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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-18
MURDER ON A RANCH.
Two Men Found In a Well Near Ka-
dOka, s. ID.

The bodies OF two men were found
In a we'll on the Artie McNaliy ranch,
two miles north Of Kadoka, S. D., Fri
day morning. Mr.. McNally had occa-
sion to visit the well for water and
made the discovery. The bodies proved
to be those of two men who had been
running a breaking outfit, j. Colder,
of Rock Valley, Ia, or Rock Rapids,
Ia, and W. d.. Toney, 1917 Hamilton
street, Sioux City. They and a man
who went by the name of Mike Ma
loney shipped a car of horses and ma
emery from Chamberlain on May IS
and started breaking a few days later
for Artie McNaIly on his claim north
of town. Gooder and Toney seem to
be partners, and Malone was working
for them. Malone came to town on
Thursday, May 81. and said he had
bought Gooder and Toney out for $3.50
and the night before had taken them
to Philip.
After this time Malone seemed to
ave plenty Of money. while before
this he had been broke. After this Ma
lone tried to sell several Of the horses,
LII III oiSpoSc VI VI loai AS"N'
Last Monday morning Malone left for
the west, taking seven head of horses
with him. The discovery of the bod
les in the well Friday morning places
the crime on Malone.
The well is located about ten rods
from where Malone was canped- The
circumstances all point to Malone as
the perpetrator of the foul deed In
stead OF taking the men to Philip, he
murdered them in cold blood and
dumped the bodies into the well to
cover up the crime, and after that
had camped for owe a week at the
scene Of the deed.
Robbery was the motive for the
crime. Gooder was known to have
considerable money on his person, and
when found his pockets had been ri
fed, leaving nothing whatever to iden-
tify him. j. +. Doty. of Kadoka, iden-
tilted him as a party who did breaking
for him near Kimball last year. A let
ter and a sale ticket from a Sioux City
feed store identified the other man
as w. D. Toney, 1917 Hamilton street.
Marshal Wiltfang started or the
trail of the suspected murderer and
captured him Friday evening at Cot
tonwood.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-18
IS TO 100 ARE DEAD.
Injured List Is As Large In French
EarthOuake.

Injured List Is As Large In French
Earthquake.
From rs to 100 dead and 100 in
tured IL Saturdays estimated total
easualities as the result OF the earth
quake which devasted several small
towns and villages in the southermost
part Of France. particularly in the de-
garments OF Herault and Brooches du
Rhone.
Great suffering Is reported from the
remoter places. owing to q lack OF
bread and the necessities OF life before
the arrival OF aid. The causualities
may be greatly increased, as the ruins
have not yet been entirely searched.
The village Of st. Cannat and Rognez
yere completely demolished by the
earthquake, and Lambesc, which is
twelve milca from Ak. suffered hcavi-
y according to advices received here
number OF wounded are still impris-
oned In the ruins and soldiers are
working desperately to rescue them.
Survivors are sleeping In tents and
the streets are impossible. In many
places they have been torn up and are
tncumbered by masses of rock. Houses.
public office buildings and churches
were crumbled to pieces. Among other
villages seriously damaged are varne-
ones venilles. Palissanne, Puy ste.
Reparde and Arguilles.
b victims At st. Cannat and Rog-
mex were sorribly mutilated. There
wsr evidences that several Of the vic
timn han 4Ifvnd for hours - prfooro5
~ the derbis before they died. The
people rushed into the streets when
the first shock occurred. crying out in
terror. Many OF them returned to the
rescue OF their families.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-18
Aarnua LINN. sssasH
TROOPS In PURSUIT.
fHILIPPINE MUTINEIsRs NOW
HIDING IN MOUNTAINS.
Several Columns OF Soldiers, Both
Regular and C~onstabulary, Are AL
ready in Field Bent ON Capturing
Detachment OF Runaways.

Brig. Gen. Harry H. B~andholtz,
chief OF the Philippine constabulary,
who al present is on a tour of inspec-
ton on the island OF Jolo, will at once
proceed to Davao. Mindanao island,
the scene OF the mutiny OF the Second
NJ OF c~onstabulary on June 8,
news OF which reached Manila Sunday.
Brig. Gen. Bandholtz will assume per-
sonal command OF the constabulary
forces sent in pursuit cf the mutineers.
The fnsular government is determined
TO make an example OF the m%utinous
vlsayans who fled to the mountain
Businesses in the interior with their
rifles and equipments. and the pursuit
will be pressed with the utmost vigor
until the last of the m%utineers have
been captured. Several columns OF
troops, both regular and constabulary.
already are in the field.
Acting Gov. Gen. Forbes. who re-
turned Monday from the province of
Pampanga and was soon in confer
ence with Mai. Gen. William J. Du-
vail. commanding the division Of the
Philippines. said:
This affair, d~eplerable as Il seems
to have been, has not changed my
opinion OF the native c~onstabulary o
my belief In the general excellency and
loyalty Of the force. Judgment must
be reserved until we receive further
details OF the mutiny and the causes
that brought It about"
No additional details of the mutiny
n OF the three hours fight made by
Gov. Walker and the Americans In the
church at Davao have been received
here. No telegraph connects with
Davao. The only communication is
by steamer from Zambango, a nava
station on the extreme southwestern
point OF Mindanao. or from Malabang.
There is no indications of any ex-
tsnsive military plans aside from The
ordering OF several detachments to
follow the mutineers.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-18
HUNDREDS IN GREAT PERIL.
Steamer Meets with Accident Near
New York.

New York.
The Spanish steamer Antonio Lopez,
with 526 passengers and a crew of
1875 men, grounded on Fire Island near
New York City Wednesday night and
lay on the beach all night, pounded
by heavy seas Rockets sem up for
assistance warned the summer life
saving crew at DIN o'Woods life saw
ing station, but they could do nothing
until daylight. Early Thursday wreck
ing tugs reached the stranded steamer,
a lifeboat was launched through the
surf and the work of transferring the
ONE and children passengers to the
wrecking tugs was begun. The sea
was still too high to permit the pas
sengers to be landed. The steamer
appeared to be unchanged and in no
immediate danger, as the sea was sub
siding. Most Of the passengers were
from italian and Spanish ports. in
Guiding Naples, Genoa and Cadiz, and
they were bound for Vera Cruz, Mex
leo. to which port the steamer intend
ed to proceed after touching at New
York,
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-18
BOY AvENaER IN WRECK PLOT.

Youth Whose Fathers Hay Is
Burned Endangers Lives of 800.
The Grand Trunk train wrecking
mystery of two months ago was solved
the other day by the confession of Will
lie Osborne, a 1~5-year-old lad living
near Griffith, Ind. He admitted he
had attempted to derail the train out
Of revenge for the burning of a stack
of hay belonging to his father, William
Osborne, and for which the company
had refused to pay. Three hundred
passengers on a Chicago-bound vestl-
buled flyer were saved from death or
injury when the engineer of the New
York Limited on the Grand Trunk saw
a tie on the w~est-bound track just out
Of Grifhth two months ago and notified
the railroad oficials at Grifhth in time
to ave the west-bound passenger train.
The tie was found fastened IN the
track, and many tramps were arrested
on a suspicion Of intended robbery.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-18
WANTS A NEW TREATY
WITH UNITED STATES
President Taft May Hasten ACTON
Desired by Japan on Friendly
Compact.
EXCLUSION IS TO PLAY A PART.
Mikado's Empire Now a Woflo
Power and Demands More FAVOR
able Treatment as Such.

The first step in what will become
the most important negotiations that
have occurred in the relations OF the
United States and Japan nave peeh
taken in Washington by Ambassador
Takhira. the representative OF the En-
peror of the far Eastern people he
has notified the Secretary OF state o.
the purpose of his government TO Ter
inmate the treaty Of ha'f
CATION. and commerce. which was sigh
ed in 1894 and entered into effect III
1899, and has evidenced ita desire TO
formulate a new treaty Hrnich shat
apply to the existing coSditionS.
The treaty which it will be the In
tention of Japan to bring to an n IS
similar to those in force with the 9th
err powers, including Great Britain. II
was negotiated while the pan
were invading China fifteen years ago,
and their victory not only lemon
strated the weakness Of the Celestlal
EMPIRE, but caused the West TO real
lie that a new military force had ap-
peared in the world. 1t went into
effect in the year before the Boxer
revolt in China. during which the Jap
anese expedition conducted itself in a
n that compared most favorabiy
with the behavior of the troops of the
other nations.
Japan Now World Power.
The humiliation of Russia added to
the prestige of Japan, and the latter
now appears in the council of the pow
ers, their equal in standing, and seeks
to have the treaties between them and
her modified in accordance with her
international position. These treaties
expire by their terms in 1911, n
Japan, DESTROYS to maintain contrac-
tural relations with the other powers,
has proposed that the negotiations
shall begin next year of conventions
to take their place. Some embarrass-
ment has arisen in connection with
the treaty with the United States be-
cause of an amendment made by the
Senate when ratifying the instrument,
under which the expiration would not
occur until 1912.
There is a tactical advantage in this
situation for the United States, since
the first difficulties connected with the
negotiations will be thrown upon
Great Britain, which must arrange a
new treaty to become effective in 1911.
But, on the other hand, If Great Brit
ain accords certain concessions to her
ally Japan naturally would seek their
incorporation in the new treaty with
| this country.
Consequently it may be decided by
President Taft as a mark of friendship
for Japan to agree to the termination
of the present treaty in in 1911 and
to enter upon new negotiations next
year. The Importance Of these nego-
tiations will at once be appreciated
when it is known that the Toxic gov
eminent proposes to insist upon the
elimination of hat provision of the
treaty granting to the United States
the right to regulate the admission OF
Japanese laborers. g
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-18
SOUTH DAKOTA MASONS.
Grand Lodge Sessions Break Records
for Attendance.

The Masonic grand lodge sessions
at WatertOwn have attracted greater
interest and larger attendance than
any previous annual meeting. The
grand lodge closed Thursday night and
Royal Arch Masons are holding their
grand chapter. Friday the knights
Templars held forth.
The Eastern Star grand chapter
Thursday elected the following officers:
Grand matron, Anna A. Lummey,
Pierre; grand patron, II. S. Fletcher,
WatertoWn; assistant matrOn, Alice
Morse, FaulktOu; associate patron. DR..
Banton, Yankton: secretary. Angie L..
Williamson, Madison: treasurer. Fan
ME Cox, Howard; conductor, Miss
Pearl O%schner, Kimball; associate.
Miss Lillian Fike. C~astlewood.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-18
ELEVEN PERSONS DEAD.
Several Others Injured in Central
Texas Storm.

Special dispatches show that eleven
persons are dead and several injured
rs a result of the storm in central
Texas Friday, including one man who
was killed when q wind storm blew a
Kansas City. Mexico and Orient rail-
way passenger train from the Brazos
river bridge, north of Sweet Water.
Thursday night. Haskell and Lueders
were places also damaged by the
storm. which was accompanied by a
fall OF hail. destroying thousands of
dollars worth crops and orchards.
In the wreck of the Kansas City.
Mexico inc Orient train J. E. Siam
ford. a travelling salesman Of Crowell,
Tex, was killed and eleven persons
were badly injured.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-18
Farmers Not Satisfied.

The FARMS living along the Yer
million river valley, or owning land
along the river, are not satisfied with
the recornme -dationo Of the government
surveyor that levees be built to pre-
vent overflows. They claim it will take
too much of the land. They have
therefore asked the county board to
have a survey made in order to deter
mine the feasibility Of Strengthening
n river in several places. The COM
missioners have refused to make the
expenditure. but ave advised the Pc
titioners to raise a fund for tina. pur-
pose.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-18
Meet at Wn1ertOWn.

WATERFOWL this week entertained
three state organizations-the grand
lodge of the Masonic orders, including
the blue lodge. the chapter. the COM
mandery and the Eastern Star; the
state association Of cmbalmers. and
the state organization of the Osteo-
pathic fraternity of practitioners. In
point of numbers the Masonic associa-
ton far outnumbcrs tho total attend
ance Of the other organizations COM
hina1
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-18
KILLED AGED COUPLE.
Michael Soboleski, OF Toledo. Found
Guilty Of Murder.

Michael SOboleski, OF Toledo. Found
Guilty Of Murder.
Michael soboleski, of Toledo, o.. a
tailor. who was charged with the muir
der OF Ludwig and Augusta Kruger,
was convicted Friday Of murder in h
first degree with a recommendation Of
mercy. The penalty is life imprison-
ment.
Soboleski was negotiating with the
aged couple for the purchase of their
farm and was alleged to have stabbed
them to death. Krueger's signature to
9 land contract was pronounced a
forgery. Soboleski was tried on the
indictment OF the murder of Ludwig
Kruger. The bodies of the Kruegers
were found April 2 under the cellar
fioor OF their home. which had been
destroyed by Are.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-18
MAIL CAR is ROBBED.
Believed quo Stolen Contained Five
Thousand Dollars,

A discarded and empty reg.
istered mail pouch, the con.
tents of which 1t is believed were
valued at more than $4,000 in jewelry
and currency, was found Thursday by
searching for the thieves who stole it
Wednesday night from an Illinois Cen
trail train as it stood at the station at
Champaign, Ill. The loss was not dis
covered until the train had departed.
The sack taken was a through pouch
from Chicago to st. Louis.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-18
ODD FELLOWS HOME BUILDING.
Work on Structure at Dell Rapids VIII
BE DELAYED.

Although the grand lodge OF Odd
Fellows of South Dakota at its annual
meeting at DeadWood last month Sc
lected Dell Rapids as the location OF
o fine home for needy members which
it will erect, more than a year is like
ly to elapse before the actual work
of constructing the $4,000 main
building will commence.
The board which has charge OF the
work of installing the home does not
care to assume too much responsible
ty, and it is reliably stated that before
awarding the contract the board will
first submit to the grand lodge for its
approval the plans and specifications
for the building. AS the grand lodge
will not hold another meeting for
about a year the plans and specif1ca-
tons cannot be approved before that
time. and no move toward the erection
of the building will be made until
this approval of the grand lodge has
been secured.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-18
Stabs Boy to Death.

Because he pleaded for permission to
take part in a Sunday school parade
and thus angered her. Mrs. George
Day, of New York City, a widow. stab
bed her 7~-year-old son Henry to death.
She then inflicted q dangerous wound
in her own abdomen. Mrs. Day will
probably die.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-18
Races with waterspout.

Union Pacific westbound train No.
81, the China n Japan fast mail,
raced for four miles with a water
spout nea Paxton, Neb., and narrow
ly escaped being wrecked. The train
barely missed the course of the del
uge. which tore out a section of track
a few seconds after the train had
passed over 1t.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-18
BALLOON INDIANA LAST TO LAND
Fisher and Bambaugh Descend Six
Miles North of Dickson, Tenn.

Carl Fisher and G.. l.. Bumbaugh OF
Indianapolis, who started from there
Saturday afternoon in the national
balloon race, landed with their bal
loon, Indiana, six miles north of Dick
son, Tenn, at 6 p. M, Monday, accord
ing to advices received. 1t was the
last balloon to land. The aeronauts
had landed previously at Ashland City,
Tenn, to take on water. According to
a dispatch from that town they landed
on a pile of ties. They reascended and
started northwest. They maintained,
according to the dispatch, that the fact
that they did not touch ground would
prevent their being disqualified. DR..
Goethe Link and j.. R. irwin of. the
balloon Indianapolis did not know
they had won the first prize in h
handicap balloon race until they reach.
ed Louisville.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-18
SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS
INDIAN SCHOOL EXERCISES.
Plans Laid for Il Big Time at Pierre
June %

UWIIC -1.
The closing exercises of the Pierre
Indian school will be held on the 23d
of this month, and a program has been
prepared which includes a day of field
sports, military drills and baseball. to
be followed by the regular commence
ment exercises in the evening of that
day. This occasion will mean the gath
ing of a large number Of the parents
Of the pupils, who are proud of their
work generally, and ma come to the
chool to attend the closing exercises
and take their children home with
them after the term is finished. While
it is yet necessary to bring in a few
pupils against more or less protest,
hat is becoming rare, the parents be-
ing generally as anxious to have their
children attend the school as are the
parents of white Children.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-18
Railway line Incornorafcd

Articles of incorporation have been
filed for the Belle Fourche Valley
Railway company. with headquarters
at Huron and a capital Of $1,000. The
officers are officials of the Northwest
ern road, with Marvin Hughitt as one,
and the proposed line is twenty-five
miles long, to extend from Belle
Fourche into The government irrigation
district northeast OF Belle Fourche.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-18
Man and Cash Are Missing.

a young man giving the name Of
B. l.. Lee and claiming to hail from
Omaha, was given the position Of night
clerk at the Grand Pacific hotel in
Pierre. Being a stranger he was not
entrusted with the combination of the
safe, although he asked for /. several
times. Saturday morning the young
mar and the contents of the cash
drawer were missing.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-18
State Debating League.

A South Dakota debating league has
been organized at Vermillion for the
purpose Of promoting debating
throughout the high schools of h
state, with the following board of con-
troll: President. b. F. Turner, of Sioux
Falls; vice president, Prof. Lindsey. of
Mitchell; secretary and treasurer, H.
w. Best. OF Vermillion. So far the fol-
lowing schools have expressed a desire
to enter: Bookings, Flandreau. Mitch
oil, Siou. Falls. Yankton, Centerville
and yermillion.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-18
Yokohama 10 Celebrate.

The celebration OF the fiftieth ami
versary OF the opening OF the port Of
Yokohama, Japan to foreign COM
merce will be held July 1 and 2 this
year. The foreign squadrons in the
Pacific and the far east will b. in
vited to h harbor during the celebra.
ton. Mal
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-18
Fcars whip: Dies in Agony.

After accidentally shooting himself
in h hands with a toy blank pistol
in an ante-Fourth OF July celebration
two weeks before n not telling his
parents because he feared a whipping,
Sidney N. Neeland, II years old, died
at Joplin. Mo-, Thursday night from
tetanus after suffering intense agony.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-18
To Extend Phone Lines.

The Great Western Telephone com
pany, which is threading the western
part of the state with it's lines, now
proposes to construct a line from some
point on the Milwaukee roa in the
southwestern part of the state, down
into Nebraska, connecting with the
telephone systems of hat state.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-18
Big Profits in Wheat.

Hundreds Of South Dakota farmers
whose financial condition enabled
them to hoid the greater part of last
seasons wheat crop have profited
greatly by the high price of wheat this
spring. Many of these farmers were
able to hold many thousands OF BUSH
els, and most of this now has been
marketed at prices ranging from $1.2O
to $1.25 per bushel.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-18
PARDON CAME TOO LATE,
William T.. Wingard Dies in SiOu,
Falls P~euitcntiary

Ta[IS P~cnltcnt1aFy.
The pardon came too late in the case
of william E. Wingard. aged 33, who
on July %, 1908, was lodged in the
Sioux Falls pcnitentiary to serve a
term of two years for an offense COM
mited in Beadle county. Wingard
now has died in the hospital ward of
the penitentiary as the result of a COM
plication of diseases caused by stomach
trouble. Because of his failing health
friends had interested themselves in
securing a pardon for him. and the
granting of the pardon had been rec
commended by the state board of chart
ties and corrections, but GOV. Vcssey
had not yet nae time to act upon and
sign the pardon.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-18
Thrown FROM a HORSE.
Marshall County Boy Lie All Night on
Prairie Unconscious.

PrlIflS IIlEplsEIb!S. =
An unusual accident happening TO
the ~10-year-old son of Perry Borden,
a we'll known farmer living in the eN-
IRENE northern part of Marshall coun-
ty, n preventing his return home,
caused his parents and friends to be-
lievc for a time that he a been the
victim of kidnapers. While in a pas
ture at some distance from his home
the boy was thrown from a horse TO
the ground with such violence that he
was rendered unconscious. This was
at about 4 o'clock in the afternoon.
He was missed that evening and
searching parties were started out, u
did not succeed in finding him until
4 o'clock the next morning, he having
in the meantime lain out on the prai-
RE without regaining consciousness.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-18
improvements at Alcestcr.

More improvements We're made dur
Ing last year than in any other year in
III history of the town, and while
there is not so much building being
one this year as last, there will be a
number of buildings erected that will
add to the beauty of the town. The
Swedish Baptist church will build a
eommodious and modern parsonage on
Its lots in the west par" Of town.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-18
LYMAN county yeterans.

The people OF Reliance, one of the
new towns in Lyman county, are MAX
ing elaborate preparations for the an
nual reunion of the Veterans Associa-
ticn of Lyman County and the annual
picnic and celebration Of the old set
tiers association Of that county, which
will be held at Reliance on June %
and 90.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-18
Sells Ranch for s45 600

Another of the old time cattle rails
ers west Of the Missouri has given way
to settlement and has closed out his
interests in that line, in the sale Of the
interests OF T. Paradis. The interests
were taken by Paul Flemming, of HUI
ron, who takes the ranch and live
stock holdings at a price Of $45, 600.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-06-18
Porto Rican Bakers striks.

Tho bakers union OF Mayaguez,
which II affiliated with the American
federation Of Labor. has gone out on
e strike. The men demand an increase
tof wages and that Sunday be q day OF
rest, The bakeries have suspended
iand the strikers have organized a CO.
Operative shop In order to supply the
trade with bread.