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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1892-03-01
MADISON. SOUTH DAKOTA. TUESDAY, MARCH l. 1892
IN His WIFE,s DEFENSE.
stAtenaent from Secretary Blaine Relat-
Ingt 60 His Sons Marriage.

stntenaent from Secretary Blaine Relat-
ingt 60 His Sons Marriage.
WAsHIEHToN. March 1.--Mr. Blaine
has fnrnished to the United Press for
puhication the following under the
heading of "a Personal Statement"
Since the separation of my SON and his
wife, three years and half ago, my
family have silently borne every misrepre-
sentation, and every slandering attack,
every newspaper interview, which 1t has
pleased the now divorced wife to inspire.
The one person aimed at has been Mrs.
Blafn<s and we have perhaps been at
fault IN allowing horror of the public
discussion Of private matters, combined
with 4 regard for the future of my grand
son, to permit so much calumny to 60 un-
answered.
The last outrage of the kind, en-
bodied in the decision of the judge at
Deadwood, S. d., assumed an official
character, which makes ii impossible to
remain longer silent To remain silent
would be to accept and perpetuate a great
wrong to my wife-a greater wrong to my
grandson than ever a publication of the
truth can infiict upon him."
Mss Neyins Arranged Everything.
'rheEstatement opens with letter
written by the secretary to Rev. Father
Thomas Ducey, who officiated at the
wedding at the time, in which he pro-
tests against the act of the priest. Re-
garding the arrangements for the mar.
riage The secretary says:
II am prepared to say that the mar
rage vas arranged by her far more than
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1892-03-01
Asleep ON the Track.

DETROIT, Mimi. March L. Martin
Hotter. supposed to be section man
from Audubon, who was lying beside
the Northern Pacific railroad track,
half mile from Detroit, was struck by
the pilot of an extra freight and his
head crushed in. He was not seen by
the engineer until within 100 feet, and
though the bell was rung and brakes
applied. his head was within reach of
the pilot. He was undoubtedly In a
drunken sleep, as two bottles of whisky
were found on him He has been sent
to the Brainerd hospital, but there is
very little hope for him.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1892-03-01
Five wives win Face Greene.

ST. LOUIS, March Five women,
each claiming to be the lawful wife of
Gardiner w. Green, of this city, will
meet here next Wednesday to attend
the trial Of Green for bigamy. Greene
is barber, but was formerly police
man, and is about So years old. The
five alleged lawful wives are as follows:
No. 1, Mrs. M. Greene, of Kansas; No.
2, Mrs. L. Fl. Greene, of New Carlisle,
O.; No. 8, Mrs. Mary Greene, of White
hall, Ills.; No. 4, Mrs. Anna Greene, st.
Louis, and No. s is Mrs. L. M. Greene,
of Normandy. Mo.
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LETS PuDpLERS OUT.
steel Taking Place of Iron to Very
Great Extent. z

steer khking flhce OF iron To very
Great Extent. Z
CHICAGO, March Am Inter-Ocearl
special from Pittsbnrg says: Follow
ing the discharge of the puddlers from
all the furnaces at J. Painters Sons
mills last week, came the dismissal Of
200 puddlers on Saturday by Jones IL
Laughlins. 1t is said that such dis
charges may be expected in greater or
less extent in all the large iron mills of
PIttsburg this year. The reason assigned
Tor this is that iron is being driven out
OF the market by soft Bessemer steel, to
such an extent that tho manufacture
OF the former must be largely curtailed
to prevent an enormous over produc-
tion. Coupled with the statement that
steel is displacing iron daily, it is as
serted that If the owners of the large
iron mills throughout the country are TO
hold their own for any length
OF time against the advance of
cheap and good steel, they must
sell iron cheaper than il has
ever been sold. Will s. Elkin. general
manager OF Jones & Laughlin mills.
said during the evening: ''This state Of
affairs can have but one result, as far as
the price of pudding is concerned.
There is but one thing to do, and that
will be to reduce the wages of puddlers.
That will be the only way in which
psoprietors of large plants will be able
to save themselves from great loss. Iron
cannot compete with steel unless ID is
made cheaper. Therefore the wages
must be reduced. Other iron men ex-
pressed similar views, and it is proposed
to bring the matter before the amalga-
mated association at an early date.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1892-03-01
The Hawkeye Harmed Ont.

BURLINGTON, Ia, March 1.-Shortls
after the printers and editors of the
Burlington Daily Hawkeye had left the
building it was discovered to be on FIRE.
The flames started in the press room,
and, it is supposed. quickly went up the
elevator shaft and then to the fourth
floor. The press room, basement and
business Office were completely gutted
in short time. Loss, $4,000.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1892-03-01
REEDS RULE UPHELD.
The Supreme Court Says n Speaker Has
Power to Count Quorum.

The Supreme Court Says n Speaker Has
Power to Count Quorum.
WASHINGTON March 1.-The supreme
court of the United States has decided
in the worsted schedule case of the
United States VS.. Ballin, Joseph 81 Co.,
from the circuit court Of New York,
that the law is valid. The decision up
holds the power of the speaker Of the
house to count quorum under the
rules of the last house.
The court also decides that the con-
tract between the vestry of Trinity
church and Rector Warren did not vio-
late the spirit Of the anti-contract labor
law, and the judgment of the circuit
court OF New York, imposing q penalty
of 81, 900, was reversed.
The court ALSO affirmed the validity
Of the barbed wire fence patent held by
the Washburn q Moen company.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1892-03-01
Lived -Four Years on skimmea MN.

CAMDEN, N. j., March Louis Her
bert, saloon keeper, died here Satur-
day after living for four years without
solid food. He ate neither meat, bread
or vegetables, and had drank no liquid
except skinned milk. Five years ago
he was attacked with kidney disease
and his life was despaired of. He began
to drink skinned milk and recovered.
1t is believed that his peculiar diet pro-
longed his life at least four years and a
I-ts
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1892-03-01
A Burglar Trapped.

CHICAGO. March Louis Gold was
caught in Basney & Co.'s paint store at
2 o'clock a. M, trying to knock off the
hinges of the safe with a sledge ham
mer. He had broken the combination
knob when arrested. There was 81, 16O
in the safe. Gold had several overcoats
in his possession which had been stolen
earlier in the evening. Basney recog-
nized Gold as former employe, and he
was held to the criminal court in $500
hond
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1892-03-01
Miners cruahed to uearn.

BUTTE, Mon, March Three men
were killed in the Anaconda company's
mines Saturday. Thomas Carroll, aged
30, and Frank E. Doyle, aged %, were
crushed between fifteen tons of rock.
They were working on the 300-foot level
of the high ore mine. John Sullivan,
who stood foot away, was not In
jured. Ten minutes later jeffrey Kane,
aged 20, lost his life on the third floor
of the st. Lawrence mine. Ten tons of
rock, loosened by blast of the fifth
floor, crashed through the two sets of
flooring and reduced him to shapeless
mass
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1892-03-01
Iron In His Head.

MINNEAPoLIs, March L. About 10
o'clock p. M. the police found man by
the name of Whitaker in an alleyway
between Washington and Third street
on Fourth avenue south, with blood
flowing freely from an ugly cash in the
side of his head. He was removed to
his home on Fourth avenue, where DIR.
Cotton dressed the wound. Whitaker
says that he slipped on the ice and fell
on appointed piece of iron. His injuries
are not considered dangerous.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1892-03-01
no Truth in the Report.

CREEDE, Colo, March There is pos
itively no truth in the sensational re-
ports sent out from here that an attempt
had been made to capture the amount
received for the sale of lands, which
ranged in the vicinity of 100000 The
town is quiet, and no demonstrations of
violence We're made in any quarter,
although disturbances may arise when
purchasers from the state attempt to
take possession of their lots.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1892-03-01
An Ex-Governor burned 10 meath.

LITTLE Rock, Ark, March l.-Ex-
Governor Elias N. Conway. the fifth
governor of Arkansas, was burned to
death at his home in this city Sunday.
He was born in Tennessee in 1912 and
came to this state in 1883. His mind
has been unbalanced since 1855, and he
imagined that anarchists were attempt
ing to burn him on account OF his hav-
ing been governor of the state.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1892-03-01
An Enterpri.ing po.tma.ter.

MARsHALLTowN, Ia, March III. B.
Brush, ex-postmaster at Dillon, Ia, who
has been arrested for conspiracy in try
ing to defraud the government, fur
nished $500 bonds to appear before the
grand jury. Brush sold to DR.. Sander,
who sends outNa great many circulars,
$500 worth OF stamps for 500, in order
TO raise the salary Of his Office.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1892-03-01
NO JURISDICTION.
another Serious blow Dealt the Inter
.t~+> rr,uuo~ca

An0tner serious Btow Dealt the inter-
state Commerce Law.
SPRINGFIELD, Ills, March Judge
Allen, of the United States district
court, has sustained the demurrer to the
indictment against Milton knight,
traffic manager of the Wabash railroad,
for violating the interstate commerce
law by transporting -four from Litchfield
and East st. Louis, nls., to Montreal,
Canada, for less than schedule rates.
The court held that congress has no
power to regulate the rates for the
transportation of freight from point
wholly within the United States and a
point wholly within an adjacent
country. This is another and a very
severe blow at the interstate commerce
law, and it practically settles all cases
pending in this district.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1892-03-01
DIPLOMATIC REDS.
Rosebud and Pine Ridge Indians settl.
the Dividing Line Ouestfor.

anu FIne Ridge Indians Settle
the Dividing Line Question.
PINE RIDGE AGENCY, Sd, March L.
The council between the Rosebud and
Pine Ridge Indians regarding the di-
viding line between the two agencies
is ended and all parties are satisfied.
The line agreed upon is along White
river, from the mouth OF Black Pipe
Creek due south to the Nebraska line.
line. This was very difficult question
to settle and caused much trouble ia
both the department at Washington
and the Indians. The proceedings dem
onstrated that the Indians are CAPABLE
of transacting business. The indians
have left for their homes.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1892-03-01

CHICAGO. March /. Work win be re-
spmed at once at Jackson park. The
workmen get an increase Of n cents an
hour, or half what they demanded. The
strikers sign contracts not to demand
another increase until the worlds fair
work il completed.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1892-03-01
Nine. De Barrios to Marry.

New York, March /. The Herald
says that Mime. De Barrios, widow of
the late dictator of Guatemala, ID
Shortly to be married to Jose M. De
Boda, q Spanish grandee, who has ar
rived here 10 visit his future bride.
Nine. De Barrios is noted for her
wealth, beauty and accomplishments.
Her fortune is estimated at $40, 900, 900.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1892-03-01
stores and Dwslllnrs.

MoNTRosE, Mimi, March Fire at
1850 p. m. started in the residence and
store Of ]. w. Ruppehus and spread to
several other buildings, including the
wagon shop of G. Kratchmeir and the
residence and furniture store of Mrs. Z.
L. Haven. Total loss, $l1 ,00O0; insur-
ance, 81 ,325.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1892-03-01
The Saxward Case.

WASHINGTON, March 1.-The supreme
court has decided in favor of the United
States the Sayward Behring sea case,
The application for writ of prohibition
against the Alaska court is denied.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1892-03-01
Against the Anarchists.

WASHINGTON, March THE supreme
court decided against the Chicago
anarchists, Fielden and Schwab, who
sought release from Joliet prison on
writs of habeas corpus.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1892-03-01
Ki.led Four and ,yoanded others.

SAVANNAH, Ga, March Am ex-
plosion of a stationary boiler occurred
at the 8. r. Il w. railroad round house
ut 5:45 o'clock, killing four men and
wounding others The debris was scat
tered all over the city.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1892-03-01
CHILDREN CREMATED.
Three Burned to Death I'm q Dwelling
House Fire at Seattle,
Wash.
Great Loss of Life ON the Portuguese
Coast - Three Hundred
Drowned.
Disastrous Fire at Hot Sprinss, 8. n,
Fifteen Buildings Burned.
Other Fires.

SEATTLE, Wash, March Fire de-
stroyed the small frame dwelling occu-
pied by family named Simpson. Three
children were burned to death.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1892-03-01
FIouring MIN destroyed.

OrTUMwA. Ia. March 1.--Kiser &
Persons Touring mill was burned dur
ing the morning, the fire originating
from spontaneous combustion. Fifteen
hundred sacks Of -four were destroyed.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1892-05-19
That School Land Matter.

Editor Alert:-lt is apparent that the
object Of calling the legislature together
on the 9th is mainly to distract public
attention from the illegal school land
sale in April, and to secure Legislative
endorsement of the State School Board,
The latter will not amount to anything
of course, as the constitution prohibits
expost facto legislation; yet it ought not
to be allowed, as 1t will unnecessarily
complicate matters, and retard the pro.
cess Of setting the April land sales aside
which must De done.
There is no occasion for hurry in the
matter Of presidential electors; and the
people should have time before the legls.
lature meets to inquire into this land sale
matter, and learn just where, in the
woodpile, the African is concealed and
smoke him out-there is one there sure
They should hold public indignation
meetings; interview their senators and
representatives; and deluge Governor
Burke with protests against convenina
the legislature until they have time te
look into this land matter.
This conspiracy to unlawfully deprive
the school children of the state Of any
portion Of their heritage should be sum
marily and eternally rebuked. 8. T. B.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1892-05-19
Republicans for Resubmission.

Mandap Pioneer: The third party
prohibitionists seem to want to run a
party ticket this fall. They are not
satisfied with WHAT the republican party
has done in the state to enforce the
prohibition law, and they propose to
enforce it themselves. It is clear enough
to see what the running of this
prohibition ticket will do. I will
relieve the republican party of all
responsibility for the prohibition law.
II 1t results in the election of dem
ocratic legislature, the prohibition law
will be repealed, and then the third party
prohibitionists will be in boat. In this
legislative district, however, the republl-
can nominees will be all right-if they
are good and acceptable men-because
they will be for resubmission of the pro-
hibition clause in the constitution, and
also they will be in favor of the repeal of
the present prohibition law.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1892-05-19

the same, because OF the large amount Of
moisture then and now. Farmers claim
a loss on last years paintings from five to
fifteen per cent.
Though this season is backward, nu-
merous farmers, particularly those having
sons to assist, are wisely planting trees
on old land. BY those best informed on
the subject, it is claimed that the follow
ing varieties of trees are those best
adapted to our state, namely, yellow cot
tonwood, box elders, white willows, pop
lars, OAKS, elms, ash, birch, cherries,
plums, butternuts and the hardy ever
green's. wv BARRETT.
Supt. of Forestry.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1892-05-19
A New York Visitor.

Frank Tucker, publisher and manager
Of the Jersey City Daily News, arrived in
jamestown Wednesday. He Will spend
several weeks with his friends in this
city, and incidentally look after some
property interests in the state. Mr..
Tucker was one of the early settlers in
the Jim valley, and was participant in
the stirring scenes that characterized the
commencement of municipal life in
jamestown and Darlington. During the
last five years Mr.. Tucker has devoted
unremittlng energies to building up a
newspaper IN face OF the keenest opposi-
ton, and can now regard with pardon
able satisfaction his hard-earned success
in establishing on paying basis met
ropolitan journal of increasing influence
and business. This western trip is
about the first recreation taken
in number Of years.
Mr.. Tucker is of the opinion that the
tide of eastern capital and immigration
will shortly set in again towards Dakota
and that general revival Of business
here will result. He says: Il never was
impressed as strongly with the richness
of North Dakota soil as I was this time.
The rough and uncultivated appearance
is wearing away and farms look more
like the eastern farms-well cultivated
and improved. The states of Ohio, Illi-
nois and Indiana are covered with water
and little spring work has been done.
As far as I can Judge you are having no
more backward spring here than else.
where"
"People in the east are watching this
country more keenly than you imagine,
and when the news was definitely an
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1892-05-19
SOUND ADVICE.
The Subject or Taxes Discussed by
an Eddy County Citizen.

The Subject OF Taxes Discussed by
an Eddy County Citizen.
A. NJ. Thompson in New Rockford
Transcript: I have read with much
interest the communication of Auditor
Getchell on the cause of the increase of
taxes in Eddy county. It is a subject
that greatly interests every man because
it touches every mans pocket. 1t Is
high time that the county commissioners
called halt in spending money that is
to be raised by taxation. A public debt
is very much like a private one, and it ls
as easy to plunge the county into debt as it
is for the individual to do the same thing
IN his own case. There is this difference,
however: The individual has to pay his
own debts. while the taxpayers have to
discharge the liabilities of the county
incurred by its officers. The former
spends his own money, while the COM
missioners vote away the money of other
people. It is great deal easier to epend
other peoples money than our own. But
pay day comes for the county just as
surely as for the individual The day OF
high taxes has just commenced. Eddy
county has blg debt already, and as
Mr.. Getchell points ont, we are
already nearly up to the limit of
the law. If we want to 90 deeper in
debt all that is necessary to do is to in
crease the assessed valuation of property.
If We had it to do over again We would
not be sosanxious to bond the county to
buy seed wheat. That was one mistake.
Another is to build expensive bridges
over sloughs that have not had water
enough in them in the last five years to
float catfish six inches long. / believe
in education, the more of it the better,
but there is danger of building school
houses before they are really needed. It
is not necessary to build school houses in
districts where there are no scholars. Is
1t right or just for the county to assist q
man who is able to work but is too lazy? ?
II it right to pay a mans doctor bill
when he ls able to pay it himself? Is
anybody getting money out of the county
treasury that he doesn't earn?
There is good deal OF complaint
already on account of high taxes, but
they will be higher in the future when
we come to pay our debts. II paying the
interest makes us squirm, it will not be
fun to pay the principal. Let 10 be as
economical in spending the county's
money 40 We are in spending our own.
The blunders OF the past cannot be cor
rected, but let us look out for the future
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1892-05-19
NORTH DAKoTA's BIG BABY.
what Ozone Can do for the Kids OF
the Great Wheat State.

In Buffalo, Cass county, lives the "baby
giant" Grover Laing. On Jan. 1s, 1885,
there was born to Mr. and Mrs. Walter
LANG, proprietors Of the Headquarters
hotel, a bright little boy baby of nine
pounds This babe, now known as
"Master Grover" has grown to the
enormous size of man, though he is
but few days past six years Of age.
He now weighs l2O pounds, is 4 feet
10 inches high, wears No. 6 shoe,
"a hat, measures 81 inches around
the chest. 81 around thejwaist, 21 around
the thigh and Is around the muscle
of the arm. He can walk off with
3OO-pound load with ease. His health
is good. and he is bright and intelligent.
He has all the qualifications of full
grown man. He has grown steadily from
his birth and is still growing today. He
Is not fat, but all bone and muscle. He
performs many feats that require the
strength of man. His education has SO
fay been neglected, but will be looked
after with care hereafter.
His parents are little larger than
the average size, both being tall
and strong but not tleshy Both Mr.. and
Mrs. Laing came here from Canada,
and are old settlers of North Dakota,
but Grover was born In the house they
now occupy. They have been blessed
with family of six we'll developed
children, four boys and two girls, but
with the exception of Grover, all are of
ordinary size and qualifications. Grover
often assists the drayman in handling
large boxes of freight and will run foot
race, bat ball and participate in all
sorts of games and sport. He has deep
bass voice and holds the championship
belt against all comers, for the baby
giant of his age, of the world.