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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-12-04

In Belgium the exploitation of rail-
roads by the State is proving disastrous.
The deficit on last years working was
estimated between 100000 and $780,
600, but it will exceed $~2,000,OOO.
The Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul
has added another order for $500 cars,
and has just placed the contracts for their
early delivery. This will mean the con-
sumption of 10000 tons of structural
steel.
The Arkansas State railroad commits
sion has voted to issue an order to the
railroads against their charging 3-cent
passenger rate. All the railroads are
now charging this rate and heavy penalty
suits will follow on the part of the Stats.
Judge Thicker in the federal court 1t
Little Falls, Ark, granted the nine aux
iliary Iron Mountain lines a temporary
injunction against the 2-cent passenger
rate and freight tariff, promulgated last
winter by the railroad commission.
A new rate sheet, prevalent through
out the United States, excepting Michf
gan, has just been put in by the Pullman
pan which, it is said, will result in
ar increase yearly of hu .1reds of thou
sands of dollars. For char cars the com
pany proposes to increase the cost every
ten miles, instead of every fifty as at
present.
The unfavorable results of the Stats
ownership of railroads in Switzerland
promises to be a leading issue in thu
coming electoral campaign. The confed.
Grafton has $24O,O0O.oOo invested in rail-
ways. Thu deficit this year will be BE-
tween 81 600 600 and S1,2OO,OOO.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-12-04
200 ARE LOST
WHEN STEAMER BURNS
Ocean Liner Going to Egypt De-
stroyed and Passengers Die in
Mad Panic Aboard.
SCORES JUMP TO DEATH IN SEA.
Tugs Hasten to Rescue, but Fail to
Lend Aid Because of Furious
Gale Raging.

Nearly 2 o persons. passengers ana
crew Of the Ellcrman line steamer Sar-
DINA, are reported to have persisted
when the steamer was destroyed by fire
Just after she had sailed for AleXan-
dria. Egypt. from Valetta, Island OF
Malta. The Sardinia was scarcely a
mile off Grand harbor when the first
sign of fire appeared, but with a strong
vino to fan the flames the whole ship
was soon ablaZe and the passengers
and crew had scarcely a chance for
their lives.
There was a wild scene of panic on
board as the rapidly spreading flames
drove the passengers to the rails and
many of the excited ones, not even
waiting for the boats to be lowered.
plunged into the sea. Scores are be-
lieved to nave been drowned. Others,
trapped by the fire, were literally roast
cd to death or Smothered without a
chance for life.
There were many craft in the harbor
at the time Of the disaster and several
tugs and other swift small vessels s
ed to the assistance of the imperiled
liner. The high sea and strong gale
which prevailed at the time, however,
made it impossible for them even to
approach the Sardinia. and they could
do little in the way Of aid.
The Sardinia left Liverpool Nov. IA
with a cargo of general merchandise
for Mediterranean ports. Her crew
numbered forty-four, n about twenty
frSt-c1oSS and six S~ncOnd-claSS DaSSen-
gers embarked at Liverpool. Most OF
her other passengers undoubtedly were
L%evantines, Maltese and Egyptians.
Many of these people cross on the
steamers of this line from Malta to
Alexandria. 1t is their custom to pitch
their tents on decks for shelter during
the -four days trip. The decks are clut-
tered and this condition undoubtedly
made the orderly clearing of the ship
| difficult.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-12-04
WAS N. FAURE SLAIN
BY NINE. STE|NHE|L?
Confession of Woman in French
Murder Case Involves Several
Noted P~ersonages.
FRIEND OF LATE PRESIDENT.
Paris Infamed by Charge Artists
Widow Poisoned Executive
Noted Suspect Is in Jail.

After almost ten years Of mystery, it
Is charged that Il woman poisoned Fe-
lix Faure, president of France. because
he opposed revision of the Drcyfus
case. Whether she was II instrument
Of conspirators is a question that -
shaking France. On the answer may
depend a tremendous political upheav-
al. The accused woman is Nine. Stein
he'll, who has been arrested for the
murder OF her artist husband, Adolphc
Stsinhill. rich and famous. and Nine.
Iapy, his mother-in-law.
President Faurc died suddenly in the
house of NJ. and Nine. Steinllcil. Feb.
Is, 1899. and no arrests ever were
made. Steinhcil and Nine. Japy were
stranglcd to death the night OF May 30,
1905. The artists beautiful and accom-
plished wife in the next room escaped
unframed. The anti Semitic Librc Pa
role charges Nine. Steinheil with hay
ing poisoned President Faure because
he opposed revision of the Drcyfils
case.
One man in Paris, high i'll the conf
dence Of the government officials, gives
a story Of President Faure's death hith-
erto untold. This man said that Pres
ident Faure visited Nine. Steinheil Sc
cretly the afternoon of Feb. 16, s
at her home. The President a an en-
gagement for the afternoon at the Ely
see palace, and when he did not appear
Mile. Faurc, his daughter, searched for
him, finally going to Nine. Steinheil's
home. There she found her father seat
ed in an arm chair, dead.
When the household a recovered
from the shock the body Of the Presi-
dent was conveyed from the house
through back streets of Paris to the
Elysee Palace and there the formal
announcement was made Of death by
apopleXy. 1t was said the President
had died in his W home. but Euro
pean courts were secretly Informed of
the real facts.
After Faure's death Nine. Steinheil,
who admits now that she detested her
husband, formed other alliances, some
Of them with men Of political influence.
She confessed to the authorities that
at the time Of the murder Of her hus-
band and Nine. Japy she had an affair
Of the heart with another. h man
u believed to be a rich nobleman, who
Is absent from Paris. Minister of JUS
tice BRAND is reported to have begun
q secret inquiry into the case.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-12-04
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The repor. o, ti2 t.n~2tyInated Society
Of Carpenters and JQineTs shows q total
membership of $3.50.
San Francisco Bakers and Confection-
ers' Union has al organizer at work
unionizing the men working in French
and Italian bakeries.
The Mayor of Knoxville, Tenn, recent
ly appointed three representatives of OF
ganized labor to assist in drafting ths
new city charter.
The most recent acquisition of member
ship of the A. f. of L. is from Jamaica
and the neighboring colonies OF Trinidad,
Barbados and British Guiana.
In Austria and France the provision Of
rescue apparatus in mines is made COM
pulsory. In Germany it is optional, but
has been voluntarily adopted.
What is said to have been the first time
In the history of the Westmoreland (Pa.)
coal region, religious services were con-
Quoted underground one day recently. The
miners listened eagerly to the prAyers,
and many Joined in the chorus Of revival
hymns.
State Labor Commissioner Harris
Wsinstock of California is investigating
labor conditions in the principal cities OF
Europe and collecting data, with a view
to beginning legislation in California
which shall do away with strikes and h
Dor disturbances generally.
In both England md Scotland several
rescue stations nave been organized In
connection with experimental galleries de-
vised for the purpose of training colliers
in the methods Of effective rescue work
in the event of explosions, pit fires and
all other underground accidents.
The annual conference of the Miners
Federation of Great Britain reported that
the number of men employed in the dis
tricts represented by the federation was
767, 800, and the number of men in the
union 592 ~. There was an increase In
the number of employed compared with
last year Of $4,000.
Farm laborers in the South, paid by
the month or year, and fed and support
ed BY the land owner, receive 80 and 40
cents a day during working season.
The Luxembourg government is treating
inoorrigible vagabonds to bread and water
for the first four days of their imprison-
ment, and to the owest scale of ordinary
dict twice a week afterward. The pris-
ons are said to be emptying fast.
1t is regarded as highly probable that
the large anthracite mining concerns viii
adopt the idea of providing educational
facilities for their employees. giving prao-
tically every mine worker in the anthfae
eate region the opportunity to learn.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-12-04
Leonard Wood in Command.

Major Gen. Leonard Wood, upon his
recent arrival at New YORK from Europe,
relieved Gen. Grant as commander Of the
Department of the East, with headquar-
tiers at Governors Island. Gen. Wood
said he was glad to be home again after
his six years in the Philippines. Speak
ing of the war maneuvers which he wit
messed in France and Germany, he said
that dirigible balloons were an %unquali-
fed success in Europe, and that it was
4 common thing to see them maneuvering
in the sky in Germany, and that the time
was coming when they would be protected
from shot from below. The ~aeroplane, he
said, was bound to come after the dirigi>
Bile, and would probably prove more eff
cient. The Wright brothers he called the
leaders as a~eroplanists. Gen. Wood de-
scribed the conditions in the Philippines
as peaceful and prosperous. but said there
would be even more prosperity if trade
relations with this country were better.
He thought Philippines products should
be admitted into this country free, that
1t was hard for farmers to raise crops
under the American flag and then have to
pay duty on them. Philippine scouts, he
said, were among the finest soldiers in
the world.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-12-04
1]% M&R&ERS
EEE% @6[

Chicaso-Cattle, common to prime.
300 to $7.S5; hogs prime heavy, $500
to $3.50; sheep, fair to choice, $500
to $4.6O; wheat, No. 2, $1.03 to $1.O5:
corn, No. 2, Gle to &c; oats, standard,
47c to 4Sc; rye, No. 2. 75c to 76c; hay.
timothy, $500 to $3.50; prairie, $500
to $3.50; butter, choice creamery, &c
to 3Oc eggs, fresh, &c to 29c; potatoes,
per bushcl, &c to zoe.
Indianapolis-Cattle, shipping, $500
to $500; hogs, good to choice heavy,
$3.50 to $6.15; sheep, good to choice,
$3.50 to $500; wheat, No. 2, $1!O1 to
$1.O3; corn, No. 2 white. 63c to &c;
oats, No. 2 white. SOC to sic.
st. Louis-Cattle. $3.50 to $3.50; hogs,
$500 to $3.50; sheep, $500 to $4.25:
wheat, No. 2, $1.O7 to s1.oS; corn, No. 2,
Gle to &c; oats, No. 2, 49c to 5Oc; rye,
No. 2, 73c to 75c.
Cincinnati-Cattle, $500 to $500;
hogs, $500 to $3.50; sheep, $500 to
$3.65; wheat, No. 2, S1!O6 to SLOT; corn,
No. 2 mixedo. CSC to 64c; oats, No. 2
mixed, Sic to SIC; rye, No. 2, 7Sc to SOC.
Detroit-Cattle, $500 to $500; hogs,
$500 to S5.25; sheep, $3.50 to $3.50;
wheat, No. 2, $1.OG to $1.O7; corn, No. 3
yellow, 64c to 65c; oats, No. 8 white,
Gle to SIC; rye, No. 2, 75c to TIC.
Milwaukce-Wheat, No. 2 northern,
$1.O3 to $1.O5; corn, No. 3, Goo to Gle;
oats, standard, SOC to sic; rye, No. I,
74c to Toe; barley, No. I, 63c to &c;
pork, mess. S14.7O.
BuffaIo-Cattle, choice shipping steers,
$500 to 1913; hogs, fair to choice, $4.OO
to 5000; sheep, common to good mixed,
$500 to $4.75; lambs, fair to choice,
$500 to $6.25.
New York-Cttlc. $500 to $500;
hogs. $3.50 to 5000; sheep, $500 to
S4.25; wheat, No. 2 red. Sill to S1.13;
corn, No. 2, Tic to 72c; oats, natural
white. SAC to SIC; butter, creamery, &c
to 32c; eggs, western, Bic to 35c.
Toledo-Wheat, No.. . mixed. $1.O5 to
$1.O6: corn. No. 2 mixed, Gle to CSC;
oats, No. 9 mixed, SOC to sic; rye No.
2, 75c to TIC; clover seed, 1852.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-12-04

eous, ungodly cause, and divine judg-
ment was bound eventually to overtake
the powerful nation that waged such
a war.
That the Anglo-Japanese alliance was
an iniquitous alliance against all the
white races, England proving absolute
ly her faithlessness as a Christian ma
ton that Japan was honeycombing In
dia with sedition and flooding it with
spies while processing openly to be
England's friend and ally.
That the only way to counteract this
alliance was for Germany and America
to act together at ar early date or
America would have to fight the Japan
csc in ten months.
That in the event of a great war
England would lose many of her large
colonies, especially those in the Pacific,
and that all he would take for Ger
many would be Egypt, though he would
liberate the holy land from the yoke
Of inidel, presumably meaning the Sui
tan.
That the perfecting Of the Zeppelin
dirigible balloon would give Germany
a powerful vantage in war, and she
was ready to make use Of it to the full
est extent.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-12-04
JAPAN MADE AN ALLY
BY THE UNITED STATES
Uncle Sam Reaches Agreement with
Mikado in Affairs In
Pacific.
WILL CONSULT EACH OTHER.
Nations Promise to Respect Respects
i've Territories and Chinese
Independence.

Despite official reticence ct Wash
sources has been obtained Of an agree
ment OF f~ar-reaching Importance be-
tween the United States and Japan COW
ering the policy of the two countries in
the Pacific.
The agreement is based on the idea
of encouraging and defending free and
peaceful commercial development in the
Pacific. 1t contains not only \ mutual
guarantee to respect each others terri
toria! possessions there, but defines the
attitude Of the two countries toward
China, binding each to S-fend by every
peaceful means ChirA's Independence
and integrity, and to give equal CON-
mercial opportunity in the Chinese en-
pire to all nations. But more impOr-
tant still. the agreement in he event
Ni complications threatening the status
quo, binds the United States and Japan
10 consult each other with a view to
acting together.
The agreement has been drawn up in
the form of a declaration n consists
Of five articles. The first article gives
expression to the wish Of h two gov
ernmentS tt. encourage the free and
pea ceful development Of their commerce
in the Pacific. Ihe second 6 a mutual
disclaimer of an aggressive design, and
contains a;sC q definition of the policy
OF each government, both rs directed
to the maintenance of the existing
status quo in the Pacific and the de-
Tense of the principle Of equal oppor-
tunity for and Industry In
China. The third article contains =
statement Of the consequent arm" re-
eiprocal resolution Of each government
TO respect the territorial possession in
the Pacific Of the other.
In the fourth article the United
States and Japan express their deter
mination, "in the common interest Of
ali the powers In China to support by
all peaceful means at their disposal"
the independence and integrity of China
and the principle Of equal commercial
and industrial opportunity for all ma
lions in the empire. The fifth article
mutually pledges the two governments.
in the case of "the occurrence Of any
event threatening the status quo" AZ
above described, or the principle Of
equal opportunity, as above defined,
ito communicate with each other for
the purpose of arriving at a mutual
understanding with regard to the
measures they may consider 1t useful -
take.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-12-04
GHOMS
@ILEdEs

DR.. r. S. Copeland, now dean of the
New York Homeopathic college, will ten
der his resignation from the University
of Michigan faculty.
Prof. Richard G. MacLaurin, professor
Of physics and mathematics at Columbia,
has accepted the presidency of the Mas.
sachusetts Institute of Technology.
Southern Minnesota teachers rave ap-
pointed committees to act with commit
tees from other associations in securing
desired legislation for the schools this
winter.
The Minnesota board of regents has de-
cided not to repair or rebuild the anat-
omy building recently burned, but to erect
an entirely new building. adequate to the
needs of the department.
Through the General Education Board
John D. Rockefeller has offered the Rich
mond College ct Richmond, Va, $780,
600 on condition that the Baptists of the
State raise an additional $3.50 900, the
object being the development of the in
stitution into a great Baptist university
for the South. Rockefeller regards Rich
mond as the strategic point for such a
college.
At the Minnesota university freshmen
girls have just completed the organiza-
ton to further the acquaintance and
friendliness of the girls of the class. many
of whom come to the school with few ac-
ouaintances. The organization will be
to the Cap and Gown of the senior
girls.
Commandant G. W. Weeks of the Iowa
university regiment is planning to or
ganize a company of university students
into a cavalry troop. Already saber
drills have been given a company of the
soldiers and the equipment soon
will be secured from the United States
government.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-12-04
KAIsER's TALK OF WAR PUBLIC.
German Emperor Said to Have De-
clared Strife Inevitable.

CluTcO SlElI9 4ASSiIaSAS'
The New York World publishes what
1t says is an accurate II authentic
synopsis Of the now world celebrated
interview granted by Kaiser Wilhelm
to DR.. William Bayard Hale, and which
was suppressed at the request Of the
German government. Summarized, the
main points of the Kaiser's interview,
which took place on the imperial yacht
H~ohenzollern Off Bergen, Norway, are
as follows:
That King Edward Of Great Britain
had been humiliating him for more
than two years and tina he was exas
perated that Germany was the para
mount power in all Europe. and that
England was trying to n~eutralize that
power.
That he held France in the hollow Of
his hand, ind hat Russia was Of no
account since the disastrous war she
had waged with Japan.
That il the Pan-EuropeGn war which
has been so much talked about was in
evitable the sooner it came the better
II would be for him, because he was
ready and was tired Of the suspense.
That Great Britain had been a deca-
den nation ever since her victory ovsr
the .Transvaa! and the Orange Free
State, because hers was an unright.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-12-04
SPARKS FROM THE WIRES.

G.. P. Engelhardt has returned to New
York from Guatemala with specimens Of
the stingless bee.
F. L. De la Barra has been appointed
to succeed Enrique Creel as Mexican am
bassador to Washington.
Thomas McGrath, a st. Louis election
official, was sentenced to four years ir
the penitentiary for making false returns.
The Rev. DR.. Myron W. Haynes, for.
merly of Chicago, has resigned the pastor
ate of the Delmar Avenue Baptist church
in St. Louis. He says enemies have
bounded him.
Col. William F. Tucker, husband Of the
daughter of Gen. John A. Logan, will
have to undergo an operation for Bright's
disease, according to a statement issued
by his physician.
J.. w. Soloman, a Salt Lake City line
man, narrowly escaped death when he
fell from a pole among broken wires
charged with 1000 volts. He picked his
way through the deadly wires to safety.
1t is understood that a movement has
been started to deposc R. L. Borden from
the leadership of the Canadian conserva-
tive party in favor of Sir Charles Hib-
bert Topper.
Miss Elsie Dutton, aged 20, daughter
of H. e. Button. an official of the Green
Bay and Western railroad, was killed in
a collision between an auto and a stree.
caf.
A special medical board at Manila has
notified the commander Of the American
cruisers in the harbor there that shore
leave is now safe owing to the improved
conditions in the quarter of the city At
dicted with cholera.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-12-04
ALL AROUND THE GLOBE.

Two elks in the San Francisco (Cal.)
geological garden engaged in a fight that
resulted in the death of one.
Lombroso's nephew, Guglielmo Ferrero
of Rome, will visit the President when he
comes to this country to lecture.
The cultivation of the camphor tree as
a substitute for orange cultivation is be-
ing considered in parts of Florida.
Official count in Oklahoma shows that
Bryan carried the new State by a plu-
rality of 1887 over President-elect Taft.
Mrs. Matthew Birchard, mother of Mrs.
Frank II. Mason, wife of the American
consul in Paris, France, is dead there at
the age OF 50.
Fire broke out in the rear of a tene-
ment house at 221 Sidney street, St.
Louis. Two children were badly burned
and a man is missing.
William A. Biggs of Greenville, Miss.
was found dead in a deserted house near
his home. The body of a woman wa
in the room with that of Biggs.
Wells Brothers Company's big depart
ment store at Litchfeld, Mimi, was burn
ed the other day. Loss on stock and
buildings, $4,000; insurance $4,000.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-12-04
LAMPHERL GUILTY OF ARSON.
Jury Ignores Murder Charge-Sen-
tence from 2 to FL Years.

tence from 2 to 81 Years.
Ray Lamphere was found guilty Of
arson after the jury had been out twen-
ty-six hours in Laporte, Ind. Judge
John G. Richter Immediately sentenced
him to the penitentiary for an indeter-
inmate term Of from two to twenty
one years and assessed a fine of $1,000.
The verdict was in the nature of Il
compromise. ten of the jurors having
held out from the first for a verdict
of murder in the second degree, with a
penalty Of life imprisonment: Two
stubborn members all day contended
for a verdict Of arson and not guilty,
respectively.
Following the sentencing of Lam
phere all the jurors signed a statement
that they were convinced by the evil
dence at the trial that the adult body
found in the ruins with the bodies Of
the three children was that Of Mrs.
Guinness.
Lamphere expressed a similar belief
in the first extended statement he has
made to other than his attorneys since
the trial began. He said he consid-
cred himself lucky. in view of the evil
dence produced. in getting off as easily
as he has. He maintained his limo
cence, however.
Contrary to expectations, Lamphere's
attorneys made no motion for a new
trial. Unoficially, however, they ex-
pressed such intention, but in view Of
Lamphere's light sentence in COMPARE
son with the heavy punishment which
another jury might bring in were the
new trial secured there is little >likeli-
hood of his being tried again.
In his cell Lamphere protested that
he expected acquittal, but his unwont-
ed buopancy belied his words. He re-
sponded to congratulations on the light
ness of the verdice with whole heart
edness.
I'm ready to start and take my med
icine like a man." lie said. "Consider-
ing the circumstantial evidence that
was produced against me I suppose I
am lucky. 1 haven't got a word to say
against 1t.
I'm just as innocent as you are of
what I was charged with, but it amt
any wonder the jury thought what it
did. The way I acted hat morning
Of the fire certainly looked suspicious
when it vas presented in court.
II thought Belle Guinness was not in
the fire, because all the money she must
have had wasn't shown up. But after
hearing the evidence it looks to me as
if that must have been her body in the
Ere"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-12-04
SOLDIER FREEZES TO DEATH,

Goes Alone ON Alaskan Hunting
Trip and Lasts One Day.
A story of reckless adventure by one of
the signal corps operators in Alaska has
been received by Gen. Allen, chief of the
United States Signal Corps in Washing
ton. Private William A. Bonney, who
last June went to the lonely post of
Mimic, in central Alaska, went alone on
a five days hunting trip, and his frozen
body was found next day eight miles from
Mimic.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-12-04
NEW FORESTS FOR THE HAT1oH.

Proclamation Sets Aside Land IN
Florida and NORTH Carolina.
President Roosevelt has signed proeta-
nations establishing the Ocala nAtional
forest IN Marion County, Florida, and
the Dakota national forest in Billings
County, North Dakota. These tive States
have thus been added to nineteen other
States and the Territory Of Alaska, where
in land is under scientific forest adminis-
tration. The Florida forest, the first -
be set aside by the government east Of the
Mississippi, has an area Of 2O1,4SO Ae1es,
ene-fourth of which has been taken up UNI
der various land laws, and Is well adapt
cd to the production Of forest growth.
The Dakota forest consists Of 1900 acres
and it's creation is considered important,
as it opens an experimental field for the
tree planting in the State having only !
ner cent rr e-~~ --or'th