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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-07-08
A new TANGLED STORM DOOR.
Advantages and Draw backs Of = Recon,
Continuance In q Gotham Building.

Advantages and Drawbacks Of = Recent
Contrivxnce In q Gotham Building.
The new Postal Telegraph building at
Broadway and Murray street has a pat
ent revolving storm door, which, the
inventor says, is the first of its kind in
troduced into this city. The door has
four wings, after the fashion Of a turn.
stile. There are four doors, in fact, each
of them bound with rubber weather
straps. The person entering the building
pushes against the wing on the right, and
the continuance begins to revolve. By the
time he has turned the wing far enough
to get inside the building tho one be-
hind him has closed.
There is a commendable absence of
cold drafts in the work of this revolving
door and no turning Of knobs, only a
little confusion sometimes when two
persons try to go in opposite directions
at the same time Two young women.
for instance, approached the entrance Oh
Saturday afternoon, n Of whom went
to the right and the other to the left.
OF course they were pushing against
each other, and hearing the laughter Of
some men behind>them they pushed the
harder, neither wishing to be defeated
in what she deemed a test of muscle.
So they pushed until some men waiting
to get in explained to the would be
amazons that the door would open only
from the right anyhow, and that push
ing on the left would prevent it from
opening at all. Thereupon one Of the
men opened the right door with a SIM
pie motion. The girls were perfectly
happy over the fact that they had at
least kept each other out.
The next to have an argument with
the new tangled patent was an excit-
able, we'll dressed Irishman, who also
pushed to the left. Not being successful
he turned partly round to investigate,
when a bu"tling young man showed the
door outward with a rush, and the Irish
mans silk hat was knocked off and his
dignity otherwise badly ruft1ed. He vas
partly carried inside the building by
the revolution, SO that by the time he
got outside again to expostulate his IN
known assailant was lost in the "shuf-
fle' Of the Broadway crowd, uncon-
scious of having injured aIybody's feel
ings. ~
Although tho revolving door at times
affords as much amusement as a scene
in a Drury Lane pantomilne, it is said,
on the whole, to be q success. New
York Tribune.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-07-08
SIX WERE DROWNED.

Sinking of tho Lady Lee Proves q Serious
Casualty.
MEMPHIS, July 6. 1t now appears
that six lives were lost by the sinking
of the Memphis and Ashport packet.
Lady Lee, which occurred at the head
of Island No. 40, Is miles above this
city. The missing are: Harry Robin
son, the boats baker, and Peter Wat.
son, the barber. both Of Memphis, to.
,yether with q negro roustabout named
.Ady, also of Memphis, and three col.
ored deck passengers.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-07-08
THE RETIRED G


His varieEated Career.
AFTER / had gathered in what l
could find in the dining room, " said the
retired burglar, telling Of his experience
in q house N western Massachusetts,
Il started fcs the parlor. This parlor
was just in front Of the dining room,
and there were heavy curtains between.
I pushed these curtains one side and
went in carefully, SO as not to mar the
furniture by kicking it, feeling along
for the table which I knew must be in
the center. l came to 1t presently and
found 1t very solid feeling, with a sort
Of molding or carving along the edge.
I had struck it on q side apparently,
and SO I felt toward the dining room
until I came to a r Of the table,
and then I felt along the end for the
next corner to get the dimensions Of 1t.
I struck the other corner so quick that it
made my hair raise right up. I knew
there was only one thing they build of
such shape, and that's a coffin.
II turned my light IN it, and it was
a big oak casket, one of the kind they
make nowadays, square and solid, and
it had three silver handles on each side.
I didn't dare look in, but I felt as
though I ought to have them handles.
The head was toward the front Of the
house and the foot toward the dining
room. l set my lamp down and got my
screwdriver out Of my bag and began
ON one of the handles nearest the foot.
/ suppose l must have felt q little easier
after I'd got that n off and into the
bag. know l went around the end and
then up the other side pretty prompt,
getting 'em off smooth as could be, and
around the head and started down the
other side where I'd begun. l got the
handle off, by the head on that side, and
then I went at the last handle, the one
in the middle. In turning the las,
screw of the handle l dropped my
screwdriver.
at seemed to me as though 1t made
more noise tn AN an iron telegraph pole
dropping inside of an empty iron OF
tank. I just lay down and waited.
didn't dare run. l expected a million
people would come pouring down thu
stairs and from all around. and l jus
waited. lying on the floor, but ther'
didn't anybody ONE You know, tn
fact was that dropping that screwdrive'
hadn't made noise enough to wake up
mouse, but it seemed to me like tn
greatest racket you ever heard, and j
scared me most to death. But when no
body came I picked up the screwdrive
and set it in the notch Of the again
and I'd just got that handle of when
heard somebody say:
Don't you think you're crowdin u
here a little, my friend carrying ava.
them handles?' 1t was the dead maj
sitting up and looking down at me.
suppose he'd been in a N epileptic franc
or something of that sort, and dropping
that screwdriver had made just shocl
enough to start him into life again.
Il was SO scared I dropped the han
die, but l grabbed my bag-I suppos
instinct made me do that-and starte
out through the dining room again an,
down cellar and out by the window
came in by. l didn't wait to see if any
body was coming this time.
Il got $117 for those five handles.
seemed a pity to lose the other one, bu
it was always a great satisfaction to IN
to think that I'd woke the man up. -
New York Sun.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-07-08
His First Visit.

1T seems very Cwampy along here"
observed the New Yorker, looking Ian
guidly out Of the car window. How
much farther is it to Chicago?"
you've been in Chicago half an
hour" said the conductor majestically.
GOOD gracious! I don't see any resi-
dences."
"You must be n~earsighted. sir. / can
see the dwelling Of one of the oldest
families in Chicago not half a mile
away"
IL can't seq it at all. What's their
name?'
"Muskrat."
"Bless my soul!'-Chicago Tribune.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-07-08

NORRIS, Mimi, July 8.-William
Mccullough. a prominent livery man
of this city, started to Wheaton with a
four horse team. When near Donnelly
the team became frightened and al
away. MI. Mccullough was found in
the road several hours later in an un-
conscious condition, and has not yet
regained consciousness.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-07-08
Rich Gold Quartz.

K%ALIsPEL, Mon. July ~s.-Prospect-
ors along Fisher river west Of here have
discovered fine lodges of gold quartz.
The specimens exhibited here fairly
sparkle, the gold being visible to the
naked eye. 1t is believed to be a con.
tinuation Of the lodges at Fort Steele,
where several million dollars Of the
precious dust was washed out of the
streams running into the Kootenai
rlvor
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-07-08

Brookings Press, 4: Bro. Shannon, of
the Huronite, thinks the college does
not need a new president half as bad as
it does the application OF a g broom
in the laboratories and COW stables. There
is where nine-tenths of the people in
this community will agree with Deacon
Shannon.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-07-08
Steamer Lady Leo Sunk.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, July S.-The
steamer Lady Lee struck an obstacle
and sank in IA feet of water. The
passengers and crew were saved. Her
cargo is a total loss. She was built in
1889 and cost $50, 900.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-07-08
Pullman Advances Wages.

CHICAGO, July S.-The Pullman Pal
ace Car company has advanced the
wages of the employees at the Pullman
shops 10 per cent, the advance affect
ing about 4, 900 people. No formal an
nouncement has been made by the
company of its action, as the advance
has been gradual, taking effect in vari-
Gus departments at different times dur
ing the last two weeks.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-07-08
Increased Demand for Coke.

BELT. Mon, July S.-The demand
for coke is increasing SO that more
ovens are to be built. This is in an
ticipation of large calls from the new
coppery refinery at Great Falls. New
men are also being put to work in the
coal mines. The ranches along the
Belt valley are all in excellent condi-
ton, the recent rains doing q wonder
full amount of good to the growing
crODS.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-07-08
Another Soldier Suicides.

ST. PAUL. July S.-R. w. Bishop. a
~janitor in the United States army head
quarters, blew out his brains while
seated in a chair in the janitor's room
of the building. He served in the War
of the Rebellion and Is years in the
regular army. He has been ~janitor of
the building for nine years.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-07-08
bishop Here on Indians,

SIOUX CITY. Ia, July 8.-The Indian
Teachers convention closed last night.
1t has been a success from every point
Of view. The principal paper on the
programme the last day was that Of
Bishop w. II. Hare Of Sioux Falls.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-07-08
Pettigrew Gains Health.

LONDON, July 8.-Senator Richard F.
Pcttigrew of South Dakota has sailed
for home after a three months tour of
the continent. He has greatly i'm
proved in health and has gained in
weight.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-07-08
The Pierre Times-Slgnal has cha,

The Pierre Times-Slgnal has changed
bands and passed into proprietorship Of
j. ID. Rogers an old Dakota newspaper
man. He has changed the name to
estate Register" and designs to make a
state paper OF 1t. The Daily Capital
will continue as a separate institution
but furnish the State Register tits local
natter,
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-07-08
Ths Aberdeen News has shut up

Th8 Aberdeen News has shut up like
a clam on the Taylor case and other live
topics of the kind, and has commenced
the discussion Of physical regeneration
and such things. Brother McCloud
must have been "convicted."-Pierre
Free Press.
So has the other d~efamatory twin, the
Argus Leader.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-07-08

Redfield Observer, 4: II. l.. Loucks
will deliver forty populist speeches in
Missouri during the summer. The pop.
ulist campaign cash box ~ South Dako-
ia is dry and friend Loucks knows a
thing or two. A friend writing up here
from Missouri calls the pops 'ghost
dancers!"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-07-08
Coal Mines Suddenly Shut Down

CHICAGO, July GA dispatch from
Butte, Mon, says the extensive coal
mines of the Anaconda company, inthe
town of Belt, have been shut down
without notice or explanation and
near.y 1000 men thrown out of EN-.
ployment. The town depends entirely
on the coal mines. Unless work is soon
resumed the place will be deserted.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-07-08
Nero's Appearance.

In his youth Nero was remarkably
handsome, but early in manhood his
habits Of dissipation made him exceed
ingly corpulent. To judge from his
medals and the descriptions left Of him
he must have weighed over 200 pounds.
His features were regular. but his eyes
were SO protuberant as to be almost a
deformity, and he was nearsighted, SO
much so that he could not recognize his
acquaintance across the street.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-07-08

A Sioux Falls lawyer robbed a Lin
coin county grave Of It's tombstone to
satisfy a judgment. We always thought
a lot IN the cemetery was exempt from
execution.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-07-08

Los ANGELES, July S.-Rev. Edward
H. Rowland has been convicted OF per.
jury and sentenced to two years in San
Quentin.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-07-08

Saxony was so called because it was
inhabited by the Saxons, who took their
name from the sea AK, a small battleax
or knife which they bore in their CIR
dies.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-07-08

Aberdeen has a summer Normal
school with an attendance of 225 would
be teachers.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-07-08

In 1878 the complete success Of water
GAS as an illuminant was made apparent.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-07-08

Dr. Prices Cream Baking Powder
Awarded Gold Medal Midwinter Fair. San Fran. so.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-07-08
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION
TO ADVERTISED

THE DAILY LHApR makes q special feature OF
furnishing information concerning the advantages
aud resources Of the city Of Madison and OF the
state at large emitting IL to the patronage OF ad
~vertisers OF every class.
J, r. STAHL Prop rietor.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-09-19
Marvellous Results.

. From aletter written by Rev J.
Gunderman, of Dimondale, Mich, we
are permitted to make this extract: ~
have no hesitation III recommending
DR.. Kings New Discovery, as the re-
suits were almost marvellous in the
case of my wife. While was pastor
of the Baptist church at Rives June
tion she was brought down with pneu-
monia succeeding la grippe. Terrible
paroxysms Of coughing would last
hours with little interruption and it
seemed as if she could not survive
them. A friend recommended DR..
Kings New Discovery; it was quick in
its work and highly satisfactory in re-
sults.'' Trial bottles free at Ray
Humiston's Drug store. Regular size
SOC. and $l.OO. -. l.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-09-19
rs Your Bike Worth So. OO?@

II 50 register it with the Wheel
mems Protective Co. Of New York.
Capital 100000. If stolen new
wheel will be sent you at once to use
while yours is being recovered. For
further particulars call on =. "A.
States, Local Agent, Worthington,
MINI. Registration fee only $500
Repairing neatly and promptly done.
Repair shop at Worthington mill. 81
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-09-19

d, The Lake View House is re:
opened and re-furnished through.
out. The travelling public is re-
quested to call and be convinced
that our hotel is one of the best
Rates reasonable.
3tf MRS. G.. E. BROWN.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-09-19
Free Pills.

Send your address to H. E. Bucklen
& Co., Chicago, and get q free sample
box Of DR.. Kings New Life Pills. A
trial will convince you of their merits.
These pills are easy in action and are
particularly effective in the cure OF
constipation and sick headache. For
malaria and liver troubles they have
been proved invaluable. They are
guaranteed to be perfectly free from
every delerterious substance and to
be purely vegetable. They do not
weaken by their action, but BY CIV
ing tone to stomach and bowels
greatly invigorate the system: Reg
ular size rs cents. Sold by hay
Humiston, Druggist. *.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-09-19

New customers well satlshed
every day at Evans Bros. -. H..
Money to loan on Mobiles
county farm lands, and. Worthing-
ton, village property, at Z per cent
interest per annum. -.... ...M
HEDBERG & CLAUsEN.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-09-19

"a good house and barn with q
acres of land close to business part OF
town for rent. This property is for
sale or exchange for 80 acres of
land. [tf] NJ. E. LAYTON.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-09-19

Now is the time to build your
granaries and corn cribs and the
John w. Tuthill Lumber Go. is the
place to buy the lumber.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-09-19

"A carload of Heating and
Cook stoves bought "way down.
and to be sold the same way at
Evans Bros. =.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-09-19
The State Bank of Wonhingt0n"
Deposit Vaults.

Did you know you can get 9 safety deposit box at
Bank Of Wovthington for one dollar per year? 1t is
good place to file your Notes, Mortgages Insur-
ance Policies, Will or any valuable papers. Il
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-08-16

GLASS BLOCK,
New In Business
Structure For Man
kato.
A Short Description of Longini 6
ThOmS New Build
ing.

Something new in the line of bust.
ness block for Mankato, and in line
large city features, is the glass block
which Messrs. Longini & Thoms are
erecting at the southwest corner OF
Front and Jackson streets, and which
will be one of the handsomest bust
ness buildings of the city. 1t has a
frontage of sixty-six feet on Front
street and $50 feet on Jackson street,
and is fifty feet high from the side
walk.
The basement is ten feet in the
clear and will be used as a salesroOm,
excepting the rear portion where
goods will be received and unpacked,
and where the boiler, engine and dy-
namos will be located.
The first floor is eighteen feet in
the clear with an inter-story having
about 5000 feet of floor space, where
will be located various departments
of the store and the private offices of
Messrs. Longini & Thoms, and their
accountants. The second story of the
building is thirteen feet in the clear
and will also be devoted to the pur-
poses of the department store.
The entire street frontage of both
the first and second stories is of plate
glass and makes the best building for
the display and sale of goods there is
in Southern Minnesota. The build
ing will have all the latest modern
improvements including electric
lights from the plant in the basement,
and also the best cable cash system
that has thus far been invented.
The building is to be fitted up COM
plete with the latest styles of counters,
shelving, tables, ETC., for the display
and sale of goods. Several of the
counters will have plate glass top and
sides, and a number of large mirrors
will be placed at different points
throughout the store. The building
will be heated throughout with steam,
and in every respect will be model
structure. 1t was designed by Archi-
tect Thayer.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-08-16
SCHMlTT=GRANNIS,
A Pleasant Wedding to Occur This
Evening.

Evening.
From Tuesdays Daily.
At $50 this evening, at the resi-
dence of the brides parents, Mr.. and
MISS. Fl. Grannis, 52S S. Fourth street,
will occur the wedding of Mr.. Harri-
son L. Schmitt and Miss Esther
Mathilde Grannis. Rev. J. F. Stout
will perform the ceremony in the
presence of gathering of friends and
relatives. After the congratulation
and well-wishes have been spoken, and
the many handsome and useful we'd
ding presents looked at, the party will
partake of a wedding supper, taste
fully prepared under the supervision
of Mrs. Grannis.
The bride and groom will spend
week in the Twin Cities, and possibly
elsewhere, and on their return will
take up their home at GOA North Sec
ond street, where they will go to house
keeping. They will be sat home"
after Sept. 18th.
Mr.. Schmitt was reared in Mankato,
and graduated from the High school
in 1888, and from the Northwestern
University law school at Chicago in
1898. Since then he has practiced
law in Mankato, and is rapidly rising
in his profession and taking a leading
place at the bar. He is a close stu
dent and thorough practitioner, and
has bright and honorable future be-
fore him. He isa gentleman in every
sense Of the word.
Miss Grannis, the bride-to-be, is a
highly accomplished young lady, and
has also grown to womanhood in Blue
Earth county. She possesses those
qualities which are attributes of the
true lady, and to know her is to ad-
mire and respect her.
Mr.. and Mrs. Schmitt will take
with them through life the best
wishes of their host of friends, in eX-
tending which the FREE PRESS joins.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-08-16
MANKATo FREE Press.
A HANDSOME BUILDING
That is What the Ray Block is Going
to be in Every Respect.
A Fine and CommodiouS Addition to
Mankato'S Business StruC-
lures.

One of the fine new buildings which
is being added to Mankato's business
interests this year, is the Ray block
which is being erected by John III. Ray,
at the northeast corner Of Front and
Jackson streets. 1t has frontage of
&C feet on Front street and runs back
on Jackson 120 feet audlis three stor-
les and the basement. The outside
walls are of red pressed brick and Ka-
sofa stone, which makes most pleas
ing contrast. When finished the first
floor will be occupied by the dry
goods store of Mr.. Geo. E. Brett and
the drug store of Lamm & Merchant
and they will have most elegant
quarters.
The basement is eight feet in the
clear and will used as receiving rooms
for Mr. Brett's store and for Lamm &
Merchant, and also for the heating
plant for the building.
The first floor is divided into two
stores. The one next to Jackson
street is forty feet wide by one hun
dred and twenty feet deep, and will
be occupied by Mr.. Brett. The inside
store will be twenty-five feet by one
hundred and twenty and will be occu-
pied by Lamm & Merchant. This
store will have ample light from the
front and rear. The centeripart of it
will have an elegant tile floor which
will cover about 1000 square feet.
The entrances to both stores and to
second story will be of tile. Both
stores will have plate glass fronts.
The second story will be divided into
office rooms and wide Railways, all of
which will be finely finished. The en-
tire third floor is divided into rooms
for secret society purposes and will be
we'll arranged and have ample light.
The appearance of the building is
enriched by large amount of carved
stone work and moulded brick and
impresses one with it's fine proportions
and solidIty. 1t was designed by Mr..
Frank Thayer and reflects greatly up
on his ability.as an architect.