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The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1894-07-26
STATE CONVENTION.


STATE CONVENTION.
/. The State convention shall be
composed Of delegates appointed by
the several county conventions. Each
county shall be entitled to elect one
delegate and one alternate for every one
hundred and fifty Democratic votes :;
and one delegate Tor fractions over
seventy-fve Democratic votes cast
therein at the last preceding guberna-
toral election, and none but delegates
or aternatcs 30 elected shall he entitled
to seats in said convention. Provided,
That every county shall have at least
one vote III said convention.
GENERAL RULES.
l. Such delegates (or alternates OF
absent de1egates) as may be present at
any Democratic convention shall be
allowed to cast the whole vote to which
their township or county may be emit
tied.
3 In all conventions provided for
by this system, after vote IS cast there
shall be no change in such vote until
the final result OF the ballot shall be
announced by the chairman Of said
convention.
3. All Democratic executive com
mittees shall have the power to fill any
vacancy occurring in their respective
bodies.
1. The chairmen of the different
county conventions shall certify the list
of delegates and alternates to the differ
ent district and State conventions anC
certified list of said delegates anc
aternates to the State convention:
! shall be sent to the secretary of the
State Central committee
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-08-20

CHARLES DENNY. country when Gne
war began. but he is now Fastening
back TO his post at Picking. which he ex-
poets TO reach about Nov. 1. During his
absence his son, Charles DENLY, Jr., is
charge d'affaires as secretary Of the lega-
ton.
Minister DENLY, who is now q citizen
Of Evansville, Ind. was born in Bote-
tourt county, Va, about 68 years ago.
He was educated at Georgetown college
and was such . good student that he
captured three medals for the merit OF
his work. His education was finished at
the Virginia military institute, and in
1858 ne followed Greeley's advice and
went west 10 grow up with the country.
He located in Evansville, where he
wrote for q newspaper and studied law.
He was admitted 10 the bar and dabbled
in politics with such success that he was
sent to the legislature. In 1868 he mar
ried q daughter of ex- United States Sem
ator Fitch Of Indiana and was surveyor
of the port Of Evansville under Presi-
dent Buchanan.
When the civil war began, MIR. Dem
by entered the Union army and made a
gallant record in the field. He was
lieutenant colonel Of the F~orty-second
regiment, Indiana volunteers. and colo
mel OF the Eighteenth regiment and was
twice wounded while in the thick OF
the fight He left the service in 1858
and resumed the practice OF his profess
sion. After over 90 years of work al
the bar, in 1885 he was appointed
minister TO China. q post he has held
ever since, although ex-United States
Senator Henry w. Blair was appointed
as his successor by President Harrison.
China. however, politely informed thu
United States that, owing to his anti
Chinese Legislative record, Mr.. Blair
would be considered o persona gratis
i'm the Celestial Kingdom, and ccnse
quently Minister DENLY remained at hi
post.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-08-20
a. ss~emarkable Series OF Transitions OF Com
ditions Ina Q Missouri Girl.

A strange case that is attracting the
attention of and puzzling the local doc
tors of Kansas City is that of Lillian
Miller, o girl Of IL years, who has nm
dergoue a most remarkable change with
in the past year. About q year ago Lii
liam was q slight girl, of extreme nerv-
Gus disposition. She had q fainting fit
ct that time which the attending ply
stefan attributed 10 From
that time ON the fainting spells grew
frequent until finally they took the
form OF commissions, and with this
change came one that was wonderful to
o degree
The child, when out of the convul-
sions, complained of much pain and
acted as q child OF her age would natural
y. During the commissions and imme-
diately after she appeared to become am
other person. She took ON the appear
ance of o very old woman In speech and
manner. She would converse as an old
woman and give advice to those around
her. She claimed to be 90 years old and
did not know those OF the family who
were with her. This peculiar condition
lasts for an hour or 30 and then she re-
turns to her normal condition. These
changes have become frequent until
now she about equally divides her time
between the two conditions.
Another strange feature Of the case
is the fact that while she is i'm her nor
NAL condition she eats very little and
apparently has no appetite. When she
takes ON the secondary condition, she
eats heartily, and during the last three
months has grown to the stature and
development Of q woman. While she ii
in the condition OF an old woman she
says she is without pain and is perfectly
we'll. She says she knows of no ont
who is named Lillian Miller, but insists
that she is very old. She uses Language
and recites poetry far beyond the abiii.
ty OF q little girl.
Drs. G. d. and EMkk Mcdonald, hel
attending physicians. are well known,
and they have had In consultation witt
them DR.. j. Brummel Jones, who makes
o study of nervous and mental diseases
The parents are anxious that the scien
tito world may investigate the case.-
sc. Louis Globe-D Democrat.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-08-20

CAGARM
GOLD SWEATERS At WORK.

YOur Double Eagles Are Liable 60 ne .
Dollar Light.
A startling discovery was made in the
~subtreasury the other morning. and ass
result all people are warned against the
$40 goldpiece, as the sweater" is ut
work again.
Cashier Stout received a sack contain
ing %, 900 In gold coin from o bank on
Third street. As usual, he weighed each
piece before accepting 1t and found five
double eagles each Oh short. Careful ex-
animation shows that they had all been
remilled.
Remilling gold coin is the latest trick
OF the men who find counterfeiting FOO
dangerous. They go TO a large city and
deposit q sum of money In bank and o
few days later draw it out i'm $40 gold
pieces. These they put into q lathe and
trim of tho milling, which they care-
fully put ON again, gaining at least 81
worth Of gold in the operation. As the
coin il not mntilated, but only slightly
reduced In diameter, the coins are read
ily passed ON the stores and In market.
where money ID not weighed when re-
ceived
The wife Of the sweater makes
trifing purchases ct the stores with
them. and the good money received in
exchange ID rebanked and drawn ont in
gold again. Thus the capital ID kept
turning over at q lively rate, constantly
growing, at q slight risk of detection.
"A diiigent sweater can clear from
500 Is $75 D day easily. These are the
first indications that Cincinnati has been
worked, but from now ON double eagles
are under suspicion. Cincinnati Times
Star.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-08-20
TIE II LARoRED.
And Tt brought Forth Death and Dcsola
ton to . state OF COlunbia.


And re brought Forth Death and Desoia-
tlon TO . State Of COlumbia.
About IL miles from the town Of
Rio Blanco, state OF Cauca, Colombia. u
remarkable geological phenomenon has
recently created great excitement. A
mountain ridge, called Cerror de Cruz
Iona, suddenly cast a large part OF its
upper levels into neighboring rivers.
carrying death and destruction in its
Wake.a
For some daya before prolonged sub.
terranean sounds--a sort of hoarse rnsn-
bling and roaring-ware heard. indicat-
ing that something serious was about 20
occur, and ON the date mentioned the
upper part OF the hill suddenly caved
IN, the enormous quantity OF earth de
scending to and ob~structing the course
or the rivers Guachiconos Moline and
others It Is feared that the overflow 81
the rivers will occasion nm extensive in
undation, or that, breaking away the
earth dam, whole villages and valuable
properties will be destroyed. As an i'm.
mediate result OF this occurrence IL per
sons were killed, besides . large mum.
Der 0f horses and cattle
It seems only natural TO- ttribute this
phenomenon to tho eruption at the So
tara volcano, which for some time hal
been observed 10 % covered with snow
like vapor and clouda The depaxtmen
tai government, Justly alarmed By thi'
| o-ccrrrence. has appointed : commission
or engineers 10 investigate the matter
-Unidad NaGinral.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-08-20
ANCIENT LIGHTHOUSES.
Beacon Lights to Guide Mariners COeval
with the Earliest Commerce.

Beacon Lights to Guide Mariners COeval
With the Earliest Commerce.
Beacon lights to guide the wave
tossed mariner TO a safe harbor must
have been almost coeval with the earli-
est commerce. There Is positive record
that lighthouses were built in ancient
times, though few evidences now re.
main to as from old writers or in crum-
bled ruins. This is not strange, for light
towers, never the most stable architec-
tural form, were exposed TO the storms
Of sea and ! al.
The Greeks attributed the first light
houses to Hercules, and he was consid-
cred the protector OF voyagers. It Is
claimed by some that Homer refers to
lighthouses in the nineteenth book Of
the 'tIliad."
Virgil mentions a light ON q temple
to Apollo which, visible far out at sea,
warned and guided mariners. The Co
lossus at Rhodes, erected about 800 B.
c., is saia to have shown . signal light
from its uplifted hand.
The oldest towers known were built
by the Libyans in lower Egypt. They
were temples also, and the lightkeeper
priests taught pilotage, photography
and navigation. The famous tower on
the isle OF Pharos, at Alexandria, built
about 285 B. c., Ii the first lighthouse
Of undoubted record This tower, con-
strncted by Sostratus, the architect, was
square In plan, Of great height and built
In offsets. An open brazier at the top
of the tower contained the fuel for the
light. AZ Dover and Boulogne, ON ei-
Their side Of the English channel, were
ancient lighthouses built by the Romano
But the lighthouse at Corunna, Spain,
built in the reign OF Trajan and recon-
structed in 1884, 10 believed 10 be the
Oldest existing lighthouse. -E 2.
Adams in Casters Magazine.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-08-20
The Drug store Telephone.

Accommodation bureaus are all right
when they are conducted as such, = said
q west side druggist, .'but the sign over
my door was intended to inform the
public that drugs were dispensed within
and not information doled out or tele-
phone messages delivered blocks away.
I make no kick when stamps are asked
for and the city directory consulted by
people, but when they ring up the tele-
phone and call me- from my work 70 an
swer it and then want o message deliv-
cred to o friend living . long distance
from the store only o certificate Of mem-
bership In the Antiswearing club which
I have pasted ON the transmitter keep
me from uttering fancy language Thu
morning I was at the breakfast table and
was called ID the phone. 4 found il waf
q lady who patronized me about once 4
month. She didn't talk plainly and
Kept me guessing for 15 minutes whai
she was driving At ! discovered tina
she wanted me TO tell her next doG
neighbor that she wouldn't be home II
dinner and ask her to open q window d
! the house and for mercy sake feed th'
poor little cat. Tho telephone has bee,
!, removed Buffalo ENQUIRER.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-08-20

The United States treasury is reaping
a rich harvest from the whiskey dealers.
The present tax on whiskey in bond is
30 cents a gallon, Under the new inter.
nal revenue bill 1t viii be sl.10. The
whiskey trusts are paying the tax and
hnstling it cut OF bond as quickly as
mel and means can be obtained 70 do it.
1t is estimated that if Grover fails to
sign the new bill and make ii become d
Law at once, that the trusts win have
saved 100000 before ii win have be-
Come d law BY the expiration OF ten days
without the signature. Grover could
easily save his salary . coed many times
over by signing that bill at M il he il
going to let it become 0 law at all; bui
probably he gets o by keeping hi
hands, OF. An enormous quantity o
foreign goods 10 also being put into boRs
in the customs houses ut Nov York
awaiting the reduced tariffs Of, the Ne,
bill % that they also may make 3 bi
profit ut the expense of the America
workman. & great humbug 10 den
ocracyI
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-08-20

Senator Kyle who is credited by labor.
ing men as being founder OF the new
holiday-Labor Day-September 3, as he
introduced the bill which afterwards be.
came a law setting this day thus apart,
will crate at Sioux Falls TO the Fedora.
ton ofI4abor on that day next month,
No parade will be INDUCED In but the
Federation intends to observe the day
by securing the suspension OF all bust.
ness, and having a good time generally.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-08-20

10 assist in ruling over "has neither
goats nor hogs o any people" but the
people and the pork will come later,
and as for the goats-the winds OF
Trinidad will doubtless get On very
well without bewhiskered billys.
The name of the prospective queen Of
Trinidad was Miss Anna Flagler before
she became the wife of Baron Harden
Hickey, who Ia TO be James ] OF Trini-
dad, and she Is the daughter Of John al
Flagler, the Standard Oil magnate.
Trinidad is about 80 miles long and 3
miles wide. It Ii rocky and mountain
ous, but has q fertile soil, and despite
the fact that il was taken possession Of
in the name of Great Britain by Dir.
HALEY. the explorer, in 100 no one
seems TO care for it except Baron Har-
den Hickey.
The island is about 700 miles or the
coast OF Brazil and should not be con-
founded with the Trinidad near Caracas,
Venezuela. Ii has no good harbor and
may only be approached by shipping
when the sea ID calm. The shores arc
thronged with huge turtles. many Of
which weigh roo pounds, and the sea Ii
full OF palatable fish.
Baron Harden Hickey Ii 40 years old,
was born in France, although his ances-
tors, the Hickeys, originally came from
Ireland. He was educated at the col.
lege Of the Jesuits at Namur, and aft.
erward at Leipsic, where he became
well known a. q duelist who would hgh,
ut the drop Of tho hat In 1878 he de-
voted himself to sculpture and litera'
| ture. and later founded Q royalist paper
in Paris which involved him In o dozer
duels, for which he paid government
fines aggregating $780, 600 francs. p,
then took q long sailing voyage, wa
cast upon Trinidad. became o Bnddhis
In India and married Miss Flagler q
New York In 1891. The baron win PEG
pie the island with subjects chosen 3.
himself and will be monarch Of all b
surveys, providing Queen Victoria doe
not call . halt ON the seizure 81 her tel
ritory.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-08-20

The Sioux City Journal OF Saturday
last announces the fact that ex-Governor
Mellette has made affidavit to the fact
that A. ID. Tinsley, President Cleveland's
appointee TO the Sioux Falls postoffice
committed perjury in that he swore to
not having been a United States juror
twice within one year Well, what il he
did? Does ex-Gov. Mellette expect thus
to ~disqualify him from holding . post
Office under a democratic administra
ton? Strange ball ucination!
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-08-20

Boot and Shoe Dept-Here is where we knock them all out. No
store in South Dakota has q nicer. or better selected stock OF Shoes
than you will find at McGilivray's We have to many bargains in
this department to quote prices. Come and examine and get prices.
Grocery Dept.-We are very proud Of this department.
To the farmers Of Lake county and to all that are interested, will
say that extravaganza also lies in selling your produce to the man that
offers you q little more than market prices, for what he puts on one
end he more than takes off from the other.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-08-20

Everybody knows that much Of the
20 called Mocha coffee sold In the United
States is no such thing. but only O
few persons know how some Of the IN
tsrfeit Mocha 10 made, The berries
growing IN the highest limbs OF the
coffee tree In Brazil are often shriveIed
In the semblance Of the true Mocha. and
these are carefully set aside, shipped
TO some port famous for Mocha coffee
and sent thence to the western world as
the true thing.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-08-20
story of o Tragic Scene on n Brooklyn Troll
ley Car which Might he True.

ley Car which Might he True.
A very stout old Brooklyn gentleman
squeezed himself past two women ON q
Putnam avenue car and wedged in be-
tween one of them and q man at the
other end of the seat. The ft was such
o tight one that the women held their
breaths and assumed a pancake appear
ance. At the corner where the a turns
into Putnam avenue the fat man turned
like a big turret and put up a chubby
finger. The al stopped.
Putnam avenue; Grand avenue and
Fulton ~streetl'' shouted the conductor.
The fat man settled back and resum-
ed reading a newspaper, which he had
dropped in his lap.
Want to get ont here?'' asked the
conductor, with his hand ON the bell
rope.
The fat man shook his head There
Yves an angry twang Of the cord, and
the trolley began to whiz.
At Nostrand avenue the chubby I'm
ger went mp again. The a stopped.
Nobody moved. Then the man who rings
up the fares got angry.
''See here" he exclaimed after he
had climbed along the step On the side
of the car until he was Opposite the
fat man, "what do You meal by telling
me to stop for when You don't want TO
get off?'
why" responded the mountain OF
flesh as coolly as such mass of adipose
could be cool, ''the a jolts so that
couldn't read this paragraph, which ID
slightly blurred. / merely wanted tc
have the car stand still until ! had fin
ished it. That's all. Now, IL You car
go along slowly without jolting, / will
be able to get along very nicely, but i
I come across another bad line or two
I'll put my hand back of my head. and
you stop. It's too much trouble for mi
to turn around.
The conductors eyes twittered in thu
orbits. He placed his hand to his heat
and uttered shrek after shrek. Reaso'
was shattered. He had become eros
eyed and insane. New York Mail ant
/ ExnrcSa
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-08-20

tials will score q
knockout In the
war with Japan,
and that, al
though the battle
may last o great
n IN IN b ID of
rounds. China q
i'm m ense re-
sources and stay
ing powers will
give her the VIC
tory In the end
Mr.. DENLY was
ON leave In this
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-08-20

Huronite, II: Congressman Pickler
will not be here tomorrow, az expected.
He will go direct from Washington to
Yankton, arriving there on Monday
evening, and remaining there until after
the convention.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-08-20
Republican State Convention.

The republicans Of south Dakota viii meet m
delegate convention in the city Of Yankton
south Dakota, in convention hall, on Wednes>
day, the and day of August. 1894, ct 4:S0 o'clock
D. m. for the purpose OF placing in nomination
candidates for the following named offices;
Two representatives In congress.
Governor.
lieutenant governor.
secretary of state.
State auditor.
state treasurer.
Attorney general.
superintendent Of public instruction.
Commissioner school and public lands,
Commissioner Of labor and statistics.
One railroad commissioner for all OF south
Dakota lying west of the Missouri river.
One railroad commissioner for all OF south
Dakota lying east Of the Missouri river anu
south of the second stand ard parallel.
One railroad commissioner for all OF south
Dakota lying east of the Missouri river and north
OF the second standard parallel
Ard the transactionofsuch other business as
may legally come before such convention.
The committe recon- mends that an alternate
O each delegate be elected and that no proxies
he allowed, and that the delegates or their alter
mates present at the Convention be empowered
to cast the full vote oftheir county.
The committee further recommends that the
counties of Lyman, Sterling Ssland, jackson
Ziebach, Pyatt, Pratt, Presho, Gregory and
Harding each be allowed q representation OF
one delegate on presentation Of proper creden.
tials.
The basis OF representation for each county
will be one delegate for each fifty votes, Or major
fraction thereof, cast for Hon. Charles II. Shell.
don for governor In 1892.
The counties will be entitled to delegates 90
follows:
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-08-20

Max Hoehn, OF Sturgis, announces
himself az a candidate for railroad COM
missioner from the district west OF the
Missouri, before the Yankton conven-
tion. .~. 5-8 ...
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-08-20

Dated at Chamberlain, South Dakota, this, the
18th day Of May, A. d. 1894.
BY order OF the state central committee.
j. NJ. GREENE, Chairman.
j. d. SCRIvEN, Secretary
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-08-20
Will BE QUEEN or TRINIDAD.

Who Aspires to kineship.
One Of the numerous ambitious Amer
lean girls who angle for the lords and
barons of the monarchies Of the efete
east has married q prospective king and
will be queen of the new kingdom Of
Trinidad. TO be sure, the island she IL
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-08-20
rRRMs nF suRscRrPTIoN.
10 ADVERTISERS.

THE DAFLY LnADER makes o special featnfe %
Furnishing information concegninR Ghs advantages
and resource Of the city uf Madison and OF the
state az large emitting u 10 The patronage Oh I'd
j, r. STAHL. Proprietor.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-08-20
OUR MINISTER 70 CHINA.

Hns HeAA 4he Osaee vim Years and b Ez-
perisnced In Diplomacy.
Hon. Charles DENLY, United States
minister 70 China. believes the Celes-
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-08-20

men who write insurance without
authority. There are many u~nillers,
mutuals, accident, life and some lire
companies who do not clandestine busa-
ness. Every policy taken in such COM
panies deprive the state OF two per cent
OF the premium at least. Every person
taking insurance should . that he
agent show his authority to do business
az evidenced by q certificate from the
state auditor. 1t should be more close
ly watched by parties who are interested
in getting tax for fire companies and
others. The attorneys for the different
counties should also keep q watch for
such insurance agents too, snd prosecute
them. Do not patronize any company
not having authority TO do business as
you would have no one to serve papers
on in the state in case Of loss, and the
companies are beating the state at the
same time. 1t il to the interest OF every
tax payer to help defeat these operators
who have no license and at the same
time protect themselves.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-08-20

More than half the street railway
mileage in the United States Is now
operated by lectric power.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-08-20

Parkston Advance. rs: The state ID
beaksn out Of much money by insurance
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-08-20
GRsERAL
Mckinley says Protection rs. ":
midst win.
Md illivray-
SAYS LOW PRICES MUST WIN!

Extravaggsnce may lie IN paying too much fol . thing OF IN paying
too little. IT You buy goods for less than we ask you you will not get
as good quality. This il poor economy. re you pay more yu pay too
much, because we sell the best there i. The same rule applies to oil
departments, Dry Goods, Groceries, Boots and Shoes, Hats and Caps,
and Gents Furnishing Goods.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-06-26

|ssr York, June 25.--Stocks and bond.
~ At the following prices bid;
Ioxpq