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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-05-07
~Distinguished Invalids.

WASHINGTON, May General Rich
ard Pleasanton, who is seriously i'll in
his hotel in this city, is reported to be
resting easier; Secretary Gresham is
better, but Hit Is worse.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-05-07

Railroad Commissioner Conklin says a
test will soon be made of the new rail-
road law passed by the Legislature last
winter though there rs not much hope
that it will amount to anything III an
effective way.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-05-07
Grant, Parker aud Roosevelt sworn.

WASHINGTON, May 6.-Theodore
Roosevelt, Colonel Fred D. Grant and
A. d. Parker were sworn in as police
commissioners to succeed Messrs. Mar
sin, Kerwin and Murray.
Richmond Acquitted.
Council BLUFFS, Ia, May Z. Judge
Shiras has decided the case Of the
United States against w. II. Rich
mond, the promoter of the Union
Building and Savings association Of
Des Moines, by acquitting the defend
ant.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-05-07

ST. LOUIS, May 7.-Seven prisoners
made q dash for liberty from the work
house, two Of them being captured be-
fore they got clear Of the yard, the re.
naming five making good their escape.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-05-07
Believes the Conference Will He Held.

WASHINGTON, May 7.-Senator Jones
of Arkansas is among those who be.
iieve that an international monetary
conference will be held during the
present year to consider the relation.
ship of silver to gold as a money metal.
He is n of the members on the part
of the senate who will attend the coz.
ference in case one is called
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TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION
70 ADVERTISERS.

THE DAILY LEADER makes . special feature OF
furnishing information concerning the advantages
and resources of the city of Madison and Of the
state at large emitting II to the patronage OF ad-
~vertiserr Of every class.
j. Y. STAHL, Proprietor.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-05-07
CAPTURED Two Forts.

TAMPA, Fla, May 7.-Passengers by
the steamer Mascotte bring reports that
the fort of San Ramon de Las Yaguas,
In which were 26O men, and La Colonia
Military, with the same number Of in
mates. in Santiago province, were both
captured last week by $50 insurgents.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-05-07

Dr.. Prices Cream Baking Powder
Worlds Pair Highest Award.
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Robbed of $4,000.

CHICAGO, May IA dispatch from
Orion, Ills, to The Times Herald says
the local bank was robbed by experts,
about 5000 being secured.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-07-06
A SAP ENDING
TO Fourth OF Jaly Celebration at In
Sale, Illinois.

To Fourth OF JAY Celebration At In
Sale, Illinois.
La SALE, ILLs., July 5-ThO colebrA.
ton here had sad ending last night
and three peraous are fatally injured as
the result OF au accident during the fire.
works display. A bomb rocket was
sent up, but, alter going a short dis.
lance, Il fell and eXplo dsd, setting fire
to large quantity of fireworks, which
exploded with terrific force There
we're 5000 people within a block OF the
place at tho time. and a terrible panic
followed. Horses can away, And tho
crowd stampeded, crushing women and
children under loot One hundred per.
sons were more or Ices setiously injured.
William Tail, Of Tampico, ILL.,, was
struck BY a rocket on tho head aud WINS
so seriously injured that the physicians
say he cannot live. Dan Cahill had his
leg shattered by exploding fireworks,
and was trampled on by the crowd, sui
ierlng injuries which may prove fatal.
Harry Kenney, u waif, who says his
parents live in California, was horribly
burned about the face, head and arms.
His injuries may prove fatal. Harry
Toy, Of Wenona, had his arm broken.
A number Of women and children were
Injured. The adjoining buildings, which
caught fire, were saved by the fire de-
pRrtmens.
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DUltNED MS WINE


as WHOM Nhu vas ONAf guuNlCtuu Oh
Granddaughter
DUnLiS, July 5,-MIChael ClOary, Of
Ballyvadlea, near Clonmolo, was con-
victsd Of mauslaughtOr to-day in causing
tho death Of his wife, Bridget oleary, at
Ballyyadtea, on March n, last by burn
Ing and otherwise ill-trOatInp her, on
the ground that she was bnWilChed,
The so.CAlled Clonmsl witch tragedy
10 one OF tho most remarkable In the
Gnndld al crime In Ireland. Michael
CleAry, husband Of tho deceased; Pat
rick Boland, her iatheri William, Pat
rick, Michael and James Kennedy, cou'
ainsi Mary Kennedy, amt, and Patrick
Dunno, William Ahsarn aud Denis
GaueY, the latter known Ns the "lamity
DOCTOR" were jointly arrested aud
charged with burning and ill'treNling
Mrs ClsATy until death relieved hor
from further suffering.
Tho evidence showed that she was
suffering from nervousness and bron-
chlEIs, and that her husband, believing
her to be hawisehed, forced q Rauseops
dscocIion down her throat for the puT'
pose Of exercising the evil spirit, Alter
this the unfortunate woman was held
over u fire and dFeadtully burned, until
she declared in the name OF God that
she was not Cleary's vile, This torture
was repeated, and in tho end her hus.
bond knocked her down, stripped her
oil her clothing and poured paralllue
oOnH haH hnIu liuhNn1 n and tina un.
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Tho Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Com.
pauy will sell round trip tickets from
wheeling to Boston and return, for all
trains July . to 0. inclusive, valid for
return passage until July 90, with priv.
iege Of an additional extension until
July 81, II desired. The rate from
Wheeling will be Sl7 90. and CORE.
spondingty low rates from other points.
A double daily service Of fast express
trains /, maintained from Wheeling to
all points in the East. Tourists will
bear in mind that all Baltimore & Ohio
trainG between the East and West run
via Washington. For full particulars
write to Baltimore & Ohio Agent
MhaalinP.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-07-06
rooI.lrAuDY WEBB
MoOtS Ills Death ut Lnat-An Un'uccea'tul
Attempt TO 90 Down n Chute. o


MoSta Ills Death ut Lnat--An Unsuccessful
Attempt TO 90 Down Chute. %
Corun n AArSE, iDAno, Juiy5.-Cap.
tain Paul Webb lost hia liio hOro In m
nttcnpt to riao his Bub.maFlae boat, or
barrel, down 800 foot log chute into
into Lako Coour d Alone. About 800
people witnessed hlH attempt to do.
,cond into tho lake, which took place At
Rosou's Log Camp, eight miles from
horo. Webb was placed within tho boat,
winch Waa ak and hAll foot long, aud
Two iooL In diamoLof, aud ConO shaped.
Two.thirls Of tho way down thCro was
qtipht ttso In tho Incline, Hers tho
bnrro jumpoi thirty foot into tho MIR,
striking tho ground on Onh, thNh rolling
forty foot further down tftd htif Many
poraonq turned their hOads with horror,
aud soma ladies tainted. Whom tho
bntfol wat opened Webb was tanlnod
closely into tho Ond, but was uncOn.
rcioui. Dr. Russell, Of Spokane, OK.
amiuod him and pronounced Ills nplnol
cpum btotOn. Ito wnl tpknn 10 Spo.
kane, WbnfD ho dlod nj II o'clock last
nipll'. lila name wns James Stewart,
aud ho was iOtnctly n phnCoRrnplot ~
MtMlHHWlls, Oregon. Captain Paul
webb WIS n fictitious nnmO na'umOO lOt
professional foaaOns lilo Ia couolh oil
Senator Stewart
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NOTES,

Tho Werner PublishingICompany, Of
Washington, d. G., had representative
in tho person Of Mr.. A. Il. Konnsy.
Tho American Book Company was
represented by their genial agent, A. j..
wilkinson, tho worthy secretary OF the
association.
Professor swconey'a baby was tho pot
OF tho association. Il seemed TO bring
good luck with It, as all present consider
this one Of tho very best moOtinga the
association has ever had.
Tho people Of shOpherdstown did
themselves honor in tho manner In
which they entertained the members,
Mr.. Reutch, tho proprietor Of the hotel,
was sorcly taxed TO accommodate NIL,
but he did IL and did II we'll.
Milton, Bradley & Co., Of Springfield,
Mas, was very ably roprOiOnted by Mr..
Clarke. Tho display Of kindergarten
supplies made was yory full and fine,
and no doubt during tho year TO come
the firm will receive many orders from
tho primary t0nchnrI Of tho state.
Our friond and former follow worker,
Josoph McMurrnn, was always intor.
ostod in tho meetings, aud was present
ns often az was possible for him to DO
AWAY from his business Mr.. MOMut.
ran Il ono Of tho boat educators in tho
Etatc, or rather has been, for no has 70.
lirod from teaching.
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Freedoms Natal Day How different
from this day thirty.onO years Nso to
iii, writer Of those notes Thon hc was
horc, or rashof Just across tho river on
tho MARYLAND shore. whilO dread war
was rampant In tho laud. What II
change BinC0 then.
Tho State Educational AAocinLlnn
ononod with President LOWS in tho
chair. Alter singing, ftoY Q, H.
Hockey, Of tho luthoran church, lol IN
prayer. The first subject was: "IhN
necessity Of every toRCher making him.
EOIl hcdiaIntOd with tho DEVELOPMENT
and growth Of ohlll.liic," W. o. Mills,
Of Ito normal and classical academy,
Buckhannon, who was IN prepare u
pnpor on tie subIaoi, bpiD9 AbDlnt
rfoi. CtosIeF, oi Salem College, oponod
tho discussion and II wn1 continual by
Misses MYERS nnh jotnsaH and Hea4ra.
Barnes, Holden, Harris, Qnoon andsu'
pofIniend0nt lDwla
Tho unbjoCC, "Ttlo Instruction and
Improvement Oi Teachers Now AT
Work In lilo Schools" was oponod by
Superintendent LOwlB referring " tho
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-07-06
STATE EDUCATORS
The closing of the sosaIou OF the
Educational Association.
MANY IMPORTANT PAPERS READ

Aud Interesting ntscussiONs--fho
Resolutions Adopted anu oGloors
Elected -GroOttuEs From Pounsyf-
vaula--ouo OF tho Most Successful
Conventions in the History of tho
AssooIatIon--to Meet in Charleston
Next Year.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-07-06

CHIPPEWA LAKR Pleasure Resort and
Picnic Grounds on tho Cleveland, Lo-
rain 4 Wheeling railway ia now open
los Tho season. PeAIe consult local
agents for ralOs aud train arrangement,
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July 8 to 10Th inclusive, tho Balti.
more & Ohio Railroad Company will sell
excursion tickets, Wheeling TO Mt, Lake
Park and return, at rate Of s. 80, good
returning until July II tnctuStve
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TIRED women need TO have their blood
purified aud enriched by Hoods sarsa.
pArillA. It will give them strength and
health. IL
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-12-27
Great Men and the Presidency.

There is nothing more pathetic in our
history than the successive disappoint-
ments Of great men in the matter of the
presidency. They have dedicated their
lives to the service Of the country with
the belief that their labors would surely
bring them what they earned, but after
all their endeavms, they have been dis
appointed and the prize has gone to
men CT inferior merits, as if in contempt
of the rules Of justice and propriety.
There is no way to explain this curious
irony Of destiny. We only know that it
is part of the established order of
things, and no man is great enough to
be exempt from it.
In sense, men Of superior ability ar Q
always at a disadvantage, by reason ca
the envy that they provoke and the hos
tility that they excite, but this should
not be sufficient to deprive them of what
rightfully belongs to them, as the presi-.
dency certainly has rightfully belonged.
to a number of men who have not been.
able to obtain it.
The tendency of such form of gov
eminent as ours should be to reward
public men according to their true de-
serts and to keep the highest Office fill
ed with the best examples of current
greatness, but the truth is that it does
not thus justify itself St Louis Globe
Democrat.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-12-27
ENGINEERING BY A MOUSE.
The Ski1lful Plan by Which He Got Him.
self Out of Deep Hole.

The Skillful Plan by Which He Got Him.
self Out of Deep Hole.
''While digging holes FOR telegraph
poles at Byron, Me-" said Western
Union man, IT became interested in
watching the ingenuity and persever-
ance of mouse. He fell into one of the
holes, which was ~ feet deep and
20 niche across. The first day he ran
around the bottom of the hole, trying to
find some means Of escape, but could
not climb out. The second day he set
tied down to business. He began stead
lily and Systematically to dig spiral
groove round and round the inner sur
face of the hole with uniformly as
cending grade. He worked night and
day, and as he got farther from the bot
tom he dug little pockets where he
could either lie or sit and rest. Interest
ed witnesses threw in food.
cat the end of two weeks the mouse
struck rock. This puzzled him. For
nearly day he tried to get under,
around Or over the obstruction, but
without success. With unfinching pa
thence he reversed his spiral and went
on tunneling his way in the opposite
direction. At the end Of four weeks he
reached the top and probably sped away
to enjoy his well earned freedom. His
escape was not seen. When his food was
put in in the morning, he was near the
surface, but at night the work was seen
to be complete, and the little engineer,
whose pluck and skill had saved his
life, had left. New York Sun.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-12-27
DEADLY SHOTS FIRED BY THE SUN.
In One Instance an Innocent Man Was Sem
fenced to Be Hanged.

In One Instance an Innocent Man Was Sem
fenced to Be Hanged.
In recent paper appeared an account
of a strange accident in which man
was killed by the discharge of gun
while lying asleep on a lounge in his
room, the weapon being discharged by
reflected rays of the sun falling upon
the cartridge chamber Of the firearm.
Since the publication of the story a.
correspondent from York, Pa, writes
concerning the accident and refers to a
similar case, in which, through the eff
forts of a clever Cincinnati lawyer
named G. G. Wallis, the person accused
of murder and sentenced to be hanged
was set at liberty, the circumstantial
evidence on which he was convicted be-
ing entirely exploded by a witnessed
demonstration as to how the accident
really occurred.
The York correspondent referred to
volume 10 of The Criminal Law Maya
zine, page 607, on which full account
of the case appears. The case was that
of the state of Tennessee against Avery,
tried in Henry county, that state, and
is one of the most remarkable in the
history of criminal Jurisprudence.
In June, 1887, Charles Ensley, the
cousin of a man of the name of Avery,
was killed in his room while lying on
lounge, about o'clock in the after
noon. The weapon which caused the
death was a small rifle, sending 80
caliber ball through Ensley's brain. No
one was in the house at the time but
Ensley. An empty rifle was found lying
on rack on wall of the room in which
the killing occurred, and the bullet fit
ted the tube.
Avery was arrested for the crime, as
he was the only living close relative to
Ensley, and by his death p:ofted to the
amount Of about $100, 900. Avery was
tried, pleaded not guilty, but was con-
victed Of murder in the first degree and
sentenced to be hanged. He appealed to
the supreme court and engaged Mr.
Wallis to defend him. The supreme
court remanded the case back to the Cir
cult court on technical errors. Two
mistrials were brought about, and then
came the strangsst part Of the story.
The brilliant Wallis struck the keynote
to the mystery. In August, 1891, he
had the rifle loaded and hung on the
wall. A white sheet with the form Of
man marked on it was placed in exact
ly the position occupied by Ensley when
lying asleep, and "a heavy cut glass pitch
er of water like the one found in the
room was placed on the shelf above.
The temperature was 80 degrees in the
shade, one of the hottest days Of the
year. y,
The pitcher acted as sunglass, and
the hot rays Of the sun shining through
the water were refracted directly on the
cartridge chamber of the rifle.
Eight witnesses were in the room,
and few minutes after o'clock puff
and a report occurred, and the ball
struck the outlined form back Of the ear
in the exact location where Ensley was
shot, and the theory Of circumstantiaI
evidence went to pieces. The incident,
being witnessed and sworn to, readily
explained itself to the jury.-Cincinna-
ii EnOuirer
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-12-27
LENGTHY SNAKE STORY.
A Point In Dispute Which Is as Y
Awaiting Settlement

a Point In Dispute Which Is as Yet
Awaiting Settlement.
A rather sunburned but good looking
farmer made his way up to the snake
editors desk and stood there waiting to
be heard. The snake editor looked up
into his kindly face, with it's faraway
gaze, and smiled welcome in spite Of
himself.
"Good morning." he said as pleas
antly as if his visitor had money.
Chow are you:'' responded the visit
or. ''I'm from Montgomery county. -
"Is that sop greeted the editor.
eyes, that's so,'' said the visitor,
pulling up chair and gazing far away.
"What I came in for" ne went on
unanimously, "was to ask you ques-
tion. You are the snake editor, they told
me down stairs. y
''That's right. What can do for
you?"
'tI don't know. P'raps you can an
swer my question and p'raps you can t. -
"What is it?'
"You're the man that Loudoun coun-
TVS been posting on her snake crop,
amt your
eyes"
ct thought so. Well, we've got
snakes in Montgomery county, too, as
we'll as they have in Loudoun."
edo you want to get up a competitive
exhibition?''
ooh, no." he said, gently as ring
doves COO. ST only want to tell how we
are fixed on snakes just now in Mont
gomery and submit question. You
see, it's this way: We catched a snake
on our place yesterday-or ruther we
partly did, for he ain t all catched yet,
and"-
"Hold onp' exclaimed the editor.
GLOW can that be?''
cts just the way we are doing it in
Montgomery, said the visitor calmly.
"We found him coming out of hole in
the rocks, and there was Is feet OF him
out Of the hole at the time we seen him.
The rest Of him was Printing under
ground toward Loudoun, and Judging
from where we stopped him coming out,
the other end of him will likely reach
clean across the river over into LOudoun.
If he's-all in Montgomery, It's alright.
and We'll pull him on out, but if the
biggest half of him is over on Loudoun
and he's a Loudoun county snake, by
gum, I'VE propose to shove him back and
let those Landowners take care of their
own. The question want you to settle
is which county ought to have the credit
of the snake?''
The visitors faraway look changed
into one Of panied perplexity, and the
snake editor asked for further time.
Washington Star.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-12-27
HIS 100000 BANK ACCOUNT.
What Happened When a Capitalist Sud
denly Met His Banks Paying Teller.

What Happened When Capitalist Sud-
denly Met His Banks Paying Teller.
A paying teller of down town bank
tells an interesting story of a Cuban ex-
perience of his. "I shall never forget, I"
he said, chow nearly sent man into
fits one day last winter, all because I
met him unexpectedly.
81 had been planning little jaunt
down to Cuba for some time. AS it was
doubtful when I should be able to get
away from the bank said nothing about
it to my friends Or the banks customers.
had been instrumental in getting a
good sized account for the bank-one of
those 100000 ones that are hard to
,pick up nowadays and worth quite a
sgood deal of money to us. knew the
ahead Of this concern, and, in fact, had
sgot the account through him. He told
Jus when he gave it to us that he was in
IA hurry to get it fixed satisfactorily be-
,eause he was about to go to Cuba.
GAS soon as was able to get away
sailed for Havana. I staid in the island
nearly month, having most delight
fnl time and keeping one eye open for
my friend Of our new account. was
just about ready to start for home when
met him, quite by chance, in one Of
the Havana shops. When he saw me he
jumped back about five feet, as if he
had been shot from out of gun.
"fGod bless my soul-you here?' he
said why, wha-t?' He seemed struck
all in a heap. You here? Good heav-
ensl' had to laugh, and laugh hard at
that, for knew what was troubling
him. He was thinking of that 500, 900
balance, and worrying about it-a little.
You see, as was the paying teller Of
the bank, the thought naturally flashed
through his mind that had skipped
with the banks funds and a large slice
Of his hundred Thousand.
"Of course, as soon as he saw me
laugh and his excitement had cooled
down a little he began to see the fun OF
the thing and that he and the bank were
safe, after all. We found out we were
going home on the same steamer and
ten minutes later we walked over to the
American consul's Office together and
got our passports vised. And we had
jolly time of it back on the boat ~
New York World. -..---- )
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1895-12-27
The Puppy Painted Away.

"Speaking of dogs, " said Superintend-
emit John Horne of the Mount Wash
ington railway, "did you ever see dog
faint away?'' No one had. "Well,
have,' said the veteran railroad official,
and then he proceeded to tell Of a very
young pup which was taken from its
mother and remained at the signal sta
ton on Mount Washington all winter,
several years ago. When taken down the
mountain in the spring, he met another
dog, who undertook to make his &C
quaintance. ''You will Observe" said
Mr.. Horne, "the young fellow didn't
remember ever having seen dog, and
doubtless thought the one before him
was the only other dog in the world. So
he keeled over in a dead faint. -
"Among the Clouds.