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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-12-04
SOUTH DAKOTA
State news
BOARD HEARS COMPLAINTS.
Railroad Commissioners Dispose OF Big
Grist.

Railroad Commissioners Dispose OF Big
Grist.
The regular monthly meeting OF the
board of railroad commissioners
has just been held at the headquarters
meeting was attended by Chairman d.
II. Smith Of Mailer. Commissioners
George Rice OF Flandreau. and DR.. w.
C. Smith of Sturgis. w. P. Dougherty
Of Dell Rapids, assistant attorney gen
eral and counse Of the board, and w.
H. Stanley. secretary.
1t was announced during the meet
ing that the case involving the con-
struction of a track connecting the
tracks of the Great Northern and the
Chicago and Northwestern, railroads at
Huron had been closed. the track hay
ing been constructed.
Some time ago the commissioners
held a hearing in the matter of the
construction of a tract connecting the
tracks of the Milwaukee and the
Northwestern railroads at Redfeld.
After having had the case under ad-
visement since that time, the railroad
commissioners at the meeting just held
rendered a decision in the case, hold
ing that an order should issue for the
construction of the desired rack.
During the meeting the commits
sioners considered a number of com
plants concerning alleged high rates
on -four. The complaints We're mad
by South Dakota millers, who asked
that a milling in transit rate be estab-
lished in South Dakota, which would
enable them to ship in grain, grind ii
into flour and then ship out the flour
at the same through rate as though
the grain had not cen stopped. Such
a rate would benefit practically every
miller in the state. and also would
prove of equal benefit to the mammoth
Queen Bee mill in Sioux Falls when 1t
is placed in operation. Tho railroad
commissioners have decided to visit
Chicago in the near future, and during
the visit will call upon the traffic man
ayers OF the various roads having lines
in South Dakota n take up this mill
ing transit rate and other matters OF
interest to the people of the state.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-12-04
WACAR UNDER ARREST.
Accused OF EmbcZZling Funds OF
HOmcStcaders.

Arson Wagar, who early in October
was removed from the office of United
states commissioner at Dallas by
Judge Garland, of the federal court,
and who recently pleaded guilty to
the charge of having used his commits
5ioner's postal frank on postal cards
containing printed matter Of a prl-
vate nature and was fined $500, is In
more trouble.
Wagar was arrested by Deputy
United States Marshal Edwards on a
train in the southern part Of the state
and brought to Sioux Falls on the
charge of embezzlement of funds OF
homesteaders in the coded portion or
the Rosebud Indian reservation In
Gregory county. The funds alleged to
have been embeZzled by him range In
he aggregate from $4,000 to $4,000,
and were placed in his hands with
which to pay the purchase price OF
land and final proof fees.
When taken before United States
District Judge D. J. Conway Wagar
waived his preliminary hearing. Bond
for his appearance when the next
federal grand jury acts upon his case
was fixed at $4,000.
The accused ex-commissioner dis
claims all intention Of retaining the
money placed in his hands, alleging
there vas a delay in completing the
proofs and turning them over TO n
United States district land office, and
that he was on his way to n land
office at Mitchell with a number OF
them when he was arrested.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-12-04
MUST FACE ARSON CHARGE.
Louis Montgomery ConfcssCs to BENZ
Implicated In Recent Fires.

Louis Montgomery ConfcssCs to BENZ
Implicated In Recent Fires.
Fire supposed to be Of ~incend1ary
origin destroyed the two ranches. con-
siderable hay and several head OF live
stock belonging to Ernest Merritt n
Eugene burlington, neiShbcrs who re
side in the Slim Buttes country, 100
miles northeast Of Belle Fourche. The
ranches are located a few miles apart
and the two fires simultaneously led 20
an investigation. Tracks Of horses
were found leading to the J. B. ranch,
80 word was sent to Belle Fourche and
Deputy Sheriffs Arnold and Gates came
to the scene Of the fires. Visiting the
J. 3. ranch, they placed under arrest
Bruce Junes, the manager, and Louis
Montgomery, an employe, and are
searching for Roger Boo. another en-
ploye. At the Jail Young Montgomery
made a confession in which he declar-
ed that he and Boo set fire to the
ranches while half intoxicated. Jones
was later released for lack OF evidence,
but Montgomery will AVE to face a
charge of arson in the circuit court.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-12-04

ply of the oil ON
,any to the attacks that have been
made for years, the revelations OF MISE
Ida Tarbell, the EXAMINATIONS OF cam
,aign orators, the charges in newspa-
Ders, and the remarkable letters or
Tohn D. Archboid that injured Senator
Foraker and smirched half a dozen
statesmen.
In answer to questions by John o..
Milburn, his counsel, Mr.. Rockefeller
told how his combination reached OUT
It's tentacles for more ond more 70
hnerles of rivals, and fattened on them
for ten years or more, till it became
strong enough to change into what be-
came the Standard Oh Company Of
Ohio. Between 1872 and 1882 b
Rockefeller combine bought and
bought rivals. When it was strong
enough it organized them all into Ole
concern. The oil king said THAI the
company was constantly reaching out
FOR more refineries and more markets.
1t bought retineries to get them out
Of competition and to get their bust
uess. That is the way H.. H. Rogers
hlU .'Ouu -. AICuUOlu "Sul lto Lie
company. They were bought up. Both
were strong, brilliant and bold. The
Rockefeller combine had to get them
put Of the way; it absorbed their rival
concerns and them at the same time.
Mr.. Rockefeller snapped up the Amcri-
ran L~ubricating Company, and once In
that field he looked around for more
lubricating companies. Before his r.
walls appreciated what had been done.
his combine controlled most of these
concerns that had done business be-
tween 1870 and 1880.
When the Pennsylvania railroad
through it's Empire Pipe Line, began
gathering oil and shipping it to the
scaboard at reduced rates. the Stand
ard stepped in. A bitter val followed,
the end of which came only when the
Empire concern was turned over to
Rockefeller and the dangerous compe-
tition wiped out. The railroad for its
surrender was permitted to form Il car
combination. the certificates. of which
were bought by Rockefeller and his as
sociates. "Whatever they had We
took" Mr.. Rockefeller said, in ex-
plaining the absorption Of the Empire
concern.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-12-04
INTEREsTRS HAPPENINGS
From Day to DAY Condensed
FOR OUR BUSY READERS
,EGGMEN UNDER ARREST.
important Haul Made by tho Siou
EnlIS Police.

important Haul Made by tho sioux
Falls Police.
Night Captain Charles Johnson and
Officers Webb and Collins, OF the Sioux
Falls police department, made an I'M
p~ortant capture in the persons OF
three who refuse TO give
their names and whose identity yet Is
unknown.
Two of the were captured
only after a desperate hand 10 manu-
fight with Night Captain Johnson. one
Of the two succeeded in draWlnS a a.
caliber revolver and the officer was
compelled to beat him into suofnls-
sion after disarming him.
The hand to hand fight occurred
just after Night Captain Johnson had
officer Webb. Both men deffed the po-
lice to arrest them, but met their Wa
terloo and were dragged to the city
! jail, fighting nearly every foot of the
way.
The third yeggman was captured by
Officer Collins just after his partner
had shot at and narrowly missed hit
ting Chris Anderson and Bert Clopp.
The man who shot between these two
| men, the powder burning II cir faces
lied up an alley, but was
| captured.
In the pockets Of the prisoners were
! found quantities Of nitroglycerin, sew
| eral dynamite caps with fuses ttach-
| ed, steel drills and other articles which
go to make up a cracksman's outfit,
The three yeggmen became involved
| in a dispute with a hackman and this
! attracted the attention Of the police
| to them. 1t is stated that there were
4 five of the yeggmen and, if this Is cor
| rect two of them yet are at liberty.
The police believe they have ample
evidence to send all three prisoners to
| the penitentiary.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-12-04

The most conservative reports from
Great Britain tell of an unprecedented
condition of unemployment in that coun-
try, a situation so desperate that the
government can 10 longer ignore it. AL
ready great numbers of the idle work
men have shown signs of extreme dis
content. Some groups were reported to
be on the march toward London and at
Glasgow bloodshed was prevented only
by the prompt action of the city authori-
ties in appropriating 100000 for public
works, 10 give relief. Dublin also is
spending $4,000 for the relief of her
poor. Liverpool, Sheffield, Birmingham
and other industrial centers are likewise
confronted with an acute situation. In
the face of these facts Premier Asquith
has announced his intention of formulat-
ing q general plan for giving relief.
The highest court of Australia has rem
dered a decision invalidating one of the
important laws passed in the interest Of
organized labor, the party which holds the.
balance Of power in that country. The
unions had forced the passage Of a law
imposing an internal tax upon the output
Of the manufacturers of agricultural in
struments. This was designed to about
counterbalance the effect of the protec-
tive tariff, but gave to all concerns which
paid the union scale of wages an entire
remission of the tax. As the labor un-
ions controlled the Parliament, they could
remit or impose the tax upon whatever
business they saw fit, so that no business
which suits the unions could be put out
Of he running. The court decided, by
a vote of 3 to 2, that the new law was
unconstitutional on the theory that the
purpose of the law is to regulate wages
instead of to levy a tax or to raise reve-
nue..
BY a vote of 439 to Al, the French
Chamber of Deputies has condemned the
campaign which the anti-Dreyfusards are
conducting against the decision in the
case of Major Dreyfus, handed down by
the court of cessation in 1906.
The venerable Russian patriot and rev.
olutionist, Nicholas Tschaikovsky, who
has been in prison at st. Petersburg for
many months, and who has many friends
in England and America. was released the
other day on $4,000 cash bail demanded
by the Russian government, the money
being contributed by wealthy friends in
this country and in England.
The Japanese government has estab.
lished q strict censorship over all COM
munications between Koreans in this
country and friends or relatives in their
native land, according to Rev. r. s.
Ryang, a Korean minister of the Meth
odist faith, who has just arrived in San
Francisco.
Victor Grayson, the Socialist member
Of the British Parliament from Colne
Valley, created a scene in the Commons
BY loudly denouncing the members for
their failure to come to the rescue of the
thousands of unemployed and starvina
men in England. the speaker ordered
him to leave the house, which he did
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-12-04
WILL CARE FOR LEPERs.

Head OF Philadelphia Institution Joins
Community in New Orleans.
Prepared to devote the remainder
OF her life to nursing lepers. Sister
Marcella, for five years head Of he
dispensary at St. Joseph's hospital.
Philadelphia, has left to Join the little
Of Sisters Of Charity who
have charge of the leper home near
New Orleans. There are sc lepers In
the home. attended by six Sisters Of
Charity, whose mother house is at
Emmitsburg, Nd, and by the Rev. A.
". keenan,, the chaplain. Recently
one OF the sisters was taken Ill. An
other sister was needed, and Sister
Marcella has volunteered for the place.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-12-04
NIGHT b INDICTED.
Grand Jury Returns Nineteen Bills
Against Rankin Murdcrcrs.

Grand Jury Returns Nineteen Bills
Against Rankin Murdcrcrs.
Nineteen indictments charging m
plication in the lynching OF Capt.
quentin Rankin. the Trenton attorney
who wal hanged and shot to death at
walnut Log. Tenn. a month ago by
Z band OF so-called might riders"
were returned Saturday by the grand
Jury, which Immediately following
the killing Of Capt. Rankin began An
lnvestigation OF the recent night rider
raids III Inc Reelfoot lake vicinity.
Indictmnts against thirty-ons 9TH
lers he-s been prepared. 1t Is stated.
and would have been presented in
court but for the absence OF several
Witnesses upon whose testimony the
indictments are based.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-12-04
CAUGHT Ar HIS WORK.
Would-Be Burglar Ia Taken While
Boring Hole In Bank Vault.

Would-Be Burglar IL Taken While
Boring Hole In Bank Vault.
Ats watching Q severa hours
. vould-be burglar boring his way
throughMasgeo-inch concrete flooring
anfe the vault aof the First National
vbanks ~ Beaumont. Tex. the police.
SURPRISED ana arrested William Bret
nohnolder. proprietor Of a penny ar
scAds, III tho midst OF hfs drilling.
Drstschneider attempted to escape.
but W. captured after receiving a
Hullet In his forearm. Efforts to gain
entrance TO the vault had been In
progress for several days. and that
they were without success was due to
the cashier of the bank. ]. G. Pom
drsn. who accidentally discovered the
hole where It had been started in the
llooring OF . vacant room directly
shove the vault. The police were told
ana officers who secreted themselves
witnessed tho efforts OF ~Bretschneider
through the greater part OF tho night
before ne was taken In custody. short.
" before daylight.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-12-04
PARTIE TO A PACT.
Japan and America Approach IN
M Agreement.

Agreement
Despite official r%eticence, informa-
ton from reliable sources has been
obtained OF an agreement Of far reach-
ing Importance between the uniteo
States and Japan covering the pohcles
of the two countries in the Pacific.
This agreement has been drawn up
In the form of a declaration, and con"
sists Of five articles. OF which the 1ol-
lowing is a faithful description:
The first article gives expression OK
the wish Of the two governments 10 en-
courage the free n peaceful develop
ment Of their m in the Pacinc.
Tho second Is q mutual disclaimer OK
an aggressive design, and contains also
a definition of the policy Of zach gov
eminent. both as directed to the main
tenance Of the existing status quo IN
the Pacific and the defense OF the
principle Of equal opportunity for COM
merce and industry in China.
The third article contains q state
ment Of the consequent firm" recip-
rocal resolution Of each government
each to respect the territorial possess
0lOIlh III lHo 4dCiiiC u S"c ''
In the fourth article the United
States and Japan express their deter
mination "in the common Interest OF
all the powers In China to support
''by all peaceful means at their dls-
posal' the independence and integrity
of China and the principle OF equal
commercial and industrial opportunity
for all nations in the empire.
The fifth article mutually pledges
the two governments in the case or
the occurrence Of any event threaten
ing the status quo. as above described
or the principle Of equal opportunity
as above defined. to Communicate
with each other for the purpose OF ar
irving at a mutual understanding with
regard to the measures they may con-
slider 1t useful to take" .s.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-12-04
DEATH LIST GROWING
NINE HORROR WILL REVEAL AT
LEAST lss BODIES.
Efty-Tws Corpses Taken Out-Arms,
LAes and Heads Missing from Some
ma Trunks Of others Are Bruised
- Nutilatod Beyond Recognition.

Up to / o'clock Monday morning
81 bodies have been recovered from
the Rachel mine Of the P%ittsburg-
Buffalo Coal company at Mariana
Pa, where . terrific explosion occur
red Saturday. OF these. 20 have been
fully Identified.
A number OF other bodies have been
located in the workings and are being
brought out as rapidly as possible. At
the present rate OF progress nearly
100 bodies VIII probably be taken out
BY daylight, and It is now hored that
most. II not all. will have been found
BY evening. United States Mine In
spector James Il. Roderick will be
hers Monday to start an Investigation.
David q. Jones. Of the company,
came to the city Sunday night. The
company, he said. could only account
Tor 13s men In the mine at the time
e the explosion. Searches already
made convince those on the scene that
Ill are dead. The only man who es-
capped from the mine after the expio-
sion, Fred Elinger. 1t Is said. sustain
"a injuries from which 1t is believed
he cannot recover.
According to miners and others IA
miliar With the number of men gen.
orally employed in the mine the death
INST will exceed the company's esti-
mate By At least fifty. 1t is possible
that the number Of men killed will
never be known. Up to darkness
Sunday night Is bodies had been
brought 70 the surface in an iron
bucket. Arms. legs or heads were
Disslng from some and the trunks OF
others were burned. bruised and cut.
Two Of the men had been suffocated
and the bodies were not even scratch
"a. One Of these was John will. a
cousin OF John H. Jones. president of
the Pittsburg-Bunaio Goa company.
owners Of the mine. who was employ
ca - head timekeeper. wills body
was found beneath q coal digging ma
chine. and It had crawled there In a
vain effort to cap the deadly
Fumes.
The body Of the other man was
found near will. Tho unfortunate had
placed his face in q pool Of water,
which Ill miners are advised to do
swhsn an explosion occurs. in a des-
Derats effort to fight on sunocatior
..nttl rescued.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-12-04
AWFUL SEA HORROR.
British steamer Sardinia is Destroyed
by Fire.

by Fire.
A terrible disaster, in which more
thar 100 persons lost their lives, oc-
Valetta, Island Of Malta, Wednesday
morning, within sight of the whole
population of the city. who were pow
erless to give aid.
The British steamer Sardinia. of the
Ellerman line, hailing from Liverpool
and bound for Alexandria with a crew
OF forty-four Englfshmen, eleven first
and six second class cabin English
passengers and nearly 200 Arab pill
few minutes was a roaring furnace
surrounded by clouds of smoke,
through which flames. burst to a height
of 200 feet from frequent explosions
in the hold. So rapidly did the fire
spread that the frantic efforts Of the
crew to operate the fire apparatus
proved useless, and it seemed but a
moment before the upper works and
masts crashed down upon the deck,
while the ships boats were crushed by
the falling debris or quickly burned.
Safety only lay in jumping over
board and taking hances Of being
picked up. Assistance was hurried
to the burning ship from all the
wharves in the harbor and from thu
shore, but the work of rescue was
greatly impeded by the strong tide
that was running. Even the naval
launches, which came as fast as they
could be driven, were unable to go
alongside. Among the Arabs there was
a panic that could not be controlled.
Many Of them were too terrified to
jump and they were burned to death,
waves were drowned.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-12-04
FOUND DEAD IN BED.
An Old Resident Of Hartford Con
mits Suicide.

An Old Resident Of Hartford Com
mits Suicide.
Information received at Sioux Falls
from Hartford Is to the effect that
Mat Becker, an old resident Of that
pla1e, was found dead in a room over
= pool hall, he having died some time
during the night from a dose OF car
bolic acid, taken with suicidal intent.
He was So years Of age and Is survived
by a widow and four children. who re-
side at Worthington, MINI. Becker
was one of the oldest settlers in the
western part Of Minnehaha county
When last seer alive he was put to bed
by q friend. A bottle partially filled
with carbolic acid was found on the
floor near the bed upon which the body
Of Becker lay, and his lips and mouth
showed plainly that they had been
burned by the acid.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-12-04
Loses Necklace Of Pearls.

Otto C. Heinze.I OF New York, a
broker. reported to the police Of the
tenderloin station that his wife had
lost a $4,000 necklace of pearls
Thanksgiving night. Mr.. and Mrs.
Heinze attended the theater and later
dined at a Broadway hotel, where the
loss was discovered.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-12-04
Chauffeur Burns to Death.

Palmer Williams. Of Cleveland. O.,
aged 2s years. a negro chauffeur. was
burned to death as the result Of a gas
oline explosion. He was employed by
Isaac Flesheim. and was working
when the explosion occurred. with
his clothing anre from head to foot
he dashed down an alley. but was dead
when neighbors beat out the flames.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-12-04
DAKOTA's SUPREME COURT.
Coming Legislature Will Increase its
Membership.

One Of the measures which will re-
ceive serious consideration at the COM
ing legislative session Is the increase
Of the supreme court to a membership
of five, instead OF three, which has
been its size ever since this organiza-
ton Of the state. The constitution pro-
vided originally for three judges. but
allowed the number to be increased to
i've at any time after five years from
the organization OF the state. This
provision might have been put into
effect at any time since 1895.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-12-04
Turkey win Get Big Sum.

Official advices received at Paris m
dictate that Bulgaria and Turkey rave
practically some to terms in the mat
ter of B~uigaria's declaration OF inde-
pendence on the following basis: Bull
garia Is to pay Turkey from $12. O00,-
900 to $4,000. 900 on account of Ru-
melia, and 100000 on account OF
tia rot1rnoA #--@H E @
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-12-04
CHOKES TO DEATH.
Man Named Lee Kills Himself In
DeadwoOd Jail.

After two desperate attempts at self
destruction a man who gave the name
of Lee, and said he was from Cole
man, a town near Sioux Falls, cut his
with a pocketknife and then
tearing a piece of iron from his cell
in the city Jail at Deadwood tied a
handkerchief around his neck with a
tourniquet and choked himeslf to
death. He had been put in to sober
up. Lee was about 80 years old, and
is known Of him there.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-12-04
Football Player Injured.

During a football game at Attca,
Ind, between teams representing that
city and Upton, Earl Thomas, Attica's
star half back, vas badly injured.
Near the end Of the game he was tack
led and thrown. and later carried from
the field unconscious. Grave fears arc
entertained for his recovery.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-12-04
Reservoir Story q Fake.

. The people Of Pierre are
over the publication Of a statement
that when the city reservoir was
cleaned last week "the bodies OF fohr
men were found in the reservoir" The
article also contained a wild story OF
the .sensation" created at the find.
The story is preposterous.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-12-04
Homestake,. Bic Yield.

The report of State Mine Inspector
Treweek, which has been fled with
Gov. Crawford, shows the gold prcduc-
ton of South Dakota last year to have
led all state records with $7,460.000. Of
this the Homestake output was So
ooo,o 900. The Mica output for the year
was $4,000.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-12-04
silver Dollar sells for $3.50.

At an auction sale Of the Chicago
Numismatic society a trade dollar Of
the date OF 1884 was sold for $3.50.
It was considered a bargain. as only
five Of the coins are in existence 50
far as known. A copper cent Of the
date OF 1893 was sold for $3.50.