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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-01-17
MINERS ENToMBED FOR WEEKS
Three Men Buried a Thousand Feet
Underground in Nevada.


One morning early in December a
sudden crash of timbers, a muffled
CHATTER of rock cloud of dust told
the engineer of the Alpha mine. near
Ely, New, that the five men he had
just sent down In the cage were buried.
He gave the alarm and a thousand
men, eager to DE Of service, gathered
about the shaft. Supt. Gallagher care
fully picked the men he wanted. noti-
fed Others that he might call upon
them later and at once began efforts to
communicate with the entombad men,
hoping some might have escaped death.
Before nightfall he learaed that two
Greeks were caught in the eave-in and
buried alive, but that the three Ameri-
cans, Bradley, Brown and Mcdonald,
were in no immediate danger. A six
inch pipe runs from the mouth OF the
shaft to the bottom and by removing
the cap from it's base the imprisoned
men managed to talk with Gallagher.
They told him they had a little food
and water enough for two OF three
days.
With rubber devices Gallagher passed
food and liquids down the pipe and
was soon able to supply the men. He
started a drift toward them and ut
first it seemed probable that he would
reach them in a week. Before that
time the unforeseen happened and the
rescuers were compelled to make new
plans. 1t was then announced that ten
days would be sufficient to get to the,
miners, but fresh accidents beyond the
pale of prevention delayed he work
ers. Now Gallagher declines to make
predictions and simply says that lie
will continue his effort as long as he
has strength to direct it. The men
can be saved, he declares, and he will
| save them.
The entombed miners spend their
long days far more cheerfully thar
might be expected in such circum-
| stances. To safeguard them in case
the rescue party is delayed Supt. Gal
lagher has supplied them with enough
provisions to last three weeks. They
receive cooked food, eggs. milk, and
tobacco by means scf a six-inch pipe
running down the shaft. They lave
SolHieCleu lis lhlhe tciSpApiS NitH al
electric cable, and are able to talk daily
with their families and friends. They
are well supplied with news, and have
shown much interest in the Goldfield
crisis. They have plenty of light II
room to move about, so that il they
can endure the long delay they can
wait for rescue with confidence and
comparative comfort.
The rescue party itself has dangers
to face. A cavern below the tempo
rary platform of timbers upon which it
is working might precipitate it hun-
dreds of feet. Each man works with
a rope about his waist. so that if all
suddenly find themselves without any
footing they can be hauled TO safety.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-01-17
TO EyrI,re south America.

A party of Boston scientists, under the
direction of George Melville Boynton. has
organized an expedition to explore the
wilds OF South America. 4 Gloucester
fishing vessel has been bought and will
be christeDed the Discovery. There will
be about thirty-five men in all and the
trip is expected to last five years. Opera
tions will be confined Chiefly to the unex-
plored regions south of the Amazon river.
but the expedition will eventually follow
the Amazon to its source and cross the
Andes. coming out at Punta Parine, Peru.
II the party will be b~otanists. minerolog-
lists, e~thnologists, taxidermists and pho
tographers.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-01-17
OIL WONDER OF THE WORLD.
Indian Territory Has a Great
Wealth Producer in Glenn Pool.

Indian Territory Has a Great
Wealth Producer in Glenn Pool.
Nothing in the history OF oil discov-
cries in the United States equals the
record Of the Glenn pool, near Tulsa,
I. L. There are in operation Lis
wells, which produce a daily average
of 167,70O barrels, and in sixteen
months have sent to market 25,OOO,OoO
barrels. Land which in December,
1905, was wsrth $50 per acre now
brings $500 per acre. Three good
sized towns have been built from the
reflex prosperity Of the pools. Glenn
pool is one Of the wonders Of the world
to men In the business Of petroleum,
and men have come from all wei tho
world to see 1t. Glenn pool Is not only
the most productive pool In the world,
but it is the largest in area. Up to
this time the proven territory covers
some 1900 acres. Rigs are still going
up, and whenever the people in the
business think they have the lines pref
ty well defined along comes q we'll
away OF from production, which ex-
tends the limits of the pool by from
n to three miles. SO nobody knows
anything about the limits Of the pool
except that up to this time 1900 acres
have been proven up.
Millions Of dollars have been spent
in the development of the pool and
millions Of dollars nave been made out
of it. The pipe lines and the equip
| ment run int money as rapidly as wa
ter runs down kill. It costs 5000 to
drill and equip a well. Then 1t costs
| something for the lease and something
for the tankage. To drill and equip
each SO-acre lease takes close to $780,
| 600 in real money. But the pool gives
it all back again. A real good well will
pay for itself in five or ten days
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-01-17

name was Ii Hung Chang. Samson
overheard Ii and remarked superciii-
ously:
when I was in the circus and took
boxing lessons, ! knew several Rhosu-
SEES. They never went back to China.
They were nothing more than miXed-ale
fighters. I'm SamD, the champ. Il
This is what l did to the Rhosuses.
Bing-o."
Samp.'s right shot out, but instead of
alnding on Lis jaw it found only space.
Ii had side-stepped with amazing ease.
The chimDanZcc could not restrain IN
ill-timeG guffaT-, which averted Samp.'s
attention from Ii. There was nothing
more doing IN the pugilistic line until
yesterday. eight rounds had been
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-01-17
SAMP., THE CHAMP, BITES DUST.
King of Bronx Zoo Monkey House
Knocked Out

King of Bronx Zoo Monkey House
Knocked Out.
Samson turned his face to the wall
in the monkey house at the Bronx ZOO
last night and would not be comforted,
says the New York World.
Samson is a heavyweight mandril
and his black fist had put down for the
count every male occupant of the cage.
There came to the cage three days ago
Il Weelz-faced monkey from China. The
other simians, sized up his three feet Of
stature, his well-muscled arms and
cleanly knit legs and agreed that he
looked good to them, though he was
plainly in the lightweight class. He
said In answer to questions that he
was OF the Rbosus family and that his
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-01-17

OF
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A battle between Tommy Burns and
Roche was arranged to take place in Dub
lin on st. Patrick's day.
The Washington State football eleven
defeated that of st. Louis university by
the score of II to O., at Spokane, Wash.
The Coney Island Jockey Club an
nounced that improvements in its plant
now under way will cost at least 100000.
There will be half a dozen Smiths in
the major leagues next season, the Amer
cans having four players of this name
and the Nationals two.
Elmer Collins, the Lynn bicycle rider,
continues to add to his already enviable
record in Paris, and is hailed by the
Frenchmen as the coming worlds cham
pion.
Cincinnati has asked for waivers on
seventeen men. Provided all these play
ers are turned back to the miners, the
next manager of the Reds sill will have
twenty-five athletes to aid him in captur-
ing a second division berth.
Tommy Ryan believes that the best
fighters of to-day are to be found in the
middleweight ranks. He has a poor opin-
ion of the 'heayies," they falling far be-
low the standard of scrappers like JEFF
fries, Sharkey. Ccrbett, Mccoy and i'itz-
simmons in their active ring days.
The baseball critics seem inclined to
the belief that the Bostons got all the
best of the big deal with New York. The
Bean Eaters, it would seem. should occu-
ply a higher place in the race than they
have held for the past few years.
Haskins. the intercollegiate champion.
may be barred from representing the
American team at the Olympic games.
Haskins is not an American citizen. He
was born in Australia and comes under
the same ruling as that which affects Con
Leahy and Dennis Murray, the two Irish
athletes who wanted to represent Amer
ica.
In order that they may be kept in
active training for the Olympic games in
England next summer. a movement is on
foot that has for it's object a visit of the
best of the Canadian athletes to New
York and Boston. where indoor meets
would be held. If the scheme pans out,
Tom Flanagan, John Flanagan's brother,
will have charge of the party.
The New Orleans baseball club will
erect a S30.aG0 steel stand.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-01-17
sent about twenty of his patients under

sent about twenty of his patients under
the charge of traine nurses, and each
supplied with q moderate amount Of
money, to the department stores. The
entire party was so dressed and conducted
that no ~intimation was given of its real
nature, and this was not suspected by
the other shoppers, the unfortunate wom-
en- deporting themselves in the most con-
ventional and natural way possible.
Luncheon was eaten at the restaurant,
which all enjoyed, and it was with re-
luctance. out no attempt at resistance,
that they returned to their quarters in
the asylum.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-01-17
FACTS ABOUT go:
THE CENSUS.


Though we are still getting bulletins
and reports based on the census of 1900,
the time has come to begin active prepare
tons for the enumeration ofN1S10. Bills
have been introduced covering the main
features of the next census, and an APP
preparation of $14,O00,0OO will be askeds
1t is nearly five years since a perma-
nent census office was established. The
maintenance of a sort of skeleton organ
~ization should make for economy, system
and superior efficiency during the next
census and the tabulation and publica-
ton of its results. 1t is proposed to re-
strict the inquiries to population, agricul-
ture, manufacturing, mines and quarries.
All sorts of suggestions nave been made
for particular and additional inquiries,
but while the utility of some of them is
undoubted, limitation is deemed necessary
in the interest of accuracy, speed and
economy.
To complete the work of enumeration
in a shorter period than usual, it is pro-
posed to employ 65,000 enumerators in
stead of $4,000, the number employed in
1900. Thirty-fve hundred clerks and $50
supervisors will be required, and an effort
is to be made to secure high-class men
| for the various branches of the work. "A
census generally brings a scramble for
patronage" each member of Congress ex-
| pecting to nominate a certain number of
| clerks and to use pull" where the appli-
| cant's qualifications are not up to the
standard. This time it is proposed to dis
regard political affiliations and to hole ex-
aminations for clerical positions lof the
non-competitive kind) under the direction
of t. civil service commission. 1t is
further provided that the director may
| give preference to persons of previous ex-
p~erience and good records in census work.
While these tests do not err on the side
of s~trictness, the spoilsmen of the old
school are expected to Enc them too dras-
tic, so that a fight against features prom
sing efficiency is not improbable. The
supervisors are to be appointed by the
President and paid fair salaries. They
will in turn nominate the enumerators
the appointment of such nominees being
left TO the director.-Chicago Record-Her-
aid.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-01-17
,1iII owner. cantiaua.

The prevailing sentiment among New
England manufacturers seems to be one
of decided conservatism, and while it is
thought that trade conditions will improve
somewhat during 1908. no full revival is
looked for until after the presidential
election. 1t is estimated that from poo
OGB to 100000 employees of New England
industries will be en- a short-timc basis
during the FIRST part of the coming year.
This is partially due to the arrangement
now being made by cotton manufacturers
to curtail the output % per cent from
Christmas to March /.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-01-17
Horse Complete. Electric circuit.

A novel device by which a horse is
made part of an electrical circuit has
been reported to the War Department by
Lieut.. A. G. Knowles of the One Hun
bred and Thirtieth Infantry, at Fort
Leavenworti, where tests have been made
for permitting communication between
mounted operators. By placing a small
piece of copper properly connected with
the telegraph or telephone Instrument
against the animals body, a ground con-
~nection is completed through the horses
feet, and the operator is enabled to trans
nit messages to his base without stopping
his horse.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-01-17
ToLp IN a FEW LINES.

The Russian war department has or
dered the formation Of a military auto
mobile corps, to be based on the German
model.
Pierre Jules Cesar Jansen, the cello
brated French scientist and director OF
the Meubon observatory, is dead in Paris.
Re was born in 1874.
w. H. Williams, member Of the board
of review of Columbus, Ohio, died Of
stroke of paralysis. He wal one ct the
lest known Democratic politicians II
Ohio.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-01-17
F1exner transfers vital organ.

A paper read before the American AS
ISOLATION for the Advancement of Science
in the University of Chicago reveals the
fact that,Dr. Simon Flexner of New York
City has succeeded in transplanting ar
teries from one animal to another sue
cessfully. The experiments have thus
far been confined exclusively to the lower
animals, but the favorable results in this
field are believed to point the way to a
successful application of the practice to
human beings.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-01-17
photos sent by wireless.

Pascal Berjonneau, an inventor, recent
" exhibited before the Postmaster Gen
eral at Paris a new autobiography ap
paratus which can be adapted to the
wireless system or to the ordinary tele
graph wire system. He transmitted tht
picture of the postmaster without the ait
OF wires from one end of the hall to thu
other. The inventor claims hat distance
does not interfere with the effectiveness:
of his method. Photographs, he says
can be sent by it between New York ant
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-01-17

DR.. Henry S. Atkins. superintendent OF
the St. Louis Asylum for the Insane, has
been testing an entirely new course OF
treatment for mild cases of insanity
among the woman patients, it being moth
ing more or less than a Christmas shop
ping expedition. 1t is his theory that
anything which occupies the mind pleas
antly without causing too much excite-
ment must DE beneficial. He therefore
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-01-17
ships to use GyrSscopc.

1t is, reported that the Hamburg-Amer-
lean line, having bought the German
rights of the Schlich gyroscope, intends
to equip all its North Sea and channel
boats with the apparatus. which it is ex-
pected will keep the ship steady in the
toughest weather. The syroscepe will be
located at the stern of TING vessel.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-01-17
Many Air ship Bid. Received.

Gen. Allen of the Army Signal Corps
is receiving a lot of letters daily con
thinning bids for the proposed airships
to be tested next spring. Most of them,
however, are from irresponsible dreamers
and the bonn ide proposals are still few,
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-01-17
Public Land shark. Set Free.

Judge Lewis of Denver, in ruling that
contracts to transfer public lands held
Under dummy entries are not illegal it
made before Allotment. has freed seven
teen men indicted for such frauds, but an
ap1eal YVES 20 10 takcl at once.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-01-17

William Crosby, a publisher OF Bos-
ton, who dfeH the other day at the age of
50 years, { refused poems that were
by Eongfellow.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-01-17

his left and shot his right to Champs
jaw. When Champ woke up he was
alone in a corner, whittier he had been
dragged.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-01-17

A Greek. bound to fatherland, took
wrong train ont of Chicago and went to
San francisco.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-11
SUTHERLAND
VICTIM OF OWN
WEAK BRAIN
INSPIRED BY 0PlATES TO COM
NIT CRIME
POLICE SAY SLAYER WAS NOT
DESPERATE CROOK
Apology to Brother-in-Law for Telling
Him a Lie Indicates Trace
of Workings of Hls
Conscience
SUTHERLAND APOLOGY

Dear Charlie: If you ever receive TINS
note I will be dead. 1 have been an OUT
law all my life, but 1 swear tried TO
reform when L met Nanny. BUT
seems fate was against me. Inc Loru
knows / tried to hold my jobs ana 40
rifht. Probably / couldn't force mysen
to be quite "servile'' enough to make
success at the profession was unfortu-
nate to take up in lieu OF something
hettcr. guess L deserve all 1 got, but
wish TO say that the reason lied TO you
and borrowed that SS6 was because
had to save that amount In order 10
carry out my plan, and ns L loved Mummy
and didn't want to run any more risks
than necessary nor have to run the
chance of killing a policeman or store
keeper in robbjng a store. In order to
ret the money 1 borrowed 1t OF you
left n letter to Jack Hendrickson, the
policeman in charge of Chester place,
telling him all and asking him to see
that rou received my pistols. You can
easily get more than $35 for them as
souvenirs, as 1 have been quite char
acter as you well know IL 1 am killed.
leave this and other letters so II
get what's coming to me 1 can square
up things the best 1 can.
Please do the best you can for Nanny.
1 would have IL 1 had won, but Ii lose
of course can't. Yours truly,
CARL SUTHERLAND.
p. s.-Beiieve me, 1t was my only
chance.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-11
THOUSAND CROWNS FOR
RETURN OF A VAN DYCK

! NEW YORK, Sept. 10.-Notices !
- of an offer of 1000 crowns for the \
j discovery or return of Van Dyck i
i which was stolen recently from \
i gamery in Vienna are being sent Il
!. out to all customs inspectors and 4
!. art dealers from the Austro-Hun- ].
j garfan consulate in this city. The +
i painting "Kopf Zines Kinder j.
!. (head of a child was cut out of X
4 it's frame in the gamery of Count 4
j. Marrach in Vienna in the forenoon =
+ of August "a. A day or two later =
i cable message was received at +
i the consulate from the prefect of =
!. police in Vienna saying that Count !
1. Marrach had offered 1000 crowns =
X for the return of the painting. A =
i photograph of 1t has been received 4
! here and printed notice announcing =
X the theft and offer of reward. Ac- =
K cording to the project in his letter :
!. to the consul general, the painting 7
!. was valued at 'many thousand y
4 crowns"
i The painting measures 12x14 =
J. inches. In the lower right hand =
4 corner is the signature wv. T. 229." =
j. The authorities in Vienna believe =
! that those who stole it will attempt +
!. to smuggle it into the United =
4 states. and the customs inspectors J.
/ have been notified to watch for It, =
4 \ i ! i. i - i i j. = 4 .+--s. 4 y y = =
Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-11
FEDERAL SUSPECT IS
RELEASED BY JUDGE
Man Accused of Theft of $4,000
from Chicago Subtreasury Is
Given Freedom for Lack
of Evidence

CHICAGO, Sept. 1O.-George w. Fitz-
gerald, accused by the state authorities
of the theft of $4,000 from the United
States subtreasury here, was freed by
Judge Chetlain today. United States
Subtreasurer Boldenweck, acting on in
structions not to disclose evidence
gathered by the federal authorities
took the stand and refused to testify
Judge Chetlain thereupon discharged
the prisoner.
When the sensational theft was dis
covered Fitzgerald was suspected by
the federal authorities, but they ulti-
mately dropped that lead for lack OF
discriminating evidence. A private de-
tective later worked on the case for
MIR. Boldenweck personally and Sc
cured alleged evidence on which Fitz-
gerald was arrested recently on state
warrant. At the United States dis
trict attorneys Office it was asserted
the evidence was insufficient to con-
vict. This was followed yesterday by
instructions that federal employees
should not testify. Without this evil
dence it was impossible to show the
basic fact that crime had been COM
mitted.
No further court action is contem-
plated.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-11
JUDGE ORDERS
LETTERS SHOWN
EPISTLES TO BE USED AGAINST
STANDARD Oil
Deal with Sums Which Government
Charges Were Paid to Spies Hired
to Tell Competitors
Shipments
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Sept. 1O-Frank B
Kellogg, special deputy attorney gen.
eral, who is prosecuting the govern
ment's suit against the Standard Oil
company of New Jersey, resorted to
the United States circuit court today
to force the production of letters he
had previously demanded from c. L.
Ceilings, second vice president of the
Standard Oil company of Kentucky.
The governments lawyer obtained
from Judge Ward :. subpoena ordering
MIR. Ceilings to produce the missing
letters. This was served on the Stand
ard official as he left the witness stand
where he had been testifying before
Special Examiner Franklin Ferries.
The letters demanded by the govern
ment were about forty in number and
written by M. Maxon, a Standard
agent, to the late w. G.. Elliott, for
merly stenographer in Mr.. Ceilings
Cincinnati office.
They dealt with alleged sums which
the government charged were paid by
the Standard Oil company of Kentucky
to its agents for the purpose of buying
information as to competitors ship
ments This information in some cases,
the government alleges, was bought
from railroad employees, oil inspectors
and others.
This, however is denied by the STAN
dard Oil company.
On being served with the subpoena
Mr.. Ceilings said he would not say
whether the letters would be produced
or not until he had a chance to confer
with counsel. The court order states
that the letters must be produced in
court on Monday morning.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-11
MATE OF STEAMER ROANOKE
ARRESTED FOR MISCHIEF

PORTLAND, Ore, Sept. 10.-Louis
Black, first mate of the steamer Roa-
noke, is under arrest charged with hav-
ing endangered the lives of residents in
the southern part of this city yesterday
by discharging the Lyle gun, kept
aboard ship for casting life line in case
o, wreck at sea.
The shot struck more than mile
north of the boat, lighting in the
yards of the oregon Railroad and Navi-
cation company. 1t tore a hole a foot
deep after causing considerable damage
to the companys pump station. 1t ap-
pears that the missile had broken from
the line to which it is usually at
tached.
After arrest Mate Black said that he
fred the shot in pursuance to pro-
vision of the federal law which re-
quires such guns to be fired once in
thirty days to insure that they are in
perfect condition. This is the, second
time within year that shot from a
Lyle gun has escaped its fastenings.
On the previous occasion it lit in a
thickly. populated part of the city,
barely missing several children at play.