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!fp/, ^, ,i. f~: ,v.V wVfiy JJP TOU WANT THE Finest JOB PRINTING Get it at (A« LEADER Oflce VOLUME 16. NUMBER 15. Hardware ber A. R»P, Pre*. P. A.OVRRSBTH, President. and To the Public: They Scared Nenroeg Nearly to Death and Broke Up a Camp Meeting. It was a nice moonlight night—it always is durin' camp meetin,' you know-r-an' we knew the colored camp meetin 'ere would raid that patch about midnight, an'sure enough purty soon they come crawlln' along an' sort o' felt their way to the melons, an' there were thflse pigs asleep among the vines an' painted jest like tbe.melons. Purity soon—we—me an' Oscar an' old man Fosdyke an' the boys was a-hidin' where we 'could see the fun that night—purty soon we heard the leader, Shelt, say.. "My Lawdy! I got a big one!" an' then we saw him rise up with one o' them painted shoats in his arms, an' then that shoat woke up an' squealed and wriggled loose. It didn't have to try very hard to git away 'cause Shelt he let out a yell you could a' heerd from here to Mitchell's sawmill, an jest threw his arms up in the air an' hol lered fer mercy an' the shoat fell onto the ground an' started like o' greased lightnin' over to'ards one o' the others what was jest-apickin' up a real melon, but jest when he took holt of it another shoat jumped up beside it an o' course when Shell's shoat whizzed between his legs an' the other on© up an' started a-run nin' he thought it was the same one, an he let out a holler too, I can tell you. This darky dropped right down down on his knees an'commenced a prayin' as loud as could talk, an' by that time all the other pigs was woke up, an' they all started runnin' around in circles like an' one o' them s: run full tilt right into this feller's back an' upset him an' made him fall Batabliahed in 1879 4 W* .."i1-" "K Sioux Valley Implement Co "If you are thinking of sending to some catalogue house for a Rang# this fall we would ask you to come in and bring your catalogue with you. We think that we can sell you just as good a range here and save you the freight.' CT All parties'who have bought twine of us please remem that it will be due Oct. 1st. We must pay for our twine on that date and expect you to do the same. Sioux Valley Hardware & Imp. Co. M. BmxNlTr. Vice Pres. L. T. WLMTAD. Sec*. J. LEWIS, Vice i'ruaident. Farmers' State Bank of Onb*- f^siici u.p Oeqpits.1 $S5,OCX3 Individual Responsibility of Stockholder! $400,000. Shirt Tin LIIRSI THEY WHIE UK WATTWHMB. 0. R. MOOMOM. Treu, Fim LIIU. rirmm and Merchants Bngineaa Respectfully Solicited. Carrfoi and Personal Attanrion Given to Every Detail smash Into a big melon an' git it all over his bead an' then.about four pigs scrambled acrost him while he was a-layin' dqwn an' they whopped on across the patch an' tripped 'Lije up when he was tryin' to git away, an' he fell into the fence an' was so bad scared he couldn't move—jest laid there and begged for mercy while the hogs run over him. Soon as they all got past him he jest burrowed through that rail fence like as if he was a pig himself an' took out across the field to'ards that camp meetin' yellin' and prayin' by turns', an' Shelt an' the other fellers went after him as fast as they could lick. "They do say they was more excite ment at that camp meetin' that night than ever was knowed of before. Shelt an' Lije an' the fellers what was with,'em never stopped until they was square in front o' the ex torter an' they rolled to their knees and shouted that they wanted to be saved an'saved quick." A Popular Restaurant. (The Main St. Restaurant.) ar Board by the Week. Board by the Day. Specialty of Short Orders. Everything the Best. BOYLES & BOYLES. Successors to B. Hanson. The First National Bank OF CANTON, S. D. W 0- I. C. CASSILL Cashier. Chartered In 1881 Savings Department In Co44«etloi|. 4 Pir Cut litirist Pail aU CuptiJ Siai-AmaHf. TranMct a General Banking Bnaineaa and Invite yon to call and see na. Safety Dipnit Bins ti Riit. BOARD ov DIRECTORS: THOS. THORSON, President. J. V. CONKLJN, Vice President. O. 8. GIFFORD, E. 8. O'NEIL, J. FERGUSON H. ANDERSON, Gaahisr. CHAS. A. GOETZ, Am'i Caahier. Militt We purchased a bunch of Parker Fountain pens at a bargain and will sell them at a discount of 40 per cent. We can supply all demands for tablets and fine station ery. We invite the public to inspect our stock as we Cake considerable pride in our se lection of tablets and sta tionery. Just in receipt of new line Crepe paper all colorings and new designs. School Dooks at publisher's prices at The Up-To-Date Pharmacy. Let us figure on your bill of paint and wall paper be fore placing your order. We can make you a low price for guaranteed goods. Winter is approaching and you are going to neea win dow glass. Bear in mind we carry all sizes. If you don't find what you need at the other store come to The Up-To-Date—you will find it there. A low price is good but standard quality in drugs and medicine is of first, im portance. We do not sacri fice quality for price at The Up-To-Date Pharmacy. We are doing a legitimate business and building up our trade along business lines with oqe price to all and that the lowest. EnrytbiRg NIW IMI Up-tt-Dati. 3d 3K :!!K The end of the insurance scandal is in sight, declares Thomas W. Law son. Thru a great convention of pol icyholders which he intends to call, Mr. Lawson will lead a war on the life insurance grafters, and, he says, land them in the penitentiary. Mr. Lawson asserts that $150,000, 000 has been stolen from life insur ance policyholders in the United States. Mr. Lawson holds the proxies of 16, 000 policyholders. He says be has re ceived more than 50,000 letters, among them letters from governors, members of congress, bishops, presi dents of great industrial enterprises, doctors, editors, officials of foreign governments and sources so powerful that It would astonish the world were the names published. MONET KINGS IN CELLS. "But the end is in sight," declared Mr. Lawson. "I make the solemn and positive assertion that, before all the investi gations are finished, before the sworn evidence of the financers of the lead ing insurance companies in this country which have been plundered Is finished, there will be anywhere from 100 to 150 men, now posing as men ol affairs, Wall street magnates and manipulators of Insurance funds, doing time in state prisons for terms varying from eight years to life* "The first thing to be accomplished is to demand and secure restitution of the millions that have been stolen. There are certain men that must be detained and placed on the witness stand before they can-get out of the country with their millions. rfc Lawson's Big Insurance War. He Proposes to Bound Up the Insurance Thieves and Put Tbem Behind Prison Bars. HYDE WORKS FRANTICALLY". "James H. Hyde is working night and day to dispose of all his property and get out of the United States be fore the law can reach him. James H. Hyde must be placed on the wit ness stand and forced to tell what he knows. "I propose to the policy holders of this country that they organize and then appoint delegates, one dele gate to every five, or ten or fifty pol icyholders in a town or county. Let tihis delegate come to New York and there meet 10,000 delegates from other parts of the union. "I am prepared to bear the prelimi nary expense of such a movement: we will engage Madison Square Gar den, in New York, and hold daily meetings. "By such a show of strength we can command the respect of any legis lative investigation committe. Such a committe would investigate along the lines desired by such an influen tial and intelligent body of men. WHERE ARE THE STEALINGS? "At that time I will present to that convention of policyholders— not a convention of life-insurance agents sitting down to feasts provid ed bv McCall ahd Hyde rivaling the feasts of Lucullus and paid for with policyholders' money—a diagram of the buildings in New York, where the stolen funds are secreted, the homes of men built by plundering in surance policyholders, and' then in red letters on that diagram I will mark '28 Broadway,' the home of the Standard Oil, the chief criminal on the list. WWfBPi 4 Faftftfr' It MX It to OWN FMINIF art FTJFFERAI, D$f$*Hr Truth W* ITOTTTM, «M Fmm1 M* Corrupt Ion, CANTON, SOUTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1905. THE UP-TO-DATE PHARMACY. With a complete stock of new Drugs, Stationery and Groceries, Solicits public patronage and guaran tees fresh up-to-date goods at lowest prices. The Famous Ivy Wreath Brand of Canned Goods, absolutely pure. Gunther's Celebrated Candies lead the world. Prescriptions Carefully Compounded. JAMES LEWIS PHONE 251. OVER $150,000,000 SQUANDERED. "I shall within the next ten days issue a statement which will convince the most skeptical. I know the ways and methods of work of the thieves and public plunderers who have been preying on the policyholders, and they know that I am in possession of the facts. When John A. McCall talks on the witness stand of the paltry contribution of $48,000 to a campaign fund he mentions a baga telle. "I declare on my solemn work that the amount of money belonging to life-insurance policyholders in this country that has been dissipated, stolen from tbem, squandered like water by men intrusted with its keeping, amounts to not a penny less than $150,000,000." In connection with the proposed action of Lawson for the punishment of the Insurance thieves, official ac tion in this direction will be taken by the several states and the District Attorney of New York. A New York dispatch of Oct. 2, says: It is announced authoritatively to day that the western insurance com missioners in their verifications of their assets of the New York Life will make a thoro investigation of the company's Paris building, and that preliminary negotiations thru diplo matic channels are already under way. Ten accountants today began an investigation of the books of the New York Life in behalf of Insurance Commissioners R. E. Polk of Ten nessee Zeno M. Host of Wisconsin Thomas D. O'Brien of Minnesota H. J. Prewitt of Kentucky and C. C. Pierce of Nebraska. The work of the accountants was directed by two actuaries, W. J. Graham, represent ing Tennessee, and F. S. Wolff, repre senting Wisconsin, Minnesota and Nebraska, C. P. Woffard of Tennessee and Examiner Kearn of Kentucky were in town to help the actuaries. It was stated that the examination would occupy two months and that none of its disclosures would be made public until it was ended. JEROME WILL ACT. District Attorney Jerome announc ed in court today that hb would make public next Thursday .his decison in regard to the necessity for an extra ordinary grand jury to consider Equit able Life Assurance society matters. Last June Mr. Jerouie asked that the June term of the criminal branch of the New York state supreme court be continued thru the summer, hav ing in view the possibility that the Equitable matter might be taken up. Today at the opening of the October term of court he asked that the June term be further continued until Thursday. John Johnson recently purchased 260 feeders out west of Mitchell which were delivered in Canton last Sunday. Mr. Johnson retained 130 and sold Perry Juel 130 head. The cattle looked good and when they get lots of Lincoln county feed under their bides they will look better. Lincoln county has lots of corn and hay and clover to fatten cattle and hogs with this year. We quote a few specials in groceries as follows: Best granulated cane sugar this week $5.24 per sack. Eggo-See 3packages25cts. Shredded Wheat 2 pack ages 25cts. Pettljohn 3 packages 25cts. Force 2 packages Z5cts. 51b packages rolled oats 20cts. Climax Tobacco 45cts per lb. Spearhead Tobacco 45cts per lb. Battle Ax Tobacco 35cts per lb. New'Muscatel raisin Crop 1905-31bs for 25cts. New Apricots, very fine 21bs for 25cts. A choice Corn, full pack 41bs for 25cts. Flint Japan Tea the best 50cts. Fine new Raspberries Crop 1905 just received. Fine new Currants crop 1905 just received. Choice line of new choco lates and Gunther's fine cand ies received this week. Man chester, National and Chica- ?ostock* Biscuit Co's goods carried Try the Winslow Coffee, it is equal to any. Eggsl6cts this week and 20cts for all the good butter we can get. Nithing OH ir Out tfDiti. LA FOLLETTE FOB PRESIDENT. Sticking to the Governorship Wisconsin's Executive is to Give Up Sena to rial Toyo. A special dispatcd to the Minnea polis Journal from Washington, inti mates that Gov. La Follette is now seeking the presidency and will not become a Senator: The Journal's well Informed cor respondent states: Taking President Roosevelt at his word, that he does not desire another nomination for the presidency, Gov ernor Robert M. La Follette of Wis consin, according to one of his close personal friends, has virtually decid ed to tyecome an early candidate for the republican nomination in 1908. At a recent conference of Governor La Follette and his friends, it is said, it was decided that Governor La Follette should retain his present position as governor and decline his other tentative office of United States senator. La Follette, it is understoodi will announce his. candidacy for the republican nomination next year. Meantime he will continue to lecture in various states, discussing vital issues and awakening popular inter est in them. SUPPORT OF NORTHWEST. He is reported by his friends as able to obtain the delegation from his own state, Wisconsin—that is, if he stays at the helm at home—and also to be reasonably sure, as a begin ning, of the support of Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and other northwestern states. He has also unusual strength with the peo ple in the granger states of the west. His friends believe he would have much better opportunity to make his individuality and his issues felt if he should remain as governor of Wiscon sin than if he should come to Wash ington, where it is understood Sena tor Spooner and other candidates of the senate would endeavor to make La Follette of as little account as possible. Precedence, senatorial cour tesy and other restrictions would operate, it is pointed out, to embar rass this aggressive, earnest states man in the next two years. TOGO FOR ESCH OR COOPER. Representative Esch and Represen tatlve Cooper were loyal La Follette men in the last contest between the corporations and the people in Wis cousin, and it is believed one of these two men would be preferred for sena tor if La Follette shoul'd decline to come to Washington. With either of them or La Follette himself in the senate, traffic legislation would gain an effective advocate, while if La Follette should retain the governor ship and stump the west in behalf of traffic-ratei legislation, as is suggested to be his plan, the Roosevelt adminis tration would gain valuable support and some railroad senators of the Foraker brand would soon find the fire burning their feet. The Minneapolis Journal, always able, clean, progressive, newsy and reliable, has closed up the gap be tween Saturday and Monday bv the publication of a Sunday morning edi tion, which will be a marvel of typo graphical excellence, combining in Its editorial, news and literary de partments, the best that its brilliant staff can present to the public. The Journal as a newspaper, is not out classed by any paper published, and as an exponent of the great north west it ranks all others. —When you have an item of news tell it to the LEADER. Phone 77. Tforway and Sweeten tPart in {Peace, The peace of Karlstad is now about to pass into history. It is the tri umphant issue of negotiations into which the brother nations of Scandi navia entered, and in the course of which each has made momentous con cessions for the sake of permanent peace and amity on the peninsula It is an achievement more noteworthy in some of its aspects than the peace of Portsmouth, for .it was reached without the shedding of one drop of human blood. While it has not the world-wiAe significance of the treaty which President Roosevelt brought about, it is a demonstration that two nations can settle their differences, even when national honor is involved in a bighly rational and civilized manner without resort to the arbi trament of arms. A more telling object-lesson for the world would be difficult to conceive. WILL THE STORTHING RATIFY? The momentous question now is whether the all-powerful storthingVill accept and ratify the agreement its agents have made. The storthing is today the most powerful deliberative body in the world within its own sphere of action. It is the government of Norway, and has been since June 7. Yet its actions have been well considered and conservative. It has a deep sense of the responsibilities. The four men it sent to Karlstad were those in whom it had the most implicit confidence. There was Mic helstn, the brilliant premier, who led his country skilfully thru all the com plications into its present command ing position. There was Loevland, the man of solid worth, bylnany con sidered the real brains of the govern ment. There was the venerable Berner the dignified and beloved pre sident of the storthing. And there was Benjamin Yogt, the eloquent young advocate, whose conservatism and peaceloving spirit were counted on to restrain radical action. Under the circumstances it would seem highly probable that the storth ing will ratify the work of its dele gates. The main thing is that Nor way has won her complete independ ence and will now take her place in the family of nations as she has never done in her whole eventful history. She will send her ministers to other courts and her flag will be seen in every port of the world. With this splendid achievement and with her future before her, how foolish it would be to quarrel with the sister kingdom which has so generously made terms! Peace on the peninsula will be guaranteed by the arbitration treaty. This must be signed, it is understood, before the forts are dis mantled, and it will be for better guarantee of peace than any series of fortifications along the frontier could possibly be. GREAT CONTENT IN STOCKHOLN. Both Nations Agree on Terms of Separation and the Danger As for Sweden, there seems to be great content at Stockholm over the. conclusion of the negotiations and be yond doubt the riksdag will give its assent to all its representatives have done. The Swtdish nation has given an exhibition of poise and self-restraint under the most trying circumstances that is remarkable. Few other nations would have been able to prevent war under similar conditions few others would have let Norway go so gener ously and in such good temper. The king and the people were in complete accord in the determination that under no circumstances should there be war between the brother nations. Hurt tho they were by Norway's course, deploring as they did the separation of the kingdoms fearing as «t War is Passed and Norway May be a Republic. our "iv..-.•^ _„(t, ',' ADVBBTI8B IN TUB LEADER, Largest Paper, Largest Circulation. 17.50 Ptr JVar #1.50 PER ANNUM. they must aggression from outside powers as a result of such separation —they desired nothing so much as peace and friendship' between Sverige and Norge. The aristocracy and the army wanted war—but they wanted in vain, for the nation was not with them. A hundred thousand working men in Stockholm pledged themselves to lay down their tools and refuse to take up arms if war was declared. Yet everywhere it was agreed that Swedish honor must be preserved in violate. This will be accomplished by the demolition of the forts, with their menace of war. Sweden felt that she could not honorably make peace unless this minatory feature of the situation was removed. Evident ly her delegates succeeded In convinc ing their Norwegian colleagues of the justice of that position. PAN-SCANDINAVIAN ALLIANCE. A neutral zone between the two countries, an arbitration treaty to settle all points of difference that may arise, demolition of the forts, guarantees as to intra-Scandlnavian communications, and the confirmation of the rights of the Swedish Lapps to pasturage in northern Norway —these are the main points in the agreement, and^they represent actual concession and good will. It will take some years, no doubt, to overcome the jealously and dislikes that have been engendered by the crisis, but these will in time dissap pear and the way will be opened for a pan-Scandinavian alliance, with Sweden, Norway and Denmark—and possibly Finland—as its members. Neither of the peninsular countries would stand by idly if the other were attacked, and it is the belief of the wisest and most far-sighted men in both countries that the ultimate re sult of the dissolution of the union will be of great benefit to Scandinav ian progress in every way. MONARCHY OR REPUBLIC? The protocol leaves the question of Norway's permanent form of govern ment entirely to the Norwegian people. It is not mentioned in the agreement. This is significant in a negative way, for if there had been an agreement on a Bernadotte for king the fact would likely have been recorded in the protocol. This is in accord with recent Scandinavian ad vices to the effect that the plan to take Oscar's son Karl as king had been given up, owing to the opposition of the riksdag leaders. The choice now lies between Karl of Denmark and a republic. The struggle between the republicans and monarchists of Nor way will now begin in earnest. Those who favor a monarchy are now said to be in control, but if." will be difficult to refuse the demand of the republi cans for a referendum on the subject. If the people get a chance to vote, most authorities agree that it will be a republic. There do not now exist the reasons for a monarchy that would have existed, had no agreement been reached with Sweden. The maps do notoshow fortifications of Gyldenloeve and Overbierget, men tioned in the protocol, but they are probably the names of old fortifica tions near that of Fredriksten, which is the fort near Fredrikshald on an arm of the sea near the frontier. Stoves tor Sale. One oil heater, one wood heater, one good cook stove, one soft coal heater, one hard coal heater, one hard coal cook stove, one ten foot oak dining table^ and one cupboard for sale. Apply to S. B. Averill. The Cash Do you want to see something NEW in the SHOE LINE? If. so, we invite yon to call and see Jail Stock of Shoes, We have everything that's new and we sell at prices that you can well afford to pay. It is well worth your time to call and see us. Bragstad Bros. Canton, South Dak. —SwhjHit .fry y'(v. ti