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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-01-31
BANKER WALSH GUILTY.
Former Financial and Political Chief
in Chicago Is Convicted.

Ii ShlSnSo - ASSSo.
The jury in the case of John r.
Walsh, the Chicago banker and politi-
clan, found the defendant guilty. The
trial was one of the most bitterly con-
tested legal struggles known in the his
tory Of the Chicago federal courts.
Walsh was a unique figure in the
history of Chicago. His growth has
been practically coincident with the
growth of the city. AS a boy he came
there when the city was a village, and
as a man the village that he knew has
grown to as great proportions as him
seh. Irish Iemigrant, newsboy, small
merchant, politician. banker, railroad
president, and newspaper publisher
mark sAe chapters in the life Of John
r. Walsh, central figure in the great
trial recently closed. 1t was in 1850
that he made his first great stride to-
ward his millions. The war coming,
and Walsh was the first nan in the
west to see the great possibilities Of
general circulation Of the newspapers.
In partnership with Mentally he found
ed the Western News Company.
Dec. IS, 1905, it was announced that
walsh's banking institutions had been
declared insolvent by the authorities.
With this announcement came the as
surance that the banks of the city had
rallied to the assistance of the deposit
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-01-31
TOLD IN a FEW LINES.

In an attempt to rob the Citizens
National bank at Long View, Texas. Alex
Walker, a negro, was shot by Sheriff Lit
tie and probably fatally wounded.
The new whitehead torpedo developed a
speed of thirty-one and thirty-two knots
in tests off Newport, r.. L., of a c~onsign-
ment recently purchased abroad.
Bright sunshine and summer breezes
called a summertime crowd to Coney Isl
and, y. Y. the other day. 1t is estimated
that 10000 people went to the island.
Rioting followed the announcement in
M~id-Devonshire, England, that IN cleo
ton TO fill a vacancy in the House of
Commons had been won by the Conserya-
tives.
President Roosevelt has approved the
recommendation Of the isthmian canal
commission approved by Secretary Taft
to increase the width of the canal locks
to no feet.
Senator Jefferson Davis of Arkansas
said, Il don't believe any man on earth
ever made a million dollars honestly't in
an address before a mass meeting of the
Progressive Democratic League in Cooper
Union hall. New York.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-01-31

oCs and would lay all Indebtedness.
Investigation of the failure continued
until early in 1906, when matters be-
came serious for Walsh, and he was
arrested on complaint Of the district
attorney. The main charge on which
Walsh was placed On trial is in effect
that he on Nov. Is, 1905, in sworn re-
port to the comptroller, understated
the amount of the banks loans to its
officers and directors by nearly $3,O0O,-
GOO, and overstated other loans to a
generally similar amount. The result
was to hide the fact of 100000 loans
by Walsh to himself. Tragedy and
scandal entered the case for the first
time when Attorney Hamill was made
the target for the weapon Of Mrs.
Beatrice Metcalfe, who followed the
lawyer out of the courtroom and fired
at him in an effort to kill him.
John r. Walsh's conviction Of felony
in the seventy-first year Of his age
came as a shock to the community
where he has lived and prospered for
SO long. Until a little over two years
ago his position in Chicago was, and
for many years had been, n of inhu-
ence and responsibility. He was sup
posed to be a very rich man. He had
taken a part in every great enterprise
for the building up OF the city. His
judgment was respected, his integrity
unquestioned. And now, in his old
age, twelve of his fellow citizens, after
probing into his life, declare him
guilty of a serious crime, punishment
Of which is Imprisonment.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-01-31
o NEWS T

The United States dredge boat Henry
Fladd. worth $4,000, was burned to
the waters edge at her mornings in Mem
phis.
Fire in a New York factory building
occupied by the Grossman Shoe Company
and the Happel iron foundry caused q
loss of 100000.
The four trust companies of st. Louie
announced that they would pay 3R per
cent Jon savings deposits and 4 per cent
on certificates of deposit.
There is talk in army circles of still
further reducing the weight of the emer-
gency ration from sixteen to twelve
ounces.
In China it is not possible for .
father to leave more property to one
son thar to another; all must share
equally.
New Jersey railway commissioners re-
pert that from July % to Dec. 1, 1907,
los persons were killed and 1913 injured
by railroads in the State.
Jadge John II. Ames resigned from the
Supreme Court of Nebraska because Of
the health of his wife. which makes it
necessary for him to leave the State.
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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-01-31

1548-Martin Luther preached his fare
we'll sermon at Wittenberg.
1639-Civil government organized in
Connecticut with the adoption of
what is said to be the first written
constitution known to history.
1G66-Lsuis XIV. of France declared
war on England.
1700-Lemoine d'lberville took possession
Of the Mississippi in the name of
France. ~.
1712-Rebert Walpole expelled from the
House of Commons and committed TO
the Tower.
1751-First colonial assembly of Georgia
met.
1166-Pitt advocated in Parliament the
repeal of the stamp act.
17T7-Vermont declared itself a free and
independent State.
1T7S-France recognized independence of
the United States.
17S1-Americans defeated the British at
battle of Cowpens.
17S4-American Congress ratified the
treaty with Great Britain.
l7S9-Charles ". proclaimed King of
Spain.
l797-Weekly mail service established
between the United States and Can
ada. o
lS0o-Michigan territory formed from a
part of Indiana.
lS09-English defeated the French at
battle of Corunna. .
1S1O-Masked balls prohibited in New
York and Philadelphia.
lS13-Americans repulscd the British at
Frenchtown, on Lake Erie John
Armstrong of New York became Sec
rotary of War.
lS14-Thanksgiving in Great Britain for
successes over Bonaparte. .Bayonnc
invested by the British. .
lS16-The French standards taken at
Waterloo deposited in the Chapel
Royal, Whitehall. af
tS26-Phurtpore taken by the British
nndcr Lord Combermere.
tS4o-Steamboat Lexington burned on
Long Island sound, 3witheloss of 14l
lives. s F..3 Gs@
lS47-Gev. Bent of New Mexico killed
in an uprising of Mexicans. @&
toCA-NeW CONSTITUTION puDlSHeu ny
Louis Napoleon of France.
lS54-WilIiam Walker, the flibuster,
proclaimed the republic of Sonora
in lower California.
1361-Lola Montez, adventures who
caused abdication of Louis Charles
of Bavaria, died in poverty in New
York.
1S71-United States Supreme Court de-
clared the legal tender act of 1862
constitutional. King William of
Prussia proclaimed German Emperor.
1S75-President Grant approved the act
for resuming specie payments.
1S75-Steamer City of Columbus wrecked
off Gay Head, with loss of 81 lives
New State capitol at Des
Moines, dedicated.
1SS5-British force defeated the troops
of the Mahdi at battle Of Abu klea.
1S91-Parncll presided over meeting of
Irish National League in Dublin.
1S96-Capture of Coomassies and end of
the Ashantiswar.
1~9O3-Several thousand lives lost in
earthquake at Andijan, Russian Tur-
key.
19O5-Japanese entered Port Arthur. F. !.
Fifty-nine lives lost in avalanche at
Bergen, Norway.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-01-31

A severe earthquake RACED houses on
the island of Hayti.
Canada was officially assured that Jap
anese immigration would be restricted.
Japan and Canada came to a fnal
agreement on the immigration question.
Mounted police had serious week to
quell socialist riots in the streets Of Ber-
lin.
The peace terms submitted by the Shah
of Persia were accepted, and peace asain
reigns in Teheran.
NJ. Blerist, the noted aeroRaut, fell
from his machine, in Paris, and barely
escaped with his life.
The Russian War Department ordered
the formation of a war automobile corps,
based on the German idea.
Henry Farnam, French n%erenaut, wen
a $10,e0O prize for plotting an aersplans
successfully four-fifths of a mile.
Berlin was brought face to face with
the problem of feeding 1900 starving
schoo! children during the winter.
European students of affairs declared
the only hope for Pertugal's salvation
was the establishing of a republic.
4 sensation was caused in the German
court scandal by the revelation thdt q
sister of the Kaiser supplied the iEfsrHa-
ton upon which the accused Harden
based his editorial attacks.
Prince Bernard of Saxeweimar, who
renowned his rank to wed the widowed
Countess Lucchesini, died in Berlin.
Russia was reported to be considering
the construction of five s%quadrons of bat
tleships at an estimated cost of $1,000
G0G.OD0.
japanese authorities profcssed great
concern over reports from the United
States indicating the adoption of a strict
exclusion measure.
The pretender was proclaimed Sultan
OF Morocco under condition that he would
expel the French troops and reject the
Algerciias convention.
Prince joseph Rospigliosi made an eff
fort to nave the Pope review the first
marriage of his wife, he contending that
it was irregular.
A retired German army officer, in q
pamphlet, highly praised officers of The
United States army, but said he thought
little of its personnel.
Winthrop Scarrit, a lieutenant of Stuy-
vesant Fish in the collection of English
proxies, was thrown from a balloon in
London and Seriously hurt.
England was reported as making plans
to send q large fleet over the poth taken
by the United States Pacific squadron.
The British ships are to start in March.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-01-31
1z M\A,saaEHS
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Chicago-Cattie, coamon 10 prime,
$500 to $500; hogs, prime heavy, $4.O3
to $4.4O; sheep, fair to choice, $500
to $5.15; wheat, Ne. 2, 96c to 9Scs
corn, No. 2, 5Sc to &c.; oats, standard,
49c to 6Oc; rye, No. 2, Sc to Sc; hay,
timothy, $3.50 to $3.50; prairie, $500
to $11.5O; butter, choice creamery, 24c
to Bic; eggs, fresh, zoe to 23c; potatoes.
per bushel, 55c to Csc.
1ndianapolis-Cattle, shipping. $500
to 5000; hogs, gsod to choice heavy,
$3.50 to $4.60; sheep. common to prime,
$500 to $500; wheat, No. 2, BIC to 0Sc;
corn, No. 2 white, SIC to 56c; oats. No.
white, 49c to Bic.
st. Louis-Cattle, $3.50 to $500; hogs,
$4.OO to $4.4O; sheep, $500 to $5.25;
wheat, No. 2, $1.O1 to $1O5; corn, Ne. 2,
55c to 56c; oats, Ne. 2, 49c to sic: rye
No. 2, SIC to SAC.
Cincinnati-Cattle, $500 to 1925;
hogs, $500 to $4.S6; sheep, $500 to
$5OO; wheat, Ne. 2, $1.O1 to $1.O2; corn,
No. 2 mixed, 55c to SIC; oats, No. 2
mixed, Soc to SIC; rye, Nc. 2, SIC to Sc.
Detroit-Cattle, $500 to 1925; kogs,
S4.OO to S4.55; sheep, $3.50 to $500;
wheat, No. 2, SLIGO to $1.O1; corn, Ne. 8
yellow, 59c to Soc: eats, No. 3 white.
&c to 5544o; rye, Ne :, Sic TO 3
Milwaukee-Wheat, No. 2 northern,
$1.O7 to $1.09; corn, No. 8, SIC to sec;
oats, standard, Soc to 52c; rye, No. /.
83c to SIC; barley, No. 2, 99c to $1.0O;
pork, mess, $3.50.
Bufalo-Cattle, choice shipping steers,
$500 to $5.75; hogs, fair to choice, $3.50
to $4.65; sheep, coRmen to good mixed.
$500 to $3.50; lambs, fair to choice,
$500 to $3.50.
New York-Cattle. $4.oe 10, $s.12:
hsss, $3.50 to $3.50; sheep, $3.50 70
$50; wheat, Ne. 2 red. $1.O4 to $1.O5:
csrn, No. 2, CSC to &c: oats, natural
white, b4c to Sec; butter, creamery, 27c
to 31c; eggs. western, 22c to 2c.
Toledo-wheat. No. 2 mixed, csc to
$1.o0; corn, Ne. 2 mixed, SEC to SIC:
eats, Ne. 2 mixed, SIC to 53c; rye, No.
2, Bic to S3c: clever seed, prime, $10.72.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-01-31
RAILROAD OVER OCEAN
NOW RUNNING TRAINS
Henry NJ. FIagler Has Line to
Key West Already Partly
Completed.
CONCRETE ARCHES ARE USED.
Novel Engineering Feat Is Described
as the Most Remarkable in
the World.

The most remarkable railroad in the
world, which Henry Al. Flagler is build
ing ON concrete arches through the shall
low waters Of the ocean along the gar
land Of palm groves that cover the keys
south of Florida, is now in operation
for a distance Of eighty-one miles to
Knights Key, and regular trains are
running over it. Through sleeping cars
will be provided from New York ard
Chicago, and they ultimately viii be
carried across on Il ferry from Key
West to Havana, making the distance
in six hours. The railway is more than
half done, and, as the present terminus
ar Knights Key has all the facilities
for handling the traffic, Mr.. Flsgler
decided to place the completed portion
in operation and have it earning the
expense Of maintenance, at least, while
the remainder of the track is finished to
Key West. Practically so per cent of
all the construction work is done and
everything will be ready for through
trains to Havana by the opening of the
tourist season next winter.
Knights Fey, the present terminus
OF the Flagler system, is o miles
south of Miami, forty-seven miles north
of Key West and 115 miles north of
Havana. The road between Miami and
knights Key is built twenty-eight miles
upon the main land Of Florida and
eighty-one miles across and between
forty-tWo keys. Fol- nearly one-half of
the distance the railway track passes
over the water on concrete arches,
whose foundations rest upon the bottom
Of the sea.
At the OWL Of Homestead, twenty
eight miles south of Miami, the track
leaves the continent of North America
II starts upon it's way over the ocean.
Seventeen miles south of that point it
reaches Key Largo, the largest Of the
keys. which is fifteen miles long, and
from there jumps from key to key by
means of massive masonry and EN-
bankments Of cement and coral rock.
Ip crossing the deeper channels several
drawbridges have been provided to per-
nit of the passage of vessels. The in
tervening water between the ferty-twO
keys varies in width from a few hun
dred feet to two miles or more, and
in depth from a few inches to thirty
feet. The embankments are rip-rapped
with rock to prevent washing, and are
defended by piles and every other de-
vice that the engineers could invent
to protect the roadway from the at
tacks Of the water, which is sometimes
stirred UP into great violence by the
force Of the wind. The track is tAirty-
enc feet above high water, so that the
passengers in the railway trains may
sit in the windows Of Pullman cars in
serenity and have IN opportunity Of
seeing how the Atlantic Ocean looks
in, a gale.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-01-31
~~~~~~~~~~

The favorable d~eveIsp4aents in banking
esnd1tieAs this week provide an encouraS-
Ing haaS for early improvement in the
~tndYGataal situation. Aside from the Inn
peatAte effect In strengthening sentiment,
there are features which testify to better
nnt. The volume Of paynents through
tho banks II seen - be the largest in
slsvsA weeks. and factory operations fur
NM employment to an extent which rap
Idly reduces the idle ranks Of labor.
A largely increased commercial mortal,
ity nay excite csnnent, but this really
eaas to stability By tho elimination Of
concerns suffering iron organic weakness.
New demands make IN improving exhibit
In ireh and steel, nAa ether branches are
mSre disposed to increase production.
There II less apprehension as to adj
vancinx undertakings requiring heavy OUT
Ihyp In construction and building work.
RA2read plans are nearer the tine Of
i1dAGfisn and much activity ID probable
shsull the cost Of financing become more
inviting.
Dhtributive trade coAtinues Of season
able extent. Dealings in the leading re-
tail lines bring gratifying reductions in
winter stscks, and Wholesale operations
gather strength frea an increasing pres
ence of visiting buyers
Failures reported in the Chicago dis
trict number AZ, against SO last week
and % a year age. These with liabilities
over 5000 number IL. against z last
week and 6 in 19O.-Dun's Review.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-01-31

made the toy Of q monster. But under
Jerome's severe cross-eXamination she
dropped the mask of girlish innocence
the smooth waters of direct examina-
ton. She revealed herself as a shrewh
woman of the world, at times more
than a match for her questioner.
She told how. when he had learned
Of her relations with White. Thaw
said: "Poor little girl, you have done
no wrong" And yet, she was forced
to admit, that within two weeks he
made her his companion and started on
a tour of Europe which lasted for
months, during all of whichStime they
Travelled as man and wife
Jerome also forced her to admit
Whites kindness to her, his sending
her to school, his paying her surgeons
bill, and his furnishing both her and
mitted that White gave her and her
mother money with which to go to Eu-
rope, and hat once there she went d.
rect to Harry Thaw's quarters.
Evelyn told her story much as she
did a ear ago, leaving out some of
the most indecent details and adding
a few more incidents. Mrs. Thaw had
a remarkably clear recollection as to
what she had testified to a year ago.
Jerome confronted her with hundreds
of the statements made then. in the
hope of confusing her or leading her
into contradictions, but she adhered to
her story in every detail.
Thaw heard his wife's story with
mingled feelings of joy and sorrow. At
times he put his handkerchief to his
eyes and wept. At otEer moments he
smiled with satisfaction that seemed
to have almost a touch of pride. Sew
eraI times he wagged his head at his
wife in a way that caused Jerome to
believe that he was trying to prompt
her.
Other witnesses called after the con-
clusion of Evelyn's story brought out
nothing in particular beyond what was
developed at the former trial
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-01-31
MILLION DOLLAR FIRE.
City Hall and Police Buildings Of
Portland Me. DESTROYED.

City Hall and Police Buildings Of
Portland, Me-, Destroyed.
Fire which caused damage of 81,
100000 destroyed the Portland, Me-,
city hall and police buildings and en-
dangered the lives Of more than 700
persons. The city hall was occupied by
city and county offices, while the police
building sheltered the Supreme, judi
cial and municipal courts, in addition
to the police department. Delegates at
tending the Western Maine Knights OF
Pythias jubilee were in the auditorium
Of the city hall when the flames We're
discovered, but only u few persons were
hurt.
The estimated financial loss does not
include papers in the Office OF the reg
istrar of deeds. where everything was
destroyed. Othes city departments lost
everything, with the exception of the
city clerks and ~treasurer's offices. One
of the most valuable libraries in the
State, the G~reenleaf Law Collection,
was destroyed, with n loss estimated
at $4,000.
The fire originated. in TIL. city cleo
trician's office and was caused by
crossed wires, which made it impossi-
BILE to ring a call for the fire depart
ment in any of the boxes.
The city hall survived the great fire
Of 1866, although it was damaged at
that time. The building had a front
age of $50 feet and was 250 feet Ions.
Its central dome rose 100 feet above the
roof. The building was constructed OF
colored Nova Scotia Albert stone, and
contained eighty rooms.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-01-31
NEW YORK.

A further easing in the financial situa-
ton and very general reports Of improve
mcnts in collections are the leading fea.
lures this week. In trade lines, colder
weatAer and snow lave helped retail dis
tributions somewhat, but price reduction
sales are generally credited with respoq-
sibility for whatever expansion has been
shown In that braach as q whole. Whole
salers and jobbers report sentiment inn
proved, collections beAefted by the return
to normal IN domestic money markets,
Eut trade demands are still below the nor
NAL, and in some sections a late and small
spring tradei is predicted
Business failures in the United States
for the week ending Jan. 16 number 49,,
against 435 last week and 235 in the Tx
week of 1907, 279 in 1905, 304 in 1885,
and 266 in 1904. Canadian failures for
the week number A, as against 63 last
week and 23 in this week a year ago.
-Bradstreet's Report.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-01-31
standard Must Fac. Tri.I.

Judge Hazel IN the United States Dir.
trict Court at Buffalo has handed down
a decision everything the demurrers fled
By the Standard Oil Company to indict-
ments found against it by the grand iury.
at jamestown, n. T., last July, and the
company must stand trial on the indict-
ments, of which there are seven, contain-
ing over 100 cunts In Chicago the
United States district attorney has asked
for an increase in the supersedeas bond
Of the Standard corporation, which has
appealed from the $20,24O.O0O fine i'm
posed by Judge Lands.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-01-31

The grand jury at Kansas City. Mo-,
has returned g Indictments against per-
sons engaged in theatrical work, charged
with violating the old Sunday closing
law. many of those indicted being non
resident actors, who will have to return
for trial or forfeit bonds. Each manager
was indicted as many times as he had
actors and employees working at his the
alter the preceding Sunday, ON the theory
that the employer violates the law as
much by forcing his employees to work as
does the employe by consenting to work.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-01-31

At the last annual meeting of stock
holders of the American Sugar Refining
Company a formal statement was made
that the old policy of secrecy would be
abandoned, and a resolution was adopted
providing for the issue of n statement
showing the company's assets. including
the various plants active and inactive. 1t
was also decided to preserve the %accurnu-
lated surplus as working capital: This
decision for publicity is attributed large
~ to the efforts of Mr.. Clans Spreckels,
who is a large stockholder in the com
pany.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-01-31
s149,oOO,OOO in Bcnefaction..

According to statistics collected by tho
Chicago Tribune, the sum of SASS 100
was given away for the good of mankind
during the year 1907. OF this amount
educational institutions received $7O,-
915,542; religious institutions, $685.
1872; museums, art galleries and public
improvements, S17,247,4OO, and libraries,
$2,943,OOO. The heaviest donors were
John D. Rockefeller, Mrs. Russell Sage
and Andrew Carnegie, in the order NAM
ed, although there were more than "a
dozen others who gave amounts above
$1,OOO,OOO each, and it is noted that
over $3O,OOO,OOO Of the total sum was
contributed by women. So
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-01-31
Surgeons Knife Cures Headache

SurEcOn7N Nnife CureN
After suffering excruciating pains in his
head for twenty-five years, Louis Wolf
son of Cincinnati has secured relief by
having the surgeons cut out two nerves.
The pain was above the eyes and at the
temples and required four or five times
a week. He had consulted the leading
specialists, tried medicines, various forms
of massage and electrical treatment in
vain. The two offending nerves, one on
each side, were between one, and two
inches long and about as thick as a pin.
They are termed sensory nerves--that is,
nerves which give the sense of feeling and
not control of the movement of mus
cles. The headaches have not returned
since the operation. Local surgeons say
Ibis is the first case of the kind on record.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-01-31
Philadelphia Traction Concessions.

Philadelphia Traction Concessions.
President Parsons of the Philadelphia
Rapid Transit Company in a letter trans
mitted to Mayor Reyburn offers a plan
of harmonizing the differences between the
company and the employees who recently
voted to strike. Mr.. Parsons says he will
set apart one day each month to confer
with the committees of the men irrespec-
tive of union affiliations. He is also
willing to reinstate forty-seven of the six
ty men recently dismissed for associat-
ing with the union.