The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1890-09-18
The Opening Exercises Yester-
day---Gov. Boies on Capt.
tai and Labor.
A Lake Steamer Supposed 70 Have
Gone Down---A Clipper Loses
Half Her Crew.
Trusts for the Purpose Of Controlling
the Cattle Markets---News
In General.

orruawA. Ia, Sept. lT.--The ottunAwa
coal palace was formally opened yesterday
morning II A. a magnificent structure
built entirely Of coal. at an expense Of over
s90, 600 Special trains have brought thou.
sands OF visitors to the city, and decora-
tlons have been made with "a lavish hand
Gov. Boies delivered the opening address.
Among other things. he said
Grand as Iowa Il In the productions OF her
farm, II is not on these alone she must rely,
for advancement 10 that position OF pros
perity for which nature designed her. Be-
meath the surface OF her soil, down deep In
the bowels of the earth is stored much OF
the treasure that "a bountiful providence
has provided for the comfort Of her people,
and already an army OF iaborers and mil-
lions of capital are employed In the de-
yelopment and prosecution of an industry
that lies close 30 the base of all her pros-
perity.
In the very morning of her existence,
while the bloom Of youth Is yea upon her
brow, the busy hands OF the miner have
reached for her boarded treasures below.
until we now have In active operation more
than $50 coal mines that employed last year
IL, 500 men, to whom was paid In wages ga
GA, ,667, and they produced an output Of
7o2, ,770 tons OF coal TO the aggregate value
of IS ,oeI .62s.
Time alone l. needed 30 extend this ln-
dustry hnndred fold--to multiply 10
vast extent the number OF men and amount
OF capital employed and 20 add 10 the wealth
of our state beyond our power 10 comprc-
hend.
Well may we be grateful to those who In
vest their capital and 90 those who devote
cution Of this great work
IL seems strange that forces mutually
dependent can be arryed against each
other as enemies, instead OF standing to-
gether as friends. and yet II Is true that. In
many OF the great fields OF industry upon
which the whole world depends for is ad-
vancement, such Is the spectacle to-day.
In a thousand ways capital IL linked to-
gether In q cruel attempt to rob labor Of
its Just reward. Pools and trusts, combi-
nations and conspiracies are constant prod
| ucts OF Ingenious brains, all formed 20
gather 20 the Golfers OF the rich immensur-
/ ably more shan thair share OF the property
/ of the world. Into the very face OF these
maguates of wealth, poverty fiaunts its tat
/ tered rags and shouts It's cry OF need. Too
often the one IN unseen, the other unheard.
| The result Is reached. Upon one side Is
| arrayed a few OF the human family, around
| whom tower more than princely fortunes,
| while luxury surfeits all their wants.
ON the other ploddlng thousands stand
gazing out upon world fair as IL came
| from the creators hand, but cold and
heartless In the extreme, for In 1t there Is
nothing but toll for them, and this supplies
with stinted measure the naked needs he
aueathed by nature to man.
III IL ever happens that the extreme men
/ In these conflicting elements are able 10
| sway the popular VIII and array upon the
one side or the other all our people, the
struggle that viii follow viii end In the
downfall of nation and collapse OF the
| grandest system OF government ever con-
ceived by man,
But OF this there Is little danger In both
of these factions OF society are thousands
| of conservative men as true aud loyal to
every hrinciple of right as any that ever
exlstedi aud behind them is the great mid
die class OF our people that cannot be prop
erly assigned to either,
To these men in every hour OF danger the
country eau safely turn for succor. 49,
The palace h an imposing structure 800
feet in length by 100 la width, the main
tower being roo feet high. It has an archi-
tectural character OF It's own, with It's bat
Elements and turrets OF jet reminding one
OF a frownlng castle of feudhlisnl, IL Is
two stories In height, the first being about
twenty feet. and the other reaching to the
top aud varying from forty to sixty feet
The building has an auditorium with a seat
ing capacity of 1900 to 6,00o. On either
side OF this room are the spaceT above and
below for the exhibits OF the nine surround
ing counties and from abroad. One OF
the most unique features Of the palace
II the coal mine The sunken
park twelve feet below the surround
ing level, Is admirably adapted for this
purpose. Into the mine shaft leads from
the mine tower $50 feet above. from which
point the sight-seer gets into a car. Just u
In regular mine. aud Il lowered through q
dark and foreboding shaft Into the sunker
. park. where the mules and miners, with
their lamps and picks, and tho coal in larg'
veins, can be seen with realistic vlyidness
A waterfall. thirty feet high and falling IL
q regular sheet twelve feet wide. is another
. feature. Ii II located at the rear OF thu
auditorium stage. and at the bottom dis
solves into spray oAfer electric lights ~ ar
. ranged as 60 cause rainbows co chase eagl
other with exquisite effect. IL takes 1880,
600 gallons Of water daily for this waterfall
, the waste water going into miniature lax
peopled with representatives Of the hnn1
tribes and bordercd with flowers,
4 specicl days have been arranged ani
I President Harrison has slguifed his ipten
J tlon Of visiting the palace. Pho exhibit wtl
close oct. N.
n The Banner Orange GrowtnE Town,