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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-01-07
ELECTRICAL ECHOES.
Matters of More or Less Moment Briefly
-..Sr Mentioned.

Matters Of More or Less Moment Briefly y
Mentioned.
The senate in executive session con-
firmed the nomination of Gilbert A.
Pierce as minister to Portugal.
Three large jobbing houses were
gutted by fire at Philadelphia Thursday
night, causing a total loss Of nearly
$3OO, 600.
Another death las occurred at the
Arkansas penitentiary, making total OF
seventeen since the diseass started
among the convicts.
It is learned that within the next few
days the president will issue an order
extending the civil service law and rules
to letter carriers at all free delivery
postofhces. ............. ...s
The Vienna correspondent of the Lon
don Standard says that Prince Ghiks
and Prince Cantzely fought pisto
duel near Bucharest and that Primes
Ghika was wounded slightly in tn.
throat.
Little Martena Harrison continues tx
improve but the White House is still
quarantined and the big placards con
tanning the information that contagior
exists within are displayed at the en-
frances to the private part Of the man
sion.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-01-07
Announced That M. Charles de Lesseps
Has Made Confession In the
Panama Matter.
He VIII Give the Whole Story, and II
Is Said VIII Thereby Get or
Lightly.
It will Be q Tale That Will Cause
Great Excitement Both In France
and America.

PARIS, Jan. TIT appears that IA.
Charles de Lesseps and M. Marius Fon-
tame, general secretary of the Panama
canal, have, under certain secret infiu-
ence exercised in prison, made confes-
sions. The first result of the confessions
was the arrest of M. Blondin, and other
arrests are probable. a.
The rumor runs that more members
of parliament have been implicated;
that they will be prosecuted and reJoin
their ten colleagues OF the senate and
chamber who have been already ar
rested.
1t is reported that the proof against
nj. Baihut, as well as against other i'm
portant personages whom the govern
ment is prosecuting or preparing 10
prosecute, is due to an understanding
arrived between the authorities and nj.
Charles de Lesseps, whereby the latter.
in consideration OF giving all the infor-
nation in his power in relation to the
benefciaries of Panama corruption, IL
to be treated with great leniency, if not
| admitted to absolute immunity.
A Complete Confession.
The report is that M. Charles dc
Lesseps has made an unreserved state
ment of all the facts within his knowl
edge, and viii do the same on his owr
trial, and at any separate..trials of Others
connected with the scandal. M. d,
Lesseps' motives are stated to be no
only to secure indemnity from the pen
atty of the law, but also to convince th'
public that the Panama company wa
forced by irresistible pressure upon ofii
cials and the press to choose betweel
wholesale corruption and threatene'
ruin of the enterprise. It is said tina
the acknowledgements made by M. d
Lesseps are Of the most startling char
acter and will create a sensation i
America rs well as in France.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-01-07
For Sunday Opening.

SPRrNaFIELD, Ills, Jan. THE ques-
tion of Sunday opening of the worlds
fair is to receive attention at the hands
of the Illinois legislature according to a
joint resolution introduced in the senate
by Senator johnson, of Cook county.
The resolution requests the representa-
tives in congress from the state Of Hi
nois to secure modification of existing
legislation respecting the exposition Sc
as to permit opening on Sunday. The
Illinois secretary of state Is instructed
to transmit copy of the resolution to
the members of congress from his state.
The resolution went over under the
rules.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-01-07
Postuopea Action.

COLOGNE, Jan. 7.--At a meeting of
the North Atlantic steamship associa-
ton, 1t was decided to postpone the pro-
posed reduction Of the number of trips
to America by steamships OF the COM
panies belonging to the association.
The reason for this action is that the
association has received advices from
Washington 10 the effect that there is
no prospect, at this time, of passage of
a bill excluding immigration or greatly
restricting immigration of the kind
chiefly carried by the North Atlantic
steamship lines.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-01-07

NEW YORK, Jan. THE New York
Life Insurance company and William
I'll. Beers, ex-president of the company,
have settled their difference. By the
terms of the compromise Mr.. Beers has
agreed to abandon his litigation TO force
the company to pay him $751;, 500 yearly
pension voted to him by the board of
trustees when he eresigned the presidency
of the company on Feb. Q, 1899, and to
make no further claim under that agree
ment. In return the company agrees
to pay him 81. $50 a month, but this ar.
rangement may be terminated at the
will of the company or of Mr.. Beers.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-01-07
Canadian Railway Abuse OF the Priv.
ilege will Form the Subject Of
Message,
which, It Is Said, President Harri'
SON viii Send to Congress
Very Soon.
He will Probably Recommend the
Abolition OF the shipment In
Bond" Privilege.

New YORK, Jan. IA Washington
dispatch to The Times says: Secretary
Foster went from the treasury to the
White House armed with report pre-
pared by Assistant Secretary Spaulding
on the question OF railroad traffic be-
tween the United States and Canada
under the consular sealing law OF 1864.
The president and the secretary went
over the whole subject with great
care, seeking for a remedy which
has been provoked among the man
ayers of American railroads by the
efforts OF the Canadian railways
to turn the law to their account Sby de-
priving the railways in this country of
much business to which they consider
themselves entitled and which they feel
that the law is enabling the Canadians
to rob them of.
what the President VIII Advise, AZ
The probability is that the president
will recommend to congress the amend
ment of the laws of 1864. To say that
it cannot be enforced because of the
lack Of officers at the border would be a
very beggarly excuse and one that
would sound ridiculous in view OF the
acknowledgement that there has never
been the loss of cent of revenue through
the sealing laws. The expectation ia
that the president will recommend that
the sealing In the United States to
points In the United States through
Canada be withdrawn. 1t might be
amended 30 as to permit shipment tc
the line of the country where the goods
are to be received, thus making it neces.
sary to examine the cargoes and perhaps
to unload them. That inconvenience
and expense would do much toward
overcoming the advantage now enjoyed
by the subsidized roads of Canada and
give the American roads a chance Il
regain the traffic they say they have
lost.
May Not BE Adopted.
The fact that the president will rec
ommend the change does not necessarily
mean that congress will adopt it. TIL,
intention is to strike at Canada through
the Canadian roads, aud the great prob
lem is how to do it in a manner tina
viii be defensible from an American
point of view. The president and thos
who have been his advisers In thi
matter have decided that the abolition
of the consular inspection system ant
adoption of customs inspection viii
be wholly American and will not b
more burdensome than is imposed upol
shippers from other countries, as good
have to be inspected by customs official
at ports of entry; yet the benefit whicl
American shippers now enjoy by ship
ping in bond over Canadian lines woul
be destroyed. There will be YER
vicious fight in congress before the pres
ent system is changed for that whic
the president intends to recommend.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-01-07
ConIdn,t nirest Iron.

BARABoo. Wis, Jan. 7.--An autopsy,
remarkab BILE in itself and with surprising
results, was held on the body of the
mammoth elephant Zip" that died a
few nights ago in winter quarters here.
Professor Donaldson, of the Chicago
University, and Professor Akely, OF
Milwaukee, performed the autopsy, the
purpose of which was to ascertain the
cause of the big pachyderm's death. He
was found to have swallowed chain
four feet long and weighing ninety
,,ornHo
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-01-07
smalrpox at P,ttsburr.

PITTsBURG, Jan. THE smallpox has
broken out in Homswood, q suburb of
Pittsburg, and the prospects of an epi-
demic are alarming. Alreading five
cases have developed. The disease orig
mated among the Italian colonists on
Kelly street. The health authorities
were notified on Tuesday and had three
patients removed to the pest house. The
infected district was at once quaran-
tined. Two new cases were developed
during the day and removed to the pest
house
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-01-07
MADISON SOUTH DAKOTA, SATURDAY JANUARY Z, 1898.
THE ARKANSAS PENlrENTARY.
A Former Physician Talks About ths
Sanitary Condition of the Place.


Sanitary Condition of the Place.
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 7,-Dr. q. M. d. Can
trell. of Little Rock, made an interest
ing statement regarding the recent
deaths of convicts at that place. DR..
Cantrell was penitentiary physician for
four years, bis term of Office ending in
May, 1890. He says that during his ad-
ministration he visited the convict
camps and in his report made in Jan
uary OF last year, he devoted one-half
of it TO the bad sanitary condition Of
the camps and showed that the death
rate was greater among convicts in the
camps than among those confined IN the
penitentiory walls. Regarding this report
DR.. CantrelI says: "All that portion OF
my report bearing on the filthy condi-
tion Of the camps was stricken out by
Attorney General Atkinson, who argued
that my province was within the peni-
tentiary, and that i had no authority
over convicts confined in camps. Fur
ther, that the report, If presented to the
legislature as had drafted it, would
act as two-edged sword, inasmuch as
that body would bring the board to
task for being derelict in their duties,
and therefore he thought best to
strike it out. His opinion was
seconded by the governor and that por-
tion of the report was suppressed"
AS to the recent deaths at Helena and
Little Rock he says: Personal inyesti.
cation, coupled with my past expert
ence, suggest to my mind that the
deaths are due to bad food and sanitary
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS in freight cars
and drinking water from sewer drains
contiguous to slaughter houses, ETC., a.
has been reported."
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-01-07
Arrived ut Grand Haven.

GRAND HAVEN, Mich, Jan. THE
steamer Wisconsin has arrived from
Milwaukee, after being out in the >bliz-
zard over twenty-four hours. She was
badly listed and covered with tons of
ice, and looks as if she came from the
North pole. Her back hatch was broken
in three times with the fury Of the
waves, letting in q great deal of water.
and which damaged her cargo. Cap
tain Homer says it was one of the
worst storms he has ever been out in.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-01-07
A DENIAL.

No Truth In the Story OF the Reported
Battle at Bakersvilie, n. G. ~.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Jan. IA spe-
cial from Bakersville says that the story
of the battle between the sheriffs posse
and mob as reported in the morning
papers, Ia fake Of the first water. No
such occurrence has taken place and the
people OF that locality are at loss to
understand why the story was told.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-01-07
Sale Of ths pulath and wirn,per.

ST.. PAUL. Jan. There is belief in
railroad circles in this city that the
rumor that the Duluth and Winnipeg
is to be sold is true. The opinion is
that it will be bought by friends OF
Fisher, which means Van Horne, of the
Canadian Pacific. The sale is expected
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-01-07
A General Belief.

NEW YoRK. Jan. THE Herald's
cable from Valparaiso says: The Her
AIDS corr espcndent at Montevideo teIe-
graphs that despite the diplomatic de-
nial OF the existence of an alliance be-
tween Chilli, Brazil and Paraguay, it is
the general belief, both in government
and private circles, that such an alliance
has been formed.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-01-07
Aldermen Indicted.

BROOKLYN, Jan. THE grand jury
has brought in presentments against
thirty members of the boards of alder
men and supervisorsf for extravagant ex-
penditures in the recent Colum bian cell
ebration. The names of tl,ose indicted
have not yet been made public.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-01-07
Not to ne Recousiderea.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.-All efforts to
have the secretary of the interior recon-
slider his action removing Agent Leahy
at La Pointe have proved unavailing, and
Lieutenant Mercer, who has been placed
in charge, has left for the agency to
enter upon his duties.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-01-07
Getting Many. Signatures.

NEW YORK, Jan. THE petition to
congress which is being circulated by
J. R. Probst q Co. for the repeal Of the
Sherman silver act, is fast gaining sig
natures. Mr.. Probst says he has OBJ
tanned over Ave hundred names includ-
ing some of the best in Wall street.
Many personal letters and kilograms
win also be sent to Washington in this
connection.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-01-07
The VIA. Home est cad Sold.

MADISON. Wis, Jan. THE fine old
stone house in which Senator Villas
spent his boyhood and in which his hon-
ored mother died year 'or two ago,
has been sold to Arthur A. Fix, the
OILY brother OF Mrs. Villas, who will
make it his home. The price was about
$4,000.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-01-07
Mining strike spreadl Ing.

BERLIN, Jan. THE miners at
Gelsenkirchen, West Phalia. have
agreed, at a mass meeting, to join the
miners OF the Saar district In their
strike. The movement is spreading ex-
tensively throughout the mining regions.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-01-07
Great Nerthern Completed.

SEATTLE, WASH, Jan. Z. -yhe last
spike on the Great Northern railway
Was driven Thursday, and train
service will be organized between Seat
tie and Spokane next week.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-01-07
Nebrasna Deadiock Broken.

LINCOLN, Jan. THE deadlock has
been broken by the election OF Correll,
Republican, president Of the senate, four
Democrats out OF Eve giving him their
support. Senate adjourned until next
Tuesday.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-01-07
LATEST MARKET REPORT.
ST. Paul Union Stock Yards.

St. Paul Union Stock Yards.
ST. PAUL, Jan. 7. 1893.
HOGS-l5c higher. Range Of prices SOS
0690.
CATTLE-Market steady and active
good demand. Prime steers %, 5014.00
good steers g.. .75D3.35; prime cows. 81. 2.50E3.0j;
good cows. 42Otll2. 80; common to fair cows
4l0l76; light veal calves. $3.50D4. 10; heavy
calves ~ 90 03OO; stock-rs. 81. 50l2.x5; feeders
$l750300; bulls, $l.2JD3.i5. 7
SHEEP-Ffrm and active. Muttons, SO. so a
40; lambs, S3.5O04.50; stockers and feeders
e2.0a04. 26.
Receipts: Cattle. 300; hogs. go: calves, 8
sheep 62h
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-01-07
Some Reasons Why.

Most people want good reasons why
they should trade with us. We have most
don't get which we want. Those who do
trade here know why. To those who don't
let us state, that we ask their trade be-
cause we can give them better service,
better value and better assortment
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-01-07
Chicago Grain and Provisions.
CHICAGO, Jan. Z. 1893.

CHICAGO. Jan. 7. 1ss3
OPENING PRICES.
WHEAT May. 7614c.
CORN May, 455sc.
OAT6-May. slsSc.
PORK-January, $l7 .SD. May. $is053ls.eo.
LARD--May, $lO.40.
SHORT RIBS-May, $9.70.
CLOSING PRECHs.
wHEAT-January. 72szc; February, 7414c
May. 76JSc-
CORN january, l1szc; February, 80; May
NC.
OATS--January, assc: February, al1xc
My, SA3z.
PORK--January. 3lslo Nay. 3lsl7,S.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-01-07
CONGRESSIONAL.
The senate.

WASHINGTON, Jan 7.--Mr. Hill's res
olution of Thursday as to the immigra-
ton bill was taken up and agreed to.
The quarantine bill was then taken up
and was under discussion when, on mo-
tion of Mr.. Sherman at 1880, the senate
proceeded to executive business. After
few minutes the doors were re-opened
and the consideration of the quarantine
bill was resumed.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-01-07

Minneapolis Grsin. g5 f.t
MINNEAPOLIS, jan 1893.
wHEAT-Close-Ma opening 1880; high
est, 7lssD7lNc: lowest, 7l1sD71ssc close, II Sc.
On track No. / hard, 67N;: No. | Northern,
s514c; No. 3 Northern. 62a63c.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-01-07
The House.

WASHINGTON, Jan. THE house
was without quorum and nothing was
done.
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Chicago Union Stock Yards.
CHICAGO UNION STOCK YARDS,
Jan. Z. 1888,
cATTLE-Strong, s01nc higher.
HOGS-Strong, l5D25c higher. Heavy,
$3.50 t75E mixed and medium ~ 2s07. .4zl1;
light, $B.0O07.3,.
SHEEP-Firmer.
Receipts: Cattle. b.Uo0; hogs, a.ooo; sheep,
X5OO
The Opelousas courier., 1893-08-12
A Big Halfhnt.

There was landed recently at Strom.
ness, Orkney, a halibut of eztraordin-
ary dimensions, measuring six feet ten
inches in length, and weighing no less
than 245 pounds. The fish was discov-
cred by two lads who were engaged in
hauling lobster creels at the back OF
the Holms, a distance of about e mile
and q half from Stromness Pier. II
was observed in the sand apparently
asleep, and as they had no appliances
with which to attempt a capture, they
marked the spot and returned homo to
acquaint their father.
Armed with q kind of harpoon, to
which a line was attached, they went
back to the place and found that the
huge fish had not moved. carefully
watching an opportunity the father
succeeded in planting the harpoon in
the back of the halibut. The weapon
entered the spine and rendered the fish
powerless, but on account of its size
and weight it vas only after consider.
able difficulty that twas got on board.
It proved a splendid specimen Of the
halibut, and was in q frst-rate con.
dition. In its stomach was found o
variety of small fish, which weighed
upward of six pounds. It was at once
carefully packed and despatched by
steamship and rail to the London mar.
ket.-Londop Field
The Opelousas courier., 1893-08-12
WISE WORDS.

Superstition renders a ma q fool,
and skepticism makes him mad.
There is no substitute for thorough.
going, ardent and sincere earnestness.
The less q man thinks or knows
about his virtues the better we like
him.
Honorable industry always travels
the same road with enjoyment and
duty.
To love to preach is one thing; to
love those to whom we preach, quite
another.
Poets are the mirrors Of the gigantic
shadows which futurity casts upon the
present.
The strokes Of the pen need delibera.
tion as much as those Of the sword
need swiftness.
From the body Of one guilty deed a
thousand ghostly fears and haunting
thoughts proceed.
Every burden has two handles-one
smooth and easy to grasp, one rough
and hard to hold.
The wealth of q man is the number
of things he loves and blesses and by
which he is loved and blessed.
He that honors his neighbor on &C.
count of his money viii in the end part
company with him in disgrace.
Long customs are not easily broken:
he that attempts to change the course
of his life very often labors in vain.
The world is seldom what it Gems
To man, who dimly sees, realities ap-
pear as dreams, and dreams realities.
The martyrs to vice far exceed the
martyrs to virtue, both in endurance
and in number. SO blinded are we by
u passions that we suffer more to be
lost than to be saved.
Offer to the world a large, generous,
true, sympathetic nature and, rich or
poor, you will have friends, and will
never be friendless, no matter what
catastrophes may befall you.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-08-12

car. Nancy was hungry, so the two
had breakfast together in a restaurant.
Once more Sidney found his sensible
ties Jared by Nancy's unrestrained
table
They went to the residence of a min.
lister heal by and Sidney stated his er.
rand.
"Have you a license?" the minister
asked.
"No, I did not understand it was
necessary. However, I can soou get
one."
Glow old are you?"
Sidney replied, Twenty" and the
minister laid his hand kindly on the
boys shoulder. 'You are under age
you cannot get o license. You must go
home and wait; it is much the best
thing to do. Don't marry in haste to
repent at leisure"
Sidney colored. The minister bowed
them out politely.
What to do next neither of them
knew. AS they stood at the corner Of
the street, each waiting for the other
to speak first, the familiar black-cov-.
cred milk wagon ratified by them. Mr..
Perrigo caught sight Of Nancy. He
stopped his horses and called out,
"Nancy Perrigo, you come right here"
in tones Of thunder.
Nancy went, meekly followed by her
companion.
"Git into this wagin,' he command
ed. Then ne turned to Sidney. CHOW
you clear out O. this. Don't ye aver
let me ketch We on my premises. II I
hear O ye bein' thar, it'll be the worse
fur ye."
They were gone. Sidney stood like
n in q dream for a few moments,
then hailed a passing car, went back to
Georgetown, got his horse and drove
mechanically homeward.
When he reached Mrs. Dusenberry's
after leaving the horse at the hotel, he
. saw the doctor just leaving the house.
The good woman herself met him.
"Well, it's about time you come" she
said severely. "Your mothers been
going from one fainting spell into
another all the morning. l was afraid
she would never come out the last one
so | sent for the DOCTOR" Before she
finished speaking, Sidney was upstairs.
all feeling for Nancy was swept into
oblivion. He rushed into the room and
kneeling by the bed where his mother
lay, gathered her in his arms. II
didn'tdo it, he sobbed, for the mourn.
full grief in his mothers eyes pierced
his soul.
1t vas several days before Mrs.
Parker regained her strength. and Sid
ney nursed her devotedly. It was de-
cided to take her to the sea shore.
Nancy, in a poorly spelled note, be-
ginRing "Mr. Parker, Dear Friend"
had expressed her wish to break their
engagement, saying she had been mis-
taken in her feelings toward him.
The night before they left Church
Falls, Sidney told his mother the whole
story. He ended by saying:
"The feeling I had for her is dead
I don't understand it at ALL"
SIT was only love of her beauty. I
tell you there can be no permanence
inthe love of men and women unless it
is founded in the soul The womau
should mean the soul, ever leading up-
ward, or she fails of her mission and
becomes a clog to bind men down to
earth. Yankee Blade.