Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-11-06

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The friends Of Jan Pouren, the Rus
sian revolutionist who has been held az
New York for some time by the federai
authorities upon the demand OF Russla
for his e~XtraditiOn as a criminal, are
rejoicing over the news that Secretary
of State Root has requested a rehearlnS
on the strength Of afidavits lending to
show that Pouren was sought for po-
litical rather han criminal offenses.
An appeal made by friends Of the Rus
sian had brought these afidavits before
Root. In a letter to Jacob Schif OF
New York. Secretary o said: OF
course. his government does not con-
template sending Pouren or any
else bach to Russia or an other coun-
try to be tried for n" political ofense
In this connection it comes out that
Root has asked the Russian government
for a complete revision of the treaty
of 1882. under which naturalized Rus
slams in America are still regarded AS
criminals if they return to their native
land. Notwithstanding this reopening
of the case. the Pouren defense confer
ence was Informed by William English
Walling Observation-Disclosures had re-
fused to accept the petitions of citizens
urging the government not to allow the
department of the refugee.
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An aggregate loss Of $1,000, 900 a day
during the months when forest fires
have been prevailing in various parts
of the United States is estimated by
w. j. MCGEE, the erosion expert of the
Department of Agriculture. The forest
ry bureau in Il statement says that
probably in every instance the devas-
tating forest fires might have been pre-
vented if the several States had pro
vided an adequate number of men to
patrol the woods and arrest the fires in
their incipiency, and If lumbermen ana
other users of the forests had been
careful to dispose of brush after log
ging so as to prevent the spread OF
fires. Exclusive of salaries Of forestry
officers, the work in putting down fires
in the national forests during the last
year cost the government $3O,OOO,
which means protecting approximately
1853. 900, 900 acres. The statement says
the loss from timber destroyed in 1908
will be larger than last year, but that
it is doubtful if the exact losses Will
ever be Known.
Flat 2-cent postage rates went into
effect between the United States and
Great Britain on Oct. /. The post
age rate applicable to letters mailed
in the United States, addressed for de-
livery at any place in the United King
dom of Great Britain and Ireland, then
will be 2 cents an n or fraction
of an ounce. Letters unpaid or short
paid will be dispatched to destinations.
but double the deficit postage calcu-
lated at the 2-cent rate will be col
leced on delivery to the addressee. This
notable reduction in the postage rates
effected under a recent convention be-
tween the two and promulgated in an
order Of the Postmaster Genera some
} time ago.
The Navy Department has asked per-
mission to use the Washington monu-
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mon or street-disfiguring variety OF
pole for stringing wires on, but as q
station for temporary experiments
with wireless telegraphy. It is believed
that from its top, 555 feet In the air,
messages can be sent to warships three
thousand miles away. If this Is found
possible, an iron tower of the same
height will be erected in Washington
for a permanent wireless station. The
French government is using the Eiffel
Tower in this way, and from 1t has
sent wireless messages to Algeria and
Morocco.
, The cruiser Colorado, which went on
the rocks at Double Bluff, Puget Sound,
was more seriously damaged than at
first was supposed. An examination ut
the Bremerton navy yard showed that
her forward plates We're badly denied
in several places, and that the plates
were sprung. It will be necessary to
put the vessel in dry dock for perhaps
thirty days to make repairs.
line UOdTu VI lIIhiiSlhtioi AAicpSNLoAS
held a special session at Boston and in
yestigated the causes of about 100 Nor
mon women onvert who arrived on
board the steamship Republic. AS a
) result of the examination forty girls
were held for further inquiry. and two
: will be sent back to Liverpool, England.
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The chief engineer of the Panama
| Canal reports the total excavation for
!. September as 3,15S,SSG cubic yards,
making the total excavation since the
, United States took hold Of the work
s 80. 5O6,317 cubic yards. This leaves
81, 8 1858 yards to be dug to complete
the canal at the S5-foot level.
The OctOmer issue of the Army and
Navy Life tells of a letter written tic
I the Navy Department by Commander
= 4. L. Key. of the Fore River siiiT
yards several months ago, which was
the moving cause in the ~summoning OF
$ the war college at Newport Speaking
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