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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-03-12

MASON CRY, March lathe Meth
odist church, built at cost $40, 900, was
dedicated, DIR. Ives Of New York preach
ing. The church debt of $1,000 was
raised and surplus created by sub
scriptiOn Of $4,000.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-03-12
Smallpox In st. Paul.

ST.. PAUL, March IA serious case
Of smallpox was discovered at 1854 Rice
street, where q woman was found to be
SO far advanced with the disease that it
was thought unsafe to attempt to re-
move her to the quarantine hospital:
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-03-12

DENVER, March IA special to The
Times from Albuquerque, N. M, says
the fire in the Old Abe mine near
White Oaks, was brought under control
last Sunday, when the eight imprisoned
miner were brought to the surface.
Five were dead.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-03-12
air. Prices Cream Baking POwdc'
Most Perfect Made
LAieoI MARKET REPORT.
Grain.

Milwaukee Grain.
MILWAUKEE, March IL, 1895.
FLOTR-Steady.
WHEAT-No , spring. 551sc; No 1
Northern, 64Lc; May, 56ssc.
CORN-No. J, 1890.
OATS-No. white, 3124c; No 3 white,
3lAc.
BARLEY~No. =, 53c; sample, 500
"a 19e
RYE-No |, 53Lc
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-03-12
A DRUNKEN BRAWl.

Max Peigert Dies of Wounds Inflicted by
Paul Smith.
MINNEAPOLIS, March 12.-Max Pei
CERT died in the city hospital the result
of stabbing affray Friday night.
Paul Smith, his assailant, will now be
held for murder.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-03-12
Yours truly,
Chas. Kaufman & Bros.

nlgn water and to keep that place from
drowning out every effort is now being
exerted To remove the water-alone
from the mine will cost a snug fortune,
and it is estimated that before the out
break itself shall have been overcome
81 200, 900 will have to be expended.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-03-12
Hoke smith Denies.

WASHINGTON, March l2.-Secretary
Smith: said that no one from the
interior department had telegraphed or
written to f. T. Hillner Offering him the
position of governor of Arizona.
Charges have been filed against Gov
ernor Hughes, but as yet the secretary
has not had time to look into them,
though he intends to verv soon
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-03-12
Duluth Grain.

DULUTH, March II, 1895
WHEAT - Cash, March No. | hard,
6o34c; No l Northern, $3.50; May No.
Northern, 6O2sc; July No. / Northern,
R1lLp
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-03-12
Killed In nm Elevator.

CLINTON, Ia, March l2.-Arthur Con.
rad, aged Is, had his head caught and
windpipe severed by the elevator in the
Creston block. He died several hours
later.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-03-12
Ice Breaking Up.

DUBUQUE, Ia, March l2.-The ice is
out Of the river as far down as can be
seen, but there is considerable above the
bridge Water, 5.3 feet.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-03-12
Glove Confetti ,...

New ORLEANS, March 12.-In the case
Of the state against the Olympic club,
the decision was in favor Of the club on
all points in controversy. Glove con-
tests win therefore be permitted a.
heretofore.
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worth II Dead.

PARIS, March l2.-Worth, the Pari-
sian dressmaker, is dead.
MILAN, March Caesar Cantu, the
historian, is dead. aged 81.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-03-12

, MENToNE, March 12.-The Britannia
won the race for yachts Of her class, and
the Dokota has won the race for the
smaller yachts. The Ailsa has not yet
been sufficiently repaired to take part.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1895-02-16
GOLD NINE FOUND
A Bonanza Every Day
of the Year.
COLD not FIND A GOLD NINE
But Struck a Rich Weekly
Find Of Silver.
COULD not FIND A GOLD NINE

A man who cannot fin
gold mine and bring its rich
yield into his daily stock Of
wealth, is very glad to strike a
silver mine.
The man who strikes Tbs
OyE CENT DAILY has got a gold
mine of news for SO a year.
But if he is not so situated a
to get a golden harvest OF news
by daily mail, or to get mail
two or three times a week, he
can strike a silver mine and be
made happy.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1895-02-16
SATURDAY. FEB y. 1sA
DoEra on JUDGE LOKD

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Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1895-02-16


In that position. fIIs nrs. nomination
wss hls brother, vim declining II be
then prstsndsd ~ be Ia favor 0f JudRs
LoFd, when be Wa, At the same time,
uTglng tbs pgcssnt incumbent, who
wss rallfaa1 attorney, aud the people
have go. ~ = result u u, the quadrant
dsssl0n which has tur0sd oat large
ia ~ y ttiss from lands which they
had Improved aud cultivated, aud made
them sBd thslf families homeless. 10
set 20 ~ Judge Lord the sHeass wAs
that hs wss l0o deaf fpf Judicial duty
wbsB Af Doiph kns~ that hs hAd
l'ssu peffofmi0g iboas dulles Zoe .
diasa ysafs aoesplaiiy ~ hls profession
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ufssd ssslasi iudss i.ofd lsioTs hls
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Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1895-02-16
RasasI says Patriotlsm.

NEw YoRK, Feb. l6.-The total de-
poalts Of gold Al the assay ONCE and
sub-tfeasury, on account Of the bond
syndicate, up 10 the elose of business
yesterday, was 90, $500. Russell Stage
sithdrsw $1,000 gold from the sub
treasury and deposited the same With
the Mercantile Aafs Deposit Go. The
steamship UmbhA will Take out l0mof.
row, 2i0,OO ounees 0fsilYeF.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1895-02-16
They want II All

NEW YOEK, FEB. 1s.-Applieation
Eor reEeree in the suit Of the heirs of
gay Gould 20 obtain exemption from
taxation Of certain personal property
Inherited under the will Of the late
millionaire. vAs granted BY Justice Bar.
rett 10 the supreme court, who will ap-
ps8nt referee. The bearing will be
perhaps five months 10 duration.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1895-02-16
OUR SILVER MINES.

Oregon must encourage the
use Of more silver We must
do all IN our power to have
capital invested in our thou
sands of undeveloped silver
mining properties. ALI silver
men should use silver. Buy
and sell in silver, pay your bills
in silver, pay the minister and
the editor IN silver, buy and
read silver papers, send in
silver quarter for three months,
a silver half for six months, or
a silver dollar for a year of the
WEEKLY CAPITAL JOURNAL.
A One Dollar Weekly.
The Silver Dollar Weekly.
Best 81 weekly on the Pa.
cifc Coast.
No papers sent unless paid
for in advance.
No trouble 10 rostmasters
OF subscribers to get it stopped.
1t stops.
This weekly has all the leg
islative news,
This weekly has more news
about the state government
than any other Oregon paper.
1t is an Associated Press
Paper.
1t is the paper for Republi-
cans, Democrats, Populists and
all who believe in Free Speech
and good government for the
people.
We pay no commissions to
"SVnus OF postmasters or %
persons getting up clubs.
TIE JOURNAL is sold directly
TO the people at the lowest
cash prices and cannot Le
bought Of any one cheaper
than the publishers direct,
InE JOURNAL deals dirsetly
with the people, not through
mlddlemen, It's publishers
are responsible 10 the people
on only IN their editorial policies,
They are not shaped for them
by any dng, faction, bosses or
machine,
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1895-02-16

The popular steamer Ali0Ra give
prompt, Fsliabls and efficient ssfyies on
The dyer The only boai 10 issue =
time card aad stand BY ", raaasngsn
and shippers alvsys know 90 the hour
whsn shs wlll afnys iisT motto ls
prompt transmission ~ frsigbt, rapid
transportation ~ pas-snssfs, courteous
iFssialsni io~ snd llYing fslss, thsisby
msfiiine isif paiIunsss ~ the puhlif.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1895-02-16
LATE SEws ITEEz

L,ssanoz bas hsss i1s3S AEisz y BAD
tlns sn<f&isL
Sooko1agh. Was6-, = - hsgs -
sss Gaezaxy 10 he nesS tsrsrs-
1hs eooatT eu9rt VII tad . DsT
sws1xs nesoas tie sastta1ns ~ IN Oaiy-
Prs< O1Ms Bal. tie zress Tsolin1st- !.
sHnx 90 sngAxs1s1t @ tbe PAez1S
eo@s8-
Tks esty q Basise, Wss5-- sxpnr-so
ssss - 80 worth q hnesznso1iss Al
yszE.
A vsz~i soa1ed Ef.b s6Og ~ q
lumber Ief Port Anzsses ~ Hoo0l7-A
rsessfsy.
A sroa-a fset1ry * Garssid- Vii
pla1t eighty acre. q bsoOD-eoEn t'r iis
Ozn -.
Abo1t 900 10 -. q I1nker were
sslpped from far t0wns % I'1gst
5O0D1 Issz sssk-
The Parrot bsoek ir ran Przscsseo,
is bgilt entirely q OrsED0 grey s'ones
from tbs Ysq8ina g1zrr5ss-
The Chlneas wAsb~ho1ses - BsEsg
1 City have I'll eiossd since the city re-
+ qgires them - pay hesose-
! OakssdsIe, WasbinztOn, shipped
50 100. 900 b0shsis Of grain lat se@son,
o. which wss paid s5D.OOo freight
There l. 70 be = live bird match foE
$40 q side, between I'd Barlow and
Mr. Eteeves Of Seattle, On the l7tb inst
I IIeb&DOu's school children will esle-
tfzts WsshiDgton's binbdAy 10 grand
ayle. BY giving . public entertain
meat
G. n. EtaIIer and J. z. Hibshsw are
sxpefbDg the books d the Baker
o01nty,eseEk. The taxpayer will foot
[ the bill.
II would be well for some Of the Ore
gon towns 70 fashion after Davenport,
/ Wash, which has 10 debt and 1900 In
! the treasury.
A new bridge aeroes the EOoksaek
river at Welcome, Wash, hAs just been
compIeted. The main span IL q hun
dred and sixty feet.
A good foot-trail has been built 70 the
top Of the mountain, just across the
river from Elk City, aud the assent can
be made quite easily.
While James COnlee, Of Newberg,
and bis brother were out hunting, the
elder brothers rife accidentIy went of
aud the ball went through the elder
brothers. arm.
A toll road from Oregon C.ty to Eo-
gene IL contemplated by & company.
II Is W be for bicycles aud will BE- free
for children and pedestrians aud will
be built Of plank l6 feet wide.
Mr.. J. g. Reed, wife Of the minister
bank robbcr, called at the Portland jail
10 sec him Wednesday II was the
first visit Of Mrs. Pc d since her hus-
bands Incarceration, and she remained
some time
some thief stole about 600 feet oi
heavy copper wire from the center Oi
the track Of the Edison street ear line
10 Tacoma. The wire is worth about
go. They will soon carry OF the
spoils At this rate II kept up.
The Cinnamon At Baker, CITY lefl
their clothes In the tubs, aud many
who had wGshings with them will
have 70 get them out themselves.
They Tlll moi take out q license, and
will not deliver what they have on
hand.
Frank w. Dick, Geo. CushDsF and
Jack Cosgfoye, of Tacoma, and Captain
Wright of Gig HarboE. returned Mon
day from hunting Trip Ia the upper
Sound oOuntFy, And - q result u ~
dsy's campAlgn landed NJ tho docks
Monday moSnlngii7g eoon skins, II
mink skins abd 7 cat skins.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1895-02-16
Should be
Looked Into.
TtOROu0n INVESTIGATION
REQUESTED.
4 nom ASshRTION

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Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1895-02-16

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serfEs PSidsy Dight, when be attached
ss,s CslisorDis solgfgsgs tax isw % the
Barre rsvs1Oe ~, SiIi~h DIV makes
tsat pssffy p@ffsez ss~e~ssD@nt law.
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eet1sf,ls.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1895-02-16

MeRiroy and other Dolph manager
are jost now Iab0Ting hard with Dem
ocrals and Populists 70 induce them TO
lay nothing In The way of the machine
candidate.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1895-02-16

Oo~n tbe riysfs There stsa,aid -
soiroken waterway Communication
from TIE I14io lice 10 the - and
f,osn Eugene " Astoria. A rev
steamer 90 the river tDday s bOpeful
sfag
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1895-02-16

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Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1895-02-16

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Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1895-02-16

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Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1895-02-16

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Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1895-02-16
REhEMBERI

lht WfrKLY JovpgAL viii
not l' sent unless paid for ~
1''a'''e ahd NOT an Issue longer
man You pay for We ssye
y'l DO % 100 per cent and
ra0 no bill on YOU
HoFER BROS,
S'l'1, Oregon 'V'''''''
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1895-02-16

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Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1895-02-16

A GOOD TRADE.

The underlined viii trsde drain tile Of any
~ iOr hay gf 0ats. ald vii all0H above the
mafvst price f9r sane. Gail eaFiY.
TX. MURPHY,
i5diN-NN salem, Or.
The Washington bee., 1895-12-07
STORIES ABOUT FISHES.
Observations of Veteran Angler Whose
Home is on the Indian River.

Observations of a Veteran Angler Whose
Home is on the Indian River.
Eyes. 1 observed many curious thing,
about fish when i was on the Indian
river" remarked Colonel Wardwell.
few days ago.
Fish, as rule, are very shy, and yet
they frequently become SO tame that
they can almost be picked out Of the
water, and they seem to know people.
just as cat or dog does. Some of the
sea cats became so tame around my
place that they would actually eat out
of my hand. / had a board running
from the house out over the water, and
used frequently to go out on this board
to clean fish, throwing the cleanings in
to the water. These cats would swim
UP as fearlessly as could be, and on sew
eral occasions they pulled the fish that
[ was cleaning out of my hand. The
fish evidently knew ME. however, be-
cause when a stranger went cut on the
board they would not come near him.
but would swim around at a distance,
as though they were afraid.
The eel is ordinarily very shy crea-
tire and do not remember ever having
seen more imam TWO OF Tn &c in Indian
river. / had an oyster bed forty or
Fifty yards from my house, and I went
out there one day for the purpose of
getting basket of oysters. To my sur
prise, an eel came swimming up to me.
and ali the time that / was getting N.
oysters it swan around my legs and
rubbed against them much as a kitten
would. l waded back to my house, and
the eel followed me I found that I did
not have enough oysters, and so / went
back again. The eel was still there and
followed me across and back again
Now. l had never seen the eel before,
and never saw it again, after that day
and the only way that / can account
for its peculiar actions is that it was
the companion Of either a large fish.
turtle or perhaps a manatee, and that
it had become separated from it, and.
seeing me in the water, thought | was
thc object for which it was searching.
Il have often had much amusement
watching the antics of the needle fish
This fish. when DIT play. will jump over
sticks. straWs or other small objects in
the water, and / have frequently had
them jump over the float of my fishing
line. They did tins apparently lust 10
amuse themselves. FLORIDA Citizen.
The Washington bee., 1895-12-07

nous debt and improve all the high
ways.
The frugal and prudant legislator who
comes to Albany this winter Will ma
himself beset at every point with "argu-
ments" of this character, and he Will do
well to keep himself fully In sympathy
with his taxpaying constituents.
It Is a remarkable fact that within
short time no less than two daily news
papers in Albany and one in Troy have
suspended publication with balance on
the wrong side of the ledger. Two or
these papers were new ventures, but the
Did Troy Telegram had been published
for nearly thirty years, and was the
only morning paper in the city
One of the Albany papers, besides get
ting into the hands of the Sheriff has
probably. made an opening for rev
good big lawsuits. The present owner
ship is in dispute. and there is talk or
libel suits to follow. These facts illus
trate the difficulties in the pathway or
a daily paper even in prosperous COM
munities The tendency from this on
will undoubtedly be toward fewer ana
better papers, and a larger percentage
Governor Morton has appointed Judge
Elon r. Brown a commissioner TO take
the testimony which will be offered To
establish certain charges which nave
been made against Gen. Austin Lathrop.
Superintendent of State Prisons, ana
the investigation is now proceeding
Gen. Lathrop vigorously insists that he
will be fully exonerated, and his OFFER
to submit to an examination whenever
most convenient for his accusers GER
tainly looks as if he is conscious of his
own rectitude of conduct.
Such veterans as have an interest in
seeking or retaining public employment
are awaiting the decision of case
which affects their rights under the law.
and which now awaits the final decision
of the highest court. Three veterans
were dismissed from the service of the
State without any reason being assign
ed. and in their appeal to the court they
assert that under the law they cannot
be lawfully dismissed unless upon
charges duly proved. The case has at
tracted considerable attention through
out the State, and an early decision IS
low looked for.
A suit involving more than eight mil
lions of dollars has just been decided
by the Court of Appeals against the
plaintiff, ex-Mayor Belden, OF Syracuse
The action was brought in 1890, and was
first decided against the plaintiff. From
this an appeal was taken to the Cen
eral Term. and the original decision was
reversed The higher court has now re-
versed the decision of the General Term.
and the Judgment of the Circuit Court
stands. The demand of the plaintiff
was that the proceeds of certain bonds
of the Hooking Valley Railroad Com
pany, which were sold in New York.
should have been applied toward i'm
proving the road instead of being In
vested as they were, In coal lands. Very
few suits have been heard in the courts
which involved such an enormous
amount of money, and the different de-
cisions by the several courts illustrates
the uncertainties of litigation. But it
is understood that there Is nothing I'M
certain about the harvest which the
lawyers have been reaping.
c. r. r. COE-