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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-11-17
BIG SILVER COMBINE.
Said That a Syndicate Is Scheming to
Gain Control of the Entire
Output. +"
FIX PRICES ARBITRARILY.
ROCkefellers and R0tkschilds Are Said
to Be at the Head of 1.-two
Reports Current.
FIX PRICES ARBITRARILY.

DENVER, Nov. 1.-THE Rocky Noun.
tain News says that o syndicate is
scheming to obtain control of the silver
market and dictate the price of the
metal to all silver using countries. A
conference was held in this city this
week, it is said, at which were present
Daniel Guggenheim Of New York,
Messrs. Barton and Nash of Omaha,
Mr.. Hanaur of Salt Lake and Mr.. Allen
of the Philadelphia Smelling and Re-
fining company at Pueblo, and repre-
sentatives of the local smelters and the
leading silver producing mines.
Two Reports Are Current
as to the details of the proposed plan.
One is that a syndicate backed by John
d. Rockefeller and the Rothschilds will
obtain control of all the smelters in
the United States and Mexico, and ar.
bitrarily FIX the price of silver, regard
less of the supply and demand. The
proposition was made, so it is stated,
that the smelters should be taken at an
appraised valuation equivalent to cost.
This is to be paid in cash. Then each
was to have a proportionate block OF
stock III the new deal.
The Grant people, so it is stated,
wanted their plant paid for at its real
value, not its cost. This hitch has still
to be adjusted. According to the other
report the proposition is to have the
silver of all the smelters handled
through one man or one agent. At
present the Gugenheims have a certain
house, the Grant people another, and SO
on. There would be a saving to the
smelters of possibly quarter of cent
an ounce having it handled by one in
stead Of half dozen or a dozen, but
the main object would be to prevent
sudden slumps in the price of silver.
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OUT OF ALL PROPORTION.
The Bureau of Engraving Takes Excep
tion to the Postage Stamp Kicks.

The Bureau of Engraving Takes Excep-
tion to the Postage Stamp Kicks.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17.-Oficials of
the bureau of printing and engraving
think that the complaints of the in
ferior quality of the new postage
stamps printed by the bureau are dis
proportionate to the grounds for dissat-
isfaction,~ Claude M. johnson, chief
of the bnreau, admits that some o. the
product of the establishment was not
up to the standard, but says: To-day
we are printing as good stamps after
three months experience in the work
as the American Bank Note company
did after 20 years. There was
naturally more or less difficulty
i'm teaching the new workmen
all the processes of stamp making, so
that part of the product was more or
less experimental. but all difficulties
have been overcome. The bureau is
using the most modern machines, some
of them invented here, is putting the
best materials into the stamps, and is
securing the best results, as we can
demonstrate to any fair minded person.
We have redeemed all stamps which
have been returned, and stand ready to
exchange any others which do not prove
satisfactory -
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CORRESPONDENTS.
Quaker City National Bank, Philadelphia, Penn
National Bank OF Illinois, Chicago, I'll.
National Bank OF Sioux City. Iowa.

BILE condition of affairs. Organized
gangs SO from place TO place plunder-
ing right and left. and adding murder
to their category OF crimes when resist
ance Is offered
d Marshal Crump and his deputies are
sparing no efforts to protect property
and life, but they seem to be powerless
to check the sway OF the bandits. Major
Moore says the. sitnation is growing
worse all the time. Crime is lcongenial
TO q heavy percentage Of territory popu-
lation. hence there Ii, of course, strong
opposition from certain contingent to
D change in the present run OF things
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An Iowa Town Shocked Mt the Wicked
ness Of Some Of Its People.
MT. PLEASANT, Ia, Nov. 17.-Mt.
Pleasant. one of the strictest temper
ance towns in the state, has a sensation.
The grand jury found indictments
against five druggists. Augmenting
this came the additional sensational in
telligence that Charles Stribbey, secre-
tary of the Salem Fair association, was
indicted by the same jury for running
. gambling place, and e. j. Parsons,
the president, was also arrested, the
charge being permitting gambling on
the fair grounds. Stribbey was recently
elected county clerk. r.a.5 g., ..:.
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RANDIrs REIGN sUPREarE.

Msjor Moore Depicts the Condition Of AZ
fairs In the 1ndian Territory.
LITTLE Rock. Ark. Nov. 17.-In the
opinion Of Major G, B. Moore. q pronai.
nent attorney Of this city who has Just
returned from d trip TO the Indian Ter.
ritory where Bandit Bill Cook ana liis
reckless and ravenons followers hold
sway. the situation in the territory Ii
indescribable There is practically no
such eaing as an enforcement of the
law and the bandits are virtually nm.
molested in their appalling depreda-
tions. Major Moore spent several days
at Muskogee and Fort Gibson and he
says the business men and properly
owners there are panic ssricken at the
complete commercial p9ralysis result
ant from the reign Of Iawiessness.
The Half Not Told.
Not half of the crimes committed
find space In the newspapers; in fact
the half has not been told OF the terri
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DENVER. Nov. 17.-Adjutant General
Tarsney has refused to comply with a
request from Governor Waite for his
resignation. saying he will resign when
the governor, whose retirement has
been demanded by majority of 20. 600,
does the same. 1t is understood that
the governor will now remove the adju-
tant general. He opposed the renomi-
nation of Waite, and the governor win
place friend in the adjutant generals
Office for the remainder of the term,
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Freshmen Yictorious.

MINNEAPoLIs, Nov. 17.-The annual
cane rush between the, sophomores and
freshmen of the state university took
place ON the campus in the presence of
a large number of people. The sopho-
mores were defeated by score of 81 to
~. The annual cane rush has become
one of the athletic events of the year
and it is conducted under strict rules.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-11-17
So. Paul Union Stock Yards.

SOUTH ST. PAUL. Nov. l8. 1894
HOGS-Strong and active; ate arrivals
made ira linz late, but the market Is brisk
and yard will clear at about s4lI 40;
quality fair to god. Range of prices, S4.l0lp
49,.
CATTLE-Steady; good demand for butcher
cattle, aud all grades are selling fairly we'll
Prime steers, S3.2 .GDi75 good steers, S2.75
03.3aa prime cows, Sz.4rl13.0J: good cows, S2uO
@2.35; common to fair cow, $l.U0lGl.75: light
veal calves, $3.l00 L5O; heavy calves, S20OD3 uu:
stockers. $l,5JD2.40; feeders, S2l1275: bulls,
Sl.25n1.75
SHEEP--Steady.
Muttons, S1.35G2.50; lambs. $l5JO; COM
mon, Sl.35.
Receipts; Hogs, 9. 500; cattl 3O); calves. Is !:
saeeD slD.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-11-17

GALVESTON, Tex, Nov. 17.-Hamilton
Stewart, editor of the Galveston News,
is dead. He was 81 years old. He
came to this state in 1888, two years
after the Independence of the Texas re-
public, and has been intimately asso-
ciated with Texas history since that
time, He has been an active journalist
56 years, and did his work regularly mp
to Thursday D., ,.f-.. - ..l~ y
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Cnntain Rtnr For Adiutant.

MILWAUKEE, Nov. II. - Captain
Charles King. the soldier and novelist,
will probably be the next adjutant gem
eral of Wisconsin. Governor-elect
Upham has rendered him the appoint
ment and Captain King will accept
provided the duties of the office do not
interfere too much with his literary
plans. Captain King held the same
position under Governor Rusk.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-11-17
One Way to Avert n str,ke.

UNIoNTowN, Pa, Nov. 1.-THE talk
of strike in the coke region has not
yet materialized, but President Davis
of the miners in that district, says the
men are organized solidly and that the
only way a strike can be averted is for
the operators to advance the selling
price Of coke and at the same time ad-
vance the wages of the Workmen.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-11-17

MEXICO, Mex, Nov. 17.-General
Antonio Ezeta, the fugitive ex-president
Of San Salvador. has left for San Fran
cisco. He win return within two months
with his two daughters, who are at
present i'm the United States, and who
will take up their residence in Mexico
with their father, who will probably
enter the Mexican army as commits.
sioped officer
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immense Coal Breaker Burned.

WILKEsBARRE, Pa, Nov. 17.--The
large breaker over mine No y of the
Delaware and Hudson company at
Plymouth, was, entirely destroyed by
fire. The upsetting of o coal oil lamp
caused the conflagration. Six hundred
men are thrown out of work The loss
is $160, 900. 1t will take 1S months to
rebuild the breaker. .s-s...
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-11-17

CHICAGO, Nov. 17-Twelve millers
representing 800 merchant Touring
mills, with a daily capacity Of $50, 900
barrels, met in secret session at the
Auditorium hotel to consider the propo-
sition to reduce the output 100, 900 bar
rels of -four per day for 10 days, or g.
900, 900 barrels in all.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-11-17

PEPIN, Wis, Nov. 17.-William Whit
marsh, one of the best known farmers
in this vicinity, was SO badly injured by
a vicious bull that he died shortly after
wards He was rs years old, prom
inent Mason, and served in Company
K. mounted rifles, in the Mexican war,
but never accepted pension. .... ri
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An Editor Shielded.

LYONS, Ia, Nov. E.-At Preston
JAMES Lidale, editor and proprietor of
the Preston Times, laid down in front
of a Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul
train and was run over by the engine
and 90 cars. 1t is o case of deliberate
suicide. Apparently no cause is known
for the deed. .-- ..
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Cold In Colorado.

DENVER, Nov. IL. "A high wind is
blowing and the temperature has fallen
90 degs. in the past 90 hours. No dam
age has yet been done. A special from
Cheyenne, Wy, says fierce snow
storm is prevailing there.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-11-17
Nen-Partlran ". 9. !. Q. D Atlionrn...

WASHINGTON. Nov. H. The fnal ses-
sion Of the fifth annual convention of
the Nom Partisan W.. q r.. II. has
closed Kansas City was chosen as the
next place OF meeting but no date was
set. The salaries OF national officers
were made the same % In 1904 Mrs.
Ellen ]. Phinney was chosen to act al
official correspondent with The Alliance
III British Total Abssinence socic,y.
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Iowa Man Robbed IN Chicago.

CHICAGO. Nov. 17-George Debolt Of
Stewart, Ia, was robbed OF 81 800 by
unknown thieves as he was coming ont
Of the Grand Opera House here. The
thief was SO clever in his work that
Dubolt did not become aware of his loss
until he had gone some distance from
the theater.
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ST. LOUIS, Nov. IA special to The
Republic from Carlyle, Ills, says the
timber lands south and north OF Car
lyte are being swept. 1t is feared sew
eral houses have been burned. The air
is filed, with smoke of burning leaves,
making iC difficult to breathe.
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Invite Governor 20 Meet.

DENVER. Nov. l7.--The chamber OF
comfnerce has adopted resolutions In
yiting the governors of di fferent states
throughout the country to meet In Dem
yer IN midsummer, when the new
capital building win b formally dedi-
Gated, tO hgree on different subjects,
such - divorce, rsanisition. etc.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-11-17
Lett Only Bilis.

MANCHESTER, Ia, Nov. IL. - The
creameryman and Storekeeper at
Golden, this county, has left for parts
unknown, leaving several thousand
dollars due tho farmers. He has also
obligations at the banks here and owes
numerous bills to wholesalers 81
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Reheahs.i For Cownrdine.

LONDON, Nov. ia special from
Shanghai says that General Wei, one
of the Chinese commanders at that
battle of Ping Yang, where the Chinese
were completely defeated with heavy
loss, was beheaded for cowardice dur
ing that engagement.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-11-17
Cattle i'm Danger.

OMAHA, Nov. IA general snow
storm of great severity prevails
throughout Northwestern Nebraska.
Stockmen think cattle are in imminent
danger since the weather is approach
ing zero
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Chicago Union stock Yards.

CHIeAG Nov. Id. 1894.
H0GS-Quality only fair. mark quiet and
on gool grad spriess are hrm while nun n
grades a. Q swads easier. .Sal4s ran, ed &C
SA0JL "a. q for light; 81 Ii - for rough pack-
ing "a l5G4.7O for nixed; 81 40 Tor heavy
pa, king and shipping lots, and $40 4.D tor
pigs. #>
CATTLE-Fairly active and prices a shtde
firmtr. -~. ~ .s
SHEEP-Quiet, steady and unchanged.
he eipts' hogs, ol, o.: cataie, sou: sheep.
A
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INNEAPoLIs. Nov. Is, Is l.
WHEAT-November close, 5sM December
opening, 5Sc; high t. 5s7se; lowe 1880 So;
close, aS5j4 $3.50; May opening. q 5ls; highest,
6J5sc; lowest, 6Jssc lose, 61ac. Ga track
No hard, 614c; No. northern, 5914c; No.
g narfhern bsc
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LATEST MARKET REPORT.
MllWRukea Grain.

MILWAUKEE, Nov. lB, 1874
FLOUR-Firmly hetd.
WHEAT-Weak. No. spring, 57c: No.
northern, 65c: May, 8j11c.
CORN-Scarce. No. 3. 49ISc.
OATS-Dropping. No. 2 white, 90; No.
white, &234c.
BARLEY nc lower. No. 2. t334c: sample,
62lfto &c.
RYE-Steady. No. I, 5OJ%c
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Wen Known in tie Northwe.t.

SPOKANE Wash. Nov. ia tele-
gram from Hot Springs; Ark, reports
the death there of D. MI Buckley. for
merly assistant general manager Of the
Northern Pacific, and one OF the best
known men'in the Pacific Northwest.
The remains will be brought here for
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cru.heti Under Cordwood.

DEVILS LAKE, NJ. d., Nov. II. John
Sterrett, prosperous and infiuen-
tial farmer residing near Churches
Ferry was accidentally killed, wag-
onload Of cordwood falling on him.
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MINNESOTA STATE PRISON.
Biennial Report of Warden wolfer Sub
mitted to the Board,

mitted to the Board.
ST. PAUL, Nov. 1.-THE biennial re-
port of Warden Wolfer of the state
prison, just submitted by him to the
board of managers, shows that there
were 502 convicts in the state prison on
July 8, 1894. being 173 more than on
the same date two years ago, and "a
more than on the same date Last year.
This increase is accounted for by the
sentencing of 109 United States prison
ers to this prison from courts IN other
states, and some other changes in the
law. .is@ @,a
Parole System Success.
The report says that since the inaug-
nration Of the grading and parole sys-
tenn there has been q, marked change
Tor, the better in the conduct Of the
prison. The authorities have not YET
lost q prisoner on parole. -
The school at the prison has been
greatly improved and was well attended
daring the past two years. The Chau.
tauqua circle has been no less SUCCESS.
fully conducted. @-as
Careful afternoon is given to the care
and isolation OF of the prisoners suffer.
ing from tuberculosis and other intec-
tious diseases. They have had but three
deaths in the past two years, one from
acute disease, one from heart disease
and one from suicide. d. N.. In.
No Women Punished.
In ths female department it has not
been necessary to inflict single pun.
ishment during the past two years, and
but one female priscnar has been pa
rolled.
The financial statement which &C
companies the report shows that the
cash earnings of the prison for the pas,
two years have been $I03, 1926. 25, and
the bills and accounts receivable
amount to $l31, ,662. IA, making the total
credits $235. 4SS.39, and the total ex
penses We're 1896, ,624 ST.
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CEDAR RAPIDs. Ia, Nov. 17.--A Su.i
perior. la. special says the Diamond.
Livery sbarn was burned, together with
26 horses some .of them imported.
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Duluth Grain.
DULUTH.

--|-- DULUTH. NOV. 10, ISgk.
.WHEAT-November No. hard, 6iAc; No.
northern, 5'A,: No, northern, SIC: Decem-
Der No. northera, 594c; May No. northern,
62l4c '-.#'
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1894-05-25

The smallest incident, which to
most people, seems too insignificant
to notice, has often caused the can.
ture of criminal or the detection Of
IA plot All things are important to
certain people. A man tried his door
the other day to see whether it was
locked, and caused crime.
He and his wife were preparing to
go to the theater There was no
body else in the house. His wife
glanced out Of the window and saw
man standing in the shadow of tree
across the street. She thought moth.
ing Of 1t at the time. As they were
leaving the house the husband clicked
the latch of the door, as usual AS
they walked up the woman's eye
again fell upon the motionlcss form
in the shadow of the tree.
She became suspicious.
"Did you lock the door when you
came out?" she asked of her husband.
4 suppose so. l always do, he
said,
Hadn't you better make sure,
dear?"
"Oh, l am sure It's all right.
"But won't you go back and ~
I'm afraid you didn't, aud I'd like 10
be certain about it,"
So he walked back and tried the
door. OF course it was locked, but
his wife's anxiety was relieved.
That simple act cost him a great
deal. The man across the street had
not contemplated robbing that house
before, for he didn't know whether
any person was at home or not.
When the person who lived there
went back to try tie door it satisfied
him that no one was in it. He crept
back the alleyway, pried open a rear
window and helped himself to the
contents Of the silver closet. And
he wouldn't have done It except foes
that triiling, natural incident thai
told him SO much. = PHILADELPHIA
Press
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1894-05-25

Barbed wire fences have given end
less trouble when used to turn hogs. In
regard to wire fences for this purpose
the Farm and Dairy says that with six
wires fence can be made that will
turn hogs, but it proves no impede
ment to pig that wants to go through,
and the worst part of it is that the pigs
acquire the habit of going through a
fence of this kind and keep it up after
they have become hogs. The best hog
and general stock fence consists of
two six-inch fence boards and four
barbed wires, with two strong posts to
the rod. The board should be almost
to the ground, the next one two inches
above it, the first wire three inches
above the top board, and then the
other wires at intervals depending ON
the purpose for which the fence is 10
he used. This makes good fence,
although it is rather costly The main
trouble Is that the board next to the
ground rots after few years.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1894-05-25
PAPA FLEuTELCT," INSET.
French Millionaire who Begged In tn
Streets and Died in Filth.


Streets and Died in Filth.
A miser OF the story-book type died
few weeks ago in Auxerre, France.
Although he never had wife or chill
dren he was known to all persons in
the cioy as Papa tleutelot" He
had been a public figure for a genera
ton and could beseen daily, il storm
or sunshine, tottering in his rags
through the streets to gather odd
bits of coal and wood and cigar
stumps. When he began his work in
the city there were the usual rumors
that he was rich and misery, but
they were soon dispelled by the ah-
lect tllth aud want in which he lived,
and by his importantly in begging.
Papa Fleutelot died in his eighty.
fifth year, and was buried in the pot
ter's field. The French police, who
suspect everything, still suspected
the old mans pretense of poverty,
despite the recent shifting of public
opinion, and they searched the hut
in which he had lived and died.
Filth was ankle deep upstairs and
knee deep In the cellar. The first
search was rewarded only with the
discovery of 400 BOTTLES of Bordeaux,
vintage of 1890. The second search,
however, revealed a hole in the cell
lar wall behind pile of indescrlba-
bic dirt. From this hoe the police
dragged a chest, and in the chest
fhav fpnpd tba froacpra Lfrn,,. -,
to bottom it was stuffed full with
mortgages, government bonds, shares
in stock companies, and title deeds.
All showed the keenness of Papa
Fleutelot in investing his savings,
for without exception the securities
were of the highest class. Their face
value was 1000, GOO francs, but as
many of the bonds and stocks are
above par, they can be sold for a
much larger sum.
Formore than eleven years the old
man mad neglected to clip his cou.
pOns. He had let them accumulate
until they represented market
value Of l40, coo francs.
Among the many pieces of real cs-
tate whose ownership was revealed
by tie contents of the chest is a
largdtract of land near Villeneuve-
sur lonne. On this land there are
400 alres of fine forest, and several
h11dAagsof the ancient indestructible
e g. To had been more than forty
year3 since anybody at Villeneuve
kneHlwho owned the estate. When
Papa Fleutelot died in his hovel, but
TWEEN y confines, or less than five
cents was his total cash capital. As
was expected, the usual number of
heirs have appeared since the old
mans body was buried in the pot
ter's field. They affect to believe
that still more treasure is concealed
in his hut, and they are taking it
down piece by piece in the hope of en-
riching themselves.