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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-03-26
FARMER 10Y FOUND DEAD.
Startling Circumstances surround the
Manncr of His Death.

Dwight NinsOn, the 1~2-year-old son
of George Vinson. Il farmer living a
mile east of Burbank, was found dead
on the roadside early Sunday morning.
where the body had lain all night.
The boy had been to Burbank and was
evidently returning home when over
come. 1t is alleged by Il neighbor
who saw the lad pass his home that he
showed signs of MODIFICATION. Citizens
are arouse over the unfortunate cir
cumstances and believe the boy was
sold whisky at Burbank until he be-
came intoxicated. Unable to walk
further, the little fellow lay down on
the roadside and became chilled, death.
following. Coroner McGlumphy VIA
have a chemical analysis made of the
stomach and further investigate the
charges. Sac.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-03-26

To test the reported demand for 1,VN
men at good wages on Kansas farms, tho
Bowcry Mission of New York some time
ago wrote to the parties who had cirru'
lated the report. namely, two Omaha
newspapers. which had quoted Deputy
Commissioner of Agriculture Maupln or
Nebraska. The latte, had given the
no mes of several farmers said to be in
need of help. The secretary of the mis-
sion corresponded with these people. but
was in every case told tina they had got
all the help they needed. lie says that
there are now in New York 600 men
out of work and that a large number or
these are being assisted by friends and
relatives. The bread line now averages
1000 a night. AS fast as work can be
found for them in other places free
Transportation is Furnished.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-03-26
$4,000 RANSOM DEMANDED.
Son OF Lawyer Whitla, OF Sharon, fa''
kidnapped.

Ten thousand dollars ransom Is de-
manded for the return of Willie Whit
la, Attorney James p. Whitla's D.
year-old son, who was spirited away
from school at Sharon, Pa, thursday
morning by an unknown mar ana 1ur-
nished a mystery which the detectives
Of the ountry are being asked 10 solVe'
Accompanying the demand for ransom
is a covert threat that the boy VIII Do
killed unless the money Is
Thursday night Chief of Police cram
received word that the rig in which
the lad was taken away was recovered
at Warren O.. with the child's hat on
the buggy seat.
Attorney and Mrs. "hitla are
among the towns leading residents.
The former is a brother-ln-ia" OIL
Frank Fl. Bull, the ultimilllohalr
steel man. At $50 O'Clock THURSDAY
morning a stranger drove up TO the
East ward school house, in Whlcn
young Whitla is u pupil, and tolo the
ianitor the lad was wanted at once at
his fathers office. Janitor Sloss con-
veyed the message to Mrs. Anna Lew
Is. the boy y LGdcfleI, WIN
the child.
When Sloss appeared with the BOY
the stranger smiled and helped him up
to the seat beside him. He then drove
| off in the direction of the law ONCE
| Several persons say a
Joined the kidnaper before he left the
town.
Little was thought Of the incident
and there was no belief that a crime
had been committed until the lad fall-
ed to appear at his monday meal.
At | o'clock a letter directed to the
mother was delivered at the house by
a mail carrier. Mrs. Whitla at once
recognized the handwriting on the en-
velope as that of her son. Opening II
she found a communication written IN
a strange hand and demanding $4,000
for the boys release.
A man said to answer the description
of the one wanted at Sharon, Pa, on a
charge of kidnapping the Whitla child
was arrested.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-03-26
4@66& ar
ON0fN

A trades and labor council has been
organized in Saskatoon. Canada.
The agreement of the Canadian Pa
cifc with its mechanics expires in the
spring, and the men are reorganizing.
Manitoba's attorney general has intro
duced a bill to prohibit usurious money
lending on assignments of salaries.
The Scotch education department has
given $1,000 toward the expense of a min
ing school in course of erection at Cow
denheath.
A movement is on foot to organize a
candy makers union in Memphis, Tenn,
or to incorporate them III the Bakers
Union, as the two trades are closely al
lied. y
Cleveland (England) ironstone miners
have decided unanimously to use every
endeayor to obtain a > per cent advance,
in wages on the present existing base
rule.
w. E. McEwen, Duluth. member of
the United Association of Plumbers, for
many years secretary of the Minnesota
State Federation of Labor, has been made
State commissioner of labor of Mime
sofa.
liz twenty StIolu III ICiol VI
Oscar S. Straus. Secretary of Commences
and Labor of the United States, has been
issued containing the laws relating to
labor in every State in the United States,
together with court decisions.
Mediators between the rival internal
tional union of papermakers and pulp
and sulphide workers have succeeded in
establishing harmony between them, and
e. - Ill .-ouJx -, ..&-I, Il,
through a joint conference board of gem
eral officers.
Hamilton (Scotland) corporation will
pay all workmen for holidays, half pay
to be given to employers in cases of sick
ness. while foremen are to be paid full
money when i'll.
The National Civic Federation an
nounces that il is forming a commission
to inquire into and make a study of in
dustrial Insurance and compensation for
wage-workers comprised in sick, accident,
old age and death benefits. The commits
sion will gather data Of the various meth
DDS pursued in this country and in tiu-
rope, and necessary legislation will be sug-
sested.
1t is said that several causes tend to
increase the number of mining accidents,
principal among which might he men
toned the prevalence of electrical power
and the Ignorance of mine work by some
of the newer workers. II is said that IA
large number of the killed in mine acct
dents are not Americans. but Americans
number high up in proportion to the for
eiSners. whose knowledge of the techni-
~calities of mining is very limited.
Additional death benefits of $3.50 for a
membership of sevsn or more years I'D
$500 for ten or more years AVE been
tablished by the brotherhood of Painters1
Decorators and Paperhangers. J
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-03-26
PAHNEN TO LOSE PLACE.
Term of P~cnitcntiary Warden Expire
on May is.

For some time there has been con
siderable speculation as to who would
be appointed to the position of warden
of the Sioux Falls pe~nitentiary to sue
coed Warden Harry Parmley, whose
term will expire OF May Is next. War
den Parmley always has been affiliated
with the stalWart wing of the republic
an party in South Dakota, and as the
progressive republicans are in charge
of state affairs it has been regarded as
unlikely that he would be r~cappointed.
It now is reported on apparently good
authority thai O.. S. SWensOn. of Sioux
Falls, who served as warden of the
penitentiary Immediately prior to the
appointment of Mr.. Parmley, will
again be appointed 10 his old place.
The appointment is expected to be
made by Gov. Wesley prior to May Is,
so the new warden can assume the du-
ties of the position at the eXpiratiOn'ot
the term of Warden PaTmley.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-03-26
SOUTH DAKOTA
State NEWS
LENNON DROPS HER CONTEST.
Bison VII! Retain Court House OF
Perkins County.

BISON VIII tSrtaln >'h''
Perkins County.
Bison will retain the county seat OF
Perkins county and the contest pro-
ceedings started by Lennon VIII no"
be ~andOn This IS due to the dlS-
appointment Lennon experienced on
the ~recanvass Of the vote OF four con
tested precincts in the new county
The recount was made last week ny
Clerk of Courts w. :. Z. Sellers Oh
Butte county. Lennon charged tha'
the four precincts would show enough
gain for Lennon to overcome Bison :
13 majority, but when the recount was
finished there was practically no ma
terial difference in the result. In on
probability, however. the court ana
commissioner proceedings Will con
tinue to be held at Lennon uhtIl
Bison can show buildings sufficient 10
take carc of the needs of the ne"
county. Two of the county commas
sioners are from Lennon ana the
other one from the central part OF ,he
county, so hat Lennon is expected 70
control official actions Of HI" oodt"
during the present year.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-03-26

At Baddcsck. Cape Breton. a new re
ord for the Aerial Experiment ASsocla-
ton, which is conducting a series OF
flights under the general direction of DIR.
Alexander Graham Bell. was made by
A. ID. McCurdy in his airship, the Silver
Dart. lie made five successful nights
over the ice on the Bras dDr lakes. re-
manning in the air one time for eleven
minutes and fifteen seconds. The Dart
was in full control throughout its flight
and it's fifty horsepower motor was IN
splendid working shape. After running
a distance of seventy-fiVc yards on the
ice tho machine assembled into tn" air to
a height of twenty feet. y distance of
over twelve miles was covered. 10 WIN
the Scientific American cup, for which he
is trying. the Dart will be required to
sail twice this distance. Additional short
flights were made on Tuesday. when in
each case the landing was effected safely
and gently. without jar to the machine
The weather would not permit OF long
flights.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-03-26

The keel has been laid at a Brook VI
ward for the auxiliary steamer Carnegie
which the Carnegie Institute is fitting out
to investigate the magnetic phenomena OF
the earth. 1t has been especially design
ed. with a minimum Of steel and IRON,
less than 600 pounds in all. What is not
composed of wood is of Victor vanadlum
bronze. This is 20 prevent interference
with the accuracy of her magnetic instru-
ments. The purpose of the investigation
is to ASCERTAIN the law which govern
certain reflections of the compass, espe-
cially noticeable off the coast of Oregon
and Washington, where the variations
amount to from twenty to twenty-five de-
grees. A trip to the north pole itself
is also contemplated with this ship.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-03-26
Seize Counterfeiters.

Secret service operatives returned to
Chicago Thursday with a complete
counterfeiting outfit, which was seized.
it is alleged at the home Of Fred Pre-
Gary, Ind. FREEDOM and his son,
Gaines, were arrested Wednesday af-
ternoon. failing, according to the po-
lice, to pass counterfeit one
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-03-26
CONGRESS CONvENES;
CANNON REELECTED
U%Iinoisan Chosen Speaker or HOUSE
When Extra Session Begins
Work.
NEW MEMBERS ARE SWORN IN.
Lively Scenes at the Nations capleoA
When Lawmakers Gather 1or
Tariff Revision.


Washington correspondence:
The extraordinary session OF the SIX
ty-tirSt Congress. called by lHe Iie9i
dent to enact tariff legislation, pesah
at noon Monday. Great croWds were
| attracted to the capitol, but only a le"
were able to gain admission to either
chamber. The Senate being Il cohllIu-
ous body, it's organization was al
| ready complete. although interest III
the proceedings conferred on the lie"
Vice-President. Mr.. Sherman. ana the
| swearing in of Senator Stephenson Oh
Wisconsin who has been reelected aft
err a bitter fight in he Legislature "
his State. At the other end OF the
| capitOl. however. a different situation
WIS presented. The House. with It's
%seventy-seven new members, had to or
ganize, which took considerable time.
| While this was being done tne clerk
Alexander Mcdowell, acted as presiding
officer. 1t was necessary first to swear
in the entire membership by States.
The various groups of members
marched down the aisles and, standing
in the we'll in front of the rostrum'
took the path of office. The PRESIDENTS
proclamation was read to both bodies,
| after which business proceeded.
A few minutes after the House met
Joseph G.. Cannon. of Illinois was re-
elected Speaker. The vote on Speaker
was: Cannon. 2O4; Champ Clark. Mis-
souri,. 1866; Cooper. Wisconsin. 9;
ESch, Wisconsin. l; Norris. Nebraska,
9; Hepburn. Iowa, /.
The session of the Senate Monday
was brief. the chief business being the
reading of the Presidents proclama-
ton calling an extra session OF the
Sixty-tirst Congress and the appoint
ment of a committee formally to notl-
fv the President that the Senate was
in readiness to receive any message.
Senator Stephenson of Wisconsin was
sworn in as 4 United States Senator.
After being in session fifteen minutes
a recess was taken until 2 o'clock ana
almost Immediately upon reassembllnS
the Senate adjourned. Joseph G. Can
non was reelected Speaker by the
House, but a motion to adopt the Ola
rules was voted down. Several amend
ments to the rules were secured after
a hot debate.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-03-26

Accidentally Shoots an Ashton Man.
Causing a Serious Injury.

Accidentally Shoots an Ashton Man,
Causing a Serious Injury.
A small boy with a bow and arrow
was the cause of a distressing accident
to George Hurst, of Ashton, who was
in Aberdeen Saturday to secure sur
gical relief. The boy accidentally shot
MIR. Hurst just behind the eye with
the arrow a few weeks ago. The
wound caused him serious pain, al
though it had apparently healed. An
examination by a surgeon revealed the
fact that a piece of wood more than a
half inch long and a quarter of an
inch thick had broken off and lodged
behind h eyeball. causing the pain
and creating a condition which would
have ultimately caused Mr.. Hurst to
lose his eyesight.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-03-26
CHICAGO ROSEBtD COItNl
Commercial Gu Hopes to Entertain
Incsc pcnDic at PrCShO.

These People at PrcS!o.
The business men Of Fresno are
making preparations for the 'hlcas"
Rosebud colony that soon Wlll tak" up
homesteadS in tn" Tripp reservation
The secretary of the commercial clup
has been in Chicago explaining to the
association the advantages of coming
to Presho to go onto the land. He eX-
poets to go back in Il few days ana
bring the people with their tanlties
Contracts and agreements nav" peeh
made to take care of all the people
coming this way and to give them the
very best rates. The business men
submitted prices for the nccessaries of
claim life, such as lumber. paints,
hardware, groceries, etc, that are even
lower than the Chicago mail order
houses. The prices FOR livery. freight
ing and locating have been put down
to a very low rate.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-03-26
CIRCUS STOPS WAR DOGS.
Conflict Postponed When the Show Ar
riycS in Town.

The steamship Acapulco brings news
to San Francisco, Cal, that war be
tween Salvador and Nicaragua was
postponed for one day in order tina
the citizens of Acajutla might enjoy
the circus which was billed to play in
thai own while the Acapulco was an
chored in the harbor. When the YES
sci first arrived martial law had been
declared, and no one was permitted to
land. But the circus came to town
was declared off so that the passengers
might swell the at the
show. The passengers on board the
Acapulco scount the idea that. there
will be any serious trouble in Contra!
America.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-03-26
QUIET LYNcHING By MOB.
Man Who Shot Chief of Police Taken
from Jail and Hanged.

Joseph Brown. said to have been
an ~ex-convict. who Thursday night
shot and seriously wounded Chief OF
Police White, at Whitney, near Ell
kins, w. Va, was taken from Jail by
a crowd OF men at 1880 o'clock Friday
morning and lynched. Brown was
hanged to a telephone pole. There
was little demonstration.
White demonstrated with Brown for
using offensive language. Brown drew
a revolver and shot White and then
took to the mountains. He was fol-
lowed by a posse of citizens. captured
and placed in Jail. 1t is expected that
White may recover
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-03-26
FIGHT ENDS IN DEATH.

Three New Mexico People Engage IN
. Mortal Combat.
Three persons are dead as the re-
sult Of q fight Saturday night between
two cousins. Antonio Dujulio. a coke
worker. and a man named Bartole.
at Ration, n. NJ. Dijulio shot Bartole,
who took refuge in the home Of his
brother. Francisco Bartole whereupon
Dijulio fired into the house and killed
Mrs. Francisco Bartole. Francisco
Bratole then plunged a knife into Di-
julio's body, killing him instantly.
Erancisco's brother died later in a
hospital.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-03-26
BLOWN UP BY ASSASSIN?
Powder Plant Near Wallace, idaho. is
Destroyed.

That an assassin deliberately blew
up the Occur d'Alene, powder works,
near Wallace, Idaho, Wednesday after
noon, killing three men and injuring
another, Is the belief of the managers
OF the Occur d'Alene Concentrating
company, which owned the plant. All
the buildings of the plant were de-
stroyed except the nitro-glycerin house.
Occur d'Alene- has been the scene OF
several serious labor disturbances.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-03-26
TOWN WILL MOVE.
Because County Where Hauostaut'
Ind. Is Located Has Gone Dry.

Ind, Is Located Has Gone Dry'
The town of Ilaubstadt, Gibson ronii-
~. In,ii1uu. viii ,Hkc wh>T'S uh'" i'Srii
shortly and move away from where II
is. IIaubstadt proposes 10 rol' l'"''l
ont of Gibson county on account Oh 'he
anti-Iiouor law. Gibson county recent
" went dry but Nanderburg county,
which adioins it. is still as wet as
| the blue sea. Wherefore the llaub-
studters will begin the work OF moving
| their town. II is only Il few hundred
| feet from the Nunderburg county line,
| and it is figured that house movers can
| transport the entire town "l'hlh IL
month. The resolution to move HauD-
| stadt unsurpassed ut Il town meeting
attended by every householder III ehe
| town limits. There were about seven
| hundred men at the .leeting ana the
resolution passed without IA dissenting
voice.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-03-26

Noted Russian Prince Is Dead.
Prince Micheal Hilkor. a member OF
the empire mi formerly minister OF
communications. died suddenly in st.
Petersburg Sunday.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-03-26
Oldham Commercial Club.

proud of a new commercial club which
has been organized there. The Of
ffcers Of the organization are as fol-
lows: President, Garland Johnson;
secretary. I. C. Bradbury; treasurer,
b. e. Adkins. All are energetic boost
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-03-26

Local business men at Wolsey have
organized a stock company, n will
build a Touring mill with a capacity of
100 barrels a day, n an elevator.
Later on it is expected an electric light
plant will be added. Work on the mill
and elevator will be started as soon Us
spring opens.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-03-26
MAY BUILD OWN RAILWAY.
Citizens of Buffalo County Hope to

Citizens of Buffalo County Hope to
secure u Line.
The people of Buffalo county are in
earnest about a railroad and are hold
ing meetings which are largely at
tended. They hope to induce some
road to extend that way. but if they
do not succeed they talk of building
one themselves. Their are many rich
men there, and as they ave been with
out rail facilities so long they are
now in a frame of mind to spend
money literally in order to gain rail-
road connection with the outside
world.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-03-26
Sunday School Meeting.

Rev. F. p. Leach, of Sioux Falls,
general secretary of the State Sunday
School association, will be the princi-
pal speaker at the second annual con-
vention of the Sunday School associa-
ton of Mcpherson county, which will
be held in the Methodist Episcopal
church at Leola on March %.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-03-26
FIVE DEAD; TWENTY INJURED.
Gas Explodes In Mine Shafts Mt Evans
willie. Indiana.

Vile, Indiana.
Five people were killed and a score
or more injured and many were over
come by an explosion of gas in the
Sunnyside mines at Evansville, Ind,
Saturday afternoon. The dea are Will
liam Schnute, Samuel Coomer, Nelson
Wi1lingham ST., colored; Joseph
Schenck; Nelson Wilingham Jr.. color
ed. The explosion was caused by a
windy shot, due to al ~overcharge of
powder said to have been placed by
John Petit. Petit was burned over
his entire body and will die. The dead
were all killed by sulphuric fumes
which followed the shot. The mine
was swept as IL by a whirlwind.
Twenty-nine men were In the mine
ut the time. The dead men were
found In the west shat OF the mine
n were all the injured.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-03-26
TWO KILLED ON TRAIN.

ThAt Men Were Attacked
for Purpose of Robbery.
Two are dead as a result OF a snoot-
ing ARRAY aboard a fast moving Fort
Worth and Denver freight train near
Clarendon, Tex. Saturday. According
to Fred Carrot. Of Fort Worth. a rela-
tive Of Floyd Aubrey. M OF the men
killed, the two were attacked by a
third man. presumably for the purpose
ack robbery. The body of the other
participant, which has not been identi-
fled. was found In Red river. where 1t
had been thrown or had fallen.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-03-26
Hartman Not to Retire.

f. H. Hartman Thursday at Los
Angeles, Cal, stated there was abso-
lutely no foundation for the assertion
that he intended to retire from active
business. He says his health is better
now than for years past.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-03-26
Appointed by President Taft.

R. H. Sands, of Murdo, has been ap-
pointed by President Taft as govern
ment stock inspector and detective on
the Rosebud Indian reservation. Mr..
Sands is a prominent merchant of
Murdo, and his appointment to this
position is pleasing to his many friends
throughout the entire country.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-03-26

Jap Labor Troubles Threatened.
Serious labor trouble is threatened
"A the beet fields near Oakland. Cal.
over h attempt to collect county poll
taxes from $50 Japanese employed in
the fields.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-03-26
Farn,crs Form a Combine.

A number of the representative
farnlers of Potter county held a meet
ing. and made preliminary arrange
ments for the organization of a stock
company, the intention of the farmers
being to engage in the elevator BUSH
ness. probably at Gettysburg, and in
future handle their own grain n
coal .".E
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-03-26
Plans for Home Coming Week.

'"HES TOT I1OHlc coming Week..
The Aberdeen Commercial club has
commenced active work on
tons for the Dakota homecoming
week to be held in Aberdeen June %
to IS. inclusive, in commemoration of
the twentieth anniversary of the ad-
mission of the Dakotas to statehood.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-03-26
Nearly Cuts Wife.s Head or.

A5s after numbering his wife by brain
Ing her. with an ak. Henry c. Wheat
ley. of Culpepper. Va, a farmer, for
merly deputy county treasurer. placed
her head on a block of wood and al
most completely severed it from the
body Friday. It is believed wheatley
is insane.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-03-26
CUBAN Insur.ents surrender.

Sergeant Cortes, the leader of the
Cuban insurrectionists. and his whole
band surrendered Thursday night to
the civil authorities of Remedies in
Santa Clara province.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-03-26
children Burn to Death,

Four children of NJ. C. Palmer, near
Newly, Okla, were burned to death
in a prairie fire which destroyed the
family residence. Palmer and his wife
and one son escaped. The fire swept
over a wide district and did such dam
age. ~
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-03-26

Sioux City Live Stock Market.
Saturdays quotations on the Sioux
City live stock market were as follow:
Top hogs, 1850: top reeves $50.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-03-26
Larkin Returned to Sioux FalIs

Deputy Sheriff Eugene Kelley ar
rived In Sioux Falls Sunday with John
n. Larkin. forger and embezzler, who,
after an exciting chase of some days
following his flight from Sioux Falls.
was captured a few days ago at New
Orleans.