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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-06-16
GATES is DISPUTED
GARY DENIES THAT THREATS LEU
TO MERGER.
Says Roosevelt's Acquiescence IN Coa'
Deal Was Act of Constructive
Craftsmanship.

Washington.-Elbert II. Gary, ex'
ecutive head of the United States
Steel corporation, told the house
investigating committee a version OF
tbs formation of that enterprise which
c~ontradicted testimony of John w.
Gates that the threats Of Andrew Car
negie to build rival railroads and tube
works had induced J. Pierpont Morgan
to institute negotiations eliminating
in the gigantic steel combination.
Such matters as | learned were
testified to by Mr.. Gates before this
committee" Mr.. Gary said, after a de-
tailed statement of the formation OF
the steel combination, never were
spoken of in the deliberations over the
deal. do not remember that Mr.. Nor
gan ever mentioned these matters to
me-"
Mr.. Gary said that Mr.. Gates had
nothing to do with questions regarding
the charter and form Of organization
of the steel corporation.
Mr.. Gary, in the course of his testi-
mony, declared that if former Presi-
dent Roosevelt had not approved OF
the absorption of the Tennessee Coal
and Iron company by the United
States Steel corporation he, Gary.
never would have voted to consum-
mate that deal.
Mr.. Gary, cross-examined by Mr.. Lit
Teton of New York, elaborated his
views as to government supervision OF
corporations and pleaded for greater
cooperation between government Of
ticials and the directing forces of big
business combinations. Mr.. Gary in
sisted that the government was just
as likely to go too far in n direction
as the corporations in another.
Mr.. Gary denied charges, attributed
to Senator Oliver Of Pennsylvania.
that the Steel corporation was trying
to gain control over Ohio river trans
%portation lines SO as to cut out wa
ter competition in the shipment of
coal.
These charges were set forth by
Robert C. Hall, former president of the
Pittsburg Stock exchange, another
witness.
Returning to the absorption of the
Tennessee Coal and Iron company, Mr..
Littleton asked Just when" that trans
action relieved the financial situation.
lust as soon as W. sent back word
from Washington that President
Roosevelt would allow the deal to be
made" Mr.. Gary said. Il don't know
what the committee thinks about it,
but I myself believe that the action Of
the president in his connection was a
piece of real constructive statesman
ship
Mr.. Gary again declared in the
course of further questioning that
President Roosevelt and Secretary Of
State Root not only sanctioned the alb
sorption of the Tennessee Coal and
Iron company by the Steel corporation,
but held it to be necessary to avert
widespread financial disaster.
Mr.. Gary said anew that financial
conditions in 1907 were such that
something had to be done to prevent a
panic. The conference at the White
House, he declared, was the final step
in the campaign of prevention, and he
added that if the administration had
declined to permit the combination of
the two big steel properties he would
have opposed it in the Steel corpora
ton.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-06-16
WRECK OF THE MAINE RISES
Visible Part Of Ship Practically th'
Same as Before 1t Sank Into
the Mud.

Hayana.-The first stage of the
actual work of ~uncovering the wreck
of the battleship Maine was complet-
ed when pumping operations ceased
after the water level within the great
cofferdam built around the wreck had
been lowered five feet.
This leaves the portion of the wreck
visible above the water practically the
same as on the night Of the disaster.
before the hull had time to become
imbedded in the mud. There is now
visible a long stretch Of the %starboard
side of the quarter deck.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-06-16
TAFT IS ATTACKED
UNDERWOOD PRESENTS REPORT
ON WOOL TARIFF REVISION
BILL TO HOUSE.
BOARD ALSO GETS SCORING
Minority Members Of Ways and Means
Committee Declare Measure Is
"CoId 6looded" and Brought For
ward for Purely political Reasons"

Wash1ngton.-The long expected
wool tariff revision bill was presented
to the house by Chairman Underwood
OF the ways and means committee.
The long report accompanying it at
tacks President Taft and the tariff
board.
quoting President Taft's addresses
after the passage of the Payne-Aldrich
Dill, In which he declared that the
WOODEN schedule IL indefensible and
l propose to say So" the report says:
Had the president made these pub
lie admissions earlier, while the tariff
OF 1908 was under consideration, by
congress. his declarations would have
been OF real service to the people and
would have enabled them to protest
against the betrayal of the public well
fare to private greed.
b report deals at some length
with the attitude of the administers
ton In not communicating to congress
data on the steel trust" and other in
dustries now being Investigated, and
the failure Of the tariff board to com.
municate data son the wooden in
dustry.
THE position Of the tariff board ap-
pears to be-" says the report. that
they, in conference with and under
the sole control Of the president. shall
be h sole judges as to what part Of
the data they collect may be likely to
be OF service for purposes Of legisla-
ton; and this situation must be con.
sidered with reference to the view
point Of the president concerning tar
III legislation.
1T is. therefore, not impossible that
there may be some such delay in the
communication to the congress of sta
ustical information collected by the
tariff board concerning wool and wool
On goods 70 there has been in COM
nunicating to congress or making pub
lie the data by the bureau Of corpora
tons concerning Investigations OF the
steel and other industries"
The report maintains that any
further delay in the revision Of the
wool and wooden schedule would be
Objectionable to the public.
A minority report is signed by
Aessrs. Payne, Dalzell, Needham and
For purely political rea-
sons" 1t says. this cold-blooded
Is brought forward. II it
could become a law 1t would slaughter
sheep IS in 1894 and close the mills
much more universally"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-06-16
VOLCANO IN ACTION
COLIMA POURs LAVA UPON MANY
MEXICAN TOWNS AS RE-
SUIT OF QUAKE.
LOSS OF LIFE is ENORMOUS
Seven Hundred Dead Are Reported at
San Andres, the Largest City De-
stroyed, and Scores Are Believed to
Be Buried In Ruins.

Mexico City.-The volcano Colima
is belching forth fire and a and
the towns Of San Andres, Tonila
Tonillita, Zapotiltic, San Gabriel and
Tuxpan are overwhelmed. Each has
a population of from 300 to 5000 peo'
pie.
The number Of dead is unknown,
but messages brought on a special
train from San Andres, the largest
town destroyed, reports 700 known
dead and many hundred more buried.
From coast to coast Mexico is de-
vastated by the earthquake and to
add to the terror Of the inhabitants
the volcanoes Colima and Popocata-
petl are now / n full eruption, great
cones of smoke lowering over the
craters and lava pouring down their
sides into the cities and towns To-
Gated there.
The death list placed eraly at 1.466,
is growing and word is yet to be re-
ceived from the isthmus Of Tehuante-
pee, which was shaken from end to
end.
The famous floating gardens Of the
Montezumas. located on an island n
Lake Xochimilso are no more. Gar
dens, homes. inhabitants, island and
all are sunken beneath the surface OF
the lake. How many victims were
claimed by the earthquake here no
one can say, but comparatively few
II any of the natives are believed to
have escaped.
The inhabitants Of this island are
direct descendants of the Aztecs and
of pure, unmixed blood. They raised
and sold nearly all the flowers and
vegetables for the markets Of Mexico
City. Now they and their homes and
their products are no more
One hundred and fifty persons were
injured in Guadalajara. but no one
was killed.
The list of casualties is pouring into
Mexico City. At Tacuba seven are
dead and 10 injured; Tacabaya three
dead, the number of injured being I'M
San Angle, two dead and
seven injured from falling walls:
Pinon, two dead and three injured.
Nearly all Of these places are in
the immediate vicinity of the capitol.
The Port OF M%anzanillo, State OF
Colima. that cost $14,000,O00 to build,
II badly damaged. twenty-five per-
sons were killed. Acapulco also suf-
fefed greatly. but as yet there are no
details.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-06-16
Quarantine District Extended.

Wilson of Washington, d. c., has Civ.
en- notice that the live stock quaran-
tine has been extended for the con-
tagious disease known rs scabies to
the following districts. The counties
of Harding, Corson, Perkins, Schnasse,
Dewey, Armstrong, Meade, Butte, Law
renee, Pennington, Stanley, Lyman,
Mellette, Washabaugh, Washington,
Custer, Fall River, Shannon, Bennett
and Todd.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-06-16
Fake Merchants Convicted.

Deadwood.-Out less than 20 min
utes a jury in the United States court
here returned a verdict of guilty
against Peter WEIGH, of Minneapolis.
charged with conspiracy to defraue
and ~concealing assets in bankruptcy
proceedings. Judge Willard sentenced
WEIGH to two years at Leavenworth
and to pay a fine of 81, 900.
John H. Conway, bankrupt, proprie-
tor of the wholesale grocery house at
Belle Fourche, of which Welch was
manager, then pleaded guilty to a sim
liar charge and was given one year
and three months and $1,000 fine.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-06-16
DEATH FOLLOWS FIST BOUT.
New York Lads Arrange . Prize Fight
In Which One 10 Killed.

New York Lads Arrange . Prize Fight
In Which One 10 Killed.
New York.-A bareist boxing bout
between two ~16-year-old boys Of the up
psr west side following an argument
over their respective abilities at q
children's street game. ended with the
deah Of James Smith, one of the par
Elephants, and the arrest of his oppo-
nent, FRANKIE Burke, on a charge Of
homicide.
The bout, which took place on q va
can't lot, wa . deliberately arranged
affair. presided over by a referee. AZ
ter the exchange Of several blows
Burke IL declared to have knocked out
his opponent with a heavy blow to the
Jaw.
When the boy spectators found that
Smith showed no signs Of recovery and
that his eyes were glazing they hur
riedly carried him to . drug store.
whore m ambulance surgeon pro.
nouncsd tho boy dead.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-06-16
Game Warden Seeks Advice.

Pierre Game Warden w. F. Ban
croft has called upon the attorney
general for an opinion as to the length
of term of county game wardens.
Whether they are selected for any
specific term, or whether they serve
at the pleasure of the state warden.
In the opinion it is held that under
the game warden law Of 1909, a county
warden holds his position indefinitely.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-06-16
County Buys ant

Pierre.-Hughes is n of the first,
or first, county of the state to take adj
vantage of the provisions of chapter
246 of the laws Of the last session.
That act authorizes counties to take
tax deeds on tracts bid in by the coun-
ty on tax sales, and to transfer the
same in the same n in which an
individual may make a transfer of
land secured on tax title. The county
is advertising a number of tracts held
by them on which they will take title,
and by the sale of these tracts will
bring a nice return to the county
treasury and help reduce the county
indebtedness.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-06-16

Or. Austin B. Chamseriin Dead.
Washington.-Dr. Austin B. Cham
berlin. secretary general of the su.
preme council of the Southern Juris-
diction OF Scottish Rite Masons, died
here Of apoplexy. His body vas Ia.
ken to Galveston. where an elaborate
Masonic funeral will be held.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-06-16
To Enter Law Business.

Lead.-Anson H. Bigelow, for some
years past superintendent of the Lead
schools, representative from here in
the last legislature, and recognized as
n of the foremost educators of the
state, has resigned his position, and on
September l will enter the law Of
fees Of Smyth, Smith & Schall, Of
Omaha.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-06-16
Auns Amuck & sunday Picnic,

Castle Rock, CofO.-Mr. and Mr.. 8.
y. Mission are dead AZ the result 81
The former running amuck It . picnic
and w. N. Daniels 10 In jail pending
N investigation, charged with killing
Eliston. Eliston shot his wife at short
range and then turned the gun on hims
sell. Daniels, who vas engaged IN
target shooting with q revolver, fred
- Mission until the latter fell. Daniels
Il the son OF Mrs. Eliston by a former
husband. No aus Is known for the
trouble.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-06-16
Ballot Rox Is stuffed.

Scranton. Pa.-The discovery that a
ballot box had been stuffed created a
sensation at the convention Of the
state organization OF the Ladies of the
G. A. r.. which is being held here.
The discovery was made after the
vote for state president had been
cast. and invalidates the election.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-06-16
U. S. ENDS ITS LAKE NAVY
sells OF Inland Seas, Placed Out Of
Commission.

Washington.-An order issued by
the navy department placing the gun
boat Wolverine out of commission at
Erie. Pa, preparatory to turning 1t
v . to the naval militia at that place
IL OF international significance. 1t re-
moved from the great lakes the last
regularly commissioned United States
Hnrahip.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-06-16
New School Buildings.

Pierre.-The state educational de-
partment has in the past few days
approved plans for a new brick high
school building at Vermillion; a brick
building at Wolsey; and wooden
buildings at Nowlin, Stanley county,
and Ravinia, Charles Mix county.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-06-16
confesses to- KILLING 57.

Berlin.-Messages from Kazan say
that Alexander Zaryzin, arrested there
on a wholesale murder charge, has
confessed to having slain 81 persons,
including an army officer and his wife
in Sebastopol.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-06-16
PLAGUE n china.

Annoy. China~-The plague IL abatr
ing In the interior districts to the
north and west. but is increasing in
the immediate vicinity of Annoy. It II
reported that last month the popula-
lions Of several villages on Annoy isl-
and and In the districts TO the south
have been decimated.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-06-16
Contagious Diseases.

Pierre.-Dr. o. N. Hoyt, secretary
Of the state health department, has
compiled the figures on contagious
diseases in the state for the past year,
the report covering up to the 31st day
of last March, and shows that of all
the list the once dreadful smallpox
is the least fatal, and even measles
lead that disease in the fatalities. The
figures for the year are:
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-06-16
penIea aIaver Rehearlno.

Springfield, m.-The supreme court
denied the petition for a rehearing OF
DR.. Haldane Cleminson Of Chicago.
who II under sentence Of life impris-
onment in the state penitentiary 1t
Joliet for the murder Of his wife,
nhom he poisoned.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-06-16
colnuitt Is Thres,ened.

Austin. Tex.-Governor Colquitt.
leader of the "wets." is going to sort
Worth despite a letter warning him
that he may be killed If he attends
an anti-prohibition rally there. He
has received many other threats.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-06-16
Big Mortgage Filed.

Pierre.-The Great Northern rail
road has filed a mortgage with the
secretary of state which bound that
company for $500, OOO, 900 for fifty
years with interest at 5 per cent. This
mortgage is for the purpose of TAX
ing over the Burlington railroad sys-
TEN by the Great Northern.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-06-16

Madison Square Garden Is Sold.
New York.-Madison Square garden
was sold to q syndicate which will
tear down the structure and erect q
history once building.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-06-16
seventeen-Year Locust Appears.

CIT IUcuSe NPFedTS' !.
MISREPRESENTATION, N. What
naturalists say is the 17-year locust is
here in full force. Trees throughout
the town are alive with the insects.
The characteristic wv" is noticed at
the tip of the insects wings.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-06-16
rare Son Denied Oar rest

Columbus. O.-Becauss he was u
familiar with the rule requiring ap-
plicants to register when they begin
their study for law. Robert Alphonss
Taft, son OF President Taft, was de-
MED the privilege Of taking the Ohio
state bar examination.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-06-16
Bid Tor Panama Bonds.

Washington, D. C.-The govern
ment's 5 10000, 900 Panama canal loan
probably viii be taken In the main by
small investors. More than 900 sealed
proposals have been received at the
treasury.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-06-16
Deputy Loses hIs LIE.

Deputy Loses HJo Sic.
Wewoka, Okla.-Riley Smith, q dep.
uty sherin, wal killed after he had
killed one negro and wounded another
at 9 negro picnic Just north Of the lit
tie town Of Seminole, Okla. The trou.
Bile resulted when Smith attempted TO
arrest one Of the negroes.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-06-16
Sank is Robbed of So, 600,

Tooele, Utah.-After binding n
gagging S. L. Shafer. cashier Of the
Commercial bank, wi mounted rob-
Der fled to the hills with $4,000 of the
banks money. Several posses start.
ed in pursuit.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-06-16
London Bank 10 Closed.

6OTG0VV OOVTN OTOSS0s
London.-The Btrbeck bank in High
Holborn, which withstood a run last
fall caused by rumors that the institu-
ton was In trouble, has suspended
payment. The directors estimate the
deficit at $1.S75,0o0 but the actuaries
think that $3.50. 900 will be nearer
the mark.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-06-16

Sioux City Live Stock Market.
Sioux City.-Saturday's quotations
a the local live stock market follow:
Top beeves. $500. Top hogs, $6.05.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-06-16

The figures for the month Of April
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-06-16
Pastor to Hi. Flock.

when I look at you fellows" said
The Jail warden, who was something OF
! humorist, II somehow feel that the
Lord didn't make good"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-06-16
No Station for White Butte.

Pierre.-The Puget Sound Railway
company has declined to establish a
station at White Butte, Perkins coun-
ty, as. demanded by the railway COM
mission,
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-06-16
al.in n FIoht over Ei.h.

Denver. Colo.-A dispute over the
size Of q fish and improper remarks
made to his wife caused James
Thomas, q consumptive, to shoot md
instantly kill George Reymsr.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-06-16
aon 81 stillman Weds,

San Francisco.-Ernest Goodrich
Stllman, son OF James Stillman. the
New York banker. and Miss Mildred
Whitney OF San Francisco were mar
Ned In Trinity Episcopal church
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-06-16
Wace pIepute ae4tled,

Washington.-The dispute between
the Southern Railway company and its
Aremen. which has been in mediation
for two weeks, has been settled. Both
sides. Il II said. made concessions.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-06-16
Rx-premIer q France biz.

8N.pFOUuTOr q fTauC0 OI00.
Paris. Trance.-Senator Maurice
Rouvier. twice premier Of France,
died here. He wAs born 1t Ak IN
ls42. He became known early a an
onemy OF the empire
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-06-16

Ininoisan Retires as Rear Admiral.
Washington.-An order issued re-
tires Rear Admiral Kossuth Niles
June IA. He is now on duty in this
city. Admiral Niles i from Illinois.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-06-16
Will Divide Up Even.

Wi OIVIde Up EVeh.
Pierre.-Insurance Commissioner
Basford is busy lining up the list of
papers over the state for the purpose
of giving each its share of insurance
statements this year. There is no
longer any question Of patronage in
the distribution, that part being set
tied by law.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-06-16
Honesty Essential,

that can be honest is the only perfect
man.-E1etcher.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-06-09
NEWS NUGGETS

Among the Firms and Norwegfnns
there are many women sailors.
Every public school In Paris has .
restaurant, where meals are gra&ui-
tously served to pupils too Door to
pay for them.
Germany will establish a record
this year by launching six new
Dreadnoughts. Up to now no more
than five Of these monster ships have
been launched by any one country in
one year.
It is now believed that the solid
crust of the earth cannot be thicker
than sixty-two miles. From the
earth's internal reservoir OF heat radi-
atoms are believed to be passing
away into space continually. but this
loss Is compensated for to some ex.
tent by the heat received from the
sun.
The Tupelo journal., 1911-06-09
HOUCRS EWELRY
STORE
Tupelo, Mississippi

jill. Dabbs, one of the veterans OF
rs was here on business Monday.
Messrs. jim and Ed MAYNARD, OF
Bissell, transacted business here yes
terday.
W. H. Armstrong and little son,
Herbert, and little William Baker,
spent several days the past week in
Memphis.
Sterling Silver Bracelets 75c. Hough
the Jeweler.
The third quarterly conference for
Bonneville station, M. E. church, will
be held at Bonneville June 10 and II,
Rev. Ben P. Jaco, presiding elder of
the Corlnth district, presiding.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Goodlett left
Sunday afternoon with their little son,
Robert, for Chicago. where they go
with the hope that the change of eli
mate may improve the health of their
little son His condition has been con-
sidered serious by the physicians, but
the information received from Mr..
Goodlett was that he stood the trip
well and is now somewhat improved.
If you want a nice suburban lot OF a
modern cottage built to SUIT your own
taste, see ASA w. ALLEN.
Bob Finley, of Sherman. was here
yesterday en- ronte home from Saltillo
where he had been in consultation with
T. l.. Wesson & Son of Saltillo, for the
purpose of securing the contract of a
handsome two-story brick store house
for the firm. With the erection Of this
building Saltillo will have as nice a bus
mess street as any town in the state.
Her merchants are wide-awake and
nearly all of them have built good
brick stores within the past few years,
The Busy Druggists Mosquito Lotion
drives them away. Price loo.
In this issue will be found the an
nouncemsnt of MIR. w. B. Wilson. of
Corinth, who is a candidate for raili Dad
commissioner from this, the Northern
district. Mr.. Wilson has served Alcorn
county as sheriff for three terms and
no sheriff in the state has come nearer
discharging his duties than he. If the
election for Commissioner was left to
Alcorn county, Mr.. Wilson's election
would be unanimous. The very strong
endorsement given him by his people is
a high compliment to his integrity and
fidelity, and the District would make
no mistake in electing him to the office
he seeks. He is thoroughly capable
and would make a first class commits
sioner.