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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-07-08
SOUTHERN ORATORS
Lionized by Northern Auditors-Ru Rum and
Rebellion Expended by Balm and
Gordon at the Ohautauqua
Assembly.

Balm drew an audience to the audi
forum yesterday somewhat larger than
on the Fourth Of July, there being cas-
lily over 1900 people on the grounds. ,
Col. Balm had given an encouraging
review Of the growth rnd success of pro-
hibition in different parts Of the Union
at 100 p. m, which was followed by the
prohibition unions address t o the pas.
tors and people, read by Prof. McCleuon
chairman of the committee which fran.
ed the address. President Carhart also
spoke in glowing terms Of the work &C.
complished by the union in this state
and the outlook for victory this fall.
At another meeting after supper q CON-
mittee on transportation was raised TO
look into the matter of the importation
Of liquors into the state. Other speak
ers addressed this meeting.
While waiting for General Gordon the
audience was most ~agreeably entertain
ed by MISS Linebarger with her cornet,
Mrs. Dawson with her r~ecitations aud
also Miss Rogers, while Miss Chambers
sang charmingly.
The First Days Of the Confederacy"
was a subject which gave Gen. Gordon
the realization OF the desire Of nearly
every Southern heart, namely; nm op-
portunity to justify themselves for TAX
ing up arms against their government.
II there is anything Southern hearts
rankle under it is the thought that they
were traitors, and the Generals effort
was to show that their Interpretation of
the Constitution was as sincere, as right
eous as that Of the Northern patriots.
He no doubt succeeded well. A man
Of such commanding presence, lofty
honor, brilliant thought, eloquent words
and fund OF rich illustration could not
fail of making a favorable impression
upon the sympathetic minds Of his hear
ers. The General is q finished orator
and the prominent part he played in
that great conflict makes him an object
Of study aud admiration.
Col. Bain's effort in the evening, how.
ever, was even more warmly received
than that Of Gen. Gordon. He spoke on
q subject that comes still nearer to the
hearts Of all the people than that Of war
tho curse OF the liquor traffic. He
showed by statistics and comparison it,
enormous waste Of money and means, by
incident and illustration the terrible
suffering and ruin Of body, mind and
soul, and by argument Of every kind the
benefit Of absolute, universal prohibition.
The colonel is simply irresistible. He
carries his audience by storm; at one
time convulsed with laughter; at an
other, bathed in tears. Cheer followed |
cheer In quick succession as the audience
gave assent to his propositions and the
responses would indicate that vast audi
once will be in::favor Of prohibition al
the next election.
cHAUTAUQUA NOTES.
The prohibition Union at it's meeting
yesterday secured about $3.50 Of subscrip-
tion to its campaign fund.
The entertainment this afternoon is
to be pleasing throughout.
First, the X. p. band win entertain, then
the child impersonator, Miss Beth Bar.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-07-08

in the postoffice in Madison, July 8,
1896:
Cornwall, Elsie.
Monison, Mrs. w. H.
Persons calling for the above, please
say advertised" After fifteen days
they will be sent to the dead letter Office
VIM. TOBIN,P. NJ.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-07-08
Did You Ever

Did You Ever
Try Electric Bitters as a remedy for
your troubles? II not, get a bottle 0
and get relief. This medicine has been
found to be peculiarly adapted to the
relief and cure Of all Female Complaints,
exerting q wonderful direct influence in
giving strength and tone to the organs.
II you have Loss Of Appetite, Copstipa-
ton, Headache, Painting Spells, or are
Nervous, Sleepless, Excitable, Melan-
choly or troubled with Dizzy Spells,
Electric Bitters is the medicine you
need. Health and strength are guaran-
teed by lts use. Fifty cents and 81, at
G. H. Woods drug store.
Small 10 size, but great IN results
DeWitt's Little Early -Risers act gently
but thoroughly, curing indigestion, dys-
pepsia, and constipation. Small pill,
safe pill, best pill.
FRANK SMITH.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-07-08
The Aunrer-4aixer Farna

AhC AW0tCE-S0IZCE STh0
And State Experimental Station at
Mellette 10 now in fine condition, and
will amply repay q visit from farmers
and others interested in irrigation and in
getting the best results from their farm
ing. All the best and most improved
methods OF farming are in operation. In
order to give every one an opportunity
to inspect the farm, the Chicago Milwau-
kee & st. Paul R'y will make special
rates to Mellette on every Tuesday and
Friday, until October 81, next, from az
stations on its line in South Dakota.
Call on the ticket agent for particulars
~ to rates, etc. H.. r. WooD, Agent.
Peoples lsarsy ntate Csaventlea
At Huron, 8. D., July IA. 1896. Tickets
to Lake Preston wall be sold for one
fare for the round trip-sold July Is and
IA. Good to return July Is.
H. r WooD, Agent.
It would be hard to convince q man
suffering FROM bilious colo that his ago.
ny is due to . microbe with an un-
pronounceable name. But one dose of
De Colo & Cholera Cure will con-
vince him Of its power to afford instant
relief. 1t kills pain
FRANK SMITH.
Z Rocky Mountain Tea makes the old
young, gives health, strength and new
life.
FRANK Smith.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-07-08

Persons who have . coughing spell
every night, on account OF q TICKLING
sensstion in the throat may overcome
It at once BY . dose OF One Minute
Cough Cure
FRANK Smith.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-07-08

Lost, on the road from Hartford to
the O~hautsuqus grounds, an old, brown
vslise containing several suits Of clothes.
Leave at The DAILY LEADER office.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-07-08

Frank Smith, sole agent, will refund
your money IL not satisfied after using
one bottle Of DR.. Fenner's medicine.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-07-08

Lost, on road between the residence
Of Dan g. Ginder and Frank j. Ginder Q
silver watch, dust proof case with cut in
gold, Of yatch under full sail on back,
stem wind and set. Finder will please
leave with sam N. Ginder at Palace
Meat Market and receive reward.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-07-08

FREE-64-pARe medical reference bool
to any person afflicted with any special
chronic or delicate disease peculiar t,
their sex. Address the leadinl
physicians and surgeons Of the Unitet
States, DR.. Hathaway & Co., Corne
Nsbrasks and Fourth streets, Siou,
City, Iowa.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-08-07

The Forum says: If the press is to
maintain its dignity as an educator of
the people, it must lead and not fol-
low. 1t must fearlessly express the
truth, not pander to the almighty dol
lar nor to blind partisanship. Last
summer / said to the editor of great
cosmopolitan newspaper: "Why do
the newspapers print SO many columns
of sensational stuff IN questionable
manner?" Simply" said he, "to
meet the demand of the toughter ele-
ment OF the community, which reads
nothing else. This kind of news is
read by all classes that have much TO
do with the police; by sports, inhab,
itants of the Sums and the The Ten
derloin District. ," Would minister
preach, or teacher teach, to please
the baser elements of the community?
Then why should newspaper?
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-08-07
Invention Went to Boston.

Nehemiah S. Bean, who died at his
home in Manchester, n. H.. recently
was the inventor of the first steam fire
engine. Unlike most inventors, he
had a smooth road to travel, and has
left large fortune as the result of his
ingenuity. He was originally wheel
wright by trade, but was a man of all
around mechanical aptitude, and
finally found himself superintendent of
the locomotive works of the Essex
manufacturing company of Lawrence,
Mass. In 1857 those works shut
down on account of the financial panic,
and Mr.. Bean found himself out of EN-
ployment. He had been a member of
one of the old hand-engine volunteer
fire companies in Lawrence, and it
was while working at the brakes that
the idea came to him that there ought
to be an easier way found of pumping
the water.
He kept thinking on that idea and
the first steam fire engine was the out
come of his thinking. He called it
ne LdWFeuCe anu heut IL 10 DOstOl
in the spring of 1858. 1t was there
severely tested, and finally the city of
Boston bought it for $500, which is
about the price asked for steam fire
engines at the present time. Mr. Bean
took out six patents to cover his vari-
GUS inventions, and in 1859, the
Amoskeag manufacturing company
turned out the first perfected
fire engine, named "The Amos
keag" duplicates whereof, with later
improvements, have since been sent to
all parts of the world. His obituary
notice in the New England papers says
that at the time of his death he was
"one of the wealthiest residents at
Manchester, n. H." Such career
for the inventor of so useful a thing is
raro induvJ. Nothing 10 IlIVIU auIIIO.l l.
able than the hard luck which has at
tended the majority of inventors.
Mankind is disposed to stone the in
ventors as we'll as the prophets. And
the more beneficial to humanity the
inventor is the harder the luck usually
meted out to its author.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-08-07
Guns For Boston Harbor.

There is in the erecting shop of the
Watertown arsenal one of Uncle
Sans 1O-inch guns, mounted on its
disappearing carriage, all ready to be
shipped to fort Warren, in Boston
harbor, where two other guns of the
same calibre are to be placed The
work of providing the emplacements
is already under way. The placing OF
this piece of ordnance marks IN an
emphatic way the policy adopted by
this country of strengthening Its
coast defenses. Out of the sum OF
$ll, 900, 900, appropriated at the last
session of Congress for coast
and harbor defenses, the cost Of
fortifying our harbor is to be
met. Besides the three 10-inch guns
to be placed at fort Warren, rifles OF
large calibre and rapid-fre guns are
to be placed at Long Island Head and
at some other point in the harbor moi
yet designated by the war depart.
ment
The weight of the gun is $1,000
pounds; the counter weight of leac
weighs $4,000 pounds, and the entire
weight OF carriage, including counter
weight and all, is about 70 tons. Tel
carriages of this size are to be con
structed at the arsenal.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-08-07

The most ancient court IN England
is that of the Kings bench. Alfred
the Great presided over this court
more than thousand years ago.
Other monarchs followed his example
until the cares of the realm became
such that it was necessary to appoint
judges. The court of chancery is al
most as old as the kings bench. In
1871 these ancient tribunals were
merged into a comprehensive judicial
system, composed OF the kings bench,
the court of common pleas, the ex-
chequer ard the probate courts. At
the head of these departments is the
supreme Illegal officer of the law of
Great Britain and Ireland, the lord
high chancellor. He is appointed by
the crown on the motion of the
premier of the realm and changes
office with his political party.
He sits upon the wooleack, the
presiding officers chair in the
House of Lords, and is also member
of the privy council and the chief
Judge of the appellate tribunals. Next
in rank is the lord chief justice of
England, who presides over the court
of appeals. Lord Halsbury is the lord
chancellor, Lord Russell, of hlllowen,
is the chief justice, and Lord Esher is
the master of rolls, and he will be the
last Judge to hold that tlme'honored
title: it dies with him. Among the
wearers of the judicial ermine, the
late Chief Justice Coleridge was con
spicuous for his liberal views since
,;heralism is not q prevalent creed
with ;udpes in England.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-08-07
VAST TIDAL WAVE.
Carries Destruction With 1t on
Chinese Coast.
Fully 1000 Lives Lost-Crop Loss
Likely to Produce Il Famine.

SHANGHAI, China, Aug. The recent
disastrous tidal wave along the coast of
uothern Japan has been paralleled 10y "a
similar phenomenon ON the coast Of llai. .huu.
northeast OF the province OF kiaugsu, in
which Shanghai is situated.
The news Of the disaster did not reach
here until today. owing to the lack Of facili-
ties for communication with the part Of the
country devastated.
On July % there suddenly appeared in the
Yellow sea hugh bank Of water that was
rushing shOrrvurd with terrific velocity.
The water OF the coast is shallow. and when
the wave was some distance away il began
"a great distance.
From the stories Of witnesses and the
reports OF people IN the country back from
the coast, the wave was five miles wide.
Thousands OF tons Of water were thrown for
miles inland, and everything in it, path was
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-08-07
AMERICANS SHOT.
Filibusters of the Three Friends
Expedition Killed.
General Ochoa's Troops MutiIated
and Robbed the Bodies.

HAVANA. CUBA.Aug. 3-A pacifiro living
near JururO. brought 10 Havana news that
various Americans who came here on the
III r" Friends expedition. recently landed
east OF Havana. We're captured by General
Ochua. tied iu rows and shot by the road
side. On body, supposed to- be that OF
Perry Atkinson, was left uuhuried. The
body was terribly mutilatei with machet
cuts. Ii was aitcrward inferred by passing
peasants. The man had a mustarhe. no
beard and wore black clothing.
The victims shoes scaripins. cuff buttons.
watches and diamond rings were openly
sold by General OchOa's troops III Jaruco
the next day. Consul General Lee is being
urged To demand An immediate investigation
The paciiicOs in the vicinity declare that the
dead man supposed to have been Atkinson
wa not taken in the fight, but was captured
as bee wandered in the woods: also that his
pockets We're cut out and his belt which con
tanned American gold. taken by his captors.
Ii l. reported unoilrially from Ci,ufuegos
that Cepero. naturaliZed American in
surgeHt chief, arrested without arms. whose
release was ordered by MARTINEZ Campos,
but couutermanded by Campos successor.
has been sentenced for life in chains in the
African dungeons OF Spain.
Enrique SOler, IL wounded iusurgent of
Pepe Roqurs band, captured by colonel A i
IDEAS Spanish column during the raid ON a
rebel hospital near Limonar three months
ago, having partially recovered from his
wounds, was court martialled at Matanzas
and shot in san SeyrrinO castle.
While the Spanish authorities order these
frequent executions of prisoners OF war,
wholly unIustllled by the International law
oi civilized nations. Cuban chiefs continue.
under Maxine Gomez instructions, to treat
prisoners well and liberate them after they
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-08-07
Mr.. FLETCHER WILL RETIRE.
Big Wooden Syndicate to Lose His
Services Snnn.

PROVIDENCE, Il. l.. Aug. Sin few
months MIR. Charles Fletcher is to retire
from the presidency Of the big wooden syn
dirate which he organized in Providence
nearly four years ago. Mr.. Fletcher owned
the very extensive yarn and cloth producing
plant on Valley street, which the promoters
who came over from England when the
capitalists Of that country were So eagerly
seeking to invest in, obtained an option
upon. The property was bonded for about
50, 500, 600. and Mr., Fletcher. while retaining
a controlling interest, contracted to hold the
presidency for five years, which term will
expire next year.
Mr.. Fletcher has decided TO withdraw en-
tirey from the concern. Although the
wooden business, has been in bad and un-
promising condition during the last three
years he has by that rare good management
which has always marked the conduct Of his
business made the plant earn the interest on
the bonds and the preferred stock. SO that
the bQldeTs are satisfied 40 rnr with their in
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-08-07
FOR A RAILWAY TO UGANDA.
Bill Authorizing Its Construction
Passed by the Commons.

LONDON. England. Aug. 3-The house of
commons passed On their third reading sew
eral minor bills, including the bill for the
construction of "a railway from the East coast
of Africa to Uganda the country in the in
terror recently placed under British protec-
tiou. This action il taken with the view Of
Fastening the prorogation IF Parliament be-
fore the grouse shooting season opens, on
August l2.
The railroad bill which authorizes the CON
struction of a road from Momhasa, on the
east coast of Africa, to Uganda. at the
northeast corner Of the lake Victoria Nyan-
"a, a distance Of 657 miles. The gauge is to
be- three feet six inches. No tunnels will be
necessary. The bridges are all of a perma-
nent type of construction.
The ceremony of laying the first rail took
HiaeG tukjbip djwhurA Aag gj2GirRIgi w1Igpaf
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-08-07
NEW COTTON WAY UP.
First Bale from the South May BE
TMrneh into Campaign BmttOns.

NEW YORK Aug. 3-The first bale of new
cotton OF the crop of 1896 to reach New
York was auctioned off yesterday in front of
the Cotton Exchange, in the presence of a
large crowd.
1t was bound with gided hoops, and bore
greeting to sound money men of the En-
pire State with the expressive words
IMcEirlev and gold NJ &c =" : F"~ az" A.
fiat money.
The bidding started at seven cents and
ran up rapidly to twenty cents. at which
price it was knocked down to Robert Moore
& Co., representing George j. Seabury a
manufactures of absorbent cotton, who, it
Is reported, will use it for making campaign
buttons. The price at which the bale W as
sold is nearly three times the market rate.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-08-07

swept away. Many villages were entirely
destroyed, and il is estimated that fully 4. 900
people pershed All the cattle were
drowned and the rice fields were oblit-
Grated
1t is expected that the survivors will meet
worse fate than death by drowning. for
with the destruction of the rice fields famine
will stare them in the face in the autumn.
Had it not been for the gradually sloping
land under the water the effects OF the wave
would have been far more disastrous
than they actually were. This had
the effect Of greatly retarding the
progress OF the immense mass of
water. which had It h,an unchecked would
have swept far inland over the c6ntpdrt-
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-08-07
BOSTON LETTER.
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
Kite Flying at Blue Hill.

Flying kites on bright summers
day while You are a boy, just to feel
the thrill that comes with the varying
pull on the string as the breeze slack.
ems and increases, to see the piece OF
shining white paper sailing and dodg.
ing, now this way, now that, in the
bright sunlight is indeed a pleasure.
Flying kites, day after day, winter OF
summer, in rain and in su.ne, while vou
are man for the sake of science, with
five or more kites on wire and with c
huge reel to let out the wire, patiently
making observations every few min.
utes, MS the different kites rise or fall
or touch the clouds, is an entirely diff.
ferent matter and means the hardest
kind of work.
Yet it is this very kind of work that
Is being done out at the observatory
on the top of Blue Hill all the year
round by H. H. Clayton, S. p. Fer.
gusou and Arthur Sweetland of the
U. s. wheather bureau.
There are two kinds of kite used at
Blue Hill, both of which fly without
tails. The first form is simple con-
vex surface approximutiug to the shape
of a diamond. The variety used at
Blue Hill was invented by Mr.. Eddy,
whose enthusiasm has awakened much
of the interest in scientific kite flying.
The kite is therefore named the Eddy
kite.
The size of the kites used was what
the unIultiated would call enormous,
two upper kites, one of black and the
other OF white paper, were of unequal
size, the former standing SIX feet and
the latter nine feet from the ground,
but the next kite was another six-
footer, the fourth another ninefooter
and the last one tiye-footer. The
total area of the five kites was 100
square feet. 1t is only natural for the
uninitiated to ask; Why is all of this
done? What good will it ever do?
To these questions Mr.. Clayton re-
plies in a good-natured, cOndescend-
ing way, that we are living in
an atmosphere Of which we know
nothing. Our position is like that of
crabs at the bottom of the sea, judg-
ing the ocean from what they see
there. By the kites it is hoped to get
some knowledge of the upper air, and
it is hoped that such knowledge will
help us to predict storms, hot and cold
waves, etc. Already an extensive
knowledge of the lower air has been
acquired which has considerably modi-
fed existing opinions as expressed in
text books.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-08-07

was laid by the wife of the chief engineer
the Union Jack being hoisted at the same
time. and the band of the Nineteenth Be
mchistan regiment playing God Save the
Queen. 1t was then expected that l0t
miles would be laid the next few months
The rivalry between the British and Ger
man interests is very strong in this region
and the Germans now are displaying unu.
sua haste in pushing forward the big Eas
African railroad of 1880 miles in length
This road is to have its first part from Ba
gamovo and Dar-es-Saloam to MrogOrO il
Ukami, 29l kilometres. built within eighteeI
months at cost of $4,000, 600 and thi:
money bas already been paid in by the syn
dicate and all the preliminary work is being
done this summer.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-08-07
Government Suits.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Aug. 2-The scores
tary of the interior has recommended to
attorney general Harmon the dismissal of
number OF suits now pending in the United
States courts of Nebraska, Wyoming, Col
orado and Utah against the Union Pacific r.
R., and about 0,000 settlers along the line of
the road to recover title to lands said to
have been enormously patented to the com"
pany These lands were supposed to be
embraced within the limits of the grant
made by Congress to the company and pa
tented some wears ago.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-08-07

WASHINGTON. D. c., August 3-The
state department has been advised of the
discovery in Lima. Peru, of an important
conspiracy against the Pierola administra-
ton and the arrest of the conspirators.
THE list of conspirators, says the minister
embraces some of the most prominent
names in Peru. Much excitement prevails,
but the movement seems TO be crushed by
the discovery of the scheme and the arrest
and Imprisonment of the leaders"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-08-07
JUDGE CARPENTER DEAD.


PROVIDENCE. Il. l., Aug. 3-It is re-
ported here that judge George NJ. Carpen-
ter of the U. S. district court of Massachu-
setts and Rhode Island died in Keswick,
Holland of paralysis of the heart.
He was formerly on the state supreme bench
and was promoted to the U. s. court num-
Der of years ago. Judge George Moulton
state April 90, 1855, making him SO years Of
age last April. He was the son of George
Moulton and Sarah Lewis (Walcott) Carpen-
ter. his mother being a Pawtucket lady, and
daughter of one of the most prominent Ma
sons of the last century.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-08-07
Pensions for New Enslanders.

WASHINGTON. D. G.. Aug. 3.-New Eng
land pensions Maine-Original, Levi $.
Robinson, ThOmaston. Increase, Charles
W. Price. Richmond Original. widows, etc,
Lizzie Cotton, East Hiram; Hipsey I. Dow,
Rockland Ellen Conell Portland. YER
m0nt-Reissue. Hiram L. Perry, Hancock.
Original widows, etc. Emily I. Whitney,
Newport. Massachusetts Increase, Theo-
dore ". jerks, West Mansfield. Original,
widows. etc, Caroline Z. Coeyman, Mans
field Amanda NJ. Barnes. Pittstield Mary
sheehan, East Tempeto on Mary Ann L.
Griffin, Pelham. Widows Indian wars,
Eehecea 4. GnolMin. Boston.