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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-02-26
The Signal Service Issues a
Special Bulletin on
the Rivers.
Great Damage Done in Cslifornis
BY Unprecedented
Rain Storms.
The Floods in Places Accompanied
BY Loss of Life as Well
AS Property

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.-The signal
service furnishes the following special
bulletin:
High water Is impending In the Mis-
sissippi river below Cairo. The highest
water, 81 feet . inches, occurred at Gin
cinnati to-day having risen l6 feet In
the past six days. The upper Ohio,
kanawha and Big Sandy rivers are fall
Ing. The Arkansas river Is stationery.
The Tennessee river IL at stage OF
30 feet at Chattanooga. The, rise
was l3 feet In four days. The
Cumberland at Nashville Is % feet
inches, rise OF feet In
three days. At ST. Louis the rise was 5
feet In one day, and at Cairo the water
is A feet inches above low water and
still. rising. A cold wave Is sweeping
over the country from the west and IL IS
not likely that rain To any considerable
amount will follow IL la the Ohio valley
for the next few days.
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SKIN SPLANTINO.
An Interesting Surgical Operation Vol
unit ser sufferers.

- New YORK, Feb. 25.--Wm. j. Kay
was adlutant of the 10th regiment OF
volunteers. While at the head of his
regiment at the second days tight At
Gettysburg a solid g-pOund shot passed
through the body of his horse and In
Jured the calf OF the riders left leg. The
wound never properly healed, and Capt.
Kay has suffered much pain from II
from time To time, and has frequently
been under medical treatment About
four months ago ne was Obliged 10 leave
his post In the money order department
In the New York post office, where he
was been employed for eighteen years,
and he has since been under the care of
DIR. Samuel Mutt at his home In Ozone
park. A few days ago DIR. Mutt Informed
the patients friends that the only way
TO save the injured leg was by trans
planting 10 II bits OF skin from other
mems bodies. Twoweeks ago at q meet
ing Of Winchester Post, 1877, In Brooklyn,
To which Capt. Kay belongs, the con
dition of the patient was announced.
One by one the comrades arose and
volunteered tO surrender portion Of
their skin for the purpose required.
These five were finally selected to make
che sacrifice; Commander VIM. c. Plum,
Chaplain VIM. Il. Bromai, john IL. Chase.
Edward r. Mason and Robert ). Pope
land. The five comrades went 10 Ozone
Park on Sunday, together with a vet
eran from another post, and went di-
rectly 10 Capt Kay's house, In Belmont
avenue, where all the arrangements for
the operation had been made. Or. Wal
ter II. Chase. OF Brooklyn, assisted by
DIR. Mutt, performed the operation. The
doctors selected John B. Chase aud the
veteran from the -other post as the two
from whom 10 take skin, because OF their
healthy appearance. One strip OF skin
two inches long and one-quarter OF an
inch broad was taken from the arm OF
the former, aud three similar strips
from the arm OF the latter. The skin
was cut into squares one-quarter Of an
Inch and these were laid upon the
wound and lightly bound. Although The
operation Of cutting the skin was pain
ful, the two veterans did not finch
particle. Another contribution OF skin
will be required In couple Of months
for 8 second wound from which Capt.
Kay Is suffering, and there will be no
difficulty In obtaining fresh volunteers.
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SPARKS FROM THE WIRES.

THERE Is a great promise OF railway
development Of the far northwest during
the present year.
THE postmaster at Lake City, Col, is
more that $1,000 short in his accounts
and has been arrested.
The annual report Of the New York
state board Of health shows that 5, 200
people died OF the grip In that state in
1890.
FIRE at Evansville, Ind. yesterday de-
stroyed the Peoples opera house and sew
eral business blocks. Loss, about 500,
900: insurance, 500, 900.
A SENSATION was caused In labor cir
cles In Edinburgh by the committAl TO an
insane asylum OF q noted Scotch agltstor
named Alexander Robertson.
THE rail mills OF tho Illinois Steel
company at Joliet, H., which have been
idle since the first OF the year, have re-
sumed operations, giving employment 10
800 men.
THE French budget estimates have
been completed for 1892. The revenue
Is estimated at 3.2ls, e04, les francs and
the expenditures at 3,2l7, SIS, ,525 francs.
The Union Mutual Accident associa-
tion Of Chicago Is disabled and drifting
without either president or board OF
directors, they having resigned. Thers
Is no suspicion Of any wrong design In
the matter.
SIR KNIGHT DIcKERsoS, upon whose
body foot square OF skin, taken from
the arms OF hts brethren OF ST. Bernard
commandery, Knights Templar, was
grated three weeks ago died la Chicago
yesterday.
A POWERFUL electric crane is being
used by the Baldwin locomotive works
OF Philadelphia by the pressing OF =
button locomotives weighing ninety tons
are easily picked up and set down In any
part Of the shops.
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Oae Law Completed.

PIERRE, Feb. 25.-The governor has
signed the new fence law and IL has be-
come part OF the statute. IL provides
that there shall be free range for stock
In all unorganized counties and all
counties 10 be organized hereafter until
the people shall decide otherwise. The
law will prove great incentive To the
development and occnpany OF the newly
acquired 1000, ,0O0-acre tract west OF
OF the Missouri river In this state, 10
which Pierre Is the gateway. The peo
Pile OF this city are universally rejoicing,
as are all people interested In the future
DEVELOPMENT OF this country
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THE CIRCULATING MEDIUM.
Tho Comptroller of the Currency submits
Figures.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.-In response
TO a senate resolution adopted Jan. 90
the comptroller OF the currency has just
submitted report showing the amount
OF each kind OF coin and paper money In
existence In the United States, the
amount held by the banks, and the
amount OF each In actual circulation.
The close OF the calendar year Is taken
as the most available date upon which
TO base the report. Jan. 1, 1891, accord
ing TO the report, the amount OF general
money coined and issued was g., 1876,
eos, l59. or this total there was In the
treasury so07, sac, $40, and at the same
time there was In circulation or out
standing sl,52s, 1875, ,943. The cash In
national banks and other banking insti-
tutions Is stated TO be SAYS, ,57l, Il5, and
the estimated amount In circulation
81 ,037. lie, 72s The estimate OF the
amount OF paper money lost is sic, ,452,-
100.
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ONE WOMAN IN 1T.
A California Lady who Contracts To
Garry the Malls.


WAsHINGToS, Feb. 25.-The only
woman mail contractor In the United
States Is here on busineSs with tho de-
partment. Her name Is Mrs. II. j.
Langdon, and her home Is 0rovllle, Cal.
She Is known on the slopee % the Little
Boss" Her parents went 10 the gold
'1aincs whfic- she was "a baby, leaving her
with relatives, and she, at tho age OF 4
years, was shipped around by Panama
IS an express package. Her present
visit 10 Washington necessitated her
twenty-first trip across the continent
She got into the mail carrying business
by the bequest TO her OF dozen unex-
pired contracts from her first husband.
Now she follows the business because
she likes 1t. She is here now TO get bet
ter mail facilities for county seat Oh
one of her routes. To back up the peti-
tion OF the people she has a large photo
graph OF the shanty saloon whore, under
the law, she Is now required TO leave the
mail for the town. When the postmas-
ter-general sees that picture there will
be change Of postoflice for that county
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Pattern waiting at Ashland Received Its
Reward.

ASHLAND. Wis, Feb. s5.--After en-
during 1l3 hours OF cold and privation
Albert Vincent made the first filing In
person on tho Wisconsin Central railroad
LAT Dis. The number OF mail filings which
were received before O'Clock occupied
the entire morning and until 2 O'Clock In
the attaF#ey,4t- tti- time was Entircfy
demolished early in the morning, ouly
two or three Of the leaders retain
Ing their positions. The police afforded
but little protection To those in the
line, outsiders jumping over the railing
on the heads OF the leaders. The total
number OF mail filings received were
eighty-six, thirty OF which were soldiers
deClatory statements, and the total OF
mail and personal applications III.
About half as many applications were re-
jected as were accepted. The piece Sc
cured by Vincent claimed TO have 1000
600 feet OF pine on IT, Miss Kniekelbine,
who stood the trial SO nobly. was the
fifth 10 iile, and secured OF eighty
acres, said To be worth about IS, 900.
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1T WAS A DEIUGE.

Los Angeles Experiences the Heaviest
Rain storm Ever known--some EataiI-
ties.
Los AyGELEs, Cal. Feb, 25.--The rain
storm In this section was the worst ever
known. But little damage resulted In
the city proper. On the river front all
the railroad bridges were damaged and
many were swept out. News from the
surrounding country is meager, owing To
the wires being down. Many reports OF
loss OF life have been started. bat the
only cases authenticated are the drown
Ing OF man named Wells, with his wife
and child, near Wilmington. Great dam
age was done TO orchards and ranches
south OF the city, where the floods were
the worst In years Many houses aud
fences were damaged.
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GALAXY OF GREATNESS
Proposed Portrait Gallery for the Chicago
Exposition.

CHICAGO, Feb. 25.--There has been
submitted 10 the subcommittee on art Of
the worlds fair the plan for q national
portrait gallery. It's proposed to have In
IL the portrnits OF all men and women who
have attained prominence aud distinction
Ia the nation. The collection would In
clude portraits of all the presidents, all
the state governors, the signers OF the
declaration Of independence, promenent
historians army and navy officers and
inventors. In extent such a collection
would be enormous, but IL Is believed
that IL could be easily secured, as the
various states would feel an interest I'm
getting 1t up. IL Is proposed that a
separate pavilion be- erected, as
tho collection would require too
m uch room TO be- included In
the art exhibit. The plan IS well thought
OF by such members OF the committee as
have heard OF II. Director G. l.. Hutch
inson will bring IL before the meeting OF
the joint subcommittee on art, which
meets In New York this week
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The shipping Bin On for To- MORROW.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 25.-In the house
Mr.. Mckinley, from the committee on
rules, reported tho resolution providing
that the house shall meet at 10 o'clock
and Immediately proceed TO the consider
alton OF the shipping bill, general debate
TO close at q o'clock. IL was decided that
on Friday the house shall meet at 10
O'Clock aud proceed TO the consideration
OF the bin by paragraphs. the previous
question To be considered as oAdered al 5
O'clock. Adopted--yeas i3o, hays III.
Tina senate met and adjourned as a
mark of respect 10 the late senator Will
son. OF MARYLAND.
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rhey Called the Doctor Too Late.

MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 25.-Mrs. Norton,
the aged mother of Della w. Norton. the
Chicago Christian scientist, died here
sunday morning of pneumonia. Mrs
Norton was taken III several days ago.
The sick woman's daughter applied
Christian science treatment The pa
tient seemed TO improve at first and Miss
Norton and her fellow Christian scion
lists were delighted A day or two
later the patient grew worse aud Dr. w.
III. Leonard was called IN. The disease
had secured too great hold, however, and
Mrs. Norton died Sunday evening. She
was T3 years OF age. She formerly lived
In Fort Edwards NJ "
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ua,Iroad rax Contr,butiou.

HURON, Feb. 25.-The various rail-
roads doing business In this county paid
their 1890 taxes into the county treasury
few days ago. The Chicago q North
western on It's main line paid s2,636; on
its oakes branch. S6li.9s. The Duluth,
Watertown n Pacific paid 81, 064.2 25, and
the Chicago, Milwaukee q St Paul paid
81, ,544.i9. making a total OF IS, ,s56.42, OF
which So, 7i1s3 went into the school
fund
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On motion OF Waydown Bebee, the re-
port was accepted, and the2 vigorous
discussion took place as to'what the club
should recommend 10 the legislature.
The following was finally decldedon:
'If, srter a murderer has had do ben
eft OF jury who cant read or wrltA-a
good Iawyer--fo' or i've witnesses who
will swar 10 anythlng-de sympathy Of
the public~de plea of temporary inssn-
ity-lf he ar convicted arter all dis II
would be well 10 hang him. We recon-
mend, however, dat de rope be- kivered
wid cloth, an dat he be hung as softly
as possible, an dat at least fo'teen hacks
be engaged fur d funernl procnGoInn. :.
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THE NEXT MOVE.
north Dakota Idasor Men Want the Pen
aitfss AboIi@hed.

BISMARCK. N. d.. Feb. Feb. e5.-The
members of the house have returned and
will resume legislative business. There
is large lobby Of the prominent liquor
men In the state here In anticipation OF
the bill TO be sprung IN few days 10 re-
peal all the penalty clauses In the pro-
hlbition law, and big fight Is antlel-
pated. The liquor men claim they have
fighting show In the honse, and the
main part Of their work will be directed
at the senator's who are not '.in line
with their ideas.
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Tornados. Com m .noe Early.

JEFFERsoSvILLE, Ind, Feb. IA
tornado passed over here at midnight.
There was no damage In the city except
the knocking down OF bell tower at
Howard ship yard. The houses rocked
like cradles. The fertilizer factory, two
miles north of here was completely de-
stroyed; miles OF fencing and orchards
devastated. The greatest damage was
done at Utica, whore many houses.
barns and other buildings were de-
molIshed. The damage will reach many
thousand dollars.
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CALIFORNIA wAsHoUTs
The Waters Are Too Plenty for Some of
the Far Western Railroads..

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 25.-The lItest
reports show the storm 10 be about over
Serious damage was done, railroad
bridges and tracks having been washed
away and telegraph wires Frustrated.
The Sunset route will not be In operation
for a week and the Atlantic a. Pacific
has suspended the sale of overland tick
cts via Mojsve, because Of a washout
near Barstow. Passengers will be sent
east over the Central Pacific. The latter
is I'm good condition
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ARE TIRED OF 1T.
Indiana Proposrs to Put stop To White
Capism.

INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 2J.--Seuator Gil
uIan has introduced bill To- discourage
white capism. 1t provides that any per
son who Is damaged or injured by white
caps may recover damages from the
county In which the act occurred. In
case man Is whipped he shall receive
damages at not less than s., 900 or more
than s., 900. and a woman who is whip
ped by white caps may recover from
81, 900 To $4,000 damages. III IL be
proved that the persons who perform any
act OF white capism live in more than
one county, the various counties from
which they come shall share Ia the pay
meut of such damages as are awarded
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sun ON Booming Bent.

ARKANSAS CITY, kas., Feb. 25.--Peo-
pie continue 10 90 into the Cherokee
strip though In small numbers. The fol-
lowing dispatch has been received from
the acting secretary OF the Interior:
'.Settlers on the Cherokee strip are there
~ their peril" Troops will tomorrow
bsgiu the work OF cjecting boomers.
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ST. LOUIS TO BE FIRST.
Propositio Already Made There for a
sherman statue.

ST. LoUIs, Mo, Feb. 25.--It is pro-
posed TO erect statue of the late Gen,
sherman at the entrance TO the new city
hall. The plans Of the new building
provide for "A carriage-way directly to
the door of the building, outside OF which
is flight of massive stone steps about
hfty feet in length. In the middle of
this flight Of steps Is a pedestal for an
equestrian statue. The pedestal Is about
fourteen feet long aud five feet wide. IL
Is proposed 10 have mounted statue Of
Gen. sherman placed upon the pedestal.
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Indianar rile Claims.

PIERRE, 5. d., Feb. 25.z-All told 245
Indians have aled through the land Of
fee there claims ON lands in the late
Sioux reservation, amounting In all to
50, 500 acres. The land taken is mostly
ON Bad river, west OF Pierre.
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SAN JosE, Feb. 25.--A fight last night
between Dan Mahoney and Dan law
kns for the bantam weight champion
ship of the Pacific coast was won by the
latter In the twenty-ninth round.
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Had Prospect Ahead.

PaGsIx. Arlr., Feb. 25.--Late adyices
to-day report that Yuma IN threatened
with inundation oy the Gila changing It's
bed from where IL empfied into the Col
orado. All the wires are down and IL Is
now supposed a part of the town has
been swept away.
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FARWELL IN 1T.
New Phase Guessed at for the Illinois
Contest.

N new fhase tuesseu at Tor the lilinois
Contest.
CHICAGO, Feb. 25.-A dispatch from
Springfield says that IT is rumored there
that the Hon. c. Ii, Farwelrs name will
again be brought forward in the contest
for the United States senatorship, and
that w. j. Campbell, his close political
friend, IL Row an route 70 Springfield for
that purpose. When the joint assembly
met To vote for United States senator
yesterday morning, several members OF
both parties were absent on account of
illness Both parties, therefore, re-
Trained from voting. the only vote cast
being that OF the presiding officer, for
Palmer
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DENVER, Feb. 25.-La grippe has
taken possession OF TT Logan and IN
playing havoc with the soldiers Eighty
are In tho h)spital aud four deaths have
occurred this weak.
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OVER THE WAVE.
Gen. booth Meets emily Reception in
Berlin.

BERLIN, Feb. 25.-Gen. Booth. OF the
Salvation army, addressed a meeting OF
/ 200 persons OF the middle class iu this
city to-day He met with chilly rucep-
tion. In his speech he complained that
the police would not allow him 10 have q
position In the streets Of BeEIin. He
said be found less poverty and drunken
ness In Germany than In England he
meant to buIid a Salvation hall In Ber-
lin, and though the churches were hos
tile TO him he was not discouraged.
Regulating the sale of KochIn-s
BERLIN, Feb. 25.-Ierr Won Gossler,
minister OF educational, ecclestical aud
medical affairs, has given orders that
chemists who keep kochine for sale
must return 10 the laboratory where 1t
is made all OF the lymph unsold six
months after the date OF purchase, when
they will receive fresh lymph In OK
change. The legal price OF the lymph
Is fixed at marks per cubic centimeter,
or five cubic cenaneters for 25 marks.
Reciprocity Approved.
LONDON, Feb. 25.--The Nc,rs says that
Sir Charles Upper, before his departure
for Canada, received from Lord Knuts-
ford, the colonial secretary, assurances
that the imperial government approved
Sir John Macdonald's attempt TO estab-
lish reciprocity with the United States.
Russia Coming 10 Our Worlds Fair.
WAsHIxGToS. Feb. 25.-Authentir ad-
vices Just received here indicate that the
Russian exhibit in the coming worlds
fair at Chicago VIII surpass anything Of
the kind ever attempted by the govern
meut aud people OF that country, and
"a. 4 4. a.
and varied OF all the foreign exhibits.
sadisr's Alleged AIibl.
LONDON. Fob. 25.--A statement by
Sadler, the man who H. charged with be-
ing the murderer of "Carroty Nell" in
the Whitechapel district ten days ago,
was read at the coroner's inquest in the
case Yesterday. In this statement Sad
Ter gives a coherent account OF his do
inRs between the time OF his leaving the
Mamaa- ~ - lodging Aett-e ttfd the ttmH
OF his arrest. As far as his drunken
condition that night permits him 10 rec
ollect, at the moment of the murder he
was going to a hospital 10 get wounds
dressed that he had received In a row on
the docks.
Don't want to Aid the Emperor's Anlb+-
ton.
PARIS, Feb. 25.-During the course of
interviews In the newspapers In this city
to-day several more artists strongly pro-
test against French artists exhibiting
works of art at the coming Berlin expo
sition. They say, In substance, that the
action Of those who have decided to ex-
hiblt IL equivalent 10 desertiou and Is
calculated to further Emperor Williams
ambition 10 make Berlin the art center
clty now claims 10 be- entitled To that
honor
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The Priests Are for Macdonald.

MONTREAL. Feb. est is stated on
the best authority that the priests OF the
province Of Quebec have received conf
dental instructions to use ell their In
fluence to secure victory for Sir John
Macdonald Ia the present election con
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RETALIATORY.

Italians Repay border Baid with
Bloody Hands.
LONDON, Feb. 25.-A dispatch from
Massowah says that body of Italians,
Ia revenge for the raid on the Italian
frontier, surprised and attacked 5000
Sudans near Burt, and routed them.
Killing POO
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IsIAek Diphtheria Ragiag.

CALEDONIA, Minn., Feb. 25.-Black
diphtheria is raging IN the country about
here. Two children OF Mic koek died
yesterday.
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PLILADELPmA, Feb. .5-chief En-
gtneer II. {. White, United States army,
ID dead.
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CHICAGO, Feb. 25.-A receiver has
been asked for the Lone Star Cotton
Picking Machine company by one OF the
stockholders. The company was organ
lied In this city Ia lsSa, ,-Klth -a-cap pitsl
stock OF 5000, 900. The stockholder
alleges that, as the result of a conspi-
racy, his stock was sold at judgment
sale to freeze him out. The court issued
an Injunction restraining any disposition
OF the stock involved
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TROUBLED FOR MONEY
Lost Money in the West.

MONTPELIER, Feb. 25.-Tho Windsor
VT, National bank, with a capital OF
$50, 900, has gone into liquidation on ac-
count OF heavy western losses. 1t is
stated the depositors will be paid Ia full.
The bank had n western agent Damed
j. =. Warden, who made several large
investments In mortgages, by which the
bank suffered heavily. Warden was in
terested In several Kansas banks re-
Gently wrecked. and In which he sue
ceeded in investing some si0,0 900 for
Windsor people.
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A London smash.

LONDON, Feb. 25.-The failure OF
Prier, Wotton Il Co., lumber merchants,
Is announced. Their liabilities are esti-
mated at $500, 600.