Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-01-20

john MlcseiS, a young cCCFcF, =.
dead in a Brooklyn hospital because
he was suddenly deprived of ~cigarettcs
for two days after he had been ad-
dicted to their use for fifteen years
lie had been in the habit OF smoking
80 a day, he said.
The recent tidings from Wellesley
college that half of the young women
students there are deficient in spelling
has aroused a sympathetic response
from Andrew Carnegie, n in an open
letter he hastens to congratulate the
bad spoilers on their independence.
Prof. s. J. Hunter Of the University
of Kansas says the solution of he
grasshopper problem Is t. disk he
alfalfa fields in the spring, just after
the frost has left the ground. This,
he says, kills the eggs Of the hoppers.
The Union Pacific Railroad company
has equipped its passenger trains on
the Utah division with an armed guard
in preparation for attempted robbery,
following the hold up OF the Overland
Limited last week.
Bubonic plague has caused 600
deaths in Hardin, Manchuria, within
fifteen days, according to consular re-
ports received by the state department
at Washington.
Senator David w. Holstlaw was
dropped from the Illinois senate by
Lieutenant Governor Oglesby. acting
on a communication from Governor
Deneen. The communication and the
ruling Of the chair that the Iuka bank
er Is no longer a member Of b SEN
ate foresttalled the report Of the COM
mittee investigating the reports Of
bribery In connection with Senator
Lorimer's election.
The most powerful argument ever
submitted to the United States senate
advocating the election of senators by
direct vote of the people is found in
the report written by Senator Borah
on behalf of the Judiciary committee
| when he ~favorably reported the joint
resolution providing for the submits
sion of a constitutional amendment to
the various states.
Louis D. Brandeis of Boston, appear
ing for the shippers against the rail
roads in the northern part Of the
country. told the interstate commerce
commission at Washington that II the
railroads would stop their w%asteful
expenditures they could save $3.50 ,0o0,-
600 a year. and would not need to ad-
vance their freight rates, as they ask,
and which will bring them only $27,-
O0O, 900 a year.
The New York State Jersey Cattle
Breeders association will give four
pairs of Jersey heifers and bulls to
the four boys who attend h next
state fair and write the best descrip-
tive essays on their visits.
Gottlieb Santel, a weli-to-do Ger
man merchant, leading the good
night" dance with his daughter at her
to the floor and died.
A bill limiting a tip to a waiter to
25 cents was introduced in the New
Jersey legislature. Messenger boys
and bellboys' g%ratuities are to be lin
tied to five cents.
A fire which will probably exceed
81, 100000 in the value Of he property
| damaged totally destroyed the Gin
| cinnati Chamber of Commerce build
ing.
In q scathing review Of the testi-
mony taken by the senate committee
on privileges and election in the case
Of William Lorimer of Illinois, who is
charged with having obtained his seat
in the United States senate by cor
rupt practices, Senator Crawford of
South Dakota pledged himself to vote
to unseat Lorimer on the ground that
his election was Illegal n void.
United States Senator Stephenson
is charged with. a number OF viola
tons OF the laws of Wisconsin in a
lengthy statement filed with Governor
McGovern by the 1903 state enate
committee in its report on the investi-
cation of the primary campaign n
election of Stephenson. The commit
tee recommends that a copy of the re-
port be submitted to the United States
senate and that body investigate Ste
phenson's election.
Hubert Latham, the young French
| aviator, had a remarkable see from
| death on the San Francisco aviation
field. In his second flight he encoun-
tered adverse winds thai forced him
suddenly to the ground. He crashed
| into a fence, wrecking his monoplane.
Almost "a per cent. OF the increase
in population Of Illinois the last ten
q was contributed by the NUM-
cipalities having a population IN ex-
cess Of 5000, they having increased
almost 76S, 600, compared with the
| states total Of S17. 041.
Only persons who have at some
| time attempted to commit suicide are
| eligible for a club chartered in New
| ton, N. j., under the formidable title
THE Society for the Uplift Of De-
| spondent Fellow Men, The club has
| forty members.
Fire OF ~incendiary origin. believed to
have been the work of night riders,
destroyed the tobacco barn and 10000
pounds Of tobacco of w. w. Kyle, a
grower, living near Weston, Mo.
Charles MCGUIRE, a former employe
OF a New York company, has received
a verdict Of $4,000 in a suit for false
arrest. He vas charged with larceny
by the company.
Governor Colquitt Of Texas vel.
| coined to Fort Worth the members of
the American National Livestock asso
citation when their fourteenth annual
meeting opened.
The senate passed a bill introduced
In December by Senator Cullom Of ILL.
nois, providing for the erection OF a
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