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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-02-24
DOCTORINC INDIANS.
A Deficiency of SKILLED Physicians One
Cause of Trouble.

WAsHrSGToS. Feb. 23.-WhHe there
Is regular school physician for every
1000 or less civilized population IN the
country, 1t Is ascer.ainod that Indians
upon reservations have only one regular
physician for from five % eight Thousand
souls Some tribes, notably the Nav
ajos, have but one government ply
sician for $1,000 sonls. Their tra-but
eighty-two physicians furnished the In
dians by the government, which Indian
Commissioner Morgan says are not half
sufficient The insntliciency OF regular
physicians Is given as the secret OF the
power OF the medicine men among the
various tribes. The native medicine men
are the ones who stir up strife and pre-
cipitate war Ia many Instances. Thea
the physicians furnished by the govern
ment are paid but from 81 900 10 81, eco
year, which Is not regarded as suni-
Client pay to attract the proper ability.
The best men are the only ones that
should go among the Indians.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-02-24
a FEARFUL THING.
More Than oae Hundred Nova Scotia
Miners KILLED by an Explosion,

sPRINGMILI. n. 3, Feb o3.-An ex.
| ploslon occurred In the east slope OF the
coal mines Saturday afternoon. Ii was
some hours before the work Of rescue
could be begun. The searching party
ilnally entered the mine late at night.
and number OF bodies were taken up.
| aud all day sunday the work was car
ried on steadily. IL is expected that all
OF the dead Will be- taken ont Of the pits
to-day, except those who are buried be-
meath the walls OF the roof. The total
number OF dead Is now placed at III.
Two OF those injured died last
night. To several families the af-
hictlon Is very great. Reid Carter
aud two sons, Willard aud Clarence. are
all dead. Three sons OF the Carmichael
family are dead. Jessie Armishaw went
down and found his three sons and two
adopted sons all lying dead together. The
death OF most OF those brought up il at
trbutod To the fire damp Many arc
not disfgured. Many OF the dead and
those missing have large families. The
explosion occurred in the east side of
the east seam. The cause Is unknown.
After thorough examination of all the
pits few days ago, the workmcn' 5 com.
mittcc expressed themselves satisfied
with the excellent condition Of the
workings.
Carpenter shops have been temporarily
converted into a dead-house, To which
all corpses are taken and there prepared
for burial Clergymen OF different de
nominations are doing what they can for
the grief-strieken.
Eleven OF the rescuers were seriously
Injured. The Others who were overcome
by the damp were resusciated They
are all right to-day. The scene OF the
explosion was In the immediate vicinity
Of No. and No. balances In the east
slope. There the greatest number OF
deaths occurred. This particular part Of
the mine was visited by the deputy In
spector OF mines, Mr. Madden, on Fri
day. Madden's statement declared that
he found In two places fire damp regis
tering from TO 2-5 per cent.
Assistaaes wnl lie Required-An Appeal.
SPRISoHTLL, N. s., Feb. e3.-Ths mayor
OF sprlnghill has issued an appeal TO tho
public OF cities and towns throughout
Canada aud the United States, asking for
aid In behalf OF the widows aud children
or those killed In the mine dlsas-
ter Something must be done at once
FOR the relief OF the suffering and destl.
tute. From many families all means OF
support was snatchel away. To-day
there Is mourning In many houses and IL
Is evident that suffering will ensue un-
less the response 10 the appeal Is hearty
and prompt.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-02-24

Even If Representative Jason B. Brown
does come from rural district in Indi-
ana, he has no hayseed in his hair. A
few days ago he hired cab in front Of
the Riggs house and drove around where
he expected TO meet friend. But his
friend was not there. and So he drove
back 10 the hotel around the corner. The
trip occupied just six minutes. How
muchT' he asked the cabman. Seventy:
five cents" "Oh, no, said Mr. Brown,
''you can only charge seventy five cents
nj hour" Its just the same for por-
tion Of an hour" said cabby. "If that
il the case" said Mr.. Brown, lyon can
wait here for the balance of the hour.
will be in the hotel when your hour is
mp" Then he disappeared through the
doorway. In less than fifteen minutes
the cabby capitulated. Give me twenty
FIVE cents and will go away he said.
He got his money and departed. Wash
ington Post.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-02-24

A delicate question has lately arisen
in the mind of his honor Mayor Brad
ford. When coasting was prime on
Mulberry street the mayor, with his
usual forethought for peoples safety,
carefully directed that an officer be sta
toned at the foot Of the hill 10 arrest
any who trespassed against the law
which forbias the coasters To cross Maple
street. But, yer honor" exclaimed the
policeman, ''phat was ! to do5 | saw a
ripper coming like streak Of CREASED
lightning down the hill Whizz it went
across the street, and | tore along after
ii to arrest the miscreants. But who
should scramble off the pesky thing but
Alderman Holbrook and his lady. and
the last Of all came Parson Baldwin,
SO his honor, the mayor, scratches his
head and thinks and thinks and thinks.
Springfield Mass Homestead.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-02-24


Wenld be slow Now.
IL Is now more than thirty-one
years since trotting horse made a
record OF 2;20 or better In harness
The distinguished animal which per-
formed the feat was the mare Flora
Temple, aud she trotted her mile Oc-
tober 10. 1889. That event made
Flora Temple the talk OF the country.
and most porscns predicted that her
record would never be beaten. Yet
since then 375 other trotters have
beaten the 2:20 record. and each year
the number greatly increases. In
1890 1t Was increased over % per
cent the number for the year being
ninety-two
This wonderful increase la speed
OF our racing horses Is one of the
evidences OF the marvellous perfection
OF modern methods 1t 10 Impossible
TO read history OF the turf even for
. single year without being struck by
the great advance hero as elsewhere
What seemed an impossibility thirty
years ago was accomplished by near
ly i0J young horses last year. In
view of this great increase In average
speed OF our racers. who shall say that
the record OF q mile In POST by Maud
b. will long remain the beste
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-02-24
FOSTERS POSITION.
The New Secretary Declares Himself ON
the LnMding In.ua..

NEW YORK, Feb. 23.-Ex-Gov. Foster
was officially notified OF his appointment
as secretary of the treasury by dispatch
from President Harrison When asked
for his Views on the financial question he
said TO the reporter:
Il am In accord with the president and
his party, and my policy will be the same as
MT Windows as far | see now am In
accord, further, with the president aud the
Y@ty In the effort to increase the trade OF
the country through reciprocity treaties. I
am a nrin protectiontst aud a strong advo-
cate OF the restoration OF our foreign ship
ping interests"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-02-24

CHICAGO, Feb. 23--John O. Dicker-
sou, for whom 200 fellow Knights Of 81.
Bernard commandery contributed por-
toa Of their cutiele Is slowly dying Ok
starvation at the Chicago emergency hos
pital on Superior street From the timu
the operation was performed, Jan. ),
until Tuesday last, the doctors enter
tained strong hopes that the operation
would prove successful, but the severe
strain 10 which the patients constitution
had been subjected was more than IL
could bear, and, since Tuesday he has
been unable TO partake Of any nourish-
ment. IL does not follow that thd
method OF engraftinp the human catlcle
upon patient afflicted with cancer has
been proved a failure, but simply thai IN
this case, science could not restore a
wasted syetem.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-02-24
LIKELY TO SPREAD.
The Conn -iisvilIs Coke strike Making no
Progress Toward settlement.

PITTsBURo, Feb. 23.-Nith the close
OF the second week OF the great strike In
the Connellsyille coke region, there is
no sign Of a settlement in the difficulties
Intelligence having been received that
operators In competing fields Of West
Virginia and this state have been filling
orders originally placed In Connellsyille,
the workmen IN those fields will be
ordered 10 strike unless their employers
desist forthwith This would involve
IA, 600 men directly and seriously involve
the iron trade. The strikers to-day re-
fused the request Of Operator Ma1in, TO
resume work under the old scale pending
q settlement OF the present difficulty.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-02-24
FLOOD OUTLOOK.
Dismal Prospect AhsAd-Prsssnt status
OF Things.


CINCINNATI. Feb 23.-The outlook for
the Ohio river food grows worse to-day.
La addition TO the rise at Pittsburg this
mornings weather report shows that
there Is almost a certainty OF additional
rain In the Ohio valley within twenty
four hours Here the river continues to
rise about an inch an hour. There Is
some hope In the fact that the river
Is failing rapidly at Wheeling and
at Parkersburg, and also that
at the headwaters Of the Great Kama wha
IL Is also falling. The effect of the flood
here at this stage of the water Is incon-
yenient but not disastrous. Lower por-
tions OF Newpor. and Covington are sub
merged but none OF the large manufac-
tories are interfered with. The water
works at Portsmouth are stopped by an
overflow, while Parkersburg has lost the
use OF Its gas and water and Is In danger
OF coal famine.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-02-24

HAZLEroS, Pa, Feb. GA searching
party In the JanesyiIe mine recovered
the bodies OF four miners this afternooh.
The unfortunate victims had evidently
lived ten or twelve days. The space In
which they were found was seventy feet
above the water line. The bodies were
more or less eaten by rats.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-02-24

NArcHEz, Miss, Feb. 23.-Much un-
easiness IL felt IN this section in regard
TO the high water. The river is raising
about six inches a day, with the guage
at foFty-one feet, about seven feet six
inches below the high water mark Of
last year. The work on all new levoes
has been greatly retarded by tho rains,
aud they are In bad condition for stand
Ing against such food stage as We had
last year. The United States steamer
Gen. Newton Is now patroling the river
front, In charge OF Capt H. ). Douglass.
who Is pushing the leyee work along as
rapidly as possible. IL the rains con
tlnue much longer, the chances will be
greatly In favor oftanother disastrous
overflow. The town OF Vindalia, oppo-
site Natchez, Is threatened from caying
banks, aud the buildings are being
moved back. sand bags are being used
o. check the cavlng.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-02-24

THE Oregon senate has indefinitely
postponed the house bill appropriating
$4,000 for q worlds fair exhibit.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-10-03

Born, to Capt, Fred Rogers and wife,
Sept. 9th, son. Fred says he is cut
ont for sailor.
Mrs. Harvey Howly returned last
Wednesday from visit with lower
Michigan friends.
The Charles Hebard, with the Wilson
Aloha and Brink in tow, left for ports
below Tuesday night.
Ollie Sunbeam has accepted a position
at Chassell. and moved to that place
with his family last Wednesday.
The Misses Boyse, Mulligan and La.
Fountain left last Tuesday for Philailel-
phia, where they will be employed dur.
ing the winter in Charles Hebard's
Chestnut Hill mansion.
Married, by Justice Snyder Sept. 81.
Mr.. Robert w. Wilson and Miss Adline
Rucksthe, both of this place. The
newly. welded couple have the best wish
es of their many friends in this vicinity.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-10-03
PORTAGE ENTRY.


Mr.. H. Mergen is visiting her parents
ut Republic.
Mrs. Acker, of Wisconsin, visited her
two sons here last week. X
Mr.. George Hyde was in Houghton
on business last Monday.
Miss Howard, of Hancock, has been
engaged to teach school at Craig the
ensuing year.
The Ladies' Aid Society will meet
with Mrs. J. w. Wyckoff this Thurs.
day afternoon.
Mr.. Ma,in Hoar, of Houghton, spent
part of last week here. This makes
three times he has come and had tc
help fight fire while here.
Mr.. II. M. Hoar, of Houghton and
Supt. p. u. Parker drove down here
Monday. MI. Hoar spent two days
here looking after his stripping con-
tract.
On Saturday last we had our usual
fire again. 1t stated this time ut the
Portage Redstone quarry, while the
men were ut dinner. AS the wind was
blowing a gale at the time It looked us
though the whole quarry would be wip-
ed ont. All work was suspended at the
quarry during the afternoon and the
men turne out to fight the flames
They worked like heroes until night
when the wind died down and the fires
were gotten under control.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-10-03
Obituary..

In the death of George Hadley which
occurred at his home Saturday last,
Baraga loses one OF its most public
spirited and enterprising citizens, and
his untimely decease will be mourned
by the entire community. The
immediate cause of death was heart
failure.
Mr.. Hadley was 80 years old and had
been resident OF Baraga four or five
years, most Of which time he has been
proprietor Of the Hadley house, former
y known - the Chappell house. He
wss also president OF the village Of
Bsrsga, having been elected to that
position without opposition at the last
election. He leaves widow but NO
children. So far as known he had no
relatives In this part of the country.
The funera! services were conducted
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-10-03

from the house by Rev. Mr.. Walker, OF
Hancock, who delivered a very appro-
pirate and impressive sermon. The re-
mains were followed to their final rest
ing place in L'Anse cemetery by long
procession of sympathizing friends.
:, The casket in which the remains were
inferred was of an elegant design and
mounted with gold plate on which
was the followinging incription:
GEORGE HADLEY.
AT REST.
Died Sept. %, 1891. Age 30 Years.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-10-03

DRS. STARkEY & PALEN,
,sas ARCH STREET PHILADELPHIA, PENN.
Please mention this paper. 40-tir
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-10-03
PEQUAM MING.

Died Sept. 90, 1891. Age 80 Y
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-12-12
BREAKFAST BUDGET,

Consul Gracey summarizes the con.
dition of streets and highways of Foo
chow, China, in the following report to
the department OF state, Washington
There are NO roads in this part OF
China. The streets Of Foochow are
from six to twelve feet wide, many OF
them covered with stone slabs, which
arc filthy beyond description, and are
perfectly execrable. We have no
wheeled vehicles, and, as u consequence,
merely foot-paths all through the
country"
A remarkable change is said to be
about to take place in the manner OF
giving the warning light to mariners.
In England. electric lights experiment.
ally turned vertically toward the sky
have given extraordinary results. The
r',t OF the Eddystone lighthouse can
.I.1ra III miles on q clear night, but
/. vertical beam OF light OF far less
power is visible twice rs far and can
surmount an ordinary fog.
A curiosity has been found in an al.
pena county Mich wood. Two hem.
lock trees, the trunks OF which are iii.
teen inches in diameter, arc growing
six feet apart. At the height OF ten
feet from the ground the trunks unite,
forming an arch, and then form a single
s,em cightyfeet high.
lie was clever with a pistol, and 4 gun was his
In Shooting match he made his rivals very
But In putting down n carpet, though he aimed
with Nil his might,
lie would always miss the tack and hit his
thumb Washington Star.
a strange antipathy once prevailed
to rcscuing Il drowning man, the idea
being that the person saved would,
sooner or later, do some sort OF injury
10 the man who preserved his lie, says
a writer in u recent number OF the
London Standard.
According to an official estimate, 100.
100000 pools OF grain will be needed
in Russia iromabroad. a Russian pood
being SO pounds, the amount of i'm
ports required will be about j, 1900, 200
tons, according to the foregoing esti-
mate.
A woman who is eight feet three
inches nigh needs no big brother to
look out for her welfare, but such is the
height OF 4 woman who lives at Tex.
arkana, to whom nature has given two
brothers taller than herself.
Judge Thomas T. Bouldin, OF Char.
lotto county, Maryland, who died re.
Gently ut tho age OF sevcnty-eight,
breathed his last, it is said, in tho same
house, same and same bed in
which he was born.
A Birmingham (Eng.) mar called
White collected $4,000 pennies during
his lifetime.
E"Thcrc is averystrong flow OF natural
gus, " says a California contemporary,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-12-12

lin tho bed OF the river about three
miles from Ventura. A lighted match
Will set fire TO a space six or eight feet
III diameter"
Never DO discouraged by tritlcs. II q
spider breaks his thread twenty times
no will mend 1t as many. Perseverance
and patience will accomplish wonders.
-RamS Horn.
After a sporting minister had been
lost in the Maine woods for two days,
and expended all his ammunition in
firing for help, no CAME upon u herd OF
ffty.four deer.
Another drummer boy OF the war Of
!9l2 has turned up in the person OF
Harry Grove, Of Valparaiso, who died
last week at tho ago Of ninety-sevon
years.
Tho thing that really kills n great
many people Is laziness, though the
doctors generally manage to find n
moro respectable name for it.-Ram's
Horn.
A few days ago Patrick McFadden fell
through n hatchway in Pittsburgh, u
distance OF 80 feet, and escaped with
only a few bruises and q broken bone.
Here is another idle shattered" said
tho young man whose father informed
him that he must so to work. Walking.
ton Star.
A boy with n tin horn soon forgets
that this Is pretty generally considered
to boz world OF trouble.-Ram's Horn.
The shark goes for q man rs II he had
a great snap.-Ntp Orleans Picayune.
The City Of Mexico has 320,535 in
habitants.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-12-12
A Preachers View Of the Theatre.

A few Sundays ago, the Rev. ]. Fl.
Crawford, the esteemed pastor OF a Pres
bytcrian church in Dundee, Scotland,
made a plea in his sermon for cheap
theatres. After calling attention to the
hordcsoi %semi.savage people in Dundee,
for whom there are no rccreations OK
cept the liquor shop, he declared that
the only way to humanize them was to
give them some innocent amusement.
What was needed was a place
where the poor could 60, not only
where nothing dcbasing could be seen
but where precisely the noblest con-
ceivable influences would be brought t o
bear upon them in precisely the most
attractive way. He did not know on
whose shoulders Elijah's mantel would
fall-whether, the theatre was to BIO the
church OF tho future or not-but he
knew this, that they could make very
dull people understand in the theatre
they could make very callous people
weep in the theatre, and they could
make very vicious and bad.living people
ashamed OF themselves in the theatre,
and this at least was in the direction OF
doing the church's work.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-12-12
n1s produce his man in court. Mr..
auf'ooft in the dock US a perjurcr will
moving spectacle. By all the signs
mat Is where he should he.
Como on, Mr.. sprlnrcr.

N.Y.. f-.T t.'|
Nit' springer has n notion OF a Domo.
,,a''c tariff bill to be offered II the
democrats elect the next President and
%ot offered II tho Republicans win.
no" what Ia tho use Of wasting the
um' oil five sub.committces, ms no pro.
poses and Of tho whole ways and
mean committee, on q bill that Is not
to DO offered?
AS n reasonable man who loves his
country and is in favor OF tho closest
e.ohomy in expenditures, Mr.. Springer
should allow his mind to dwell on this
phase oil the question before he plungcs
ilcadlong into the limitless void which
nc has in contemplation,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-12-12
GtN 1ntdliQttuer
WHEELING. pEcEMnEn Il, 1901.
Teachers, Pupils and Christmas Gin.

Teachers, Pupils and Christmas Gins.
OF late years it has been more than
ever the practice OF pupils to give Christ
mas presents to their teachers. Some
times q whole class or whole school
joins in giving a handsome present to
each teacher. Sometimes the pupils
individually hand up their Christmas
offerings.
Where children have wealthy parents
to whom money is no object the prac'
tico lacks one OF its otherwise objection.
able features. Whore tho parents are
poor, many OF them making sacrifices TO
keep their children at school. the tax is
real, and paid reluctantly rather than
put the children to the modification OF
having to confess heirparcnts' poverty.
ii teachers could look into many OF
the homes from which these Christmas
contributions come, they would decline
to accept presents from any OF their
pupils as the easiest way to put all on
an equality in this respect.
The cost and possible sacrifice are not
the only nor the best, reason why pre-
sents should not be offered by pupils
and received by teachers. A teacher
should not ever seem to be shorn OF
any OF that independence and absolute
impartiality which should mark the
relation OF every teacher to every
pupil. Whoever is not too far
removed from his own childhood to
remember will readily perceive what
impression tho giving and accepting OF
gifts may make on the child mind. 1t
is the frailty OF human nature.
Teachers, as we'll as pupils, have some
human nature. Is it quite as easy after
receiving a handsome present as it was
before to hold up to its work, its dis
ciplinc, its department n whole class OF
whole school?
A year ago this matter OF Christmas
gifts was taken up by the principal OF
Il boys school OF repute in Philadelphia,
who laid it before his assistants with
n most satisfactory result. 1t was unani,
mously decided to announce that no
gifts would be accepted.
Other schools followed suit, and it is
our impression that this reiormatory
movement has since spread. 1t should
go on until it brings within its scope
every school, public and private, big
and little, in the country.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-12-12
They Want Hurlbcrt.

The English government is so i'm.
pressed with the belief that our dis.
tinguished co%untryman, Mr.. William
Henry Hurlbcrt, is a perjurcr, that
aitcrhaving him Swallowed in this conu.
try it has begun steps to have him OK.
traditcd Tor trial in London.
1t will be recalled that in the GLADYS
Evelyn case certain letters turned up 10
confront Mr.. Hurlbert, who declared
that Tho letters were written BY one
Wilirid Lawson. It was to find. this
Lawson that Mr.. Hurlbert came to tho
United States.
As Mr.. lawson does not exist outside
Of Mr.. H%urlbert's Imagination, he can.