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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-03-23
DISASTROUS cREvAssE.

Break In the Mississippi Levee which
WilI Indundats whole Counties.
New ORLEANS, March 23. "A very dis
astrous crevasse has occurred in East
Carroll parish, eight miles below Lake
Providence, In this state. on the west
bank of the river. It h fifty feet wide,
and as the levee is built of sand soil and
averages about ten feet in height, 1t will
wash away rapidly and the crevasse will
probably cause as much damage as the
one in the same parish last year. The
water will overflow cotton lands in East
Carroll, Madison, Tensas and Concortiia.
The water win find its way back into
the Mississippi through the Tensas
bayou and Red river, and will have the
effect of prolonging the high water in
the lower river. If there should be rains
In the North and West, and q food in
tho Ohio untold destruction would be
likely. The river at the point where
this last crevasse occurred is about
three-tenths of a foot lower than the
high water Of last year. The crevasse
opposite the city is growing wider every
hour.
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SEQUEL TO A SENSATION.
Medical Student Accused of the yIur Ter
of Helen potts In Navy yarE

Medical Student Accused of the Murder
of Helen Potts, i'm New York.
! New YORK. March 23-when the
beautiful 16-year-old Helen Potts died
suddenly at the Comstock school ON
Feb. 1, it was announced that a dose oY
morphia, which would not ordinarily
have caused death proved fatal in her
case because her heart was weak. Car
lille Harris, young medical student
who was often in the girls company,
had prescribed the morphia for sleepless-
ness, and it was said the pills were COM
pounded by druggist in the usual
way. Mrs. George Potts, the girls
mother, now accuses Harris OF killing
her daughter. She says that her daugh-
ter became q mother some months agu.
and confessed that she had secretly mar.
ried Harris, Feb. D. 1890, and that Har-
ris performed operations which resulted
in the child being still born.
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Testitled ID Catlex,s Couragr

OMAHA, Neb., March 21.--But little
testimony was brought out in the court
martial. Only short session was held.
adjournment being taken to allow Capt.
Galley to secure copy Of the Judge ad-
vocate generals review Of the court
martial, before which the captain was
tried In 1878. Several sergeants, corpo-
rails and privates testified in behalf of
the accused, that he Joined his command
twenty minutes after it was ordered into
the field from Pine Ridge. and remained
ct the front Of the company when the
Indians approached with their gums lev
eled and stood In m exposed position
while he ordered his men to lie down. 2
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-03-23
BUSINESS FoR THE READING.

New Lins Into the Anthracite Region
Which Promises Big Returns.
PHILADELPHIA, March 23. The Ledger
says: The Reading company has COM
pleted an arrangement which secures
for Il 500, 900 tons yearly additional coal
tonnage. The only tract of anthracite
coel lands which its competitors can
reach in the Schuykill region has Just
been secured to the Reading road by e
contract running for years. A minimum
tonnage Of bO0, 600 tons . year is guar
anteed. The first breaker and coiliarv
with q capacity Of 1,O0O tons day. IL
completed and o new branch line Of rail-
road, starting from Mount Carmel TO
reach The mines, will be constructed.
The expense Of constructing the new
branch railroad is borne By the coal
land owners.
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New York Herald Authority for the
Statement That Secretary Proc
tor will Resign.
lie Has an Eye on the Vermont Sena.
torship and Wants to Mend
His Fences.
Secretary Fosters Expressions Lead
Ohio Republicans to Consider Him
a Senatorial Candidate.

NEW YORK, March 23.--A special
frem Washington to The Herald says
that Redfield Proctor. secretary of war,
will shortly resign. The information, it
says, is obtained from trustworthy
sources and may be accepted as abso-
iutely true. The reasons alleged for
this action are that Mr.. Proctor finds
his business interests in Vermont have
suffered greatly from the lack of his
personal attention. 1t is also stated that
another reason for the secretary's retire
ment is that he desires to be United
States senator to succeed Mr.. Edmunds
or Mr.. Morrill,, should either of them
retire before the expiration of their
terms, and his chances OF working up
the necessary support will be better in
Vermont than in Washington.
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MOS so Much business This Week, bus
Plenty OF Coaadence.

Nos so Much business This Week, buA
Plenty OF Coafadence.
NEW York, March 2S. --R. G.. Dun a
Co.'S Weekly Review of Trade says:
There are some indications Of slacken-
ing trade. At the West cold and un.
favorable weather and the bad condi-
tion of country roads affect distribution
and collections and the apparent change
may be only temporary. At the South
the low price of cotton is felt, though
little Improvement has occurred in the
past two weeks. AT Eastern cities, and
to some extent throughout the country,
uncertainty as to the monetary future
checks operations. But there is found
in almost all quarters feeling Of conf
denee and hopefulness as to the future.
Sales Of wool at Boston, New York
and Philadelphia this year thus far show
an increase over last year of 90 per cent.
and still continues large. The dress
goods makers have closed the most pros
porous season known and hope for bet
ter prices presently. In knit goods some
complain that they are carrying too
large stocks and that margins for profit
are close, bnt great many orders are
still received. The boot and shoe busi-
ness is retarded by speculation in hides
and leather, as prices of goods are no
higher than year ago. The iron trade
shows no change. Rails are sitter and
the demand for structural iron trife
better.
Prices Advancing Slightly.
The general average of all prices ID
still advancing. having risen half of
per cent for the past week. Reports
from Boston are that general trade in
merchandise is not active, the weather
hindering. At Philadelphia the iron
trade is dull, and the trade in liquors
and tobacco quite. Pittsburg notes no
change in iron except growing scarcity;
Chicago reports decrease, compared with
last year, in nour, corn, barley, lard and
butter, and decrease of half in dressed
beef, but increase In oats, rye. cured
meats, hides and wool. In drygoods,
clothing and boots and shoes trade is
larger than year ago, but collections
not SO good as they were recently. Mil
waukee notes much discomfort among
iron miners, who have several weeks
wages unpaid, pending negotiations for
the transfer OF large properties.
At cities west of the Mississippi trade
Is falr for the season, except at Kansas
City, where it is dull, and in that region
generally collections are improving. AT
New Orleans trade is barely fair; at
Memphis lethargic with slow collections
and at Little Rock money is tight, but
Savannah has jubilee over receipts of
1,0O0, 900 bales of cotton in year and
reports bright prospects. The money
markets are easier at most OF the in
terror cities, including Chicago and Bos-
ton.
Business Failures.
The business failures for the past week
number for the United States $50, Cam
ada, ~; total 275, as compared with q
total OF f27S last week and PCS the week
preceding the last. For the correspond
ing week Of last year the figures were
255, representing 215 failures in the
United States and 40 in Canada.
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"Low Pitch Goes.

MILWAUKEE, March 23.-At the ses-
sion of the Musicians league resolu-
tion that the low rstch be declared the
standard musical pitch of the United
States was unanimously adopted. The
following officers were elected for the
ensuing year: President, Owen Miller,
st. Louis; vice presidents, Jacob
Schmalz, Cincinnati; Fred Wetherell,
Syracuse, N. Y; Samuel Davis, San
Francisco; treasurer, j. NJ Lander, New
York; secretary, Joseph Beck. Philadel-
phia. The next convention will be held
in New York city, commencing March
ID, 1892.
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WICHITA, KAN, March 90. "A serious
disturbance Is reported 1T Fort Reno,
/. T., between the soldiers and deputy
United States marshals. While Deputy
Marshal Madison was trying 10 arrest
some soldiers charged with selling
whisky to the Indians, he and his assist
ants were fred upon and one Of the lat
ter slightly hurt by three men OF the
Thirteenth infantry, who directly after
wards left the fort, and have 30 far
evaded arrest.
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CHICAGO, March 90. The first reports
on the years wheat crop are being gath
cred by the Western railroads. The
Atchison, Rock Island and Burlington
report larger acreage in wheat than
ever before, and that the wheat is in ex-
cellent condition. In Kansas the acreage
is reported at 40 per cent. increase over
last year, with fair prospects OF 80, ,0O0,-
600 bushels. s. r. r. Prime, the crop
expert, reports but little grain in storB
In the West and that the season on the
whole is backward
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Suits for False Rating Against Braefstrcet
Dies MONIES, Iowa, March 23.-S. K.
Dow and Abner Graves, of Crawford
county, have brought suit against the
Bradstreet company, each claiming
$l0O, 900 damages for alleged wrongful
rating as to their financial standing.
They had been quoted by Bradstreet's at
$8O, 600 each, but few months ago. SO
it is claimed, the rating was changed,
resulting in the loss of credit and the
final failure of the parties. The actions
were brought in the district court of
Crawford county. but the defendant has
made an application to have them trans
ferred to the federal court at Council
Bluffs, which application is pending.
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JAPANESE DISASTERS.

Two Hundred Houses Destroyed by Fira-
Five People Burned.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 23. By the
steamer Oceanic, from Hong Kong and
Yokohama, it is learned that more than
200 houses were destroyed by fire in
Yokohama, Feb. %. -Four or five per
sons were burned to death. The ship j.
G. Warns, from New York for Ningpo
with cargo Of kerosene has been totally
wrecked The route Of the proposed
railway from Kowlson to Canton, dis
tance of $50 miles, has been surveyed.
The throne has bean nemorialixed to
sanction the undertaking, for which the
necessary capital has all been subscribed
entirely by Chinese.
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cENTsNNlAA OF PATENTs.

Widespread Interest in ths Coming
Celebration.
WAsHINGToN, March 23.-The CON-
mittee having in charge the arrange
ments for the celebration for the begin
ming of the second century of the Amer
ican patent system, which will occur in
this city on April 8, 9 and 10, is m re-
ceipt Of numerous communications from
all parts of the country from inventors
and manufacturers. indicating wide
spread interest In the celebration. Sew
eral thousand of the most prominent in
ventors In the country, including Edi-
son, Bell, Coriiss, Simms, Westing-
house, G. X. Marshall, Andrew Carne-
gle, ETC., have signiied their intention
TO participate. The opening meeting on
April 9 viii be presided over by Presi-
dent Harrison.
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Catholics Imprison protestant Prsacl

Catholics Imprison Protestant Preachers.
LONDON, March 23.--A curious Incl
dent in Ireland is the committal to
Wexford Jail OF two Protestant clergy
men, the Rev. Mr.. Hallowes and the
Rev. MIR. Harrison, on the charge Of
preaching in the street This preaching
has been obnoxious to the Catholics of
Arklow, who constitute nearly ali the
population, and at whom the sermons
seemed to be aimed. The police and
soldiers have been called on to protect
the ministers, and riots have occurred.
They were summoned for obstructing
the road and sentenced TO pay fine Of
81, put preferred to go to Jail for four
teen days instead. They went to prison
singing vHallelujah.
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North Dakota BOND sale.

BISMARCK, n. D., March 23.-State
Treasurer Booker has sold 100000 A
per cent. 3u-year bonds of North Dakota
at q premium of 80, l69. The purchaser
is the Fidelity Trust Com pany of Kansas
City, and it is supposed that the invest.
ment is made for John l.. Blair 81 Co !,
Of New York. There were various other
New York and Western bidders, all Of
fering premium. The sale is satig-
factory one to the state authorities.
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General Ofiices OF the Wisconsin Cen.
trail to BE Moved From Nil.
waukee to Chicago.
An Atrocious Faith Care Affair at
Springyille, Iowa-Three Chill.
,dren Dead.
Another Chapter in the South Dakota
University Troubles = Sale OF
North Dakota Bonds.

MILwAUKsE, March 23.--All of the
general offices of the Wisconsin Central
railroad remaining in Milwaukee will
be removed to Chicago May 4, In spite
OF the statement at the time of the an
nual meeting last fall that the Offices
had been permanently located in this
city. The Central offices now located
In Milwaukee include those of the gen
eral manager, general superintendent
auditor, soicitor, and special agent.
The number OF employees which their re-
lnoval will take away from Milwaukee
is not large, as large proportion Of the
Central Office force went to Chicago last
summer,
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-03-23
vandsrbiit's GrssnAouses D.strov.a.

Vanderbiit's Gresnhouaes Destroyed.
IsLIP, Long Island, March 2S.-Eleven
large greenhouses belonging to the Gale.
brated idle Hour farm Of William 4.
Vanderbilt we're burned. The loss Il e.
tiznated ct from e76, 600 b $lO0, 900. The
1re started IN one Of the gfeenhouses 81
t1ne sxplosion oe : portion Of the heatinr
app6ratus. Only 3 fsw plants and ferTss
wGre saved. The most valuable were
destroyed by Are. Ihess erUenhOusss
wsro famOns. They contained many
plants and 1erns, sole e thom 30 yeafs
oad: Ths cs1ebranod rase ho11o was 6lso
inolnded 81 The - xhh ~ Said q
sonsain the D6nme 4Peglm1ns - fsses 4
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7ntsrnal Revenue Recefpta.

WAsHINGToN, March 23.--The receipts
from the internal revenue service for
the month Of February show a falling
of of ", ,7l6 over the month of january.
Collections of internal revenue for the
hrSt seven months of the fiscal year
show an increase Of 81, ,152 ,695 over the
corresponding months of the last fiscal
year, the aggregate receipts being for
l689, $S9, lS4, $40, and for 1870, $96, ,917,-
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Utcpia yictfms xnt.rr~.,

GIBRALTAR, March o3. Twenty-eirht
adults and three childrsn, victims 81 fhe
Utopia disaster, have been inferred in 4
trench dug for the purpose, the ground
having been specially consecrated by the
Catholic clergy asa burial place. nnr-
ing tho day the divers recovered tan
bodies, some Of them 20 firmly clasped
together in the last struggle for life that
il was impossible to separate them.
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ANDERSON, Ind, March 23,-A train
of fine parlor coaches and mail, ex-
press and baggage car burned in the
Cincinnati, Wabash and Michigan
yards in this city. The train had been
made up to go north to st. Joseph.
Mich, and was due to leave at o'clock.
just before time to pull ont of the yards
lamp in one of the coaches exploded.
and before the flames could be subdued
the train was burned. The loss approx
mates $25. 600.
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roster /. ! senatorial candidate.

CHICAGO, March IA special from
Columbus, Ohio, to The News says that
Secretary OF the Treasury Charles Foster
Is IN Columbus. He comes here with
his daughters TO spend q day or two
previous to going to Washington. There
s considerable interest over the express
sion Of Secretary Foster on the PROPOSE
si0n 10 have the coming state Republi-
can convention name the next senator.
While he is not agreeable to the plan
there is little doubt that he win be a
candidate.
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MADISON SOUTH DAKOTA. MONDAY, MARCH 23 1891

the care of the insane their reports for
the month of February. From these re-
ports it is shown that the total number
pf patients In the state has increased ia
6ince Sept. 30. The population the last
day Of February was 3,219.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-03-23
Cattlemen want .ne outlet.

Arkansas CRY, Ark, March 28.-A
large number of prominent cattlemen
from Kansas, Texas and Missouri held q
meeting here. just what they decided
upon II is impossible TO learn, but the
meeting was held to discuss the matter
Of leasing the reservations IN the outlet
and to conduct cattle operations on
larger scale there.
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III He Doesn't the other Professors Of the
South Dakota University WIN.
VERMILLIoN, 8. d., March 2a.-The
university trouble is assuming a very
serious turn. The faculty, after two or
three stormy meetings, have decided to
resign their positions at once il the
president adheres to his decision to re-
main. The students are also firm. Il
is thought that the president win resign
to avoid further difficulty. He has re-
turned from Yanlxton, where he has
been In consultation with one OF the
state officials.
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win Make a Test.

REDFrEID, 8. D., March 2s 1T is given
ont on good authority that the board Of
regents Of Brookings Agricultural col
lege have leased forty acres Of the J. p.
Day farm and propose to test the feast.
Kitty Of artesian irrigation the coming
season.
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Dropped Dead while Running.

LIE MARS, Iowa, March 23.--James
Tierney, vice president of the LIE Mars
National bank and president of the Ls
Mars Live Stock association, dropped
dead OF heart disease at Owens station
while running to catch train. He
leaves q son and daughter.
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BARRETT's LAST ILLNESS.

II Was short and Not Considered Serious
Until the Last Monaents-His Life.
NEW York, March 23.-The illness
of Lawrence Barrett, which re-
suited fatally on Friday evening,
only dated from Wednesday night
when he was cornnNlled To leave fhA
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QuEBRc, March 23.-The government
cartridge factory i running full time On
cEdem from Ottawa, and II il understood
that factory for making Martino-
Henry ammunition Is to be estahfi8hed.
IL canse Of this activity u unknowz.
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Fight over OmaAa ,,o.a.-

OMAHA, Neb., March %. by decision
Qf the district court the city is enjoined
from delivering the $150, 600 bonds voted
p aid IN the construction of depot and
yia1uct.
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theater where he
was engaged. 1t
was said at the
time that he was
merely suffering
from q severe cold
and would be out
in a few days.
Even during the
day the reports Of
his condition were
very favorable.
IL.Ste IN the even
ing, however, his
phyaicisan, Dr.
Chambers. az
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MURDER FRUSTRATED.

= chicago Sensation which Has Just
Come to Light.
CHICAGO, March %. The Globe prints
q aeensational account of the attempted
murder Of his wife by T. d. Hanford, OF
lOneonta, NY, at the Auditorium hotel
in this city. week ago last Saturday.
II appears while visiting friends in
Sa6da, Mrs. Hanford wrote to her hus-
bond saying that while she no longer
I0xod him she would not ask for COM
pieee separation, even for the sake of
ou4 who had now possession of her at
fe@f1ons- Ii he wished it she would re-
turn In order to deceive the world as to
real position, which must be that of
vie in name only. She then proposed
. meeting IN Chicago, to which Mr..
Hanford consented. A week ago Satur-
day they met at the Auditorium and,
affsr
A stormy Interview
as % the custody of their child, he
rusked from the hotel and bought re-
volyer. Mrs. Hanford summoned aid,
and on returning to the hotel the re-
yoiver was torn from Hanford's hands.
The next night the boy was given per-
mission to accompany Mr.. Hanford to
the fheatre, but on leaving the hotel he
was thrust into carriage and taken to
the Union depot. The following day
Mrs. Hanford left the hotel. Whether
she followed the husband in the hope of
regaining her child or whether she re-
turned to the West is not known. The
story did not leak out at the time.
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oxford won the Annual race.

LONDON, March 23.--The boat race
between the crew of Oxford university
and Cambridge university was won by
Oxford in 20 minutes, and by a quarter
M = length.
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Wfssensia,s ruaann

MADISON, Via, March ". The state
board Of charities and reform has re.
csiyed from the various institutions fdr
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LAWA1McS pARR1xA summ moned. DR..
Chambers says pneumonia set in
Thursday, and from this his
death resulted. Mrs. Barrett, who
was In Boston, was sent for and arrived
Thursday evening. DR.. j. p. Oliver,
Of Boston, Mr.. Barrett's family phys
icion, was also summoned and came ON
at once. Al consultation was held. and
it was decided that Mr.. Barrett's case
was serious, but that the sick man mi chit
pull through. Between and 10 o'clock
Friday evening there was rapid change
for the worse, and at that hour Mr..
Barrett was in semi-conscious condi-
ton. About fifteen minutes before the
end came Mr.. Barrett was entirely un-
conscious, and so remained until he
died.
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Claasen Appeals from sentence.

New YORK, March %. lin the case Of
Gen Claasen, ex-president of the sixth
National bank, who was convicted OF
emb wiling the funds OF the institution
and sentenced TO six years imprison-
ment, HIS counsel has He'd an assign
ment in the United States circuit court,
the object OF which is to carry the cash
to the United States supreme court.
The appeal has not yet been arrangea
T,ut prnhably VIII N = day or two.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-05-07

! thereby learning mere of the real condition
of the country and its people than man in
almost any other business.
I have no land to sell nor am 1 snybodys
agent for the sale of property. There is not
dollar to me directly in all this movement.
But feel constrained to tell the public this
much: The large pastures of Booke Smith
and 6. w. MshoneY are all they are repre-
sented to be, and not only so. but the Brown
wood country is full ofjust as good land as
theirs.
JNo. c. S. BAIRD.
Santa Anna. Texas.