Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-09-30
GENERAL NEWS s.

The toll Of dead in the terrible in
;erurban disaster near Kingsland,
Ind, is 40, Frederick C. Jones of War
ren, Ind, being the last to succumb
to his injuries. There are nine seri-
ously injured in the hospitals at Fort
Wayne, and all with the exception Of
Miss Margaret Tribolet and F. A.
Parkhurst, both Of Button, Ind. who
are In a critical condition, are expect
ed to recover
Tho national encampment OF the
Grand Army of the Republic elect
cd John e. Gilman Of Boston com
John McElroy, the only other aspir-
ant for the office, Withdrawing his
name prior to he election.
Warning was served on the rail-
roads at the rate hearing in Chicago
by Interstate Commerce Commission
er Franklin X. Lane, that they must
meet the increased cost of operation
by some other means than the ad-
vancement of freight rates.
BENJAMIN Franklin, a colored porter
on the Burlington. after fatally shoot
ing Deputy Sheriff Pound In Billings,
Mont, was shot and killed by two
policemen. Franklin. armed, was
hunting for a man he said had robbed
him, and resisted arrest.
Charles r. Heike. former secretary
and treasurer of the American Sugar
Refining company, who has been call
ed the man higher up" in the
trust, was sentenced by Judge Martin
in the United States Circuit court at
New York to serve eight months in
the penitentiary on Blackwell's island
III to pay a fine of $4,000, on convic-
ton of conspiring to defraud the gov
eminent by the underweighing Of
sugar.
In Santiago, Chile, an International
exposition Of agriculture and indus
tries was opened In celebration OF the
centennial Of that country's independ-
ence.
Clarence d. Hitler. chief clerk Of
the Chicago freight office Of the Rock
Island railroad, was shot three times
through the chest and instantly killed
by a negro burglar, who had forced
entrance to the Hitler home. The
murder was the elimination of two
weeks of terror In which residents OF
the neighborhood have existed be-
cause Of the failure of the police to
apprehend a burglar who has entered
more than a score of houses. ...
Archer Brown. a white man, went
to the electric chair in the Richmond
(va-) penitentiary for the murder Of
a father and the ~latter's child.
James r. Keene, the financier and
turfman, who has been seriously Ill
Of pneumonia in Lexington. KY, has
returned to his New York office.
Mrs. Joseph c. Sibley. wife of the
former Republican congressman now
under indictment for the alleged cor
rupt use of money in an effort to gain
denomination, Is seriously i'll and sun.
posed to be dying at her home in
Franklin, Pa. Her husband also IS
In a serious condition.
A cheese Weighing 4,029 pounds.
the largest ever made. has been com
pleted at Appleton. Wis, for the dairy
show in Chicago next month. It has
been sold for $1,409.So.
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Republican candidate for governor OF
New Jersey.
Judge E. g. O.Rean Of Louisville,
KY. in an address likened the night
rider crimes to outbreaks OF labor or
CARNATIONS and approved the forma-
ton of pools" by tobacco growers.
Prince Tsai Hsun, uncle of the en-
peror of China. who arrived In San
Francisco is i'll with bronchitis.
The delegates to the International
Prison congress spent a day at Mans
field, o.. inspecting the state reform
atory.
The annual meeting Of the National
Live Stock exchange operea in East
st. Louis with delegates present from
II exchanges.