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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-02-05

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CHICAGO.

Sustained gains in payments through
the banks and a low commercial NOR
tally add further testimony TO i'm
proved conditions. Despite the un-
favorable weather, tradc activity re
fleets healthy progress, leading distrib-
utive branches showing n seasonable
volume and forwarding of general mer-
chandiSe increasing in response to nu-
mcrouS requests for prompt deliveries.
Farm products show heavier market
ings, together with larger outgo of
brcadStuffs. A shortage Of hogs re-
ceived adversely affects the live stock
aggregate. and prices Of the principal
cereals and provisions average higher,
those of hog product recording sharp
advances. Factory outputs contribute
more tonnage for transportation and
movements Of raw materials run closer
to normal. Earnings Of the Chicago
steam roads steadily recover and to
some extent exceed those at his time
last year.
Failures reported in the Chicago dis
trict number %, against 33 last week,
80 in 1908 and "a in 1907. Those with
liabilities Of more than 5000 number
Z, against 10 last week, 16 in 1908 and
s in 19O7.-Dun's Weekly Review Of
Trade.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-02-05
KILLS HIS OWN CHILD.
Baby's Neck Is Broken by Father
to Stop Cry.

to Stop Cry.
John David Stewart was tired when
he came home at night after his work
in Kansas City. He had heard the
Changing of tools and machinery all
day and quiet was what he wanted
But there was no quiet at his home.
A little girl. ten months Did. was a
part of the Stewart family. She cried
frequently, after the manner of babies
when the father comes home tired. \
child of ten months was but a fluffy
bit Of nothing in his hands. The fin
gers accustomed to hard work gripped
too tightly for baby's comfort. And
with those same strong hands Stewart
choked the baby. He shook it hard
one night and then slammed it down
on the bed and told his wife to care
for it. Baby's temper was broken. So
was its neck. The coroner and the doc
tor said Stewart killed the child and
wife pointed the accusing fiuger.
In criminal court Stewart withdrew
his plea Of not guilty and pleaded
guilty to m~anslaughter in the fourth
His sentence to the peniteu.
tlary was two years.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-02-05

after taking a priesthood Mt the An
drew Church of Cronstadt. Although
not a factor in the political life Of his
country, nor a leading dignitary of the
church, Father John stood out conspic-
uously whenever Russia attracted the
worlds attention, whether because OF
national sorrow or rejoicing.
A scoffer at superstition n a broad
minded man. nevertheless he was uni
versally known to the people Of Russia
as the holy seer and miracle worker
Of the empire. This resulted from the
deep impression his zeal Il devotion
to the church wrought on the people.
At the beginning of his ministry in
1856, his zeal, his personality and his
unique methods appealed to the mediae-
val spirit which largely prevailed
among the people and in the Russian
church, and he welded wide influence.
becoming firmly intrenched in Russian
hearts. Quickly his fame spread. He
was credited with healing powers and
with the ability 10 perform miracles;
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-02-05

Republic to the Florida, inc then 1850
from the last named vessel to the Bal
tic. That this transfer Of nearly $500
persons was effected without the loss
of a single life is considered a mar
Vicious performance, though the fortu-
nate occurrence Of a placid sea and
mild, almost %springlike weather was
an important factor In this work.
Throughout all of Sunday the only
information which reached New York
or elsewhere Of the situation on the
fog. bound waters off Nantucket came
dtfully in the detached and sometimes
conflicting wireless dispatches, but
without these nothing might have been
known for days. Thousands Of homes
would have been plunged into grief and
anxiety but for the reassuring news
that the accident was not so grave as
had been feared, and that the loss of
life was small.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-02-05
One Use for John"

1t was the boast Of the ~"Incompar-
able Laundry Company" that it en-
ployed no Cinnamon, that it lid better
work than Chinese laundries did, and
did not wear ont the clothes so quick
ly In washing. One unlucky day, how
ever, the %company's building caught
fire and was partially destroyed. By
great exertion nearly all the contents
were saved. but in a highly mixed and
tangled-up condition.
Drivers Of the company's wagons
were sent round to the various custom
ers to assure them that they would
lose nothing that their shirts. collars
and cuffs were all safe, and would be
delivered to them, properly Numbered
with a delay of only a few days.
Wasn't everything piled in a heap
when you got things out of the build
ins?' asked one Of the customers.
Yes said the driver to whom the
question was addressed.
We'll. how are ever going to separ.
ate them?"
"Oh, we've got a-er-Chinaman
sorting them OUT answered the driver,
with some reluctance.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-02-05
o. S. GRANT ACCUSES BANKER.

Financier Arrested as Embezzler of
$75O,OOO.
Homer G. Taber. former president of
the United States Bank of Los Angeles.
former president of the international
Bank of Searchlight, New, and now presi-
dent of the San Diego Bank and Trust
Company, has been arrested, and will be
taken to Phoebe, New, to answer to nine
teen indictments said to involve altogether
$75O,OOO. 1t is charged Taber embezzled
$4,000 worth of telephone bonds from
Z. S. Grant, Jr.. of San Diego. S. X.
Williamson, cashier of the Lincoln Ma
tional Bank of Searchlight, was arrested
simultaneously with Taber.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-02-05
DENIES RUDoWITz EXTRACTION

Russia's Demand for Prisoner Re-
fused by United States ORciaI.
Christian Rudowitz. Russian political
refugee. whom the government of the car
charged with murder in an effort to ex-
tradite him for punishment as a revolu-
zionist, will not have to so back to the
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-02-05
FATHER JOHN OF CRoNSTADT.

Death Takes Russian Priest to whom
Many Miracles Are Credited.
The once famous apostle OF all the
Russias, Father John Of Cronstadt,
whose death occurred recently In st.
Petersburg after an illness Of over two
years duration, was revered and
adored not merely among b lowly
but by royalty as well.
Born Nov. 80, 1929, he achieved early
fame, coming into prominence soon
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-02-05

nually flowing INTO the sea less than one
per cont is restrained and used for mum.
cipal and community supply.
Annual Mortality from Tuberculosis-
1904
Estimated Economic Gain Annually
from Mitigation of Preventable Diseases
i. 800. 900. 900.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-02-05

Over the veto of Gov. Patterson 10th
houses Of the Tennessee Legislature pass.
ed the Senate bill No. /, which prohibits
the sale of intoxicating liquors within
four miles of Il school house in Tanues-
see, and is in effect a Statewide prohibk
ton act. 1t will become effective July 1.
1000
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-02-05

Map showing the position Of the Re-
public when it was rammed, the loca-
ton of the ships summoned to it's AZ.
~siStance by wireless telegraphy and
the land stations that also got the mes
SageS for assistance.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-02-05
stea1. s2.75, Gets Two Years,

J.. II. Trimm, a railway clerk. PLEADED
guilty in the federal court in San Antonio
Texas. to the charge of abstracting $2.1D
from the nails. He was sentenced
serve two years In the Leavenworth psat
Tertiary. ---r
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-02-05
Guilty in Bank Failure.

Jacob and Abraham Kapnar, father and
son, hosiery manufacturers, and J. q.
Prettyman, vice president of the First Ma.
tional Bank at Dresden, Ohio, which fail.
ed in October, 1907, were found guilty
by a jury of misapplying the banks funds
and conspiracy to wreck the hank.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-02-05

Jose J. Paul, the Venezuelan envoy, had
q lengthy conference with N. Van Swim
deren, the foreign minister in The Hague,
and an agreement was reached or. the
principal points at issue between venez-
uela and the Netherlands. This will en-
able the completion of a protocol, restor-
ing diplomatic relations. .f @7-
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-02-05

San Joaquin valley, CAL, was flooded
the other day by the greatest freshets of
the States history. All telephone COM
munication with the flooded region has
been cut of. Up the river tie water has
destroyed 10000 acres Of grain.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-02-05
Cholera Grip Not Loosened,

The promised extinction of Asiatic chol.
era in st. Petersburg by cold weather
has failed. and medical authorities are
agreed that it will require almost a mira
Gle to prevent a scourge of this disease
in the spring. New cases are developing
at the rate Of thirty and forty d day.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-02-05

~hangman's rope in his native land. The
long fight to save him, in which men and
women in all walks of life participated,
was successful Tuesday Secretary Of
State Root overruled United States Com
missioner Foote and held that the Of
Tense of the refugee was political and
therefore not extraditable under the Uni
ted States treaty with the Russian gov
eminent.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-02-05
Brynn,s Daughter Seeks Divorce.

Ruth Bryan Leavitt, daughter of VIII
liam ]. Bryan. has fled suit for divorce
from William H. Leavitt in Lincoln. Neb.
The petition was Immediately withdrawn.
T. S. Allen. brother-in-law Of Mr.. Bryan,
is the attorney for the plaintiff. Leavitt
;s now in Paris,
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-02-05
Tbrov. Robber into Cre.L

William Cain, a miner, 80 years of
age, put to rout in summary fashion a
holdup man who attempted to rob him
not a block away from the police station
in Denver. Cain seized his assailant and
tossed him over a bridge railing into the
bed of the creek.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-02-05

A man said to-day: .If I had the
money I have paid out for cantaloupeo
that we're worthless, I would Ne richS
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-02-05

Mrs. J. r. Faulkner, wife of State
Representative Faulkner, at their home
at Hobart, Okla, was assaulted By ]. r.
Bowden, white. The community is e1cit-
ed and 4 lynching is threatened
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-02-05
TZ MAgR@GRS
~%A %ERG

Chicago-Cattle, common to prime
$4!OO to $500; hogs. prime heavy, $3.50
to $3.50; sheep, fair to choice, $3!OC
to $500; wheat, No. 2, $1.O5 to $1.O6
corn, No. ., 5Sc to Soc: oats, standard,
4Sc to 49c: rye, No. 2, 75c to 76c; nay,
timothy. $500 to $3.50; prairie, $500
to $11.5O; butter, choice cam 25c
to Csc; eggs, fresh. &c to Soc; potatoes,
per bushel, 65c to roc.
,Indianapolis-Cattle. shipping. $500
to $500: hogs. good to choice heavy,
$3.50 to $500; sheep, good to choice,
$3.50 to $500; wheat. No. .. $l!O3 to
$1.O4; corn, No. . white, SOC to Coo
oats, No. 2 white. Acc to ole.
st. Louis-Cattle, $3.50 to $50; hogs,
$500 to $500; sheep, $500 to 1925
wheat. No. 2. $1.1O to $1.13: corn, No. 2,
Sc to SOC; oats, No. 2, SOC to sic; rye,
No. 2, TIC to 7Sc.
hogs. $500 to $3.50; sheep. $500 to
No. 2 mixed, SIC to &c; oats, No. 2
mixed, Sic to 53c; rye, No. 2, SOC to sc.
Detroit-Cattle, $500 to 1925; hogs,
$500 to $6.45; sheep, $3.50 to $500:
wheat, No. 2, $1.O7 to $1.OS; corn, No. 8
yellow, Gle to 62c; oats, No. 3 white,
sic to 53c; rye. No. 2, 76c to 78c.
Observation-Disclosures, No. 2 northern,
SLOT to S1.1O; corn, No. 3, Gle to &c;
oats, standard, sic to SIC; rye, No. 1,
75c to 76c: barley, No. /, G4c to Csc;
pork, mess, $3.50.
Buffalo-Cattle, choice shipping steers,
$500 to $6.7O; hogs, fair to choice, 500
to $3.50; sheep, common to good mixed,
$500 to $4.75: lambs, fair to choice,
$500 to $7.75.
New York-Cattle, $500 to $3.50;
hogs, $3.50 to 500; sheep, $500 to
$500; wheat, No. 2 red, $1.O7 to $1.O0;
corn, No. 2, 66c to &c; oats, natural
white, 55c to SIC; butter, creamery, 25q
to Csc; eggs, western, 25c to 29c.
Toledo-Wheat, No. 2, mixed, S1.O6 ia
$1.OS; corn, No. 2 mixed, 6Oc to &c;
oats, No. 2 mixed, SOC to SIC; rye, No.
2, TIC to 7Sc; clover seed, 1852.
TRADE AND INDUSTRY.
Soap men from twenty-four differen,
points in the Middle West met 1T Bur.
lington, Iowa, and entered a protest
against increase in freight rates.
During the last year L.. A. Sweet Of
Martin county, Minnesota, produced and
sold $1,000 worth of produce from his
forty-acre farm, the greater portion com.
ing from his cows.
The Independent glass manufacturer,
have decided to stand pat on the waee
scale made with their employees last Sen.
TENDER and to make no concessions. Thi,
means that $1,000 men on strike will re.
main out of work until they come to the
terms of the employers. There are about
1900 skilled workers who made the de.
mand for an increase said to average
from % to 40 per cent.
"Wash sales on the floors of producs
exchanges or chambers of are
aimed at in 4 bill offered by Senator B. e
Sunberg of Kennedy. A penalty of from
$500 to $1,000 is to be imposed when one
member of a firm makes a sale to anotbe,
member Of the same firm.
William B. Dickson, second vice presi. !
dent of the United States Steel Corpora.
ton, has been elected FIRST vice presiden,
to succeed James Gayley, who retired
several weeks ago. David G.. Kerr OF
Pittsburg, who has been connected with
the raw material department Of the cor. /,
pora.ion, was elected second vice presi !
dent to succeed Mr.. Dickson.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-03-27

presided as Judge of the Fifteenth judicial
district, which covers an area of one-ffth of
the state of Minnesota and it is safe to say
that there is probably not another district
in the United States in which there is such
a diversified character of litigation before
the court as in this district
Judge Spooner served as Judge of the
Fifteenth judicial district until the spring
of 1908, when he rendered his resignation
and moved to Spokane, Washington, for the
purpose of practicing law in that city.
The many friendships which Mr.. Spooner
had made in Bemidji and all over the Fiji
teenth judicial district appealed so strongly
to him that he decided to return to Be-
midi The decision was followed by imme-
diate action, and Mr.. Spooner and wife are
again living in Bemidji.
Mr.. Spooner has resumed the active prac-
tice of law, and his we'll known ability as a
counsellor will undoubtedly result in large
and remunerative practice throughout Min
nesota, and more especially the Fifteenth
judicial district.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-03-27
A. M. CROWELL.

Attorney Crowell has been a resident of
Bemidji for about nine years. He was ad-
mitted to the bar at St. Cloud in the year
1874, moved to Todd county the same year,
where he practiced law for sixteen years.
In 1884 he was admitted at st. Paul to
practice before the United States District
Court. He maintained law office at Long
Prairie for sixteen years, where he was
states attorney for period of six years,
after which time he moved to Dawson, Lac
Qui Parle county. In each place of his
residence Mr.. Crowell has made his mark
in the legal realm, and proved himself the
learned barrister that he is.
Since his advent in Bemidji Mr.. Crowell
has been one of the leading counsel in
many important cases, he is we'll known
throughout the state, and his ability as a
practitioner before the bar has been fit
tingly recognized.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-03-27
A. A. ANDREWS.

Mr.. Andrews is one of the thousands of
young men who have demonstrated that
there is always room at the top for those
who aspire thereto. A graduate of the law
school of the Minnesota State University,
Mr.. Andrews was admitted to the bar in
the year 1902, from which date he has
since practiced in the state courts. Hang
ing out his professional single in Bemidji
but two years ago, Mr.. Andrews has made
his power felt as a pleader and debater, and
aside from that he has made host Of
friends in every circle, circumstance
which tends to show his personality and
attainment as an attorney.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-03-27

The latter gentleman is also product OF
the State University, graduating two years
prior to Mr.. Torrance.
This law firm is rapidly coming to the
front in the legal realm, the members there
of are busting and energetic young men
who are causing things to move along, and
they are more than entitled to the notice
here given.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-03-27
D. n. FISK.

Among the attorneys of Bemidji, of
which there are many, Mr.. Fisk lines up
among the first. BY dint of hard strug
Cling he managed to pave the way to
the securing of common school educa-
ton, and by virtue of aptness mastered
the intricacies and usages of Blackstone.
Mr. Fisk has studied law in both Wis
consin and Minnesota under numerous
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-03-27
MARSHALL A. SPOONGR.

resided in his native city until he reached
the age of twenty-five years, when ne lett
home to take up his residence in the North
west. He received his education at Hughes
college, Cincinnati, Ohio, from which ne
graduated June %, 1876, taking part OF the
honors of his class. He was then eighteen
wears of age and Immediately took up the
study of law, afterwards attending the GIN
cinnati Law School, While pursuing his
course of law, he taught one term at Spring
Lake Seminary.
When only three weeks over twenty years
of age, on June 4, 1878, young Spooner was
taken into partnership by Addison Williams,
CONSIDERABLY, and at that time circuit
prosecutor and city attorney, who had takeA
a great fancy to the young colleglan, and
looked for him to attain eminence III his
profession. Ill health soon after necessi
lated the retirement from active duties OF
Mr. Williams, who, having faith in the tact
and capacity of his Junior associate, en-
trusted to his charge legal matters OF I'M
portance. The young lawyer entered upon
his new duties with zest and, taking up the
cases of his senior, prosecuted them; tried
several cases before the criminal court and
secured the conviction OF and states prison
sentences for five malefactors; and this
before he was tWenty-one, when most
embryo attorneys are still at their law
studies.
his law business was continued by Mr..
Spooner, who was admitted to the bar on
motion of Congressman Holman (the great
DIRECTORY, at the suggestion Of the presiding
Judge May II, 1879.
In the spring of 1882 Judge Spooner re-
moved to Moorhead, Minnesota, where he
shortly afterwards formed a law partner
ship with Edward E. Webster. Mr.. Web
ster left Moorhead in the spring of the fol-
lowing year to take charge of the business
of Mr. Kindred, and Frank D. Larrabee be-
came partner under the firm name OF
Spooner & Larrabee, which partnership
continued until the spring of 1885, when Mr..
Spooner removed to Minneapolis TO con-
tinue the practice of his profession. While
located in Minneapolis, Judge Spooner had
associated with him at various times able
attorneys the firm styles being SpOOner q
Taylor; Spooner & Flaherty the latter now
district judge) Spooner & Laybourne, and
Spooner & Hutchinson.
During the period of his residence in
Minneapolis the judges practice was largely
outside the city, as chief counsel or adj
visor and on appeals to higher courts for
cases of outside attorneys. In October, 1895,
he appeared before the supreme court OF the
United States in the famous North Dakota
prohibition case. His practice at this time
was of general character, he having cases
before the federal, state supreme and the
trial courts of Minnesota, the Dakotas and
Wisconsin.
A glance through the Minnesota Reports
shows Judge Spooner as practitioner in
many cases; and his record as successful
peader at the bar is known to the attor-
neys of the state at large.
Judge Spooner came to Bemidji in April
1902, and formed a partnership with L. H
Bailey, which continued until he was ap-
pointed to the bench March "a, 1908. He
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-03-27

At present Mr.. Andrews is attracting
gocdly share of the legal business in this
vicinity. Success has crowned his under
takings in number of important cases,
and The Pioneer can openly commend him
to the thousands of readers of this Souvenir
Edition.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-09-13
SC'O ]! tied
IIVST'HE SIXTH
sTo-DAY,s GAME WILL SETTLE
luESTlo OF REMNANT WIN 2
ss NJ ERGEOR 1909.

l. L.
BY the Hunters winning yesterdays
game the score Is again tied and the
fourth game; in 3 the series OF seven
HlGist be won by Uniontcwn or Fair
mont to- decide the }pennlnt winner in
Tile Ia va. league Of the present
the game yesterday was the kind
that gave hope to the local fans and
inspired the playuIsl for the. deciding
battle today. l
King was ION tie mound and living
up the tradition of lis great she
cess wall oped the Onions in fine style.
allace was CHOSEN BY Charley Nc
SCloskey to do battle against King but
he lasted two end one-hnlf innings.
During the time that Wallace was in
the box the locals pounded out six hits
which brought In three runs. half of
the work of the game.
Ike 70 Male GandS were Ne
Icaief stick workers for the Hunters
Each OF these men had three hits to
1{c,Il rvsf Il ( -
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-09-13
3 Killed at Huntington.

Walter NJ. Gwynn, aged forty:five,
was strurk'b by a C. and o. freight train
at Huntington. while walking in his
sleep and Esuccllt1l bed to his injuries
q few hours later in "a hospita! at
Huntington. He was in the habi. OF,
walking In his sic Up and when ne was
missed from the home of w. H. Dun
can where he was staying, a search
was instituted and he was found about
three O'Clock besida the railroad ira cks
in a dying cond it,on:s He was a lrav-
cling salesman. II; Ii remains were TAX
en- By his father to Sandstone, where
was ma d G. 81 I, X u = /. Z 3