article Of 2e24,-
816,4SO pounds, it being more thaa
three times as great as the increased
home production.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-02-14
WANTS $26, 900, 900.
Canal Commission Asks for an APP
preparation.

preparation.
Washington. Secretary Taft ap-
Pearsd before the house eomnnittss on
appropriations to explain tks appre-
pristisn sf $25, 900, 900 Tho istAmian
san&l csmnissisn has aslasa 70 have
included in tire civH swndry aFpro-
rriat6sa bid.
Tho SECRETARY Of War was ssseu-
panied by T. u. Shonts, D. VI. Ress,
purchasing agent; ]. B. Bishop, score
tary and r. Z. Rogers, general coun-
sci Of the ceunission.
The appropriation is desired chiefly
to ccnplete equipment, and IS the gov
ernnent proposes Furnishing the
equipment to any contractor, It was
enpdaiaed by the canal officials tAas
the allowances for the purpose should
be liberal. ~
AT the hearing it was said that,
under the percentage system in the
contract, the contractor would not get
percentage on the cost OF supplies
or equipment, but only on the elimi-
mated cost of labor. A statement was
made that the cost of labor has been
estimated at $65,0o0,O00, on which
basis w. J. Oliver would be paid
81, $751;, 800 by the government In ease
the contract is awarded him.
Chairman Shonts, Of the canal COM
mission, was at his Office and unqual-
i6edly expressed himself as favorabfs
to the government building the ca
nal.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-02-14
The Postal Service.

If the Pestoffice Department were
given credit for all the service render
ed the government, the deficit IN pos
tai receipts would be practically eli
minated, according to the report Of
the House Committee on Postofices
and Post Roads on the Posboffice ap-
preparation bill, which was submitted
to the House.
The government departments and
other government officers In Washing
ton reported that FOR the six mo .fhs
ended Dec. 81, 1906, She postage upon
matter they sent through the mails
would have aggregated $2,2S5, 427.
The committee estimates that It n
fair to assume 100000 worth Of
mail Is carried for the government an
nually with which no credit to thu
Postofiee department. Is given. The
deficit of the Postofice Department
for the fiscal year of 1906 is ST., $685.
996, and the committee estimates that
this would be entirely covered If it
were possible to compute the amount
of mail franhed By Federal officials
in all parts Of the country, in add
ton to the amount of free mail going
out of Washington.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-02-14
Project Defeated.

The advocates of fourteen-foot
channel for the Mississippi River
from Chicago to St. Louis and the
gulf met defeat when the House, in
committee OF the whole, having under
consideration the rivers and harbors
hial, voted to stand by the reduction
Of the Committee in opposition to the
project. Although there was much
speechmaking on the part of the
friends Of this measure, they secured
only 43 votes for tire amendment, as
against 145 against it.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-02-14

Friend Ellis Of the Walnut Grove
Dawn of Light makes mention Of 9
collard that was brought to his Office
and measured four feet. He does moi
state whether this collard was foul
feet in diameter or circumference
but it weighed thirteen pounds anc
was q whopper anyway, Lsake is one
of the most productive counties in thv
state and viii raise anything in the
greatest profusion that will grow any
where.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-02-14

Senatobia reports one or two men
still who stand upon the street cor
ners, complain Of the Town, their
taxes and the weather. 1t is very for
tunate that not more than one or two
remain. This the remnant Of large
body that once infested Mississippi
communities, but the large majority
nf them have either Joined the opti-
mists or moved to more congenial
chimes. There Is no room for such in
cur state today.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-02-14

The Senate Ailibary Committee
continues investigation of the "shoot-
ing up Of Brownsville, Tex, by ne
gro soldiers.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-02-14

Tt was reported that Chief Engi-
neer Stevens Of the Panama canal
had determined to resign if the bid
for contract construction is accepted.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-02-14

New rk.-The inquest into death
of DR.. Charles w. Townsend, shol
january 27, resulted IN John Bell, .
street car conductor, Of Brooklyn, be.
ing declared the assassin.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-02-14

Kansas City-John N. Eagon hal
resigned as president Of Union Depod
Company 10 accept position with Q
South American railnoad company.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-02-14

The House Judiciary COMMITTEES
submitted a report, In which it held
that Congress had no power ito regu-
late the labor or employment of wom-
en- and children.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-02-14

New Orleans The funeral of Judge
Gbarlss Pardange, judge Of United
States district court, was held We'd
nesday.