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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-01-02
ssaryinw ana desperate.

NEW York. Jan. LA special from
Lima, Peru. says: The government is
unable to suppress the rioting here
which is Of daily occurrence. The peo-
ule are starving and desperate. Some
shops on the outskirts OF town have
3 looted. Soldiers threaten 10 go
over TO General Peirola, tho rebel lead
or. unless they get something to eat
soon.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-01-02

Aberdeen News, 81: Gov. Sheidof
has appointed Il. ID. Adams of Groton to
the pt ashton Of the board of regents
made vacant by The resignation OF M. Il.
Hsninger Of Brown county. Mr.. Adams
is accordingly, congratulated.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-01-02
Want An Ornithoioglst.

WASHINGTON. Jan. An examinar
ton will be held at the rooms OF the
civil service commits sion on Jan. 10 for
an assistant ornithoiogist. and an or
nithologist clerk in the department OF
agriculture. The salary Of the former
position is 81, 600 and OF the latter $3.50
uer annum.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-01-02
sutro,s NeWs Hotel.

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. I.-Adolph
sutro il Planning to rebuild the burned
CliH House and viii erect 3 4-story
structure, two stories above and two
below theleyei Of the road. One wing
win project over the rocks SO that Wis
itors may fish from the yeranda in the
Pacific ocean.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-01-02
EIGHT ARR MISSING.
The Big Albany Hotel Fire Nay Prove
To Have Been q Frightful
V
Holocaust.
SOME UNACCoUNTED FOR
And Thought to Have Perished in the
Flames---Some Other Bad
Blazes.

ALBANY, N. Y, Jan. -Four ragged
walls and q mass Of sm~ouldering ruins
mark the site OF the Dslavan House.
About $50 of its guests. thankfu.
thai they escaped, though only with
the clothes on their backs, are quar-
tered at the other hotels. The police
are unable TO account for eight persons,
two maids and six guests, who were In
the Delavan hotel before the fire. They
say that while it il possible that these
persons may now be in some hotel. IL IL
quite probable that their bodies are
hidden in the ruins.
The FIRE started at $50 and before an
alarm could be- given the hotel was
filed with smoke, the flames shooting
MP the elevator shaft with fearful m
ergy. Up the stairway shot another
column and very soon the whole in
ter. or
Was . SETTLING AEass-
Within 10 minutes after the first
note Of alarm ~ least ~ persons were
dangling on the insufficient rope IRE
escapes or hanging ON 90 the window
stills. The department arrived quickly,
but it took some time 70 get ladders uT
and in the meantime some OF thu
people had dropped TO the street. On
the right side OF the building there ap
peared at . window . man and
woman. The mAu had hold OF the
woman trying 70 persuade her TO wal
i for help, but she broke away and
.sprang ont. She struck . balcony and
rabounded TO the street. The mat
wa ted Tor d ladder and was taker
down in safety. Hid name was =. 4
Foakes and he represented q casi
register company i'm Dayton, @. Th'
woman was his wife and she vii
probably die.
The department with nine streams
of water pouring into the building
could do absolutely nothing at all q
stop the onslaught sof the flames ant
the only work was to save surrounding
property. The hotel takes in the en-
tine block, about 10 by $50 feet ant
this was. in ID minutes.
A Settling CauldrOn
only bound by the four walls. Tn
Delayan House was built 80 years ag
and was one Of the most famous hotel
iii the country. The total loss il est
mated at 500, 600, with an .i~nsuranc
Of $500, 0OO.
At 1880 the east walls fell in an,
some OF the aremen narrowly escape.
being buried. At 1880 the Broadwa
wall fell out and n fireman. wa
buried in the debris. He was take
ont and 10 n t thought to be danger
ously hurt.
The Delavan House was famou
throughout the country as politics
headquarters for New York state. an
has been the center of all the big event
in that line for the past 40 years.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-01-02
MlNIo scoRcHEp.
The Little north Dakota Town Damaged
$40

SEQ, %
FARGO, N. D., Jan. IAN Argus
special reports a destructive fra at
Mimic, consuming Cameron's hardware
store, Cops dressmaking establish.
ment. Moore's bakery. three saloons
run by smith. Currie & Klincer. and
Currie's meat market. Miss Oficer's
millinery store was RACED 10 stop the
progress of the flames. The loss il
so. 600.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-01-02
Peixntn Vary &ica.

NEW York, Jan. LA special from
Montevideo says: Peixoto JIG reported
to be very sick. Some say his illness
was brought on by an accident. but
others believe he has been poisoned.
FASTEST Time From Liverpeot.
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10 Estena .he Rlo ssranae.

MONTEREY. Mex. Jan. LIT n re.
,,orted hers that tue Rio Grande rail-
road, wnlch now run from Browns
vile / Point ! absl in Texas, j. 70 be
extended iii i direct line 10 this city.
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Faateat Time FYom Ii,

HALIFAX, N 81, Jan. I.-Ihe
steamer Labrador, just arrived from
Liverpool. made the passage In 81
days and five hours. which Is the fast.
st ever made to this port from Liycr.
pool.
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&c Per.oma Y~nsured,

BIDDRFoRD, Me-, Jan. THE city
building. one Of the finest structures
I'M the city. was totally destroyed bs
IRE about $50 d. M. entailing d total
loss Of more than 500. 600. James Iii
lott, q fireman, was nearly frozen to
death and one of the prisoners In tbs
police station, which was in the build
ing, was unconscious when discovered.
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TIyery Stable nurned.

ST.. PAUL, Jan I~-Shroeder's livery
stable at Fourth aud ST. Peter streets
was nearly consumed BY m early
morning blaze. The horses were all
rescued but most OF the carriages were
burned
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ANOTHER FRENcn SCANDAL.

warrants Issued For the Arrest Of Com
tractors. Bankers and Politicians.
Paris, Jan. LA Judicial inquiry
into the conduct OF the old directors OF
the French Southern Railway company
has revealed another financial scandal.
Warrants have been issued for q num-
Der of contractors. bankers and politi-
clans. The question OF the relations OF
the government TO this company was
debated in the chamber or deputies ON
Dec. % last, when the government
narrowly escaped defeat. The matter
indirectly led to the harmless duel be-
tween DR.. Barthou. minister Of public
works, and M. Jaures, the Socialist
leader, who had accused the govern
ment OF seeking to protect . number Of
e~x-plotters, which statement DR.. Bar
thon branded as D lie.
The UsuaI Rssu1s.
ATLANTA, Ga, Jan. LA special e
The Journal from Roma. Ga. says
Last night Dora Williams locked her
three children i'm her home and went
visiting. The result was thatgths home
and all the children were burned.
DR.. Prices Cream Baking Powder
~ LAF4Z&LLZ
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80 rani.n..re Ceeper Dad.

CooPERsTowN, N. Y, Jan. Miss
Susan Fenimore Cooper. daughter Of
James Feninore Cooper. died OF apo
plexy in her Sind year. \
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The Usuai RsMuIs.

DR.. Prices Cream Baking Powder
Worlds Fhir Highest Award.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-06
Wonders That Never Cease.

Wonder. says the Boston Transcript
why it is that the lame man and the
man with the rheumatism take such es-
pecial pains to be the first to possess them
selves of the car platform when the train
reaches the city. and, having attained it.
are so careful not to leave it until all the
other passengers have lost their patience
and some of their temper I'm their at
tempts to get past the obstructing bodies
of the lame man and the man with the
rheumatism aforesaid
Wonder why II is that the man who
knows nothing should be so eager, upon
all possible occasions, to parade the
knowledge which he does not possess.
Wonder why 1t is that when the electric
car conductor says: Move up. please. "
we regard the request as addressed to 9TH
ers exclusively, and in our mind make
comparisons not at all complimentary to
the swine to whom we liken those obstin-
ate passengers.
Wonder why II is that when children
quarrel it is inevitably those horrid young
ones who belong to our nefghbor who are
the cause of all the trouble.
Wonder why II is that people viii persist
In talking about something in which they
are interested when we are set upon talk
ing about something which interests us.
Wonder why it is that our country cous-
ms will persist upon calling upon us in
the city in the winter time. when they
have such abundant opportunity to see
us at their own homes every summer.
Wonder why it is that things are always
Just as we don't want them to be, and so
often just what somebody else seems to
desire.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-06
The AIicrophone in Texas.

A man from Texas sat in the Hotel
Brunswick yesterday and told three lies
told them deliberately, says a writer in
the New York Press. He was not an
Ochiltree, either. One of them may be
worth reading. Said he:
You've got your new-fangled micro
phone at work, 1 see but l just want to
tell you folk up here that we have d
natural one down in Texas, that beats
it all hollow. l reckon he's about u years
old now. He's got two ears-one big
and one little. With the big he can
hear the rumbling of a storm 100 miles
away. He beats the weather bureau pre-
dieting rain. He hears every year the song
of Miriam after Moses and his friends
crossed the Dead Sea. He has heard the
booming of the guns at the battle of
Waterloo and even repeats word for word
the orders of Napoleon on that occasion.
No sound that ever started the air to
vibrating is lost to him, If he happens to
get in line of eXcitation. With his little
ear he can hear the faintest sounds on
earth. He can hear fly walking on A
window pane or flying through the air.
He can hear flea hop, or a spider weav-
ing her web. On dark night he can hear
a fish swimming. l have known him to
hear night coming on and settle down.
He never heard the moon rise, but there
are good reasons, l am told, for thai.
1 am here to get Barnum to give him a
place in his freak show
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-06
A Southern Man in 1896.

We ike Senator Hilrs response TO the
article IN the Washington Post. entitled
a Southern Democrat for 1886" much bet
ter than the Posts article. The Posts
article creates the impression that the
south should demand the nomination OF a
southern man by the democracy in 1896
whether ii would be advisable to nominate
q southern man or not. The position Sen
stor Hill takes IS tina. in making nom
nation 10 consideration should be given
TO the question OF the section in which a
candidate resides. The nomination should
so 10 that leader OF the party who is be
lieved to he best qualified for the Pres
idcncy. and who is. in every respect. the
most available. Is that leader a southern
man? II So he should be nominated. Is
he q northern man? Then let him be the
standard bearer in 1926.
The south would Of course be gratihed
If the democracy's choice in 1896 should be
a southern man. The south. however.
would not ask for the nomination Of a
southern man simply because he was "A
southern man or because she is almost
solidly democratic. All that she wants is
that I'm making a nomination the ques-
ton of section shall not be raised. and
that in considering the availability of can
didstos southern men shall stand upon eX-
actly the same plane as northern men.
The south has no favors to ask. She
stands upon her record and her merits.
II among her sons there IS one who has the
qualifications for the high Office of Presl-
dent and the confidence, admiration and
respect Of the people to a greater extent
than democratic leaders in other parts OF
the country he should have the nomina-
ton. To nominate a southern man chiefly
because ne is a southern man would be
great mistake.
While II is true that the Democratic
party depends upon the south to win its
victories. it is not true, as the Post states,
that three fourths OF its strength is in the
south. The south cast only about one-third
OF the votes that President Cleveland re-
ceivcd. and only few more than half of
the electoral votes that were cast for
him Tho Democratic party therefore
would have to forever remain a minority
party If it placed all of it's dependence
upon the south.
The south neither asks nor expects any
thing more than fair contest in which
there shall be no sectional jealousies, pre-
judices and animosities With the result
OF a contest of that kind she will be salts
fed
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-06
The nay state DIaiect.

An Iowa woman was visiting a school
in a Massachusetts town recently, says
the Des Moines Leader, and had a good
chance to observe the difference In dia-
lect between the Bay state and her own.
A little girl from the latter place was
asked by the teacher to spell word.
The child began to spell the syllables as
they sounded to her.
"F-a-t-h-"
No, no." said the teacher, "faw-thaw.
fawthawv'
"F-a-t-h-"
mo, that's wrong! Fawthaw off-faw-
thaw on"
"F-a-w-"
20, no! Sit down Next"
Next" was a New England boy, who
spelled farther" readily.
After the spelling exercises the teacher
dictated as follows for the children to
write upon their States
"A little fawthaw off was a small gut
tab, in which was some watah. Heah
the little builds came to get a drink. At
tab dippin' theih bills many times, tossin'
their pritty heads, and with many a
huht and huttah of theih wings they all
flew away to the pax
The Iowa woman's curiosity prompted
her to look at the slate of the little girl
from the west. Every mispelled word
here given was so mispelled.
The dialect was entirely too much for
her, and she sat there dejectedly, with a
flush upon her face, feeling no doubt like
a veritable foreigner. The visitor said to
herself in sympathy:
"Poah little gull"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-06
Georgia.s Fruit section.

We agree with Prof. J. L. Budd Of the
agricultural college Of Iowa. that the wire
grass counties Of Georgia are remarkably
well adapted 10 the growing Of fruits and
vegetables. and that these counties are
destined 10 become famous for their or
chards. vineyards and melon patches, but
we do not agree with him IN what he says
about Florida
In his opinion orange growing in Florida
has received a set back from which it will
never recover. for the reason. he says. that
the state Is becoming more and more liable
to freezes. owing TO the cutting down Of
the pine forests in Alabama and Georgia
A little inquiry would have revealed to
him that such weather as vas experienced
in this part Of the south last winter does
not come more than once in a half century,
and that the cutting down OF the pine for
ests has nothing TO do with It. Just such
freeze as destroyed the orange groves last
winter destroyed them in 1885. The pine
forests had not been disturbed at that time.
And since that time many cold waves that
did more or less damage have swept over
the state The freezes of 1885 and 1895.
however are the ones that ruined orange
trees, and in those years the weather was
exceptionally cold throughout this country
and Europe. There is, therefore. nothing
upon which to base an opinion that the
removal OF the pine forests had anything
TO do with the freeze of last winter. The
freeze would have occurred no doubt had
not "A pine tree in Georgia or Alabama been
cut down since the famous freeze Of 1895.
While it is true that = freeze may occur
again next winter, there Is more reason to
think there will not be another disastrous
freeze in the next nifty years than that
the state is more liable TO freezes now than
it has bean a any time during the last hun
dred years.
Within three. or at most FIVE years. We
expect to see as many oranges produced IN
Florida as there has been at any previous
time in her history. The orange growers
feel their loss keenly Of course. but they
are not disheartened. They have fasth in
Florida as an. orange producing state, and
they are showing their faith by chopping
the dead wood out of their groves and in
other respects giving them the kind of
treatment their present condition demands.
What Prof Budd says of the fruit pos
sibilities Of the wire grass section of Geor-
gia should be widely published. 1t is I'M
doubtedly a favored section. and we shall
not be surprised If it becomes the garden
spot of Georgia.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-06

The Marine journal publishes a list of
vessels on which cotton fires have oc-
Cured the present season. There are
forty-hve in the list. and the loss caused
by the fires is estimated to be about 81, O00,-
O90. The loss would have been much
greater were 1t not for the fact that nearly
all cotton is transported in iron steamers.
But is there a valid excuse for such a
large number OF fires on cotton laden
ships? We do not believe there is. A
fire in Indian or Egyptian cotton is a
very unusual occurrence. why then should
fire occur IN American cotton so fire.
quently? Is it not because of the careless
way in which American cotton is COM
pressed and baled?
Indian and Egyptian cotton is so COM
plotely covered and tightly baled that it
is about as difficult to set a bale of it on
fire as it is to fire a log of wood. But a bale
Of American cotton, loosely baled and rag
ged, is pretty nearly as tender to the touch
of fire as finder. If spark drops on It
a fire is started. which breaks into a blaze
at once. or shoulders for days. and is not
discovered perhaps until the vessel on
which it is slowed has started on her voy-
age
The convention that was held in New
orleans recently pointed out to the cotton
farmers that It would be greatly to their
advantage If they would make a uniform
bale and thoroughly cover it. They would
get better price for their cotton if they
would do this. But they will not do it I'M
less some means are adopted to call their
attention in an emphatic way to the fact
that it is to their interest to do it, The
New Orleans convention seems to have
been satisfied to let the matter drop after
1t adopted a few resolutions. 1t should
have taken steps of some sort to bring
about the reform that is so greatly needed
and which would be so helpful to all inter-
ested in the handling of cotton.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-06

NJ. f. Church, proprietor of the Bed
dingtOn tannery relates a rather remark
able story, showing the wonderful in
stinct of his dog. says the Augusta (Me)
New Age Having occasion not long since
to visit Bangor he left Don at the tannery
But the dog soon became dissatisfied and
returned to his home in Cherryfield.
twenty miles distant. When Mr.. Church
returned to Beddington he called up his
wife on the telephone, and in course OF
conversation inquired for Don. On be
ing told that Don was at home he asked
to be allowed to talk with him. Don was
accordingly held up TO the telephone and
receiver placed to his ear As Hello.
Don" came from his master. the dog be-
gan TO show signs OF excitement which
increased as the conversation progressed.
In a few moments after being relea sed
he disappeared and Ia about two hours
Mr.. Church called again on the telephone
and announced that Don had arrived at
the tanncry.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-06

very dignihed black and white cat
was crossing Twelfth street at the corner
Of Broadway last Wednesday night when
she was espied BY Scotch terrier proWi-
ing about the neighbOrhOOd, says the Kan
sas City Star. Pussy had just arrived
beneath the electric light at the corner
Mhen the dog charged upon her fulI
tllL Taken BY surprise, she made few
leaps forward, but seeing her retreat was
cut on BY passing cable car. she faced
the enemy.
The terrier was possessed Of more dis
erection than valor. and when pussy turned
on him he stopped short, out Of reach
OF the claws she held Up ready TO strike
al him. Then he began to bark. which
only made the cat the more furious. Two
or three neWsbOys, a "red-hOt peddler
and policeman gathered at the corner.
interested spectators of the encounter.
They took issue on the side of the dog,
and with cries Of sick 'em. sick en-
uged him on TO battle. Pussys eyes
showed green and yellow and scarlet IN
der the electric light. her back was arched
almost double. and her tail stood out like
a fOxbrush. She kept up a continuous
sanity.
The crowd on the corner grew bigger
and the fight grew interesting. The po-
hceman shouted words of encOurag cement
to the dog. but the cleaning eyes of the
angry cat kept him q a distance. Sud
denly stone thrown by a boy rolled be
tween the combatsnts. The dog turned
to look for the thrower. II was the mis-
taht % nA1 me WIN one reap pussy " Is
On his back, tearing clawfuls of hair out
Of his head.
The terrier turned tail and ran, but
pussy held on tight TO his long hair all
the while clawing his back. Down Broad
way they went, while the crowd cheered
for the cat, who still chung on her foes
back like the woman bareback rider at
the circus
When they got opposite an alley pussy
dropped lightly off, and saying ia, Ia
doggy darted away in the darkness. The
terrier VIII hereafter he pirCnTt-
spect in his manner of approaching re-
speCtable tabbies after dark
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-06
Albert sidney Johnston.s Death.

A writer in the Cincinnati Enquirer
tells a very remarkable story of watch
found on the body of Gen. Albert Sidney
Johnston on the field of Shiloh by a fed
eral soldier. The story is that shortly
after the wounded Gen. Johnston was
borne by Gov. Harris to a place OF safe
ty. the confederates were driven back,
and Gen. Johnston, still alive but fast
dying, fell. into the hands of a federal
soldiers. one of whom robbed the body of
a gold watch. which, after many strange
vicissitudes, came to the hands of some
person who now desires to return ii TO
the family. This story, says the Memphis
Commercial is, of course. a gaudy fake.
Gen Johnston expired almost Immediately
after being lifted from his horse, and
his body never fell into the hands of
the federals a all. At the time of his fall
the federals were everywhere being press
ed back and shortly thereafter, when
Beauregard took command, the first days
battle came to an end. Gen. Johnston :
body was buried by the confederates.