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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-06-29
AN INSURANCE CASE.
Minnesota Supreme Court Hands
Down an Important Decision.

Minnesota Supreme Court Hands
Down an Important Decision.
ST. PAUL, June 29.--Chief Justice
Gilfillan, Of the supreme court, handed
down sever! decisions, the only impor-
tant one / z in the case of james Mo-
riarity, res pondent, vs.. the Home In
surance company, appellant.
The plaintiff had insurance on a
house which had been rented. A pro-
vision of the policy stated that il the
premises were occupied or used so as to
increase the risk, or became vacant,
without notice to or consent
of the company in writing,
or the risk be increased by the
erection Of neighboring buildings, or by
any means whatever within the coutrol
of the insured" the policy would be
void. The tenant moved ont of the
house without giving notice, and the
house. while vacant, was damaged by
fire. The policy was held void in lower
court, but the supreme court revises
the order. holding that the words "by
any means whatever" do not qualify
the words ''or become vacant or un-
occupied" as claimed by the insurance
company. The supreme court holds
that reasonable time should have been
allowed the owner of the house in
which to secure new tenant.
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Chicago Now Lays Claim TO That
IitIe.

Iitle.
CHICAao. june 2g.--The Evening Post
claims that Chicago il the metropolis
of America, and says:
''Witsnn tae Eoeal limits of the city
there lives at this moment q permanent
neutrality-suspicious. of nearly 1000, 900
souls. Chicago's porulat n is about
400. 900 larger than New York. The
city's growth during the past two years
has been extraordinary. 1t has been
the most wonderful in all her magical
history. AT q single leap she places
herself ~ the head of the line of Ameri-
can cities and has entered into swift
competition with London and Paris for
still higher honors. The government
census taken in June and July. 1890,
gave to Chicago population Of l,lO0,-
600 In. round numbers. Two years
later dn 1899 the school census gave
the population as 1,43s, 600. There ID
no school census this year, but the city
directory. which will be issued about
the middle Of July, will contain
approximately ] 800 pages and $40, 0Ot
names. On a basis OF 4 to this would
give Chicago q population of $3.50, ,0Oo
That figure Is probably not far out oi
the way. If to is correct basis
OF calculation in New York, Phila
delphia, Brooklyn, Cincinnati, St
Louis, cleveland, Pittsburg, Buffalo
Detroit and other large cities (and it il
accepted by the leading statisticians o.
all those cities without question: ther,
10 no good reason why it should not b.
accepted here.
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Secretary Carlisle's Mail Loaded With
Appeals for an Extra Ses-
sion.
A Cabinet Member Talks About the
Matter Brought It on Them.
selves.
Mexican Financiers Want Uncle Sam
to Force Bi-Metalism on
Europe.

WASHINGTON, June 29.-Secretary
Carlisle's mail was loaded down with
letters from bankers, commercial men
and others. calling on the president to
convene congress at once in extra ses-
sion to consider financial legislation.
The pressure is great. but there is a
semi-official authority for the state
ment that congress will not be con-
vened before September.
A cabinet officer. speaking of the
financial situation, said that the coun-
try had been brought to its present
financial condition by the very men
who were now clamoring for an extra
session of congress. They had
Reached the End of Their Rope
and could no longer profit and they
wanted the government to come to their
relief that they might again enter upon
an era Of speculation and peculation.
There was no doubt in his mind, he
said, that the repeal Of the Sherman
law would bring about much needed
Icaici, WhotheI tcHpoTdHJ VI pcA Anon'
ent time alone could demonstrate.
Still there is no certainty, even now,
that congress would repeal the
Sherman law. The house was
more favorable to the repeal
than the senate. He intimated that il
the president were convinced that con.
gress would Immediately repeal the
Sherman law, that body might be con
vened in extra session before September
but he concluded, the '.leaven is work
ing"
According to treasury advices silve,
continues to decline, the price in Lon
don now being 81 pence per ounce, Of
10 cents our money. This makes th,
silver dollar worth as bullion 81 cents
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oLpEsr oFFIcEHoLDER.
"A New York Man who Has Been 4
POstmaster 65 Years.


Postmaster 65 Years.
Troy. N. Y. June 20. Sixty i've
years ago, or. to be precise, on June 25,
1928, Roswell Beardsley received his
commission as postmaster at Lansing,
this state. from President John Quincy
Adams. He has held the Office ever
since without interru otion, and is still
doing business at the old stand. He
was in his 18th year when he received
his appointment. and is consequently
nearly IA years old. His unbroken
service 10 the longest in the history of
American Office holding.
In his last quarterly return to the
postoffice department he referred to the
fact that he had mailed letters for
some OF the families In his neighbor-
hood for FIVE generations. For many
years the revenues from the Office did
not exceed $50 annually, and it was con.
sidered big thing when the coming Of
a railroad increased this to $50. Like
Senator Hill. Postmaster Beardsley
loves to proclaim, II am q Democrat,
but it has been many years since he
manifested any pernicious activity.
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Appointed q Trustee.

Sioux Cry. Ia. June 20. james
Doughty has been appointed trustee for
purpose TO discharging the liabilities of
creditors and the stockholders OF the
Union Trust company. The company's
liabilities are not large and are mainly
secured. The Stockholders win incur
little loss. The confonnding OF this
concern with the Union Loan and Trnst
company which failed so seusa,ianally
some time ago Il tile principal cause Of
the failure.
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Collector Lotan of Portland sum.
marily Removed by President
Cleveland.
The Office Placed I'm the Hands of His
Deputy Till His Successor
Qualities.
Lotan Disobeyea Instructions In Land
ing Chinese and Was Likely to DO
So, Again.

WASHINGTON. June 20. The president
has summarily removed from Office Mr..
Lotan, collector of customs at Portland,
Ore. This unusual action of the presi-
dent was taken ON the receipt of tele-
gram from special agents of the trea.
sury department., who have been en-
gagged for some time investigating the
fraudulent practices prevailing in the
Puget Sound and Portland district. The
telegram stated that they had informa-
tion Of the intended landing at Port
land of large number Of Chinese
coolies. Some weeks ago Mr.. Lotan
was removed, but his successor was not
yet qualified and Mr.. Lotan was still in
charge OF the office. On his summary
removal his deputy was placed in charge
and viii continue to act until Mr.. Black,
the collector, qualities. His bond ID
now ON the way to Washington On
June 15, Collector Lotan, in disregard
of official instructions from the treasury
department, landed from the steamer
A~ohuoO 0oout -SV ShAhUSC. SAukAuAhS W
be merchants. but who were described
in an official report to the department
as "a scaly and uncouth appearing lot
of coolies"
Would Probably Land More.
The Chinese coolies now expected arr
on board the steamer Haytian Repub
lie, en- route to Portland and it i
believed by the department that /
Collector Lotan had been left in offic'
he would have landed the Chinese from
Haytian Republic without regard Il
law as was done in the case OF th,
Danube.
As far back as March 3 Collecto
Lotan was instructed by Assistant Sec
retary Spaulding as follows;
1T is ascertained that many Chimes
enter the United States upon fraud
ulent papers. certifying them to be re
turning merchants. You will hereafte
disregard such papers and refuse entr,
unless it is proved to your satisfaction
that the persons presenting them hav
the right to land"
Since that time many hundreds O
Chinese have been landed at Portlan
-2oc bogus affidavits and certificates
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TO HOLD A CONFERENCE.

Pacific Passenger Agents VIII Talk
Matters Over.
CHICAGO. June %. General Passen-
ger Agents whitney of the Great
Northern. Fee of the Northern Pacific,
and Lomax of the Union Pacific, will
hold a conference Friday. They will
discuss the reductions recently made
from and to the Pacific coast and
endeavor to adjust the matters. The
settlement rests entirely with the Great
Northern, as that road has been making
all the aggressive reductions, and if ii
is ready to quit the other roads will do
the same thing.
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/. The Roneros win TraveI.

WASHINGTON, June 80. Minister and
Madame Romero have arranged toleave
Washington. not later than next week,
for an extended tour Of summer travel.
They will go either to Japan or make
quite stay in Alaska. Minister Romero
has been for some years anticipating a
journey to Japan and would have gone
there last summer had he not been
summoned to Mexico to assist in ar
ranging his country's financial mat
ters,
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CALL OFF THE GUARDS.
The Paraguay Exhibit Closed ON Al
count Of Commissioners Arsest.

The Paraguay Exhibit Closed ON Ac-
count OF Commissioners Arsest.
CHICAGO. June 20. More than 500
arrests. Of which less than two score
were deemed serious enough to give
formal hearing, is the record of the
Columbian guards.
DR.. Emil Hasler, commissioner from
Paraguay, is the latest victim. OF note
of Captain Rice's men. In consequence
the exhibits from that country are COW
cred. and the council of administration
will have task trying to straighten
matters out. DIR. Hasler was arrested
by Columbian guard on trivial
charge. anl the doctor says he will
keep the exhibit from Paraguay closed
until the insult offered to his country
has been satisfactorily explained.
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THE MEXICAN VIEW.
This Would BE Good Time to Force
Bi-SietaIism In Europe.

This WouId BE Good Time to Force
Bi-aetalism In Europe.
NEW YORK, June 29.-The Times
City of Mexico dispatch says: The
tremendous drop in the price of silver.
bringing exchange on New York to SO
per cent. has created much discussion
among Mexican bankers. They gener-
ally regard the present situation as
offering great opportunity for the
United States to force bi-metaiism up
on Europe It is suggested by one man
that the United States might issue q
gold loan of oO.cOU.OoO 41-2 per cent
bonds, which, ii is said. would be inn
mediately taken mp in Europe. where
all other government securities would
Immediately drop heavily. not
being able to compete with
American bonds. Then. according
to the theory, gold would fow into the
United States and in short space OF
time bi-metalism would have to be
adopted by Europe, and the enormous
quantity Of silver held in the American
treasury would rise in value, being inn
mensely profitable to the United States.
1t is said here that IL nothing is done tt
bring about bi-metallism all the silver
using countries will begin lnanufactur.
ing for themselves and the United
States and Europe viii lose enormously
in their foreign trade.
The United States, it is urged, could
afford to undertake gigantic financial
operation, being able to feed it and hal
wonderful opportunity to settle tn.
silver question permanently.
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THE Daily REMINDER.
Costly journalism Indulged I'm by q
Wisconsin Creditor.

Costly Journalism Indulged I'm by q
Wisconsin Creditor.
BLACK RIVER FALLS, Wis. June 90 -
T. Fl. Nichols of this city, has been fined
81 by the United States district court
at Madison. for violating the postal
laws. Nichols was defrauded by one
Cooper. of Ohio, and took novel
way to recover his money. He
sent printed postal cards in the form
Of miniature paper, daily to Cooper.
The object of the publisher as expressed
on the card was to wage war on swind-
lers and deadbeats and the like. THE
Daily Reminder the name of this
amateur paper, was published about a
year. but has now turned mp its toes to
the daisies. and like many q publisher
Of larger paper. Nichols finds his first
experience in journalism expensive.
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Nearing the En- q.

WASHINGTON. june 20. The grand
jury investigation into the cause of the
old Ford's theatre Is nearing conclus-
ion. Meanwhile the building stands
unused and empty without watchmen
to guard it and keep out the curious.
The war department does not know
what to do with the old structure, hav-
ing no particular use for it and will let
its fnture BE- decided hv CONGRESS-.
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Out, Never to RETURN

New YORK. June a9.-Farnham post.
@. A. R., will never regain admittance
to the G. A. r. No appeal viii be lis
tened to at the national encampment at
indianapolis next august. and the ma
tional G. A. II. authorities will not mix
themselves in the matter.
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CAUSES CONSERVATION.
If Silver Doesn't Go Up, dontana
Mines VIII Close.


BUTTE. Mon, June 90 The drop of
silver to 10 cents has caused consterna-
tion in this city among the mine owners
and miners. The sudden and radical
dump was totally unexpected and there
fore those most interested are nom
p'ussed. The principal ) silver pro-
ducers are the Alice, the Montana. the
Lexington and the Gagnon, and the
managers Of each, on being interviewed,
say that unless there is an immediate
change for the better work will be sns-
pended. With silver at so the mines
were operated st small loss, but this
was sustained, as II was thought to bs
cheaper to lose Il little than TO entail
the greater exuens2 of shut down. the
presumption being that the price would
before long 50 up. Copper ores here
carry mnch silver and how the ,sor,,.e-
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Michigan Town scorched.

KALAMAZOO. June 30. = Sixteen busi-
ness places and four dwellings in Au-
gusta. a village OF 500 inhabitants in
Kalamazoo county. were destroyed by
fire during the early morning. The
aggregate loss is $4,000 and the in
surance but $4,000. Only few of the
buildings will be rebuilt.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-06-29
MONDAY SEPT. 4.

That Is the Latest Date Set For An
Extra Session.
WASHINGTON, June 60 Though no
official announcement has yet been
made on the subject. it is found to be
the almost universal opinion of mem.
bers of congreso now in this city (many
Of whom have conversed with the presi.
dent,) that congress win be called to
meet in extra session on the first Mon.
day in September, which will be
Sept 4.
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Trust Company suspends.

MINNEAPoLIs, June 29.-The st. Paul
and Minneapolis Trust company, of
which Ex-Governor McGill is president,
has been forced to suspend temporarily.
Ex-Governor McGill says the company
is not insolvent, bul lacks ready money
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Grand Lodge r. O. g.

MINNEAPOLIS, June 20. The grand
lodge of Minnesota, l. o. g. T., is in
session in this city.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-06-29

mines Will be affected is not known as
neither the Anaconda nor Boston and
Montana managers are in the city.
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GENERAL MERCnANDIsE.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1893-09-08

special from IemAs e. near Port Royal,
3. c., referring to the late storm, SAYS The
facts arr worse than the rumurS. Six hun
dr.d p'-ople are dead and the loss Of property
Is 2OO0 600.
The strike among the loIgshorrmen at New
York is M an end. The men rrliuqul~hed
the struggle without gaining point, and APP
pl.ri Tor work at the various piers at tn" re-
durrd rates. They were not all taken back
a. several hundred new men had been hired
during the strike. all of whom were retained.
Commissioner Lochren Of the pension bn-
reau has issued an order modifying the prar-
tie" Of tn" Office a. to the suspension Of pen
Sions. The most important change Is that
which directs that hereafter therr Will b" no
suspensions except in Eases whore til" r." uri
shows on its face that the soldier was not en-
titled to any pension whatever.
Emmn Goldman. An anarchist, was arrested
at philadelphia on III" rharg" uf melting riot
In New Yur'. city She will probably be taken
tu New York for trial.
The cxtrn i've and elaborate arrangements
for the meeting OF the Grand Army national
rurampmtnt next week have been completed
at indianapolis Ind. The attendance OF
members il estimated at from IS. 600 10 100, e
0UO, aud IRE" quarters IN temporary barracks
and school buildings have been provided FOR
%. 900.
There Is marked improvement in the bust
ness situation at Philadelphia. The banks
have relaxed their extreme caution and arr
accommodating customers ~ usual. Manu-
fa"turers generally show al increase Of artiv'
itv, merchants report INDICATIONS OF "A fair
fall trade. and the prevailing feeling Is Of re-
stored condolences.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1893-09-08
THE HOUSE.

18th Dly-The committe" on appropriations
was granted leave to sit during the session OF
the house.
Mr.. Catchings (dem. Miss. then called up
the report OF the committe" on rules, report
ing the rules for the present house.
Mr.. Reed twitted the Democrats upon their
partial approval Of the rules of the jlst. con
gre,s, hut in "A humorous vein contend-d
that they had not gone far enough.
Then for the iir-t time this session, Speak
er Crisp took tn" floor, having ralled Mr..
Richardson (dcm.. Tenn to the chair, and
replied to Mr.. Reeds criticism. he said
there were provisions In this code which wer"
taken SUBSTANTIALLY from the rules Of the 5lst.
congress. Very much Of those rules was
to be commended. Very much OF those rules
had been ny the country absolutely con
demned.
Mr.. Springer introduced bill to provide
for the coinage OF the segnorage silver in the
treasury which was referred.
Goth Day.-The House resumed the consi-
deration Of the new code of rules. Mr. Hop
kins Of Illinois advocated a rule which would
prevent illibustering. Mr.. kilgore of Texas
criticised the rules Of the 6lst Congress.
Mr. Grosyenor of Ohio defended the
Reed rulings during the 5lst Congress.
Mr. Holman spoke In opposition to the rule
making 100 members quorum in committee
Of the WhOle. MT. DlnRley Vi hhih' ahNOt"
sd the adoption Of the rules recommended,
with the el ception OF the proposed amend
nent regaI ding what is known as the "con-
liberation morning hour" which, he said,
would result in the delay Of public business.
Mr.. Cultivate defended the changes In
he rules which have been assailed. The
rules were then considered by para
graphs. Amendments were offered increasing
the membership Of the ways and means and
appropriations committees and creating a
public health committee, but after discussion
ali were rejected. motion to increase the
membership OF the committee on rules from
to IL was discussed, but no vote taken
2lst Day.-The House resumed considera-
ton of the rules and Mr.. Pickler's amend
ment to increase the membership OF the com
mittee on rules from to was rejected.
Mr.. Hooker's amendment to increase the
membership to IL vas also lost.
On motion OF Mr. Klgore, Dem, OF Texas
an amendment was adopted, giving the com
mittee Of ways and means jurisdiction oVei
all measures purporting to raise revenue.
Mr. Hooker. Dem, Of Mississippi, moved
IN strike from the rules the section wnich re
fers all proposed action touching the order
business to the committee on rules.
Mr.. Springer, Dem, OF Illinois onered an
amendment giving the committee on banking
and currency the right to report at any time
upon matters relating to banking and curren
Cy.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1893-09-08

The great trouble with American
municipal government, says writer
in the Engineering Magazine, il the
lack of homogeneity in the great cities
Each city starts ont independently and
on better plan than any other, and
vet with very little thought of profit
ing by the experience of older ones.
American politicians are apt to plume
themselves on the advances they have
made in their own departments, and
some even go so far as to point with
pride at the growth of their particular
city. Yet with all our boasted pro-
gress the fact remains that the best
governed cities, the most ably-de-
yeloped and thoroughly broadened
Municipalities are the old cities of the
new world, in which the necessity for
new growth and complete change from
the old have been 80 wholly recognized
as to compel the introduction OF a new
order of affairs. Nothing of the sort
is to be seen in even the most active
communities in America. New York
cannot annex other districts because
local politicians interpose objections
which have no foundation save their
own selfishness. Boston is hemmed
in with so-called rival municipal
tiles that hug their civil privileges
and imagine independence with absurd
pretentions of might and power.
Philadelphia has, in truth, added
vastly to her territory and STANDS
quite distinct among seaboard cities III
this respect, but she is wanting IN the
METROPOLITAN spirit and capabillty o'
development which alone would MAKE
this increase of territory valuable. In
the West different feeling may DC
noted and this, as well as their more
ranid rate of increase, tends to MAKE
opr Western cities more prosperous a.
we,l as more modern than our Eastern
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1893-09-08

The extensive use of wood in max
ing the cheaper grades of paper offers
one of the most serious obstacles to
forest preservation, according to the
New York Post. In the last two or
three years the growth of the wood
pulp industry has been enormous, a
dozen great mills. each manufacturing
fifty to 800 tons of pulp day, having
been built on the Hudson River, to
feed principally on the Adirondack
forests The wood chiefly used is
spruce, and the especially disastr GUS
effects OF the industry on the forests
results not only from the extreme de-
mand for the lumber, but from the
fact that while the demand is especially
for trees of thirty to thirty-tiv years
growth, the young trees are also cut.
In 1881 the capacity of the pulp mills
,, in the United States WAS about ~, 600
tons per annum. The present capacity
is 700, 600 tons. And in this remark
able growth the industry has been ac-
companied by these three desirable
things: increase in quantity, decrease
in price and no diminution in the com
pensstion of labor. The sound of the
axe, the barker, and the grinder is
heard in twenty-five States, The
neighborhood of Niagara and the Ad-
irondacks in New York, the territories
of the kennebec, Androscoggin, and
Penobscot Rivers, in Maine, the Fox
River valley of Wisconsin, the hills Of
New Hampshire and Vermont, and the
natural-gas belt of Indiana are the
greatest pulp producing regions of the
United States About $500 cords OF
wood are required daily to supply the
| demand of the mills.