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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-03-04
IN THE sUpRE aE COURT.
The Mckinley B1i tn lie Reviewed at an
Eariy DAY.

WAsHINoToN, March Attorney
General Miller will ask the supreme
court to put Marshall Field g. Co. s APP
peal In the Nc Kinley tariff bill case on
the March calendar and ask for IL an
early hearing This is the wish OF every
body concerned, but 1t Is OF special i'm
portance 10 the treasury depart
ment, which Is daily confronted
with questions growing out OF the
application of the bill. n the law
Il 10 be decided unconstitutional IL ~ OF
great Importance 20 the government 10
have an early decision. liz it be held
constitutional. business men are equally
interested IN knowing this. The att0r-
neys foI the New York importers who
have entered similar suits will be on
hand when the Field case Is heard. There
seems 70 be an idea among congressman
who have had 10 do with tariff legisla-
tIon for years that particular section
OF the bill like that granting q sugar
bounty might be held invalid without af.
fecting the rest Of the measure. They
do not put much stress on the alleged
error Ia the bill itself In regard 10 the
tobacco clause, because IL the courts are
Ia eater into judicial determination Of
the work of conference committees
an immense amount OF legislation
might be declared invalid. One reason
why an early decision Is wanted Is that
the reciprocity arrangement between
Brazl and the United States goes into
effect April l. II the supreme court
should hold, as Marshall Fields lawyers
contend that the Mckinley act was
never passed this arrangement would
fall TO the ground. The power 10 make
such agreements is not a constitutional
power vested in the president OF the
United States. but mere statutory
power derived from the Mckinley act,
IL the Mckinley act was never passed a.
IL stands to day In the statute books IL Is
not law land there are abundant decis
ions OF state courts setting aside alleged
laws enacted In a similar way as was the
Mckinley actl and the so-called rcciprO-
city subventions under II fail.
The Myra Clark Ga mes Heirs score Point.
WAsHISGroN, March 3.-The United
States supreme court has announced a
decision In continuation OF the old
Myra Gaines litigation against the city
OF New Orleans. The verdict is in favor
of the Gaines estate on all the points at
issue. The court affirmed the decision
OF the United States circuit for Mime
sofa In the case OF the 81 Paul & Pacific
railroad against the Northern Pacific In
a suit involving title whore the indem-
nifty grants overlapped. The case In
voived the ownrrship OF many thousand
acres OF iand I'm the neighborhoOd OF
Glyndon, Mimi, which. under the de-
cision, remain with the Northern Pacific
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High Times Among the nighbinder-.

SAN FRANCISCO. Cal, March "A
very large force OF police is massed In
Chinatown, AS battle between highblnd-
ers Is expected M any hour. Last night
members OF tho Ep Yng Tong society
posted a challenge to the Suey Sing Tong
society, and both forces had arrayed for
battle when the police learned of the
meeting and dispersed them. Several
who were arrested wore coats Of mail
Later, about midnight, a Chinese eour-
tesan was shot by an unknown high
binder, who escaped although ten polics :
men were not forty yards away. His
countrymen knew his Identity, but they
refused TO reveal IL. The trouble I'm
Chinatown Is due to raids which the po-
lice have made on the highbinders'
stronghold. These criminals have been
prevented from levying blackmail, and
the big societies have determined 10 clean
out the smaller ones. The Suey Sing
society numbers 1000 men, while Ep
Yng has only seventy, yet the latter re
fuse TO abandon their organization and
show fight. III the two societies meet
without police near there is sure 10 be
blood she'd
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WHOLESALE swindt Attempted on Land
script-Destitute Negroas

WAsHTNGIoS- March 3-The secre-
tary OF the interior has received infor-
nation that parties in Guthere and Ar
kansas City have large quantities of
soldiers declaratory statements awaiting
the opportunity 10 tile them on lands TO
be opened for settlement in that terri
tory. Ii il stated that these parties
have visited the soldiers homes in differ
ent parts OF the country and obtained
from large numbers Of veterans powers
Of attorney TO locate for them lands In
oklahoma So successful, IL Is stated
has this scheme been. that thousands Of
acres have been entered by Old soldiers,
when In fact II was a scheme 10 defraud
the honest settlers. When any
OF the latter settled upon
piece OF land, al alleged attorney"
would walt until the settler had built a
house or fenced the land. then go 10 him
and demand considerable sum to relIn-
quish the soldier title" The interior
department will institute criminal pro
ceedings for perjury against any aud all
persons who have filed declaratory state
ments and who can be shown to have
had direct or indirect interest therein.
The Negroes Have B., n L,ed To.
ST. Louis, March "A special from
Oklahoma says: A deplorable state Of
affairs exists among the negroes, who
lately immigrated 70 this territory. They
have come 10 the number OF several
thousand, with the understanding from
INSCRIPTIONS AGENTS that the govern
ment would feed them and give them a
piece Of land, and now are at starva-
tlon's door, without friend within /, 900
rrsfiaG
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A Region ofWonderousW Wealth
Between New Mexico
and Arizona.
A Tale 10 Start the Blood Of Age
But Id Is a Field OF
Peril
Plans of the Alliancs to 0uttrust the
- Trusts and Help the
Farmers.

ALBUQUERQUE, n. NJ, March 3.-For
scores OF years past thousands OF men
have been working In the mines OF Colo
RADIO, and other thousands have been
delvIng In those OF New Mexico and Ari-
zona for paltry e. or 80 day, and the
owners OF the macs in which these men
have worked have considered themselves
fortunate when they have been able To
clear few hundred dollars q month out
of their property. And IL now appears
that, lying right across the line between
New Mexico aud Arizona, In the district
OF country reserved as a hunting
ground" for the Navajo Indians there Is
a section not susceptible of cultivation.
and of no value as a grazing district, but
which Is more valuable la respect TO pre-
cious metals than any other part OF
either OF the districts named.
IL Is that portion OF the Navajo reser-
walton, covering an area OF about 200
square miles, bounded on the north by
the Colorado line and known as the Car
rlzo mountain country. This land has
been found TO be so rich IN gold that IL,
Is worth as much for mining purposes as
the richest spot OF mineral land yet
found I'm any part Of the United States
But as the country referred 10 Is por-
tlOn OF an INulan Ft>tFNdIOHf anu
though OF no value TO the Indians nor
used by them for any purpose, the law
forbids any white man TO go upon H.
and the Indians guard 1t so zealously
that the few prospsctors who have had
the hardihood TO penetrate the country
and who have brought back with them
nnmstakable evidences OF the great
richness OF its mineral deposits have
done so at the peril OF their lives. while
a large majority of those who have been
rash enough 20 enter the region In uues-
ton for the purpose OF prospecting have
never come back 10 tell OF what they
found.
Al present few companies OF troops
stationed at Fort Wingate are sufficient
to guard tho Garlic country and drive
out the few adventurous prospectors who
have the temerlty 10 enter IL. But as
the evidence now AT hand shows beyond
doubt that this Is one OF the richest
gold districts on the continent IL cannot
he long in the nature OF things until this
fact becomes generally known 10 the
public, and when that time comes the
government will not be able TO guard
the country close enough To prevent
white men from entering IL.
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A good story is told on Deputy Marshal
Conway, who is said TO be prosf against
the fears of superstition. tie was or
dsred to take federal jury to the Deni-
son for tea Friday night. and rs he went
into the dining room with the twelve
men he was conducted 10 table that
had been specially prepared for the party.
The jurors were all seated, but Mr.. Con
way remained standing. ''Sit down,
boss" said the head waiter. as he drew
out the last chair
II think ri take another table. ssid
the deputy.
''Sit right down. sab; sit right down !"
insisted the negro; there's plenty OF
room"
Yes. but can't " the thirteenth man
al any meal .S-und Tconway took another
seat. "
Does yo' know. sab. newer thought
OF thar asked the head waiter In a
whispar; "l'd done exactly the same as
yo' did."--Indianapolis journal
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A Correspondent Tells of "A Host of Absn-
Il ned Farms.

1
a ned Farms.
| ST. FLAvIE, Que. March 3.--This dis.
| patch Is put on the wires near the mouth
| Of the 81 Lawrence river. 1t is written
| en- route between Quebec and ST John
lt In written In sleaplng car In the
midst OF Frenchmen. | am the only
American. There IL one Frcnchman
who can speak English. His home Is 10
Quebec. he says that the other mem
bers OF the party are going over to the
states for the purpose of engaging ln
business. They are not certain about
the result of this election, but
have concluded not to wait. lie
says III something is not done before long
to stop the fow of immigration from
this end OF the province into the states
that nothing will remain OF Quebec ex-
cept the walls about the town, the cita-
del, the plains OF Abraham, where Wolfe
gained that victory familiar TO every
schoolboy, and died, and several other
historic memories which bring people
here and on the strength OF which the
Unsuitable cabhy carries on his work OF
robbery. He Is probably the only human
being In Quebec VINO Is acCumulating
wealth.
The English-speaking Frenchman says
that the farming country back OF Quebec
is a scene OF desolati0n. One may travel
miles and see nothing but houses that
are vacant, lands on which no crops
have been produced for years, aud
churches and school houses the windows
OF which are broken out The gospel of
Christ Is no longer preached; the few
chlldrsn that remain In the district are
growing up In ignorance. What few
people remain are ihinly clad, emaeiated,
and so poor that they can't get away.
The lands are productive, and the coun-
try Is one that might be prosperous.
The tenants. however, have been forced
away because the condition of things
here, so far as the government Is con
cerned, Is so deplorable that poor people
cannot exist lie further said:
Tho young men go over To Michigan or
some ad jacent-state and work iu the winter,
making enough % feed and clathe their
fathers and mothers. They corae back In
summer and remain Idle. The cannot get
anything To do. They go back tho next
winter and the next until they finally stay.
and then send for the people. | know OF
hundred cases Of this sort within a radius
OF ton miles OF Quebec. One family of six
recently went 70 California. | do not. care
anything about annexation or the cry OF
loyalty or any OF the cries which have been
tried la this campaign. What | look at Is
the fact as | find IL. Nobody who lives In
this end of the province silI deny what |
have told you. That Is the case with the
poorer classes.
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FIRST COME FIRST SERVED.
| An Association That "Proseots" Thos.
who Occupy the Ground Floor.


BLOOMINGTON, H., March "A new
company has been incorporated under
the laws of Illinois, with It's headquar-
ters In this city. Its name Is the Ma
tionai Prosecsfon Association, and the
officers are: Charles Lamp, president;
Ill. Il. Montgomery, vice president, Fos-
ter w. NJ Jntgomery, secretary, and A.
Maxfield, treasurer. This company Is
unlike any ever before organized In this
state. Ii Is on the mutual plan
Any member may become a member
by paying $40. Monthly assessments
of 81 IS are made. The Al goes into n
protection fund" and all other moneys
go for salaries>and other expenses. The
certificates of membership are numbered
consecutiveiy la the order In which they
are received. When the protection
fund" amounts to 81 900 this sum is paid
to the person holding certificate No. /,
and as often as the money in the protec-
tion fund amounts To 81 900 the money
redeems the certificate OF the lowest
number remaining unpaid, A person
may hold any number OF certificates, aud
IL is understood that the organizers have
pre-empted IA goodly number OF them
This company Is copied after one
existing In the east. The officers aud
directors are men OF neither prominence
nor wealth Bloomington mathematl-
clans are figuring upon the problem Of
how any one except the eFgaHIzeTs can
get anything out OF the protection
fund ia an ordinary lifetime.
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BRIDeEPoRT, Conn, March "A ru7
NOR was In circulation here this altar
noon that =. Il, Barnum had suffered q
relapse and was In critical condition.
Mr.. Bailey, his partner. said Mr.. Bar
NUN had not recovered from the Illness
that attacked him last fall He~-sid,
however, while he was not able 10 leave
the house, he was around the house and
expected shortly 10 take exercise In the
open air His trouble seems 10 be gen
eral breaking up Of the system owing to
old age
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II Is Amxed 40 shs Direct Tax Bin and
Other Measnros.

WASHINGTON, March 3.-Tbe presi-
dent has signed the direct tax bill. Other
bills which have received his approval
are as follows: The act TO prevent book
making and pool selling ih the District
OF COlumbla the act amending an act
for relief OF volunteers and regular sol
dlers OF the late war approved March 2,
1889. An act grating pen
sion 10 the widow OF Gen. VIM.
II. Hoffman. The act To establish
circuit courts OF appeals and to define
and regulate In certain cases the jurls-
dlction OF courts OF the United States.
An act In regard TO the treaty OF re-
ciprocty with the Hawaiian Islands.
An act providing for the sale and hu-
name transportation OF cattle. An act
for tho erection of United States prisons,
and an act for Imprisonment OF United
States prisoners
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Ii IL so Bs ORGANIZED to Head ON the More
Wick 4d Combtn.s.

Wick 7d Combtn.s.
TOPEKA, March 3.-The new alliance
movement contem plates the formation
OF a huge grain and live stock trust, in
cluding Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri aud
Iowa. Frank Mc6rath, president of the
Farmers alliance, says the project Is
one of the results OF the failure Of the
slIiance legislatures TO pass certain bills
Legislation. he saws, IS too slow for the
achievement OF the alliance objects,
Mciirath says district alliance is being
forrped In every congressional district
and provisions are being made for build
ing cold storage and grain depots. The
district alliances are TO be made up OF
sub-alliances In this way constant com.
munication from the individul members
of the alliance kill be had In further
explanation McGrath said:
No individual member will sell his grain
e. option men or bank r., but when he Is
obll u d TO sell, the grain will be taken BY
tue alliance. The same thing will foil "
With cattle. We viii have agents In Kan
sas CITY, Oh cAgo and ST. Louis. who will
Me- . ia distract lllances po> ted as to mar
krt and demand. Upon tLts Inf, rmatiun
the demand wlil be suppl d, and no moro,
at hxod price 10 be determined By ths al
lance. No cptiJn wheat will be on the
market, and there Will be no spet ula ting
on grain before harvest Tho foIr stnte'
In tn trust viii practically control the
whe 1, and Ca tie markets OF Tho United
States. The hardest thing we have 10 deal
with Is iNing the Ir CO. We mean 60 ascer
tain the exact ost ~ the product and add u
reas nab o profit to t. The neN schs me is
modele la deta after the VIII sky tr 81
Of course, y1u wiil say our principles will
not admit OF a., b ~ sa have decided that
we must hght the devil with fire
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THEY. DON'T LIKE 1T.
yieksburg tiiEens Express TIL msslves
ON th- Pastpffics Qarsti u.


VIcKsBURG. Miss, March 3.-A large
and enthusiastic meeting OF citizens was
held last night at the court house 70 pro-
test against the appointment OF james
Hill, colored, as postmaster here.
Speeches were made by many prom
lnent mon A series Of resolutions
strongly denounclng the appointment
was adopted and will be forwarded to
Mississlppi's senators and representa-
tiyes. They charge that the nomination
l. political trick intended 20 secure
Msslssippis vote for Harrison ln the
next republican convention; that HUI Is
not a citizen OF this city or district and
has been repudiated by its voters and
that the president has passed over and
ignored reputable white republicans and
members OF the Grand Army OF the Re
public 10 appoint him. Republicans as
well as Democrats took part In the meet
ing, which was distinguished rather for
intensity than bitterness OF feeling. II
IL fact that any negro, resident or not,
would be Objectionable 10 the people.
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The K:vola,ion tain,nr strength.

LONDON. March "A dispatch from
Chill. by way OF Buenos Ayres today,
states that three battalions OF infantry
and the entire Fourth regiment, part OF
the Gillian government troops stationed
In the neighborhood OF Pisagena. have
shot their officers aud declared them
selves In favor OF the revolrtionists.
Operators and Committee Fall TO AEre-.
PffrsBuR0, March s.-The wage com,
mittee OF the United Mine Workers met
majority OF che coke operators Of
9 ottdale this afternoon, but after a
ong conference utterly failed 90 come "a
any terms regarding the disastrous coke
's.-ika now on. The Rpinev works arr
runni ~ on full time with hesvJ guard
ol syecisi police.
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A Phil .de phim Firm FniIs.
They Hiss d the LAZY.

LONDON, March 3.-"Lady Barter, as
Langtry produced It last night, IL the
most distinct failure, despite the social
send-off the presence Of the Prince Of
Wales and the Duke OF Connaught en-
deayored to give IT. The curtain fell
after each act with deadly silence. The
pit even omitted its usual demands for
the author. Langtry succeeded In por-
traying the stage adventures without a
single redeeming quality and was act.
ually hlssed during one OF the critical
srnInA
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BUSHYHEAD'S APPEAL.


GUTHRIE, Ok, March 3.-Ex-Chiei
Bushy head, who has lease upon th'
stone quarrles In the Cherokee strip, TO
day obtained a temporary restraining or
der from Judge Greene, enJoinlna Lieut.
Golden from removing BushyheAd and
bis employees from the strip, and IRON
destroying his buildings, side tracks
derrlcks and machinery. Jordan, agent
for Busyyhead, Is now iu possession and
II the troops arrest him again the eass
will undoubtedly be brought into th'
courts
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THE LAW Is NEEDED.
indiana's Efforts to Get Rid of white Caps
Not Yet smccessful.

! ~Ne' hSt NhssesNhass
EVANSVILLE. Ind, March 3.-There
is great deal of excitement over visit
OF band OF white caps at Gentryville, q
small town In Spencer county. For some
time past q man and woman named
IJohpson have lived In the town and con-
kdncted confectionery and grocery
store. Recently rumors have gained cir
\ culation affecting Mrs. Johnson's virtue
and Mr.. Johnson's honesty, and On
Sunday night the white caps came
down on them. They were In full force,
about eighteen or twenty men on horse
back. Riding into town about mid
night, they visited the house and posted
. notice TO the effect that the occupants
must get out OF the place ia twenty
four hours, or they would be
whipped and subjected To other cruelties
|Df the white caps. Then they threw
rocks, sticks and pieces OF coal at the
house, and thoroughly frightened the in
mates. Then. mounting their horses
they withdrew. The next morning when
sJohnson aud his family dared to put
their heads outside OF their doors they
Hound the switches and the note. SO
great was their terror that they did not
wait To get their breakfast, but packed
hup as many OF their things as they could
Gcarry, and fearing TO ask any one TO help
them, walked out Of the place with their
bundles on their backs. Some people
who were not afraid of the white caps
lafterward packed up what they had left
and shipped them to Tennysou, Ind,
where they had gone. The white caps
had not before been heard OF In that sec
tion OF Spencer county, and their pres
ence there has created much excitement,
particularly among the classes that are
likely 20 receive a visit from them.
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A Pulp Mil DESTROYED.

4 WArERTowN, n. Y, March 3.-The
largest pulp mill OF the Remington Pa
per company, about two miles below this
city, was almost totally destroyed last
night by the high water, causing damage
requiring about $50, 600 to repair and
killing John Murphy, an employe. Wien
the floor suddenly began TO raise the
workmen rushed for the doors and all
escaped expect Murphy, who was struck
BY the shaftlng and crushed to the floor
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ST. JosEPn. Mo-, March 3.-Sarah
Moore, 5-year old child living at
Oneida, Kan, will die from the effects oil
trichina. caused by binding raw pork on
her neck. The child had a small abra-
sion upon her neck and through this the
germs of the deadly disease spread
through her entire system. Her parents,
OF course. did not know that the port
Mas fnfeetea
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The At,orm~Y General of North Dakota
File. an Important Opinisn. t

Fiie. an Important Opinisn. t
BIsMARcK. N. D.. March 3.-The at
torney. general has rendered To the legis-
lature An opinion rs TO the power OF the
state 70 tax the franchise, right htof-way,
roadbed, ties, buildings aud other equip
ments OF the Northern Pacific railway
company. This subject has yexed the
people and occupied the courts ever since
the constitution was formed The at
Encouragement points out that the act
of congress granting charter 10
tho Northern Pacific was Ia
the nature OF n contract.
The charter grants tho right-of-way
through certain portions OF the public
domain, inclnding what is now the state
OF NORTH Dakota, and exempts the prop
erty specified from taxation. The com
pAny agreed In accepting the charter, Ia
transport government stores, troops,
ctc., aud to maintain a postal ronte. The
attorney general holds that congress had
power 10 grant the right OF way through
tha public domain and 10 make the con
tract stated. The state cannot tax the
compasg's right Of way or the improve
ment therean, without conflicting with
the constitution OF the United States,
which provides THAI a state cannot i'm
pair the terms Of contract. The opin'
ion is elaborate and clear, covering the
whole ground. 1t will probably be taken
as conclusive IN settling the question.
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DOVER, Del. March 3.-The legisls-
ture has directed the secretary of state
10 enter Judgment against the bonds
men OF ex.State Treasurer Herbert, who
owes the state s34, 900. A certificate Of
bank stock, valued at s447, 900, and $780,
600 mortgage are missing, and nobody
knows whore they are.
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htnnt- mnbbltt Acquired.

INDIANAPOLIS, lND., March Min
ME Mabbltt, aged l6. Jointly indicted
with her two brothers for the murder OF
her babe, was last night acquitted by the
jury. Immense crowas have thronged
the court room during the five days
trial. The brothers are yet 10 be tried.