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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-03
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

part of the public. The race was at a mile. Sir Martin
carried 1876 pounds, a formidable weight for a 3-year-
old, and was conceding as much as thfrty-eight pounds
to some of his opponents. "Skeets" Martin, the noted
American jockey, was up. The bookmakers gave odds
of 7 to 1. There was d loyal American delegation on
hand and they backed the American horse periodically.
The Britons had plenty of chance to see him run, es-
pecially at the finish, for he came home with lots Of
daylight between him and his field, ga1loping easily in
the fast time of 1: So 3-5. A length and a half back was
a 4-year-old to whom he was giving Twenty-Five pounds.
Sir Martin came back to the paddock in no wise dis
tressed, and stood the mobbing to which he was sub
jected by a great crowd with superb disdain.
Immediately Sir Martins odds in the Derby were cut
squarely in two. Before the race they were 10 to 1;
after the race 5 TO 1 was the best the ~ookmakers would
give. All at once Britain buzzed like a beehive over Sir
Martin and his Derby chances. Though the list of prob
able starters in the Derby numbered twenty, the convic-
ton suddenly became allpervading that the great race
lay between Sir Martin and King Edwards Minoru, the
favorite at 5 to 2.
To appreciate. what the prospect of an American horse
winning the Derby means to a Briton it is only neces-
sary to take a glance at the race as a national institu-
ton. For the Derby is a national institution. It's his
tory for more than a century has been no small part of
the history of England.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-03
BEATS THE WEST.

Horse Thieves in New York Steal
of Animals Yearly.
For the last few weeks New York
detectives have been rounding up Il
gang of organized horse thieves who,
according to the authorities, have been
working in that city on a scale n
known even in the days OF horse
lifting in the west. It is estimated
that as many as 800 horses, worth
$500 each, have been stolen in and
around New York within the last year.
The horse thieves in the city ope-
rate either as ~"rig4hoppers" or stable
breakers" The "~rfg-hoppers' are
those who jump on vehicles left by
drivers before the doors of business
houses and drive of. These men usu-
ally work in pairs, n man, who does
the head work, selecting both the
horses to be driven off and the time
to do it. His associate is generally a
tool, with more daring than brains,
but with cleverness enough to dress
the part of the driver whose team he
is about to take.
Detectives say that a thief never
takes a horse worth less than $500.
The horse thief, after Selling a
team, usually drives about 20 blocks
before daring to unhitch the team.
He is pretty sure by this time to
have eluded the rightful driver, and
the police, for the time being. From
the start the horse-stealing business
must be conducted, to be safe and
successful, with the help of confed-
crates at every stage. AS soon as the
team is embarrassed it is taken di-
rectly to the stable of a confederate
a stable ostensibly kept for hiring and
boarding horses, but in reality for
receiving stolen horses, Then they
are shipped to confederates in other
cities.
Only a few weeks ago two detec-
tives captured a car loaded with stolen
horses consigned to a confederate,
after the train had actually started.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-03
SEfNNGIO DIyDFAJTXTf

the action Of the equalizers been taken
before things began to happen. There
was al immediate protest. An organ.
ization Of business men was formed
and before a meeting of that organiza.
ton, former State Senator Robert N.
Bulla advocated in a speech the crea.
ton of a new State to be known as
Southern California. He was greeted
with cheers. Other prominent south.
ern Californians, including e. w. Hop.
kins, assessor of Los Angeles county,
rallied to Bulla's standard, and for
several weeks there have been numer.
US organization gatherings and mass
meetings Of taxpayers at which State
division has been warmly advocated
and ways and means discussed.
To put the agitation on a definite
basis a committee of ten was appoint.
ed to take the proper steps for calling
a convention to take the matter prop.
erly before Congress. The principal
arguments set forth have been based
on the conflict of interest between the
north and south, alleged unfair ex'
penditure of taxes and Partially in
distributing State improvements.
Can Congress or can't Congress?
That is the question owe which the
south is struggling right now. The
question centers around that bill that
has been before Congress since 1859.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-03
De ARM0ND IS BURNED
T0DEATH| IN HIS HOME
Well known Congressman asd
Grandson Victims Of Fire
at Butler, Mo.
ONLY THEIR BONES ARE FOUND
other Members Of Family Escape
Observation-Disclosures Career Of
"Show Me" Lawmaker.

Representative David A. De Almond.
m Of the best known Democratic
members of Congress, mi his grand
son, Waddie, aged 6, were burned to
death in a fire that destroyed the De
Almond home at Butler, Mo-, early
Tuesday. The home of Congressman
De Almond was situated across III
street from that of James A. De Ar
mond. his son.. James started to rush
into the burning home in an attempt
to save his father, but he was re-
strained by the younger members OF
the De Almond family and %neighbora
The cause of the fire, which started
at 3 a. M, is unknown. The house
was two stories in height. 1t burned
like matchwood. Other members Of
he family escaped and it is believed
none was hurt.
Neither the body Of Congressman De
Almond nor that of his grandson has
been recovered and it is believed that
they were incinerated. Bones, believed
to be those of the Congressman, were
found by searchers Tuesday morning.
Other occupants of the house at the
tlLlc Ol IuS uT0 anu Wiz cSC6pcU WcIO
Mrs. De Almond, James A. De Ar
mond, aged 35, a son Of the Congress
man, and a daughter.
David A. De Almond was one of the
characters of Congress. He figured
prominently in several stirring cpl.
sodes on the floor, having had a fist
fight once with John Sharp Williams
1t was on Dec. 10, 1907. Onlookers
said Williams struck the first blow
and De Almond ~retaliated vigorously.
When the combatants were separated
blood was flowing freely from the face
of Mr.. Williams. De Almond bore NO
mark Of the fray.
Mr.. De Almond was born in Blair
County, Pennsylvania. In 1874. but after
studying law he removed to Butler.
Mo-, where he practiced his profession
until he entered Congress In 1891. He
had served at Washington continuous
~ up to his death.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-03

fornia, a strip of land on the Pacific
ocean,, 200 miles wide, covering about
$4,000 square miles.
The existence of that division bin
now lying before Congress, until rec,
emily all but forgotten, has been made
a subject of heated discussion from
one end of the State to the other, as a
result of the eighth outbreak in the
history of California, of bad feeling
between the north and the south. Just
what is at the bottom of the I'M
brotherly feeling hat has, for half a
century, existed between the peoples
north and south OF "The ~Techachapi'
has never been well defined. In the
eight instances in State history there
has always been some specific condi-
ton or event that has brought the III
feeling to a head. Whether it is dl-
versity of interests and industry, the
location of the capital, sectional jeal-
ousy, a combination Of all, or some
thing entirely different. the fact re-
mains that the feeling exists and so
far as the south is concerned, is at the
boiling point right now.
The State Board Of Equalization
started the trouble only a few weeks
ago, a Los Angeles correspondent says,
by raising assessed valuation in south
ern California cities-notably Los An
geles-increases amounting in some
instances to 100 per cent. Hardly had
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-03

You can account for very few mar
riages.
If you want TO take a prize for un-
popularity, act superior.
Every time any big bill is presented
TO you, it looks like robbery.
If a woman can get her first man,
she needn't worry about her second,
or third.
A man and woman going on a wed
ding trip try hard not to look happy,
and on their return try just as hard
to look happy.
There is plenty of cooking as good
as mothers" but very few appetites
like a boys.
When you hear a smart saying by
a child, it is a sign the child has a
smart mother, and that she made it
up.
When a mother shows her baby's
picture she always says: 'The baby
moved, or the picture would have been
better"
Two brakemen were arguing to-day,
and one Of them said to the other:
Il don't believe that. Produce your
Eskimes.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-03
THREE GET FEDERAL POSTS.
Taft Names James L. Davenport
Pension Chief, Succeeding Warner.


Pension Chief, Succeeding Warner.
President Taft on Wednesday AN
nounced three appointments OF nation
al Importance. James l.. Davenport,
First Deputy Commissioner Of PEN
sions. was selected for Pension Com
missioner to succeed Vespasian War
ner; BENJAMIN s. Gable. Of Chicago,
was made Assistant Secretary OF Com
merce and Labor. to succeed Ormsby
McHarg, and Chief Justice w. j.
Mills. of the New Mexico Supreme
Court, was named for Governor Of
that Territory.
Mr.. Davenport, chosen for the pen
sion post, is from New Hampshirs
and has occupied the position Of Dep
uty Commissioner for twelve years.
He is a veteran of the late war, enter
ing the service in 1864, when he left
his home in New Hampshire and went
to Wisconsin, where he enlisted In
Company B of the Fortieth Wisconsin
Regiment. He served in that organ1-
cation until September Of that year.
He was then enrolled In the Forty
ninth Wisconsin, but was compelled to
return east by sickness. For a short
time after the war Mr.. Davenport was
a store clerk, and then for twelve
years he vas a travelling salesman. In
1881 he went to Washington and en-
tered the pension Office, where he has
remained ever since. The new Com
missioner is a Republican in politics.
He is Ga years OF age.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-03

the pathetic stimulation of an innocent
woman in distress, had their effect,
and anything short of an acquittal
would have meant a riot.
To be sure, the prosecution did not
produce absolute evidence of guilt,
says the Utica Globe, and no jury
could have convicted on the woman's
vile record and the damning circum-
stances alone. An acquittal was COM
PEELED, but that this meretricious fe-
male should have been crowned with
the halo of popular approval is an out
rage on decent womanhood.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-03
IGznm,mgMmhm
french Court Procedure
'lotleriny 70 Fall over
Her Remarkable Trial
for Murder

1t is ia charmeuse Steinheil" again.
a baS la Court des Assizes!
The trial. in Paris of Nine. Marguer-
lite Steinheil, charged with the MUIR
der Of her husband and her mother,
Nine. Japy, threw the French capital
INTO a condition of excitement not
equalled since the historic Dreyfus
fase. No other mystery of recent years
has so disturbed the French nation as
This double murder, in which a strange
woman, with a shady past, was coupled
not alone with the victims of the trag-
edy, but also with the tragic death of
the President of the French republic.
Political parties were plunged into
The case, the Dreyfus affair was resus-
Stated, and the charge was made that
government officials shielded the WON
IN, SO that the affair was more like u
political campaign than a capital case.
A French trial is a strange sight to
IN American OR E~nglishman, familiar
with the English common law and TAX
Ing its principles as a matter of
sourse. The English law says: "a man
b innocent until he is proven guilty.
The French law says: "a mar is gull
" until he is proven innocent" And
his is the distinction hat has arous-
I'd France to a storm of bitter protest.
For years the law has stood unchal-
enged and hundreds of supposed GRIM
mails have been browbeaten by magis-
.rates playing the role of prosecutors
and sent, under it, to prison or to
leath. The French people have been
aroused to the need of a change. Now
he conservative press of france is de-
handing that the law of decades be
changed. The criminal code must IN
BEND. French court procedure is tot
tering to a fall.
Dramatic and, to our American
minds, outrageous as were the scenes
Intending the trial of Madame Stein
He'll, hat which accompanied her &C
Iuittal vas the most dramatic and
acquainted with the career of this
woman who do not believe her capable
If the frightful crime of which she
vas charged-the murder of her hus-
,and and that of her stepmother.
Madame Steinheil was a woman who
succeeded in numbering among her
admirers men high in social life and
government circles. Even a former
President of the republic was but a fly
II the web she spread and she was
lone with him when his heart failed
md he passed from life. 1t is believed
a some quarters that fear of a nation
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-03
ATcH1soN GLOBE SIGHTS.

Once a candidate, generally a can
didate.
If o have a lot of poetry notions,
get rid of them.
The trouble is all of us have such a
lot of fool habits.
Every man believes his business is
the most monotonous.
Show less indignation behind the
backs of people, and be holder to their
faces.
There is one fortunate thing about
mistakes; many Of them are easily
corrected.
1t is hard to tell which is the more
worthless business, prospecting, or
working on inventions.
OF course women are not mercen-
airy, but gambling seems a greater sin
to them when you lose.
Fat men are lazy, but you can't
help admitting that there is some
thing likable about them. Z
II people were as afraid OF hurting
their stomachs rs they are Of catch
ing cold, they would live longer.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-03

w. r. Skinner, 35 years old. a rail-
road ~switchman, stood with his foot
caught in a guard rail and fought
vainly to free himself until a train
crushed him to death in Franklin
Park, a Chicago suburb. Skinner
threw his lantern in the air-the death
signal of all switchmen-but it was
not seen by the engineer nj fireman
of the train which bore down upon
him around the curve at that point.
He was switching cars at the curve
when his foot became caught. He
wrenched and struggled desperately,
and his shouts for help wer lost in
the roar of the approaching train. just
as he was thrown down by the train
he tossed his lantern high in the air.
His rocket signal was seen by the 9TH
er members of the crew, and the train
stopped. His body was found beneath
the train.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-03

al scandal alone prevented the produc-
ton of proof that the President died
of poison.
Vile, cunning and INSCRIPTIONS as
she was, her woman's charms affected
not only the jury which tried her, but
swayed the emotions of the multitude
so that when acquittal came there was
such mad demonstrations of joy as
would have been denied the rescue of
a national heroine from a dire fate.
Tears, protestations, appeals, supplica-
tons, Somber garments suggestive of
crepe-these and, more than all else,
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-03
BANKER IS GIVEN TEN YEARS.
Phil Allen, Jr., Of Mineral Point,
Wis, Pleads Guilty.

Phil Allen, Jr., former vice president
of the First National Bank of Mineral
Point. Wis, pleaded guilty before
Judge Sanborn in the United States
District Court in Madison, Wis, to
foul out of twenty-six counts In the
indictment against him and was sen
fenced to ten years in the federal pris-
on at Fort Leavenworth, Kan, the
maximum under the law on any one
count. Allen was charged with embezr
zling $168,0O0 from the Mineral Point
bank. The banker, who is So years
old, has been in Jail for several weeks,
having pleaded not guilty at La Crosse
to the indictment returned against
him. He came in court unexpected
ly, and with bowed head in an almost
inaudible voice pleaded guilty When
asked if he had anything to say, he re-
piled there was nothing to say.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-03

The bill proposes to divide California
along the northern line of San Luis
Obispo, Kern and San Bernardino
counties about the line of the present
proposal.
This bill was passed by the legisia-
ture. voted for by more than two-thirds
of the voters of the State, signed by
Governor Milton S. Latham and pre-
sented to Congress. At that time the
Civil War was threatening and the
bill was sidetracked as its passage was
thought to mean the addition of n
other southern State. /.
Bulla and his followers declare that
all that is necessary is action by Con-
gress. He is opposed in his views by
former Governor Henry T. Gage, who
declares that State division can not be
accomplished without an amendment
to the national constitution.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-03

If the Congress Of the United States
should, by any chance, pass a bill that
has been lying before it for action for
fifty years, and If the Supreme Court
of the United States should declare
such action by Congress to be legal
and constitutional, there would be two
States on the Pacific coast within an
area where there is now but one.
There would be consequent great re-
joicing in the southern portion Of that
State and proportionate chagrin in the
northern portion. The area is Cali
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-03
WORDS OF GREAT MEN.

Nobody does anything we'll that
they cannot help doing; work is only
well lone when it is done with a will.
-Ruskin.
II is not possible to secure distant
or permanent happiness but by the
1orbearance Of some Immediate graft
Acation.-JohnsoA.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-03
JENNIE @RR@~6
s~

Miss Fletcher of Leicester, accord
hg to the London Sketch, holds the
English women's swimming champion
ship. At Manchester she reduced the
worlds record for 100 yards from l
minute IA seconds to 1 minute 12R
econds."
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-03
USING OLD NEWSPAPERS.

Crushed newspapers are splendid to
clean lamp chimneys. !.
Wet in water they clean out the
stove oven splendid1y.
They can wen be used for an iron
holder in a emergency.
Irons not much soiled can be rubbed
on old newspapers and thus made n
for use.
To wipe up spilled water or grease
from the floor they saw the wringing
cut Of Q cloth. Atf. .
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-03

Italy levies a graduated income tax
Is well as q direct tax ON land and
houses. Small incomes are exempt
rom taxation. The minister OF
Rnance estimates that the income tax
for this year will amount to about
k4S, GOO, 900, while the land tax will
tring in $685. 600, 900.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-03

The patent Office is some 100000
ahead on revenue from patents, nearly
Il, oe0, 600 last year alone. Consider
lions of blessings and dollars from in
ventions, and considering the silent
tragedy and despair of poor inventors,
This seems like seething the lamb in
its own mothers milk.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-03

the best 2-yearold Of the American turf last year,
ridden by the American jockey, Martin.
) Great Britain finished first by a nose. France was
second. America fell at the historic Tattenham Corner.
When Sir Martin was thrown America lost a chance to
show Great Britain that she could beat her at her
own game of breeding and developing race horses. In
cidentally, when Sir Martin fell, probable winnings to
the amount of So, 900, 900 went ~glimmering.
Several leading American owners shipped horses at
the close of the season, with the idea of having them
thoroughly acclimated by the time the racing of the
year began. The Britishers simply said: ooh, another
American invasion, don't you KNOW" and ostensibly
took no further notice of the coming of the American
horses. 1t was soon evident, however, that they had a
wholesome respect for American horses, for as the
handicaps were announced it was seen that the weights
assigned to them were so heavy that the sporting writ
es of the United States felt justified in pointing out
that it looked as if the Britishers were trying to keep
the American invaders from starting.
There was great curiosity to see Sir Martin on the
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-03
rich OIL Men Die Mt same Hou

Rich OIL Men Die Mt Same Hour.
Beckoned by the angel of death al
the same hour, Armstead b. Baxter, .
millionaire broker and oil and gas
magnate, and James Callahan, a
wealthy retired oil producer, both Of
Pittsburg and former partners In the
oil industry. died there at 3 O'clock
Sunday morning.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-03

end of each month there are consider
able sums of money on their way to
the treasurer at Cincinnati from the
station agents and others. 1t was by
including in this item the money
which he had in fact stolen that War
falcation.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-03
shoot Negro and D.r. DoA,

Roy Rolston, a negro, who attacked
Mrs. w. C. Cheatwood, wife of a farm
er living near E~dwardsville, Ala, waa
hunted down by "a posse Of citizena
and riddled with shot. As soon as the
negro was dead the body was burned
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-03

In a month a caterpillar eats food
weighing 5000 times its weight.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-03

There are t~hirty-nine miles of books
on the shelves Of the British museum.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-03

N international racing contest of universal
interest was the one hundred and thirty
first English Derby. Great Britain pinned
its faith to Minoru, the horse of king Ed
ward. France was represented by Louviers,
ridden by the noted French jockey, Stern.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-03

Canada produces nearly one-half tho
worlds supply Of maple sugar. about
Ia, 00e.0 900 pounds annually.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-03

A Hungarian washing machine
makes use Of electrified water. .
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-03

Last year about thirty thousand per.
ions visited the birthplace Of Shakes
beare.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-03

An inch Of rain Is rain falling at
the rate of about 100 tons to the acre.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-03

At an elevation of 1000 feet the at
mosphere is free from microbes.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-03

Smoking was . penal s1snse at one
knsin Turkey.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-03

With modern antiseptics in surgery
6 per cent Of amputations result IA
tally.