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THEIR NAMES IN HISTORY.
A List Of the Eminent Dead OF the Year
Just Closed.


Among tho mon WHO have died during
the past year All! whose names Will fig
ur" in history ar" james q. Blame. lats
secretary Of STATE; Alexander Ct D"tten-
berg, once the prince of Bulgaria: ex-
President Hayes. General Benjamin F.
Butler JUSTICES i.'Hlar ana Batch
FORA Ealhlltoh Ism; beanreSard n
smith Confederate generals; tn" Earl of
Derby; Mlrlsel, cHl'f "i the French Ern-
eral star: MaCM2AoN' 'x-lr"Sld"nt OF
france: jules Ferry; Senator Stanford.
the "t L"iand~antord unlVerSl-
~ Hlr "A. l. Gait; SIr Jonn Abbot "x-
premier OF Canada: OncI" Jerry RuSh:
llrard. a 1orln'r premier or n Adj
nlrai lry0n OF the VICTORIA hrSt OF Eng
IlSh naval officers OF the day. and F"rdl-
hanI' oe L'sNtps'
Inc churct' III lS Ntrl"NS members.
GAS losI fhiiilpS bro"NS. VINO Is cIaltnec
ny 'he chnrch uhlFersal; Dr. n. I. Yea
body, Dr. Phlhp ochat frederick Evans.
the shaker; bishops NIP and BlSStil n
Brother A2arlas,
Inc ranks or the men OF letters sh0W
lew breaches bu among these al"
places once Hlled by lame. Francls Park
man, Guy tie Maupassant. John Adding
ton SymohdS, Lucy stone, Mrs. Maria
Lamb, n or The Magazine OF His
tory; De Mile, Lucy LARGO Professor
Jewett and Dr. William oh''. "A1-
c~ographer.
among the scientist been
taken away the names Of l'n, +. Char
cot n Professor Horstord OF h4Tvard
are the most prominent. OtheN ~
this class are Craven. the inventor Of
the submarine cable; L~lchtenthaler, the
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-02-06
4 Beiated Newspaper.

a curious instance of delay in deliver
ing IA newspaper by post has been
brought to light at the general p~ostOffice.
Some alterations are being made in the
newspaper department, and on the re-
moval Of an iron girder which had sup
ported the roof a few papers blackened
with age were discovered. One was a
a copy of the Wakefield journal for
Aug. Il, 1866. 1t was addressed to
Buckingham Road. De Beauvoir Town,
and as it was posted long before the
h%alfpenny stamp was invented it bore
the old red penny stamp. The paper
had evidently reached London lin course
of post" and by some unexplained
chance had got into the hiding place
where it had lain all these years. 1t has
now been sent for delivery, but whether
the adlressee has been found after the
long interval does not appear. Perhaps
he or she. like the paper itself, has in the
meantime died; at any rate. the Wake
field Journal has no place in recent
press directories. Blackburn Englandl
Times.
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ran >lu ".t3ur.
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which "",.l-.uari her abode 50 quickly
that Size ~t-"Ii"oi only with her life AMI
her M-ht gown, His lottcrs con1innottu
com" regularly for a number Of We.
At length Il" began TO EXPRESS surpri~'
that >!r' had not written. Then came re-
~proarh",. then anger, then anxiety ana
finally despair. In none Of his cOmluuui
cations. h'W"y~r, did hr think to give
his a&',r'~>. tn" -iIl VA nearly frantic.
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ayear ~, lt>t christmas. Since thrl
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Notice TO Creditors

In the county court of the county Of LAX c
state OF South Dnkota In rhe matter o! the
,4t4tc of Alfred y. Anderson, deceased. Notice
i. hcrrsy given by the undersigned, adniii-trn
tor of the estate Of Alfred +, Auu"rson, deceased,
to tue creditors o: and all prrsons having clair
against the said deceased, to exhibit them with
the necessary vouchers, within four months after
the frat publication OF this notice, TO sad ad-
miEistrator, at the Office OF the county Judge, In
the clly Of Madison, III the county Of Lake. :. ID
Dated at Madison, :. d.. Feb. l, 1894.
SOLOMON ANDERSON.
Administrator of the estate of Alfred 7: Ander
son. Diseased.
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IN the county court or the County of Lake
State Of south Dakota. In the matter of the
estate OF William Barton. deceased. Notice IL
hereby gwen by the Undersigned, administrative
OF the estate - Vim. BARRON, deceased, to the
creditors of, and nj p"rsons having elaine
against the said deceased, to cNhibit them with
the necessary vouchers within fonr months after
the first publication OF this notice, to the said
admInistratrix, at her place of r"sldence, In the
city Of Madison, in the county Of Like.
Dated at Madison, $. D.. January Is, 1894.
ELL BARTON,
Administrators of the estate of william Barton
deceased.
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Office OF Commissioner, School and Public
Lands, Pierre, South Dakota, Jan. -, ls94.--No-
tice is hereby given that on the 10Th Gay Of April.
1894, all the unsold school lands in the county OF
Lake viii he offered for sale at public auction, to
the highest bidder, at the front door of the court
hons, it, said county. Said sale Will be held he
tween the hours Of ten O'Clock. a. m. and five
O'Clock p. m. each day until all the tracts OF
scA0oi land have been offered for rale.
TH0S. III. RUTH,
Commissioner Of school and Public Lands.
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Given Till Tuesday to Resign.

LANSING. Mich. Feb. 5.-At a con-
ference between Governor Rich and
Treasurer Hamhitzer, Secretary of State
Jochim and Land Commissioner Berry.
the governor consented to give them
until Tuesday next to decide whether
they would resign. All the parties con.
cerned refuse to talk for publication.
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ONCE Of Commissioned School and Public
Lands, Pierre, South Dakota. Jan. 10, 1894.
Notice is hereby given that on the 18th day Of
April 1894, all of the Unbiased and nnsOIf school
lands in Lake county will be offered for lease, to
the highest bidder, a: public auction, at the front
door OF the court house in said codnty. The ieas
ing will be held bet wcen the hour o. ten O'Clock
II. NJ. and five o'clock .. m. each dav until all
tracts e school, lands have been offered for lease.
THOS. II. RUTH,
CUmmissioncr Of School and Public Lands.
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RACINE, Wis, Feb. Rev. B. P.
Hepp, the Waterford minister who was
charged with causing the death of Efie
Brownell, his servant girl, who died in
child birth, by refusing to secure proper
assistance. was dismissed on that charge.
A warrant is now out for his arrest on
the charge of abortion. The evidence
produced against him at the examination
is very damaging.
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GEORGE w. c.,
Last Hours of the Noted pE;I1I' -.
PhilanthrOpist and Eltn..
His Last Illness.
Els Remains Will Probably be Placed
Beside Those Of His LifclOn"
Friend. A. J. Drexel.
Sketch of His Life and Kind Words
by His Brother Editors of
Philadelphia.

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. j.-The death of
George Childs, tho noted editor and
philanthropist, occurred at 3:O1 a. m.
At midnight his physicians stated that
We was steadily growing worse and that
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-02-06

NTAFIFW HIFNF NIaWs T T IWgFT .NaITs.
Frederick Stoga. ~ We'll known resi-
dent of Burlington. n. j., has been suc-
ccssful III performing an operation of
great interest to medical men. A short
time ago he clipped off the tops Of two
fingers with a pair Of shears. In expert
mentlns for a remedy he successfully
grated chicken claws on his disabled
fingers. A couple of weeks ago the
claws, which had been carefully band
aged to his fingers, began to grow, and
since then they have shown a decided
development. Stoga al now use his
new fashioned finger nails with consld,
cradle effect.
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A LOST
Comedian Joseph jefferson Declined II
Unique Money Naking Proposition.

Unique Money Making Proposition.
Several weeks ago when Mr.. Jefferson
was playing ZIP Van Wrinkle at the
Walnut Street tnratpr he found among
his mail one morning. letter from a fur
niture man. Tn" er5 H., which was
written on a letter h." "a ado. ed with a
large cut Of a f,!H ag bed '-lo~ed" and
'opened." ro&- ~ o!lovs:
Mr.. jefferson
SiN-l SAN y play Rip Van "'.IaI" last
night. a0d ! hive n proposition i" make
10 YOU. When tA~ Cnrtein goes up On tic
third act. and yu~ rise al SITE and sore
after your IpuE - ron might r.' a fo":
words som"tl.n; IKE @..' '~oh,lAW stir |
am. If hA! uuIy Sept /. ~ on one of
Blanks l1t"u, t"Ilin- br&>. warranted safe,
durable and comfortable, how much better l
would feel TINS morning." | think it would
bring down the house. Now, ] am willing to
pay you we'll for this, of course. Let me know
what you think of it.
The owner of Blanks folding bed has
not yet heard from Mr.. Jefferson.-Phll
adelphla Record.
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KANSAS CITY, Feb. 5.-Martin the
murderer who was to be hanged has
been granted a respite. His case goes
before the supreme court March 30.
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lake. They seemed to c':" 81.
prosperity of The Ledger ~ SIS, a..
10 its selling for II penny. I.,,' ,".,
shat in 1854 the purchasing pow >, Il
penny was not what it was bH"r Il.
war. Thus the proprietors. III t" )
agree to increase the price OF the },t,r.r
or the rates of advertising. deteriniu /
to dispose of their properly, The
Ledger was for sale. and l bought it
the whole of it, just as it waa-:or a
sum slightly in excess of the amount of
Its annual loss.
''It was not generally known. of
course. that the establishment was then
losing about $3.50 upon every number of
the paper which it issued. To all ap-
pearances it was as prosperous as ever.
The circulation was great. The columns
were crowded with advertisements. Yet
as a matter of fact, there was a weekly
loss. of 50. 600. or $3.50, 900 a year
MIR. Childs had good business judg-
ment, but it required something 0
than Judgment to pay $3.50, 600 for a
piecsof property losing that amount an
nually-it required pluck. The owner
at the end of the first week doubled the
price and advanced the advertising rate.
There was considerable falling off of ad-
vertlsements. but the paper had become
a medium of communication between
employers and employed, between buy
ers and sellers. landlords and tenants.
bereaved families and their faiends. and
the first loss of patronage was o O re-
gained, and from then till now The
Ledger has grown in prosperity. 1t paid
Mr.. Childs at the time of his death more
than 81 1000 a day clear profit.
Wouldn't Run for President.
In 1888 there was a movement made
10 bring Mr.. Childs' name forward for
the presidency, but he peremptorily de-
Clined to permit his friends to do SO.
Other less important offices have often
been suggested to him, but he always
seemed to prefer to manage The Public
Ledger. Il look with genuine pleas
ure,' he once said, upon my experience
as a publisher. | wa more than pros
porous in acquiring the friendship of SO
many worthy men among the publish
ers, booksellers and authors with whom
| came in contact. If l were to enumer-
ate them their names would fill a page
One of Mr.. Childs' hobbies was the
cultivation of distinguished people, but
while he aspired to be intimate with
those in power he took equal pride in
the friendship Of those whose fame
brought with it no substantial influence,
His personal "reminiscences of General
Grant, published in L%ippincott's Maya,
zine some years ago, revealed an ex
tremely simple and unaffected style and
constituted one of the most interesting
contributions concerning the life of the
great commander.
His Charities.
Of Mr.. Chtlds' more practical Amer,
can charities, even those which arr
known are too numerous to catalogue,
To serve him in his employ was ure te
bring the employe a pension when worn
out, and during his term of service {
certainty of being cared for in misfor
tune. But doubtless the unknown char
tiles surpassed those which were mani
fest. He gave away a fortune every
year. One who once saw a private
record of his charities has said that
though the period covered was only on
month, the total amount given wa S2S,
900.
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ne sank very rapidly.
Mr. Childs' Last Illness.
Mr.. Childs' last illness began with a
fainting spell which seized him while he
was in his Office in The Ledger building
at 3 o'clock on the afternoon of Thurs
day, Jan. 10, just as he was putting On
his o%vercoat, preparatory to go to his
been alternating periods Of hope and
fear, as the semi-daily bulletins an
nounced changes for better or worse
until at midnight came the
ment that hope was dead and death i'm
minent. There is but little reason to
doubt that the immediate cause of the
attack was overwork and anxiety at
tendant upon his efforts to see that the
memory of his lifelong friend, the late
A. J. Drexel. was properly .honored.
All of the day upon which came the at
tack was spent by Mr.. Childs in pre-
pairing for the Drexel memorial services
held in the Drexel Institute on Satur-
day, Jan. 30, two days after the fatal
Thursday.
Funeral Arrangements.
The arrangements for the funeral are
in the hands of James M. Paul, jr., Il
son-in-law of the late A. J. Drexel and 4
close personal friend of Mr.. Childs. 1t
has not yet been decided whether the
funeral will be public or private. If
the wishes Of Mrs. Childs prevail the
ceremonies Will be of a private charac-
ter. Friends of the dead man are urg-
ing, however. that since Mr.. Childs was
On" of the best known public men in the
country the obsequies should be public.
1t is believed that the remains Of Mr..
ChilGs will be placed in the Drexel
lnausoleum in Woodlawn cemetery, be-
side those OF his life long friend and
business partner, A. j. DreXel. This is
believed to be the wishes of both Mrs.
and Mr.. Childs.
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A Romance of Many Lessons.

The Press says: The life of George
w. ChildS is like a romance, a romance
of many lessons. His youthful eye
caught something at the top of the lad
der. and slowly, with firm grip and
careful step, he made the ascent
that seemed impossible to many
another, and as he worked and won he
looked for others to share his success,
until all owe the world the name Of
George w. Childs is known as that of a
liberal philanthropist and an upright
business a
"If the record of my life, wrote he
on ne occasion, has any value, it is in
showing that at least it is not necessary
to success in business that a man should
indulge in sharp practices"
Again he said: 81 have derived and
still find the greatest pleasure in my life
in doing good to others"
These two sentences alone tell the his
tory Of N whose loss the world mourns.
His Name n Proverb.
The Record says: Philadelphia has
lost one of her most esteemed citizens.
The best known and kindest citizens as
all agree, is dead. The name of George
w. Childs has long been a household
one. His lifelong and princely hos.
pitality, his magnificent gifts to England
on behalf of his own country of noble
memorials to those great poets whose
fame is a common heritage of the Eng,
lish race. has made his name a familiar
and honored one, in the motherland,
where he is lovingly remembered as
1.-The friend Of Dickens and Thackeray".
He has stood to Europe for years as the
typical American, the highest represen,
tative Of the non-office holding freeman
His life will always be held up as q
beacon to young men, and even today
his name stands for a proverb.
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70 ADV E:H'TlSIRS

THk pAnN LEADER maS"s a special feature of
furr'-:tng information concerning the advantage
snd resDurr"s of ia" city IF MADISON and If thu
state ~ large r%ntitlin: II e. the patronage If nj
Nrrr;.rrau IT every clhae.
i. r >TAEII. Hrunrrtnr.
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His Charities.
ONLY WORDS OF PRAISE.
Some observations of His Brother Ed tors
Upon the Life of Mr.. Childs.

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 5.-The Times
says: There are few men whose lives
better illustrate the possibilities of pref
erment in q country like this where sue
cess is not dependent upon inheritance.
tn; that Of Mr.. Childs.
The annals of many men Of modern
history, who have risen from %obscurlty
and small beginnings to prominence or
fortune. do not furnifh any record more
striking nor events more interesting han
the career Of this Philadelphia news
paper publisher. whose name was 80
familiar.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-02-06
OBITUARY
Short sketch of the Life of the Distin-
guisiled Editor and PhiIanthropist.

guisied Editor and Philanthropist.
George William Childs was born in
Baltimore in 1929. The practical part
OF his makeup was torn with him.
When he was II years of age he spent u
summer vacation as GRAND boy in q
book store at a salary of s. a week and
enjoyed it. Almost anything might be
expected of IA boy of II who enjoyed
running errands, and Mr.. Childs has
not disappointed the expectations. Soon
after he removed to Philadelphia and
entered a store, doubtless MS a mixture
of clerk and errand boy.
He would get up very early in the
morning, go down to the store and wash
the pavement and put things in order
before breakfast, and in the winter
would make the fire and sweep out the
store. In the same spirit, when books
were bought at night at auction, he
would early the next morning go for
them with a wheelbarrow. In this way
he worked till he became Of age, when
he went into business with Mr.. Peterson
under the firm name of r. E. Peterson
d Co. The only interval in his business
career was Is months in the United
States navy when he was -. He liked
running errands. but he couldn't abide
the navy.
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He Bought tho Ledger.

One OF the first successful books pub
lisheu by Peterson & Childs was DR..
kanr's "Arctic Explorations" Mr..
Childs thus told the story of its publica-
to-: 1t did not look at first as though
we had ma,ie a wise venture. When the
work was ready TO issue | look a sample
copy and went over to New York to
solicit orders from the leading booksel-
lers. The largest house would only give
me IA small order. Mr.. Childs, they
sad, YOU won't sell more than 200
copies altogether. They ordered at first
only IA few hundred copies, but soon
mand. Within one year after the pub
location we paid DR.. Kane a copyright
of nearly $4,000.
Then the book firm got out Parson
BrOwnlow's book, selling %, 600 copies
in advance. This was another remark
able success, which was followed by
others not far behind.
In 1854 Mr.. Childs purchased The
Public Ledger. The war" he said,
"by greatly increasing the cost of labor
and material, chiefly white paper, had
made it impossible to continue, save al
a loss, the publication of The Ledger al
IA penny paper. 1t had been sold at {
cent ever since it was started in 1886
and Messrs. Swain Il Abel. then thu
proprietors, though they had lost ovel
500, 900 by keeping the rate at 9 IA cents
per week, were adverse to a change.
There they made their great mis-
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commissioner Of School and Public
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-06-28
AT THE FRESH-AIR MISSION.
Ground Broken for the Permanent
House at the Park.

Yesterday was really the first good day
for the Fresh Air Mission. The members of
the st. Vincent de Paul Society were in
charge and Mrs. James Wilson and Miss
Landrigan were present all day to attend
TO the camp. 1t is expected that the ground
for the frame building will be broken to-
day and that the house will be ready for
occupancy within two weeks. There were
five children out there, and one, a little
lame boy, was enjoying the luxury Of
comfortable couch in the shelter of a large
tree. A trained nurse, Miss Ashby, is al
ways In attendance, and a cook, Ella Fer
guson, has been secured to see that the
lunches for the children are properly pre-
pared Thomas Hubbard. a constable, is
in charge of the grounds this year to care
for the place and to be protection to the
visitors at the camp.
There was a meeting of the vice presi-
dents yesterday morning. with Rev. G.. A.
Christensen in the chair, to arrange some
of the details. A committee consisting of
Mrs. Silas Baldwin. Mrs. Goodhart. Mrs.
Eckhouse, Mrs. lilly, Mrs. Reaume, Mrs
Ingersoll, Mrs. Oaks and Miss Sharpe has
been appointed to arrange the bill of fare
for each day. All physicians in the city
and those at the dispensary may give GER
tidcates to mothers who have sick children
to take them to the mission and receive its
benefits. And those who have the mission
in charge wish all ministers, physicians
and other workers TO take interest in
the mission and send sick children out
When the house is done children may be
kept there over night and not have to
come to the hot city, and there will be
trained nurses present day and night to
attend them. 1t will require s., 600 to operate
the mission this summer and the managers
ask the assistance of the public, as for
merly to carry on the work Members
of different societies will be present each
day in addition to those who are there
every day 10 amuse the children and rem
der what aid is necessary. The Fresh Air
Mission is one of the great saving charita-
BILE works and children who are badly
housed and i'll may have the best of
experienced care with medicine and food
of the right kind. Last summer there We're
ninety-hve children present some days and
this season after the building is completed
there will be ample accommodation for
enc hundred. The managers would like TO
have ten children there every day.