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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-15
WEEKS HAPPENINGS
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A con-
DENsED FORM.
Headed for Norfolk-Raiiroad survey
ors Complete Work as Far as NC
braska Side of Missouri-Wln Go 10
Texas.

Van Antwerp and Bruce, VINO nav
the surveying contract for the proJe'.-
ed Yankton and Southern rallroau'
left Yankton with their corps OF lheii
Tuesday. Preliminaries were pesuii
the latter part of last week, when the
line was aiken as far as the Nebraska
shore of the Missouri river, direc'ly
opposite Yankton.
on the other side it is the ent
to go as far west as the divide, but the
east of the old grade Of the 4anktol
and Norfolk.
Crofton, Neb., will be the first toWh
TO be reached, and will be the only
town before Norfolk is reached.
South of Norfolk h line VIII pass
through the towns of David CITY sew
ard, Fairbury and Washington, IN Ne
braska, and Abi!ine, Newton ana
Wichita, in Kansas.
The line will then run almo9'
straight through Oklahoma ana IN
dian Territory to the water in Iexas.
Right of way men are in the hel'
south of David City, and others WI
commence work at this end at once.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-15
AGAIN PRoDDING SULTAN.
United States Pressing for Settlement
of School Issue.

of School Issue.
Wearied with the delays so charac-
~teristic of Turkish o~fficialdom, the
American ambassador raised into
prominence the question of recognition
of American schools. urging the neces-
sity of prompt settlement of the ques-
ton. The ministers thus ignored rave
been stirred into unwonted activity
and the departments concerned, ace
ing, it is understood, from orders of
the sultan, have entered into negotia
tons with the embassy. The embassy
is pressing matters hard with the hope
of a final adjustment, and the frequent
exchange of written communications
as well as visits between officials of the
porte and the embassy are expected
soon to lead to satisfactory results,
The question vas settled in principle
nearly three years ago, but the OBJ
st~ructiveness and 'ilatoriness both At
the palace and on the part of tho pert
delayed the official ratification Of tho
agreement arrived at.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-15

CZAR OPPOSITION ALMOST GER
TAIN TO WIN IN RUSSIA.
Indications Are that Extreme Radicals
Will BE In Control OF New Parlia-
mont and that Dissolution VIII Not
be Long Delayed.

Elections were held Saturday in
nine large cities Moscow, Odessa, IT,
fis. Kazan, wilma, Yeka~terinosalv, As
trakhan, Kishinef and Yarastav) of
the twenty-four which send members
direct to parliament, Moscow having
four members and the other cities one
each. In accordance with Russian
ideas the counting Of the votes was
postponed until Monday, and definite
results OF the elections are unknown.
but the indications everywhere are a
victory for the opposition. In several
cities. notably Moscow, the question
is whether the election has been car
ried by the constitutional democrats or
the socialists.
The chances OF the socialists in Mos
COW are favored by the results of the
,workmen's elections, In which nine
teen social democrats were chosen.
Elections Of peasants, land owners
and workmen were also held Sunday
in several provinces, u no results
have been received as yet. The Regg.
the constitutional democratic organ.
claims LOS seats in European Russia,
mot counting four in Rostov-on-Don
city, semi-Patiniski. Turgini and AS
trakhan.
In spite of the evident opposition
character OF parliament Premier StoI-
lypin is quoted as saying that he hopes
TO nurse 1t along until summer before
! dissolution is necessary, but the gem
iAral opinion is that the constitutional
democrats will be unable to hold their
- 49, ~xyp~n -.,@ - o. NoIr Anl }hat
the new parliament's life will not Elk
coed two months.
The expectation that the dissolution
of parliament would be followed by
e change in election laws is denied by
Premier Sto1ypin, who says he believes
mis- would be unconstitutional.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-15
SLAIN BIZ INTERNAL MACHINE.
Paterson Justice of the Peace is the
Victim.

1IuLcTSOn Justice OF the pcacc Is the
Victim.
Justice or the Peace Robert Cortese
was fearfully mangled in his Office
Friday by the explosion Of an internal
machine n him by express. The
office was wrecked and the defamation
could be heard for blocks.
The judge had actively aided the po-
lice in the capture Of Italian law
breakers recently.
Justice Cortese died at midnight
from his injuries. He had been home
to supper that evening, leaving his son
b in charge of the office. 1t was
the younger man who received the in
fernal machine, which came from
Newark and was delivered by an
American express wagon. 1t had been
prepaid and the boy accepted it. When
Judge Cortese reached the office Rob-
ert handed the package to him. The
outside wrapper was of paper tied
with strong Irvine. Judge Cortese re-
moved this paper. inside was another
wrapper mad fast with a strap such
as boys use to put around school books.
Robert says he watched ~curiously to
see what the little o contained.
His father rested the package on
the desk and pulled the end Of the
strap around toward him so as to lops-
en- the tongue of the buckle. The mo-
ment he did sc there was an explosion.
A hole six feet square was torn in the
floor, and the desk was driven down
into the cellar and tori to pieces. The
boy was hurled into a corner and Sc
riously bruised and burned.
Judge Cortese was found lying be-
tween the doorway and the hole in the
flooring. Both legs and both arms
were broken, his face and body were
and tori and his back APP
parently broken. Some Of the flesh was
torn from the bones. He was removed
to st. Joseph's hosuital, where his an
te-mortem statement was secured.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-15
GIVES THIRTY TWO MILLIONS.
Rockefeller Donates n Vast Sum rot
Education.

Rockefeller Donates II Vast sum Tor
Education.
. Thirty-two million of dollars worth
Of income bearing securities was the
gift which John d.. Rtcisef.Il 81.
through his son John ID. Rocketeiler.
Jr., announced to the general educa-
special meeting at New York Thurs
day.
h donation, which is the largest
single prize ever handed out for such
a purpose, will be used for general ed.
ucational purposes throughout tht
country.
Mr.. Rockefeller previously had Civ
en- the board $1l, 900, 900 fer the same
work. his contributions now amount
Ing to $4,000, 900. The general edu'
cation board apparently was not pre-
pared for this gift, which was an
nounced simply in a letter from John
d.. Rockefeller, Jr., to the beard. il
which he said:
My father authorizes me to say
that on or before April /, 1907, he VIII
give to the general board income bear.
ing securities, the present value o'
which is about $32, 000, 900, onc-th'rd.
to be added to the permanent endDw
ment of the board, two-thlrds to he
applied to such specific objects within
the corporate purposes of the board as
either he or / may from time to time
direct, my remainder not so desigDat-
ed at the death of the survivor to be
added also to the permanent endow-
ment of the board"
Members of the board were amazed,
saying they did not now of the do
nation until the letter was read.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-15
HOPE TO START NEW TOWN.
Farmers File Petition for Sidetrack
Near Scotland.

Information has been received at
Sioux Falls to the effect that nearly
zoo of the farmers residing near the
Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul rail-
road about midway between the towns
Of Scotland and Trip will in the near
future file with the board of railroad
commissioners in Sioux Falls a petit
ton asking that q sidetrack be order
ed to be built at the midway point be-
tween the two towns, the intention of
the being to start a new town
there if the petition is granted.
If the new town is started it will be
namel Baltzer, in honor OF a farmer
named Martin Baltzer, upon whose
land 1t is proposed to start the new
town. Trip and Scotland are four
teen miles apart and the signers of
the petition contend that they have a
right under the state law to demand
the construction OF sidetracks at mid
way points where stations are over
twelve miles apart.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-15
ONE KILLED; DOZEN HURT.
Passenger Train Collides with
Switch Engine In Chicago.

Passenger Train Collides with ~
Switch Engine in Chicago.
One unidentified employee was killed
and a dozen passengers injured. some
fatally. when Champion Flyer" on
the Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul
railroad, collided Friday within the
city limits at Chicago with a switch en-
CINE. Passengers fought ~savagely to
get out of the cars after the crash.
Many were cut about the head and
face. The injured are Peter Hebert-
son. Milwaukee,: Mrs. James L. King.
Milwaukee,; Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Har-
ris, Crystal Falls, Wis; O. S. Dingee,
Chicago; Curtis Wilson Nelson, Chi
cago.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-15

South Dakota /
{ Legislature:
Railway Men Heard.

The representatives of the railroads
who asked for and were granted the
use of the hall of the house Friday
evening to present their case TO the
members were greeted by a
house. practically every member Of
both houses being present to near
what they had to say. The meeting
was presided over by Col. r. w. Stew
art, Of the Northwestern road, and ad-
dresses were made by Vice President
Gardner, Of the Northwestern; Will
lam Ellis, of the Milwaukee, and j. ~
Tittemore, for the Minneapolis and ST.
Louis. ar. Gardner took up the SUD-
ject of rate reduction and went over
that feature of the situation, claiming
thai their roads in the state are OPP
Grating at a loss on their passenger
business at present rates, and with the
proposed cut would be materially
hampered and would be compelled to
take off some of the trains now being
operated at q loss for the beneat OF
the public. ..
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-15
MAY GO TO eIoUx FALLS.
Meeting Place of G. A. X. Likely to he
Changed.

1t IL probable THAT a change VIII DC
made in the place for holding ths
coming annual encampment OF the U.
A.. r., department Of South Dakota,
the state Woman's Relief Corps ana
auxiliary organizations. At the last
encampment Hot Springs was selected
as the place for holding this year
encampment. but at the time 1t was
understood that trains would be run
ming between eastern South Dakota
and the Black Hills section OF the
state before June OF this year, and that
the National sanitarium at Hot Springs
would be completed by June.
Now that it is certain that neither
the connecting railroads nor the sanl-
tarium will be completed by the time
the coming encampment is to be held,
the officers of the G. A. r., who nave
full authority in the matter, are con-
sidering the a~dvisability of substitute
ing Sioux Falls for Hot Springs for
his years encampment, and holding
a future ~encampment at Hot Springs.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-15
pierre Feud in Courts.

The row in city affairs at Pierre has
resulted in the arrest of Postmaster
Nipple, and a warrant is out for T. NJ.
Taylor. manager of the Capital-Jour-
nal, the paper owned by Nipple, on a
charge of criminal libel in relation to
charges made in the county judge con-
test. Fl. L. Glow, president of the
council, and Alderman Billinghurst,
editor of the Daily Dakotan, have been
arrested on a charge of Illegal issu-
ance of a warrant in the absence of
the mayor.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-15
New Senate Bills.

The senate Saturday passed the
house joint resolution by Van Osdcl,
which indorses the fight of President
Roosevelt in his fight for railway ECU
lation. New senate bills presented
We're by Egge. increasing the tax for
support of public libraries from l to
liz per cent; Merry, providing fo-
filing Of bonds, trust deeds and other
ievidences of ownership of telephone
corporations; Dudley. appropriating
$4,000 for addition to maintenance
fund at soldiers home: Wesley, re-
quest, defining insanity and prescrib-
ing conditions for commitment.
lMundt, request, providing for regula-
ton and control of cities under the
Galveston plan of a board of man
Nagers.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-15
SOUTHERN WOMEN PROTEST.
EDenOuncc Publication OF Details q
Thaw Trial.

sDen0uncc Publication OF Details OF
Thaw Trial.
Women OF Chattanooga. Tenn, met
lunday and protested against the
printing OF details Of the Thaw MUIR
der case and similar criminal court
proceedings.
The protest. 1t was stated. was made
I'm tho interest Of the sanctity Of oul
homes n the purity of our children,
and to protest against the minute and
accounts given in the daily pa
psrs Of the sensational and scandalous
proceedings Of h criminal COURT
Mayor Fierson, In an address. de.
clared the reports OF the Thaw trial
were disgusting in their detail. He
said some Of the papers a gone toe
far in their accounts.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-15
INSANITY MAY BE DEFENSE.
Likely to Be Plea Of Miss Ncwton's

Slayer.
1t seems probable that Frank
Frink's defense for the shooting of
Miss Bessie Newton at Poncas Neb..
will be insanity. Already his friends
are telling how he was reused to UNI
comfortable jealousy and anger by
Miss Newton's actions and words.
It is being told that Frink does not
yet realize that thee girl is dead. He
is said to have remarked to his nurse
that he would like to have the girl call
and see him. He is still in the office of
DR.. Young, where he is recovering
from the effects of the s~elf-inflicted
bullet wounds.
The coroner's jury Thursday evening
returned a verdict to the effect hat
Miss Newton came to her death by a
pistol shot from the hands Of Frink.
to the best of our knowledge and be-
lief"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-15
New Bills in House.

New house bills presented Saturday
were by Price of Sphinx. fixing the per
tdiem of member of the soldiers home
lat SIS; Smith of Miner. making killing
lof persons or live stock on railways
Epresumptive proof of negligence on
the part of railway employees. in effect
putting the burden of proof on tn,
railway company instead of the indi-
,,Vidual; Simpson, providing for estab
fishing a state home for in%ebriates at
Dell Rapids; resolution ty Engstron
'memorializing congress t. remove the
restrictions frcnl the manufacture Of
tdenatured alcohol.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-15
HOLDS FENCE LAW VOID.
Attorney General Clark Holds Law is
Unconstitutional.

Attorney General Clark has, in re-
Spouse to q request from Lyman
ty. held that in his opinion the fence
law, which is in operation west of the
Missouri river. is unconstitutional and
will not stand a test case. His hold
ing is in effect that the only way such
a law could possibly be elective would
be to make it statewide and county OPP
tional. If any county voted for the
fence law then it would be legal, 9TH
erwise it would not; n that legally
the herd law Is just as much in force
west of the Missouri river as it is east
of that stream.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-15
A BIG LEGAL TANGLE.
Case Involving 10000 hares of Stock
to Be Strengthened Out.

The Maitland case at DeauWoOu, M
v~olving the transfer of $4,000 shares
of stock to Burt Rogers and others,
has occupied much attention in the
district court and arguments ave just
been opened. The case has been re-
markable for the large number of au-
thorities quoted. which has exceeded
those in any case for many years.
some of the best attorneys in the Hills
are employed on both sides of h case
and the legal tangle is proving to be an
interesting me-. Promoters and would
be promoters who expect stock for
their services are much interested in
this case, which deals largely with h a
question,
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-15
King Leopold in Wreck.

One of the royal carriages in which
King Leopold was riding in Brussels
Thursday had a collision with an cleo
trio street car. The king was thrown
violently to the floor of his vehicle, but
sustained no injury. The accident has
resulted in King Leopold ~postponing
his departure for the south of France
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-15
Shut out m

Alfred C. Alexander, of Deadwood,
a former resident of Germany, was the
first man to take out his naturalization
papers under the new naturalization
law. and he swore that he was not
opposed to organized government, nor
was he a polygamist OF a believer in
1polygamy. These two queries a
been added to prevent the naturaliza-
ton of anarchists or of MormorI a
their followers.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-15
AN CHEME
Company Would Place al Accident In.
surance Policy on Pocket.

Company Would Place an Accident H.
Surance Policy on Pocket.
One of the requests which recently
came to the state insurance depart
ment was from a company which man
ufactures overalls, which desired to
place in the pocket of every garment
they manufactured n sold an acct
den Insurance policy for $500, and to
charge a small additional price for the
garments to cover the insurance cost.
They were notified that the only way
they could do this would be by plac-
ing themselves under control of the
insurance laws of the state, the same
as any other accident company, and
since that nothing further has been
heard from the proposition.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-15
Jan Colony for. IcSns.

With an invitation to all Japenese
on the Pacific coast to find homes in
Texas. o. Takayma, who claims to
been sent on his mission by Gov
Campbell, of Texas, is urging the Jap
anese residents of Venice and seaside
towns to colonize a section near Hous-
ton, where he is said to own a rica
farm Of 1000 acres.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-15
SAM SMALL'S v
Evangelist Introduces His Concep-
ton to Indianapolis Admirers.

~nng introduces His Concep-
ton to Indianapolis Admirers.
The Rev. Sam Small believes in a
very personal devil, though not u mate
ria! one. lie said so in the course of
his sermon ON His Majesty, the Devil"
delivered in the big tent at Pine street
and Lexington avenue, where he is con-
Quoting Il series of revival meetings.
He is n person. said the Rev. Mr..
Small, with whom l trust you have but
slight acquaintance. You all have an
idea of how he looks" said the speaker.
1T is the popular conception furnished
by the artists, of faring mustaches,
billygoat whiskers and a spiral tail,
with an arrow point at the end.
God Almighty never made such a
has too much sense to get himself up
in that shape. If he came to Indianap-
oils looking like that you'd all go caily-
hootin', and you wouldn't stop till you
got plumb across White river. No, the
devil wants people to stay at home
when he comes to do business with them.
He knows that if he should send a mes
sage that he was coming in on the 10 80
train in that kind Of a rig you'd all ske-
daddle. The, Mayor and the Council
and the band would never meet him at
the staten and give him the keys Of the
city. ! don't mean to say that there are
not plenty of city officials who would
welcome him and give the city over to
him, but not if he came in that dis
guise."
The Rev. Mr.. Small declared that he
believes the devil has the power to as
sumo an angelic appearance closely APP
preaching that he held before the fall.
Now. if you heard a knock on the
door some night and went there and
found a beautiful angel standing, you
wouldn't say, Scat! you old devil. your
would you? The devil with his Sunday
clothes on is the biggest puzzle in angel
ology.
Now, we have a funny idea about
angels. We believe an angel is a will
lowy, %peachblow, sixteen-year-old girl,
with enthusiastically hair down her
back, and that she carries a gold harp
in one hand and "a palm Of victory in
the other, and on her head she e
a golden crown of glory, and she picks
on the harp and makes music to beat
the band. Anybody that knows any
thing of the Scriptures knows God
never made a woman angel-they are
all he-angels. He made a lot OF he
angels and lost about a third Of them
the first chance they had to get away.
"When | was a kid and went to Sun
day school used to sing I want to be
an angel, and with the angels stand
but not any more. Since I've read the
Bible and got religion that is the last
thing want 70 be.'-Indianapolis Star.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-15
STOLEN STAMPS FOUND.
$65 Worth Belonging to Millette Post
office Were I'm Corn Shock.


The postal authorities in charge OF
South Dakota have been advised OF
the finding of a quantity of postage
stamps and papers belonging to the
postmaster which were stolen from
the Mellette p%ostoffice about two
months ago. The papers n stamps
were found on what is known as the
White farm, three miles east OF Mel
lette, by Earnest Smith, who in COM
pany with a companion named John
Frazer was engaged in the work OF
hauling fodder. There were about $65
worth of the stamps. The stamps and
papers We're found in two shocks of
corn, where they evidently had been
hidden by the thieves with the inten-
ton of afterwards returning n Sc
curing them, but something must have
prevented the thieves returning and
securing the booty.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-15
GOLD RING WINS HER $4,000.


Maine Woman Proves Right to Da-
kota Estate.
BY being able to produce in the state
circuit court for Penning county a ring
made of Black Hills gold and bearing
her name and the date, together with
the words, From Her Father Mrs.
Flora Belle Hollis, of Ellsworth, Me-,
has been able to win a fortune
amounting to SSS.O00.
The fortune won by the Maine
woman is q part of the estate of Jerry
King a we'll known Black Hills pio-
neer, who died in western u Da-
last June. Kings estate amount
ed to more than $4,000.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-15
DESTROYS School Property.

Some vandal entered the Garfield
h~ouseinear Iona N deliberate
" destroyed some valuable property.
The lock was shot off the door, a $12
dictionary was set up for a taget I'M
ruined. the stove pipe vas destroyed
and other articles rendered. useless. A
reward of IS is offered for evidence.
leading to his or their arrest
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-15
Outlaw Leader Escapes.

Robert McManus, said to be the last
!vor of the notorious BLACK
Jack" band of train robbers, escaped
Wednesday from h custody of sher-
if Bride. of Guimon, Okla. jumping
from a train in New Mexico while IT
was running at the rate of forty miles
hour.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-15
Doubles Price Paid for OIL.

The Standard Oil buyers of crude oil
have doubled the price paid to the
wells in the district around Terre
Haute, Ind. 1t is presumed this Is a
move to forestall a bill for a law to
the same effect which Senator carvin
of Terre Haute. has announced he
would introduce In the legislature.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-02-15
ELKS LODGE AT MITCHELL.
Four Hundred Members of the Order
Witness The Initiation.


Witness the Initiation.
Four hundred Elks. visiting from
Huron, Sioux Falls, Watertown and
other cities in the state, gathered at
Mitchell Thursday for the organfza-
ton of an Elks' lodge, the Huron Elks
coming in on a special train.
The work was done under the direc-
ton of w. A. Hickman, district grand
deputy, who was assisted by the HUI
ron Elks. The Gale theater was the
scene of the initiation. The Mitchell
Elks started out with a membership
of 1879.
The following are officers of the first
lodge: Exalted ruler, r. j. SEanGler;
esteemed leading knight, Dr.. K. &.
Warne; esteemed royal knight, w. II.
Herbert: esteemed lecturing knight, II.
e. Hitchcock; secretary, l.. D. Milne.
treasurer, VIM. NJ. Smith; tyler, Geo.
Like.
Following the initiation a fine ban
quet was served at the Hotel Wild
mann.