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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-04-19
SELLING EOGUS STAMPS.


some of the Court-rfeits Offered to Post
master Castle.
ST. PAUL, April l9.-Postmaster II.
A. Castle says there are IA number Of
young sharks in the city selling spurious
2-cent postage stamps. A number of
these counterfeits have recently been
turned out at Hamilton, Canada, and it
is stated that there are agents all
through the United States trying to
dispose of them. The stamps are said
to be very good limitations of the gen.
uine, aud only an expert can tell that
they are bogus. The ink is little paler
and the paper is of poorer quality.
With these exceptions they seem per-
feet.
A pawn broker entered Mr.. Castle s
Office and offered to sell so worth Of
stampA. Postmaster Castles suspicion
was aroused ut once, and he asked to
see the stamps. They were exhibited
and found to be genuine. Mr.. Castle
still kept the man in his Office and tried
to question him as to where he obtained
them. The money loaner said they
had been turned in to redeem some
goods placed in pawn.
Later Mr.. Castle learned that there
are q number Of young men in the city
selling postage stamps. Some of them
are said to be genuine, while others are
spurious. The United States authori.
ties are looking into the matter, as
counterfeiting postage stamps is as
great q crime as counterfeiting money.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-04-19
DEALT IN WOLF SCAlPS.

North Dakota Man Charged with
Swindling the state.
GRAND FORKS, N. D., April l9.-W.
H. Leonard came here from South Da.
kota last fall, leased hotel, fitted it up
with new furniture throughout and
hired man to run the hotel for him.
Leonard has been in the city but day
or two at time, making numerous
trips away. He was arrested on com.
plant Of officers from Burleigh county,
on charge of swindling various west.
ern counties by getting bounties from
county commissioners for wolf scalps,
it is alleged that he purchased in large
quantities in Chicago and farmed them
out through the western cornties. The
officers claim he made 81, 900 out of the
scheme. A package addressed to him
at Sterling was opened and found tc
contain wolf scalps.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-04-19
STATISTICS OF CROPS
Accurate Reports of Acreage
and Conditions Impossible
Without Money.
so SAYS SECRETARY MORTON
Not Sufficient Money Appro-
priated to Garry Out
Reforms.

WASHINGTON, April 10. 9.-Secretary
Morton and Statistician Robertson have
not yet had an opportunity to consider
the recommendation made by the va
rious representatives of the commercial
organizations, who recently presented
plans looking to more accurate crop
reports by the department of agricult-
ure. Secretary Morton says that it is
q fact that cannot be controverted, that
the government, nor an individual can
get something for nothing, and the
primary reports upon which the reports
of the government are based, are fur
nished by persons to get their pay in agri-
cultural publications, seeds and q few
franks. The secretary does not expect
that accurate reports can be obtained in
this manner, and takes the ground that
if crop reports are to be made valuable
in the future, money must be expended
in securing the information upon
which the statistics are based. He ad.
vocated before the conference an annual
census Of acreage planted, and says
that if the department has information
as to the amount Of grain sown in a
county, it can in report in
June show conditions as tC
climatic conditions, and as to whether
or not it has suffered from insects OF
other causes, make very close est.
mate as to the probable crop.
While the suggestions of the com.
mercial men may be considered and
some Of them adopted. the department
has already considered plans for i'm.
proving the service and has found that
the trouble lies in the fact that there
is not sufficient money % carry out any
method of reform that would greatly
improve the service.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-04-19
LADY soMeRsET's REPLY.
Sta te ments Made Regarding Her Property
Are Entirely Unfounded.

Sta te ments Made Regarding Her Property
Are Entirely Unfounded.
WASHINGTON, April 19.-The Asso-
ciated Press received the following
card from Lady Henry Somerset, the
well known temperance advocate:
"Reigate, Eng. My attention has
been called to the utterly unfounded
charges pade against me by a Mr..
Hicks, few weeks since, ON the eve Of
my sailing for home.
II do not consider that it is necessary
for me to 60 into any detailed refuta-
tion Of these accusations frequently
reiterated by the enemies of reform,
with whom am associated, but If any
OF my friends desire to ascertein the
position occupy with regard to the
management of my London property,
will they do me the favor to seek for
information from the housing commit
tee Of the London county council. The
ignorance Of Mr.. Hicks concerning the
laws of English entailed property must
be his excuse for the mistakes he makes
about my country estate. I have legal
information that his attacks are libel
ous, but if all the ibels against reform.
ers were brought before the courts we
should have but little time for more
useful occupations.
my experience of the fairness of the
American press makes me confiden,
that this communication will be widely
circulated, as an act of justice of one
who has received SO many tokens OF
good will from the home folk Of Amer.
lea. and who has always written and
spoken as friend and not critic OF
the newer ENGLAND across the water ',
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-04-19
AN IOWA TRAGEDY.
ealthy Business Man Kills His Wife and
Himself.

ealthy Business Man Kills His Wife and
Himself.
IDA GROVE, La, April ia. Schlei-
ter, wealthy business man, shot his
wife and then himself. He is dead and
she cannot live. Several things indi-
cate that he had been planning the sui
eide at least for several days.
The hired girl was the only witness.
The shooting of Mrs. Schleiter was
done lin the dining room immediately
after breakfast. Mr.. Schleiter ap-
preached his wife from behind and shot
her. He then exclaimed that she had
shot herself. A few days ago Schleiter
had will drawn leaving the bulk OF
his property, probably $4,000 or $780,.
600, to his children. The attorney says
he doubts whether this is signed, a
Mr.. >Schleiter was called out just as he
was about to sign it. Schleiter's chief
clerk says that Wednesday evening he
told him he felt just as though he were
becoming insane
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-04-19
PRINCIPLE AT STAKE
Suit Before the Supreme Court
Involving the Right Of
Courtmartial.
VIOLATES THE CONSTITUTION
According to the Claim Of a
Naval Officer Who Had
Been Convicted.

WASHINGTON, April 19.-The United
States supreme court heard argument
in the case Of M. L. johnson, d captain
in the United States navy. versus David
B. Sayer, appealed from the circuit
court of the United States for the east
ern district of Virginia. The case is
one which has excited considerable in
terest in naval and army circles, involv-
ing as it does the validity of
the trials by courtmartial, and
the right of civil courts
to set aside the yerdicts of the army
and navy courts wherever criminal pun
ishment is involved. Sayre was clerk
to paymaster in the navy on duty in
the receiving ship Franklin at the Nor
folk navy yard. He was accused of
embezzling $1,000 in money and sem
fenced by courtmartial to two years
imprisonment, to a heavy fine and to
dishonorable dismissal from the service.
Violated the Constitution.
Sayer sued out writ of habeas cor
pus and Judge Hughes ordered his dis
charge from imprisonment, upon the
grounds that, although Sayer was in
active service, he could not, in time of
peace, be punished for the offense com.
mitted by courtmartial, or otherwise
than on indictment by a grand jury,
under the fifth amendment to the con.
stitution, and also on the grounds
that the sentence of the court.
martial was ''cruel and unusual" and
prohibited by the eigth amendment.
1t was complained ON behalf of the
navy that the court had no jurisdiction
and erred in granting the application
for habeas corpus. The case is regarded
as test suit, and the navy department
appealed in order to get q ruling from
the United States supreme court.
- Littleton Walker, lieutenant who
acted as Judge advocate of the
courtmartial, though not lawyer was
permitted by the supreme court, te
make an argument in the case.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-04-19
HAD A HISTORY.

Marriage Of "Bill" Cannon Recalls Some
OF His Past Experiences.
KANSAS CITY, April 19.-W. J. Cam
non, Bill" Cannon, soldier, scout,
"pathfinder," and man "A years old,
has applied for a marriage license
What was more, he wanted to marry
his own wife. They were married in
the 70's, but Cannon went west soon
thereafter, deserting his wife. Two
years ago, after a most remarkable
career, he returned east and became an
inmate Of the Soldiers home at Leaven-
worth. In the meantime, believing her
husband dead, and desiring to transact
some legal business, Mrs. Cannon applied
for divorce, which was granted. Lately
Cannon decided he wanted to again live
with his wife and commenced corre-
spondence and she accepted him. Can.
non was q friend of Kit Carson in his
time, of James Beckwith, "Wild Bill, -
James Bowie and the rest Of that band
of Indian fighters. No man ever had a
more romantic history. A boy Of IA
he was at the massacre of the Alamo,
OF which he is the sole survivor. To
him Davy Crockett entrusted the last
words he wrote, just before death came
upon him. The boy, in the disguise of
Mexican, escaped the massacre, and
carried the awful tidings to the world.
In the Mexican war he served with
distinction and at the conclusion be-
came government scout and inter.
prefer.
Cannon's adventures on the plains in
the civil war and later in the noun
tains Of Montana and California would
reQuire volumes to tell.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-04-19
HE SAN FRANCISCO MURDERS.

Evidence Against Dursut Of Clrcumstan-
tial Nature Only.
SAN FRANCISCO, April l9.-The
Emanuel church murders are still the
main topic Of discussion in this city
Notwithstanding the fact that one or
two newspapers have tried and con-
victed Theodore Durant Of the fright
full crime there seems to be q reaction
in favor of the accused young man.
Evidence so far produced against him
before the coroner's jury is only cir
cumstantial, and, while the police say
they have enough evidence to convict
10 men, it is doubted if any jury will
find Durant guilty unless further con-
elusive proof is furnished. The young
medical student does not act like q
guilty man, and, il he did commit the
murders, he is certainly a man Of re-
markable nerve.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-04-19
Lake and Ocean salva~e,

MILWAUKEE, April l9.-Judge Sea.
man, in the United States court, has
awarded $500 in the salvage suit of
the owners Of the steamer City of
Venice against the owners of the
steamer Spokane. The suit is an i'm
portant one to lake mariners, as it fixes
more closely than heretofore and es-
tablishes the differences between sal
wage on the lakes and salvage on the
ocean. The transportation company
asked for $4,000.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-04-19
JUST A FAKE.

News of the Big Chick asaw Nation Fight
Proves False.
ST. LOUIS, April lO.-A special to
The Post Dispatch from Denison, Tex. :.
says: The Guthrie 20. To- special in
regard to the internecine war at Tisho-
mingo, Chickasaw Nation, is a fake
story, pure and simple. The government
autonomy of the Chickasaw Nation is
moving along without jar, and the
Chickasaws are less disturbed with in
ternal complications just now than for
wears
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-04-19
Resigns the Iroquois Presidency.

CHICAGO, April l9.-Ex-Judge Sam
uel p. Mcconnell, who Wednesday
came out as an advocate of the free
coinage OF silver, has rendered his res.
ignation as president of the Iroquois
club. In his letter of resignation Judge
Mcconnell says that the position he
took on the currency question, he knew
to be contrary to that held by the ma
jority of the club, and that he felt that
it would be unfair under the circum.
stances for him to longer act as presid.
ing officer of the club.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-04-19
TIME is REQUISITE.

Cuban Rebellion Not to Ise Stamped Out
fL in n Day.
SAssfrAso DE CUBA, April 1s.-In a
proclamation issued by Governor Cen
eral Martinez Campos, he indicates that
active military operations will be car
ried on and pledges himself to carry out
all of the promised political and econ
omical reforms for the island if he is
supported. He also thinks the rebellion
will soon be crushed, but that the entire
pacification of the island will require a
long time. In another proclamation
Campos will warn the planters in the
interior against aiding the insurgents.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-04-19
Approved Rev. Cleveland's Course.

WATERFOWL, N. Y, April 10. "A
short time ago, dispute at Chaumont
Presbyterian church resulted in the
parishioners voting to ask the resigna-
ton Of the Rev. w. N. Cleveland,
brother of President Cleveland, who
has been pastor there for several years.
The appeal to the st. Lawrence presby.
terry was settled by approval Of the
Rev. Mr.. Cleveland's course, and his
election as representative to the gen.
eral assembly of the Presbyterians.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-04-19
New Slayonic Town.

ALAMosA, CAL, April ia new town
has bsen started between Alamosa and
La Jara by the Slavonic Land and Ben
eficial society Of Streator, Ills, called
Crystal Lake. A petition has been sent
to Washington asking for postoffice,
and the railroad company has promised
a daUot
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-04-19
St. Paul Union stock Yards.

SOUTH ST PAUL. April Is, 1895
HOGS-Market steady. Quality better
than yesterday.
CATTLE Market quiet. but good
demand for good stockers and feeders.
Prime cows, A.OOG4.5O; good steers,
8. 5000. o.; prime COWS, $!75G375; good
cows, 225@2 IS; common to fair cows,
81. 5O(02.25; light veal calves, $s.OO(d4 %,
heavy calves, 81. OO@3.OO; stockers, 81. 759
~. so: feeders, $25(D3OO.
SHEEP-Steady Oh good sheep; com
mon dull.
Muttons, $3Oo94 25; lambs, q. 75(d4 IS;
common, s.. 25G2.5O.
Receipts: Hogs, 900; cattle, 200; calves,
31: sheep $50
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-04-19
Ingalls, Favors Free Coinage.

KANSAS CITY, April ia special to
The Journal from Macon, Mo-, says: In
conversation with member Of the G.
A. R. at the state encampment being
held here, Hon. J. j. Ingalls, declared
he was not only in favor of putting a
plank into the national platform favor
ing the free and unlimited coinage of
silver, but that he was strongly in favor
of nominating candidate who was
strongly in favor Of that principle.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-04-19
Won by Roth.chia.l'. Colt.

NEWMARKET, Eng, April l9.-The
Ashley plate of 200 sovereigns, five fur
longs, for 2-year-old colts carrying 8
stone 12 pounds. fillies, 8 stone 8
pounds, was won by Mr.. Leopold de
Rothschild's Gulistan Mr.. Croker's
Montauk was scratched Tor this event.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-04-19

BERLIN, April ia dispatch re-
ceived here from Toxic says that in ad-
dition to the places mentioned in pre-
vious dispatches, the Japanese are to
retain possession of Wei Hal Wei as a
guaranty Of the payment of the war
indemnity.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-04-19
Campos Takes the Field.

KEY WEST, Fla. April l9.-Report
here has it that Martinez Campos has
departed for the field with 5000 troops.
General Masso. an insurgent leader,
has issued manifesto declaring death
to any peace commissions and asserting
the strength of the insurgents to be
5000 men and gaining in numbers
daily.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-04-19

Supreme Court Reverses the Lower Court
in tho Grain Rate Case.
ST. PAUL, April 18.-The supreme
court has rendered an opinion in the
appeal of the Great Northern Railway
company, Elias Steenerson, appellant
against the Great Northern railway,
respondent, in which it reverses the
order of tho district court.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-04-19
Burned by Insurgents.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, April l9.-The
latest arrivals here report the burning
of the town of Las Palmas, Cuba, by
the insurgents. Cuban refugees report
the town of Bayamo as besieSed by 900
men.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-04-19
LATEST MARKET REPORT.
Milwaukee Grain.

Milwaukee Grain.
MILWAUKEE, April Is, 1895
FLOUR-Firm.
WHEAT-No spring, >6OIsc; No l
Northern, Gle; May, 601sc
CORN-No. 3, AN.
OATS-No. white 32c; No. 3, white,
3111c.
BARLEY-No. =, SEC; sample, 52(f
524c.
RYE-No. l, 6OHc.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-04-19
Chicago Union Stock Yards.

CHICAGO, April IL, 1895
HOGS-Market went SOLO below yes
terday's average.
Sales ranged at $4.60G495 for light;
$4.65t65. 90 for mixed: u. 6O(d5. 10 for heavy
packing and shipping lots: $4,000 - for
rough.
CATTLE-Market weaker.
Dressed beef and shipping steers 81. l50I
g. 80: cows and bulls, $1.75 $500; Texans,
$3. 35(0 r5J.
SHEEP-Markec dull and lower
Receipts: Hogs, 24,OOo: cattle, l0,00t;
sheep, 1900.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-04-19
CONDEMNS MANITOBA SCHOOLS.

The Pope Issues a Letter to Canadian
Bishops.
ROME, April lS..,The pope, through
the congregation of the propaganda, has
addressed letter to the Canadian bish.
ops, condemning the frequenting of
Protestant or neutral schools by the
Catholics of Manitoba.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-04-19
NEWS BRIEFLY REPORTED.

Spain refuses to allow missionaries
from this country to return to the
Canary islands.
Governor Morton has issued a reuui-
sition OH the governor of New Jersey
for the return to New York of Oliver
Perry, the train robber captured in that
state
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-04-19
Member Of the Racing Board.

ST. LOUIS, April ia telegram has
been received here from the president
of the National League of American
Wheelmen, announcing the appoint
ment as member of the national rae
ing board Of Douglas w. Robert, sport
ing editor of The Post Dispatch.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-04-19
Minneapolis Grain.
MINNEAPoL1s An,

/ MINNEAPOLIS, April Is. 1895.
WHEAT-Clo.e, April, 6)11c; May,
6O9sc; July, 6lH.> On Track-No. l hard,
&c; No. Northern, &c; No. = North
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-04-19
Man ufn cturiny Jewellers Assign.

CHICAGO. April l9.-The National
Manufacturing and Jewelry Importing
company of Chicago has assigned. The
assets of the company are placed at
$l36, 200 and liabilities about $4,000.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-04-19
An Iowa Fire,

WEST UNION, Ia, April l9.-Flre at
Waukon destroyed Duffy q Son's gen
eral store, Martins furniture store,
Fitzgeralds saloon an WinXe..'s hard.
ware store. Loss, &45 900; insura zee,
$4,000.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-04-19
Duluth Grain.

DULUTH. Anril IL, 1885
WHEAT-Cash. April. No. hard,
62hc; No. l Northern, &C. July, No. i
Northern, 63c: September, 6l1s.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-04-19
Iowa Medical Society.

CREsroN, Ia, April l9.-The 44th
annual meeting of the Iowa State Med
ical society is now in session here.
About 500 physicians are in attendance
Justice jackson Ready to Sit.
NASHVILLE, April l9.-In an inter-
view, Associate Justice jackson of the
United States supreme court says: II
wrote a few days since to the chief JUS
tice simply expressing my willingness
to go to Washington and make full
bench i'll case the court should desire u
rehearing o. the income tax case at this
term of the court 1have heard noth
ing since thea.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-04-19
"a PRICES cream Eakiug Pow de-
Most Perfect Made.

Young Women $ Christian Association.
PITTsBURG, April l9-The fifth in
ternational convention OF the Young
Women's Christian association opened
in the First Presbyterian church. Mrs.
Grace Whitney Evans, daughter of en-
Governor Whitney of Michigan, pre-
sided.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-04-19
Montreal Shocked,

Montreal Shocked.
MONTREAL. April l9.-An earthquake
shock lasting about Is seconds was felt
here about ll:3O a. H., but no damage
was done. The shock was experienced
all through eastern townships of Que
bee.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-04-19
iADIsoN, SOUTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY APRIL 10, 1ss

G4oline Stoves repaired and cleaned
Painfs and Oils, Glass OF all sizes.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-04-19

We have first class timer whose
work OF all kinds we can warrant.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-01-22
a DISHONEST CRY.

The chorus now is, the Government
must so out of the banking business.
This is new way of saying the green
backs must go. Nearly all the bills
that have been so far reported make
this one of their aims. But what does
this cry that the Government must go
out of the banking business mean? 1t
means just this: The banks will issue
the money, control it's supply, and make
the profit, and the Government will
stand behind them and take the risks.
IF the Government is to go out of the
banking business, we demand that it
go clear out! Every one knows, as Tom
johnson said the other day in Con-
gress, that any safe and sound curren-
cy must be issued under Government
supervision and have behind it the
Governments credit. If this is neces-
sary-and all the plans being urged by
those who shout this chorus in the
loudest voice, from the Baltimore plan
down, recognize it as necessary--what
shall be said of the cry, the Govern
ment must go out of the banking bus
mess? 1t is a dishonest, delusive,
swindling cry. Oh, for a congress OF
Statesman to settle these issues, in
stead of congress of pot-house politl-
clans who owe all their political sue
cess to the fayors of the saloons and
the subsidies Of corporations THE
Voice.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1895-01-22
KENNOLIA DOTS.
BY BUCK.

The damp, cold weather, that has
continued so long is having its bad eff
feet on the people.
Bad colds and lots of them, occasion
ally case of la grippe.
Farmers all seem to be at loss; very
little done in that direction, though
Hon. A. j. Walker is clearing another
extensive new ground.
Mr. and Mrs. Mansel Case will live
with Mr.. Walker and have moved into
their new home We wish them a
happy new year.
Mrs. A. G. Smith is having her house
repaired.
The wedding bells have ceased, for
awhile, but expect they will ring again,
soon. Who will be the next to follow?
We have had only ten in the last Hy-
meneal season!
DR.. A. M. Dodds, en- route for Halle
hurst to see his mother, went through
our section accompanied by Messrs.
Tom Newman and Pearly Herrin, to
Brookhaven.
Again, we are panied to see our dis
tinguished friend, Mr.. j. w. Oliver, on
the sick list.
Rev. j. w. Patrick, after all eight
days visit to his mothers, at McComb
City, has returned.
The last LEADER was an extra good
number. Wish all men would read it.