The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1890-10-22
NEWS HaEvlTlEs.
In the Northwest.

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In the Northwest.
John Selden, well-to-do farmer OF
Truax Prairie, Wis, was run over and
killed by the west-bound passenger ON
the Northwestern line Monday after
noon, few miles west of Fan Claire.
Work on the new st. Louis and Supe-
rior Terminal railway and the northern
| end of the Duluth Red Wing and South
ern was begun Monday at Sc. Louis
near Duluth by the Duluth Construction
| company. 8
The village council of Pipestone,
Mimi, ordered some time ago an cleo
| trio light plant,a part of which has been
| received. An injunction has been
served on the council by some OF ths
prominent business men forbidding fur
| ther action.
The funeral service over the remains
of the late Hon. Gordon E. Cole were
held at the Cathedral OF Our MercifuI
Savior, at Faribault, Tuesday afternoon,
at $3.50. The q. A. r., National guards,
Shattuck cadets and the common coun-
Gil OF the city formed part OF the pro-
| cession.
A freight train from the east on the
Northwestern was run into by another
freight coming from the same direction.
at full speed, down grade, near Ows-
tonna, Mimi. The eaboose and four or
hve cars We're smashed to splintprs. No
one was In the caboose at the time.
The engineer and fireman narrowly ea-
capped with their lives.
At Foley Station, Mimi, the men eu-
ployed by the Great Northern In laying
steel rails on the Sc. Cloud and Hinckley
branch became dissatisfied with the food
given them in the boarding cars and
attacked them, completely wreckinR the
cars and smashing the contents. Thirty
Of the prominent ones in the affair were
discharged.
There Is mystery connected with the
death of Minna Huddle, whose body
was found in the river at Des M0inaa.
that bids fair 10 develop in . sensation.
The coroner's jury has been mt wurk On
the case all day, but have not rot
reached conclusion. The body has
not the usual appearance OF having been
drowned, and there Il suspicion OF
death from foul play.
Delegates 10 the jnaxionAl aonssnxiun
OF the Christian church are arriving III
large numbers at Des Moinee, and it Il
expected fully 1000 viii be In attend
ance when the meeting opens An In
formal meeting of the Womenis Board
Of Missions was held presided over BIZ
Mrs. Maria p. Jamison. The evening
was given over to social intercourse and
returned missionaries.
The officers who went into the
country, near Mitchell, 3. D., 10 arrest
Sam Perkins ON warrant charging him
with burglary Of safes at Bridgewater
and fllfwat ~A~ank1xy AAaE.
who, feigning 10 go into bed room TO
change his clothes, adroitly skipped out
Of doors, secured horse and made hts
escape. Perkins, 1t is thought, has been
quietly pursuing the avocation of safe
cracker all his life.
j. b. Sutphin, of Duluth, owner of
the old Powder River Cattle company
yards, located on the Omaha road about
seven miles south of West Superior, In
rebuilding the sheds and barns which
were destroyed by fire over year ago.
Mr.. Sutphin is making extensive Inn
provements in the shape of buildings for
storing feed, shelterinH sheds, barns.
etc, and viii operate the plant ON o
large scale.
The ninth annual meeting of the
synod of Iowa Presbyterians closed
Monday at Burlington, after Ave days'
session. The committee ON temperance
reported, rcgrettfng ths causes that dur
ing the last year have brought about
serious reverses In the onward march Of
temperance, specifying the recent orig
inal package decision by the United
States circuit court at Topeka and d
similar decision by Judge Stonefnan, Of
Iowa.
Russian advices are to the effect that
the cholera has extended from Persia TO
Bagdad, and is destroying many vfc-
TINS
Advices from South America state
that the Chilians are indignant nc the
French government for aiding the no.
torious Dreyfus claim aud are prepared
to oppose q firm resistance to French
aggression.
A sensational trial Is In progress In
Warsaw, three prominent silk mercefh
being accused of swindling Nafs0ug mer-
chants out of sums aggregating mil
lion marks. There are a1l witnesses %
be examined
The Prince Of Wales Is making him
self very popular In Vienna. Though
indefatigable In performing social au-
ties, he has found time 70 visit neaylY
all the charitable institutions and make
liberal contributions TO their funds.
Measrs. Dillon and O'Brien are being
li0nized in Paris--er rather would be II
they would permit 1t. They have
countless attentions pressed upon thsm,
but persist In refusing all public invita-
tons and remain wholly among their
private circle Of friends.
A Shanghai dispatch states that In
spector General Hardhead, OF the Chi
nese customs, has suggested % the i'm
perial government the abolition Of the
export duty on tea rs measure OF pro-
lection to the Chinese tsa trade now
threatened by Japan and India.
Stanley Kkoasts the Easlash.
IyognON. Oct. na.--Mr Henry NJ.