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The Indianapolis journal., 1893-11-20

The plan adopted by the committee of the
Commercial Club for assisting those who
want employment and for relieving those
who are in need of bread will commend
itself to all intelligent people. Indeed, it
IS more than plan; 1t is already in opera
tion. and will be directed by three as eff
cient men as the city possesses-Messrs.
Hanna, Lilly and Fortune Whatever can
be done to furnish employment will be done
by this committee. in whom all have full
confidence. Meantime. it is a great relief
to know from these men that no person
without food need suffer. Those who need, or
those who know of such have only to report
20 the charity organization. Those who can
furnish employment of any kind should
cooperate with the committee.
The Indianapolis journal., 1893-11-20

The Washington Post quotes a telegram
sent from Washington to the London press
in which the policy of the administration
in regard to Hawaii was foreshadowed sew
eral days before it was divulged to the
American press. The Post says that the
foreknowledge of the Presidents policy, as
set forth in the British telegram, was Wis
ible about this time in the utterances of
Claus Spreckels and other friends on the
Queen, but neither the American people,
in whose name these things were done. nor
the provisional government, against which
the administration meditated an act of war,
had an inkling of the purpose of the State
Department. The Post concludes with the
following significant statement:
When foreign governments and stray
nUJgWumps and outside spectators can OBJ
tain information which is scrupulously
withheld from Congress and the American
people, investigation, and an effective
one at that, would seem to be- In order.
The Post, it should be remembered, is not
a Republican paper, but one of the few
really independent papers in the country.
The Indianapolis journal., 1893-11-20

The complete success of the experiment
Of propelling canal boats by electricity
probably marks the beginning Of a new
era in the development of water transpor-
tation That it will cause material reduc-
ton. in freight rates between the interior
and the seaboard seems beyond doubt. The
Importance of this can hardly be overesti-
mated. 1t means great deal to Western
farmers
The Indianapolis journal., 1893-11-20

Harper's Weekly. noting that the Repub-
Massachusetts, concludes that it was not
due to local causes Harpers may be tend
ing toward accurate information.
The Indianapolis journal., 1893-11-20

Now that Senator Voorhees, mas few
days OF leisure he should see that the farm
ers to whom he promised a dollar a bushel
for wheat get 1t or know the reason why.
The Indianapolis journal., 1893-11-20

General Master Workman Powderly told
the knights of Labor, now in session, that
his brains are worth $4,000 j year. and he
should have that salary. Yet there are
is a burden upon the order
The Indianapolis journal., 1893-11-20

The Chicago Journal says that the Re
publicans Of that city can elect Mayor If
a few men in the party do not insist on
them, but for whom Republicans will not
The Indianapolis journal., 1893-11-20

The Mayor and his boards should not for
get that he IS pledged to give the people
an economical administration, and that if
they do 1t the pruning knife must be ap-
Ii.J
The Indianapolis journal., 1893-11-20
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Greshnm,. Great Freak show.

New York World (Dem)
j. j. Van Alen Roosevelt rNosevelt J.
Hampton Hoge, Liliuokalaai: The Midway
Plaisance was an old ladies' nome con-
pared with the State Departments recent
exhibits.
The Indianapolis journal., 1893-11-20

If the Democratic ways and means COM
rnittee has a reform tariff bill why does it
not give IL to the public?
The Indianapolis journal., 1893-11-20

1t is not currency that is needed to start
the industries of the country. but conf
dence.
The Indianapolis journal., 1893-11-20
Gresham. National Reputation.

Albany (N. " Journal.
Secretary Gresham has been called"
He must show down his hand.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-08-05
Some Brilliant Sword Strokes.

Elephants are completely disabled by
one blow from the Arabs two handed
sword. which almost sewers the huge
hind leg, biting deep into the bone. This
feat is varied by slashing off the trunk,
leaving it dangling only by a piece of
skin. A ghoorka has been seen by the
late Laurence Oliphant to behead a buf
falo with a single blow of his cookrie.
And Sir Samuel Baker. a mar powerful
enough to WELD during his African ex.
ploration the baby" an elephant rife
weighing % pounds. once Glove u wild
bear with his big hunting knife almost
In halves as it was making a final rush,
catching it just behind the shoulder
where the hide and bristles are ut leas:
q span thick. Sir Walter Scott relates
how the Earl of Angus, with his huge
sweeping brand. challenged an opponent
to fight and at a blow chopped asundel
his thighbone, killing him on the spot.
There is q story current in Australia
that a Lieutenant Anderson in 1852,
during an encounter with ~bushrangers,
cut clean through the gun barrel of his
adversary with his sword. And at Kas
sassin 1t is related that one Of Arab
Pasha's soldiers was severed in two dur.
ing the midnight charge. But In thu
opinion of experts this Is very improba
BILE, even had the new regulation sabsl
then been in use.-London Globe.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-08-05

fortune by occupation. His career 10
curious and checkered. Educated for the
bar. he developed q taste for politics and
finally achieved the posi- ON of minister
of the interior in the Belgian cabinet.
Deposed from office by political reverses,
he took up the study of international
law and acquired some distinction in
that speciality. Financial difficulties
drove him from Belgium, and he went to
Egypt. where he had a brief and unsatis-
factory career as an international jurist.
He then disappeared, and his European
friends heard no more of him for several
years, when he suddenly turned up as
minister of foreign affairs at Bangkok.
Had it not been for the possibility of
foreign interference and for the respect
which is due toforeign commercial inter
ests in Siam, France need not have made
much ado over enforcing her claims on
the peninsula. President Carnot has at
his command one of the finest navies in
the world and a military force that is
well nigh invincible. In view of the ever
imminent European war, it is interest
ing to note the warlike resources Of
France.
In 1891 the effective strength of the
French army under colors was sos, $3.50,
with q gendarmerie of about "a, 900 men.
On a war footing the army numbers
nearly 2,000, 900 men, with 138, 301 horses
and 5000 guns. At the same date the
ironclad navy consisted Of 1876 vessels
40 ironclads, 40 cruisers, Al dispatch
boats and 9 gunboats-besides q large
number of unarmored cruisers and troop
ships, with 1927 officers and 81, 1888 men.
The military and naval equipment is OF
the best, and of the discipline and cour-
age Of the French forces it is unneces-
sary to speak.
Rear Admiral Edgar Human, in com
mand of the French feet before Bang
kok, has IS warships to enforce his de-
mands. The flagship is the Triomphante,
a single screw armored cruiser Of 4,176
tons, carrying six nine inch and seven
smaller guns. Then there are the An
amite, a transport; the Forfait, a
wooden cruiser; the ~Inconstant, a sim
gle screw wooden dispatch vessel; the
Alouette, a slow paddle dispatch boat,
built of wood; the Lutin, Comete and
Lion, single screw composite gun yes.
sells; the Joaquin and Moulin, paddle
gunboats, built of steel, and five steel
twin screw gunboats, the Arquebuse,
Coronado. Cmeterre, Estoc and Mutine.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-08-05
Money Wei, spent.

1t has cost the state of Massachusetts
more than $4,000 to carry on the work
of the board of arbitration and concilia-
ton during the past year. but even with
the partial success attained in averting
strikes and settling disputes between en-
ployers and workmen this may be called
money we'll spent If there were nothing
more gained than the illustration of how
these differences can be settled without
open warfare. il would be worth all this
and much more.
Indeed there IL little doubt that many
times the cost Of the arbitration has been
saved To industry Ey the prevention OF
strikes and iockouts. The acceptance
of arbitration is coming slowly. but it is
surely coming. and the day is not far
distant when it will he made obligatory.
and willingly 50. upon all those who
hold the relation Of worslaen and EN-
ployers. -Eoston Commonwealth.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-08-05

case of warfare between the nineteenth
and seventeenth centuries. In such q
contest France had an Unreasonable ad-
is changed, and in the event of active
aostilities China would cut no mean fig
ure in the fray.
The war in Tonquin was very humil-
iating to the Chinese viceroy, but it
opened his eyes. He saw that it was
idle for mere human strength to con-
tend with the forces of nature which
have been Sarnessed and directed by
science. Lii Hung Chang is a progress
i've statesman, and he Immediately set
about undermining the military and ma
val equipments of the nation. AS is
usual in such cases, he sought the ship
yards of Great Britain, which have fur
nished war vessels to nearly all the less
er powers of the world. German dock
yards were also ~patronized. and under
the instruction of European naval Off
GERS the Celestial navy has not only in
creased in size and power, but has i'm
proved in discipline and efficiency.
AS a result China now has a navy
which, though it cannot be compared to
the formidable fleets of France, would
prove quite effective for defensive pur-
poses, particularly in the shallow waters
of the Chinese and Siamese coasts. There
are now in active service 3 ironclads, 7
cruisers, 35 ironclad gunboats and 9 tor
pedo vessels of the modern types. be-
sides about 100 other war vessels, many
of which were built in Shanghai and
Foo-Choo. The army also shows the in
fiuence of modern European discipline
and in its full strength would number
about 1,200. 900 men. While China ap-
pears content to attend to her own af-
fairs and manifests no present purpose
to wage aggressive warfare, she is max
ing active and intelligent use of her op-
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-08-05

Admiral Human was born in Paris
in 1888 and has had a brilliant career
in both the diplomatic and naval service.
In 1887 he commanded the French feet
at Newfoundland and bore a c~onspicu-
GUS part in the settlement Of the fisheries
dispute with England in that year.
The English feet in Asiatic waters is
much more powerful than that of France
and is particularly strong in small gun
boats for river service.
1t is a curious fact that France was
the first European nation to establish
diplomatic relations with the land Of the
white elephant. Louis XIV in the sew.
enteenth century sent thither an embas.
sador and received a Siamese embassy
with great honors at Versailles. Louis
sought to convert the king Of Siam ia
Christianity. Unfortunately the present
mission Of the French in Bangkok Is less
philanthropic. G. G. HUNT.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-08-05
THE FRENCH In SIAM.
THE FIRST NATION TO ESTABLISH
DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS.

China's Interest In the Present Situation.
Ii Hung Chang "a Progressive Statesman.
The Siamese Minister of Foreign Affairs
and the French Admiral.
The intense interest which China has
manifested in the Franco-Siamese i'm
broglio may be attributed largely to the
influence of Ii Hung Chang, the viceroy
and practically the ruler of the Celestial
empire. China herself has suffered seri-
ously from French aggression, and
Chang is not the sort of statesman to
forget past injuries. Moreover, China
has cause to dread any augmentation Of
French power cd influence in south,
east Asia.
When, nsNe years ago, France invad-
ed Tonquin and with the modern appli-
ances of war nearly annihilated the
forces of the middle kingdom, it was a
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-08-05
Notice.

State of South Dakota. Second judicial circuit.
In the circuit court within and for Lake county.
j. ii. Williamson, plaintiff, vs. Frcderick T.
Day, defendant. The state Of South Dakota
sends greeting: To the above named defend
ant: You are hereby summoned and required to
answer the complaint Of j. II. Williamson, plain
TIFF, which will be nled In the Office of the clerk
Of the circuit court, within and for said
Lake county, at Madison, Sourh Dakota. aud
serve q copy OF your answer on the sub
scriber ut bis office in Madison. state Of
south Dakota, within thirty days after the
service Of this summons, exclusive Of the
day o. service, or the plaintiff win take JUDGMENT
against Won for one hundred and fifteen dollars
with interest at Z per celt. per annum from July
Is, 1899, besides coete.
Dated at Madison, q. D., this 9Th day Of June,
1898. j. II. WILLIAMSON,
Plaintifrs Attorney.
To Frederick +. Day, the above named de
PENDANT: Take notice that the complaint in the
above entitled action and referred to- in the
above was Hled In the office of the
clerk OF the circuit court of Lake county, state Of
South Dakota. in the second judicial circuit
thereof, IN the city of Madison. eaid conn
ty and state, on the 9th day OF June, 1899.
J.. ii. WILLIAMSON,
Attorney for Plaintiff.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-08-05

The third or upper base will have hand
some short columns at the corners, with
carved capitalstopped by a tasteful frieze.
On the panel between the columns will
be the am Harrison" in large, pol
ished block letters, The monument will
be erected in the center of General Har-
rison's plot and will be one of the hand
soonest in the beautiful cemetery, OF for
that matter in the whole state of Indiana.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-08-05
Notice.

State of South Dakota, county Of Lake, as. In
circuit court, second Judicial circuit. Charles b.
snt No,,i pss, ~ ~ W, s aand Z, may1 Tn sM aslsn :
Maynard, the above named defendant. You will
take notice that Charles b. Maynard, the plain
tiff in the above entitled action, win take the de
positions OF Geo. Vose and Ellen Seger, at the
ONCE OF Albert Vose. I'm the town of Pittsfeld iu
Rutland county and state Of Vermont, by and be
fore Albert Vosc, q notary public In and for said
county and state, Tor in case said notary cannot
act, then before some other qualified notary
public) on Friday the 18th day Of August. 1888
commencing at the hour Of 10 O'Clock in the fore
noon Of that day that the taking of sid deposi
tions will be continued and adjourned from day
10 day until fully taken and completed, and tina
the deposition SO taken will be read 10 evidence
upon the trial of the above entitled action on the
part Of the plaintiff.
j. III. WILLIAMSON,
Attorney for Plaintiff.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-08-05

Ex-President Harrison has ordered q
handsome monument to be erected in his
family plot in Crown Hill cemetery, In
dianapolis, where his wife is buried
The design has been chosen and the con-
tract awarded, and the monument will
be completed in q short time.
The design selected is one of a great
number submitted for General Harri-
sons inspection and was especially pre-.
pared for him. The monument viii be
of Vermont granite, 10 feet in height,
very massive and severely simple In out.
line. 1t will consist Of four huge gran.
tie blocks, three Of which win form the
base to support a heavy granite die
feet square, with rounded corners. This
will have a pyramidal top, and about il
will be q carved astragal In basr-elief.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-08-05
GUsTAyE RoLIy JAcoUEMIN.

GCSTAVE ROLIN JACQCEMIS.
~portunities, and the day may yet come
when the yellow flag will float de6antly
in waters remote from. the Celestial
Kingdom.
Ii Hung Chang. who has for many
years been the power behind the Chinese
throne, was born IN the province of
Anu-Huei Feb. is, 1928. He was govern
or of the Thiang-Sin province in 1860
and assisted actively in the suppression
of the Tapping rebellion. From that
time he advanced rapidly in Office until
after the Tien-Tsin massacre in 1870.
when he was deposed from power on the
charge of failing to assist the general in
command. Two years later he was re-
stored to the Office of grand chancellor
and has since retained the royal favor.
The defensive resources of Siam are
Insignificant compa /. with those of her
northern ally. She has a standing army
OF 1900 men, which might be augmented
20 2oO,OW IN an emergency. The mill
tary and naval Establishments have for
several years been in the charge of Euro
pean drill masters, and a fair degree OF
efficiency has been attained. THE navy
consists OF two screw steamers of 1000
tons and eight guns each, afew gunboats
in indifferent condition and a number of
steam yachts.
Naturally enough, the foreign affairs
Of the kingdom of Siam are under the
direction of a foreigner, one Gustaye
Rolin ~Jacquemin, a Belgian by birth, q
cosmopolitan by nature and a soldier Of
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-08-05
In Politics II Il .spuli.r

From the Hopeful Young Mar TO the
Pastor-As | stand in the broad avenue
Of life | find so many closed doors | know
not which one to open. How a | tell
which will lead me to success?
From the Practical Pastor to the
Young Man-There's only one, and you'll
find it labeled ''Push."-Exchange.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-08-05

Professor Robinson of the chemical
department of Bowdoin college has an
nounced that Mr.. Edward f. Searles has
promised to erect the finest and best
equipped building for the study Of sci
ence that this country has yet seen.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-08-05

Notice.
Land ONCE ct Mitchell, y, D.. August 2, 1885,
Notice is hereby gwen that the folioxing-named
settler has fled notice Of her intention to make
fnal proof in support Of her claim, and that said
proof will be made before the clerk of the circuit
conrt, in and for Lake county, at Madison
south Dakota, on September III, 1893,
viz. Christie A. McGillivray, for the
northwest quarter section 81. township ion
the following witnesses to prove her continuous
residence upon and cultivation OF, said land, viz
w.. II. Williams, ]. M. Johnston, j. ID. McLond
and Dean MeRae, all OF Winfred T. O..S D.
X. n. KRAFT, Register.
The Bessemer indicator., 1893-07-22
NEWS OF THE WEST.
New MeVico.


The first rain in three months fell at Santa
Fe on the Sth. The rain extended gradually
over Northern New Mexico, and will prose
very beneficial for fruit and other crops, and
the grass on the range. 1t will Also put out
the forest fires that have been raging for
weeks in the mountain ranges.
A board composed OF seven officers OF the
pension department from Washington is in
session at Albuquerque aud is making a sys-
tematic examination of all persons drawing
pensions on account OF service In New Mexico
regiments. The muster rolls OF the regiments
raised here We're stolen lust after the war and
have never since been in the possession Of the
territory. The records have always been In Il
very dIsorlerly condition. and Ms conse-
quenre the facilities for the commission of
frauds Ia the pension business have been
greatly enlarged, The special agent OF this
department, Captain Hall, who is u Republi-
can appo.ntcc, has been trying for years past
to secure the appointment of such a conms-
sion that now In session for the overthrow
ing OF the entire roll OF New Mexico pension
ers, and only succeeded In carrying his point
since the Incoming OF tho present aimiulstra-
tion, He Is confident that the work now go
ing on will be the means OF wedding OUT most
Of the frauds and will put the New Mexico
pension roll on an honest basis. There are
over 500 cases TO be Investigated and the
board !, disposing of about twenty day.
The Bessemer indicator., 1893-07-22
CLEANING THE WHITE HOUSE.
Changes iicinE Made in the Interior Ar
ranEcment and Decoration.

The absence of the President and his fam
ly at Buzzards Bag Is being taken advan.
.aSe Of to thoroughly renoyate the White
House and to make some domestic changes in
arrangement of the Interior President and
Mrs. Cleyeland's sleeping room will be in the
'dture the chamber on the north side of the
aouse, fayorIte room with them before, and
he room used by President Arthur in his
lay. The smaller room at the corner was
Used before by Mrs. Cleveland as her boudoir
and has again been arranged for the same
purpose These two rooms were the nursery
Turing the last administration and were en-
lirely dismantled after the sickness Of little
Narihena Harrison. Both are now decorated
according to Mrs. CleyeIaud's taste. The
Presidents beicharnber Is now rcd room.
Mrs. Cleyeland's boudoir Is being decorated
IN a light shade Of blue, with carpets, hang
lngs and other accessuries to match Presl-
dent Harrison's old bedroom, known a, the
Prince Of Wales room, is 10 be set apart for
the use of the President's little daughter
Ruth and her nurse
The other rooms on the south side of the
mansion are reserved for visitors ON the
parlor floor the red room IS being prepared
for an entirely new decoration from floor To
ceiling. All the crimson wall paper ls being
.craped of and electric Hight men are sinking
The wires In the walls for the new fixtures
The artist who Is to decorate the ceiling and
frelze Is beginning to put on the ground
color. This room will continue to be a red
room not the dull, esthetic red that was
thought the acme Of good taste twelve years
ago, when the room was decorated before, but
O much brighter crimson, which Will help to
make the apartment lighter on winter days
There are many large pictures in the room
Iha, the walls will only be covered with the
red paper, that viii serve as rich back
ground for them. The ceiling will be a study
IN red and plentlfully aecked over with gilt
All the old woodwork has been taken out and
mahogony moldings viii be substituted to
match the very fine mantelpiece, which has
been the most elegant Thing ever in the
room. Portraits OF President Cleveland and
President Arthur will always hang in this
room.
The public stairway at the east side OF the
mansion never looked shabbicr than 1t has
lately. The army that passed over it since
March left indellblc marks. The staircase
las been painted and vanished and begins 10
make very much better appearance.