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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-05-20
FEDERATION FOR SILVER.

Western Miners Adopt Resolutions Fa-
, voring Free Coinage.
" DENVER, May 20.-The convention of
the Western Federation of Miners has
adopted resolutions supporting the
principles Of the Omaha Populist plat
form, favoring the coinage Of silver at
the ratio Of 16 to l, irrespective Of any
national or international conference, 1"
and condemning the issue Of gold in.
terest bearing bonds.
A resolution was also adopted appeal.
ing to all branches of organized labor
to unite under one common head,
through state and national organiza.
ton for the purpose Of immediate pro.
lection concentrating our efforts at the
ballot to secure the election of the party
pledged to work for the enactment OF
laws beneficial to toe masses Of the peo.
pie, and the repeal Of all laws which
place capital above labor.
Another resolution declares that
occupancy and use are the only title
to land.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-05-20
SYMPTOMS OF HYORoPHoBIA,

Big Herd of Steers Near Burlington Act
ing Queerly.
BURLINGTON, Ia, May 20.-A strange
disease resembling hydrophobia has at
tackled q big herd of steers near this
city and six animals have already died.
The animals suddenly begin to froth at
the mouth, below and charge around
and fall to the ground in a comatose
condition, then spring up and repeat
the performance, dying in about day
after the symptoms appear. The state
veterinary surgeon has been notified.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-05-20
MORTON NON-COMMlTTAL.

Not Telling What He VIII Recommend
Regarding Duties ON Meat.
NEW YORK, May 2O.-The following
letter on the beef question from Secre-
tary Of Agriculture Morton appears in
the National Provisioner, the organ Of
the meat and provision industries:
"Dear Sir: Referring to your letter
inquiring whether I am in favor Of
placing beef ON the free list and intend
to make a favorable recommendation
to the executive thereon, will say that
have stated that in case Of combi.
nation or trust to artificially advance
the vrice Of any commodity, have
believed that one of the best remedies
was to place the commodity upon
the free list, whether it was beef or
any other article. I have not stated
that there was q combination or trust
which has advanced the price of beef,
but have directed that an investigation
be made to determine, if possible,
whether the apparent excessive in
crease in the retail price Of beef was
due to the manipulation of such a
combination Of the large packing houses.
As that investigation is not yet COM
pleted, I am not prepared to say what
recommendation Twill make to the ex.
ecutive, and it probably would not be
proper for me to state SO long in ad-
vance what the recommendations Of
my annual report will be.
IF, as you state. the representative
Of your state has found that there ia
considerable depression in the business
Of the Western packers, is it not re.
markable that they should consider il
advisable, when business was in that
condition, to suddenly and arbitrarily
advance the price of their product and
thereby greatly lessen the consump.
tion?'
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-05-20
coRNERiNG SHIPPING.

Charters Advance More Rapidly Than
Wheat Prices on the Pacific.
TACOMA, Wash, May 20-Grain men
here say that English owners have cor
nered the wheat ships Of the Pacific
coast and they connect the Fair wheat
of San Francisco with the deal.
"There is a scheme to hold wheat
ships in port" said Phil r. Kershaw Of
the West Coast Grain company, until
charters ara run up to an outrageous
figure, and then get whatever they;
fancy.
"After they had done that they put
up the price ON charters from IS shill-
ings to from 35 to 81 shillings. This is
equivalent to an advance Of 12 cents in
the price Of wheat; but while these
great advances have been made in the
price of charters, our wheat has not in
creased but about 3 cents per bushel.
May Ship by Rail.
I'm Chicago and Liverpool, the price
OF wheat has advanced from Is to 1S
cents per bushel So it will be seen
that simply on account of this corner
on quarters on this coast with it's head
quarters in San Francisco, the man
ayers of the corner propose to rake of
all the benefits to be derived from the
advance in wheat. / have already ad-
vised all my clients to get together and
arrange at once with the railroads to
give a reasonable rate on wheat ship.
ments by rail to Chicago If this il
done il will hraak tho hack Of tho cor.
ner on ships. As it is we are bound
hand and foot. and are at the mercy OF
lot of English ship owners who have
dubbed together to take advantage Of
the advance in the price of wheat"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-05-20
ROBBED PASSENGERS
Stage Stopped by Road Agents
Near klamath Falls,
Oregon.
PASSENGERS WERE LINED UP
And Robbed of Valuables,
Mail Sacks and Treasure
Box RifIed.

PORTLAND, Ore, May 20.-Near Ka-
math Falls the Alger stage was stopped
by ROAD agents at lonely spot. The
bandits were masked and heavily
armed. They ordered the passengers
to get out and line up before them.
One of the robbers stood guard while
another passed along and took all the
passengers, valuables. Then the pas
sengers were forced to cut open the
mail sacks, and the driver was then
called upon to break open the express
box. The robbers then drove the pas
sengers back into the stage and ordered
them on. The amount stolen is not
known, but is large.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-05-20
Wants Horned Toatls.

SAN DIEGO, Cal, May 2O.-H. p.
Wood, the Hawaiian consul, has re-
ceived an order from the commissioner
of agriculture and forestry of Hawaii,
for 500 horned toads to be used on the
land to destroy bug that is eating
everything in sight. The commissioner
wrote that lot of toads had been i'm.
ported but that they required water
which was not always handy, while the
horned toad needs no water and is
equally expert as q bug catcher. Con-
sui Wood therefore advertised for
horned toads, Offering to pay 81 dozen
for them.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-05-20
St. Paul Union Stock Yards.

SOUTH ST. PAUL, May ls. 1895.
HOGS-Market 10c higher; quality
fair to good. Range of prices, A.35@
GAO.
CATTLE-Market strong and active;
good demand for fat cattle and good quail
ity feeders.
Prime steers. 10000 so; good steers,
g. 5O94. 90; prime cows, s2.75@3. Is; good
cows, >2.25@2. Is; common to fair cows,
$l.5O@2.25; light veal calves, 5000. CO.;
heavy calves, $2.OO@3. 90; stockers. 81. 75(9
$50; feeders. $2.25@3.OO.
SHEEP-Strong and active on good
stuff, others steady.
Muttons, g. OO04 25 lambs, $3,75@4 Is,
common, 81. 25G25O.
Receipts: Hogs, l,40O; cattle, 900; sheep,
Is: calves 20
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AS VIEWED By DUN,

Advance In Wages Of Iron Men the Best
Sign Of Returning Prosperity.
NEW YORK, May 20.-R. G. Dun 6,
Co. s Weekly Review of Trade says:
The severe cold snap, with extensive
frosts and in some states snow, has,
fortunately. done little damage to the
great crops, though much to fruit, but
has considerably retarded retail trade.
The best news of the week is the ad-
vance of 10 per cent in wages by the
Carnegie works, followed by the Jones
& Laughlin establishment, and evil
IDENTIFY implying a similar advance by
many other concerns The Illinois
Steel company is starting it's furnaces
without granting the demands Of en-
ployes. No advance has been found
practicable in the woollen mills, where
conditions as to prices and foreign COM
petition are very different.
Domestic Trade Eularging.
With material and steady enlarge
ment in domestic trade, there is still
great want Of employment in the inte-
rior, for money which comes hither,
s., SOC, 600 during the past week, and,
with the millions distributed by the
syndicate on bond account, stimulates
speculation. Accordingly wheat has
risen 5 cents, although the reports Of
injury by frost does not appear, upon
sitting, to concern any considerable pro.
portion Of the growing grain. Corn
has advanced only half a cent, being
apparently injured more than wheat,
but the acreage gives promise of yield
of 2, 900, 600. 900 bushels. Bessemer iron
has risen to $11.4O at Pittsburg, with
gray forge to 1896. Finished products
Are In Larger Demand,
but as yet not large enough to cause
any general advance in prices
and proposals of combinations in mer.
chants steel, structural iron, Cast pipe,
wire rods and cut nails, with the exist.
ing combination in steel rails, show
that the market does not rise Of itself.
Woollen goods manufactures are above
parity with quotations at the seaboard
and lower prices are looked for.
Heaviest transactions continue on
Australians Failures during the past
week have been 2l2 in the United
States, against 2l9 last year, and 81 in
Canada, against "a last year.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-05-20

San Francisco Bicyclists Comply with an
Ordinance.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 20. Several
bicyclists were arrested Thursday night
for not complying with an ordinance
requiring wheelmen to carry lights at
night or to ring bells or blow horns
when approaching street crossings. As
heSexistence of the ordinance was un-
known to nine-tenths Of the riders they
were fined only IS each in the police
court, which they paid. Last night
about 800 wheelmen rode through the
streets, some carrying big barn Ian
terms, some ringing COW bells and 9th
ers blowing horns. The result was that
about ahalf dozen were arrested for
disturbing the peace, and others for
noncompliance with the ordinance.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-05-20
A Trolley Accident.

ST. PAUL, May 20. Arthur Strauss
was seriously injured and nine others
were more or less bruised and hurt in a
trolley car collisi on on University ave-
niue at 6:2O p. m. The cars were
crowded with men and women from
the ball park, and had the cars been
running at higher rate Of speed the
accident would surely have been much
more serious. Among the hurt were
State Treasurer Koener, J. II. Whitta-
ker and Matt Jensen.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-05-20
Episcopal Conversation.

REDWOOD FALLS, Mimi, May 20.-
The Southern convocation Of the dio-
cese Of Minnesota was held at the Eps-
copal Church Of the Holy Communion.
A large class was confirmed at the clos
ing services in the evening.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-05-20
Farmer Shoots . Farm Hand.

LEMARs, Ia, May 20.-Conrad Kohl,
q farmer living IL miles south Of LIE.
mars, shot William Dockery, dis
charged farm hand, killing him in
stantly. Dockery was prowling about
Kohl's house and refused to leave. He
hit Kohl over the head with an iron
wrench, and Kohl shot him in the tenn
ple.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-05-20
Chicago Grain and Provisions.
CHICAGO, May lS, lS9,

CHICAGO, May lS, 1895.
CLOSING PRICES.
WHEAT-May, 7OAc; July. 7lAc;
September. 71Ac.
CORN-May, 527sc; July, 53Tc; Sep
tember. 54Hc.
OATS-May. 29c: June, 29Hc; July,
29Hc; September, 1880.
PORK-May, sl2 ~: July, sl2.47; Sep
tember, s13.7..
LARD-May, $40 July, s8.S2; Sep
tember, $6Si.
SHORT RIBS-May, s6.22; July. $3.50;
September x6.A7.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-05-20
Gail Hamilton's Condition Serious.

WASHINGTON, May 2O.-Secretary
Gresham is better. He passed a very
comfortable night and is resting easily.
Representative Hit is also better
though his improvement is very slight
Miss Mary Abigail Dodge is much
worse. Her condition is regarded as
very critical, and made more serious in
view Of her advanced age. She has
been sinking steadily for some hours.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-05-20
clearinghouse blown I'm,

MUNCIE, Ind, May 2O.-At Parker,
eight miles east of here, the boarding.
house OF Mrs. John Hewitt was
wrecked by dynamite explosion. Mrs.
Hewitt and her daughter Susie were
taken. out Of the wreck unconscious
and both are terribly injured. Four
other occupants Of the house were
SLIGHTLY injured.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-05-20
LATEST MARKET REPORT.
Milwaukee Grain.

Milwaukee Grain.
MILWAUKEE, May IS, 1895
FLOUR-Steady.
WHEAT-No. , spring, 7lAc; No
Northern, 76c; July, 72Ac
CORN-No. 3, sc.
OATS-No. 2 white, 321ac; No. white,
32@32Ac.
BARLEY-No ?, 4s1c: sample, 4914@
491lc.
RYE-No /. &c
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-05-20
CaDturo.l ,Jim sw.,low-

BLACK RIVER FALLS, Wis, May 90
Jim Swallow has been captured by the
officers. he is supposed to be the chief
actor in the Black Hawk cutting affair.
He was taken before Justice Hull and
committed without bail for 10 days,
awaiting the result Of Black Hawk 8
wounds, made with jack knife in the
breast back and head.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-05-20
Chicago Union Stock Yards.

CHICAGO, May 10, 1895.
HOGS-Market active, and prices firm
to a shade higher.
Sales ranged at A.3O@460 for light;
$435@4.65 for mixed; $i2O04.75 for heavy
packing and shipping lots; $4.20@425 for
rough.
CATTLE-Market quiet and steady.
Dressed beef and shipping steers. s. $50
$50; cows and bulls, s2.OO@45O; Texans,
S2. 5O@5.Oo.
SHEEP-Market stronger.
Receipts: Hogs, 10000; cattle, 1000;
sheep, 1900.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-05-20
CONVENTION WILL BE CALLED.

Missouri Silverites Will Ignore the Dam.
ocrxtic Ceutral Committee.
JEFFERSON CITY. Mo-, May 90
Chairman Hall of the Democratic or.
ganization here composed Of state sena.
tors aud representatives, says that the
silver convention will be called, with OF
without the consent OF the Democratic
state central committee. They look
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upon the movement as the initial step
toward launching boom for Senator
Vest for president It is said that he
fits the plans and specifications of
Speaker Crisp's unnamed candidate for
the presidency,
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-05-20
Minneapolis Grain.

MINNEAPoLIs, May lS, 1895.
WHEAT - May, 1880; June, 731sc;
July. 1890; September, 7o1sc. On
Track-No. hard. 7+Hc; No. Northern,
73Ac; No. 2 Northern. 72Ac.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-05-20
Duluth Grain.

DULUTH. May lS, 1895
WHEAT Cash, MAY. No. l hard,
75c; No. l Northern, 74c; July, No.
Northern. 75c September, No. North
ern, -.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-05-20

Asked to bid q Rattle Ship.
DUBUQUE, Ia, May 2O.-A letter has
been received by the Iowa Iron works
of this city, from Vladivastock, Siberia,
asking for bid on 1900 ton battle.
ship tor the Russian navy.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-05-20

New Newspaper.
WooD LAKE, Mimi. May 2O.-R. H.
Lueneberg, publisher of the Brownton
Bulletin, has a printing outfit here and
will publish the Wood Lake Ledger. the
first number of which will be issued
next week.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-05-20
all. Prices Cream Eaking rowde
Most Perfect Made.
Self Defense Claimed.

Sioux CRY, May 2O.-Conrad Kohl
shot and instantly killed William Dock
cry OH q farm near Lemars, 20 miles
from here. Kohl claims he fired in self
defense and has given himself up. The
men had been on bad terms for some
time.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-09-12

San francisco, Sept. 10.-An evening
paper Monday printed a sensational
story about the defense which will
be offered in the Durrant trial for the
murder of Blanche Lamont. The
statement is credited to a person con-
nected with the defense. Its substance
follows:
The alibi will be strong, but the de-
Tense has witnesses to show that Dur-
rant not only did not commit the muir
der, but will indicate who did if
There will be more than one impli-
Gated in the murder. The witnesses
will testify that they saw the girl en-
ter the church on the fatal afternoon
with a certain man and at that time
the second man was in the church.
There the defense will rest its inquiry.
1t will not attempt to prove that these
parties did not commit the murder
The statements as to this are so di-
rect that they will leave no ground
for the prosecution to stand on so far
as Durrant lis concerned.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-09-12

Of IL she graduated with high honors
at college. where she had been 8 m
Pill for several years. The mothers
health at that time was so feeble that
she could not attend the exercises,
much to her daughters regret. One in
however, which pleased
the fair graduate was her lover, and
about whom each letter to her mother
had been filled for many months. Ow-
ing to her delicate health. which made
life more uncertain than it always is,
and to the fact that there was no
other rela tive in the world 10 care for
her daughter, she had consented to
her wedding this young man, of whom
she had heard so much good. The
mother was taken worse that day and
wired her daughter and her s0n-t0-be
to come on at once. They did: all ar
engagements for the wedding were
made, and while the mother lay in
half unconscious state the young low
ers were made man and wife. Imme-
diately after the ceremony the couple
sat down on the bed by the sick
woman. The daughter, frightened al
her mothers pallor and stiffness, fell
over her and began to weep. The
mother, aroused, looked at one, then
the other, and then opening wide her
eyes riveted them on the young hus-
band and eXcitedly asked him if he
had certain marks on his body. The
man, greatly astonished, as were all
present, acknowledged having the
birth marks and proved it by rolling
up his sleeves and showing two. The
mother thereupOn fell over in his arms
and swooned. 1t was Eer long-lOSt boy.
His ia ther had given him in charge of
a Catholic home, where a sister of
charity had seen to his education and
had given him her family name.
1t was certainly a strange and sad
state of affairs, and pitably trying to
the just-married sister and brother
Both nursed the mother until she was
we'll and strong. Then the daughter
went to a convent to become a nun
and a year later took the black veil
The son went to western city, where
after three or four months sOjOurn
he committed suicide. Thus the
mother was deprived of both her loved
ones, and yet she lives to tell the
story. The body of her boy is buried
here, for at that time here was bel
home. And as often as she can she
comes here to lay flowers, sprinkleG
with tears, ON her sons grave. She
invested her money to advantage, has
/ property in three large summer re
sorts and a large hotel in a western
city. She is the founder Of a certain
home for orphans and contributes tC
many charitable organizations.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-09-12
TRILBY TWO-STEP.
New Dance for the Coming Social
Season.

Sartoga, n. Y, Sept. S.-Quite a
number of new steps and features
were agreed upon for Introduction by
the American Society of Professors of
Dancing before its final adjournment.
These novelties include polkas,
Waltzes, cottillons, etc, but the points
concerning theme will be divulged
only by these terpsichorean masters
in the practical work of insructing
their classes. The titles of some Of
these dances are The Fashion, The
Dance of Homage, The Trilby Two
Step and The Standard Lancers The
two mentioned last were introduced
by these forty professors at the grand
floral ball. They were much admired,
were proved to be practicable and
feasible, and have evidently ''caugnt
on" so that they may be considered
secure of such a measure of public
favor as to become generally and per
manently adopted.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-09-12
BRIEF NOTES.
dramas.

The African MeuhodistS have de-
Champaign, Ill.
NJ E. Sabin, of Wisconsin. a clerk
in the pension office, has been pro
noted from a 5000 to a $1,000 clerk
ship.
Mayor Mccarthy, of Lemont ILL.,,
charged with accepting brides, was ar
raigned in the criminal court and held
in $1,000 bail.
Peter COsgrave has been appointed
postmaster at Paskin, Barron county
Wisconsin, vice w. T. Fay, removed
Saturdays statement of the condi-
ton of the treasury shows: Available
cash balance, S1S1 ,9S2,422 gold re-
serve, S1OO,112,2O7.
Jack Livingston, known as 1.-THE St
Paul Kid" was knocked out by
Frenchy Osborne in Denver in three
rounds. They fought for purse of
$3.50 and the entrance money.
The rebellion in the province of Kan
Sub is becoming formidable The in
surgent army has captured eleven
cities. 1t is reported China meditates
calling on Russia for aid to suppress
the rebellion.
Mrs. Clara Macarthur, the woman
who attempted to jump from the
Brooklyn bridge recently, was picked
up under the bridge yesterday by a
passing boat. 1t is believed she
jumped from the bridge. She was
unconscious when taken from the
water, but recovered and was held a
prisoner CHARGED with attempting sui
eide
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-09-12
Madison, Sept. 10.


William r. REESE, a gray-haired
feeble old man who owns a large farm
near Onecy, a small town north of
FreepOrt, Ill, arrived in Madison
about O'Clock last night over the
Illinois Central road in search of his
runaway daughter, Miss Eulda, a
golden haired, blue-eyed lass of is.
She ami one of The hired men on the
farm had eloped. The mans name is
John Pugh, a brunette about % years
old.
1t seems that Pugh was hired by
REESE a couple of months ago to assist
in the farm work. He was fellow
of easy manners and some musical
ability Hulda took strong fancy 10
him soon after he went to work. In
THE evening he would play on the
family piano and sing very cleverly.
lHulda also sang and her sweet So
prano voice and his tenor afforded
much enjoyment to the household
Her mother died several years ago
and her care was entrusted To a
maiden aunt. No one of the family
noticed the growing intimacy between
Hulda and Pugh until one day they
turned UP missing.
Inquiry developed the fact that she
came north on the Central road and
the broken-he hearted father followed :.
Here it was found that they had left
for ST. Paul and the pursuing father
took train this morning for that city
1t was pitiful to see the old mans
grief as he told of his trouble. Tears
cOursed down his shrunken, Withered
cheeks and the anguish shook his
bent form as he told the story of his
foolish daughter and her companion.
''She has had everything that money
could buy" he said. Her education
has been carefully looked after and
fr several years she has been at a COL
lege for girls near Springfield, Ill. l
thought she was like her mother and
L hoped she would make such wO-
mana woman any man would be
proud to call his wife | hoped, too,
that she would be a source of ioy and
comfort to me i'm nv daclinino wars
but now-what shall 1 do. That
schemlng villain who persuaded her
to leave a happy home will take my
baby to large city and soon, having
tired of her, cast her off. He's that
kind of rascal, l know, else he
never would have done what he has.
My only hope is that 1 can cut them
off by telegraph before they reach st.
Paul"