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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-01-29
The Crib Fire Trap.
OIL TO OWN MANY GROCERIESp
standard Reported to Get
Control of Retail Stores.

Standard Reported to Get
Control of Retail Stores.
Control of a large share Of the retail
grocery trade of the country Is reported
to be planned by the Standard Oil inter-
ests, and the story is sufficiently circum-
stantial to win it much belief and cause
considerable speculation as to the results.
A denial, made emphatically by the head
OF one corporation said to be involved,
seems to count his company out. The
gathering in of the retail grocery busi-
ness, it was said. was to begin in Phiia-
delphia, where various big corporations
now control great chains of stores. The
Acme Tea Company's string OF stores In
that city, it was reported, was the sub
ject of negotiations likely to be closed at
any time. 1t was said that after the sue.
cessful organization Of the Philadelphia
trade the same method would be extended
to other largo cities.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-01-29
SIX DEATHS IN ONE FAMILY.
Bodies of Children of Eastern WOm-
an Exhumed for investigation.

Bodies of Children of Eastern Wom-
an for investigation.
The bodies of two persons, who died at
the home of Mary Kelleher under condi-
tons believed by the police to be suspi-
cious, were exhumed at Somerville. An
official connected with the investigation
said that examination of the viscera of
Katherine Kelleher, the 12-year-old daugh-
ter of Mrs. Kelleher, disclosed a quantity
of arsenic sufficient to cause death. Six
members of the Kelleher household have
died within three years. The bodies ex-
humed were those of William and Mary
Kelleher, other children of the woman. At
present Mrs. Kelleher is awaiting trial on
two charges Of arson. The arrest of Mrs.
Kelleher shortly after a fire in the home
of her employer on Dec. II first attract
ed attention to an earlier blaze in the
same dwelling and the deaths in her
household.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-01-29
BoNI WILL RENEW HIS FIGHT.

To Demand Custody of Children and
Ask No Money from Princess.
Count Boni de Castellane intends TO
renew the fight against his former wife,
who was Anna Gould, now Princess de
Sagan, with even greater bitterness than
he has manifested heretofore. He has
lodged an appeal from the Judgment of
the court granting his former wife GUS
tody of their children, and he will use
every means in his power to take the
three boys away from the princess and
his cousin, De Sagan. Bon no longer
ssks for money.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-01-29
WOULD NOT HARRY FOR FARM.

Mothers Death Invalidates Clauso
in will-DauEhteK Free to Wed.
Chapncey p. Berry directed in his win
that hfs daughter at the ags Of 20 shoul0
come iHts possession Of . 115-acre farm
on the condition she marry BY that time.
The girl, despite this induoenent, remain.
ed single until she was o.. She = new
Mrs. Lenna Cason Of Wellington, Ohio.
She inhsrits the entire estate Of her faith.
er, valued at $7S,Oo0, a. the mother dis4
after he viii was EAA Why should
have narried before I was ready, Just .
get a farm1" said Ars. Cason. II didn't
need any farm then, and now l am jusS
as well off,"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-01-29
ENDS LIFE TO FEED FAMILY.

Idle Matchmaker Leaves Note Tell
ing WIFE How to Get Insurance..
That his family might live. Fl. c.
Berger of pittsburg gave his own life.
Berger was Il Matchmaker, lgal ~. I:c
had been out of work for sevrra! months,
aud. fearing that his family would suffer
through his inability to provide for them,
he drank carbolic acid, after leaving in
structions to his wife how to get posses
sion of the $1,000 insurance money pay
able on his death.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-01-29
WINS $1,000 FOR BLACK LIST.

Telegraph Operator Awarded Dan-
ses Against western Union.
The Western Union Telegraph Com
pany must pay 1920 damages for the
alleged blacklisting Of James w. O'Brien,
a telegraph operator, formerly employed.
by the United Press, according to a veDe
dict rendered by a jury in Judge Wilson
r. Gays court in Seattle. O'Brien had
been an operator for twenty-four years,
on various newspaper associations. Dur
ing the telegraph strike Of 1906 O'BrisaI
became chairman Of the press committee
and gave out informal ton concerning the
manner in which the Western Union ham.
died messages at that time. On Dec. 20,
1907, O'Brien was discharged by the
United Press from the Puget Sound,
American at Bellingham, Wash, it was
claimed, IN demand of the Western
Union,
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-01-29
rrench race suicide Hats.

Statistics published in the official jour
nal in Paris show the population Of
France is again increasing. Figures for
the first six months of 1908 now com-
Tiled show births exceed deaths by IL 900.
For the corresponding period OF the pre-
v;ous year the deaths exceeded the births
by 5000.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-01-29
DUKE WOULD RESIGN FOR LOVE.
Abruxzi Refused Permission to Give
I'd Rank and Wed Miss EIkins.

Abruzzi Refused Permission to Give
Up Rank ana Wed Miss Elkfns.
A special dispatch from Turin to the
Petit Parisien says that the Duke of the
Abruzzi has decided to resign from the
navy and to renounce all rank and honors
in order to marry Miss Katherine Elkins,
but that the king has refused to accept
the dukes resignation. A number of Off
GERS conversant with the situation, who
asked the queen. while she was aboard the
battleship Regina Elena at Messina, to
intercede with the king for his consent to
the marriage, according to the dispatch,
were placed under arrest by Admiral
Mirabello. the minister of marine. Many
high naval officers have decided to resign
with the Duke of the Abruzzi in token
of their sympathy.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-01-29
1RoQUO1s CLAIMS BEING PAID.
Relatives Of Dead or Injured In
Theater Fire Receiving Damages.

Relatives Of Dead or Injured In
Theater Fire Receiving Damages.
After five years Of litigation in DIFF
ferent courts, the first settlement was
made the other day with the relatives
Of many Of those who lost their lives
or were injured in the Iroquois theater
fire in Chicago. A settlement was made,
through which approximately $4,000
will be paid by the George A. Fuller
Construction Company to heirs of thir-
ty-ive persons killed in the fire. A uni
form settlement Of $3.50 a case vas
made by the construction company,
which was one Of the defendants in the
different suits brought. By the action
of Attorney Charles C. Spencer in dis
missing the cases in the Circuit and
Superior Courts the final chapter in the
theater tragedy has been begun. u.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-01-29
NINE OWNERS ARE ExONERATED


Death of Sfxty-hve No Fault of Com
pnnfes, Says C~Oroner's Jury.
The coroner's jury arrived 1T a ver.hC1
as a result of their investigation into the
death of the sixty-ive men who were
killed in the Lick Branch mine explosion
at Bluefeld, w. Va. The jury decided
the explosion was caused by N over
charged shot of gunpowder in room II
of the mine and that sixty-five men came
to their death through no fault of the
Pocahontas Consolidated Colliery Com
pany or the Lick Branch c~olliery.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-01-29

Family Gets s25,eoo,Ooo Estate.
The will Of Joseph Wharton, the i'm
master Of Philadelphia, who died recently
was admitted to probate the other day. u
disposes Of an estate estimated at $26y.
10000. Mr.. Wharton gives practically
all to his widow, three daughters and his
grandchildren. To Swarthmore College
is given 100000 for the completion Of Z
dormitory building.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-01-29
349 AUTOS BURN IN HALF HOUR.
Machines Valued ut $75O,OOO I'm Bos-
ton Storage Plant Destroyed.

ton Storage Plant Destroyed.
A puff of fame shot up from the rear
of the most extensive automobile storage
and repair plant in Boston, located near
Park square, shortly before dawn Sunday,
and half an hour later 3lS automobiles,
valued at $4,000, were a mass of tan
gled steel and iron. The fire spread to
the old train shed of the Park Square
railroad station and destroyed the bicycle
track end Il large pavilion used for e1-
hibition purposes. The damage to the
building will bring the total loss to above
$500 600.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-01-29
CAVE-IN LOWERS HIGHWAY.
Old Pennsylvania Shaft C~0llaDses-
People Fear Earthquake.

Snydertown, near Latrobe, Pa, and the
surrounding vicinity is in a highly nerv-
Gus state as a result of an earthquake
fright. Accompanied by %rumbliug noises,
several hundred yards of the Derry town.
ship road dropped about three feet, and
deep assures appeared in the adjacent
ground. A number of houses anil barns
we're damaged. The people were thrown
into a panic, first fleeing from the scene
and then cautiously returning to view the
damage wrought by the supposed earth
quake. An investigation, however, showed
the depression to be due to the collaps,ng
of an abandoned coal mine.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-01-29
CASHIER AND $1,000 MISSING.

American Express Company at Bos-
ton Mourns Disappearance.
The fact that n collector for the Amer
lean Express Company and 5000 in cash
are missing was made known in Boston
when the police sent out a general alarm
for the arrest of Walter L. Gallagher.
The collector went to the Court Square
office of the American Express Company
TO take the receipts to the main Office and
has not been seen since he got the
money.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-01-29

J. d. Wood of Salt Lake. millionaire
mine owner and perhaps the largest sheep
owner in the West. was killed by a Union
Pacific engine. It is thought that Mr..
Wood was taking a walk about the yards
and failed to hear the approaching train.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-01-29
Toledo Has q 100000 BIase,

The greatest fire Toledo has had in
years started in the Brown, Eager &
Hull Book Company building at 4O9411
Summit street. Two large business blocks
were destroyed and others damaged. The
loss is estimated at more than 100000,
about half insured.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-01-29
Year In Jail and Is Innocent.

Year In Jail and Is Innocent.
Falsely accused of murder and liberated
after languishing a whole year in a filthy
Russian prison, Adolf Fischer, a naturai
lied American, whose home is at ITO JET.
ferson street, Chicago, arrived in New
York from Libau on the steamer Estonia
and instructed a lawyer to bring suit
against the Russian government for $751;
900 for illegal Imprisonment.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-01-29
Dum Break Greatly Exaggerated.

Everything is in fine shape in the canal
Zone, the Gatun dam break has been ex-
aggerated and nothing will be doae by
Congress to modest the march Of progress
in building the canal. This is the consen.
sus of opinion of the members Of the
House Panama canal committee who ave
lust returned from the zone.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-01-29
CHURCH LOSER IN ROBBERY.
Called to Door of Homo and FOrcs0
to Deliver $275.

Called to Door of Home and Forces
to Deliver 4275.
Called to the door of his home In Be
rea, Ohio, at an early hour by two masked
thugs, Joseph Washtuck was badly beaten
and robbed Of 1915 in money. Later two
men, supposed to be the same, drove up to
the feed store Of William Fuch1er and,
breaking the door, loaded twenty sacks Of
-four and a quantity of harness and blan-
kets into a wagon and drove away. In
both cases tn" thieves escaped. Wash
tuck is treasurer of Il church society, and
since Sunday had Kept 1915. which hs
had collected from members, at his hOmo.
The thieves who called him to his doo1
asked for this money, evidently being
aware Of It's presence in the house. When
Washtuck showed fight he was struck re-.
peatedly over the head with the butts Of
revolvers.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-01-29

: J.. B. L. Rinehart, former cashier and
president of the Farmers and Drovers'
NATIONAL Bank at Waynesburg, Pa, which
failed two years ago for $2,OOO,O0O, was
found guilty of wrecking the bank. He
was Immediately sentenced by United
States Judge James S. Young to serve
fifteen years in the penitentiary.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-01-29
ARTIST EARLE A PARANOIACP

Man Who Put Away Wife for
in n Sanftnrium.
Broken in health, Ferdinand Pinney
Earle, the artist, who put away his wife
with his younger son in order that he
might be free to marry his affinity" Miss
Julia Kuttner, arrived at DR.. Carlos Mac
Donald's sanitarium in Central Valley,
n. Y. last Tuesday night. Earle was
Immediately placed under supervision,
and, while no official diagnosis was an.
nounced, it was reported that he wa. suf'
fering from acute paranoia
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-01-29

Penitcntinry for Registration Fraud.
Andrew White. who pleaded guilty in
St. Louis to a charge of fraudulent regis
tration and was sentenced to two years
in the penitentiary, was the thirteenth
voter to be convicted of fraud in the last
registrations.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-01-29
SteaI. S2,75; Gets Two Yearn,

J. H. Trimm, a railway clerk. pleaded
guilty in the federal court in San Antonio,
Texas, to the charge of abstracting $2.75
from the mails. He was sentenced to
serve two years in the Leavenworth peni-
Tertiary.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-01-29
E,,,.r o, Mrs.. coex Dead

Charles l.. Gilman, father of Mabelle
Gilman. wife of President Corey of the
United States Steel Corporation, died in
poverty in a hospital in San Francisco.
He was 4 charity patient and 1t 10 said
VA denied aid by his daughter.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-01-29
1000 Comns Are Burned.

Fire in the Globe casket works in LoDr
don, Ont, caused a loss estimated at BE-
tween $4,000 and 100000. Nearly
1000 finished collins were stored In th0
building and most of them were destroyed
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-01-29
mr. II. Woodbury. KIN. SELF,

John H.. Woodbury., beauty doctor, shot
and killed himself at his home, Sea Cliff,
Coney Island, n. Y. His act is believed
to have been due to worry over the $780,
600 damage suit brought against him BY
Stephen o. Emrnons, a contractor.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-01-29

George l.. Lilley, who was ~inaugurated
Governor of Connecticut on Jan. 5 while
occupying a seat in the national House of
Representatives, has been dropped from
membership of that body.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-01-29
Wreck Bank and Escape.

Robbers blew open with dynamite the
safe of the Farmers State Bank of Ha.
dar, Neb., and escaped with $1,000. Al.
though the wall of the building was
blown out and the vault almost destroyed.
no one seems to have heard the explo-
sion ---
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-01-29
rbree burned to De.th.

A fire destroyed the large hay storage
house of w. l.. E~dmundson in Houston.
Texas, with 5000 bales of hay. It l.
believed three tramps who entered 10
building to sleep were incineFated
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-01-29

Practically every Democrat in the
House voted with Mr.. Willett. The
Republican strength favored the shut
ting off the speech. Mr.. Wi1lett had
practically concluded concluded his re-
marks and he received the verdict Of
the House with a smile.
The Globe-republican., 1909-08-19
USELESS PRESENTS FOR POPE
Embarrassing Gifts Made to the Vail.
can, Along with Many That Are :
Of Great Value.

The occupant OF the see of 81. Peter
ls frequently the recipient Of strange
gifts.
Some time ago present Of lions ar
rived. These are fortunate animals,
and the pope at considerable expense
has had them secured In large dens, In
which they can ramble at will. All
they can desire is free run Of the
gardens.
Another remarkable gift, according
to Paris contemporary, was colos-
sal group in iron Of st. x. driving
back Attila from the city Of 2. The
names are purposely omitted because
our contemporary does not wish to
Identify the diocese which in an inop-
perfume moment Of generosity forced
upon his holiness this damnosa haze
reditas. which now reposes. covered
with rust, In vatican gardens.
Such gifts innumerable are con.
stantly arriving from all part Of the
world. and no place can be found for
them among the marbles, the antiques
and the paintings Of Michael Angelo.
Rapheal and Pinturicchio in the pal.
ace OF Bramante. Possibly the motor
car will find place beside the name
less saint. who turned back "the
scourge of God from the unnamed
city"
The Globe-republican., 1909-08-19

Companion Of Irrltated DIvlnss Came
to the Front with Order to
the Walter.

Joaquin Miller 10 to establish q
colony OF poets In Fruitvale, Cal. Mr..
Miller. discussing this colony recently,
said
I'VE poets will, of course, argue
and squabble. That will be delight
full. Arguments and squabbles over
Matthew Arnold. Swinburne, Tenny-
son and Keats are pleasant and SEN
sible things, you know. They are
not like political or religious argu-
ments, which in their bitter rancor al
ways make me think Of three Maine
diyines.
while three Maine divines were
supping together, two Of them be-
gan to argue about the comparative
religious merit Of the royal houses
Of Stuart and Orange. The argument
became heated. The divines grew ex.
cited and angry.
civilian III. was great rascal,
roared the flrst, as he struck the table
with his fist. "A great rascal. and
spit upon his memory
"The second divine, turning very
red, shouted:
"'No, it's James II. that was the
rascal. spit upon his memory
At this point the third divine rang
the bell, and said gently to the waiter:
"Dpittoons for two, please"
The Globe-republican., 1909-08-19
IN AGONY WITH ECZEMA.
Whole Body . Mass Of Raw. Bleeding,
Torturins Humor - Hoped Death
Would End Fearful Suffering.
h Despair; Cured by cutIeura.

words cannot describe the terrible
eczema I suffered with. 1t broke out
on my head and kept spreading until
It covered my whole body. I
was almost a solid mass Of sores from
head to foot. ! looked more like .
piece of raw beef than human be.
ing. The pain and agony endured
seemed more than could bear. Blood
and pus oozed from the great sore ON
my scalp. from under my finger nails,
and nearly all over my body. My
ears were 80 crusted and swollen I
was afraid they would break on.
Every hair in my head fell out. I
could not SIT down. for my clothes
would stick to the raw and bleeding
nesh, making me cry out from the
pain. My family doctor did all he
could, but I got worse and worse. My
condition was awful. did not think
! could live, and wanted death to
come and end my frightful sufterings.
TN this condition my mother-in-law
begged me to try the Cuticura Rem
edies. I said would, but had no hope
Of recovery. But oh, what blessed re-
sef l experienced after applying CUT
sura Ointment. It cooled the bleeding
and itching flesh and brought me the
Hrst real sleep I had had in weeks II
was as grateful as ice 70 . burning
tongue. would bathe with warm
water and Cuticura Soap, then apply
the Ointment freely. ! also took Cuu.
cura Resoivent for the blood. In Q
short time the sores stopped running.
the fesh began to heal. and ! knew !
was 10 get well again. Then the hair
On my head began to grow, and in .
short time I was completely cured.
I wish I could ten everybody who has
eczema "a use CuticuraL Mrs. VIM
Hunt, 1856 Thomas 81, Newark. N. j..
Sept. %. 1908"
RUsR Dug . chsm. oOsp- sOis psops. pssssa.
The Globe-republican., 1909-08-19
TROUBLE IN ROYAL PALACE.
TIdlngs Borne by Amateur Actor SUI.
ficient to Lead Hearers to Ex.
pect the Worst.

The Shakespeare club Of New Or
leans used to give amateur theatrical
performances that were distinguished
for the local prominence Of the actors.
Once a social celebrity, with gor.
geous costume. as one Of the lords in
waiting had only four words to say:
"The queen has swooned." As he
stepped forward his friends applauded
vociferously. Bowling his thanks, he
faced the king and said, in a high
pitched voice: 1.-THE swoon has
queened."
There was roar Of laughter; but
he waited patiently, and made an
other attempt:
1.-THE sween has cooned."
Again the walls trembled and the
stage manager said In voice which
could be heard all over the house:
"Come of, you doggoned fool"
But the ambitious amateur refused
to surrender, and in a rasping fal-
setto. as he was assisted off the stage,
he screamed: "The coon has
sweened. success Magazine.
The Globe-republican., 1909-08-19
Breadth,

Breadth is for the present a mascu.
line quality, though at any moment
the word may be flashed out from
Paris that the styles have changed
What is broad man, then? Briefly
Z man who goes out Of his way to
agree with US, as distinguished from
the bigot who goes out Of his way to
agree with our neighbor: our neigh.
Dor being one Of those fellows who
believe great many things which are
not only not 30, but are furthermore
at variance with the best scientific
thought
Blessed are the broad, for they shall
be a credit to themselves and Q solace
to US.
The Globe-republican., 1909-08-19
Arab Horses Iivo [ onuesf

A remarkable contrast in the work.
Ing life Of horses is called to mind by
the international show now In pro-
gress at Olympia. An English thor.
oughbred seldom lives to a ripe old
age; %, however, is not an excep-
donal age for an Arab steed.
Although he cannot compete with
the English or American thorough.
bred for speed. there Is no horse In
the world like the Arab for endurance
and all-round fitness. Lord Roberts
rode the same Arab through all his
campaigns, covering In % years Q dis.
lance Of some $4,000 miles.
For the last 5000 years horses in
Arabia have been Injured to hardy
usage and very scanty feeding from
earliest youth. Now they represent a
splendid example of natures hard
rule-the survival Of the fittest.
The Globe-republican., 1909-08-19
THOSE new HATS.
The Newer Way.

Many ideas in regard to women
have entirely changed, and among
the better and wiser changes Is that
old thought that the women who
were given to good works must needs
be dowdy. 1t is undeniable that
good" women used to wear dowdi.
ness as sort Of hall mark Of vir.
tue. AS matter Of fact, dowdiness
Is merely mark OF bad taste and a
sign Of some lack in the mind. Wom-
en- are no longer lacking In the wis.
dom that chooses pretty rather than
ugly clothing. and those who do NOT
make the best Of their appearance are
losing g golden opportunity Of giving
pleasure.
The Globe-republican., 1909-08-19

Sheer white goods. IN fact. any nns
wash goods when new. owe much Of
their attractiveness to the way they
are Numbered. this being done In q
manner to enhance their textile beau
u. Home laundering would be equal
ly satisfactory n proper attention was
given to starchlng, the first essential
being good Starch. which has sufiicient
strength to stinen, without thickening
the goods. Try Defiance Starch and
you will be pleasantly surprised at the
improved appearance OF your work.
The Globe-republican., 1909-08-19
Fitted for tho Job.

The general consulted the topo-
graphical chart "You understand.
colonel" he said. that this charge ON
the enemy's fertilization necessitates
the most reckless disregard for hui.
man lifeT II understand, general"
the colonel replied. 1.-THE forlorn hope
that leads the movement will be COM
posed exclusively Of amateur chauf-
feurs."
The Globe-republican., 1909-08-19

The extraordinary popularity Of fine
white goods this summer makes the
choice Of Starch matter Of great i'm.
portance. Defiance Starch, being free
frcm all injurious chemicals. is the
snly one which is safe to use on fine
fabrics. It great strength as a stiffen-
e. makes half the usual quantity Of
Starch necessary, with the result Of
perfect finish. equal to that when the
eoods were new.