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NANSEN'S RETURN
Message From Archangel Would
Appear to Confirm Previous
News.
Europeans Look Upon 1t as An
Indication That Nansen
Is Safe.
Washington Officials, However,
Point Out Some Material
Discrepancies.

LONDON, Feb. 17..-The British con-
sui at Archangel, capital of the Russian
government of that name, telegraphs
confirming the report that DIR. Nansen
is safe and returning from the north
pole.
The news Of DR.. Nansen's success
has created intense interest in this city.
The report received from Irkutsk,
Siberia, was generally discredited at
first, although more faith was placed in
it than in the previous rumors which
have reached London during the past
IL months. The dispatch from the
British consul at Archangel, given
above, is regarded as conclusively show.
ing that the Norwegian explorer is
homeward bound, even if he has not
discovered the pole. Dispatches re-
ceived here from different parts of the
continent indicate that the same inter-
est in the news from the North is man
ifested throughout Europe, and it is
capitals, although even DR.. Nansen's 8
wife and relatives did not believe the
announcement which came through
Kouchnareff, the agent of DR.. Nansen,
near the mouth of the Lena river,
residents of which locality frequently
visit New Siberia. Later advices say
that news of DR.. Nansen's safety was
sent by Kamisroff, the local Russian
official in the Yakutsch region, who was
a member of the Siberia-k koffs expedi-
ton.
DR.. Nordenskiold, who is in Christ
lana. is inclined to believe the news Of
Dr. Nansen's safety, at any rate, even
if it is not true that he has succeeded
in discovering the north pole.
According to the opinion Of Arctic
experts here, when the Fran left Kara
sea in 1898, she may have found the
sea northwards full of ice, and pushed
on until she was locked in. They add
that she may have been allowed to
drift until the expedition came to land
around the north pole and that DIR.
Nansen and his party may have re.
turned in sleds to the Siberian islands.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-02-17

MINNEAPOLIs Feb. Is, 1895.
WHEAT-February closed, 6Oc; May,
6Ossc. On track-No. l hard, Gle No. /
Northern, 6Jc: No. Northern. SOC.
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st. Paul Union Stock Yards.


SOUTH 81. PAU. Feb Is. 1896
HOGS-Market barely steady. with yes
terday. Quality averaged about the
same. Range of prices, ,3.Sj@3 ~.
CATTLE Market slow on anything
but best grades; re eipts light and yards
cleared at steady prices
SHEEP-Ste .dY and unchanged, lambs
selling a t4.oU; muttons, $40
Receipts: Hog, r6l; cattle, 80; calves,
3; sheep, A.
Chicago Union Stock Yards
CHICAGO, Feb. ID, 1896.
HOGS-Market fairly ac i've, but prices
averaged &c lower.
Sales ranged at 81 oG4.3011 for light;
A.OO@4.224 for mixed; S3s5(g4 70 for
heavy; IS. >5 u3. % for rough
CATTLE-Market dull and nominally
unchanged.
Beeves, So 15u4.6': cows and heifers,
SlGI 3.Sj. Texas eerS. s. 1898. 20; stock
Sers and feeders, S!'Or3.1J
S&EEl'-Market steady to strong.
ReceipeS hcgs, lG,OOo cattle, 40;
sheep. l,3oS
Chicago Grain and Provisions.
CHIrAGD, Feb. Is, 1890
CLDSIN. PRCE
WHEA I - February, 65Xc: Nav,
6S5sc; June, &c; July. 654c.
CORN-Februt try, 2S3sc: May, 3Olsc;
July 3iSc September, $40
OATS-February, l9Hc; May, 21L; July,
2lAc.
PoRK-February. $3.50; May, 1910;
July. xlO25
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The herald., 1896-10-29
THE WINNER MURDER.
Plenty Of Rumors. But Not One Trust
worthy Clue.

RICHMOND, Mo-. Oct. 2s.-Interest-
ing developments came to light today in
the murder case of Mrs. Jessie Winner
and her two children, but nothing con-
elusive enough to fasten the crime upon
any. one. The father, who Is in jail,
accused Of dispatching his family, pro-
tests his innocence. He claims to have
slept away from home on the night Of
the murder and that he was in the COM
pany Of Maggie Catron, whose presence
at the Winner household had previously
made trouble between Winner and his
wife. A rumor connecting the two with
the murder is afoat, but nothing posi-
tives has been adduced to substantiate
it. Foot prints of man and woman
and of horse with three shoes and
tracks of a buggy wheel have been dis
covered near the scene of the crime.
Such horse was missing on the night
of the murder from a stable near where
Winner claims to have stayed.
Mrs. Winner was a divorced woman
and came from Spaulding county, Ohio.
Her first husbands name was Jacob
Riser and her second marriage was the
sequel to an elopement. 1t is rumored
that Riser was seen in Richmond few
days ago, but confirmation of the story
is unObtainable
The herald., 1896-10-29

ing candidate on the state or national
ticket. with the possible exception OF
that given to Brough for governor in
1853"
This is the first prediction Chairman
Kurtz has made concerning the election
in Orio. Numerous statements have
been attributed to him, but none of them
have been authentic. The magnitude of
the vote claimed by Mr.. Kurtz can best
be understood when it is stated that
two years ago Hon. s. M. Taylor, Re-
publican candidate for secretary of
state, received a. majority Of $4,000, his
plurality being 137,o00 Brough' major
ity for governor in 1868 was 100,SS2. Mr..
Kurtz says he does not care to give any
figures at this time, but may do so be-
fore the election. 1t is figured that the
vote in the rural precincts will stand
about the same as last year, the cities
and towns rolling up the big majority
for Mckinley.
The herald., 1896-10-29
TALKS TOO MUCH.
Prince Bismarck Scored, for Revealing
German State Secrets.

BERLIN, Oct. 2S.-Public opinion
generally in Germany condemns Prince
Bismarcks revelations in the Hambur-
ger Nachrichten regarding the alliance
between Russia and Germany which ex-
listed during the last years of his chan
cellorship, and illusions are made to his
"indiscreet loquacity. which is gradually
furnishing his glorious reputation"
There is little doubt that the prince
has divulged important state secrets
in his attempt to triumph over his sue
cessor. General Count Won Caprivi, and
the official comnIunique in the Reich
sanzieger yesterday, cabled exclusively
to the Associated Press yesterday after
noon. indirectly admits the truth Of the
article in the Reichsanzieger and sharp
ly rebukes Prince Bismarck by saying:
Diplomatic events of this kind are
strict state secrets and to preserve them
conscientiously is an International
duty, breach of which would prejudice
important state secrets. The imperial
government must therefore decline any
attempt to clear up the matter and will
neither corrupt what is false nor supply
what is complete"
The herald., 1896-10-29
ON THE WHEEL
Worlds Records Only Last Until the
Next Time

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Oct. 2S.-Three
worlds cycle records were smashed at
Cumberland park today. John S. John
son, paced by a sextette, rode quarter
in 20 2-5, lowering the % 2-5 mark made
by Kiser at Coronado Beach. Johnson,
paced by quad and sextette, rode half
mile in A. lowering the mark of 471a set
by Kiser at Coronado. The judges made
a mistake in placing the finishing tape
and johnson rode about eighty feet over
the half in the above time. A quad
manned by Waller, Brodis. Staver and
Meyers, rode an unpaced half mile, fly
ing start, in 40 1-5 establishing new
record.
AT the Coliseum tonight Johnson rode
a mile, paced, in 2:02 As, an indoor rec
ord, while Michael cut the ten-mile paced
record from 21:33 3-5 to 21:27 S-5.
The three mile paced match race be-
tween c. Woodward of Nashville and
John Lawson of Chicago was won by
Woodward in 65d is.
The herald., 1896-10-29
ARIEONA'S AMBITION.
Citizens Of the Territory Are Ready for
Statehood,

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2s-The people
Of Arizona are in favor Of statehood
says Governor Benjamin Franklin in
his annual report to Secretary Francis
The report is one of the most volumin-
Gus and profusely illustrated received
for years at the department. 1t shows
that the total mining output of the ter
ritory for the year was $13.97S, 1858. OF
this amount gold aggregated $500, 900,
exclusive of about $500, taken by the
prospectors and placer miners and the
total is years increase of $94O, 900. The
total product of gold, silver and copper
in Arizona for the twenty years ended
June 30 last aggregated $127. 1866 016. The
cattle shipments from the territory from
January 1. 1894, to June 30, 1896, reached
595,379 head. The territorial board re-
turns show the value of taxable proper
ty has gained a half million dollars dur
ing the year and conservative men claim
the actual valuation to be $50, 900, ,000
The herald., 1896-10-29
VIRTUE REWARDED
George Crocker Can Now Buy yellow
Label or ANYTHING

George Crocker Can Now Buy yellow
Label or Anything
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 29-Virtue Is
not its own only reward in the case of
George Crocker, the second son Of the
late Charles Crocker.
By remaining sober for seven years
Mr.. Crocker comes into the possession
not only of $49O,O00 worth of Southern
Pacific railway bonds. but Of a one
eighth interest in his fathers estate as
well, the whole amount reaching $4,000
900.
The eighth of the Crocker estate was
left to George Crocker by a secret trust,
with his two brothers as the trustees.
The terms were the same as those un-
der which the Southern Pacific bonds
were left-continuous sobriety for five
years. Judge Daingerfield's decision
in the matter Of the bonds, that George
Crocker had fulfilled the terms Of the
trust, decided also the secret trust upon
which the larger part Of the property
depended.
The herald., 1896-10-29
FAvoRs PEACE
The Marquis Of Dufferin, Wants No
American War

BELFAST, Ireland. Oct. 2s.-The mar
quis of Dufferin, newly returned from the
post of British ambassador at Paris. was
accorded banquet here tonight at which
he made speech. He declared that owing
to his age and deafness he had definitely
retired from official life.
Although England was not loved, the
marquis continued, she had no dispute
with any nation Of Europe except Turkey.
The Armenians' salvation, he asserted,
cannot be found in any scheme applied to
the. Armenians alone, but in reforms CIV
ing protection TO all the Turkish subjects
The marquis also expressed the hope that
the United States and England would be
the first practically to apply the principles
of arbitration to the settlement of inter-
national disputes. Lord Dufferin said that
every Englishman would revolt in horror
at the thought of fratricidal collision
with the United States, which could only
result in involving US and them in COM
mon ruin.
The herald., 1896-10-29
SOLDIERS UNDER ORDERS

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2s.--The orders of
Second Lieutenant w. S. Wood, Tenth cav
airy, to the military academy. have been
revoked at his own request. Assistant
Quartermaster Hyde has been ordered
from Vancouver barracks to Boston, re-
lieving Assistant Quartermaster I. F..
True, who is ordered to Vancouver bar
racks. Assistant Quartermaster G. 2.
Thompson has been relieved from duty a.
Little Rock, Ark, and ordered to Colum-
bus barracks. Assistant Quartermaster
j. Il. Knight has been relieved from duty
with the Virginia volunteers at Rich
mond and ordered to Jeffersonville, Ind.
Assistant Quartermaster d. e. Mccarthy
has been ordered from Fort Niobrara, Neb.,
to Fort Sheridan, ILL.,, relieving First
Lieutenant William Blow, jr.,Fifteenth in
fantry, who is ordered to join his regi-
ment
The herald., 1896-10-29
FRIENDS FOUND
For Penniless Armenians Desiring to Live
In America

NEW YORK, Oct. 2S.-Lady Henry Som
erset today cabled as follows to Assistant
Commissioner of immigration McSweeny
at Ellis Island.
II make the declaration that will give
my personal bond in case any of the Ar
menians who arrived on the Obdam or
California are likely to become public
charges. / will be answerabe for the re-
moval from the United States of such
persons"
Commissioners Senner and McSweeny
this afternoon arranged with Mrs. Fes-
senden of the ". c. T. U. of Massachu-
sets, to admit one hundred Of the 215 emf
grants. on bonds procured by Mrs. Fes,,
NOT become public 1har0oA
The herald., 1896-10-29
CLAIMS A MILLION.
Ohio Republicans Are Guessing Alto
gether Too Large.

COLUMBUS, o., Oct. 28.-Hon. c. L.
Kurtz, chairman of the Ohio Republic
can executive committee, last night
sent the following telegram to Hon. M.
A. Hanna, chairman of the Republican
national committee:
"Ohio will give Mckinley larger
majority than she ever gave to . lead
The herald., 1896-10-29
MRS. BURKE'S VERDICT

NEW YORK, Oct 2S.-A verdict for
$4,000 was rendered by the jury in the
case of Bridget Burke of Brooklyn, who
sued John Irish and others in the supreme
court Brooklyn. to recover $4,000 for the
loss Of life of her husband John Burke,
who was killed in the collapse of the Irish
building at West Broadway and Third
street, New York. The verdict was as
being exnnerated. s4et $3.50
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-16
JACK TAR.
A woefuI Case of ShiDwreck In
Prospect Park.


Prospect Park.
Strange and multifardeus as are the
things which happen ITO sailors at sea
or ashore The sailor on horseback Is
an old, old story, but listen to the adj
ventures of a sailor on a bicycle.
Two sailors of the North Atlantic
feet were in Prospect park the other
day on pleasure bent.
They were typical sea warriors with
the hardy and stalwart appearance of
their shipmates Of the White Squadron,
and seemed to be deeply interested In
their surroundings.
For some time they stood looking
about them, unconsciously being OBJ
served by great many people. All at
once they began to converse, when one
was heard to remark to his companion:
II tell We, mate, 1 could do it. / am
going to make a try and then won't I
have something to astonish the boys
with when 1 get back aboard ship"
Don't We do it, Bill, my boy. You
might break all the bones in your body
if We fell off the thing"
Break or no break, I'm going to try
it. / never yet saw anything afioat or
ashore l was afraid to tackle"
They We're next seen to approach a
group of wheelmen with whom they
Immediately began to dicker for the
loan of a wheel
What is your charge for a ride on
that machine of yours?" said Bill, adj
dressing the oldest member of the
party.
The question aroused immediate at
tention.
Fifty cents said the man ad-
dressed. All the party fell readily into
the humor of the situation, and were
ready for the fun the thing promised.
ITS bargain" said the sailor
Now let me take a look at the craft
After looking the wheel over for a
short time he said he was ready to
make a voyage on it. BY this time a
crowd had gathered, and the policeman
on duty was observed to quietly stroll
away in the opposite direction, evil
dertly not caring to get mixed up with
anything that the sailors might hapr IN
to indulge in. Soon everything was in
readiness for the start, with Bill in
the middle. Jack on one size of him
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are showing up favorably. Directum Kelly
me fastest out this season, many believe can
Lord Clinton, 2:OSA joys very grabbed hut
1 I tnawed out has much of his oid,time
I, Missoula wants race meeting to follow
Joe Patchen has been matched for a race
OF mile heats, two in three, against the hi
cycl1st Hamilton for 81 OOO
The 2:O9 trot at Columbus was a battle
royal, klamath taking heats in 2:O8K. 2:OsH.
Both klamath and Kentucky Union reduced
their records in this race.
John Splan was stabbed" with a penknffe
pY discharged employe and Newberger lost
MS nrst race of the season at Cleveland
Fantasy won the free-for-aH trot at Column
Dus IN n, straight heats, going the first mile
IN 2oo1a, and defeating Beuzetta, Onoqua
and Lord Clinton in the order named.
Statistics thus far show that one-third more
horses will be shipped to Europe this year
than last. 1t is estimated that over Is 900
common horses will be shipped to England
alone, to be used as farm horses
Geers was nearly killed at Columbus, Red
Oak and Silk Woodruff mixing up in a heap.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-16
BICYCLE NOT FASHIONABLE.
Women Only Talk About Wheeling.
Says This Horrtd Man.

z | have predicted from the inception
or the bicycle craze among faslliona Bile
folk that society women would not
keep it up long, and my declaration
made last year to the effect that they
talked more about riding a wheel than
they rode it has not yet been success
fully challenged, says a writer in Town
Topics
do not mean to say that many wo-
men are not interested in cycling They
are, to the extent that they love to
talk about it; that all either are or
hope to be the owners Of the most
fashionable make of ladies' wheels and
that they assume that they know all
about riding. There is, however.
about one woman in a hundred in the
society element that converses about
wheeling and assumes to know how to
ride who is sufficiently expert enough
to ride over twenty miles, even on a
good road, and really enjoy it,
The shocking accident in this city
which resulted in the death of Mrs
Poirier recently confirms my opinion
that no woman, unless she is an
expert, ought to ride a wheel in
the crowded streets of the cities.
There is sure to come, sooner at later
to every rider of a wheel in a city
some critical moment when loss of
nerve or Judgment means serious ac-
cident or possibly death. The average
man seems generally to have sort Of
sixth sense at these junctures which
enables him to escape and do almost
instinctively the right thing and the
average woman seems generally to lack
at these junctures just this sixth
sense. I do not think this fact can
be controverted and it is this which
makes 1t dangerous for women to ride
on any of our crowded streets and
avenues. To my mind the only wonder
is that the accidents, both to men and
women, and especially to the latter,
are so comparatively few.
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l :OS S-5. Semi finals: First heat: Tom Cooper
first Gardiner second, Starbuck third Time
1:12 2-5 Con Baker, Coulter also started
Second heat: Tom Butler first, Bald second
Allen third. Time los. Callahan and Willie
Coburn also started Final: Tom Butler
won, Bald second, Gardiner third Time
Ill 10. Cooper and Allen also started
Third race, amateur, twe-mile state cham
pionship-Seaton won, Fitchner second Du-
pre- third; time, Sol 3-5.- Thome. Bornwasser
Leathers and Middendorf also starters
Fourth race, professional two-mile handi-
cap-Ffrst heat-Hofer, Eaton. McCieary.
Sanger. Kennedy, Schrein; time, 1882 rs. Sec
one heat. Callahan. Newhouse, OIdfeld
Van Herrick, DR.. Brown, L. c. Johnson;
time, All Third heat-Mosher Clarke Allen
Becker, Cox, Rob Walthall; time, 423 3-5
Fdnal-Sanger. scratch, won, Kennedy. 20
yards, second; L. Callahan, 80 yards third !:
time, AS S-5. Eaton, Schrein. Hotter, Nc
Cleary Newhouse, N. c. johnson, Oldfeid
Brown, Van Herrick, Allen, Clark. Moshier
Becker. Cox, Walthan also ran
Fifth race. amateur 2:30 ciass-Ffrst heat
Lecompte, Garfield, FL. II. Wright Midden-
dorf; time. $40. 3-5. Second heat-Kirby
Doughterty. Dupreme, Leathers; time, 1854 As.
Third heat-Peabody, L. Coburn Cummings
Smith: time. 2:54% Final-McCarthy won |:
Lou Coburn second. Stuart Leathers third !;
time. 2.l5. Lecompte, Wright, Middendorf
Garfield, Dupre, Daugherty, T. H. Smith.
Peabody, Cummings also ran.
Sixth race. professional one mile, open
First heat: Bald, Rigby, McCieary, Schrein.
Time, 2:s4 4-5. Second heat: Alien, w. Co
burn. Ackes. Clark. Time, 2:H rs. Third
heat: Tom Butler, Loughead Gardiner
Negier. Time. 2:A 2-t. Fourth heat. Sanger.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-16
GOSSIP OF THE WHEEL.

The county assessors of Kent county Md,
have decided to assess bicycles on a basis
of SIS per wheel. This decision is meeting
with bitter protest from the large number
of wheelmen in Kent
new and improved grip for bicycles has
made its appearance. 1t is made up of wires
Of the best spring steel, and it is claimed
that by its. use all jar and shake on the hands
cauyed by rough roads is removed. Being hol-
loyy and open at the end, the air can cir
culate freely, thus keeping the hands cool.
The necessity of wearing some protection
for the eyes when riding a wheel along coun-
try roads is becoming more and more appar-
ent. Myriads of insects of various kinds
swarm about the highways and persist in
getting in the eyes of the riders. There is
one kind in particular that seem to be poison
Gus, and in number of cases wheelmen
have been laid up for two or three days from
the effects of it.
A late thing in bicycles is a wheel with
music-box attachment The propulsion of
the wheel starts the instrument to playing,
and there is harmony as the cyclist spins
over the country.
A Waukegan, Wis. firm is about to build
bicycles with wooden frames They will be
as light and strong as the steel-framed ma
chine, it is said.
The Washington bicycle club is going to in
troduce the novelty of a chime of bicycle
bells.
A great many bicycles are driven about
New York and Brooklyn these days with
nothing upon them to designate who manu-
featured the machines They belong to two
classes. The first consists of the cut rate,
high grade wheels, whose manufacturers in
sisted that the name plate should come off
when the price of the wheel came down.