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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-06-05
FATAL To AERONAUT
LEGS ENTANGLED IN FOLDS or
STARS AND STRIPES.
Flag Which Boy Aeronnut Had Used
o Salute Crowd is Caught by Puff
OF Wind and Wrapped Around Hk
Limbs Just9)fore Plunge Into River

Entangled in the folds OF a large
American flag with which he had made
q parachute drop OF 2,nna feet from a
N. J., late Sunday. Frederick L. Wood.
an 1S-year-old %aeronaut of New Ha-
ven, Conn. fell helplessly in the Pas
sale river inc was drowned. UP to a
late hour Sunday night the body had
not been recovered.
Wood mad his ascensian at 5
o'clock p. m. in the presence Of 1000
persons. AS the balloon assembled
Wood unfurled a large American flag
Nutley the balloon had risen to a
height estimated at 1000 feet and
Wood decided to descend. Cutting
loose the rope that held the parachute
to the balloon and clutching the rope
Of his horizontal bar, Wood plunged
downward. Slowly the parachute
opened and then with moderate speed
continued the descent Near the earth
Wood saw that he would probably fall
into the Passaic river, and waving his
flag as a last salute he prepared o
a plunge into the water. 1t was at this
moment, while the parachute was only
100 feet above the river. that a Pun
OF air caught the floating nag and
wrapped 1t around Woods legs. The
aeronaut strove to free himself from
the %eveloping folds, but failed and
plunged into the river. He arose to
the surface and cried for help, but be-
fore the anecfaforS could coma fo hJS
aid Wood sank and was drowned.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-06-05
NINE WORTHLESS.
Stock Doomed for Ycars-SG5O, 600 Is
Gone.

Gone.
Another mining bubble burst We'd
nesday when It became known that
the Amador Mining and Development
company, OF Montana, a %10,O00,O00
corporation, with headquarters in Chi
cago, had come to an end. Letters
mailed Thursday informed 400
Stockholders. the majority Chicasoans,
that the copper-gold mine in which
they have sunk $685. 900 is worthless.
With the crash of the concern,
which had done a. thriving business
In selling stock for six years, interest
increases in the whereabouts of the
secretary and general manager, D.. e.
Mackinnon. who pea to be the
only interested erson who ever prof.
tied from the enterprise. Mr.. Mac
ktnnon organized the company n
doomed the stock sales for five years.
A year 6 he departed to Boston.
where he opened a branch office. n
since that time he has spent only one
day in Chicago.
Inquiries made by the stockholdeTs'
committee since the fiasco became
apparent resulted in information hat
Mr.. Mackinnin had left Boston for
some place in Maine. the exact loca-
ton Of which all efforts failed to estab-
fish.
The stockholders We're considering
a proposal to purchase Mackinnon's
half interest IN the mine for sl50,oOe
when they woke up. They already had
paid him for an option on the prop
erty.
The president of the company Is
William Surman, of C~arlinville, III.
George LII the Chicago coal dealer.
is vice president, Robert NJ. Maher is
treasurer. and T. D.. Fuller assistant
secretary. Herman Goettsch is a dk
rector The Investigation of the mine.
which resulted in the revelation of it's
worthlessness, was conducted by a
committee headed by Mr.. Lii.
In the six years life of the
a total Of only five car of ore was
taken from the mine. The stockhold-
ers' money WAS sunk in e~Xtravagant
equipment on the surface, in glowing
literature. expensive offices, and junk
cts Of prospective investors.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-06-05
TOLD IN A FEW LINES.

An operation on Jacob Ritz. who shot
himself at New York, removed four ounces
of his brain, but he retains all his tacul-
ties.
Alvin F. Heaton, Jr., a school boy IN
Kanab, Utah, is said to have confessed
numbering Mary Stevens, 10 years old, to
whom he had been attentive.
United States citizens residing in the
City of Mexico are conducting an excit-
ing ballot to see whether or not intoxi-
cants shall be served at the Fourth Of
July celebration.
The defalcation of William Montgom-
cry, formerly cashier of the Allegheny
National bank at Pittsburg, will reach
81, 100000. instead of 100000, as first
estimated, it is said.
William B.. Truesdale, president of the
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western rail-
road, in an interview in New York declar-
ed that the anthracite coal trade had not
suffered as greatly as generally supposed
during the business depression.
Fire destroyed property valued at $751;
300 at Barrytown Landing. n. Y. Nearly
every building in the town was destroyed.
1t is believed the fire started from .
plumbers lamp At the Riverside Hotel.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-06-05
STRENUOUS WORK IN PULPIT.
REV. "Billy' Sunday Collnpscs Aftes
Pounding Desk to Pieces.

REV. sBilly'' Sunday Collapses After
Pounding Desk to Pieces.
The Rev. Billy Sunday, the ex-
professional baseball player, closed a
series OF revival meetings at the taber-
nacie at Sharon, Pa, Sunday. He got
SO excited preaching to a large audi
ence and so intent on leaving an i'm
preston on his converts after he left
the city hat he pounded the hardwood
pulpit into splinters with his fist. He
pulled Off a large silver Of wood from
the desk and beat the air with 1t to
emphasize his remarks. He would
grasp the stick like a batter facing
the pitcher. measure the distance with
his club and beat the air as If pond
out a three-bagger. Many Of his lis
teners were baseball fans, and they
watched with Intense interest to see
the reverend Billy take on an mag
mary ball as he sought to drive home
some particular player tagging on a
base. AT the close OF the ermon Sun
day collapsed from sheer exhaustion.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-06-05

[R1 Mz27R4E;AlW UNQ,

Representatives of the state land
department have been in the western
part of the state looking over the zap
itol building lands, and making a pre-
liminary estimate as to their selling
value, with the possibility Of Offering
some of the lands this year. There is a
tract of such and in Pennington ana
Meade counties not far from NaSta'
which is value by the men who look
ed it over at from $3.50 to $40 an
acre. most Of it being good land, but
a portion of it rough. In Butte cOun-
ty, no effort was made to place a value
on the state building lands, which lie
in the vicinity of Camp Crook. But
they are generally reported to be a
good grade Of land, and with a rail-
rod in that vicinity would sell as we'll
as any of the building lands in the
state. If any of the n west of thu
river are offered this year they VII.
without doubt be those near Wasta.
s
The probabilities now are that thu
proposition for county division IL
Butte county which will be for one
county on the range lines between
nine and ten, from what is called tn
jog in the county line to the state
line. The rest of the county to be di
vided into two practically equal coun
ties, the south half to be known a..
Butte, and the north half as Stokes.
This plan is meeting the approval OF
the people of Lennon and Camp
Crook, each of which eNpects to be a
county seat under its provisions The
people Of Belle Fourche will oppose
any county division at present, n ask
for a wait of a year or two and sec
y,h1f f,t,jrn Inlnrrnpr will hri1 q
forth. Betweetn them they promise
to have an interesting campaign both
before the commissioners, and if the
petition is granted, again at the polls.
The vote on the herd law in Lyman
county gives about $50 majority in
favor of the contention of the home
steaders. The vote was in favor of the
change in every precinct in the county
kept Oacoma, which contains the
county seat. This is the entering
wedge against the free range provi-
siOns west Of the Missouri river, anC
will be just as effective for that part
of Stanley county near the Lyman
county line, as it will be for Lyman
itself, for a steer turned loose is likely
to get into forbidden territory at any
time and his owner find damages to
pay for allowing him to run at large.
State Surveyor U. s. Griggs held an
examination for those desiring survey
ors' permits in this state at Huron on
the I'd of June.
The state auditor has Issued a war
rant for the purchase of an automo-
bile for the use of state Superintend~
ent CStrud.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-06-05
NEGRO TURNS CAPITALIST.
Hired to Put Coal in at $3.50, III
SEblets Job to White Man.

Hired to Put Coal in at $3.50, He
Sublets Job to White Man.
The independence of the white nal.
and the financial ability Of the cOlored
man were demonstrated yesterday af-
ternoon in a little incident in West 23d
street, near Lexington avenue, says tie
New York Times. Y
A big coal cart drove up with a load
Of Goa for delivery to a private house.
No one had been sent with the driver
to put the oal in the house and the
driver said he was only instructed to
drop the coal out on the Sidewalk. and
was not paid for shOveling it in The
proprietor of the house offered L pay
him to tax the job. but the man said
it would be lowering to his dignity if
any of his mates passed by and saw
him shoveling coal on a public thor
Onghfare.
Say, boss" he suddenly sung out,
"there'S a darby on the other side Of
the street: I guess he'll do it for you.
o. X, as he looks as if a good square
meal would do him good"
The colored man on being hailed
came across the street, and after much
haggling with the owner of the house
contracted to do the job for $50.
After the price had been agreed uIou
the colored man lit his pipe and leaned
against the stoop while the driver
dumped the load of coal on the side
walk. When this had been accomplish
ed the negro looked around and beck
oned to a white man who looked like
"a tramp and was slouching by on the
other side of the street. When the MAI
came across the negro asked him if he
wanted a job. and after some talk the
white man agreed to put the coal in
for 81.
While the white man worked, with
bus ragged coat off, getting the coal In.
the negro, as al employer of labor and
a capitalist, asked the driver what he
thought Of Governor Hughes's chances
for the presidential nomination. The
thought of the easy way in which the
negro had made 80 cents without work
ing for it was too much for the driver,
who went away shaking with laugh
ter,
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-06-05
STIRS UP THE BLACK HILLS.
iuch Excitement Over Case of Free
nan Knowles.

man Knowles
With the possible exception OF the
losing of gambling four years ago,
othing has so stirred the little town
f DeadwoOd, around which clusters
he memories of frontier history, SO
nuch as the trial and conviction OF
freeman Knowles, socialist, editor.
olitician and one Of the most con-
picuous figures in the towns history,
n an Indictment in the United States
curt charging him with sending
LEVIED. obscene and ~lascivious' matter
through the mails.
Freeman Knowles is an old time res
dent Of Deadwood. AS a writer he Is
generally conceded to be one of the
.blest in the state. During the wave
g populism in South Dakota ten years
lgo Knowles went to Washington as
congressman. Following that he es-
ooused the cause of socialism. and
ONE four years & commenced the
publication Of a small weekly paper
lere known as the Lantern. In which
lie e~xpounded the doctrines OF social
SIN in its most radical form.
From It's biting sarcasm and bitter
personal attacks upon men in all con-
litionS and walks in life with whom
Knowles differed. the lantern has built
Up a fair circulation. For years the
paper has occupied, in the newspa-
Der world of D~eadwoOd, Q niche some
hing akin to that Of the 4~conOclast in
Texas. Knowles has advocated theo-
les on the social and governmental
Questions much more advanced than
he usual socialist paper. In attacking
he existing conditions and what he
aeld to be evils he made many bitter
enemies and has been in several per-
,onal encounters with some of those
whom he assailed. For years he has
made a prominent banker there. N.
e. Franklin. the subject of a constant
attack. Religion, too, has been fierce
y assatled.
During the formation Of the va
rious labor organizations in the Black
Hills Editor Knowles has played a
prominent part and many of the labor
ing men have stood by him.
Several times the business interests
Of Deadwood have boycotted the pa
per. One rear & Knowles created a
sensation by the publication Of an ar
ticle on the death of a young Lead
girl in Denver who, it was declared,
died as the result of a criminal opera
ton. In this article Knowles openly
ric:culed the marriage ceremony and
declared that Love children" invaria-
bly, made the best men and women.
It was this article upon which he was
BROUGHT to trial.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-06-05
RrsrsnP LEWIS no CHINA.
Methodfsts Assign Sioux City MIN to
Foe Chow

10O&AWOII6do lAoSlEb GoTouA ~ AAAhA "
Foo Chow.
The assignment Of bishops to the
various Episcopal residences, than
which few events Of the Methodist
general conference are looked forward
to with greater interest, was reported
by the committee N episcopany
Thursday night by a special commit
tee OF nineteen and adopted by the
fun committee during a meeting that
lasted untfl nearly midnight. The as
s~ignrnents were as follows:
Boston, Masa-J. W. Hamilton.
Buenos AyreS Argentine Republic
Frank NJ. Bristol.
Buffalo. n. Y.-Jchn w. Berry.
Chattanooga, Tenn.-William r.
. Anderson.
Chicago, Il.-William F. Mcdowell.
Cincinnati. O.-David II. Moore.
Denver, Co4o.-Henry w. Warren.
Foo Chow. China-W. S. Lewis.
New Orleans LA.-Thomas X. kee-
ley.
New York-Daniel A. Goodsell.
Oklahoma City, Okia-Wiiliam a.
ouayie.
Omaha, Neb.-John L. Neulson.
Pekdn, China-James w. Bashford.
PhiiadelphA, pa--Luther B.. Will
son.
Portland. Ore.-Charies w. Smith.
st. Louis. MA~Henry spellmyer.
St Paul, Menn.-Robert Mcintyre.
San Francisco, Cal.-Edwin II.
Hughes
Washington, d Carl Cranston.
Zurich, STANDARDIZATION Burt.
Rev. George A. Cookies appeal
against h ruling Of Bishop Moore in
the matter Of Cookies charges against
Chancellor J. r. Day, OF Syracuse uni
verSty, has been dismissed by the jul
dietary committee. Cooke preferred
charges against Day before the New
York conference, alleging Day had
spoken unexpectedly OF President
Roosevelt in his writing. Bishop
Moore ruled them out on N ground
that they were ~ in proper form TO
eome before the conference.
It was decided to merge the Meth
odtst Book Concern at New York and
the Western Methodist Book Concern
at Cincinnati into one corporation, to
be called the Methodist Book Con-
cern. ass-
At the afternoon session the present
publishing agents Of the Methodist
Book Concern were reelected.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-06-05
FREE LOVER IS CONVICTED.
Freeman Knowles rs Found Guilt
at DeadwOOd.

In the United States court Freeman
Knowles, a prominent socialist editor
of Deadwood, former congressman
twice a candidate for governor, was
convicted by a jury of sending lewd
and lascivious matter through the
mails. The penalty is a fine or i'm
priso1ment from one to ten years in
the p~enitentiary.
Knowles is editor of a weekly paper
that has been pronounced in it's bitter
attacks upon existing forms Of govern
ment and society and persons opposing
them. The article on which he was
convicted advocated a form of free
love.
The case has proved the biggest
sensation at Deadwood in man years.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-06-05
SEARCH FOR BURIED TREASURE
Charles Mix County Man Hopes to
Dig Up Sc

Dig UP SO,UOO.
A resident Of Charles Mix county
who does not wish his name made
public is engaged in an interesting
search for buried treasure NJ Is quite
hopeful hat he will succeed In finding
a cache Of $4,000 in gold coin which
is alleged to have been deposited in
the ground years ago.
The hunter of the buried treasure
docs not wish his name made public
for fear he will fail to discover the
hidden gold and be subjected to ban
tering on the part Of those who know
him. The present search being made
by him and two assistants for the
treasure is due to the revival of an
old story concerning how the treasure
happened to be buried and abandoned
in Charles Mix county.
The story, which mas been in cir
culation among pioneer residents along
the Missouri river since early days, is
to the effect that in the spring of 1885
a daring bank robbery took place at
Norfolk, Neb. The robbers are alleged
to have secured the $4,000 in gold
coin. A posse soon was on the track
Of the robbers, who headed north
ward toward the Missouri river n
what now is South Dakota.
The robberS are alleged to have
crossed the Missouri river to South
Dakota. entering the state at the
mouth of Choteau creek, which marks
the boundary of the lower portion Of
Charles Mix county. Being hard
pressed by their pursuers after cross
Ing the Missouri river they decided IT
would be best to cache" their loot,
and accordingly they appropriated a
spade at the ranch of Case Conger. a
.t IT,
county, and buried the gold near the
roots of a lone tree, which vas sup
posed to stand at a point about three
niles north of the Conger ranch.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-06-05
GULF STREAM CHANGING.
New York Will BE a Tropical City,
Says q Liner Captain.

New York Will Be a Tropical City,
Says q Liner Captain.
That the fogs which AVE been
hanging over New York and its ap-
proaches for several days, greatly in
terfering with shipping. are the fore
runners Of a tropical climate for New
York Is the opinion expressed by Capt.
Arthur Mills, commander Of the
American liner Philadelphia, which
was delayed outside Sandy Hook for
many hours by the fog.
TITS the Gulf stream" he said,
shaking his head. The stream is get
ting closer to New York every year,
and I expect, If I live long long, to see
the gulf stream running right past our
door and New York become a tropical
city. with an almost. continuous fog
rolling IN from the sea-"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-06-05
First Shot Hits Shin.

The beveled 11-inch steel armor
plate of the monitor Florida ear q
big black wound, the first shot from
the Arkansas big gun having struck
her turret on the right side of the
starboard. The gun knocked out all
the metal between the gun and the rim
Of the turret.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-06-05
CANADIAN DAM BURSTS.
Three Lives Lost and Estimated Dan
age of $500. 900 Reported.

Three Lives Lost and Estimated DAM
6 of $500. 900 Reported.
A special from Port Arthur says
the civic dam on Current river burst
Thursday, causing a disastrous flood.
The loss OF three lives and a money
loss estimated at $500, 900 is reported.
A Canadian Pacific freight train pull
ing into Port Arthur ran on sub
marged tracks, the engine was over
turned and Engineer Savage, Fireman
Mcbride and Brakeman Imam, who
were on the engine, We're pinned under
the wreckage and drowned. The Can
adian Pacific Railway company will
be the heaviest loser, several mile of
track having been washed away.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-06-05
TWIST1GR IN

Number Of Persons Lose Their Lives
...' in storm.
Peter Rudy, wife and two children
were killed in the tornado which pass
ed two miles east of Alva, Okla, ues
day night. A number If farm houses
were destroyed or damaged, and crops
suffered much loss.
Three persons We're killed and a
child Is missing at Ingersoll, -kla.,
as the result Of a tornado Tuesday
night. Much damage was done to prop
erty. ~ ., .,g
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-06-05

Chagrined because the South Dako-
ia congressman had only succeeded
in getting $1,000 appropriation for a
federal building in Rapid City, the
business men of the city have started
to subscription to get the nucleus of
the S250,000 needed to construct the
building of their dreams.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-06-05
Collins is

Former Chief OF Police John NJ.
Collins and ex-Police Attorney ran
d. Comerford, Of Chicago, We're We'd
nesday acquitted of the charge Of US
ing members Of the police force to
further the election of Edward F.
Dunno for mayor in the last municip-
al election.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-06-05

Cards have beer received in Huron
announcing the marriage of Paul H.
Grattan n Blanche Whiting at Red
field Saturday evening, May 23, 1908.
The bride is a sister of Judge Charles
S. Whiting, of the Ninth circuit, and
has been court reporter almost contin-
uously since Judge Whiting went upon
the bench.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-06-05
Fire DESTROYS Chicago Plant.

One maj was probobly fatally in
jured, two others probably seriously
hurt and many families were driven
to the street by a fire which early
Wednesday totally destroyed a 500,
900 plant of the Standard Sash and
Door company, in Center avenue.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-06-05
Is Victim of Dynamiters.

Three dwellings built by James l..
Gallagher at Oakland, Cal, former
president of the San Francisco board
of supervisors, the chief witness for
the prosecution in the Sal Francisco
graft case, We're wrecked Tuesday
night by dynamite.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-06-05

Few men in Europe have had a more
striking career than the Rev. DIR. Bishop
Cabrera of the Spanish Reformed church.
who was educated to yic Catholic priest
hood, but embraced the Protestant faith
n became a voluntary exile to Gibral-
tar, when he returned TO lead the Evan.
Selical party after the revolution in 1868.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-06-05
CURRENCY BILL TAKEN UP.
House Considers The Compromise
Measure.

House Considers The .Comprornnsc
Measure.
The, conference report on the cur
rency bill was reported to-the house
Wednesday afternoon and considera-
ton Immediately begun.
Thirty minutes for debate was Civ
en- each side, the bill to so to a vote
about AS o'clock.
After two hours deliberation the
republican members of the conference
between the houses of congress on the
currency question reached an agree
ment Wednesday,
The point remaining in dispute,
namely, that in relation to the time
limit on the bill. was fixed at six years
making the bill expire June 80, 1914.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-06-05
Dead.

Admiral A. S. Crowinshield, U. S. N,
retire, died at Philadelphia, Wednes-
day. The admiral had been in a hos
pital for a month and an operation
was performed on him for an afict-
ion of the nose
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-06-05
Memorial Day at Pierre.

Memorial day was generally OBJ
served at Pierre by the closing of BUSH
aess houses for the afternoon and the
program carried out by the G.. A. r.
in the decoration of graves of old SOL
1iers and a memorial program at the
auditorium.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-06-05
Finds Sister After Forty Years.

After forty years Mrs. j.. w. Shu-
.elt, Of Yankton, has found a sister,
Mrs Thomas Bordman, whom she has
located in Oakland, Cal, where she is
living with her son, Rev. Harry Bard
man, a prominent Baptist minister Of
that place. The two sisters were part
ed in 1855 and had lost all track and
knowledge Of each other.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-06-05
No yery,ict IN whitmorc Case.

NO NeTtilct III WI1Itf1Ofc NHSt.
The jury in the trial at Jersey City
OF Theodore Whitmore, OF Brook
Ign. NY, charged with the murder
of his wife, Lena, reported a disagree
ment. Justice Swayze sent the jury
back to their room with a request that
they agree il possible.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-06-05
Only Coxey and scxen,

Up to noon Wednesday the state pop
ulist convention of Illinois, at Danville,
was composed of Gen. Coxey and sew
en- delegates. The Convention so
far has done nothing but wait and
hope for more delegates.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-06-05
Parents Of Two Teachers Dead.

Dean Thomas Sterling. of the ver-
Million university college of Law at
Verrniil!on. was aaprisetf ty telegram
f the death Of his aged motner at
bennington. II. an ,sGur later Prof.
Tars!la.l sacNusick, also Of the law
college, received word that his father
1ad died at Calais, Me.