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Arizona silver belt., 1895-07-27
COLONIES FOR TAe WEST.
Surplus Populatlcu af tho East to setti
 on Arid Western Lands.

Nu Nflu western AthuS.
 IL has been years since the cry of HWestward. ho.' has been heard in the eastern states, apd meantime the cities and thriving manufacturing centers east of the Mississippi have been rapid ly filling to the point of overcrowding, until labor is drug on the market, Mining, which attracted so many hun dreds of people from the cast many years ago, has lost it's glamour, hunting aud trapping have too many devotees already to encourage more to enter this life to-day, granger life on the western scale requires too much capis tal and the too-plentiiul foreclosure of western farm mortgages has been dis couraging to those who may have been considering emigration. All these things have tended tU stagnatc the population of the east, and the result is alarming to all concerned capital and labor alike.
 An opportunity has presented itself at last, through what is known as the Carey law, passed by the Fifty-third congress, by which each of eight west ern states was granted one million acres of arid land located within their borders on condition that they utilize them for agriculture, througN irTiga- tion, and prove to the secretary of the interior that their irrigation plans are feasible.
 Five of the eight states have accepted the proposition, and one more is cx- pected to reply favogbly before long. The national irrigation congress, a body composed of delegates from twen- ty-three western states, has appointed Q national irrigation commission, which body is engaged in forming colonies to take up these arid lands and carry them on by irrigation under proper and scien- life direction.
 Some of the details of the scheme are given in the Boston Transcript It is the purpose of the commission to form colonial clubs throughout the east, wherever. there is a congestion of popu- lation, and these clubs will disseminate information concerning the present and future possibilities of the western COun- try. It is not intended to send out scpa- rate families, which would certainly become ontanglcd in difficulties if not properly directed. Whole colonies are to be organized and dispatched to fla vorable localities with men competent to teach them the solution of the prob lem of irrigation and agriculture. These colonists it is proposed Co organ ize on the principles upon which the successful Mormon colonies were car ried on. An organization, to be known as tho Plymouth colony, is now being formed to take up lands in Idaho. Each member of this colony is 10 furnish one thousand dollars capital The land is to be taken in small holdings, and the whole managed on the basis of a co- operative village
Arizona silver belt., 1895-07-27
Queen ylctorla.s rrorlnr Family.

Knowledge of the interesting fact that within the current year the queen expects to have the number of her great-grandchildren increased by four suggests that at the rapid rate at which they are increasing her majesty may expect to sec the number of her direct descendants exceed one hundred. Her children were ten in number The grandchildren up to date are thirty five. The latter are now growing up and marrying off, and their offspring, constituting the fourth generation, will, of course, show greatly acceler- ated ratio of increase--say as thirty five is to ten, The royal mothers-ex. pectant this year are the duchess of York, the empress of Russia, and the two daughters of the duke of Edin- burgh, the crown princess of Roumania and the duchess of Hesse-D -Darmstadt.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-07-27
LONG AND CLOSE RACE.
Two Sailing Vessels Vary Hardly Any in
 Their Speed from Hong Kong,

Two Sailing Vessels Wary Hardly Any in
 Their Speed from Hong Kong,
 For two sailing vessels to leave a Chi hcse port on the same day on almost the same hour, and. after voyaging con sidcrlbly moro than half way round the world, to reach New York no farther apart than when they started from Hong KoEg is an event which, while mol unprecedented, comes not far from being miraculous, The Tam O Shauter and tho Wandering Jew both o, tlIem American ships, built and owned in tho state of Maine have just accomplished thls remarkable feur Tho Tam O ShGntyr is oi ,522 tons burden halls from Portland, and has twenty years service to her credit The Wandering Jew is a Camden vessel l2S tons heavier than Ter rival, and has not wandered about the seas SO long by two years. During the long journey of ninety-eight days there seemed to be a strange com spiracy on the part of winds and waves and currents to keep the two ships in company. Even when one of the racers carried away some of her sails, the other was unable to take advantage of tho accident and haul ahead, for the squal that did the damage was fol- lowed bv a calm. Before the breeze eamc again new piuiOns had been spread by Che temporarily disabled yes. scl, and the contest of speed was re- sumcd on equal terms.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-07-27
GOOD HEALTH OF HoBoEs.
Tramps Generally in Better Condition Thar
 Any other Glass of People.

Any other Glass of People.
 Prof John T. McCool5, of Trinity col- iece. in Q recent lecture in New Haven on "The Pathological Aspect of the Tramp Problem" gave the following interesting facts about the knights of the road:
 "New Jersey wns the first state to pass Q law puniShing the professional tramp and at the same time to define what he was. This was in 1876. Rhode Island was tho next, and Connecticut came third X recent writer asserts that there arc about G0,O00 tramps in the United States. This number is a trifle large, although it is safe to say that there arc over i0,OO0 This is larger than the army of Wellington at Waterloo. We look on tramps ns human wrecks, as driftwo0d, and yet the ma jority of them are in the prime of life, and in better than the average health. Only sJS per cent. of tho tramps from whom my statistics were Eleancd claimed in tho dead of winter whilo the grip was raging, that they were iu had health They arc robust, and will fill you with envy, malice, and all other jealous feelings when you hear them snoring at midnight,
 'Eighty-one per cent. Of tramps de- clare that they took to the road be- cause they were out of Q job, and only one man because machinery took his place Over co per cent Of the English tramps are given as taking Che road because of vagrant habits. The major fly of our tramps are of American birth, 65 per cent. of 1,342 being of American parentage and 272 Irish, who como next Over 100 out of l,73S tramps could read and write and they all spend money on the daily newspapers. Out of 1,3so, only 70 are married, j7 are widowcrs, and 84 have children. Thirty-cight per cent say they worl, for their food, 2i per cent. beg il and 56 per cent that they steal it, Over 100 aeep at cheap lodging houses, and near ly 300 in police headquarters. About 300 sleep in boxes
Arizona silver belt., 1895-07-27
MADE WORTH A ooNFiDANT,
He Helped Many an American Woman
 Just sInkIpE Her Debut Abroad.

He Helped Many an American Woman
 Just gIakisS Her Debut Abroad.
 The death cf Wcrlh caused genuine sorrow to sorc suerjcou women who made him their conac 1t ua more women have Gonc than tha average individual would believe It is fold that a duchess, who was then a pretty American girl waiting fer accial racJc uition. oucc said to him: "''ghc me something gaa People must at~ tHscfed Co u.c by something unusual, because 1 a'l mol kroou you ,nov:"
 The great c'1iuriar, says ttc Pitts burgh Time. was rot aceas'9a',9 to taking sugccstions and said; "l uiB aTrauge i'.
 When thc gown was sent honc-it was to bc worn at an Elysec hall-thc girl wsa murb chcgrincd Co find it all pure white, with only is superb cut to relieve ita simplicity X line Go- companicd it saying; '+'Ncgr up- phires," The youup woman conpliedr but the ucgt duy told Che infalliblc Worth thatl had broken his promise. You wished tv bc ccn. lc asked ab- ruptly. "Ncs sic c.tcrcd "Wei. you were secn. llypos you saw tho account in tIe papcrs for'a"? IUr style of beauty i5 vuouYE . itif white shows it off. Sappiircs cuA attention 10 your eyes. Co to some one else, Ny robe is not artistic. and he walked nff.
 Tho duchls. i- still a. customer of thc establishment Sbc is tlo @ifc oi due Je la Rocleiouc4uld and was then that superb-looking yonng creature, Matte Mitchell
Arizona silver belt., 1895-07-27
olaDs llKE TO TRAVEL.
which Accounts for Their AnnuaiIllEht
 From North ta soutu.


 From North to south.
 Why do the birds ly souihward each autumn and return again with every a,Iing, No one knows. bat >cirnce, in the person of Prof Wang, the eminent Austrian 9rpitbologist, has just dis- closed thut the usual dippaE. answer to .h# question: "Because they like 10 travel, is not far out of the way after all
 ina lecture that Prof WeuE recent lv delivered at Vienna he gave some ex- trcIncly interesting details concerning Che miprations of birds, all of which miyrations resemble one another in two respects they follow the most di4 rect line outhward, and are made with almost incredible rapidity Numerous observations have been made ait Ileligo- land, which is tho principal halting place of birds of passage from northern countries, and in Egypt. which is the winter home of many, and these obscr1 cations have established some facts hitherto unknown. The bluCbirds traverse the four hundred nautical luiltS NiIGll NSitdttltt L6y pC i4Dits iiSAi- rolaod in a single night, which is at the rate of more than forty geograph- ieal miles per hour The swallows speed is over two and half miles per minute, or nearly three times that of : tho fastest railway train. Even the younger birds, six or eight weeks old, accompany the others in their long Journey.
 Prof. Wang asks himself what is the impulse which causes the birds, after thc breeding and moulting season is over to quit our northern climate. He docs not think it is fear of eold-for many species quite as delicate as those wl,i-h migrate southward easily with stand the rigors of the winter. but that they have an irresistible humor for travelling. This is bis idea of the fact. but he can give no explanation.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-07-27
BIG PRICES FOR FURNITURE,
Auctianccrs Talk of tho Private Sale of
 Rich Wan's Effects.

Auctidnccrs Talk of tho Private Sale of
 Rich Wan's Effects
 A party of auctinucers cn route from Chicago to Buffalo were in the smoking room of Lallc Shore sleeper the other night tcllnr stories. selling horses and farm stuff by auction is all right, said one, but for genuine fun give me the private sale of a rich mans furuis ture When Anthony DreXel died there were a lot of things which had personal "reminiscences connected with them which everyone wanted It was finally decided to hold family auction and sell them to the highest bidder The first thing put mp was small clock, worth, I suppose, about twenty dollars.
 s.Ill give five hundred dollars, was the first bd 1t came from nephew.
 Make it one thousand dollars" in terjccted younger son.
 Fifteen hundred dollars, replied the nephew.
 "Thc nephew won and got the twenty dollar clock for money with which he could have bought the finest clock in Philadelphia. never knew what the history of the clock was, but it must have had a peculiar one. Then put up big armchair. It was the chair Drexel had sat in for over twenty years and it had a valuable association for each one of the family. A married daughter and young Anthony Drexcl were the ones who wanted it the most, and the bidding, which opened at one thousand dollars, was spirited and lively. finally sold the chair to An thony for six thousand five hundred dollars The days sales brought in over twenty-five thousand dollars" {"
 Il never had anything as good as that" said another auctioneer, 'but sold the Chrds effects in the same way. The chief contest was over one of those old-fashioned tall clocks. Childs' eld- est son finally bought it for eighteen hundred and fifty dollars and 1t is now in the Ledper office in Philadelphia"
 RELIGION AND REFORM.
 TuE total number of Christians in Japan is about 100000.
 No SUNDAY newspapers are published in Japan, though therc are over 700 printed in the yernacular
 ONE of the most popular religions books in Japan i3 Pilgrims Progress" Illustrated by Jgpauese artists,
 J. Ft ! IRWIN, of Oswcgo, N r., has an interleayed Bible which cost hin Slo,- COG, It is in sixty imperial folio vol umes
 THGRu arc from l5.g00 C. aoQ09 Italians in Newark, Y, J,among whom tbe Baptistso of that city are organizing missions,
Arizona silver belt., 1895-07-27
Tho slaaghter of EIephant..

In Berlin a number of African travel CTS, colonial politicians and scientific men have formed a committee for the purpose of tanning and preserving the African elephant" It is computed ac- cordinR to statistical data of the ex- ports of ivory, that no fewer than from fifty to sixty thousand elephants in Africa are killed every year. The com mittcc say, that being so, the time is not far distant when the last elephant in Africa will says the London Daily News, have disappeared With such prospect in view, the committee have decided to put stop to this mis- chievous slaughter. By tanning and maintaining the last representatives of Q fnst-dying-out animal world the com inittcc hope to preserve unimpaircd the enormous power the elephant is known to possess, so that he may be of still further use 10 mankind The German Colonial company have already devoted . large sum of money to this purpose, and now the colonial department of the foreign office have augmented this sum by granting liberal allowance.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-07-27
NATIONAL FINANCES.

HUEoDoTUs says that CrCesus was the Grat ruler to order gold coins made
 WIru a population of hardly 2,50o, GOO Greece has debt of $1Gi000,0 900, or about $7j per capita
 'rHE silver dollars issued in lS0i are worth 1000 each. There were only ls,570 coined in that year.
 K the Bank of England sixty folio volumes or ledgers arc filed daily with writing in keeping the accounts.
 Two hundred years ago last July the Bank of England staried on . basis of a government debt 10 it of 55,000 coo, The debt the government now owes the bank is 555 ,090,Og0.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-07-27
Fowls ln rrnnce.

It is stated that there are in Franco 45,OO0,oO0 of hens, which, at an average price of f9 francs 50 centimes per head, represent value of 112, GOO, 900 and 5. 900 francs. one-fifth of the stock is an- nually consumed as food, and is sold for about 22,500OOO francs. Two mil lion of cocks, worth 5000 ,O0O of francs, are sold as food. The number of lay ing hens is put down at 85,000, coo, and the annual value of their eggs is 1ss,. 000,G00 francs. A million francs equals s20O, 900,
Arizona silver belt., 1895-07-27
she snr tho llnttle of wnterloo.

There has just died in Whitechapel ! Mrs. Todd, who was present at the battle of Waterloo, She was then only ten years old, but wildly remembered to her dying day many of the scenes of carnage Her mother was a woman employed to work for the army. Her father was a British soldier and he was killed near the tent in which the girl and her mother were,
Arizona silver belt., 1895-07-27
Llhrarr in Her Iinnd.

The newest society sensation in St. Petersburg is an old peasant woman with wonderful memory. Her name is Trina Andrciewna Fedosova; she is seventy years of age, can neither read nor write, but knows by heart over nineteen thousand legends, foIksongs and poems, When she gives a public recital the scene is e striking one. A little bent figure appears, hobbies on to the platform, sits down on chair, with hands folded, and withcred face quite cNpressionles8 Amid n hush of cxpec- tation she begins to speak; then her face brightCus. her eyes open widely and sparsle while her voice grows clc0r and penetrating. Sho looks ten years younger in her enthusiasm, as she Aall speaks half sings the lorends of her youth, tales Of great wars. old fairy tales, long-los, tragedies or tender love stories, while the audience, carried away by her strange magnetism listens spclIbOunj, laughs and wecps at her will. She is the rage" in the Russian capital, and we hear that two eminent literary men have written down a num- bcr of her memory stored treasures which they intend to publish in book form, when it should prove rich find for lovers of folklore,
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-08-22
QUAY IN CONTROL.
His Fight for the State Chair,nanship
Victorious.

His Fight for the State Chairmanship
Victorious.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 22.-The Re-
publican primaries to select 20 dele
gates to- the state convention and also
to choose candidates for various city
offices, were held last night. The in
dications are that the Quay faction
have certainly elected Is delegates and
possibly ~, with one or two districts
with five additional delegates still in
doubt. The anti-Quay people, concede
the senator Ii votes.
The polls were open from to 8 p. III.
and the scenes around the various
polling places in districts in which
there were contests recalled an excit-
ing presidential election. Never be-
fore in the history of the Republican
party in this city has there been such
a fight in the primaries. In many
wards almost the full Republican vote
was polled.
The contest practically closes the
fight in the state. Lehigh being the
only remaining county to elect dele
gates. 1t appears almost certain that
Senator Quay has won his fight for the
state Craftsmanship with some votes to
spare.
Printers on the Civil Service List.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 22.-The presi.
dent has signed al order extending the
classified service to include all printers
and pressmen employed in the various
executive departments.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-08-22
DID NOT GET MUCH
Robbers Hold Up a Train on
the Chicago and West
Michigan.
USED GUNS AND DYNAMITE.
Brakeman Seriously Wounded
and the Express Car
Wrecked.
USED GUNS AND DYNAMITE.

GRAND RAPIDS. Mich, Aug. ia
The fast express known as the Flyer
on the Chicago and West Michigan
road, arriving here at 1O:4O, was held
up by five men in a piece Of woods
just before crossing the Kalamazoo
river at 9 p. III. The train was tagged
by swinging white light across the
track, and when it stopped Conductor
K. f. Rice of this city stepped out on
the platform of the baggage car, and,
seeing two of the robbers, asked,
Whats the natter" The reply was
two shots from their revolvers. At
the same time other shots were fired
into the engineers cab, and moment
later two men climbed on the engine
and ordered the engineer and fire.
man to
Set tho Brakes and Keep Quiet.
When the train stopped, the brake
man, Timothy Murphy OF this city,
jumped off the rear platform and
started back with lantern as required
by the rules. The fifth robber, stand
ing alongside the coach, fired three
shots at the brakeman, one Of which
hit him i'll the side, struck a rib and
glanced out, making a serious flesh
wound. He dropped into the ditch,
where he remained until the robbers
had gone. Conductor Rice, after q
bullet whizzed past his head, retreated
to the baggagecar and threw his
pocketbook over behind the trunks
Without demanding admission the
| robbers
Placed Dynamite Under the Door,
blew it off and sprang into the car
| They ordered the conductor, baggage
man and express messenger to throw
up their hands and went through
their pockets, taking $3.50 in change
from the conductor, but finding moth
ing except watches on the others
They then tackled the safe and blew i
open in less than 80 seconds. 1t con
tanned no valuables, the messenge
having gone out in the afternoon ant
was returning on dead" trip
The passengers-42 of them-were no
molested.
To make sure of halt, ties had beer
piled on the track half length aheat
of where the engine stopped. Th'
baggage car was not disabled and tn
train proceeded.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-08-22
IN THE HANDS OF BANDITS.
Union Pacific Flyer Looted Near Gothen.
burg, Neb.

Union Pacific Flyer Looted Near Gothen-
burg, Neb.
NORTH PLATTE, Neb., Aug. a.
Bandits captured the Union Pacific
eastbound overland flyer about mid
night The engine was cut off and
sent forward in the regular Jesse
James order, while the outlaws looted
the train at their pleasure. No par
ticulars as to the amount of Doodle OBJ
tanned are obtalnable. The engine was
sent on to Gothenburg for relief and
officers are in pursuit of the highway
men. The train held up left North
Platte at ii clock and carried full
complement of coaches, sleepers and
express cars. The robbery occurred an
hour later. The country in the vicinity
of the holdup is fairly we'll settled and
the authorities anticipate no trouble in
following the outlaws. All were heav-
lily armed and conflict is quite prob.
able.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-08-22

CARLTON, Mimi. Aug. % Five
young men who were caught in the act
of desecrating the cemetery in this
village. were fined $40 each and will
be obliged to pay for headstones they
have defaced. The desecration has
been going on for some time and a
watch was set to catch the vandals.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-08-22
SEVEN WERE LOST.
Pleasure Yacht Containing Thirteen Peo-
pie Ca,,sizes at Buffalo.

Pleasure Yacht Containing Thirteen Peo.
pie Ca,'sizes at Buffalo.
BUFFALO, Aug. 22.-By the capsiz.
ing of the small pleasure yacht OF
Rung Bros. men Of the IL on board
were drowned. That there was not a
greater loss of life is due to the near.
ness of the tug z. Z. Maytham and the
quickness OF the lifesaving crew in
getting to the scene. The dead are
Frank Buggmann, jacob Baumann,
Henry SCHNEIDER, Charles Fischer,
Thomas +. Cannon, fireman. name
unknown, and an unknown stranger.
The members of the party were en-
ployes of the East Buffalo livestock
yards A strong wind was blowing
which made heavy sea- and a. she
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-08-22
No Clue to the GanU

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Aug. 3d.
The robbers who held up the Chicago
and West Michigan train near Rich
mond last night are still at large and
there is no clue to the identity of any
of the gang. A large posse is search.
ing the country and unless the men
have taken to the Fenville swamps it
is believed they will surely be taken
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-08-22

TAYLoRs FALLS, Mimi, Aug. 22.-
Park Commissioner Hazard has left
for st. Paul with deeds for 1877 different
lots or parcels Of land in the lark. The
people generally art accepting the
award and findings Of the commission
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-08-22

LANDER, Wy, Aug PA wonder
fully rich placer find is reported on
Gold creek. on the Continental Divide,
on the south end Of Wind river range.
The dirt runs $50 to the yard. 1t is not
a gravel bed, and experts say the gold
comes from come wonderfully rich lead
back toward the mountains. The min
ers are fairly tumbling over each other
in their efforts to discover the source
of the gold.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-08-22
St. Paul Union stock Yards.

SOUTH ST. PAUL, Aug Il, 1895
HOGS-Market lOc highe" on good de
mand. Range of prices, A.4OM4.55.
CATTLE-About steady with last week
Fair demand for butcher cattle; good de
mand for StOckers and feeders.
SHEEP-Market steady with fair de
mand.
Lambs, S2.9O93.2j. muttons, e. 80
common, $l.OOM2., 0.
Receipts: Hogs, 500; cattle, 700; sheep
400; calves, 10.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-08-22
COxey BObs UD.

SHELBY. Neb., Aug. 22.-Over 5000
people were at the Independent rally
here. General" Coxey spoke two
hours. Banks and corporations were
assailed and the silver question we'll
gone over. General Coxey is touring
Nebraska in the interest of free silver