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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-08-04
ARRIVING SLOWLY.
Only . Few Congressmen at Present
In Washington.

Only . Few Congressmen at Present
In Washington.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 4. 4.--Members OF
congress continue to come In very
slowly and there are not more than 40
members of the lower house in the city
and less than O score of senator's. SEN
ator Harris, chairman Of the senate
finance committee, had q conference
with several senators during the day at
which the work of the commit
tee in the forthcoming session
was discussed. Senator Teller is
here and holds that the Sherman law
cannot be repealed unless substitute
is granted and that it will be several
months before the law is off the statute
books.
A telegram was received from Judge
Holman, chairman of the Democratic
caucus, authorizing Secretary Robert
son to issue a call for caucus of the
Democratic representatives for Satur-
day evening, Aug. 5. The Democratic
senators will probably caucus about the
middle of the week to determine the
distribution of patronage in that body.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-08-04
MADISON SOUTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY AUGUST 4.

~gs am ~ tne ioV nataonal Uaun uvpvoav-
cries throughout the United States:
Your authorized balance hereby
fixed at par of security. Transfer ex-
cess when practicable to nearest sub
treasur."
This action of the treasury depart
ment will release to the banks about
$500, 900, and is intended, as far as prac-
ticable, to relieve the financial strin-
gency prevailing in the country. Ac-
cording to former regulations each de-
pository bank was permitted to hold
government funds to the extent of from
% to 95 per cent of the United States
bonds deposited to secure the same.
This action OF the treasury permits
them TO hold government funds to the
par value Of the government bonds On
| deposit, and, ii 10 believed, will effect
in slight degree, at least. an i'm.
provement in the financial situation.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-08-04

of people are walking the streets of
Denver like the lowly Nazarene. Foxes
have holes and birds of the Sir have
nests, but the Colorado tramp has no.
where to lay his head. On every street
corner in Denver goes up the piteous
cry for bread; in Wall street the pitsous
cry goes up for gold. When these two
panicky conditions come together in
the great Mississippi valley chaos and
anarchy will follow"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-08-04
JoHNsTON'S SCHEME.

The Ohio Congressman viii Relieve
the Money stringency.
CLEVELAND, Aug. 4-Congressman
Johnston has written letter to the
chamber of commerce stating that he
proposes to introduce before the house
of representatives bill providing that
holders of United States bonds may
deposit such bonds at the treas
ury and receive their face value in
treasury notes, the bonds to be returned
on demand or their payment in United
States currency and to draw no interest
while in deposit. Mr.. Johnston says the
main and pressing difficulty new 10 the
scarcity Of the medium OF exchange
and that his bill win provide the neces-
sary money relief.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-08-04
State Elevator Bids.

ST. PAUL, Aug. 4-Ihe railroad and
warehouse commission opened the bids
for the new state elevator at Duluth.
The bids received are as follows: Butler
Bros. Of st. Paul, $20s. 900; Heidenrich
company of Chicago, $242, 900; Metcalf-
Mcdonald company Of Chicago, ,$s8s, 600;
j. T. Moulton b Son of Chicago
t287, 600; T. H. O'Neill of st. Louis,
$1yS, TOO; Barnett Record company of
Minneapolis. s22s. 500; Honstain Bros.
of Minneapolis, $sSs, 600. The lowest
bidder is T. II. O'Neil of st. Louis. The
contract will be awarded soon.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-08-04
GRENADE EXPLODED.
Nine Killed and Seventeen Wounde.
ON Board O German Man-of.War

Nine Killed and Seventeen Wounded
ON Board O German Man-of. War.
BERLIN, Aug. 5.--A disastrous explo-
sion occorred on board the German
armor-clad steamer Baden. at Kiel.
Lieutenants Cielsner and Zembsch and
Z seamen were killed and II persons
were wounded. 1t appears that some
of the men had just removed from the
magaxine grenade measuring 2s CEN
timstres in diameter. Through some
cause not yet explained the grenade ex-
ploded. killing or wounding nearly
every person in the immediate vicinity.
The Baden is vessel OF $500 tons. She
was launched In 1850. She mounts eight
large guns, and her armor is 10 inches
thick at the water line.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-08-04
strike Declared ON.

PITTsBURa. Aug. 4.-The stsiks at
Spang, Chalfant q Co. Is steel works, at
Etna. Is off. While the amalgamated
scale was not signed Mr.. Chalfant said
his firm woald pay the same wages
paid in similar mills of the Pittsburg
district. The strike has been in pro-
press since June.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-08-04
LATEST MARKET PRICES.
81. Paul Union Stock Yards.

81. Paul Union Stock Yards.
soUTH ST. PAUL, Aug. 4, lse3
HOGS-Mark t steady. Range of prices,
&4.00.G4.45
CATTLE Steady but qniet; a fair demand
for butcher cattle at steady prices for best.
Prime steers. s3.U0GD3.5s good steers, S2.5OiD
SEQ; prime ccSs, $2Jb1b2. 70: good cows. $1,000
2.5G common to fair cows $l.0o1 s2.0E ligat
veal calves. S.0E0A0G heavy caves. s, ,.2j a2.OO
stockers Sl.50 d2.Oa: feeders, 500 D..4s bulls,
l.502.0o.
SHEEP-Steady.
Muttons, $30k1375; lambs, S2.501 q $50;
stockers and feeders. $1.5012.0l
Receipts: hogs. 100; cattle, 30.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-08-04
Violated Prohibition Laws.

PEMB1NA. N. D., Aug. All the vio-
lators OF the prohibition law who have
been tried at the term of district court
now In session here were found guilty.
Six are convicted and two more are to
be tried. Peterson. who shot his wife
dead last fall, plead guilty. As the
charge was murder in the first degree,
and he plead guilty, it Is expected that
be will not be hanged but win be given
q life sentence.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-08-04
ENGLAND'S GOLD.
Over Ten Millions Withdrawn From
the Bank of England During the
Week.
Most Of IL viii Come to America,
Several Millions Now on the
Way.
Rate Of Discount Raised-GOld In the
Treasury Passes the 100000
Mark.

LONDON, Aug. A-Ths proportion Of
the Bank OF England's reserve to liza
bility, which last week was 1888 per
cent, is now 46.11 per cent. During
the past week the Bank Of England
gold has decreased $10,212. 600, and it
raised its rate of discount from 2 l-2 to
Q 234 per cent. The bulk of this gold
was withdrawn for shipment to Amer
lea.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-08-04
Boycotters Sued.

GREAT FALLS, Mon. Aug. Andrew
Jensen, proprietor of clothing store,
has brought suit for $500 damages
against the trades and labor council of
this city and its officers. The complaint
alleges that defendants urged and COM
manded their fellow workmen to boy
colt his store.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-08-04
LOOKS GLOOMY TO INGALLS,.
The Kansas Ex-senator In the Lead
as q Calamity HnwIer.

The Kansas Ex-senator in the Lead
as q Calamity Hnwier.
ATcHIsoN, Kan, Aug. 4 Ex-senator
John j. Ingalls, in an interview with a
United Press reporter said:
This day Is balmy and sunshiny in
comparison with the clouds and storms
inst ahead Of us. The result will be
redistribution Of assets Of the country.
Many millionaires of today will occupy
the pauper's hut, and the paupers in
the near future will ride in the chariot
of the millionaire. Colorado and tho
other mineral states should be blotted
out as states and added to the Great
American desert from which they were
taken. The visitation OF yellow fever
!, in the South was not near So disastrous
AZ the situation in Colorado nrodncad
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-08-04
Death Of Dana c. Lamb.

FOND DU LAC, Wis, Aug. 4.-Dana
C. Lamb, man for many years q
prominent figure in the Republican
party of Wisconsin, is dead. He acted
a. Indian commissioner under the Har-
rison administration, his duties being
the allotment of lands to the Oneidas.
He built the Oconto branch of the Chi
cago, Milwaukee and st. Paul road, and
was one OF the officers Of the Midland
railroad.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-08-04
Gold For America

LONDON, Aug. 4. The North German
LLOYD steamer Spree, which sailed
Wednesday from southampton for
New York, has on board GS0O, 500 in
gold consigned to American houses.
The White Sar line Majestic, which
left Liverpool for New York, took ESQ.,
600, total of 81, 200, 900 for the day.
Further shipments will be made Satur-
daY.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-08-04
Betrayed and Abandoned.

REDFIELD, s. D., Aug. A young
woman giving her name as Miss l..
Morrow and claiming to be from Min
neapolis, is very i'll and hysterical at q
hotel in this city. She claims to have
been betrayed, robbed and abandoned
by travelling man.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-08-04
Undertakers Burnef ON.

ST.. PAUL, Aug. 4.-Fire broke out In
the undertaking establishment of Nc
Carthy & Donnelly at Q p. m. and in
80 minutes damaged their undertaking
stock $4,000. The insurance is about
half. The loss on the building is about
$3, 600, iully covered by insurance.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-08-04
New York 10 California ON 20.

WATERTowN, N. Y, Aug. Z. Michael
Forsham has left Naier,own to walk
to Los Angeles, CAL lie expects to
accomplish the feat in lS5 days.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-08-04
Chicago Grain and Provisions.

Chicago Grain and Provisions.
CHICAGO Aug 4. 1893.
OPENING PRICES.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 6lMc.
CORN-August, 3694c: September, 391sc; Oc-
tober, $3.50.
0ATS-aer.enher, 81
PORK-September, Sl3l0.
LARD-Septembsr, $40; October. $93l.
SHORT RIBS September, 1886.
CLOSING PRICES.
WHEAT--August5 5ec; September. 6l1SDslss.
CORN-August. 3s14c; September. 3934c.
OATS-Aukust, 23ssc; September, 24c.
POEK--Au2ust, 4I2.5O: September. $l275.
LARD-August, y8.40; September, $7.55
SHORT RlBS-August, $7.l5; september.
o. IL
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-08-04
Minneapolis Grain.

MlNNEAPoIIs, Aug. A. 1873.
wHEAT-August opening, 5lI5c; highest,
S53kc; lowest, t11kc; closing. 55c. September
opening, 5516c; highest, 571sc; lowest, 55Isc;
CLOSING. ..8c. December opening, 6634e high
est, 6s;8; lowest, 6342c closing, 63lSc On
track No. hard, Soc; No. Northern, SIC;
No 2sxeFtheras 5tGASbc.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-08-04
CASH IN THE, TREASURY.
Gold Reserve Once More Over the
Hundred Million Mark.

Gold Reserve Once More Over the
Hundred Million Mark.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 4-For the first
time since April 90, 1893, when the
gold reserve fell below the $100, 900. 900
mari, the reserve has been made intact.
The gold in the treasury, exclusive Of
that held as basis for gold certif-
Gates, amounts to 500. 7al, $40, or $7g1,-
$40 free gold. This gold has come into
the United States from Europe, Mexico
and the West Indies, much of it being
the gold sent out from the United
States during the late spring and early
summer months. Information received
here in treasury circles indicates that
$4,000. 900 in gold is now on it's way
from Europe to the United States, and
most of this, it is expected. viii find its
way as usual into the treasury.
While the gold reserve. however, is
intact, and free gold is climbing up,
the treasury net balance is declining,
the stated amount being 81, 900.
OF this balance about $12, ,0O0, 900 is in
national bank repositories, and the bal
ance in subsidiary silver. The receipts,
too, for the past few days, have been
disappointing, the business troubles
throughout the country having an ef-
| feet upon government revenues. These
trouble are receiving the closest posi-.
BILE attention by treasury officials, and
everything that can be done is being
done to relieve the situation.
More Free Money.
Secretary Carlisle. though absentfrom
the city. is in communication with
the treasury department by wire. and
after conference in New York with
eminent financiers, directed Acting Sec
retary Curtis to send the following tel
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-08-04
Chicago Live stock.

Chicago Live Stock.
CHICAGO UNION STOCK YARDS
Aug. 4, 1893.
CATTIE--Steady.
HOGS-Firmer. l5@D2)c higher. Heavy, $425
MA.75; mixed and medium. $4.30D4.s0; light,
S4.e005.O.
aHEEp-Mssrket steady.
Receipts: Cattle, l1,oO0; hogs. 1900; sheep,
500.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-09-01
Ancustus 40 Whom Hungry.

Augustus, unlike some Of his SUCCESSORS,
drank with moderation perhaps because he
was constitutionally incapable OF excess.
Suetonius says that he never took more
than quart-the reader will remember
that the wine was well diluted with water
or If he did hts stomach Immediately re-
jected H. The wine he liked best was the
Sotine-grown 90 the heights Of Sezza-
and according 20 Silius ltalicus At for Bac-
chus himself His favorite comestibles were
brown bread, green cheese and green figs,
and he refreshed his palate with a juicy APP
pie, slice Of cucumber, lettuce or bread
dipped in water.
Like Napoleon, be ate when he felt hun
cry, and did not trouble himself to wait
for the regular dinner hour. For bis guests
he invariably chose men who had some
thing 10 say and knew how 20 say tex
cept when he invited Tegellius who would
not sing when wanted, and when not want
ed sang Cor hours, now In shrll treble, now
in laundering bass. A book Of the imperial
dinner talk would have made excellent
reading Ho had q fine appreciation of
jest, even II 1t glanced at himself. But he
had a bad habit Of not appearing at dinner
until il was half over and worse one of
leaving the table before it was half ended.
All the Year Round.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-09-01
A Business Woman In rranklIn's Day.

An interesting instance Of a wOman's
business ability is given in Franl.lin's auto
biography In lT73 he founded a printing
Office in Charleston. s. C., under charge Of
oue OF bis journeymen, and was TO receive
oue-third Of the profits Franklin says:
He was a man Of learning, bat ignorant in
matters Of account, and though he some
times made me remlttanoes I could yet no
account FROM him nor any satlsfactory state
Of our partnership while DE lived.
"On bis deceasa the business was c0ntin-
ued by his widow, who, being born and
bred IN Holland, where, ar have been in
formed the knowledge Of accounts makes
part Of female education, she not only
sent me rs clear "a statement as she could
mud OF the transactions past, but continued
TO account with the greatest regularity and
eXactness every quarter afterward and
managed the business with such success
that she not only reputably brought up
family Of children, but at the expiration of
the term was able TO purchase of me the
printing house and establish her son in it.
mention this affair chiefly for the sake of
recommending that branch Of education for
our young women as likely To be of moro
use 10 them and their children, in case of
widowhood, than either music or dancing"
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-09-01
Americans Not In Politics.

Mr. Bryce, in his American Common
wealth" has pointed out one reason why SO
few men OF position and culture enter pol
itics. Supposing a man Of character and
refinement TO have made up his mind for
patriotic reasons TO face the muddy roads
which lead to political power, he can only
hope to represent the district In which he
resides, as he is forbidden by law to stand
for any other constituency Country life
as we understand 1t is unknown in Amer
lea No man lives out of a town II he can
help 1t.
Now unfortunately In the States, rs well
as at home, the rich gentlemen who reside
in the city have tendency to congregate
together. Suppose, therefore. particular
suburb OF a city, returning one member to
the municipal body, to contain several hun
dred men who by position and education
would be we'll fitted TO occupy seats on the
council, only one of these could by any pos
Hbility find bis way into the governing as
sembly Of his town, while the others would
be practically debarred from taking any
similar position, although they might be
the ownery Of property in several districts
within the city and be compelled TO pay
heavy taxntion to body upon which it
was impossible for them TO sit or even to
obtain representation.
The same restriction would prevent them
from being returned to their state legisla-
lures. although hundred neighboring cleo
toral districts might find 1t impossible e.
discover within their limits men equally
flt TO represent them.-Earl of Meath in
Nineteenth CenturyS>
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-09-01
ApxIouA to Adv.rtIse.

"You have no idea the trouble / have
had" said a woman recently who enter
tains great deal, preventing florists, ca
terers or any OF the persons who serve me
from advertising themselves In some way.
Not long ago gave dinner, and looked
carefully over the table TO see that nothing
of the sort was in evidence Apparently
nothing was But during the courses /
happened to overtuTn the little silver gilt
box Of bonbons, one of which stood at each
plate for favor 10 be carried away, and
across the bottom in large letters was the
caterers name. When demonstrated aft
erwnrd, the explanation was that most
people liked it,
AT another dinner which l gave, the
florist stamped his name on the ribbons
that tied the baskets OF flowers at each Gov
er. This discovered at the last moment,
but the name OF tho guest was on one side
and the florists name was directly beneath
on the other, 40 that il was impossible 70
cut it Off. This, too In face OF a distinct re-
quest that nothing Of this sort should be
done In this case again / was told that it
was an error Of the man who stamped the
ribbons, because nearly everybody likes it,
~ don't, and now when ! order | stipu-
late carefully that there shall be no pub
fishing Of the server. But even then don't
always escape 1t. New York Times.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-09-01

MS WORK rnaJ rne crao mas no ume 10 Sc
cure fr1ner hold.
have never known native dog 10 be
caught in \ crabs claws, but the ships
dog was less adroit. He soon learned that
crabs were good to eat. but after lesson
in catching them he gave oven the dead
'ones a wide berth.
Was one day walking along the beach
and had stopped to admire the dexterity
with VIII Oh the native dogs secured their
crabs. Duke was frisking up and down,
enjoying his freedom from the ships con-
fnement. Once or twice had observed him
nosing wistfully over the freshly emptied
crab shells. Suddenly be began yelping in
q most pitiful manner, and discovered by
his actions that he was caught In a crabs
grip
The poor dog tried to run away but he
could only hobble along on three legs, his
fourth being held by the crab. Then he
stopped and tried to bite his enemy. He
got his foot free; but, alasl by some unto
ward circumstance the crab caught the
poor dog By the nose, and such yelping as
he forthwith aet upl
| went 70 his assistance and succeeded In
freeing him from his tormentOr A more
crestfallen dog never saw He skunk off
to the ships boat, and it was several days
before he recovered his usual spirits and
could be coaxed on shore. After that Duke
avoided crabs-Cor. Goldthwaites Maya
9ina
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-09-01

There has arrived in Soochow micro
ecropic prodigy 20 inches In height. aged 81
years and sporting a flowing gray beard al
most as long Us himself The small man
has ''cocky" sort Of way about him which
Is all his own. and Is dressed in English
fashion-coat hat, boots and all He tells
the gaping crowd OF pumpkins who I'M
tremendously jostle the city swells in their
eagerness 70 hear him speak that he halls
from the dwarf kingdom OF the western
ocean, and he emphasizes his information
by a flourish Of bamboo tobacco pipe
which is much taller than himself But
when desired 70 give a specimen OF the
language of the country Of his nativity he
regales his audience with a choice collec-
tion OF English phrases, squeaked out in an
uncertain tone Of voice.-Celostial Empire.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-09-01
A Dream, Picture of Ancient Rome.

We may still stand on the tower Of the
capitol and survey that glorious panorama
bounded by Tuscan, Sabine and Alban hills
and dream what that scene was some !, 700
or 800 years ago. The forum below was
one radiant avenue Of temples, triumphal
arches, triumphal columns, colossal statues,
monuments and y0tive shrines-the senate
house, the roStra, the sacred way on the
one side; the circular temple of Vesta, the
temple of Castor and the basilica of julius
on the other; above on the right the temple
OF Jove, on the left that Of Juno and the
towering palaces of the Palatine and the
Circus Maximus beyond the valley. Far
as the eye can reach would be vast theaters,
enormous baths colossal sepulchers, ODE
lisks, columns fountains, equestrian stat
ues in marble or in bronze.
The walls of these sumptuous edifcesare
all of dazzling brilliance in oriental mar
bles bright with mosaics and with frcscoes,
and their roofs are covered with plates of
hammered gold. Ia the far distance across
terraces and gardens shady with the dark
foliage Of cypress and stone pine might be
seen the aqueducts which bring from the
mountains whole rivers into the city to I'll
its thousand baths and its hundred foun-
tains. And between the aqueducts and the
porticoes, far as the eye can reach to the
hills beyond, villas CLEAN in the sun with
their terraces, gardens, statues and shrines,
each little city in itself The earth has
never seen before or since so prodigious an
accumulation Of all that is beautiful and
rare.-Nineteenth Century.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-09-01
omestIcity In "a Railroad Train.

If you chance to be on a certain car Of the
Sixth avenue 81" about l2 o'clock in the
day as it passes up from the Fourteenth
street station, you'll see pretty little girl
Of some summers with dinner pail. Her
slender young figure presses against the
platform rail, and the big brown eyes anx-
iously scan the various cars as they come
and 20. The crowd get on and get off and
push and Jostle for place, but she pays no
attention TO what is going on so lively all
around her, and clinging tightly to the din
ner pail scrutinizes every car platform. All
at once her eyes twinkle, and her face lights
up, and she springs upon the upper plat
form. The trainman takes her dinner pail
and slams the gate
Then he gives her a light kiss, which is
received with a shy glance around the car
at the rest Of the folks, and the pair sit
down in the nearest corner The father, re-
lieved temporarily by one of his mates,
opens up on the contents of the dinner pail,
and the little girl makes a mental inventory
of the dresses CT the grand ladies in whose
society she is Unexpectedly thrown. Mean
while the slamming and banging and rush
ing and crowding and ringing of gong and
bell are going on, lending additional pretti-
ness to this picture of domestic life in the
metropolis. York Herald.