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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-11-06

Albany labor unions have erected and
opened a tuberculosis avilion.
The liner industry il Ireland gives en-
ployment to about 10000 people.
During August 800 people were injured
in industrial accideE.s in Canada, and 10
died.
At Lethbridge, Canada, with a popula-
ton of 1000, there are 1000 members OF
trades unions.
Yorkshire (England) Miners Fedora
ton is continuing it's crusade against n
union workers in the collieries.
Boston (NIass.) Cigar Makers Union
has levied an assessment of IS On each
member to advertise the blue label.
Delegates from the Bricklayers' and
Stonemasons' unions met at Guelph, Can
ada, to form a provincial association.
In 1898 there were only thirty-seven
labor unions in New Zealand, now there
are 80 with a total membership of 40
463.
The international Brotherhood of
Tea msters has rejected the overtures for
amalgamation of the. United Transfers of
America.
The American section of the boot and
shoe workers international body now has
more than 100000 in it's emergency fund,
according to report.
Union men of Walla WalIa, Wash, will
ask the Board of Education to submit to
the people at the next election the propo-
sition of free text books.
A maritime federation, which will en-
brace about twenty different UNIONS en-
gagged in the shipping industry OF Aus
tralia, is in process of formation in Sgd
ney.
The lockout at the Vulcan Shipbuilding
yards at Stettin, Germany, ended by the
return of the 5000 r~iveters, the men hav-
ing agreed upon the compromise PROPOSE
tions.
The book and job scale of the San
Francisco Typographical Union has been
increased from 500 to $24 a week. All
employers have accepted the new scaIs
under an agreement.
The Massachusetts State executive
board of the Steam Engineers Union de-
cided upon Lowell as the place, and Sun
day, Dec. IS, as the date for the ensl-
neers' annual State convention.
The International Cotton Spinners'
Union mas recently pleSculeu o"AhoSi ASos
of New Bedford, Mass, its veteran secre-
tary, with a silver service containing
fifty pieces, as a token of appreciation OF
his faithful services.
Payment of old age pensions OF mem
bers of the International Typographical
Union whose claims have been approved
| began on Aug. %. About 400 appllca-
, tons nave been made so far from various
parts of the country.
Millinery ranks fourteenth among the
pursuits in which women are engaged as
| breadwinners in America. 1t is distinctly
a wornan's occupation and it is estimated
that Oh per cent of all milliners In the
United States are women.
The Oklahoma mining law has gone
into effect, and is a measure to safeguard
life and property. This measure, which
is the direct result of the efforts OF the
mine workers. union, is said to be the best
law of its kind in any State of the Union.
Under the new law, which went into
effect on Oct. /, the authority to enforce
| the child labor law in mercantile estaD-
| lishments in cities of the first class IN
New York was transferred from the local
health authorities to the State depart
ment of labor, acting through is bureau
of mercantile inspection.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-11-06
RIDE ON BURNING SHIP.
Passengers and Grew OF a Steamer
Have Thrilling Experience.

The steamer S. ". L~uckenbach, from
New York to San Juan, arrived at a
Juan Thursday nightiwith a fire In her
still burning. All her passengers and
crew were we'll. The fire was discov-
cred the morning of Oct. 26, when the
vessel was $50 miles south OF Sandy
Hook. The passengers We're at once
awakened and the small boats brought
out. provisioned n made ready to
lower away In case it should become
necessary to abandon the steamer.
The steamer Uhiladelphia was soon
sighted and the plight OF the Lucken-
bach reached here. The heat n
smoke from the fire forced the passen-
gers to withdraw from the cabins. and
temporary cots and eating tables We're
placed on the promenade deck for
them. The passengers behaved well
and adopted resolutions congratulate
Ing Capt. Mclean and the crew upon
their brave conduct.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-11-06
ROOSEVELT AIDS HEALTH MOVE.
President Promises to Mako RECON-
mendation in Next Message.

President Promises to Mako Recon-
mendation in Next Message.
That President Roosevelt has agreed
to recommend to Congress in his next
message the passage of q law TO coli-
serve the public health, similar to the
one proposed by the American Medlca'
Association, was the statement made III
an address before the New York Acad-
envy Of Medicine by Or. Charles y. j..
Reed of Cincinnati, chairman of the
associations committee on national
medical legislation. In speaking on the
campaign for national health laws, DR..
Reed said:
.On the heels Of the various steps
forward l am gratiied to be able to
assure you that the President has au-
tlloriZed the statement that he will for
mulate definite proposals and transmlt
them with his Endorsement to the neXs
Congress-. 1t now devolyes upon the
$4,000 doctors in the United States noe
only to back the President in his WORK
but to anticipate those actions by a per
sistent campaign in behalf Of this fun
damental feature of the public welfare"
Speaking of the pollution OF streams
DR.. Reed referred to the Ohio water
shed as a Thousand miles of river anG
a thousand miles of typhoid"
Over GO,O0O persons die every yeas
of cancer, he said, and the death rats
from hat cause is increasing by leaps
and bounds
If only one-half of the persons who
die or are incapacitated as a result OF
tuberculosis and typhoid were saved.
DR.. Reed declared, it would mean a
saving in money sufficient to maintain
IA national board of health, pay for
the army n navy, fortify our COASTS.
duplicate III armament on the seas.
deepen our internal waterways and in
ten years pay for the Panama canal
and wipe out the national debt"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-11-06
SOUTH DAKOTA
STATE NEWS
NOT A MERE PAPER" ROAD.
Proposed Dakota Southern Line is Real
w Thing. n#

PROPOSED Dakota southern Line Is 1teal
Thing. H
Unquestionably one of the greatest
railroad projects which this part of
the country has seen in years has
incorporation OF the Dakota South
ern Railway company, articles Of
which have been filed at Pierre. The
capitalization is given as $9O,OOO,OOO
1t was learned from a most relia-
Bile source that work will. begin on the
construction of the new system withou
delay and that already three crews
are at work running the preliminary
lines and surveying the entire route.
One crew Is working north from Rapid
City, another is working out of
Haynes, n. D., and the third is working
south of the Big Missouri. headed
north Of the Northern Pacific road in
Dunn county, n. d.
1t can be stated positively that the
road will be built from Rapid City to
Williston, n. D., running through Ad-
ans, Hettinger, Stack, Dunn and Nc
Kenzie counties in North Dakota. Two
branch lines will be constructed from
the main line, one running from
where the main line will cross the
Northern Pacific, near Dickinson,
northeast of Bucholde, n another
running uthea to Mcintosh, S. D.,
on the Milwaukee road. There is some
talk Of the main line crossing at Dick
inson. If this is brought about it will
give that own six outlets by rail.
The new road has plenty of financial
backing, not only by South Dakota
capitalists out by eastern moneyed
men as well, among whom are Eugene
Zimmerman, of Cincinnati, former
Senator w. A. Clark, Of Montana. and
other millionaires. ,'Gs
1t is a noticeable fact which has
often been commented upon that the
new and rapidly developing country
west of the Missouri river in North
and South Dakota has not a single line
of railroad running north and south.
1t is because of the exceedingly fer
tile country and it's unquestioned pos
sibilities that the attention and inter-
est of the big money men of the east
were secured. The operation of the
new road will open up a country that
has few rivals for natural
and it will mean the rapid settlement
there of a vast army of homesteaders.
1t is understood that this road, as
now proposed, is only the beginning
| OF an immense system which Will ult1-
mately extend from northwestern Can
ada to the Gulf of Mexico. AT present
the work of surveying from Rapid City
to Williston, N. D.. is being rushed,
and as soon as possible grading will be
done and steel laid.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-11-06
NO ACTION BY DUTCH
TTaE LIMIT IN HOLLANDS UI~
TIslATUM EXPIRES.
Unmmandes Of Dutch Warships at
Willemstad Says Government Has
Prepared FOR Amy Eventuality, and
Dcxinite Announcement is Expected.

The Netherlands government fixed
Nov. ] as the time for Venezuela to re-
woke the decree OF President Castro,
Issued on May "A. prohibiting the
trans-shipment Of goods for Venezue-
Ian ports at Curacao.
President Castro has refused to re-
woke this decree. but as yet so far as
known the Netherlands government
has not decided upon definite action.
There has been much activity at VIII
lemstad OF late, but in in interview
Sunday the governor of Curacao said
that Venezuela had not revoked the
decree at the last hour of the day
fixed according to the ultimatunt be-
fore taking any active measures. He
believed that his government had made
ample preparations for any eventuaiity
and he added that a statement would
the position OF Holland and what ac-
ton 1t was proposed to take.
The opinion is held among ava
Officers that no direct steps would be
taken within a week.
Saturday evening the governor Of
Curacao received an important tele-
gram from Holland and ne Immediate
~ called a meeting OF his council and
the commanders OF the w%arships. The
deliberations were lengthy, but the
result has not been made public. The
people or Curacao are confident that
the ships low there will soon be REIN
forced.
There is no question that Venezue-
lans believe the Netherlands govern
ment IL preparing to blockade their
ports Advices received by the steam
er Scuba. from Caracaibo. state that
II was reported on Oct. "a that Presi-
dent Castro has ordered the mobiliza-
ton OF $4,000 troops to be ready
Nov. 2.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-11-06
GH0WS
.P @LIHd1

Pharmacists of Minnesota will ask the
Legislature to appropriate $lOO,OOO for a
new pharmacy building at the State Uni
versity.
The Prussian government has now de-
creed that the higher schools for girls
shall be placed upon al equal footing
with the corresponding class in the boys
schools and that women may m~atriculate
in the Prussian universities.
In taking charge of the new Y. NJ. G.
A. building in Philadelphia Walter NJ.
Wood, formerly of Chicago, is to develop
thetnew policy of what is known as sup
Elemental education, which means giving
the man or the boy another chance to
make up for the deficiencies of bad or in
complete early training. This will be car
ried out by the establishment of night
classes and by the admission of students
who are unable to pay a lump sum in
advance.
Supt. Maxwell of the New York public
schools, in addressing the recent conven-
ton of the Playground Association of
America, asserted that from a moral and
hygienic point of view the usefulness of
the Carnegie libraries sis small compar-
ed with the advantages that would flow
from the benevolence of him who shall
increase the number of public school
baths" His opinion was that New York
is in greater need of Fairgrounds than
any other city in the country, owing to
the density of the population, but his ex-
perience had shown that simple play and
amusement soon pail upon the children
and that directed games and athletic
events ARE most enjoyed and produce the
best results when mixed with recreative
work"
The authorities of Charles Mix county,
South Dakota, have ~inaugurated a cam
paign for the enforcement of the COM
pulsory education law. The first victim
of the crusade now being waged to COM
pel parents to send their children Of
school age to school was Steve Blaine, a
Yankton Sioux Indian living near the
town of Wagner. Blaine was sentenced
to Jail and remained there q day or two
before he relented and agreed to send his
children to school in future. Several
white parents are booked for the same
fate unless they send their children to
school.
Sixty-two years ago Miss Myra Howe
was q teacher IN tne seventh Dislrict
School at Burlington. Conn. OF her eight
pupils, seven are living, and Wednesday
thew held a reunion with their former
teacher. now Mrs. R.. H. Alderman, of
Burlington. The eighth member of the
class died only two weeks ago.
club consisting of two branches. one
Norwegian and one Swedish. is being
formed in the Scandinavian department
at the Minnesota university for the pur-
pose Of studying Scandinavian art and
literature. Books will be collected for
the library. and a play will probably be
staged in Scandinavian during the year.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-11-06
MRS. w1LIIAM AsToR DEAD.
Aged New York Society Leader Passes
Away,

Mrs. william Astor, who for thirty
leader of New York. died Friday night
Of heart disease at her home in Firth
Aston, who was SO years old, had been
In a critical condition owing to the re-
en- her trouble for years. There Is not
a name in the social register so well
known as that of Mrs. Aston. Despite
her advanced age she continued to
hold social domination up to a year
ago., when failing health compelled her
to retire into comparative seclusioh.
1t was in the summer Of 1907 that
Mrs. Astor's friends learned of her Ill
health. While she was abroad last
year her son, Col. John Jacob Astor'
wood, the summer home of Mrs. Aston
at Newport, would not be opened, and
this led to the discovery that she was
In poor health. Word came later from
Mrs. Aston, while she was in Paris,
saying tina she would open her New
port villa after all and that h would
make the season there one of the gay
est In years. This promise was not full
filled, however,, for when she came
back from abroad she broke down in
Boston and had to return to New
York. She had remained at her home
ever since.
The society functions given and pre-
sided over by Mrs. Aston have gone
down into history as among the most
brilliant on record.
1t is said hat the ball room in the
mansion In Fifth avenue will accom-
modate 1000 people. 1t was Mrs. AS
tor who established the famous 400"
her visiting list being confined to that
number Of names.
In 1906, however, she was said to
have "let the bars down when she in
vited 1900 persons to one Of the most
memorable social events even given in
New York.
Mrs. Astor received her guests at
these gatherings seated in a high back
chair beneath q portrait of herself
painted by Carolus Duran.
The Astor Jewels were worn by her
on these occasions. 1t is said the Aston
emeralds are the finest in the world.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-11-06
~N5&EMl&
-N4AT1
@P9@R

South Dakota university won her sec
ond football game from Huron college
by a score of II to O.. The game was
played at Vermillion.
In the auto races at the Montana State
fair, Blaim's white steamer made five
miles in 4 minute 81 seconds on an Or
binary circular mile track.
At Aqueduct track, New York, Ben
Ban, carrying top weight, 115 pounds,
easily won the Woodmere stakes, selling
at seven furlongs, the feature.
Frank Mount Pleasant, formerly of the.
Carlisle Indian football team, will play
quarterback on the Dickinson College
eleven. He is a Junior at Dickinson.
At the Brockton (Mass.) fair, George
G. and Major Delmar were sent on trial
heats against time in an effort to break
the track record of 2:11H. Neither was
successful, but Major Delmar. in his trial,
made the mile on the half-mile track in
2 :12 fat.
Lillian r., owned by David Shaw of
Cleveland, made her first race start of
the year at Columbus, and astonished the
grand circuit talent by showing speed
enough to beat Margaret O., the favorite.
To do this. Lillian II. had to take a rec
ord of 2:O4H. s 3D..
English Featherweight Champion Mo-
ran was too clever for Eddie Hanlon at
San Francisco in their twenty-round
bout. Hanlon, who had an advantage of
about eight pounds in weight, showed
some Of his old-time cleverness. however,
and stayed the limit with the little Eng
lishman, the latter being awarded the de-
cision on points.
An usher this year at the Boston Amer
lean League grounds, a first baseman
with the New York Americans next sea-
son-that is the rise of Daniel A. Barry
a 19-year-old Office boy who has been
signed by Arthur Irwin, scout of the New
York Americans. Barry is said to be a
natural player and Irwin says he has
found a second Hal Chase.
AS Rube Waddell. the big ball tosser,
left a theater in st. Louis the other night
he saw Detective John Finan engaged in
a desperate fight with Edward Burnett, of
st. Louis. Rube quickly put both of the
combatants to sleep and then took them
to a hospital.
The faculty of Wisconsin University
Law Schoe! decided that fswaid Stie1n1.
the crack Wisconsin center rush, could
not take a special examination to clear
UP deficiencies incurred by his leaving
summer school without taking examina-
tons. This means Stiehm is ineligible to
play football this season.
The fight against pools on New York
tracks is costing horse owners and race
promoters a lot of money. Purses have
been cut down as low as $500, and at
that it is estimated that Dwyer lost $780,
600 on the weeks racing he promoted at
Aqueduct.
AS evidence Of the impetus given pro-
fessional baseball by the close races for
the %pennants. Secretary John Farrell of
the National Association OF Professional
Baseball Leagues says that he has been
literally swamped with purchase money
for drafting players for next season.
Nearly $4,000 was received the first day
for drafting players.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-11-06
Foreheads Are Branded.

Two students of the polytechnic
high school have been suspended at
Los Angeles, Cal, and three Others are
in danger of sharing the same fate be-
cause they branded the foreheads of
two students of the Los Angeles high
school with nitrate of silver during the
Initiation ceremonies Of the Kappa
Delta fraternity. a forbidden high
school secret society.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-11-06
GAS MAIN BURSTS.

E4rhreo Towns Supplied from Kansas
Ys4t Witlaout Light or Heat.
ATho maln line OF the Kansas Natural
ID mbor, caught IRE when gasoline
ooAnsumars between the gas fields at
sIn6ependsnce md the cities Of Atchi-
seoHA~ Kan.. and st. Joseph. Mo-. which
furnlshes al the gas used In h two
lafteA towns burst three miles north
81 Lek venworth Sunday afternoon. The
pressbre was the cause of the break.
The accident left the towns OF Law
renee. Nchison and st. Joseuh com
pletely WITHOUT gaslight and e
sunday. bAat the break was soon re-
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-11-06
BIG SHIPMENTS OF WHEAT.
More Than 1000 Cars Sent Out OF
Aberdeen Territory.

An interesting estimate of the num-
Der of cars of wheat shipped from sta
tons in Aberdeen territory during the
fiscal year closing June 80. 1908, has
been issued by the Milwaukee railroad,
together with an estimate of the proba-
BILE shipments from the same territory
during the present fiscal year. Re
ports from forty-three towns in the
James river division in that territory
give III 1905 shipments as 4,425 cars.
The estimate forrthis year is 6,403 cars.
,T~wenty-six stations in the Huron and
Dakota division shipped a total of
$6,193 cars last year and this year the
estimate is placed at 7,466 cars. This
indicates that the wheat crop this year
is greatly inexcess Of that raised last
year gtfe #s.tr NJ
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-11-06
POPULATION FIGURES.
Stanley County Shows Gain
Since 1905.

IJI11CC q
Doane Robinson has been making
population figures and has WORKED
from the basis of the school population
of the state. He uses the same ratio
of school population, and the total
population as was show in the 1905
census of,the state. On this basis the
state at the time of the last school
census had a population of 500, 900,
estimating the Indian population at
the same total figure which was shown
in 1905. On that basis Stanley coun-
ty takes the lead in gain Of population,
increasing from 2,64s in 1905 to co.
29S al the present time. On the same
basis, practically all the new counties
of the state show good increase, but
the older counties in the southeastern
portion. show reductions instead of
gains in population.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-11-06
Our Mineral Products.

A grand total of s2,O69,2S9,000
worth of mineral products in the init
ed States is announced in the statis-
teal summary for the calendar year
1907, issued Thursday by the geologi-
cal survey. or this amour $1,166,-
I65, 900 We're n~onmetallic, s903, 024,OOO
metallic and 100000 nonspecified.
The mineral products for the previous
year aggregated S~1.9O4,007, 900.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-11-06
Alleged Forger Arrested.

Leroy Brining, wanted at Aberdeen
on a charge of forgery, has been ar
rested at Lincoln, Neb., and the sher-
if has gone to that city to bring him
back. Brining worked for a farmer
and is aid to have forged three checks
on G.. S. Wright, of Frederick, amount
ing in the aggregate to more than
$500. One check was passed upon the
Farmers State bank at Westport and
at Johnson's store in the same
place.. s
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-11-06
Child Has Close Call.

Ross Moore, his wife and three chill
dren, were thrown from a wagon In
a runaway near Miller. While the
father n mother were horror strick-
en- to see one Of them being carried
off in a blanket hanging from the wag-
on. They believed that the little one
would surely be killed, but after a mile
run the team stopped and the child
,ound not to have been seriously hurt.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-11-06
NEW MENNONITE COLONY.
Party Of HP~ennsylvania Dutch" Will
Locate Near Pierre.

IOCatc Near 1IerTc.
Representatives OF a colony of Penn
sylvania Dutch Menonites have been
looking over the country around Pierre
and did some investing for themselves
before they left for the east. They
will be back next spring, n will bring
other representatives Of their church
with them. The women accompanied
the men who were at Pierre. and their
garb attracted a great deal of attention
on the part of the curious when they
appeared on the street. When these
people locate, good farming is assured,
and they are a valuable addition to any
community in which they locate. The
chances are hat the purchases made
by these people will mean a good sized
colony by the end of another year
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-11-06
ANOTHER BoMB FOR GAMBLERS
Police MysttRad by Repeated Raids ON
Chicago Joints.

&HEAAt5Nr AkxNS&SO a#I7Ean.H
Another bomb. the twenty-fourth in
the series which nave been directed
against alleged gambling resorts, was
exploded in Chicago Friday night in
the rear OF a saloon owned by F. F.
Brennan. in Cottage Grove venue
Windows were shattered and the
whole neighborhood was startled. For
months the police and public a
been mystified by the bomb hurler,
who inspite Of all sorts of ruses and
traps laid to catch him has Invariably
escaped.
The bomb, with a lighted fuse. had
evidently been left in the alley with
sufficient time allowance to enable the
bomb thrower to retreat to a safe dis
lance. The throwing is supposed to
be the result of displeasure felt by
who have been suppressed,
against resorts hat are being allowed
to run.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-11-06
monster Wheat cargo.

The steam barge Adam Cornelius
left Milwaukee early Thursday for
Buffalo with a cargo of 27O.750 bush
lis of wheat This is the largest boat
Dad Of grain in one consignment to
cave Milwaukee in the history OF nav
cation IN the great lakes.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-11-06
Pioneers Fatal Fall.

While putting up a stove pipe Jo
seph Hinchliff fell stradc@ of a chair
and received injuries FROM which he
lied at veriniIlion. Hinchlif was a
,ivil wal veteran an a South Dakota
pioneer.