The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-12-19
DANGEROUS L6RELlcTS.

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DANGEROUS LERELlcTS.
Need Of an international Agreement For
Their Marking ar Removal.
A Washington dispatch anent the res.
olution u Congressman Cummings pro-
vldlpg for an international agreement
for the reporting, marking and removal
OF derelicts in the north Atlantic ocean
says:
Secretary Carlisle, in a letter to the
committee on the subject, says that the
necessity for such an agreement among
the governments concerned was empha-
sized by the international marine con.
ference held in Washington in 1889. He
believes the resolution a proper one and
recommends its passage. Accompany.
ing his letter are extracts from the re-
port OF the commissioner of navigation
IN the subject.
Commissioner O'Brien in his report
especially invites attention to the sub.
ject OF derelicts and other Instructions
to navigation. He refers to it as a mat
ter OF international concernment and
n OF great Importance. President Mink
OF the American Steamship association
in a letter to Mr.. OBrien, says that he
is informed that the commissioner is
making heroic efforts to get rid of dere.
licts OFF the Atlantic Coast. He is re
joiced at this, as the members of the as.
ISOLATION are complaining bitterly at
these unlighted and unmarked obstruc.
tons, They have been so frequent OF
late that no captain feels easy In going
up or down the coast.
Mr., Mallory says that precious car.
goes and still more precious lives are
greatly threatened every time a vessel
passes between the United States and
| EnropA and along the North American
coast, and they are not infrequently de.
stroyed. Charts have done much for the
safetyof commerce by showing the posi-.
lions of 332 vessels abandoned ON the high
seas and by marking the drift tracks of
lS9 OF them. But they have utterly
failed, and this rs an alarming fact, to
show the tracks of 625 derelicts which
have been reported. 1t is another alarm
ing fact that they have tracks and do
drift. They are here today, yonder to.
morrow. They are a rowing fleet that
always hover upon the pathway of com
merce.a They are more dangerous than
q heet OF pirates, because they are vast.
iy more numerous, because they strike
even more by night than by day and be
cause they are more merciless when the,
do strike. To destroy them is the oni,
effective way Of dealing with them.
An elegant line of watches, jewelry,
and diamonds, at the very lowest prices
GEO. Cook.
Have for sale two residence lots on
which | q give very low prices, either
Tor cash or on easy payments. il taken at
once. CHAs. e, KENNEDY.
Netice.
Leave orders for Christmas cakes and
rolls at the City Bakery OF which the
following is q list: Fruit, citron, lady,
competition fruit, rail road, kisses, mac.
carons, angel food, Vienna rolls, French
rolls, spiced rolls, butter rolls, and a
large variety Of others.
HExoM BROTHERS.
The largest and best selected stock OF
sllverware In the city, at Geo. Cooks. Get
his prices before buying.
have q customer who wants to trade
Il good work horses and q new thresh-
ing machine for land.
CHAs. B. KENNEDY.
10 worlds Fair Photos for One Dime.
The Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
Railway hes made an arrangement with
a first-class publishing house to furnish
a series Of beautiful Worlds Fair pic
lures, Of . large size, at the nomlna cost
to the purchaser Of only ten cents for a
portfolio Of sixteen illustrations. Moth
ing so handsome in reference to the
Worlds Fair has before been published.
The series would be worth at least
twelve dollars IL the pictures were not
published in such large quantities, and
we ere therefore able to furnish these
works OF art for only ten cents. They
will make . handsome holiday gift.
Hand IN your money to the nearest
station ticket agent Of the Chicago, Mil
waakee 4 st Paul Railway and he will
furnish the pictures and tell you more
about the scheme.
Gro. III. HEAFFoRD,
GenI Psss'r Agent, Chicago, Ill.
Don't forget that Geo. Cook has an
elegant line efjewelry and silverware at
bottom prices.