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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-08-14
SINGERS FINGERS BITTEN OFF.
Miss Emelie Gardner Has Encounter
with Ferocious Beast in Dark.

ASAA
Her left arm frightfully laceratcd
and two fingers Of her right hand chew
ed off, Miss Emelie Gardner, an opera
singer, is in a critical condition at the
Coney Island Hospital as a result of be-
ing attacked by n huge bull terrier.
Miss Gardner has been spending the
summer in her cottage at Scagate, Co
ney Island. Her h~ousekeeper, Mrs.
Bangman, Is the owner of a big female
dog, which she kept in the rear yard.
SUNDAY on account of the heat, Mrs.
Bangman transferred the dog and her
puppies to the pantry in the basement
Of the cottage.
At night Miss Gardner, who VAS
alone in the house, entered the pantry.
The room was dark, and as she closed
the door the dog sprang upon her. Miss
Gardner threw up, her arms, but the
teeth of the dog caught her left arm
between the wrist and the elbow, crush
ing flesh and bones. AS she struck at
the brute with her right hand it snap
ped at the hand and severed the two
first fingers.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-08-14
ALL AROUND THE GLOBE.

The balloon Hamburg" of the Ham
burg Aeronautical Society, met with an
accident while trying to effect a landing
at Lubbock.
The Mexican government now claims to
have caught the two chief instigators of
the recent revolt in the northern section
Of the country.
Correspondence between the republics
Of Nicaragua and Guatemala has been
made public in showing that the most
strained relations exist between the two
countries.
Business was at a standstill and a
great throng of people assembled about
the harbor of Honolulu, when the Ameri-
can battleship fleet arrived from San
Francisco.
Upon the advice of the American min
lister to Hayti, Mr.. Furniss, the gunboat
Paducah has gone to Haytian waters. The
government of Nord Alexis is again
threatened with a revolt.
The international miners congress.
meeting in Paris, adopted a resolution in
favor Of the naturalization of miners,
but upon the condition that the miners be
secured in their right to preserve their
union organizations.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-08-14

large sum Of gold in his pockets anG
his baggage was packed ready for
flight.
Abdul Hamid is said to be the most
hated monarch in Europe, not even eX-
ceptins the Car of Russia, n during
his long reign he has lived in continu-
al dread Of assassination. He is cred
tied with the plotting out Of many lives
because Of his constant fear of his
life. His victims have been principally
members of his household, who for
trivial offenses were made targets fol
the bullets from his beautifully jewel
ed revolver that be carries constantly
on his person. Abdul has ruled over
the people of the Turkish empire fol
more than thirty-two years, having
come to the throne in 1876 after sue
cessful!y deposing his brother,
Mourad V.
Former attempts have been made OH
The life Of Abdul Hamid, the most SEN
sational being that Of July %, 1908,
when unknown assasStns threw @
bomb at the red ruler as he was leav-
ing the mosque where the celebration
Of Salamik had taken place. He es-
capped serious injury on that occasion.
although thirty or forty people were
killed. Again in October. 1906. when
a report was spread that the Sultan
was suffering from a serious illness, it
was later learned that the real cause
of his affection was q bullet wound in
ficted by one Of his Turkish wives.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-08-14

tate. Senator Allison was admitted
to the bar in 1876 and engaged in prac-
tice n Ashland. Ohio, where he was
Of Wooster, Ohio. lie practiced law in
Ohio until 1897, when he moved to
Dubuque, Iowa. Here be entered poll
tics. Two years after moving to the
uawkcye State he was a delegate to
the Republican state convention.
Young Allison represented his con-
grcssional district at the Republican
national convention at Chicago in 1850.
1t was in that year that he was ap-
pointed a member of the governors
staff and as such engaged in raising
troops for the Civil War. He was
elected to Congress in 1868, represent
ing his district in the lower house at
Washington until 1871. He retired to
the practice Of law il 1871, but tired
of private life and in 1878 made a
successful campaign for the United
States senatorship from his adopted
state. Senator Allison's term in the
Senate would have expired the day
after his eightieth year.
For more thar three score years he
was actively engaged in public work.
He broke all records for mere length OF
service. On three occasions he de-
clined a cabinet portfolio, Presidents
Garfield, Harrison and Mckinley each
having rendered the place Of secretary
of the treasury to the distinguished
Iowan in 1881. 1889 and 1897 respect
lively. He was in public life when
Abraham Lincoln was assassinAted,
and he was a delegate to the
famous convention at Chicago in
1860 which put Lincoln in NOM
%inatien. Passing through the recon-
struction time and following Grant
through all his troubled administra-
ton. the Iowa senator, almost at the
beginning of his career III the senate,
began to acquire a reputation AZ a
financier.
The local fame of Senator Allison rs
an expert on monetary matters was oy-
tended to international cenlines when
in 1892 he was chairman Of the Ameri-
can delegation of the international
monetary conference at Brussels. 1t
has hcen said that Senator Allison and
Speaker Cannon know more Of the act
ual mechanism OF the American GOV
eminent than all the rest Of Congress
put together.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-08-14

recalls the end of the French military
airship Patrie in December, 1907, which
was then considered the finest d%irigible
balloon in existence. a sudden gust Of
win struck the airship and the 200
men who were holding the guide ropes
were dragged for several hundred
yards. The balloon shot up to a great
height inc disappeared. Five days later
the Patrie came down in Ireland.
Count Zeppelin's record breaking voy-
age with his great airship surprises No
one familiar with the present state Of
the art of aerial navigation. That q
modern motor balloon can be depended
upon to make voyages of from Ole to
two thousand miles, under fairly favsr-
able conditions. has long been known to
men who are familiar with ~aeronnutics.
Count Zcppeain's success is ,~ep~>h-lnak-
ing in that it cOnviEces a skeptical
world of the practicability Of airships
and OF their utility as engines of war
and as Instruments of exploration of
the upper air. as well as Of parts Of
the earth otherwise inaccessible. like
the great unknown area surrounding
toc north pole. The recent de4Asnstra-
ton, although it ended disaSHeas1y,
without doubt will assure the rapid
building of aerial navies by the chief
military powers. In fact. Germany.
France, Great Britain and the United
states are already moving III that di-
rectiOn. France has the Lebaudy and
La ~I;epublique already in commission,
and Zeppclin's ship, it is understood,
is to be taken over for the German
army.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-08-14

CHICAGO.

Business activity gives further evidence
Of r~ecuperation. The monthly total of
payments through the banks again eX-
ceeds the billion dollar mark and COM
mercial defaults this week have fallen be-
low those reported a year ago, both in
numbers and liabilities.
Production in leading industries stead
lily rises and preparations for increasing
machinery and labor employed testify to
she encouragement which manufacturers
draw from the improving outlook.
Crop conditions generally maintain a
high position. Harvesting extends north
ward earlier than was anticipated, re-
suits compare favorably with former
years., and, together with the high prices
current, the prospects are more decided
ly favorable to investment of capital and
trade.
New demands are notably stronger in
pig iron, steel, lumber and other lines,
although no contracts stand out conspic-
uously large.
Factory work reflects recovery in out
puts Of electric goods, wire, furniture and
heavy machinery, and easier costs slim
ulate construction and new buildings.
Permits during July for business struc-
lures and improvements very closely APP
proach the high total value of July, 1907.
Mercantile collections throughout the
central West have become desirably
prompt. High temperatures here and at
interior points stimulated absorption in
che principal retail lines, and the July
sales were successful in reducing mer-
chandise stocks to n comfortable average.
Wholesale operations begin their reac-
ton from the midsummer quiet, and the
advance arrivals of August buyers al
ready is large.
The markets for grain, live stock and
provisions remain fairly active, but the
course of prices tended lower. The total
movement of grain at this port, 6,972,-
557 bushels, compares with 5,74S,S64
bushels a year ago. Compared with 1901
| there is increase in receipts of 3.7 yer
cent and decrease in shipments of 90 per
cent. Live stock receipts were only
229,S47 head, against 265,152 head last
week and 249,51S head in 1907.
Bank clearings, 5000, ,252, are ia
per cent under those of the corresponding
week in 1907, which included two days of
heavy August settlements. Money is quot
ed at 3M to AZ per cent for choice COM
mercial paper. Discounts have increased
moderately in the aggregate, but currency
shipments to move crops have become
heavier.
Failures reported in the Chicago dis
trict number %, against s. last week and
80 a year ago. Those with liabilities over
$4,000 number 5, against 8 last week and
8 in 19O7.-Dun's Review of Trade.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-08-14
fEE G@RAERS
s@!gB @NRG@

Chicago-Cattle, common to prime,
S4.OO to $7.S5; hogs, prime heavy, $500
to $7.O7; sheep, fair to choice, $500
to $4.75; wheat, No. 2, 90c to 92c;
corn, No. 2, Toe to TIC: oats, standard,
SIC to 53c; rye, No. 2, TIC to 79c; hay,
timothy, $500 to $500: prairie, $500
to $1,000; butter, choice 1Sc
to Zoe; eggs, fresh. tic to zoe; potatoes,
new, per bushel, Toe to Soc.
Indianapolis-Cattle, shipping, $500
to S7.25: hogs, good to choice heavy,
So. 80 to 500; sheep, common to prime,
SOC; corn. No. 2 white, roc to Soc; oats,
No. 2 white, SOC to Coo.
st. Louis-Cattle, $3.50 to $3.50; hogs,
$500 to $40; sheep, $500 to $50:
wheat, No. 2, Ole to 92c; corn, No. 2,
75c to 76c: oats, No. 2, SOC to Ole;
rye, No. 2, Toe to TIC.
Cincinnati-Cattle, $500 to S6.25:
hogs, $500 to S6.95; sheep, $500 to.
1885: wheat, No. 2, 9Oc to Ole: corn,
No. 2 mixed, TIC to 7Sc; oats. No. 2
mixed, SAC to SOC; rye. No. 2. 7Sc to Soc.
Detroit-Cattle, $500 to 1925; hogs,
$500 to $G.75; sheep, $3.50 to 500:
wheat, No. 2, 90c to 92c, corn. No. 3
yellow, 79c to S1c; oats. No. 3 white,
CSC to 64c; rye, No. 9, > to TIC.
Milwaukee-Wheat, No. 2 northern,
500 to SLIP; corn. No. 3. Tic to ISc;
oats, standard. Soc to G0c; rye. No. l.
7Sc to 79c: barley, No. 2, 6oc to roc
pork. mess, $15.25.
Buffalo-Cattle. choice shipping steers.
81 90 to 500: hogs. fair to choice. SfG0
to $500: sheep.ocommon to good MIXED,
500 to $3.50; lambs, fair to choice.
$500 to $3.50.
New York-Cattle. $500 to S7.0o;
hogs. $3.50 TO $7.15: sheep, $500 to
$3.50; wheat. No. 2 red, 9Sc to sac:
corn, No. ., SIC to Sic: oats, natural
white, &c to G5c: butter. creamery. 2oc
to 2:3c: eggs. western. 1Sc to DC.
Toledo-IVheat. No. . mived. Doc TO
92c: corn. No. 2 mixed. 11c to -:
oats, No. . mixed. soc TO &c: rye. No.
?. 75c to 16c; clover seed. October, $50.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-08-14
NEWS OF MINOR NOTE.

10 prevent his marriage to a 13-year-
old girl William Williams, GA years old,
was murdered and his body hanged to a
tree near Marydel, Maryland.
S. II. Crum, a Seattle business man,
accidentally shot and instantly killed Al
bert Moody. a close personal friend, re!
siding at Virginia City, Mont, With
whom he was hunting ground squirrels
near that place.
Henry Jones, one of the pioneers Of
Minnesota, who built the first cabin on
the site where the village of st. Peter
now stands, died recently at his home in
Franklin Heights, Minneapolis. at the age
of 70 years.
Recently a little frame building on
Third street, near Market. in st. Paul.
burned. 1t was the building in which. in
september. 1861. Charles Eichler, the
first volunteer Union soldier of the Civil
War, was mustered in.
y national referendum in Switzerland
Oh the question of prohibiting the manu-
FIGURE and sale of absinthe resulted in a
majority of $1,000 in favor OF the pro-
hibiticn. This will mean a loss to the
government revenues, as the most famous
brands OF absinthe are made in Switzer-
land.
y terrific earthquake occurred in the
province Of Tacna and africa, in Chile,
the southern part of Peru and Bolivia.
Considerable destruction of property, but
10 loss OF life. is reported. The cable
between africa and Lima has been broken
and the telegraph lines to Boiitia are
damaged.
The British proposals concerning mill
tary questions in Macedonia will be ex-
amincd by the German foreign Office in
connection with Russia's plans for judi.
cial and financial reforms in that coun.
try. and the British asi Russian notes
-r~a-1i~o It"rn'n~ih wiil DO trna+ei hy
F, etas.nv TO Il naoicx
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-08-14

At 3 O'Clock in the afternoon, while the
repair work was still in progress, a
fierce thundrrStornl swept down from
the Alps and seized the huge air flyer
in its grip. The wind upset a quantity
Of hcuZinc which lay around the ma
chino. In Il moment the fluid blaaed
uN, the flames reached the gas bag ioat-
Ing aioft, and there was a tremendous
explosion.
simultaneously the hurricane tore the
balloon from It's anchorage and hurled
L.. a fiery mass, in a s~outheAsteriy direc-
ti0n for fifty yards. Then the rear end
Of the great fabric dropped, the motors
ANA frames attached to the under side
crashed TO- the earth, knocking down
several byStnnders. and all that re-
manned Of the great airship 1oated
away on the gale, a mass Of blazing
cOrdage n material.
The accident to the Zeppelin airShfD
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-08-14
zEPPEL|H'S BIG FLYER.
WIPED OUT BY F:Lh.aEE
Napoleon of Air Loses Craft by
Fire and Explosion as lie
Triump!ls.
CAUSES IISTEUCTI0T.
Alpine Storm Upsets Denzinc, Which
Ignites Gas Dag During
Repair Work.

Overwhelmed with disaster m his
hour of triumph Count IliprIir We'd
neslay saw the giant aiI:Aip in Which
he has wrcsted the supremacy OF tA'
air from Il score Of competitors catch
fire. explode and drift away Il mass o.
~wreckage on the wings rf Il r,ni>t'r''s
storm. -Four men of the arro&Hut's crew
were badly burned, but Irv?rliu Nini-
self escaped injury. The end OF Xrlpe-
Inns $125.0OO mnchinc-thr fourth he
has constructed-camc at the village Of
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-08-14

The Washington Office of the Panama
Canal Commission hears that the big cut
for the canal at Culebra is about half
completed. ii total of near 4I.0)3,ToO
cubic yards having been excavated. OF
this, however, the American workers have
dug only 1S.4t3.42G yards. Chairnlan
Cocktails has reorGanized the canal work
so as to divide the whole into three
geographical sections, il each of which
the chief has charge OF ell classes of
work ... 3
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-08-14

Representative Glenn, who recently in
troduced into the Georgia Legislature a
bill to invalidatc a marriage contract bas-
ed upon false appearances of the woman
due to the use of pads, stays. criinps,
paints or other artificial devices. has
asked the protection Of the State owing
to the large number of threatening letters
he has received from women in all parts
of fac country. He says he takes it that
the allegations must have some truth or
the women would not be SO angry.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-08-14

5000 feet made by the navigator 40 z
final test of his craft.
Having already lost all hope of max
ing the t~wcnty-fOur hour continu1ls
light demanded by the German govern-
mcut us 4 condition OF the purchase OK
the airship, Count Zeppelin recognized
that time no longer counted and deter.
mined to have thorough repairs eSp-
rutpd before continuing the trip Qa
therefore sent to FricdrichShafen for a
staff OF mechanics to place the balloon
in commission again.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-08-14

NJ. Malcot, a French aeronaut. has de-
veloped a new kind of air craft. which
combines the principles of the balloon and
the aeroplane. The directing part is the
aeroplane of triangular shape. 1t is 60
feet long, with a surface of 400 square
feet and made of bamboo and aluminium.
In it's center are the car and the appara-
tus for propelling and steering the whole.
A twenty-eight horsepower motor drives
q screw fan of walnu wood ten feet long
and giving 100 revolutions a minute.
The while weight of aeroplanp and ma
chinery is attached to a cigarshapcd bal
loon 100 feet long and % feet wide. which
is designed to give additional safety and
buoyancy to the whole.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-08-14
FARMER MUST HAVE HELP.
Secretary Wilson Points Out Reason
for Hard Times.

1t has remained for Secretary of Ag-
true reason for high prices and the high
cost of living which has been bothering
the housewife and the mechanic for sew
eral years past. He says the people,
the laboring people, are themselves to
blame. They fail to provide the neces-
saIy help to the American farmer. In
years zone by the farmer bad his allies
other men who came to his aid, hard
ly supporting him when the burden
grew too vas But low everywhere
in mine and railroad, in factory and
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-08-14

The important City Of Tabriz and a
large part Of Northern Persia nave now
fallen completely into the hands of the
revolutionists. or Nationalists, as they
rall themselves. The soldiers sent under
Ger. Rachin Khan were seized with panic
!, the presence of a vast throng of angry
srt unarmed rebels. and fed the city,
:eavins their camp, with all it's arms and
e-+iliarv. The slergv fed with the SOL
iiers. The Slrnh's palace there was turn
y into the evolutionary headquarters.
1.,.,s. successes have caused new unrest
! ard atolt 'Tehe:.B. the capital, and
government is concentrating troops
-.s 20 rr.Fr-z r.0r.Ew 1'-|7-r7r-
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-08-14
DEATH TAKES i. s.
SENATOR N. B. ALLISON
Noted Statesman Succumbs to Att
tack OF Heart Failure at His
Home in Dubuque.
FIGURE IN IOWA POLITICAL WAR.
Public Career Covering More Than
Three-Score Years Breaks All
Records for Length.

United States Senator William B.
Allison dropped dead at Dubuque.
iowa, Tuosl ly Of heart failure. h
senior senator's Gccr&sc comes on the
eve OF his reelection to another term
In the upper house, where he had been
a leader for years. His death will per
again.
William Boyd Allison was born in
Perry, OHIO. March >. 1922. He passed
his 5oyhpoH days on the farm, securing
his preliminary education at the coun-
try schools. a;Nl graduating from the
Western Reserve College in his native
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-08-14

Echterdingen. near Stuttgart, INC only
Go miles from the finishing point Of the
522-mile aerial journey which the count
was aiming to complete, where tens Of
thousands of persons were already gath
cred to greet him as conQueror of the
air.
Orders have already been given by
Count Zeppelin for the construction Of
another airship. Subscription lists for
funds with which to provide the means
have been opened ip Berlin, Bremen,
II switzerland
Gets Check for $125,OOO.
While the airship was being destroy
ed Privy Councillor Lewald was on his
way to present Count Zeppelin with Il
check for $4,000. the budget estimate
for ~aeronautic experiments. which it
had been decided to give to the uavf-
gator as L reward for his many years
of sacrifice in the interest of the fat:leI-
land.
Passing V Stuttgart at 80 in the
morning on the last stage of its vOyagc.
and steering straight for Friedrichsha-
fen, the Zeppelin airship moved along
with the greatest case. Five miles far
Their on, however, one of the motors
suddenly developed defects and the bal
loon was brought to earth on n plateau
near Echterdingen.
1t was discovered that the cause of
the breakdown WAS the ovcrhcating Of
the piston of the motor and the rrtlur-
ton of the gas in the balloon rs the re-
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-08-14

The new York State Department Of
Agriculture has ordered the cuttt-g down
of q large number of fine apple orcharf'S
where the presence of the San Jose SOL,
has obtained a footlold. If the ow.e~,
do not act the department will send nep
RI ont the trees and collect for the wo.s.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-08-14

What might turn out to be the begin
aing Of a resolution in Turkey is the re-
!,orted mutiny Of 1000 soldiers in the
Monastir District. Threats have been
made BY officers of the Third army corps
to kill all the generals in Macedonia if
the men held for trial for fonenting the
Young Turkey" movement are not re-
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-08-14
un-nca II .ivorce sothcrn.

Virginia Harmed. the noted actress AMI
wife Of e. II. Sothern. now the foremost
American actor. has begun proceed r. II
N,era!a ~ a, l.sv.ee, Oh gsollis q IN
compatibility.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-08-14

Arrangements for Fastening the dis
pursement of about $~750,oOO,OOO are
being made by those officials Of the
gov eminent having control over cop
tracts for supplies. The object is to
ass st in the restoration of normal
business conditions. The government Is
Gle CO the largest buyers in all markets.
Before he went to oyster Bay Presi-
dent Roosevelt told the heads Of de-
partments to see to it that there was
no delay in making the annual con-
tracts for supplies. Bids by the hun
ireds are opened every day. In some
Of the departments. notably the Treas
ury, vacation leaves of absence during
July and August have been cut to the
minimum. The clerks have been needed
il the work of writing specifications
and opening bids. The greatest speed in
the making of contracts is being
shown in the office of the super
visinS architect of the treasury,
toe office in which plans and
specifications for new buildings are
drawn and contracts made for the cree
ton Of the structures authorized by
Congress. More than two hundred
buildings were authorized at the last
session. In addition authority was
given for the acquisition of about one
hundred sites. james Knox Taylor,
the supervising architect. lost no time
in getting his pre!iminaries out of the
way, so now he is ready to award con
tracts.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-08-14

4 natient in the Maahattan Eye, lar
and Throat hos,;tal at New; York. whose
name the doctors refuse 70 reveal. Is sur
ferins from a peculiar form OF hiH'anrss
nh;c5 r,akes him sishtlcss when s~tanlina
up, but VII o~"I $500 = -
impnire-
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-08-14
A 1ooo-Foot BniIIing Next.

Before the new tower of the Metro
politan building is complete, with it's title
to the highest occupied structure in the
world. New York is told that plans have
been drawn for the erection of n tower
LOCO feet nigh+ on the Mills building. in
BROAD street. The owner has not de-
oided definitely.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-08-14

The first formal appeal of the Demo
cratic candidates for contributions to
their campaign fund has been made to
the farmers of the land. 1t begins with
the statement that the first contribution
this year came from an Iowa farmer. a
naturalized Swcde. Bryan's paper, the
Commoner. is asked to call for and re-
ceive the offerings of the farmers, T" be
turned over to the national coulmitte"
later. Bryan has been very busy recair-
ing delegations at his Lincoln home and
comforting with leaders. lie made sew
cral speeches into a photograph machinr