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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-05-15
Not o NihiIistic Plot.

LONDON, May 15.-Such news as has
been received from Japan goes to con-
firm the belief that the attempt ON the
life of the czarewitch grew out of relig-
ious fanaticism, though whether it was
intended as Buddhist protest against
the spread of propaganda of the Greek
church, or as rebuke to the prince for
having omitted some rule of etiquette
in visiting the temples is not known.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-05-15
Chasing q smnggler.

SAN DIEGO, CAL, May 15.-The
schooner yacht Fearnot, with an armed
crew of about forty men has left this
port in quest of the Halcyon, which yes.
sci, it is reported, is on it's way to this
country with a cargo of opium, valued
at 81, ,000, 900. The Fearnot is amply
provisioned. The incentive for the mis-.
sion is to obtain the large standing rs
ward the government has offered foi
the capture Of the Halcyon.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-05-15

LONDON, May 15.-The authorities of
Belgium are much annoyed by the pres
ence of Gen. Boulanger, who has de-
cided to take up his abode permanently
in Brussels, and has engaged a mansion
situated in the Rue Montoyer. Boulan-
ployed all the time carrying messages
to and from Paris. He is believed to
have been in some measure connected
with the May day outbreaks in Paris
Comte de Paris is alleged to furnish the
finds
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-05-15
TAFT wanted in washington.

Los ANGELES, CAL. May 15.--In &C.
cordance with the orders of the attorney
general to Solicitor General Taft to be
in Washington on the Goth, that gentle.
man will leave for the national capital
on Monday next His presence here, the
solicitor general says, is not for the pur.
pose of assuming the charge of the Rob
ert and Minnie case. but to consult the
district attorney.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-05-15
Invading the Adirondacks.

NEW YoRK, May 15.-The papers this
morning sound note of alarm in view
Of the danger that the health-giving
Adirondack forest, the noble North
woods, is on the point Of being destroyed
by rival railroads One Is the New
York Central, another the Delaware and
Hudson and the third the Canadian Pa
cific.. Politics enter into the question,
and the forestry commissioners are ac-
cused Of serving private instead Of pub.
lie interests. AHS
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-05-15
GAMBLER AND EMBEzzLER.
A Missing New York Politician short
Over $4,000.

"A missing new FOrk PoIftfcIAm Sn0rs
Over $4,000.
NEW YORK, May 15.-The Herald
says that ex-Assemblyman Charles A.
Binder, of this city, has fed and is an
absconder of trust funds to the amount
of $4,000. The fight Of the embezzler
occurred on May 4, the day preceding
that set apart for him to make an ac-
counting of the estate of Barbara House
man, which he had administered since
1880. Nothing has been heard of him since
his disappearance, and his family fear
that he may have committed suicide
Excessive dissipation and over indul,
gence in gambling of nearly every con
ceivable form was the cause of Mr..
Binders downfall.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-05-15
After the California WINERIES.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 15.-The Exam
liner says syndicate of English and
French spirit dealers has been formed
in London to buy the principal wineries
in California. The syndicate is called
the Grape Brandy Distlllers, and has
an ostensible capital of e12O,000. The
scheme is to ship grapes to France and
England and there distill it.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-05-15
Expulsion of jews AFFECT Finances.

ExpuIHIuu UI OGWb HIkeCt = HutSHhOCss
ST.. PETERSBURG, May 15.- deputa-
tion Of merchants from Moscow waited
on the ministers, praying for suspen-
sion of the ruinous decree of expulsion,
which effects Jewish bills of exchange.
These bills, the merchants declared
amount to $40, 900 900, and nobody will
accept or pay them. The ministers re.
fused to interfere in the matter. 1t was
owing to- misapprehension that the worl
of expelling the Jews from Moscow was
suspended. They are again being driven
out daily, although less force is applied
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-05-15
Revolt in Guiana.
Portugal Il Tranquil.

LONDON, May 15.--The correspondent
of The Times at Lisbon denies the re-
port that q revolutionary movement
has commenced in Portugal. On the
contrary, he INSERTS that the country il
in q condition Of complete tranquility.
There is, however, some anxiety felt IN
regard to the approaching half-yearly
rente day on May IS.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-05-15

DENVER, Colo, May ia Leadville
special says freight train on the Mid
land railroad ran into a push-car near
Florisant Wednesday night. Two men
named O'Brien and Slattery, who were
on the push-car, were killed. Another
man, name unlearned. one of the push
car crew, was badly injured.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-05-15
Itata Fired ON the Charleston.

CITY OF MEXICO, May 15.-Rumort
continue to be circulated that the Itats
has been sunk by the Charleston. Tht
Itata is said to have returned the
Gharleston's fire and to have been blown
to pieces by the cruisers guns. The af.
fair Is represented as occurring outside
the three-mile limit, but the reports
cannot be traced to an authentic source,
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-05-15
Dangers to the 500 Canal.

WEST SUPERIOR, May 15.--A great
deal of apprehension is felt in Lake Su.
perior marine circles in respect to the
delicate condition of the 500 canal. a
largely attended meeting of the cham
ber of commerce discussed the matter.
Capt. McDougall said the great danger
which now threatens commerce, in his
estimation, is the connective bank be-
tween the two canals. liz that should
give way from its bed of rock, the Soc
canal would perhaps be closed for three
wears.
Revolt in Guiana.
LONDON, May 15.-A South American
dispatch says that the people of the
lower orders have revolted against the
authorities in Dutch Guiana; that So
rious conflicts with the insurgents have
occurred, in which many persons wert
wounded, Ind that the situation is con
stantly becoming moro alarming. A
dissension between the governor of tht
colony and officials under him as Il
what measures should be adopted serves
to heighten the disorder.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-05-15
All Quiet Along the Line

Dispatches from Fort Howard, Esca-
naba, Baraboo, Milwaukee, Winona,
Council Bluffs, Boone and Des Moines
state that the new men are working
well. No trouble has occurred and
trains are running through on time
This is not fight directed against the
union, nor is it Instituted for any ques
tion of wages, said President Marvin
Hughitt, vbut simple matter of disci
Mine
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-05-15
Discharged Mt Milwaukee.

MILWAUKEE, May 15. ALI of the reg
ular switchmen of the Chicago ant
Northwestern road here-fifty -one mel
were discharged and paid off at a
M, in accordance with general orde
of dismissal over the entire system
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-08-04
An Unclean Statesman.

A statesman of New York-you'd know
his name if l wrote it-goes about with a
great package of obscene pictures, songs
and stories in his breast pocket. These tho
pure-minded and honorable man takes ont
for exhibition to his cronies with every
see it.
What I would like to know is this: Why
in tho wise economy of nature is not such Y
mans character branded on his face, SO
that men seeing 1t might cry ''unclean,"
and avoid him like n leperp
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-08-04
Young Base Ball Men

When Black Jack Burdock appeared on
the diamond a few days ago, in consequences
of the accident on the Brooklyn grounds,
one of the papers Rravely said that Burdock
was one of the Oldest persons in the world.
1t was a significant remark, for really
Burdock is not SO very old. He is perhaps
half as old as De Lesseps VIII en- he dug
through Suez. But the fact is, the base bali
profession demands young mon. When a
man has played ten seasons he may be only
20 or 30 years old, but everybody thinks of
him as q veteran.
1t is typical of the game that perhaps tho
most closely watched-certainly tho most
hard worked-player in the league this wear
has been Rusie, tho strong young hoosisr,
who is not yet old enough to vote. Sir Tim.
othy keefe, the pct of two or three years
back. retires broksn hearted from the
Giants. yet Tim is still n young man. Low
cit, of the Brooklyns. is a young pitcher
who has lone the most wonderful feat of
the year, shutting out the giants without a
hit. Not so young az Rusie, he ~oleverly
snved his arm by n year of rest.
Men last longer or the bases or in the
field, or even behind the bat. Professional
base ball is not at any point an elysium for
a man beyond 35. however. AS for the
pitchers, they will probably succeed each
Other as the rising star follows the setting.
This year, AZ last, Rusie is the favorite of
fate. Who next?
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-08-04
How to Prevent Roughaess Of the Skin

During cold, dry, windy weather this
question n~Citates the mind Of every lady in
tho land who prizes n smooth, soft skin.
There is nothing moro harmless and effect
i've than Wisdom's Violet Dream for pre-
severe weather. Try II.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-08-04
So MANY of Him.

Kaiser Wilhelm, of Germany, ought really
to divide up his titles among the poor Ger
mans who have none.
Certainly the Emperor has enough and TO
spare. He 10. according to- some investigat-
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-08-04
A Lame Macs Conscienc,.

Once there was a lame man In New York
who conosived the idea that he ought to
work, but who found it difficult to got en-
ployment on account OF his infrmity. In
this extremity he applied to an old friend
Of his father, who had been somewhat Of q
politician In his day.
why. certainly, mo lad" said tho fami-
ly friend, who 10 also a politician, but
hold on a bit. The only places Two got a
pull on now are = couple OF laborer'a bertha
In the -- department., and you'd be no use
there with your game leg. Oh, what's the
odds2 You just como along with me and
I'll fix you. I'll never see your fathers son
out Of a job"
Well, the lame man vent along and after
= little explanation WAS placed on the pay
as to his duties:
You just come bore every morning and
report. Seer Then you skip right out OF
this before the inspector gets On to ye,
Seer"
The lame man saw. Thereafter for more
than a year no reported regularly, drew
$3.50 a day and did not 4 stroke OF work.
But his conscience troubled him.. He used
to go and hang about the RanRso OF workmer
and hin that his place was with them
His friends tried to warn him away be'
cause of the danger of his being caught
Finally he resigned, unwilling longer to eat
%uuearned bread.
What l want to know il this: How man,
men have been similarly accommodated
with sinecures in this strange city Of our
and have not had the decency to resign?
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-08-04
Thc Naval Militia.

The e~volutions of the naval militia are
exciting much attention along the Atlantic
coast. II cannot be said that the amateur
blue jackets are az vet very formidable, but
after seeing them ut work ! am inclined to
think no possible measure could SO secure
public interest in the navy.
Wherever the white fleet has gone the
newspapers have devoted many columns to
it, and that 10 the surest sign Of keen public
appreciation. OWEN LANapoN.
Eonvriuht-
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-08-04

In all his troubles about census bulletin
No. 80, Superintendent Porter is likoly t.
have no keener critic and antagonist thar
Comptroller Myers, of New York. He is BY
all odds the ablest man in the city govern.
ment. and is a %tinancier and deep studen'
of municipal affairs whose views would
command attention anywhere.
MIR. Myers is famous the world owe
among inanciers for u deed and a saying.
The deed was his unparalleled feat o
selling two-and- one-half per cent municipa
bonds at u premium when everybody said i
couldn't be done. That made him famou
among bankers. TIL saying was that Ne,
York's citizens would not need to pay an.
taxes at all if the city had from the begin
ming adopted the wise policy of getting a
much revenue as possible out of its fran
chises and privileges. That made him ia
nous among thinkers and students, VIII
are more important than bankers in TIL
long run.
It is a very wise saying, when it is ana
lyzed. The city once owned, and shoult
now own, everyone of it's docks, many o
which have got into the possession of indi
viduals. It's gas and electric light fran
chises should yield it money. A compan.
which gets an exclusive right should b,
made to pay for it. Street car companieI
should pay rent to the city for the use o
the streets. The Broadway franchise alon'
WAS worth a million dow or $4,000 n year
Add all the possible sources of legitimate
income, and it will be seen that Mr.. Myer!
was right.
If Mr.. Myers was a politician, he nigh
20 far; but he isn't. Witness in proof o
this that he always says what he thinks. HI
is sharp, incisiye, sometimes bitter. He haI
been known to quarrel even with Mayor
Grant with whom, although only an amiabl.
and respectable fgurehead, any politician
would prefer to keep on good terms. Hi
personality might count against him in poll
tics. Though otherwise p%resentahle. he hal
a wry neck, which would d%isqualify hin
from stump speeches and present too goot
an opportunity to the carioaturist, if he wal
nominated to any high office. But he ia ont
- %h~ ok1oek dam 0orot in TIM ct0fa
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-08-04
THE MUSCULAR MAYOR.
"Big Pat" Gleason, OF Long Island,
and an Illustration Of His
Character.
The Best Abused Mayor at Pres
emit Holding Office in This
Country.
In Physique n Hercules, at Heart ~ Ten
dor ~ n mountaineering
Montana's Russ.

Especial Correspondence of The INDEPENDENT
New YoRK, July 28.-Ths other day one of
my friends was out driving with Mayor
Gleason, Of Long Island City, behind his
famous team ''Parnell'' and "Gladstone,n
O'Ehea suit. BY and by Gleason's sharp
eye saw something at the roadside, and he
stopped his team.
Wont you hold the horses a minute?"
said he; and thsreupon jumped out of the
buggy, picked up off the ground an imper-
fectly flcdged young bird which had fallen
from it's nest, carefully placed it high on q
limb of q tree out Of harms way and re-
sumsd his drive.
This little incident reveals a new phase of
tho many-sided character Of the best abused
man in the country. The many exploits of
Big Pat Gleason, his dashing onslauRhts
with an axe upon street distractions, his
frantic drive from Cedarhurst race track to
Long Island City to make a haul in a pool
room, including local police justices and
other officials, his recent and even more
frantic ride in the dark to turn on an extra
head of water at the reservoir and save the
city from a big fra-are all classics. The
newspapers ! 4AAA "a JUDD VA
ing items in which the mayors name is men,
toned. Long Island City has more purely
political law suits than New York. Brooklyn
and Chicago together. And, as most Of the
New York papers are down on the ''big fell
low" thinking his ways a little too breezy
and unconventional for these parts, be
doesn't always appear in a favorable light
in print. Yet the people Of Long Island
City have again and again expressed their
confidence in him at the polls, and" are APP
parently az we'll satisfied with him as ever.
The mayor is in physique a Hercules.
Considerably over six feet in height, he il
correspondingly broad, and even if in hard
training would probably weigh more than
John L.. Sullivan. His fist and arm are i'm
ana it Is full Of them-dare tackle him in
single combat now. though he has been in
many a fight, in the past. It is true that a
car driver on his street railroad attacked
him recently and came of without injury,
but the driver was drunk and the mayor
merely held him off 1t arms length. He
is the darling of the Aremen. Before the
city owned an engine he purchased and
equipped one at his own expense and ran
with it to all the fires. He is q ~favorite
with the school children, perhaps because
he believes in good school bousss and
doesn't make long speeches to them at
every opportunity like 80 many solemn
noodles. He is q bachelor. He has q clear,
rudy complexion, and a heavy dark mus
tache with a reddish tinge. That is Mayor
Gleason. He is one of the most interesting
characters of the day.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-08-04
NOTICE TO Co-OWNER-To HENRY c

~ Willard:
one hundred dollars in labor and improvements
upon the Minnesota Quartz Lode situate in
Stemple Mining district, Lewis and Clarke
county, state of Montana, in order to hold said
premises under the provisions of section 2S24,
revised statutes of the United States, being the
ending December 81, 1880; and if within ninety
days after this notice of publication, you fail or
refuse to contribute your proportion Of such OK
penditure, as your interest in tho said
claim will become the property of the subscriber
under said section 1884.
PATRICK MCDONALD.
First publication July %, 1891.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-08-04
Q Not to Do It.

The board Of electrical control-if that il
its satirically inapt name-continues to fur
ish TO New York q magnificent example Of
how not to do it. The board has been year
in existence, it has reveled in contracts, il
has spent vast sums of money.
And yet, on the western water front
whore the conditions are simplified by the
rivers presence, there stands a row of stall
wart poles. each bearing twenty-five cross
bars. or $50 wires. No one can see on any
principal street any appreclable d~iminutior
of the wires that cross-hatch the sky.
The poles and wires are n constant men
ace to life, especially at fires. Frost ano
wind break them down, the bills for repairs
are enormous. and still they stay. Once in
a while the mayors men come out and cut
down a lot of poles, resulting mainly in in
convenience and delay of messages.
Other great cities fino no particular diff
Guilty in burying their wires. But New Yorl
isn't like any large city On this oblate
spheroid.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-08-04

U. \. Deputy Mineral Surveyors. Mineral pat.
rnts secured. Hooms 1918. Atlas Building, Hol
pua, Mont.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-08-04
A Word For Russ"


A politician was making some very wise
predictions about 1892 the other day and
olinohed his argument with the s%ententious
remark: Russ. Gays so, anyway"
who's Russ2" l asked in one of my fire.
quently recurring asinine moments.
"Why, Russ Harrison, of course" said
the politician. in a somewhat pitying and
contemptuous tone. II 'spose you think it
queer | speak SO disresr ~ectfully of the pres.
ident's son. but its all right. l know Russ.
No one ever supposed that Russ would set
the Potomac on fire. but will say this for
him. He's an almighty good fellew, and
just the same as When he used to DO around
with the boys and no more flush Of flyers
than the rest Of us. Lord, many's the time
I've lent him n V myself. He's a good fell
low, Russ is"
And that's considerable of a certificate Of
chnra ater for a politician to give any semi
public character in perfect franknes. Poll
ticians are not usually complimentary.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-08-04
: in case Of fire take the axe, &C out on
t: the roof, chop u hole and go down
!. through the Mail and Express building.

Now. however, the World is a ireproof
building, as are also the Times, Tribunes
Journal and Press, and the IL and Herald
are about to follow suit. In not very many
years all the metropolitan dailies may snap
their fingers at fire originating within their
walls.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-08-04

grand dukes, eighteen dukes. ton counts,
fifteen %seigneurs and three margravss.
And another British observer says he IN
tho NEST arrogant and unreasonable man
who ever visited the tight little island.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-08-04
and Fire.

A few years ago the office boy of the
Springfield Union dashed into Editor Ship
ley's rooms on tho top loor in high excite
ment.
"There's q man down stairs who must see
you, quick" he gasped. cts very impor-
tant. Gomez and he darted down again,
closely followed by the editor, who WAS the
last mnn to leave the building alive. Plenty
of corpses we're carried out when the fire
was over. 1t had been sudden. swift and
remorseless.
Tho danger of fire in newspaper offices is
probably greater than in any other kind OF
establishment short Of a powder mill or q
cotton gin. The paper, oils, inks and other
materials are very inflammable and it is
absolutely impossible to keep people from
smoking. In fact. nobody tries to do that,
though some business managers draw the
line at cigarettes, as for example, the Re-
corder, which Was, curiously enough,
founded by a cigarette manufacturers
money.
Fire patrols, which are made every night,
and more than once a night, by an export
encsd man arc another precaution against
danger. In the old World building there
we're five patrols every night, and beside a
glittering axe upon the wall conspicuously
hung this sign:
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-08-04
Politics Pay?

Does politics pay?
There can be but one answer to the ques-
tion. Politics as q profession ID about the
least remunerative of any known. 1t pays
in Observation-Disclosures Importance, fame,
love of power gratifed, but it does not pay
in money.
The earnings of men in Office are sur
passed at every point by men of equal
ability out of it. This is especially true Of
the higher places. Lawyers earn more than
the pay of judges OF congressman, bank
presidents have larger salaries than Private
Secretary Fosters or Treasurer Neleker's.
Newspaper men earn larger sums than
Private Secretary Halford. The presidents
salary is large, but 90 are his necessary ex-
penses.
There are financial claims upon office
holders besides campaign assessments. Ev-
cry worker feels at liberty to strike them
for loans and seldom thinks it necessary to
repay. "he man who has the reputation
for stinRiness doesn't get very far in the
race. 1t is not strange that Sam Randall
and Judge Kelley both died poor. Hubert
q. Thompson, the "old man in the fort'
here in New York, died poor. John Kelly
made money in real estate, but not in poll
tics. Richard Croker, his successor, is a
poor man to-day. The late United states
Marshal Lake, of Brooklyn, left the NUM-
hoent estate Of $4,000.
OF course there are rich politicians, but
they make their money in som other way
outside, and often or usually spend far
more than their salaries upon official ex-
penses alone; as Whitelaw Reid is reputed
to have paid his entire salary as minister to
France for the rental of his house alone.