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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-05-28
TOLD IN A FEW LINES.

Two blocks III the business portion Of
Clovis. n. NJ. We're destroyed by fire,
the loss being $4,000.
Eggs are going into New York at the
rate of S,2Ho,0Go Il day, the surplus be-
ing pnt into cold storage.
Samuel Grumbacher. n merchant of
York, Pa. died suddenly in the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad station at Philadelphia.
F Mace Moulton. a well-known consult
ing engineer. fell dead from heart disease
in the corridor of the Hotel .Ansouia in
New York. -- .t.I eH
The divorce suit of Virginia Harmed
Sothern against +. II. Sethern is to be
carried 70 the Supreme Court of Nevada,
a stipulation having been filed at Eeeno.
An order for $500 tons of stes! rails
was given in Kansas, city by the Mexico
and Orient, Railroad Company. The
rails are to be USED TO build a track to
connect San Angelo and Sweet Water,
Texas. a distance Of geventy-seven miles.
-Four OF the package freight lines, the
Western Transit Company, the Anchor
Line. the LehiGh Valley Transportation
Company and the Rutland Transit Com
pany came to ar agreement at Buffalo
with their engineers. The open shop
clause was eliminated
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-05-28
l.. l.. ROGERS IS DEAD;
VICTIM OF APOPLExY
STANDARD Oil Magnate Suddenly
Stricken While at His New
York Home.
NEWS SHOCKS WALL STREET
Romantic Career Of Man Who Rose
from Poverty to Vast Wealth.
His Genius as Organizer.

Henry H. Rogers, the Standard OH
magnate, died at his home in New
York City Wednesday of apopleXy. He
arose as usual, but began to feel ill,
complaining OF numbness and nausea.
Before anything could be done he died.
The news of his death came as a sur.
prise and shock to Wall street. This
was h second illness of this nature
suffered by Mr.. Rogers, the first hay
ing occurred in July, 1907. His health
had been failing for several years, and
he had curtailed his financial opera,
lions to some extent, but he continued
to perform the duties of vice president
OF the Standard Oil Company.
MIR. Rogers was for many years one
of the most prominent financiers Of
the country. He took a leading part
in all of the enterprises undertaken by
the Standard Oil group of capitalists,
was vice president of the Standard Oil
Company, and was the active spirit
in the organization of the Amalgamat,
ed Copper Company, of which he was
president up to the time of his death.
He also was interested in a number
of railroads.
Henry H. Rogers was a man of mys-
terry. So silent, SO secretive was he
that not even the date Of his birth
a. a matter of record or knowledge.
AS nearly as can be determined, this
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-05-28

colossus of modern finance was born
in 1910. Fairhaven, Mass, vas his
birthplace. The story Of his life is
one of those of modern
finance in which present-day America
is so rich. He rose from newsboy
to head of the wealthiest corporation
in the world and master of a personal
fortune of perhaps $125, 900, 900 in fifty
years. r
When he was still in his twenties
the story of the oil that was spoutins
from the earth in Pennsylvania reach.
ed his ears, and he determined to go
to the oil fields. This was in the
sos, when the oil business was new.
Methods were crude and wasteful, and
the first principles of economic refine
ment and handling of the product were
just being worked out. He started at
the bottom and learned the business
from the ground up. Then he met
three men who were to become his life
long associates-John D. and William
Rockefeller and Henry M. Flagier, and
later, John D. Archbold. These men
evolved an audacious scheme to con
centrate the business of the refinement
and transportation of oil into one CO.
1ossal firm and corner the market. The
creditor dissertation this idea is
popularity given to John D. Rockefel-
Ter, but fnanciers who claim to know
have stated repeatedly that the idea
really was Rogers and that he was
the driving power behind the new
Standard Oil Company from the first.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-05-28
RUSSIAN "RoB1N HOOD" SLAIN.

Robber Chief Who Long Joked with
Police Finally Is Killed.
The noted robber ~chieftain, Savitz.
ky, the robin Hood" of the Russian
revolution, has been killed by mem.
bers Of the rural guard. With three
members Of his band Savitzky was
surrounded by the guard in a village
near Mohlev, and after a fight that
lasted for foul hours all four were
killed. One member of the guard lost
his life in the encounter. Savitzky,
who was a high schol student when
he took to brigandage, had been the
terror of the police Of the provinces
of Tchernigov and Mohiley for sew
eral years, but he was a source of
amusement to the rest of Russia on
account of his daredevil exploits. He
delighted in playing fantastic tricks
on the police. Once, on a wager, dis
guised as a priest, he visited the gov
n of this province and various
other officials. 1t was his custom to
rob only the rich, and he distributed
his spoils among the %peasantry with
a lavish hand. He finally was be-
trayed by a member of his band.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-05-28

The directors of the Chicago, Burling'
ION and Quincy Railroad have decided
to refund all it's underlying bonds, except
those of the Illinois division or a total
near to $50, 100000 at 4 per cent. Hold
ers of the old bonds will nave the option
Of an exchange for the new.
During the last season the Pennsylva-
MIA Railroad Company set out 100000
trees, including pines, larches, spruce and
~hardwoods. In its nursery it set out
$4,000 forest seedlings for future trans
planting, and planted 222 bushels of red
oak acoTns. from which 1900 600 seed
lings are now growing. 1t also planted
a large quantity of black walnut, chestnut
and hickory, practically all of which have
given complete termination.
Slasqn Thomson. manager of the Bu-
reau of Railway News and Statistics at
Chicago has issued the fourth annual re-
port of that bureau covering the bust
ness year ending November 80, 1908. 1t
shows that the loss of the railroads of
the country on account of the panic and
ensuing depression fas far greater than
estimated BY the Interstate Commerce
Commission. The railroads complain
that the commission experts made the
mistake of basing their estimates on a
period which included some of the pros
porous months of 1907. Thomson finds
the total loss in gross ca rninss amounted
to $3.50, OOO,OO as red with the
commission's estimate of S1G4,O0O, 600,
and that the loss in net earnings was
SIPS, 34O.4G0 as compared with the com
missions estimate of $111.O5l.0G6. The
bureau also finds that the effect of the
2-cent passenger laws was a loss of $50
100000 in gross earnings. The heavy
loss in net earnings is accounted for part
" by the expenditure of So 900. 900 in
meeting the new requirements as to meth
DDS of accounting and as to the hours
and conditions of labor. The net CAPT
ralization of the railroads has increased
7G.5 per cent. but this is Only 9 per cent
a mile more. The railroads carried 1SJ.:J
more passengers & mile and POD per cent
more tons of freight n mile than in 1855.
At Little Rock, Ark, 5000 bales of
cotton, estimated to have been worth
$3.50, 900, were burned in a fire which
for several hours threatened to de-
stroy the plant of the st. Louis Com.
press Company, valued, with its con.
tents, at $1,000, 900.
Satisfied with the foot and mouth
disease in cattle, sheep, other rumin.
ants and swine has been completely
e%radicated in the United States, Sec.
rotary Wilson has issued an order re-
leasing the entire country from the
federal quarantine On account of that
disease.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-05-28
BILLIONS OF GOLD o N
Figures Show That Some One Has
Made Off with So, 600, 900, 600.

WhO0 I'll Will
Somebody is making away with the
gold supply Of the world, Since the
discovery OF the American continent
and the beginning Of its gold produc.
ton $4,000, 900, 900 in gold has disap.
peared from the available supply. This
leaves the present supply Of this pre-
cious metal at $11, 900, 0O0, 900, and,
while the United States is in no an
ger Of a gold famine, the government
would like to know who has made OK
with nearly one-siXth of the worlds
supply.
Considerably more than two-thirds
of the worlds supply is already stamp
ed into coins. About 50, O00. 900, 900 is
in circulation and $4,000, 900 900 held
in banks and public treasures. The
United States has the greatest gold
supply, the amount reaching $1,613.-
900, 900. Germany has 81. 044 ,000, 900,
France 1920, OO0, 900, Russia $S17 ,000,-
900, United Kingdom $685., 600. 900, ia
pan sol 900, 900 and Canada $751;
600, 900.
The gold output in recent years has
increased rapidly. During the ten
years ending with 1908 it aggregated
$4,000, 600. 900. This was a big jump
over the preceding years, when the
output reached only $2,400,O 90, 900. The
production in the United States in ten
years has aggregated between $S,G90,-
900 900 and 50, 900, 600, 900 or about
o%ne-fourth Of the entire porduct of the
world.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-05-28
WRECK TRAIN; SECURE $4,000.
Daring Robbers Board Engine and
Cause Serious Collision.

Posses are securing the country be.
tween Colbert and Meade, Wash, seek.
ing trace of the bandits who held up
passenger train No. 3 and secured
more than 100000 worth of booty late
Saturday night. The robbers escaped
without leaving a clew to their iden-
tity. To aid in the pursuit the Great
Northern, On whose road the robbery
occurred, has offered a reward of $1O,-
900 for each bandit captured. Twelve
persons were injured during the affair.
The disaster happened when the en-
CINE and mail car, running wild down
the track after being rifed OF the
mails, collided with the remaining cars
Of the train. The bandits detached the
engine and mail car from the train,
al them down the track a c~onsidera.
BILE distance, and hen after the regis
tered mail had been opened they sent
the engine back to collide with the
cars standing on the track. The ban
dts. Of which there were at least six
in the party, made their attack just
after the train left Colbert.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-05-28
CHICAGO IL" WRECK HURTS %.
Man Running Express Held Guilty
Of Carlessness by Road President.

man express T1e1u 1uAAIy
Of Carlessness by Road President.
Following a collision Of two North
western elevated trains in Chicago
Tuesday morning, in which twenty
three passengers were injured, rigid
investigation to learn the cause of the
wreck was begun by city officials. Inc
collision, which occurred at North
Franklin and Ohio streets, was attrlb-
uted by President Mason B. Starring
to gross carelessness' on the part or
A.. Winterberger, the motorman IN
charge Of a Wilson avenue express
train, which, on a straight track, ran
into the real end of a Ravenswood To-
cal. Both trains were city bound.
The motorman's explanation that
the brake refused to work was dlsput-
ed by Mr.. Starring and by Mlllard b.
Hereley, city traction expert. The lat
ter declared the car was inspected less
than ten days ago and found to be IN
perfect condition. Both trains were
damned to the doors with passengers
on their way to work In the loop dis
trict. Among those most seriously In
iured was William G. Schroeder, cash
Ter of the Continental National Bank,
who suffered fractures of both legs
and cuts about the head and body. In
addition to those injured many passen.
gers on both trains were shaken up
and the women became panic-stricken.
Firemen rescued many persons Devil.
dered and imperiled by the third rail
by carrying them down ladders to the
ground.
The accident occurred shortly before
$50 o'clock. The rear vestibule OF
the last car of the Ravenswood train
was partly demolished and the front
Of the motor car of the express train
was wrecked. President Starring and
other officials of the road supervised
the work Of rescue and the clearing
away of the w~reckage.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-05-28

dering to the enemy at the battle of
the Sea of Japan. Stoessel began his
sentence March 20, 1908, while Neboga-
tofr took up his quarters in the for
tress April IS, 1907.
Rear Admiral Gregorieff and Lieu
tenant Smyrnoff, subordinate officers
under Nebogatoff in the Russo-Japan-
csc war, were p%ardoned and released
from the fortress Of St. Peter and St.
Paul a month ago. These officers had
been sentenced to death for having
surrendered their commands, but in
view Of extenuating circumstances
.heir sentences were committed to ten
years imprisonment, which they began
serving in 1907.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-05-28
~N9&EMl&
TUNUT
9P9@T
~~~

The Patchen Wilkes Stock Farm will
shortly begin training operations at
the Kentucky Trotting Horse Breeders
Association track.
The Columbus. Ohio, team, former
champions of the American Associa-
ton, opened the present season by los
ing seven straight games.
John B. Taylor,ethe aged horse rae
ing and baseball magnate Of F%reeport,
H.. is dead, from injuries received by
a fall from his buggy in a runaway.
Governor Morris of Montana said to
horsemen at Frankfort. KY: There
is but one thing that will ever put a
stop to racing in Montana Or any Of
the Western States: and that is the
racing except to make money out of
the gambling hat accompanies rae
ing" "
The Western Canada Baseball
League. successor to the Northern. is
an eight-team league made up by clubs
in Winnipeg. Brandon, Medicine Hat,
Calgary. Regina. Moose Jaw, Leth-
bridge and Edmonton. A very large
percentage of the players are Amerf-
cans, cleaned from the clubs OF the
Northern States. -51s- -
DR.. Roller, the Seattle heavyweight
wrestler, failed to thrown Jim Calvin,
the New York grappler, twice in thirty
minutes at Chicago, and lost the
match. 1 e..
8 President Diaz Of Mexico has grant
ed a betting concession to turfmen,
who expect to establish a track at
Tijuana, just across the line from Cali
fornia.
Sam Langford, the colored heavy
weight pugilist, has sailed for London.
Langford is matched to fight Ian
Hague, the new heavyweight English
champion
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-05-28
BOY SAVES RAILROAD BRIDGE

Lad Telephones When He Sees
Flames and Traffic Is Not Delayed.
Lewis Williams, the ~12-year-olH son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. l.. G.. Williams, pre-.
vented the destruction of the Louis
VILE & Nashville railroad bridge two
miles north of Hopkinsville, KY, and
probably averted disastrous accidents.
While walking neal the railroad he
discovered the trestle on fire and from
the nearest telephone communicated
his discovery to the Louisville & Nash.
vile station in H~opkinsville. A switch
engine was loaded with men and water
and a re~cord-breaking run was made
to the burning bridge. The flames
were extinguished quickly and the
bridge was repaired so that there was
no delay of traffic.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-05-28
Physicians at WASHINGTON.

The tWenty-fOurth annua1 cOnven
ton of the American Association Of
Physicians has been held at Washing
ton. DR.. Vaughan, of Ann Arbor,
Mich, president OF the association,
made an address upon The Physical
Basis of Life" in which he attacked
the Emmanuel movement and other
mind cure cults, which he said had
v had scientific support or led to
the discovery Of a single scientific
fact. He ridiculed the idea hat the
brain or mind controlled the body and
that it was superior to matter
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-05-28
Thnt NIe..nxe te Mars.

Here's another Teller who cuts pricea
and offers to talk to Mars for $50, 900.
Help, union.-Cleveland Leader.
A message to Mars can be sent for
$40, 900, 900, a y Prof. Pickering. Let's
send it collect, and see what will hap
pen.-Cleveland Leader.
What attracted attention was not the
idea of signaling Mars, but the discov-
cry of a brand-new way Of spending
$40, 1000, O0O.-St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
An eminent professor says it will
cost $40, 900 900 to talk with Mars. In
long-distance toll, that's the limit.
Hang up the Observation-Disclosures Con-
stitution.
It would be a shame to spend $10,-
000, 900 to talk with the M~artians, only
to find in the end that they couldn't
understand the baseball language
Toledo Blade.
For some unaccountable reason no
enterprising citizen has yet rushed
forward with that $4,000, 900 which
Prof. Pickering requires before open
ing a conversation with Mars.-Kan-
sas City Journal.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-05-28
TO ASK AID OF WHITLA FAMILY.
Anna McDermott-Boyl Hopes to
Tighten Husbands Sentence.

Tighten Husbands Sentence.
Though resigned to her fate and
willing to give up any idea she had OF
fighting her sentence of twenty-five
years, Mrs. James H. Boyle, formerly
Anna McDermott. Of Chicago, still
hopes to free her husband, serving a
life sentence for kidnapping Willie
Whitla.
She has asked Mrs. ]. p. Whitla, the
stolen boys mother, to call on her In
her cell, and it is said she plans to
make a personal appeal for interces-
sion in behalf of Boyle. Mrs. Whitla,
however, is known to be averse to fur
her communication with the kidnap.
ers. ..,
She has not dropped the attempt to
disprove charges of Boyle that Harry
Forker, a relative of the Whitla and
Bull families. had a hand in the kid
mapping, and 1t is believed she would
be disposed to consider Mrs. Boyle's
plea il Boyle came forward with a re-
traction of the Forker story.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-05-28
MORRIS TO BUILD BIG PLANT.
VIII Invest Millions in OlSlahOmA
City Packing House.

VIII Invest Millions in Oklahoma
City Packing House.
Involving an investment between
3 1000, 600 and $1,000, 900, a deal was
closed in Oklahoma City the other
night by the Chamber of Commerce
with representatives Of Morris & Co.,
Chicago, for the erection Of a packing
plant there. The plant will have q
capacity Of 1,OOO cattle, $500 hogs and
1900 sheep per day and between 1000
and LOO men will be employed. Rep
resentatives of the company say pre-
liminary arrangements for the con.
struction of the plant will begin at
once. With such a plant there the live
stock industry Of the State will he
changed materially, as now all cattle
slaughtered go to Kansas City and
hogs to Fort Worth, Tex.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-05-28

ner engineered by James A. Patten
were ascribed as the chief auses of
the failure in dispatches from New
York, where the formal court action
was taken. Although no announce
ment Of the exact cause of the failure
was made by E. A. Benedict, the re-
ceiver. hessaid he understood money
lost in taxicab promotions figured in
the outside ventures. The firm is a
member of the Chicago Board of Trade
and the New York Stock Exchange,
but is said to have had no stock ex-
change obligations.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-05-28
sToESSEL LEAVES RUSSIAN JAIL
General Sentenced for Surrenderine
Port Arthur Released by Gar.

Lieutenant General Anatole NJ.
Stoessel and Rear Admiral Nebogateff
have been released from confinement
In the fortress of st. Peter and st.
Paul by order of Emperor Nicholas Of
Russia. The health of both men has
been gravely affected by their conflne.
nent.
General Stoessel was found guilty by
court-martial of surrendering the for.
tress of Port Arthur to the japanese
and was serving a sentence of ten
years Imprisonment. Nebogatoff was
sentenced to be informed in a fortress
for the same length Of time for surren.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-05-28

The Revolution i'm Turkey.
Turkey Is acquiring the South Amer
lean temperament in fine style.-Atlan-
ia Journal.
Castro ought to be glad that he II
out of range. Look at Abdul.-AN-
waukee Sentinel.
Now let's us see IL the rebels can
knock the stufling out of Turkey
Cleveland Leader.
It is announced that Abdul Hamid
has le;t his throne. If so, it must have
beer riveted to the floor.-Cleveland
Leader.
1t would be interesting to know how
many of Abdul Hamid's 1000 wives
are saying Il told you so."-Washing-
ton Star. e
When the Sultan arrests an AMert-
can as a spy he is taking the anc
of an ultimatum of the sort not mere
ly to be placed on fle.-Philadelphts
Ledger.
Turkish soldiers made the revsiu-
ton largely because their pay was IN
arrears. Now they naturally want
their pay from the new regtns.-AHr
waukee Sentinel.
If Abdul Hamid Is driven to seek
an asylum in America, he would make
a corking good denying secretary
for some President or statesman.-
Washington Post.
Under the present circumstances.
Abdul Hamid would doubtless accept
with pleased alacrity an invitation to
accompany President Taft on his visit
to Alaska this summer.-New Orleans
Times-Democrat. y58.u
While Abdul Hamid may be tried
for ~trespass. murder, embellishments.
perjury, bribery, boodling and graft.
there are wise men who win think OF
his eleven wives and conclude that his
punishment is enough.-St. Louis
Post Dispatch.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-05-28
TRACY 4 co. FAIL
Action Against Brokerage House
Taken in New York.

The big stock and grain house Of
Tracy & Co, with two Chicago Offices,
three Offices in New York, and
branches In five other cities. went into
the hands of a receiver late Monday
afternoon. A rough estimate made by
attorneys for various creditors placed
the liabilities as 1850. 900. with assets
Of $4,000 900. although the amounts
named in the petition were only ST.
00o.e 900 and $250,OO0 respectively.
William W. Tracy, formerly president
Of the Lincoln Park board in Chicago
and a well-known Illinoisan, was head
of the company.
Unfortunate ventures in the taxicab
business in New York and Chicago and
a hard squeeze in the recent grain cor
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-05-28
LEAGUE
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
ST. PAUL GIRL ACCUSED.

with Murder Of Father.
Louise Arbogast, aged %, who is
said by the police to have been the
victim Of a delusion melted by fortune
tellers that a man was pursuing her.
was formally arraigned in police court
in St. Paul, Mimi, on a charge of hav-
ing slain her father, Louis Arbogast,
"a wealthy meat dealer. He was found
dead in bed last Thursday morning
with his head crushed. The girl de-
MES the crime. 1t is expected that in
sanity will be the defense made.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-05-28
Hail Term for Auto spceder.

William Watson, a well-to-do New
Yorker, was arrested at Yonkers,
N. Y, for exceeding the speed limit
while driving an automobile with his
bride of a few days, and was later
sentenced to serve four days in jail.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-05-28
Teller Admits Theft.

Ellis w. Niles. former receiving tell
er of the First National Bank of Min.
neapolis, pleaded guilty to embez.
cling $40, 900 of the banks funds. He
will be sentenced to from one to ten
years in prison.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-05-28
spcakins Of Suffrage.

#e.-fa # ~ E&FE&-EFa
The nine hundredth bolter from the
suffragette movement has called her
self a overnmentalist.- Washington
Post.
S~uffragettes are particularly request
ed not to disturb Parliament while
England is struggling with the quAs.
ton of a Observation-Disclosures Star.
Westchester County, New York. has
developed a lady horse thief, which
goes to show that woman's sphere OF
activity is constantly expanding
Houston Post.
Speaking of the matter of womln
suffrage, about what per cent OF the
general average of men throughout
the country believe their wives are In
capable of voting intelligently?-To-
ledo Blade.
It's always the way, at first, to be
ruled by sentiment, but after women
have exercised the elective franchise
for a few years they will develop COM
mon sense in selecting their candi-
dates.-Detroit News. 81
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-05-28
SIGNS New Black Hand Law.

Governor Hughes of New York has
signed a law increasing the penalty
for extortion or blackmail from five
to fifteen years. The measure is
aimed at the Black Hand and similar
organizations.