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Mesa free press., 1894-11-02

The Revolutionary War cos.
America sl35,l93,70S. and the
next war With the British cost
$1O7, ,l59, ,0O3.
Mesa free press., 1894-11-02

The most curious paper-weight
in the world is said to belong to
tho Prince Of Wales. It is the
mummifed hand of one of the
daughters of Pharoah.
Mesa free press., 1894-11-02

From 1867 to 1881 Russia sent
$4,000 persons to Siberia, fully
100000 relatives of prisoners hav-
ing accompanied the exiles of their
own free will.
Mesa free press., 1894-11-02

The largest plow in the world is
owned by Richard Grid, of Chino,
Cal. This immense sod turner
stands eighteen feet high and is
Is tons weight. 1t runs by steam.
Mesa free press., 1894-11-02

"Pale with indignation, Alger-
non McStab uncrossed his legs.
rose stifay and turned up his coat
collar.
"Glycerin McCurdy," he howled,
ssyou have seen fit to sneer at me.
You have accused me of having a
wheel in my head. If 1 have, false
beauty, it is at least a wheel that
has always run true to you.
"Ah, yes,"' replied the young
woman, with u peusive faraway look
in her soulful eyes, sand yet I
hardly want you for a hub, you
know"
Mesa free press., 1894-11-02
SOUTHERN EXTENSION.
TINE TABLE NO. 7.

Trains 103 and 104 run 'ly and make close
connections at Ash Fork With trains and on
A&PRR Trains - runs daily except Sun
day, and 122 daily except Saturday, and con-
meet with trains and 2 on A &PRR Ash
Fork.
Trains 201 and 2O2 run daily and connect with
stage line carrying passenger and u S Mail to
and from Phoenix, via Stanton, Congress,
Wickenburg, Vulture and CalderwooG.
CIV. VAUGHN, v. P. & Gen Man.
R R COLEMAN, Superintendent
F HEALY. General Pass Agent.
Mesa free press., 1894-11-02

The first accident on the Gila
Valley, Globe q Northern railroad
happened below Stafford last Thurs
day. The train ran over steer
belonging to Henry Dial, and one
car was thrown from the track.
Mesa free press., 1894-11-02

William Waldorf Aster is cred
tied with being bothered to count
an IS, 900, 900 yearly income.
Mesa free press., 1894-11-02

! The ambassador from distant
court was deeply interested.
IT am told" he observed, "that
your majesty is clothed with great
power"
The queen smiled.
"You would think So" she ans
wered, without constraint, "if you
could see these six big maids of
honor lacing my stays"
Mesa free press., 1894-11-02

The new missionary was at once
conciliatory and aggressive
"Was my predecessor we'll liked9"
he asked.
The native was inclined to be
skeptical.
81 think not" he said. "We
warmed him over three or four
times and then had to make hash
of him."
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-12-26
II DERs CASES.

Sentences oubied as the Request OF the
Defense, for Purposes Of Appeal.
CHICAGO, Dec. 26.-Judge Woods has
decided that the jail sentence for Debs
and his six associates in the Santa Fe
. should begin on Jan. 8. On mo.
ticn or Attorney Gregory for she de-
Tense. the Santa Fe and government;
case. ON which sentences were cnmula.
tive were separated md sentence Of the
latter was deferred until the Santa Fe
sentence should be served.
An appeal will be taken in the ger.
eminent case. and the sentence was de.
ferred to Jan. b TO allow an appea. Il
be perfected
There were two cases i'm which ,he
union men were found guilty Of CON
tempt-the government case and the
Santa Fe. Judge Woods entered The
order which, If carried ont. viii give
Mr.. Debs one year lii Jail instead Of Sit
months, and the others six months in.
stead Of three. This point was purely
technical for the purpose Of testing the
legality of both sentences I'm the United
States supreme court.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-12-26

paper Of the state. il must neces-
sarily succumb 70 the greater business
enterprise OF the Argns-Leader. co
peciaIly ID home. Both the Argus
Leader and the Press might have had
their mechanical work done by the
Mergenthalers and job Offices of Sioux
City and kept up their appearance for
circulation, but their real value and
prestige to Sioux Falls as business In
stitutions would have been gone and
business men Of Sioux Falls would have
90 felt. The Argus-Leader is TO be
congratulated on its success in building
up o great newspaper plant, as it viii
rebound both to its own benefit and the
profit of Sioux Falls business in the
long run. The greater the value OF the
newspaper plant the greater the benefit
to state and city and business men will
so regard it.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-12-26
AMBRlM's ACTIVE VOLCANO.
The Island Belongs TO . Group Noted Eod
Making sudden Disappearance.

The Island Belongs TO y Group Noted For
Making Sudden Disappearance.
Ambrim, one of the New Hebrides is
lands in the southern Pacific, was re-
Gently destroyed by am earthquake and
volcanic disturbances. On Nov. IS an
earthquake shook the island TO its re-
hottest foundations. and an entire viii
lage, inhabitants and all, was cast into
the sea. A volcano became suddenly 70.
tive, and q great stream OF lava rushed
across the island a stream Of f-e and
plunged into the sea, causing q dense
pillar OF steam to rise thousands of feet
into the air. These islands have long
been noted for their now-you-see-me-
and now-you-don't character. In 1871
Aurora. one of the most fertile islands
OF the group and some So miles long and
i've miles broad, suddenly sank into the
pea, leaving no trace OF it's existence.
Ambrim is or was so miles in circum
ference, and was fertile and well cult.
waited. 1t had become celebrated for its
excellent coffee. The center of the island
Is now a mass OF lava, and the crater
Of the active volcano is'a mile In diam.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-12-26

AMBRIM, THE ISLAND DESTROYED By THE
VOLCANO.
eter and 1000 fest deep. according to
she calculations OF the officers of her
majesty's steamship Dart. who wit
messed the eruption and later ventured
10 visit the scene OF the outbreak. In
1885 the volcano was active. and IL
then had q height Of sone 8. 800 feet.
According to the last census. there are
about 20 islands I'm the New Hebrides
group. One Of the curiosities Of the Is
lands III peculiarspecies of hog. which.
when full grown, ID no larger than an
ordinary rabbit. The natives, who be-
long Id the Papua negro race, ARE less
intelligent than the majority Of South
Sea ISLANDERS and are addicted to can
nibalism. The group was discovered by
Guiros In 1906, but he saw only one is
land, which be named Austria del Es-
piritu Santo. Cook discovered the great
or part Of the entire group I'm ITS and
Y the islands tho name they d
bear, Erromango, one of the most south
erly islands, was the scene of the muir
der Of the well known missionary, Rev.
John Williams. In 1889.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-12-26
ERWIN NOT ArKrN
nj Tart Psns Rsfassa 90 Outiine enc Hay.
wara DEFENSE.

The Tart Pins Rsfassa 60 Outiine ehe Hay.
wara Deksnse.
GT. PAUL. Dsc. 28.-The Pioneer
Press says: Speaking of the Hayward
case w. w. Erwin said: There is
nothing for Us to say at present except
that I ann convinced that the state has
no theory. They are at sea II may
be that ! will have something 70 say 10
the public presently, but not just now.
The fact is that there has been too
much newspaper talk about the affair,
and the trial must be honestly con
Quoted, and neither o fictitious de-
Tense nor a fictitious prosecu.
ton will do" Asked whether he
would say that the Pioneer Press had
indicated the line of defense in stating,
q week $780, that there would DO some
very unexpected developments when
the case came to trial, and that people
who had not yet been mentioned in
connection with the affair would be
brought into 1t, Mr.. Erwin refused to
answer, adding that he had nothing
whatever to say Of the features Of thP
matter ut present, but probably would
before long.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-12-26

s- g-E1 AA&AAs 0AEAS -&EeE aEa.
Ifcan party, then In it's infancy, and
Boon gained great political influence
with his German fellow citizens. He
soon acquired good command Of the
English language and was O power ON
the stump in the memorable campaign
Of 1860.
President Lincoln made him minister
toSpain, but he resigned In 1862 30 enter
the Federal army as brigadier general of
volunteers. He was made q major gem
eral in 1853 and served with distinc-
ton in the second battle OF Bull Run
and at Chancellorsville, Gettysburg,
fredericksburg and Chattanooga.
Mr.. Schurz's political affiliations
have been various. He served as q Re-
publican United States senator from
Missouri from 1869 to 1875. He was
temporary chairman of the convention
that nominated General Grant for presi-
dent in 1868, and four years later be
presided over the convention that nomi-
mated Greeley. In 1875 he supported
Hayes, and he served four years in the
cabinet of that president. He supported
Garfield in 1880 and Cleveland in 1884,
1888 and 1892. His last vote, in No
yember, 1894, was cast against the
Democrats, but with which party he
will be identified in the next campaign
Ii one of the problems of politics.
Since his retirement from Office Mr..
Schurz has lived in New York city. For
three years he edited The Evening Post
and is now interested in one of the Ger
man-American steamship lines.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-12-26

Rapid City Journal. D: Yesterday
President M'Gillycuddy of the state
school OF mines received q request from
Arizona to have the school OF mines here
make some Investigation as to the
proper treatment or process in handling
ores Of a refractory character in that
territory. This shows in what opinion
this school is held in other portions OF
the United States on account OF the
school having solved most satisfactorily
the process now in use 10 various por-
tions of he Black Hills. 8
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-12-26
BEATEN.
A RoysIton Hotel Keeper aud His Wife
Maltreated by TOughs.

A Royslton Hotel Keeper aud His Wife
Maltreated by TOughs.
RoYALToN, Mimi, Dec. 20. Mr.. and
Mrs. Matt Newman, who were pounded
and otherwise misused early Saturday
morning by a gang OF toughs, are un-
der the doctor care, and were unable
to appear in court. Two arrests have
been made-Berr Joslin and al Moul-
ton. Their hearing has been ser for
Thursday.
Newman is proprietor OF the COM
mercial Motel, and a gang attempted to
tear'down a high board fence on the
premises. Nh. Newman hearing d
racket, went out on the sidewalk in his
night clothes TO ascertain what the
trouble was. He was seized by
two men and beaten. His wife, who
is an elderly lady, also came out in her
night clothes to investigate, and was
likewise seized and maltreated. Both
the old people were brutally handled,
and We're kept ont in the cold nearly
an hour. Mr.. Newman was taken sew.
eral blocks away and locked in a shed,
from which he managed to escape and
make his way home. more dead than
alive. Mrs. Eewman's face is black
and blue and her body and limbs bear
marks of the blows and kicks she re.
ceiued.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-12-26
. FREE LANCE lN eotlTrCs.
The RicEuresnns ana IRsernating Caroes
Mpe Gael Nnhmxm.

&Ae R1G&ursamme md Gms@rHetfng UaE@@R
s0f Cara schwwm.
Carl Schurz. who has been reelected
president Of theN National Civil Service
Reform league. IL q pioneer and has
long been one of the foremost leaders In
the reform. Assecrctary OF the interior
he introduced competitive examinations,
and since retiring from the cabinet OF
President Hayes In 1881 he has labored
actively with voice and pen for the pro-
motion of the movement.
Carl Schurz has had o ~singularly
eventful and interesting career. Born
near Cologne Prussia, March ., 1899,
he was educated in the University Of
Bonn and early took an active interest
in politics. He was such nm ardent re-
former that he Joined the reyolntionists
and was soon compelled 70 Zee from his
native land. He went to Paris, thence
to London and finally came TO America
in 1852. He located first in Philadel-
phia and o few years later moved 90
Wisconsin. There he joined the Repub
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-12-26
THE HONDURAS FAIR.
CENTRAL AMERlcAN REPUBLICS PRE-
PAIRING AN EXPOSITION ron 1895.

The scenc win ne HI Beautiful villa
Nueva. '.thc Garden spot Of the world"
In the Republic Of H~onduras-An Amer
lean Director General.
Inspired Big the exanpleof the United
States, Central America Ia awakening
from her tropical lethargy and will hold
O grand international fair in February.
1896. It will be called the Central
American exposition, will be participant
ed in by the governments Of Honduras,
Costa Rica. Nicaragua, Guatemala and
San Salvador. and will be held in the
beautiful valley of Villa Nueva, in
Spanish Honduras, not far from where
Christopher Columbus first set foot upon
the soil of North America, explored the
coast Of Honduras and Costa RIGA, suf-
fered from famine, mutiny and other
disasters and returned to Spain to die
two years later In poverty and neglect.
The site is said TO be one of the most
beautiful spots ON earth, and it possesses
the further advantages of being on the
Honduras railroad, only 60 miles from
Puerto Cortez. o OF the principal ports
Of Honduras. on the Atlantic coast and
ON the banks of the navigable ulua,
about the same distance from the ocean.
One hundred and fifty acres Of land
will e devoted TO the exhibition proper,
and the buildings will be of iron. with
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-12-26
HILL ON COMPRESS.
The Great Northern President
Not to Consult With the
President. ...I
Best Thing Congress Can Do
IL to Appoint a Commits
sion and Adjourn.

ST. PAUL, Dec. 26.-The Dispatch
prints an interview with President
Hill of the Great Northern: There is
not . word Of truth in II" said Presi.
dent J. j. Hill this morning in reply to
q statement made in q Washington dis.
patch that there would be q conference
this week between President Cleveland
and J. J. Hill. and other hnanciers of
the country to consider the new substi-
tute currency bill. {
az was not interviewed i'm New
York" continued Mr.. Hill; neither
was I in Washington, and / was not in
the conference of June. 1893. when
1t was decided to call the extra ses-
sion." 5 ..- r.
"As far as the effect ON the country
is concerned / think the administration
has done all the harm it is capable of
doing. The public must look for re-
from another quarter.
Had Better Go Home.
"The present want of harmony in
the majority in congress makes it i'm
possible for any good legislation &c
come from this congress. The best re-
lief they can give this country is to adj
iourn and go home.
There hasn't been a day in six
years that i can remember, but that
the greatest fear has been of some
stupid action on the part of congress.
They should appoint a commission of
some Il members from among the
bankers OF the country, the political
economics and the business men to in
vesrigate the whole situation and pre-
pare some financial system, and wnen
that has been done let congress 60 TO
work and pass the bill.
mot of those men, now at the
head of affairs, could go out and make
a good living, not one could command
a salary Of $40. QUO a year from any
large commercial house, and these are
the men that are trying to adjust q
financial affairs"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-12-26

In the thirty-seven days between No
vember ! and December 8, there we're
$4,000 people who emigrated FROM the
United States, and only $4,000 who i'm
migrated TO it-twice as many going
away as are coming in. President Har-
rison can no longer say that the gates
Of Castle Garden do not swing outward
but his statement would have con-
tinued to be true had his party beensuc-
cessful 1892. But even the gates OF
the Castle Garden went democratic.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-12-26

WlsrixGroS, Dec. 26-The above
disp4 Ca WAS snJTh to Surgeon Genera
WylnaE Of the maine hospital service.
and H. said thai tao charges would b.
locke T. into by the bureau. For the
present he conteuted him self with say
ing hat there WIS o full fo~ce of Off
GERS and attendants ut the station.
which ne enumerated Us follows: A
acting assistant surgeon, two internes
who ara graduates OF medicine, two
hospital stewards and twenty-one at.
PENDANTS.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-12-26

Though the populists Of South Dako.
Ia made their fight aeairst the republi-
can party last fall entirely on the ground
Of their opposition TO Senator Petit
Crews reelection, they now appear to be
ready to tumble into the republican
fold as evidence the following from the
Sioux Falls Forum:
Now that the republican party of
South Dakota has declared for populist
principles, and that Senator Pettigrew
is it's leader. all distinction between the
parties becomes obliterated. The popu-
list pSpulists should join the republi-
can populists in the auc at Pierre 10
nominate a United States senator, aud
thus defeat the gold-bug republicans,
who are aiming to destroy the populist
party by electing a gold-bug United
States senator. Since Senator Petit
gr, " came out openly for the pops, the
pops have d great interest in seeing
that he is returned to the senate.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-12-26
NEEDS INVESTIGATION.

Marine Hospital at San Francisco Reported
to Be Grossly Mismanaged.
SAN Francisco, Dec. s6.-The Chron-
icle says: II the stories told by some Of
the patients are true, the United States
marine hospital is being conducted in a
manner not credttable to those in
charge Of the institution. IL it is true,
rs charged, that employees of the hospi-
tai make sport of dying men and ignore
their appeals for aid, ii would appear
TO be time for an Investigation Of o very
searching character. -
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-12-26

A good many questions have been
asked lately about the effect of the Ar
gus Leaders new machines on the work
ingmen of the city. 1t seems TO be the
general impression that a large reduc-
ton has been or is about to be made.
This is not true 30 far as the Argus
Leader is concerned. We have added
nine men 10 our force and the pay roll
now amounts to $31l per week. The
total force numbers twenty-five, sixteen
OF whom are employed in the Argus
Leaders composing and press rooms.
Besides this the Argus Leader has
trebied its consumption OF gas and its
charges have quadrupled. 10 fact the
Argus Leader has largely expanded in
every direction. This Office is now do.
ing not only its own mechanical work
but that of the tPress-Argus-Leader
Is.
just sol The Argus, Leader knows
when II has q good thing both for itsel
and lts home constituency who know
and appreciate the value to their owl
own city Of d home industry. Mach q.
We desired to see the Press the IeadIn,
newspaper plant Of Sioux Falls and th'
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-12-26

Sioux Falls 10 TO have a single tax
club. Several prominent citizens who
are advocates of that proposed reform
have arranged to hold a series OF meet
ings during the winter, for the discus
sion of the new theory OF taxation, and
will have II club reading room where
can be- found all the single tax litera-
ture necessary to convert the most
skeptical.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-12-26

VIII Unite to Enforce tia
Laws Against 1t.

VIII Unite to Enforce the
Laws Against 1t.
NEW YORK. Dec. 26.-The various
produce exchanges and da.rymen's as
sociations throughout the country pro-
pose to take active steps to compel the
enforcement in every state of the law
relating to oleomargarine and other i'm
imitation buffers as laid down a couple
of weeks ago in the already celebrated
decision of Justice Harlan, Of the
United States supreme court. To this
emil a national convention Of
all these bodies and of ex-
tensive dairymen will be held
early in January at whica funds viii
be subscribed aud plans perfected for
systematic work III every state to which
the decision applies. The National
Butter, Cheese and Egg Dealers associ.
alton, which has its headquarters in
Chicago, is taking an active interest in
the p~reliminaries for the proposed con-
vention. and Secretary r. M. Litter
has had voluminous correspondence on
the subject with the officers of the New
York Produce Exchange. The conven-
ton will be held either in New York,
Chicago or st. Louis.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-12-26

The surgeons in charge of the hospital
enter a general denial to the accuse.
tions made, but at the same time ad-
init that the patients are not given such
nursing az they require.
According to the statements made by
the hospital authorities, the only at.
tention given during the night to the
139 patients now under treatment is
such as can ice bestowed by the night
Waterman. Ralph De JOSE, the watch.
man, is supposed 10 maze the rounds OF
the four ward as well as the hospital
grounds every hour. an il not ever a
profo sional nurse.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-12-26
GARRISON 1NrERv1EwED.
The Iowa Politician Falls "a Victim to tn.
Wiles Of "a Lady Reporter.

The Iowa politician Falls 10 Victim fO the
Wiles of N Lady Reporter.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 26.-Ganeral
John S. Clarkson, who rarely submits
to a newspaper interview, has fallen
victim to the wiles of one of the Elk.
aminer's Christmas edition lady re-
porters and talked ON the presidential
possibilities. General Clarkson thinks
that If the convention was held this
year Mckinley would be the Republican
choice, but two years are to intervene.
and, in the meantime, Mr.. Clarkson
thinks Thomas b. Reed, OF Maine, will
come forward as a powerful candidate.
He thinks Mr.. Reed the stronges.
American, intellectually. and that he
would make a great president. He
also spoke Of General Harrison. Senator
Cullom. Robert Lincoln. Senator
Spooner, Senator Davis and Senator
Allison as possibilities.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-12-26

The Montrose Herald got out an l8-
page issue for it's Christmas edition.
The Herald deserves conlmendation for
ITS enterprise.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-12-26
rovt ror spAka.,e.

MAsHINoroN, Dec. 2B.-There il q
prospect that the recommendations OF
General Scho6eld and General Otis for
the establishment Of . military post ut
Spokane. Wash, win be carried out.
Spokane has offered 1000 acres of land
for the post, and Representative vii.
o has secured In the army appropria-
ton bill an amendments providing that
wherever the governor secures title 10
the land the secretary shall establish
a military post on II.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-12-26
ITS enterpris'

The comptroller OF the currency has
called for q published financial state
ment OF all national banks at the close OF
business December 10.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-12-26

Consul Jewett Cannot Aeoompany the AR
snenian Commission.
CoNsTANTrNorLE. Dec. 2B.-The sui
tan has made q final reply to the appli.
cation Of United States Minister Tar.
rell for permission 20 have Consul
Jewett make an independent inquiry
into the Armenian troubles. The sui.
M positively declined 30 allow the con.
10 accompany the commission.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-12-26
rsnas In had Condition.

LAKE CRY. Mimi. Dec. 28.-Adju-
tant General Muehlberg and Captain
N. III. Hart. brigade quartermaster N.
q. s. NJ, inspected tents belonging to
the state, which were loaned to the
sufferers from fire at Hinckly, and
which have been returned to storage In
this city. Some Of the tents are In
rather bad condition
DR.. Prices Cream Baking Powder
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