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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-05-21
MYSTERY IN THE KILLING.
Kansas Officers Working on a Strange
Case.

Mrs. Myrtle Brewer. a widow, the
daughter of wealthy parents at Little
River, a small town nea Lyons, Kan,
is in Jail, having confessed to killing
Frederick Arm, a bridge carpenter.
The case is a strange one.
Mrs. Brewer visited the m~arshaIs
office at Little River Thursday and
said she had killed a man and asked
to be locked up. Officers who investi-
gated found the body Of Arm in the
yard of Mrs. Brewers home. He had
been shot through the heart and the
bullet evidently had been fired from a
windo in Mrs. Brewers house. The
woman refused to offer any exp!ana-
ton except to assert that Arm had
attacked her and she was justified
in killing him. She had borrowed a
revolver from a friend the day be-
fore.
The community is greatly excited
over the shooting and Mrs. Brewer
was placed in jail.
Later Mrs. Brewer said she was put
ting her youngest daughter to bed
when she saw q man crouching on the
root and peering n the window. She
fired and the man disappeared. The
next morning Arms dead body was
found.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-05-21
WONG HAY MEETS TROUBLE.
Cilinainan Narrics Denver Jap at
DCadWOOu.

When James Wong Hayes, an edu-
catad Chinese merchant of Sheridan,
Wyo., married Migie Tommers, a Den
yer Jap woman at DeadWoOd Wednes-
day, he little suspected all tho trouble
that was brewing. Thursday night he
was one of the central figures in what
may be Il white slave case of interest.
TWO months ago X. InOuO, a Jap,
went to DcadWood with two women of
his own race from Denver Hayes,
whose Chinese name is Wong HAY, be
came enamored of Migie and the mar
riage resulted Wednesday.
Wednesday evening, receiving n tip
that Inouo was looking for the pair
to Wreak his vengeance. Hayes and his
bride secured a covered rig and drove
Quietly out of town, catching a night
train for the east at WhitewOOd. They
were apprehended there Thursday
night on a warrant issued by Inouo,
charging them with the larceny of
$500 of his money and Sheriff Plum
kett has gone there to get them. Mem
berS Of the local Chinese colony allege
that Inouo kept the women as objects
of slavery and a n other visible
means of support, and that the woman
took only the money that she had
earned. Wing Tsu, a Chinese leader
at Deadwood, and uncle Of Hayes, will
defend them, and counter arrests are
promised.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-05-21
SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS
40 STATE DIVISION.
Wrong Construction Placed on Clrcu-
IatIOu of q RunlOr.

Wrong Construction Placed on Sifcu-
lation of u RumOr.
The wrong construction has peeh
placed by thousands of persons upon
q disnatch recently sent from Edge
mont, which conveyed the ldea 'ha'
netitions were being circulated there
asking for a division of the state. Many
residents, especially of the eastern
half of the state, believe q movement
has been i%nauguratcd at Edgemont
and other points in the Black Hills TO
have the state divided. The facts IN
the matter are that the Edgemont dis
patch in question related to the move
ment which has been inaugurated TO
have what is known as the
sional district law, enacted by the leg
islature last winter, submitted to the
voters of the state under the rcferen-
dunn amendment to the state Constitu-
ton.
This law divides the state into two
congressional districts. Heretofore the
has never been SO divided. the
two congressman to which South pa
kota is entitled being elected at large.
Many of the voters are not satisfied
with the boundary line of the two con-
grcssional districts provided for by the
new law, and accordingly are
ing the petitions tor the purpose OF
having the law held up pending its
submission to the voters of South Da-
kota at the election in November Of
next year.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-05-21
BANDITS in A HOLDUP
GREAT NORTHERN TRAIN NO .
RIFY4ED NEAR SPOKANE.
Twelve Passengers Are Injured in the
Collision, Two ScriousIy-Conductor
Makes q Desperate Effort to Ditch
Runaway, but Fails.

Bandits held up and robbed Great
Northern fast mail train No. 3 nin
miles east OF Spokane, etween Col
rert and Mead, shortly before mid
; ,ght Sunday night. Twelve persons
\ we're injured when the engine and
mail car, which was run down the
rack by the bandits after they had
rified the mails. collided with the re-
naming cars of the train. the ban
dts detached the engine and mail
car from the train, ran them down
the track q considerable distance and
then after the registered mail had
been opened they sent the engine back
to collide with the cars standing on
the track.
The saw the wild cars
coming down the tract at a rate Of
twenty-five miles an hour when they
were a considerable distance away and
he and n of the trainmen placed a
tie on the track in an effort to stop
their wild flight. The engine n car
were partly stopped by this means,
but plunged into the coaches. There
vas a loud crash, and the passengers
were thrown from their seats, most of
the injured being hurt by the glass
from the broken windows.
When the train reached Colbert
some switching a to be done. While
the engine crew was busy at it's work
two men suddenly appeared in the
engine cab and thrusting a revolver
against the body of the engineer,
William Miller. ordered him to do as
commanded. The engineer and fire.
man, John Hall, obeyeI.
The engine was coupled to h train
and it pulled out. After the train
a proceeded a few miles the engi-
neer vas ordered to stop, and he and
his fireman We're forced to leave the
cab.
The two robbers then went to the
door OF the mail car and ordered it
opened. Their command was obeyed
by BENJAMIN F. Stump, h mail clerk.
Hastily climbing into the cab, the
outlaws sent the engine hurrying down
the track-how far is not known. AS
soon as the conductor was aware that
there was a holdup he ordered a
brakeman to the rear of the train to
prevent a collision and had another
brakeman cut in the telegraph wire to
send word to Spokane. A third mem
Der of h train crew was hurried to
h station with the news. About a
half hour after h engine n mail
car had disappeared they We're seen
coming down the track and hurried
preparations were made to ditch the
runaway. but without complete sue
Cess.
1t 10 reported hat the bandits OBJ
tanned q large sum OF money from the
registered mail. the amount being
placed at 5000
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-05-21
TAFT RAPs PORTO RICO
Saws Failure to Pass Money Bits
Makes Serious Situation in
the Island.
GENEROSITY IS FORGOTTEN"
Special Message to Congress urges
Change in Foraker
Politicians irresponsible.

President Taft sent to Congress a
special message recommending leGlsla'
ton at the present extra session 10
amend the Foraker act, under "hlcl'
Porto Rico is governed. The President
directs attention to "a situation OF I'M
usual gravity the result OF the lall-
ure of the legislative assembly OF
Porto Rico to pass the usual approprl-
alton bills. leaving the island without
support after June 80.
Porto Ricans have forgotten the gem
crosby Of the United States, the Pres,
ident says in the desire of certain OF
their political leaders for power,
he adds that the situation indicates
that the United States has gone too
fast in the extension of political lights
to the. Porto Ricans. Mr.. Taft con-
cludes that tte absolute power or ap-
propriation should be taken from
those who have shown themselves too
irresponsible to enjoy it.
The President suggests to Congress
the wisdom of submitting to the appro-
priation committees the question OF
qualifying some of the provisions or
the fundamental act as to the respect
i've Jurisdictions of the executive couE-
Gil and the legislative assembly. But
no action of this kind, he says. should
be undertaken before the Foraker act
Is amended, so that when the leGisla-
tive assembly shall adjourn without
making appropriations necessary to
carry on the government sums equal
to the appropriations in the previous
veal shall be available from hi cur
rent revenues n shall be drawn by
the warrant of the auditor on the
treasurer, countersigned by the COVER
nor. Such a provision applies to the
legislatures of the Philippines, and OF
Hawaii, and cit has prevented in those
two countries any misuse Of the power
Of appropriations"
The message presents an exhaustive
review of conditions on the island, its
trade, its wealth and the improved edu-
c~ational facilities. 1t points out that
there never vas a time in the history
Of the island when the average pros
perity of the Porto Rican was higher,
his oppo' tunity greater, his liberty in
thought and action more ecure.' For
the first time in it's history Porto Rico
is living under laws enacted by its
own lie yislature.
The President points out that if the
Porto Ricans desire a change in the
form of the Foraker act the subject is
a ma liter of congressional considera-
ton, dependent upon the effect on real
political progress in the island. Such
a change, he says. should be sought in
all orderly way and not brought to
the attention of Congress by "paralyz-
ing the arm of the existing govern
ment." The President say that the
Porto Ricans' forgetfulness of the gen
crosby of this government should not
be an occasion for surprise, nor in
dealing with a whole people can it be
made the basis of a charge of ingrati-
tude."
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-05-21
OF NEWS.

The Montevideo, MINI, roller mill and
elevator, containing 5000 bushels Of
wheat, were burned. The loss is $50. 600.
Excise figures for New York show
b,64 saloons in the Manhattan and
Bronx boroughs, a decrease of 1914 during
the year.
The shah of Persia has dismissed his
premier and war minister and appointed
his uncle, Narb es SaItaneh. to these
places.
1t has beer discovered in Rome that
a satchel containing jewelry- valued at
$1G,OOO, which was recently stolen from
a train there, was the property of prin-
cess Won Buelow of Berlin.
announcement has been made at the
University of California that ex-President
Roosevelt will deliver his first public
speech in this country upon his return
from his African hunting expedition in
the Greek chapter at that institution.
A ~prison-reform league has been form
ed in Los Angeles, Cal, for the purpose
of ~endeavorins to obtain the abolition Of
capital punishment.
c. c.. Lewert, superintendent of the
State insurance department. of Ohio, re-
ported a shortage of $1.242.5S in the ac-
counts of the Ohio Underwriters Mutual
Fire Insurance Company of Columbus.
James w. Van CIeave Of st. Louis,
president of the Citizens Industrial AL
lance. has resigned because of antagon-
ism shown to him by manufacturers after
hD fight. as president of the Bucks Stove
and Range Company, against Samuel
Gompers, John Mitchell and other labor
leaders.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-05-21
PREMIER A WINNER
French Lawmakers Approve Course OF
CIemcnccau.


The turbulent session Of the French
| chamber of deputies Thursday ended
in a signal victory for Premier Gle
menceau when the governments poll
cy with regard to the postal strike
was emphatically Endorsed by a vote
| Of asa to SO, including all the govern
ment's insistence that postal employees
and other functionaries have no right
to strike. Immediately afterWard the
chamber passed a vote of general con-
fdence in the government, $50 to l59.
The strikers received the chambers
rebuke with a shrug of the shoulders,
declaring that it only served to bind
closer their forces, which would soon
startle the country by a big increase
and a rapid extension of the general
movement. on the other hand, 1t is
intimated that the government has
other plans in view to offset any seri-
Gus growth of the strike.
NJ. Barthou, minister of public
works, posts and t~elegraphs, asserted
during the debate hat only 1857 out
of the 24,2O5 postal employees in Paris
and the department Of the Seine are
out. and that conditions in the PROV
inccs were even better.
NJ. Sembat and N. Jaures warmly
defended the stand taken by the post
men, and the latter declared that the
battle which had begun would not end
until the functionaries were pos
sesSed of the same 'syndicate' rights
as private Wurkinen. He charged that
FOR years a parliamentary majority
had encouraged "syndicatism."
Nj. Comberouse, radical republican.
interviewed and virtually charged the
socialists with being the tools of the
reactionaries. He declared speCiti-
cally hat NJ. Morcl owed his seat to
the duke d'Uzes. Instantly the cham
Der was in an uproar. NJ. Morel tried
in vain to make himself heard, and
NJ. Brisson, president of the cham
Der, clapped his hat on his head as
q sign thai the session was closed.
The tumult. however. continued.
The socialists began singing the In
t~ernationale," to which NJ. Baudry
d'Asson and his royalist colleagues,
standing on chairs, replied by singing
"Vive Henry w"
Finally the publisc and the press
galleries were cleared, but there was
delirium, both inside and out
side of the chamber of deputies. Out
side in the corridors several persons
who raised the cry 'Vive lie Roi' were
almost mobbed. Premier Clemenceau
I,x l.-l II ,.. ;--+a ,x,l ,-IA,
ed the steps to the tribune closed.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-05-21
WORK ON THE CAPITOL.
Contractor Rushing Structure to a
Rapid Completion.

Work on the dome of the new CAPT
tol has gone far enough to begin to
make an outside showing, and that
part of the structure will soon begin
to loom up as a prominent feature. In
the interior work the plaSterers have
practically completed their work on
the first floor and have begun on the
second. The marble workers have
commenced the laying of the floors
on the first story, and will follow with
the wainscoting. Everything is push
ing along rapidly. andcontractor Olsen
says that, while his contract calls for
a finished building the 1st of July next
year, unless something unforeseen oc-
ours to prevent he will have the build
inC ready to turn yer early next
spring. and possible by the first of
next year. Bids will be opened foy
the electric fixtures or June 20, for
the furniture on July s. the %frescoing
August 4. and for vault fixtures on
September IS.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-05-21
RICH MAN IS MURDERED.
St. Paul Merchant is Slain in His
Home.

st. Paul Merchant is Slain in His
Homo
Louis Arbogast, a we'll known butch
err of st. Paul, Mimi, was murdered in
his home early Thursday. His head
was crushed and his bed saturated
with oil and set on fire.
Miss Ida Arbogast, aged %, daugh-
ter of the dead man, old Police Cap
tain Clark that she smelled smoke
in the morning and went to the room,
where h found the bed ablaze. Her
father and her mother were in it. .
Il dragged my mother out" she said
to Captain lark. by this time the
bed was all ablaze. I called to the
neighbors, and they put out the fire."
Mrs. Arbogast, whose body is
slightly burned, according to the po-
lice, tells a different story. She is
path room taking a bath when she
heard her daughter scream. She ran
to her husbands room and found the
bed ablaze, with her husbands uncon-
scious form lying or it.
Coroner Miller discovered tina Mr..
Arbogast's head had been crushed,
and detectives were started on an in
vestigation. The police found an AK
covered with blood and wrapped in
some old clothing in the cellar of the
Arbogast house. ,
No motive for the crime has yet
been shown.
Arbogast is reported to have been
worth 5000, 900 and conducted a pay.
ing meat business.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-05-21
TEACHERS MARROW ESCAPE,
Huge Bell Falls from Tower While
She Rings 1t.

Miss Haug. principal of the public
schools at Harrisburg, near Sioux
Falls. was the victim of a peculiar ac-
cident, from which she narrowly es-
capped with her life. The %janitor did
not appear at the accustomed time and
Miss Haug herself decided to ring the
school house bell. She had not pulled
the rope more thar a few times be-
fore the heavy bell, which in some
manner had become unfastened from
it's m~oorings, fell with a crash down
through the belfry. striking only a
short distance from her. Had the bell
struck her on the head she would have
been killed. AS it was. her only in
jury was the severe blistering of her
hands, due to the speed with which the
bell rope was pulled through them
while the bell was falling. and before
she could release herself from the
rope.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-05-21
MATCH CAUSES EXPLOSION.
Armour Man Seriously Burned About
Hands and Face.

ltl1lGS ana ace.
A young man by the name of Frank
Fiala, living in Armour, met with a Sc
rious accident Sunday afternoon. He
was engaged in making some repairs
on his bicycle and found it necessary
to go to his trunk, which was in a
clothes closet, to secure Il wrench or
other tool to work with. In the trunk
were shot and shells, ammunition of
various kinds, and also a quantity of
gunpOWder, o one and a half
pounds. The place was dark and he
struck a match to find what he was
looking for, forgetting the powder. The
head of the match flew off and landed
in the powder. The result was Fiala
received terrible burns about the
hands, neck head and face. The
flames struck him while he was in a
STOPPING position over the trunk. so
that he received the full force of the
explosion. He managed to secure a
pail of water and put out the fire,
although suffering intense agony. His
hands are particularly bad. owing to
the flesh clcaving from the bone with
the weight of the pail of water.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-05-21
STORMS DEAL DEATH.
Series of T%ornadoes Strike the South

west.
A series OF tornadoes In Kansas,
Missouri and Oklahoma late Friday
killed at least seven, injured ffty-fVe'
laid waste one town, wrecked a Train
and did great damage to properly
twenty-five were injured by "a storm
that SWEEP over MI. Washington and
Paramount park, suburbs OF Kansas
City. At least two of these are
thought to be fatally injured and oth-
ers seriously. The town of HOLLIS
Kan. near Concordia, was swept
away. Here there were three killed ana
ten injured.
The Eckstram family, consisting OF
five persons, Is missing. Their house
is laid in ruins and it is thought the
are e
Near Great Bend a tornado kl''eu
two and injured twenty All wires are
down in that vicinity and 1t Is feareu
that the death list may be great
william Ackerly. a Santa Fe engi-
neer. and Frank Nicholson. a con-
ductor, were killed while with a bridse
gang between Great Bend ana hihs9-
lev. The tornado wrecked the "orh
train of which Ackerly was engineer
and blew it INTO q ditch. several mem
bers of the crew wer" blown 100 rect
The pile driver topplcd over, crush
ing Ackerly to death in his cab, where
he remained with his hand on inc
throttle.
Most of the victims in this case
were members of the Santa Fe brldgc
crew in the train wrecked by the wind.
The wind spread over a large area, IN
turing many whose names could not
be obtained.
Many conflicting reports have been
received. One had ten killed.
AT H~oisington. Kan, a tornado m
iured a great many and damaged farm
property. 1t was not so severe, how
ever, as tina passing over the other
portions of the state.
At Pond Greek, Okla. a severe
wind storm severely injured four per-
sons and u%nroofed several houses. A
binding rain and hall storm accom-
panied the wind in all three states.
Many washouts demoralized railroad
traffic.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-05-21
WIFE SLAYER KILLED.
William Lansing O~vcrtakcn by His
IlIIp.Itnln.

William Lansing D~vcrtaikcn by Ills
p~urSucsHS.
The body of the wife Of William l..
Lansing, a blacksmith, was found in
the cellar of their nome at Presho
Wednesday night with the head crush
ed byahammer. ~Thehusband was miss
ing ut the time and was suspected of
the crime. A sheriff and posse imme-
diately began u search for the man.
After securing the country all night
they discovered him tw~enty-one miles
north of Prcsho in a claim shack on
the Brule reservation. He began a
fight against capture and was shot
through the chest, two bullets taking
effect. He live but a short time. None
of the posse was injured, though he
fired on men several times.
Positive proof is at hand to war
rant the statement that Lansing's
crime was prem"ditated. He had
threatened his wife and her brother
because Of divorce proceedings which
she had started on %ccoun of cruelty.
TIL crime occurred about : O'Clock
Wednesday afternoon. The three
Children were at school across the
road. The victim was evidently stun
ned by a blow of the fist, carried into
the cellar, her skull crushed by d ham
mer, tine body hidden under the floor,
coJcred over and partly buried. Lans-
ing remained at the house six hours
after his crime. He worked about the
yard waiting for darkness, when 1t
was planned to Kill TIL" children. He
ate supper with them over the cellar
door. The little girl noticed blood
ta!ns She suspected him and re-
ported to the authorities. n searching
party made the discovery of the body
seven hours after the crime. Lansing
started north at dark after failing in an
attempt to kill the children.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-05-21
ABRUZZI TRIES TO END LIFEP

Report Concerning Duke Greatly
AEitates Italian Court Circles.
Court circles in Rome are agitated
over sensational reports which have
reached the government about the
duke of the Abruzzi. It is related on
good authority that in one of the fits
of depression to which the duke has
become subject of late he attempted
to kill himself with a revolver on the
way out to India, but was saved by a
member of his suite, whose suspicion
had been aroused and who had kept
a vigilant watch on him. Letters from
members of the expedition represent
that the duke is utterly reckless.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-05-21
Falls in Bath Tub.

J. A. Larson, of Beresford, lies in
his home in a serious condition as the
result of three or more broken ribs
caused by a fall while leaving the bath
tub The extent of the injuries cannot
as yet be ascertained, from the fact
that his sufferings are SO great that he
has to be kept under the influence OF
OpiateS.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-05-21
"AFFINITIES'' ARE ARRESTED.
AmcS Kruminga and Mrs. Plucller
Captured at Idaho Falls.

Ames kruminga, who aeloped from
Lennox several days ago with the wife
Of Frank Plucker, was arrested with
the woman at Idaho Falls. Idaho,
Thursday afternoon. Sheriff Plucker
and Deputy Shank left Friday morn
ing for requisition papers for the re-
turn of Kruminga and Mrs. Plucker.
The clipping pair stopped at Presho
on April 5, where Plucker negotiated
a loan on a farm IA Fort Pierre and
then went west. travelling as Mr.. and
Mrs. Meier. The stop at Presho gave
he officers a good clew.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-05-21
browns in Il Cellar.

While playing around one of the
openings to the cellar under her pa
rents home the infant daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Scott, we'll known res
idents of Wagner, Charles Mix county,
fell into the water with which the
cellar was partially filled and was
drowned. Before the parents could go
to her assistance life was extinct.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-05-21
New Typewriter Record.

A new speed record for typewriting
was made at Kansas City. Mo-. Thurs
day night by f. A. Trefzger, Of New
York, hen he wrote an average of
100 words from copy each minute for
fifteen minutes. Trefzger was second
IN the international contest in New
recently when Rose L. Fritz won
the hour contest.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-05-21
Mitchell Man Selected.

Before ad~journing the state conven-
ton of Knights of Columbus at Lead
chose the following officers: State
deputy supreme knight, L. J. WEIGH,
of Mitchell; secretary, p. H. Gubin, of
Aberdeen; advocate, Thomas E. Har-'
vey, of Lead; warden, M. E. Barker,
of Sioux Falls; treasurer, A. J.. Foley,
ii WATERFOWL.