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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-09-16
HE ROBBED THE MAILS.
Government Oficials Succeed in Captur
ing a Very Troublesome Thief.

Government Officials Succeed in Captur-
ing a Very Troublesome Thief.
CHICAGO, Sept. l6.-By the arrest of
Harry Larroway, a railroad porter in
the Grand Trunk depot, Detroit, Mich,
the postotice authorities claim to have
succeeded in stopping one of the most
troublesome cases of mail robbery that
has been handled for a long time. Lar
roway's operations are said to have X
tepdsd over a period of Is months. His
offerings were confined to the Canadian
mails between this city and Detroit.
Thousands of dollars were extracted,
the bank of Montreal Of this city, the
heaviest sufferer, losing sometimes as
many as 30 letters in a day. Larroway
was arrested while engaged in ripping
open a pouch and had a package of al
letters in his possession.
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Is the name OF the Northern Paciic's
new tourist book for 1896. The cover
design will prove a happy surprise to
lovers OF the artistic, and it's illustrations
will be fully up to the standard OF its
predecessors. One OF it's principal char.
acters recounts a hunt after the well
known, yet rare, Rocky Mountain or
white Goat. made by the author in
September. 1895, in the defiles OF the
Bitter Root Range. One at all inclined
to big game hunting will want to read
about that hunt. An account OF q trip
through Yellowstone Park on horseback
will also prove interesting. Six cents in
stamps sent to Chas. Fee, General Pas.
eenger Agent, st. Paul, Mimi, will
secure the book
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Many and various are the discussions of
the new woman" but most of the women
we've seen have no aspirations toward the
emancipation of their sex from any yoke
except the burdensome yoke of i'll health.
They all seem to think-and think rightly
that their proper field is their home, and to
work faithfully in this field she must be
strong and hearty. Care is peculiarly q
woman's heritage. But it was not the new
woman" or any other kind of woman that
we started out to talk about. 1t is a imam
in the case" this time, and a man, too, that
thinks he is the newest kind of q new
man."
From what he tells US, he has good cause
to think so. There is no comparison between
his present state of feeling and that of two
years ago. But let the following speak for
itself. We published a few weeks ago q
statement Of the miraculous cure of Mr.. J.
NJ. Foster, of Carter's Creek, now one Of the
Herald's men, from locomotor ataxia Ia dis.
ease said to be incurable), by the use of DR..
Williams Pink Pills for Pale People.
The account was read by numbers of peo-
pie who were cye-witnesses of his bodily suffer.
ing and who know what Mr.. Foster stated to
be true beyond. a peradventure of a doubt
1t was read by others, also, who believe II
just the same as if they, too, had seen all, be.
cause Mr.. Foster is well known over the
country to be a man of unimpeachable vera
city.
So strong is his belief in the DR.. Viii.
Hams Pills, he has influenced a number OF
other people to use them, and all have be-
came as new persons.
Hnn " shA x,l-. -o,- ~n~ ~
Southport, Maury County, Tennessee, Mr.
N. +. Murphy. He is only twenty-one year.
old, and being of rather q delicate ~constitu
ton, has been afflicted the greater part O
his life.
Young Murphy says, he verify believes
that very few people Of any, age or CLINE
have been called upon to endure the bodil.
suffering which he has undergone.
In an interview with the Herald, he tolt
us the following, which we give in his ow
words: 1872
Give years ago I was attacked with
severe spett of la grippe, which affected m
very much. However, with the summe
before me, l gradually grew better until
considered myself nearly we'll, when i
September following l was Frustrated by a
attack Of biliousness.
81 took the medicine administered by on
family physician and was soon on foot AGAR
though with a large amount Of malaria !
my system. Being in a low state of healti
l was troubled all winter with dreadf,
colds and coughs.
THE following spring I vas again a
tackled with another severe case of billion
ness, and only rallied in part from this spe
when, at the suggestion Of some of my friend
l resorted to various patent medicines 6
relief, but without satisfactory results. III
malaria continued, and there was no er
, to my taking cold, which at last began
; settle on my left lung, which was weak. ]
asmuch as it had undergone the terrible {
;, fects of an abscess when ! was quite sma.
As a result expectoration begun and gre
worse until May, 1894.
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viii Jay Dcpositors in Full.

NEW WHArcoM, Wash, Sept. 49,
The Bennett National bank has posted
a notice Of suspension The reason
given for the failure was the with.
drawal of deposits beyond the power of
the bank to respond. The bank prom
ises to Pay i'll GerositCrs in full. The
liabilities aegrerat, $50 600.
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Notice

IL hereby given 10 all persons havit 8 claims
against Matilda Vickerman, late Of Fillmore
county, Minnesota, aud row deceased. TO pre-,
sent their claims. with the necessary vouchers,
to Tno. c.. Coffey, administrator u the estate OF
said deceased, at his residence in Madison, Lake
county, south Dakota, within four calendar
months next after the first publication Of this
this notice. Any claim not Jtesdnted within
that lime will be forever barred.
Dated September 5, 1896.
inc. c. COFFEY, Administrator.
BY MURRAY & PORrER, Bis Attorneys.
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Personal.

FREE-64 page medical reference book
to any person afflicted with any special,
chronic or delicate disease peculiar to
their sex. Address the leading
physicians and surgeons OF the United
States, DR.. Hathaway & Co., Corner
Nebraska and Fourth streets, Sioux
City, Iowa.
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Explosion i'm a Coal Mine.

PITTsBURG, Sept. l5.-A dispatch
from Walkers Mills, Pa, reports an
explosion of fire damp in the old Haw.
nest coal mine. The dispatch states
that one man was killed, and the other
miners were closed in.
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DENVER. Sept l5.-Paxton q Burgess,
managers Of the Kreighton theatre at
Omaha. have leased the Tabor Grand
theatre of this city The two theatres
will be run in conjunction
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Mining Company Organized.

y BUTTE. MOI. Sept. i5-The Hope
Mining company at Basin has been re
organized ard the valuable gold prop,
erty has passed ntc the hands of East
ern CAPITALISTS.
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Franz Bound Over.

DAYTON, o., Sept. 16.-Albert Frantz
had his preliminary hearing for the
murder of Bessie Little, whom he is
charged with b%etraying. He was bound
over for murder in the first degree.
Meantime, the officers continue their
search for Frantz's revolver and cloth
inc
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St, Paul Union stockyards.

SOUTH ST. PAUL, Sept. Is, 1898
HOGS-Market steady, with last week.
Range of prices s2.55 G3.7 10
CATTLE-Market ruled weak. Bulk
Of cattle receipts were Westerns.
Market still dull. Lamb
market dull.
Receipts: Hogs, go; cattle, 500, sheep.
ESQ; calves, %.
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Passenger and Ticket Agents.

ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., Sept. Is. The
4lst ~semi-annual meeting of the Ameri-
can Association of General Passenger
and Ticket Agents has begun in this
city and will continue two days.
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LATEST MARKET REPORT.
Milwaukee Grain.

MILWAUKEE, Sept. Is, 1875.
FLOUR-Steady.
WHEAT-No. 2, 56Hc; No. l Northern,
5sKc; December, 59Hc.
CORN-No 8, PIC.
OATS-No. ? white, 2ONc; No. 3
white, 17H9l9Hc.
BARLEY-No. :, Bic, sample on
rack, 22H@2SHc.
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New DUBUQUE Church Dedicated.

DUBUQUE Ia. Sept .5-The new
German Presbyterian church building.
Just erected at a cost Of $4,000. has
been dedicated with appropriate serv,
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Minneapolis Grain.
MINNEAPOLIS. Sept, /;

MINNEAPoLIs, Sept. Is, 1898.
WHEAT-September closed 55Hc, De-
cember, 56Hc. On Track-No. / hard,
ssLc; No. / Northern, teAc: No ? North
ern. 56Xc.
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Duluth Grain.

DULUTH, Sept. Is, 1893.
WHEAT-Cash No. / hard, 591@c;
No. / Northern, 57Ac; No. 2 Northern,
55H@55Hc; No. 8 spring, 52.@53Ac; re
jected, AZ q 53c; to arrive, No. l hard,
500; No. / Northern, 57Hc; September
No. / Northern, SIZE.
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Chicago Grain and Provisions.


CHICAGO, Sept. 10 1898
CLOSING PRICES.
WHEAT-September, 5sc; October,
$780, December, 594c; May, 63Tc.
CORN - September, 20Hc; October
2OA@ 2olc; December, 2lH @2l%c; May
24Kc.
OATS - September, l5c; October
1bHc; December. 1910; May, @oAc.
PORK - September s5.67H; October
1915; January, $40
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CHICAGO, Sept. Is, 1895.
HOGS-Market for light hogs a shade
lower, others strong to &c higher.
Sales ranged at 500 d3. 10 for light;
S2.s5@3.@5 for mixed; S?.50d3.25 for heavy;
S2.5eA2.Gafor rough.
CATTLE-Market for Westerns weak
10 loc lower, others unchanged.
Sales ranged at g.. 10 800 for beeves;
81. 1898 % for cows and hcifers; g. 25@
2.95 for Texas steers; -. 20 a3.1O for West
ern steers; :2.6O03 70 for stockers AND
feeders.
SHEEP-Market dull and weak.
Receipts-Hogs, 1900, cattle, $500
sheep 1000.
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Homeseeker, do you want a
cheap home in the best portion
of South Dakota
The Van Buren press., 1896-10-17
Politics Impoverish Planters.

Unfortunately for farmers and plant
ers this year the price of cotton is sub
iect to the same uncertainties as other
commodities. 1t is never exempt from
fluctuations, but never was there
time when the people of Arkansas could
more heartily wish that the price would
rise permanently to high water mark.
Every cotton grower is anxious to place
his product on the market at an early
date, though knowing that the chances
are there will be an advance in price
after the presidential election. Doubt
and distrust have paralyzed business
and diminished the employment of
labor. Demagogues who are out for
office, esteeming their own success OF
greater Importance than the interests
of the country, are wholly accountable
for the present unsettled condition of
business affairs. The present difficult
ties of this country are local, that is to
say, due to causes operating within the
republic rather than to the existence of
a worldwide disturbance. In European
nations prosperity has been the rule
the past year; new enterprises have
been founded and loanable capital has
eagerly sought an outlet in safe invest
ments. Last year while we were sell
ing bonds to pay current expenses, the
Imperial Bank of Germany increased
its aggregate transactions 10 per cent,
while dividends throughout the empire
were satisfactory and the volume of
business in all departments was greatly
increased. The gold reserve of the
Bank of England stood higher the first
day of July the present year than ever
before and for months this vast accum-
ulation of money has been seeking for
eipn investment considered safe. Even
Spain has shown an increase of mer-
chandise exports, and Turkey during
the first five months of the year in
creased its loans to farmers of the en-
pire through the Mortgage bank. All
this goes to verify the statement that
the business paralysis is local and not
general. The planter and wage Garner
as well as the capitalist are victims of
the officeseel1er who must have an issue
on which to ride into Office. Existing
uneasiuess and distrust is the fruit of
financial agitation precipitated for the
sole purpose of enabling ambitious pol
iticians to conduct a campaign, and the
wealth producing elements must bear
the burdens of the contest Values are
unsettled and will so remain until the
question of whether the monetary sys-
TEN shall be changed is settled at the
polls. When this is determined there
will be either a speedy re-adjustment
or a return to former conditions. Pend
ing this settlement the strain of uncer-
tainty will continue and the planter
who is in debt and forced to place his
scant crop of cotton in market to meet
pressing demands, may regard himself
the victim of class of patriotic politi-
clans who would cheerfully bankrupt
the country to obtain an office.
The Van Buren press., 1896-10-17
THE "BIKE" AND THE DOG.
Facts Point to tho Belief That the Wheel
Is DISCRIMINATING tho Canine.

Facts Point to tho Belief That the Wheel
Is DISCRIMINATING tho Canine.
Is the bicycle destined to eventually
exterminate dogs? From a thorough
canvass of competent authorities 1t
would seem that it is.
As positive proof of the fact that the
bike is extermnating the canine race
and running the trade of the dealers
therein it may be authoritatively stated
that whereas three dogs were formerly
sold against one bicycle, the ratio has
been reversed and six bicycles are now
disposed of while three dogs are chang
ing owners. And this is an ultra-con-
servative estimate.
One of the prominent dog dealers in
this city said: Before the bicycle grew
into its present popularity had large
and prosperous clientele of customers,
principally society people of both sexes
who would seorn to purchase anything
but the highest-priced and most blue
blooded animal. Then the bicycle craze
began to spread, and as it did | found
my customers falling off in numbers
and dogs decreasing in demand. Peo-
pie have no further use for dogs as long
as they have a wheel. Formerly they
would go out either for quiet stroll
or a good, brisk walk, and in such cases
dog is an absolutely invaluable COM
panion. Now they go out on their ma
chimes, and the animal who used to be
so welcome becomes only a nuisance.
This is especially the case since so many
women have taken to the wheel"
Every breed of dog has been affected,
from the big Newfoundland to the
twisted-tailed pug. 1t is common gos-
sip in sporting circles that prominent
dog dealer formerly doing business on
Beekman street was driven out of it
through loss of trade occasoned by tho
constantly increasing use of the bicycle.
Another interesting proof of the fact
that the canine race must succumb to
the silent steed" is found in the sta
tistics of those cities where bicycles
have to be registered. In Rochester, N.
Y, the city clerks last report showed
that the number Of machines registered
was q 100, as against 2,s19 dogs.
Aside from the fact that many people
do not care to go to the expense of pay
ing a high price for a high-bred dog,
the majority of wheel-owners appre-
ciate the fact that dog has natural
antipathy toward wheelmen and wheel
women, and consideration for the feel
ings and comfort of their fellow cyclers
has caused many owners of wheels and
dogs TO dispose of the latter.
Now the value of the dog has so de-
creased that when he runs away no at
tempt is made to find him, and once in
the hands of the experienced dog-catch-
er his days are surely numbered. The
bicycle is evidently to blame, for were
the dogs owner not too busy with his
wheel he would find time to CO. as in
the past, to the pound and redeem him,
but as it is owners of lost dogs now
often regard the pound as an easy and
humane way of disposing of their one
time pets.-N. Y. Journal.
The Van Buren press., 1896-10-17
MAMMOTH OF THE MOUNTAINS.
vertebra of a Prehistoric Monster Forty
-Four Inches In circumference.

-Four Inches III mfcrence.
The great Cripple Creek district, dur
ing its history of but few years, has
been prolific in surprises to the delivers
after hidden wealth. The district seems
to be able to produce anything from
nugget of gold to the petrifed remains
of the mastodon. The discovery made
by party of prospectors the other day
on Thirty-nine Mile mountain will GER
tainly prove most interesting to scien-
lists, and the find" will prove 10 be as
great a curiosity as is the nerve of the
heads of certain of our municipal de-
partments. Woolly elephants, the
megatherum and other mastodons,
relics of prehistoric age, are rather
out of our line, but we can produce them
if demand should arise. Boundless are
the resources of the great gold camp,
and if the world doesn't see what it
wants here, all it has to do is simply to
ask for it,
A few days since party, consisting of
c. S. Witherspoon, j. w. McBeth, w.
White and T. Burge, was prospecting
upon the northwestern slope of Thirty
nine Mile mountain. Wishing to find
water to drink, Witherspoon started up
a shallow gulch running up the side of
the mountain. The eye of the prospec-
tor, long trained by experience to the
closest of observation of the earth over
which he passed, was caught by what
appeared to be an unusually large bone.
Mr. Witherspoon at once cleared the
debris from his find, and to his great
amazement discovered that he had I'M
earthed section of the vertebra of
some gigantic animal, far exceeding in
size anything which to-day treads the
surface of the earth.
The party at once began a series of ex-
plorations, and was rewarded by turn
ing up large portion of the remains
of the prehistoric monster. At the time
when ID. S. Hall left the party 20 sections
of vertebra had been uncovered. When
it is stated that one of these sections of
backbone measured Al inches in cur
conference, the hugeness Of the mas
todon is obvious. One thigh bone was
unearthed which measured in length
40 inches and 40 inches in circumfer-
ence at the hook joint. One of the
bones of the lower foreleg was 80 inches
in length, while the torsal point was
80 inches in circumference. One Sec
ton of rib was found to be 80 inches in
length and ~ inches in circumference.
The discoveries will continue the
search until all that remains of the
gigantic fossil has been brought to
light. They expect to cause it to be
mounted, when it will be sent to either
a state or national museum. II is prob
able that this relic of bygone ages will
be exhibited to the Cripple Creek pub
lie previous to its consignment to its
ultimate resting place in one of the edu-
cational nstitutions.-Denver Times.
The Van Buren press., 1896-10-17
The First Yacht Built in America.

A number of wealthy gentlemen in
New York city founded the New York
Boat club in 1880; and for them Mr..
Francis built the first yacht ever con
s,ructed in America. He was able. YOU
see. to turn his hand to almost anything
which had to do with sailing on the
sea. Some Canadian gentlemen wanted
racing rowboat TO beat the boat of
some Of their friends from England who
were coming over from the motherland
10 give them battle at Quebec. Mr.
Francis was called upon to build the
boat It was of mahogany, brass fas-
tened. and it weighed only 60 pounds,
a remarkably light racing boat for that
day. 1t was four-oared and was 30
feet long. They called it the Eagle"
md il well deserved its name, for it
won the race against the crack boats OF
The English. II was the first rowboat
FOR racing purposes ever built in Amer
ics. w S uurwood. in ST. Nicholas
The Van Buren press., 1896-10-17

He-why do you keep me in an agony
of doubt? What proof have you ever
given that you really love me?
"Why, Ambrosel I've broken off
every one of half a dozen engagements
made since l promised 10 marry you'll"
Detroit Free Press.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1896-12-11
TEACHERS IN CAMBOOIA.
Spiritual Bond Between Them and
Their Pupils

All llchildren who present ntthenseiyesa ae
the vedt for study are received. 1t is
not ever required that their parents
bring them or send them. says Popular
Science Monthly The newcomer
chooses his professor, and. if accepted,
begins at once to study under his direc-
ton. installs himself in his cell or in
the school hall, and becomes his servant
If the professor has already too many
pupils, he refuses the new pu-
Pill and advises him to choose another
teacher; sometimes he guides his choice.
directing him TO master who has few
or no pupils, or takes him to the su-
iserior who viii select a teacher for him.
The choice OF a professor is always a
grave affair. because IL is held in Cam
bodia. as in all Buddhist and Brahmatic
countries. that professor and pupil are
bound by strong ties Of spiritual al
finity, and that the pupil ought tc re-
spect his master as he does his father
and mother The law inilicts the same
penalty upon an OiTense OF the pupil
against his MASTER as an offense DN
son against his father and mother and
IL preScribes that in certain cases the
pupil may be heir Of his professor " hen
he has cared for him or supported hmm
OF served him " hen studying under his
direction: not only family bond hut
4 religious bond. too, Is established be-
tween them. for the professor makes IL
his business TO teach his pupil the course
by which he may earn more advania-
geouS reincaruation and reach the Mr.
vana, and becomes his spiritual guide.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1896-12-11
WHERE NOAH GOT HIS PITCH.
Natural Spring Which Enabled Him to
Make the Ark Water Tight.

An English explorer has recently
reached Hit, in Syria, the locality III
which Noah dwelt. Here he found a
remarkable group of bitumen springs.
SAYS the New York journal.
From these springs. he says, it is
probable that Noah obtained his supply
of material to pitch it within and with
out In a basin, undoubtedly of vol
canic origin, spring of warm water
bubbles up, and with the water comes
the bitumen or pitch. in plastic form,
of the consistency of rather moist put
ty; and the Arabs gather it by simply
scraping il off the surface of the water
with their bare hands and pressing it
into panniers carried by patient little
donkeys. who then struggle up the
rocky sides of the basin and take the
material off to the bodybuilding yards,
where it is used for covering the boats
and gouphas, after undergoing a Ger
tain refining process.
The bitumen is continually rising.
but owing to the formation of the basin
into which it rises with the stream
very little of it can escape, and it
mains floating on the surface of the wa
ter till taken off by the Arabs. The wa
ter itself tastes slightly of sulphur, is
quite warm and apparently charged
with some mineral which il deposits
in its rocky bed as it flows away
Through channels and crevices which
the bitumen cannot pass) from the
basin. coating il with n lovely lilac
color, which further down the stream
becomes peacock" blue.