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The record-union., 1896-06-15
Reed Still in Washington.

Reed still remains in Washington and
it is uncertain when he will go to New
York. He received no communication
to-day from ST. Louis save a mail bud
get, which contained nothing new of
Importance.
The record-union., 1896-06-15

tests lay between the feathered pugil-
lists of this city and Sacramento.
The sporting men of the last-named
city walked off with most of the coin
when the fighting came to an end owing
to darkness. 1t is said that second
meeting win be held in the very near
future somewhere up the Sacramento
River.
The record-union., 1896-06-15

Conrad Young. artistic photos. 421 j.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-09-26

Five hundred snobs of Yale college
broke up Bryan's meeting at New
Haven, Conn, where $4,000 people were
assembled to listen to the great cham
pion OF human rights and liberty. 1t Is
a sad commentary on eastern manners
when snobbery takes the place Of good
breeding, and manifests itself in indie
cent behavior. 1t is all Indicative how.
ever Of that growing feeling in the East
towards the West that the latter is the
Legitimate sport and prey Of the former
MIR. Bryan took the sffront very com
~placently as we'll he may. 1t will make
him more votes than any address could
have done. We believe that west of tn.
Alleghaney Mountains love Of fairness
justice and right is an inherent principl,
in the heart OF the great masses Of thu
Americon people and it will show itsel
in the coming election for those princi
pies which VIM. bryan champions. .
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-09-26
THE SILVER PLATFORM.

The National Silver party in conven-
ton assembled hereby adopts the follow
ing declaration Of principles:
/. The paramount issue at this time
in the United States is ind,sputably the
money question. 1t is between the gold
standard, the gold bonds and bank cur
rency on one side, and the bimetallic
standard, no bonds and government Jul
rency on the other. On this issue we de-
clare ourselves to be in favor OF a dis
tinctively American system. We are
unalterably opposed to the single gold
standard and demand immediate return
to the constitutional standard of gold
and silver by restoration by this govern.
ment, Independently Of any foreign pow.
or, OF the unrestricted coinage OF both
gold and silver into standard money a,
the ratio Of 16 to /. and upon terms oil
exact equality as they existed prior te
1873, the silver coin 70 be full legal ten
der equally with god for all debts ant
dues public and private, and We favor
such legislation as will prevent furtheI
demonstration Of any kind Of legal ten
der money by private contract. W.
hold the power to control and regulat'
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-09-26

crease OF nearly SO million dollars In the
value Of the years products. Had the
increased number held up to- the 1873
valuation the growers Of farm animals
would have received in 1896 l, 100 million
dollars more than they did receive,
COUNTING the 1896 crop all sold. The
number Of farm apimals is less now in
proportion to the population than it WAS
il 1873, showing that continuous falling
prices are curtailing the industry and
that over-production is not the cause of
diminished values. Figures obtained
from the bureau of statistics Of the
treasury department show that for the
year 1892, a year in which the Mckinley
tariff act should have been doing it's best
in the way OF protecting industries, the
total value of imported farm ANIMALS was
s4,25l ,6l6.F or the year 1895, when the
Wilson tariff act had also been long
enough in force to reach it's fill useful
ness, the l~mportations of farm animals
aggregated IN value $2,337 ,O7S. From
the figures it would appear that the Nc
Kinley act did not protect the cattle
growers as thoroughly as the Wilson act
protected them. Hence the immense
falling off in the value OF farm animals
cannot be attributed to the tariff. 1t is
due to the same cause that has lessene1
the value Of all commodities-scarce
money under the single gold standard.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-09-26

paper currency is ~inseparable from the
power to coin money, and hence that al
currency intended to circulate as money
should be issued and it's volume con-
trolled by the general government only,
and it should be legal tender. We are
unalterably opposed to the issue by the
United States Of interest-b bearing bonds
in time of peace, and we denounce as a
blunder worse than a crime the present
treasury policy, concurred in by the re-
publican house, of ~plunglng the country
in debt by hundreds Of millions in a vain
attempt to maintain the gold standard
by borrowing gold, and We demand the
payment OF all coin obligations OF the
United States as provided by existing
laws in either gold or silver coin at the
option OF the government and not at the
option Of the creditors.
2. That over and above all other ques-
tons of policy, We are in favor Of restor-
ing to the people OF the United States
the time. honored money Of the constitu-
tion-Rold and silver, not one but both
the money of Washington, Hamilton,
jefferson, Monroe, jackson and Lin
coln, to the end that the American peo-
pie may receive honest pay for honest
product, that the American debtor may
pay his just obligations in an honest
standard and not in a standard that has
appreciated 100 per cent above all the
great staples of the country, and to the
end further that present silver standard
countries may be deprived OF the unjust
advantage they now enjoy in the differ
ence in exchange between gold and sill
ver-an advantage which tariff legisla-
ton alone cannot overcome.
We therefore confidently appeal to the
people OF the United States to leave in
allegiance for the moment all other ques.
tions, however important and even mo
m%entous they may appear-to sunder II
need be all former party ties and afhilia'
tions, and unite in one supreme effort to
free themselves and their children from
the domination OF the money power
power more destructive than any which
has ever been fastened upon civilized
man Of any race or in any age. AND
upon the corsummation Of our desires
and efforts We invoke the gracious favor
OF Divine Providence.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-09-26

the hearing OF reports OF superintend-
ents, and from their words it would
seem as II much good had been accom-
plished in many departments. Some
visitors at the convention expressed sur
prise at the great variety Of the kinds of
work undertaken by the w. G. 1. u,
many people who are not aware OF the
"do everything" policy Of hat ~organiza.
tion thinking that the only work for the
w. G. L. U. is to be engaged in m open
warfare against the saloon.
Friday evening Bishop O'Gorman
gave a brief address which was greeted
with most hearty applause. He ex-
pressed his belief in the beneficial q
suits OF total abstinence for the individ-
ual and prohibition for tine state, aud
said that be would have no fear what
ever OF our losing our prohibitory law, il
only the women OF our state could vote
at the coming election. Though it is
true,' he continued, "that the mothers
do have as great interest in educational
affairs and it is right that they should
have a voice IN school elections, they
have a still greater interest in the ques-
ton as to whether or not their children
shall be exposed to the dangers Of the
saloon
Saturday evening Mrs. KateriEe Lent
Stevenson OF Chicago, national CORE
spending secretary, gave an address on
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-09-26
Annual


The eighth annual convention of the
Womsn's Christian Temperance Union
OF South Dakota convened in Germania
Hall. Sioux Falls, Thursday afternoon,
September II, Mrs. Ramsey, state presi-
dent, presiding. Mrs. Kalder, the CORE
spending secretary, led a praise service,
after which committees were appointed,
and the district presidents gave reports.
Then came the presidents address,
which was q thoughtful, carefully pre-
pared discourse, full Of encouragement to
the workers and Of timely admonitions
to rene ~ed effort, especially in behalf OF
the retention Of our prohibition law.
every one who heard this address spoke
| OF it ic terms OF high commentator.
In the evening several addresses oil
welcome were given, and the response
was by Mrs. Simmons, who, after thank
ing the previous speakers for their cor
dial words of welcome, spoke in an earn
est and impressive way of the work Of
the w. G. T. U. along various lines.
Friday and Saturday we're given up tc
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-09-26

Republican speakers try to make q
point against free silver by claiming that
it is improved methods OF production that
has cheapened prices OF all agricultural
products and as proof Of this claim that
where, impr ,ved machinery has not
come into play, such as in stock raising,
values OF products have gone up.
Let as see WHISTLER this statement holds
good or not?
Farm animals OF oil kinds numbered
103, 5000 in 1873 and their aggregate
value was 81, 1854, 100000. Farm animals
in 1896 numbered LAG, 76T. 900 and thell
aggregate value is e1,627, 100000
Though there ~ an decrease of forty.
three million in numbers there is a de.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-09-26
state.

For Presidential Electors
Ii. p. LARSON OF Bon Homnc
F. M. GUOpYKOONr Z Of Dawson.
FRANK VI. MCLAFF5' II cr Lawr P.
T. NJ. RINGROSE OF Brown.
For Representatives in Congress
J.E. KELLEY OF Moody.
FREEMAN KNOWLES of Law.
For Governor
ANDREW LEE OF Clay,
For Lieutenant Governor
, p. CROTHERS OF Kingsbnry.
For Secretary Of State
j. W. HARDIN of Jcrauld.
For Auditor
j. II. KIPP OF Campbell.
For Treesr
W. $ LOGAN OF Hsuson.
For Attorney General
MELVIN GRIGSBY of Minnehaha.
For Superintendent OF Public Instruction
MISS KATE TAUBMAN Of Brown.
For Commissioner Of School aud I lblic Lands
A. NJ. ALLEN of Codington.
For Railroad Commissioned
W. T. LAFOLLETTE of Brule.
ALEXANDER KIRKPATRICK of Hand.
". II. TCMPKINS Of Pennington.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-09-26

The Omaha World Herald Of the 18th
reviewing the political situation at much
length contiiently predicts that Bryan
will get t%wo-thirds Of the electoral vote.
1t says Bryan's strength is daily growing
and that the situation is becoming a
landslide for free silver.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-09-26
THE SILVER TICKET.
National.

For President
WILLIAM J. BRYAT Of Nebraska.
FOR Vice President
ARTHUR SEWALL Of Maine.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-09-26
County.

NJ. Z. HART.
For Representative
NJ. II. HEGDiL
JOSEPH POWERS.
}. A. ECGONERN.
For Ire" / &
JJHN FLEMING.
For hegist,r OF DECIDE
CHARLES II. THU HOW.
For AuditD!-
Z. c. kEI il.
For Count Judge
wv. McGKATli.
Fog CLERK OF Court
A. HARMS.
For States Attorney
OSCAR o. MURRAY.
For Superintendent Of Schools
c. ". DAUGNERII.
For Coroner
). II. jerks.
For Surveyor
". X. SMYTHE.
For Commissioner, 2i district
JOHN NJ. WALKER.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-09-26

Practical Christianity" showing con-
clusively that the teachings of Christ
applied to the lives OF the people would
solve in a satisfactory n all vexed
problems. She also preached the annual
sermon Sunday afternoon in the opera
house, her text being "Who knowest
whether thou art come to the kingdom
for such q time as this."
In the evening Col. Balm gave his
great lecture, "Our Nations Sin" Hun
dreds OF voters that wished to hear the
eloquent orator were unable to gain &C.
cess to the crowded hall, and afterwards
many Of the women who had gone early
to secure a seat regretted that they had
not known this as they would willingly
have given their place to shy voter that
might have been persuaded to cast his
ballot in favor of the prohibitory law.
Monday morning the election OF Of
icers took place, resulting as follows:
President, Mrs. Ramsey Of Woonsock-
ct; vice president, Mrs. Anna Simmons
OF Huron; corresponding secretary, Mrs.
Kalder Of Woonsocket; recording secre-
tary, Miss Kara Smart, Sioux Falls;
treasurer, Mrs. Beach, Britton.
In the afternoon q conference was
held in the interest OF prohibition. Rev,
A. E. Csrhart was present. and he and
others made suggestions al to how the
w. G. L, U. can render efficient service
for the retention Of the p%rohibitory law
in our state.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-09-26

Washing and house work by the day
Enquire at the office OF VIM. McGrath OF
Fred Kurth's store. MRS. PRICE.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-09-26
w. G.. T. u. COLUMN.
A white Life for Two.

In his annual address at Grace church
in this city las: Tuesday evening, Bishop
Hare spoke in words of no uncertain
sound in reference to the law Of purity
as binding equally upon man and WON.
an. That we'll beloved Bishop recog-
nizes no double standard OF morals and
he said that a man OF impure life ought
not to be admitted to good society. Ii
everyone who attempts to proclaim
Christian doctrine would teach this
truth which has always been the creed
Of the W. G. 7. U.-no doubt many q
young man would be deferred from evil
ways who is o led astray because Of
the false standards that society sets up.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-09-26

letter, eczema and all similar skin
troubles are cured by the use OF De
Wits Witch Hazel Salve. 1t soothes at
once, and restores the ii sues to their
natural condition, and never fails to cure
Piles.
FRANK SMITH
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The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-21
FROM FOREIGN SHORES.

The duke of York, son of the Prince of
Wales is 81 years of age.
Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria is a
scientist, musician, speaks half n dozen
languages huently and does all sorts of
other things equally we'll
The Russian bishop of Kursh has or
dered his clergy to refrain from ii dis
gustingly bad habit of smoking tobacco.
which is quite unbenefiting for those who
serve the altar
NJ. Vigne has suggested to the French
chamber of deputies a tax of one centime
on every published book. The govern
ment, for instance, would have received
$500 from NJ. Zola's Rome" alone.
Crown Prince Frederick of Denmark
the eldest brother of the Princess of
Wales, is 50 years old He has seen ali
his sisters and one brother attain more
brilliant positions than his own. His
sisters are the Princess of Wales, the
Dowager Empress of Russia and the
Queen re juie of Hanover, and his
brother is the king of the Hellenes. The
youngest of the family Prince Waldo
mar, married one of the richest heiresses
In Europe in Princess Marie of Chartres
Paul Bourget has won his cash from
Lemerre, the publisher, and henceforth
French authors will have the power to
have their publishers books examined in
order to see that they are not cheated out
of their royalties. There was no pretense
that NJ. Lemerre had not paid Bourget
all that was due him, but he objected to
having his books inspected. Paul
Bourget will now go to Japan i'm the
track of Sir Edwin Arnold and Pierre
Lott, and give us some more impressions
New Zealand has been celebrating the
fiftieth anniversary of Sir George Grey's
first governorship, but Sir George, who
is now 81 years of age, was unable to
make the long journey from England. 1t
is now fifty years since his memora-
bic exploration of the Australian west
coast, in which he was given up for dead.
His two administrations of the colony,
covering fifteen years, three times the
length of service of any other governor,
were the most important in the history
of New Zealand.
Benjamin Constant received the medal
OF honor for painting at the Champs Ely
sees Salon, obtaining clear majority of
the votes on the third ballot; his nearest
competitors were Harpignies and Hen
ner, but fifteen other artists received
votes, among them woman, Nine
Demont Breton. The medal for sculp-
ture went to Gustave Niche, who sent
in a colored group of ''The Blind Man
and the Paralytic." NJ Sceiler took the
medal for architecture, and NJ. Henri
Lefort that for engraving
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-21

big American pancake, enough for
meal. This ssortilla is by 40 means to be
found on the table of the poor alone, but
the rich AMI President Diaz has them
served regularly. The bean comes next.
The good, wholesome, nutritious brown
''frijole, cooked in any style, the laborer
can get al he can eat for two cents. This
is the potato of Mexico and everybody eats
them, Including the foreigners, and they
wind up the meal at every hotel and res
| taurnnt in the city. For three cents the
laborer gets enough meat to cook n fine
! sopa tsoup) seasoned with vegetables and
| rice (caldo), and after he has consumed
that and wishes to be extravaganza two
cents worth of fruit will fill him up.
Coffee and milk are as cheap as in the
States, but the laborer prefers to drink
puluue. the national drink of the coun-
try anil found on the table of the poor
and rich alike 1t is medicinal beyer-
age of inestimatable value in kidney dis.
eases, For one cent Il large glass, and if
the laborer feels like getting on a spree
five glasses will put him to sleep for TWEEN
ty-four hours. Put three glasses in front
of Il Mexican, one of pulque at one cent,
one of beer at ten cents, and one of cham
payne ut 81 and ask him to help himself
'and take his choice, and he will jump at
the pulque every time. He needs no lux
uries imported from gold countries at So
per cent. premiums and wants none.
Thus for thirteen cents the laborer in Mex
leo can get good, wholesome meal and a
jag thrown in, which the laborer couldn't
get in the States for $13.
Will the New York World volunteer
to publish this for the benefit of the
American laborers? Will it take facts
and figures from American business men
in Mexico who are on the ground and
know whereof they speak, or do they
prefer articles from the minister to
Columbia, who holds his tenure under Il
gold administration at Washington, and
dare not speak the truth and uphold the
silver cause? Let lis hope not. The
greatest American newspaper says that
1t is open to argument and invites discus
sion from the people of the common
ranks on this great question of the day,
and must and will publish the truth, and
we firmly believe and predict that before
the campaign has progressed much fur
ther the World will be found on the side
of the people, pulling for Bryan and the
platform he represents, not only in sup
port of the silver doctrine, but demand
ing as does the platform that the wealthy
as we'll as the poor shall bear the just
burdens of our great Government by
paying an income tax on basis of equity
and equality, and thereby avert an i'm
pending conflict greater and probably
more dangerous than the threatened con
fict with England over Venezuela, that
the timely interposition OF the Worlds
great power and influence reconciliation
stiaed and oblterated, and may it con
tinue to permit its great voice to thunder
in opposition to trusts and monopolies
which never have and never will gain n
foothold on Mexican soil.
OTTO HECKELMAN
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-21
COW DUG OUT OF HAIL.
Account of n Terrible Visitation Upon
the Susquehanna Valley.

When hailstones bury II COW so that
farmers have to shovel her out the occur
renee is so uncommon, even in the val
ley of the SuSquehanna, that the CORES
pendent of the New York Press considers
it piece of news. And when he accom-
panies the story with n double barreled
cross-my heart hope to die reiteration of
its truth the event is sure to attract ordi-
nary notice. r. SS1
Consider the attending circumstances.
1T was one of the most destructive
storms of the kind ever known in this
section,' he writes, and it must have
been, for he adds, lone barn was blown
down and another was removed from it's
foundations These startling phenom-
ena, to he sure, took the correspondent s
attention for n moment from the refrig-
Grated COW, but soon the horrors of the
situation returned and the faithful chron-
icler continues: 'Three days after the
storm farmers gathered hail and froze ice
cream, and there were several wagon
loads ON the farm a week after the storm
The hailstones formed themselves into
Jumps weighing from one to three
pounds
AS corroborative evidence that the COW
was dug out of her cover of hail it may
be added that "fields of grain were laid
as fiat as though heavy roller had been
used over them. III one piece of woods
trees were blown down by the score, and
the bark was peeled clean from trees and
shrubs on the side next to the Storm
The account must be believed. Nor
would il cause surprise to hear that the
Icelandic blast had made muley of
every COW in the beautiful Susquehanna
valley. And as for the SMALLER farm an
finals, it is said to reflect upon what a
story that could bury COW with hail
stones must have done to the poor pigs
caught between trough and sly.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-21
NOT WHAT HE WANTED.
Wearied With opportunities, the Farmer
Made Fun of the Tailor.

travelling tailor calling at a farm
house the other day, pressed for an or
der, eXtolling his wares in the usual
eloquent manner, but was again and
again refused When the farmer set out
on business to neighbours couple of
miles away, the enterprising tailor walk
ed with him, still urging business, re-
lates the New York Mercury. AT length,
tired out with the mans importantly,
the farmer said
"Well, when have done at this farm
You can walk back wi ME and measure
our Tom for n suit
"Thanks-thanks. 1 shall be very
glad to measure your Tom for suit,
and 1 know it will please you
Accordingly, the two started back, the
tailor in high glee at the prospective or
der, though he felt the four mile walk
out of his way.
"Now, then, Betty said the farmer,
entering the house and CHANGING slyly at
his wife, where's our Tom? I've told
this chap he can measure him for suit
Here, Tom," continued the old man,
opening the kitchen door, ''come here,
chch-ch.'' And out walked fine tom
cat, but when the farmer looked up the
tailor was boiling furiously away!
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-21
SARAH, THE DIVINE.
She Berated Her Audience and They APP
plauded Her Sentiments.


An English journal tells the-story that
Zone night, when the audience in a pro-
vincial American town was especially
bad. Sarah Bernhardt, intolerably bored
both by the small size of the audience and
it's stupidity, resolved at the least to
make the most of it. The play was Ca
mille.' But instead of speaking the lines
as Dumas wrote them, this imperious
creature made up the play as she went
along, using mostly for material such
opinions as from minute to minute she
had of the audience. She called them un-
utterable things, and in highly dra-
nsatic way. The innocents applauded
these sentiments vigorously, upon which
she named them something worse. "
"Mme Sarah Bernhardt," says the Gen
tlewoman, els installed for the summer
Mt Belle Isle; there she has bought kind
of fortress, which dates from the time of
Floquet, superintendent of finance. The
great actress has not changed one stone
of the fortress, but she has decorated the
interior with antique furniture, brasses
and bibelots At the entrance she has
placed two immense ibis, with outstretch-
ed wings. These birds, dear to the Egyp-
tians, are of zinc and painted green. The
actress is the good fairy of all the fish
erfolk, and hear from a friend who has
visited Belle Isle that many English peo'
pie come to the place by the Quiberon
boat merely to have glimpse of Sarah
Bernhardt.''