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Los Cerrillos rustler. (Cerrillos, N.M.) 188?-1891, 1891-05-29
widowed ON Her wedding Day.

WMKEsBARRE, Pa, May 21.-A sad
tragedy occurred at jackson, this coun-
ty, last night Boisterous s%erenaders
gathered nj the residence Of Frank
Thompson. He told them to go away,
but they refused. Thompson then got
his revolver and fred. The ball struck
John Bullard. q well known young
man, who was driving past in q buggy
at the time. Billiard was returning
from church with his bride, whom he
had just married half an hour previous.
The wound is fatal Thompson is crazy
with grief
Los Cerrillos rustler. (Cerrillos, N.M.) 188?-1891, 1891-05-29

C~EsTnAfIA, Mo-, May 2i.-About 3
o'clock yesterday afternoon IL destruc-
tive cyclone passed n mile north of this
city, sweeping everything in its course.
Ten or twelve dwellings were totally
destroyed and many persons seriously
injured.
Horses. mules and cattle were killed
and barns and fences carried away and
large trees torn out by the roots.
The storms path was n quarter of n
mile in width and ten miles in lcagth.
a little son of John Harrison was
found "A mile from the house with q
stick through his arm.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-02-25
The Women on Deck.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.-The present
week in Washington will be a notable
one for the women of the country. Two
gatherings, at which matters OF interest
To womankind will be discussed, are 10
take place during the week at Albaugh's :
opera house, The first OF these gather
ings Is the first trienuial meeting of the
Woman's National Council OF the United
States. Its regular session will continue
through Wednesday with two or more
sessions each day. A large number OF
the prominent women OF the country
are here TO attend the meetings Of the
council and many subjects will be dis
cussed. Thirty,hve organizations Of
women will be- represented. Preliminary
opening exercises OF religious nature
wUrr hcir pr Sunday he SECOND gath
ering occufing during the week will be-
the twenty-third annual Washington
convention OF the National American
Woman Suffrage association. This con
ventlon will begin on Thursday aud will
continue until Sunday.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-02-25
WHITNEY EXPLAINS.
He L. Not Candidate Cleveland IL onIS
One FOR Principles SAX

New YORK., Feb. 24.-lu an interview
ex-Seerotary OF the Navy William Whit
ney said he was not authority for the
story of Mr.. Cleveand's alleged With
drawal from the presidential race; that
he was not himself "A candidate; that he
did not go To Washington on presidential
business, but to attend the Porter
funeral, and that after performing that
duty he remabed in Washington FOR
pleasure. He added:
Dir. Cleveland Is not "A candidate IN my
opinion, except this far: lie T. committed
10 the fight. He viii never be satisfied
until tariff reform wins. reckon MIR
Cleveland thinks they fought unfairly In
1855 A good many other do. lie Is an
obstln ate man. As they say la New Eng
land. set I'm his way. He Will do every
thing he can TO aid In the tariff reform
6ght, and II naturally keeps him 10 the
front. He II n candidate for the fight "a good
deal more than he l. for the presidency
When a president takes his seat ns the re
suit of tariff reform victory Mr. CleVe-
land will be satisfied. whoever he Is. Mean
while he Is not talking about declining, and
| am not In the business OF pulling other
candidates out or OF putting myself in the
race for the presidency.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-02-25

SPARKS FROM THE WIRES.

THF strike Of plush weayers at Brad.
ford. Eng, Is extending and threatens
to Involve 1000 workmen.
A MASKED man "hed up" j. d.
Broomfield station agent Of the Missouri
Pacific at AriLonia, Kan, and robbed
him Of SiOo Of the company's money.
A CONSIDERABLE number OF people In
pocahontas county, Va, who were cut
of from supplies OF food by the recent
terrible storms, are In destitute con
ditiOn.
THE Belgian council OF industry, com
posed OF masters and workmen. has sent
memorial 70 the government asFing it
20 avert a general strike by oxtendin &
the right Of suffrage.
TIM schooner James H. Gordon, which
sailed from Bridgeton, n. j., on Jan. 3,
for Jacksonville, Fla, has been given up
for lost aud II Is feared that her crew Of
nine men have perlshed.
SIX hundred idle men and boys have
been given employment by the resump-
tion Of work at the Reading company's
Alaska colliery at Ashland, Pa, which
suspended several weeks ago.
Two hundred OF the passengers who
arrived at New York on the steamship
Scotia on Feb. IL and were quarantined
at Hoffman island, because smallpox had
broken out Oh the ship, were landed a.
the barge Office yesterday.
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COLUMBUS, Feb. 2a.--W j. Elliott, OF
the Sunday Capital and A. c. Osborne.
/ of the Sunday World, have been ex-
! changing slanderous articles. When
! they met ON the crowded portion OF High
street Yesterday they both drew guns
and opened fire. A bystander named
Hughes was shot ahrough the head and
died instantly: Osborne was shot through
tho head and died soon after, while "A
brother OF T.. ]. Elliott was shot through
the back and number OF others were
slightly wounded. The Elliotts are under
arrest The stories OF the shooting are
conflicting. Elliott asserts that Osborne
fired the shot which killed Hughes. At
the time OF the fusilade great crowd
was on the street watching a procession.
w. j. Elliott and his brother Patrick
are held nj the city prison, aud owing to
threats openly made, the police authori-
ties have taken extra precautions To
prevent an outbreak OF mob violence.
w. j. Elliott, who was seen by re
porter last night, said
My brother and myself went up town 10
see the parade. When in front OF schra-
ders saloon saw Osborne with a revolver
pointed at me. | reached for my pistol,
when he hred two or three times and | fired
back. Osborne then fired at Pat, who was
in the crowd
Interviews with a large number OF eye
witnesses say that w. j. Elliott opened
tire on Osborne first, and the best iufor-
nation OF those who saw II Is that the
first shot fired by Elliott hit Osborne In
the side OF the head. Osborne after re
turning the fire at Elliott ran into hat
store, where he was followed by Patrick
Elliott, and they had a hand-to-hand
struggle. during which several shots
were fired and Osborne shot through
He died instantly. The bodies OF Os-
borne and w. l.. Hughes, the innocent
spectator, were removed 10 the coroneT's
Office
Among the wounded spectators were
John Ill. Reese. government statistician
agent, shot through the left leg, not ser
iously; {. w. Sullivan, bookkeeper, shot
through the left arm; X. +. Gardner,
Danville, o., shot through the ankle, and
G.. Il. Reifschneider. struck Ia the bosom
by a spent ball.
The terrible tragedy was the outgrowth
OF q newspaper fued which has been rag
ing several weeks between the publish
ers OF the Sunday World and the sunday
Capital. Two weeks ago the World
made charges against Editor Eli
otis family, lnslnuatlng that fe-
male relative was unehas:e. Elliott re-
tsliated the following Sunday with q
four-column article, charging Editor
Levering, OF the World, with being
joint proprietor OF an asslgnation house.
lowering Is assistant state oil inspector
and a prominent politician. The charges
created q sensation and also implicated
Claude Meekar, Gov. Campbells private
secretary. Levering aud nsharna -es~li
atud by charging Elliott with all the
crimes In the calendar
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-02-25
GOT OFF EASY.
A Fifteen Year Convict Escapes on Pecu-
liar TechnIcaIIty.

John Telford, OF Deadwood, was SEN
fenced In 1850 10 fifteen years in the
penltcntiary at Sioux Falls for attempt
ing with others, To rob the treasure
coach of the Homestake mine. Tclford
has been In the penitentiary since his
sentence until last Saturday, when he
was released upon an order Of the court
issued by Judge Frank X. Aikens, Of
Canton. A singular law point was raised
In Tefords case that has no
parallel In the history OF American or
English Jurisprudence SO far as known.
Under section 6400 OF the statutes Of Da-
kota territory, the only penalty for the
commission OF a robbery by two or more
persons conjolntly Is Imprisonment for
life in the penitentiary. Undcr section
6s44, an unsuccessful attempt to commit
an uffensc, the penalty for which Oifense,
II conviction Is secured. Is Imprisonment
IA the penltentiaTy "for term not eX-
eeedIng one-half of the largest term Of
imprisonment prescribed on conviction
for an offense so attempted. That is,
an offender is 70 be punished half
as long for attempting crime
as he would be for fully com
mitting IL. The question raised by
Mr. TclfoKd's attorney, NJ. A. Allen,
OF Sanborn, Ia, was, II the punish
ment for full commission IL life imprison-
ment, by what rule Is the court to deter
mine how long to imprison man in or
der 10 cover exactly one-half his life?
Such penalty, IL was argued, was
vague, indefinite and uncertain, and
that no person should thereupon be de-
prived OF his liberty. Attorney-General
Dollard was notified Of the petition for a
hearing for the release OF the prisoner
and telegraphed .hat he had examined
the point at issue and did not desire 10
oppose 1t. The court therenpon ordered
Telfords release. Telfofd's sentence OF
fifteen years, IL Is said, was based upon
the insurance tables, which figure that a
sound man at 80 years Of age has another
thirty years To live
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HIS Coureisnce Drove Him to It.

NEwBURGH, n. Y, Feb. 24.-W. f.
Weston, Of Mattewan, agent for the
Newburgh, Duchess and Connecticut
railroad, and the brother OF Maj. W. III.
Weston, of Newburgh, has just received
$50 conscience money under peculiar cir
cumstance. While living In a New
Hampshire town fifteen years ago Mr..
Weston lost that amount OF money from
his pocket He advertised the loss, but
failed 10 recover the missing cash. Two
weeks AFRO he ranai,soa le.t~- S---- :
man living In the town where the money
was lost, stating that a friend OF his.
now residing In Canada, had confessed
to his parish priest that he had found
Mr.. Weston's $50 The priest directed
the now penitent man to return it 10 It's
rightful owner in order that his con
science might be relieved OF the burden
upon II. Mr. Weston accordingly re-
ceived a draft for the $50 through a mu-
tual friend
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Further Particulars of the wreck Of the
EiIzab~th.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 24.--The loss of
lives by the wrecking OF the ship Eliza
beth Saturday night Is now estimated at
nineteen, including Capt. Henry, OF the
life-saving service. Eleven persons, In
cluding the wife and children of Capt.
Calcord, were saved. First Mate Bar
clay. OF the wrecked ship. who, with -four
others, succeeded In floating ashore, says
that after the captains family had been
placed aboard the tug, every effort was
made to save the ship from its impending
doom Though within cannon shot OF
the port, the vessel met her fate on the
Jagged rocks. Several tugs attempted 10
succor US, but their toll lines either fell
short or were broken like threads. The
life boat was launched and thirteen OF
the crew succeeded In getting In, but tse
high wind and waves soon drove them
out OF sight Capt. Colcord was badly
injured aud died while the mate was at
tempting 20 rescue him
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-02-25
THE COLOR LINE.


For II hoSn at the Worid's FAIR.
WAsHISeros, Feb. 24.-Representa-
tive Canler has introduced In the house,
by request, bill providing that In build
ings 10 be erected by the government for
its exhibit at tho Worlds Columbian
exposition space be allotted to the colored
people of the United States to exhibit
articles raised. purchased or owned by
the colered people, the space SO allotted
10 be under tho direction and control
OF the board OF directors of the
Colored Worlds Fair Association of
America-an institution Incorporated
under the laws of the states OF Alabama
and Georgia. A sum not exceeding 5000
900 Is appropriated for the purpose OF
paying tho expense OF transportation,
care and custody OF the exhibits OF the
colored people. and the return OF the
same, and for the expenses OF board OF
directors Of the colored worlds fair as
ISOLATION. In introducing the bill Mr..
Candler submitted Herewith memorial
of the colored worlds fair association,
dated st Mobile, stating that the Associ=
alton has upon It's roIl OF membership
representative colored men from every
state In the union, who do not want TO
bo swallowed up. as would b. the case,
were they 10 exhibit In common with the
white exhibitors.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-02-25
NECESSARILY POSTPONED
Unwilling of the Grant Statue nt Gaiena
Now UaeertAin As to- Time.

GALEsA, H.. Feb. 24.--At a meeting
OF the Grant Park commissioners the
indefinite postponement OF the unyeiling
OF the Kohlsaat statue OF Gen. Grant In
this city was agreed upon for the reason
that the ground between now and April
81. the date heretofore agreed upon for
the ceremony, will not be In condition
necessary for the laying OF the granite
base upon which the monument Is to
rest The pedestal has not yet arrived,
and may not reach here for weeks to
come. and until the spring moisture has
left the soil IL viii be Impossible to place
the heavy block OF stone for the base OF
the monument. Since the original date
was abandoned Memorial day and Inde-
>pendence day have been suggested, but
the commissioners have not given the
matter final consideration. Further OBJ
lection 10 the removal OF Col, Bowers
figure from the bas-relief OF the pedestal
has been made 10 the commissioners,
who have received from Albion spost q.
A. r., OF Albion, ILL.,, set or resolutions
protesting strongly against the change.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-02-25

Most OF the poetry appearing in
current periodicals is written by
women. Tho sex has an easier knack
OF versiication than men. "a well as
a more sentimental cast OF mind. and
these are the qualities mostly dIslia-
gushing the poetry OF the day. Even
in literature as in everything else
man. is more practical than ever be-
fore. and now takes 10 prose Ia pref.
erence TO poetry, because IL pays ben.
ter But woman is not ea xhii. hs ,
hind him IN this line oil writing. and.
generally reviewing the flald. may bs
said to be more than holding her aNn
IN literary work.
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Died An Poverty.

New YORK, Feb 24.-The Herald Is
authority for the statement that Mrs.
Frances Llewellyn Young, once "a fam
ous southern belle and q member Of an
old southern family, died yesterday In
abJect poverty In a tenement house on
Banks street. She had been an invalid
for years. being confined to her bod with
paralysis. The disease finally caused
heart failure. Mrs. Young was the wife
OF CO.. William III. Young. She was a
writer of ability. aud was at one time q
we'll known contributor to magazines
throughout the south.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-02-25
HURRYINO THiNOS.
The Supreme Court Adopts q Very Help
fui Rule.

suPfetoe Noesh N1DPee - W. @@"@f
fai Rule.
wAsHISeroS, Feb. 24.-An important
change ia It's rules which the United
States supreme court made before ad-
journing for February Is attracting O
great deal of attention from lawyers
throughout the country. ana some of them
seem TO be In doubt as To Its purpose.
The effect OF the modification OF the rules
made by the court is 20 compel the dock
citing of each case brought before
1t within thirty days from the time the
appeal is taken from the decision OF the
lower court. ALI appeals, writs Of error
and citations must be made returnable
10 the supreme court by the lower courts
within this period OF thirty days, unless
for some good reason u special order Is
made In any case. This change in the
rules is Of equal force whether the court
IL In session or in vacation, and unless
cases with the records are docketed
within the prescribed period OF thirty
days, they will be dismissed. Heretofore
mSny months might intervene between
au appeal and u ssoc keting on the rec
ords NJ the courts, advantage being taken
OF this privilege I'm cases where the prin
cipal object OF the appeal was 10 delay a
finaE decision. The attention of the
court vas directed TO this state OF affairs
by the proceedings In the Jugiro electro
cution case, and IT was for the speci nj
purpose OF meeting these habeas corpus
cases that the new rule was framed.
but IL Is made Of general application and
will affect all cases before the court. IT
is thought probable that the rule will TO
some extent reduce the long calendar OF
cases before the court.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-02-25
LAND CRAZY.
Remarkable Scramble Tor Acres in Upper
wisconsin.


AsILAsD, Wis, Feb. 24.-Men who
had taken positions In the line OF land
seekers 1T the land Office were Offering
from $50 To 5000 yesterday for deserip-
tions OF land which they were TO file this
morning. Land sharks and boomers
made handsome thing out of the craze.
Two men taken down with violent pneu-
monia were removed To a hospital yester-
day morning and their places were taken
by friends. An extra police force guarded
the line all night TO prevent any disturb
ance. Miss Hattie. BInkelbine was Of
fered g., 900 for her place in the line, but
refused, saying that the land she was
going TO file on was worth double that
amount. A son of Secretary Rusk, of the
United States agricultural department,
was one of the landseekers. The exam
ination OF mail applications. which are
given preference, took all day Monday,
and II has now been just IA week that
some OF the men have been in line.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-02-25

1t has beon stated by several papers
throughout the state that prohibition
whs In force In Yankton. This Is not
correct. A number OF saloons were re
Gently closed and few arrests were
made. The enforcement league has ae-
complished this much, and IL may ulti-
mately succeed I'm crushing out the
liquor traffic, but IL will have To move
lively TO do IL. There aro said u be
still half dozen places In Yankton liquor
where can be- had. and dive has been
established ON sandbar In the Missouri
river, where It's position can only be de
termined by United States survey, and
cannot be suppressed by South Dakota
or Nebraska. The leaders of the Law
aud order league propose 10 keep right
on closing the saloons as soon as they
are discovered, whether resubmissior
carries or not
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-02-25

fIve Huogarians Endure Eighteen Day.
OF starvation.

HAzLEToN, Pa, Feb. 24.-After being
eighteen days entombed in the darkness
OF the Inflated slope No. /. at JcausvIllr.
i've Of the victims OF the terrible dIsas-
ter were found alive Monday afternoon
They were ali llungarians. How they
survived Is Il miracle Nothing like ii
has been known or heard Of In the Penn
syfvania coal fields. Up to Yesterday
thirteen bodies had been found and the
rescucrs worked harder than ever 10
learn the fate OF the remaining five
Late last night whilo two men
were searching la breast OF the
east gangway, they came across
the five Hungarlans huddled closely
together and almost dead They
are 50 weak that with one excep-
ton they could not be moved John
Tomakusky, who was stronger than the
others, was taken up 10 the engine house
Doctors were at once summoned and a
large stock OF blankets taken down 10
the other four men. Careful nursing
will be given them and every effort put
forth To save their lives The searchers
say that their attention was attracted
about 9 O'Clock by a slight tapping on
he wall, and working In that direction
they finally came upon the men. John
Tomakusky had been endeavoring to
make himself heard. The others were
almost dead from hanger and cold
The Men VIII Recover.
HAzLEToS, Pa, Feb. 24-The four
Hungarians rescued from the caved mine
were brought TO the surface this morn
Ing. They were given small amount
OF llmcJuice and milk and allowed rest
They viii probably recover from the ef-
feet Of their confinement. 1t is impossible
70 get statement from Any OF the men
as their weakened condition prevents IT..
Al the men are 80 weak that simple
movement Of the head is impossible. How
they lived for more than niucteen days
IS question. The dinner In their pals
would have been sufficient To sustain
life for eight days, perhaps, II dealt out
spsringly. What they lived on for the
remainder OF the time Is yariously con
jectured
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THE WESTERN WAY.


CHEYENNE, Wyo., Feb. GA letter
was received by Acting Governor Barber
to-day from Governor Boyd, asking that
an investigation be made of the alleged
kidnapping OF William kingen, citizen
of Nebraska, by Wyoming officers.
Kingen lived In SCOTS Bluff county near
the line and made frequent forages into
Wyoming after Wyoming cattle. He
was followed on one OF his raids by
Deputy Sheriff William Lykens aud
brought into Wyoming al the point OF
n gun, where he was arrested tried and
convicted and sent TO the penItentlary
for seven years. His counsel claim that
the Illegal manner OF his arrest should
nullify the subsequent proceedings and
are trying 10 effect his release. The
matter will be investigated by the state
officials
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-02-25

CHA BEND, Artz., Feb. 94.-The salt
river near rrfnix rose ten feet an hour,
sweeping away many adobe houses
Thousands OF people IN the valley Of
Salt river are homeless The railroads
IN the vicinity are badly washed out.
The Colorado river at Yuma threatens
that plae,: A largo force Of men are
engaged ia building dikes to save them.
A special dispatch from Yuma. Ariz.;
says that Yuma Is entirely under water
The leyee broke last evening. One hun
dred aud fifty thousand dollars Manage
has already been done. Gus Leo was
drowned and large amount OF live
stock perished. The river Is still rising
and II Il continues 1t will entirely destroy
the town,
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-02-25

LITTLE Rock, Ark, Feb. Ed
White, VI Louisville, KY, and j. l.. Me-
Graw, OF Little Rock, two well known
sporting men, engaged ina glove poil-
test at the old fair grounds at midnight
last night for the gate receipts. White
won In the fifth round. The contest was
a fierce one from the start to finish. and
both were severely punished. The gate
receipts amounted 30 $1,000. Consider
able money changed hands on the result.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-02-25
ANOTHER DESERTER,
sei stor BiAckeurn, OF kentucky, Aban-
doas Cleveland on Account OF silver

doas Cleveland ON Account OF silver
LOUISVILLE, Feb. 24.-A letter written
by Senator Blackburn 10 Col. John {.
Noble, Of Paducah, KY, is made public.
In II he says
In the light OF the publication OF Mr.
Cleveland's letter, antagonizing his party
upon the silver question, do not believe
there Is democratic member OF the senate
who would favor his nomination for presl-
dent or who believes IL would NJ possible -
elect him I'm 1899. | have no personal OBJ
lection to Mr.. Cleveland, bur never Will
be In favor OF the nomination OF any man
who Is not In accord with our party upon
the grcat issues upon which IL + u be en-
dorsed or rejected. | do not believe any
man can be elected president la 1892 who is
opposed TO free silver coinage The people
have been trihed with long enough on his
suh kpct
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-02-25

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 24.--The d.
reetors of the California Athletic club
last night decided to postpon the con-
sIdcration OF the question ofawarding
the victory for the Mitchell La Blanche
fight until next Monday might. because
charges have been made tha the fight
WAS sold.