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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1896-03-05
HAD ARMS on BOARD.

Steamer Mallory Captured by an Amer
lean Revenue Cutter.
WASHINGTON. March 5.-Captain
Shoemaker, chief of the revenue cutter
service, has received telegram from
Captain Herring. commanding the cut
ter Merrill, at Port Tampa, Fla. stating
that he had seized the schooner 8. r.
Mallory, 40 miles south Of that point,
loaded with arms and ammunition, and
that he had delivered her to the proper
authorities at Port Tampa Notwith-
standing this seizure, the authorities
here have little expectation in view Of
recent decisions of the courts, of max
ing out any c. Sc against the Mallory
that will detain her longer than few
DAYS.
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ASK FOR A CONFERENCE.

Senate and Hou.e Will Consider the
Cuban Reso! ution.
WASHINGTON, March 5.-In the sen.
ate Mr.. Sherman reported back the
Cuban resolutions and moved that the
house amendments to the senate reso.
lutions be non-concurred in, and that a
conference committee be appointed.
The motion was agree to, and the vice
president appointed Senators Sherman,
Morgan and Lodge a conference COM
mittee.
Mr.. Frye, from the committee on for
eign relations, favorably reported the
house bill providing for the extermina-
ton of Alaskan fur seals, which was
made special order for Thursday.
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Hearing OF Oates, Payne and Rouse.

Hearing OF Oakes, Payne and Rouse.
MILWAUKEE, March 5.-The final
accounts of Henry G.. Payne. Thomas
F. Oakes and Henry G. Rouse, as re-
ceivers of the Northern Pacific Railroad
company, has been fixed for March Ii
in New York city. 1t is said Brayton
Ives will oppose the payment of $lS,-
600 per year to each of the receivers,
which the final account calls for.
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BURIAL PLACE OF BLAlNES.

Remains Of the Maine Statesman and
His Family Will Rest At Augusta.
WASHINGTON, March 5.-"It has been
the cherished wish of Mrs. Blaine"
remarked Joseph H. Manley, formerly
postmaster at Augusta. Me-, where the
Blaine family reside, that the remains
of her family should be removed from
their temporary resting place in Oak
Hill cemetery. Washington, and placed
at Augusta.
MRS Blaine has been negotiating
with gentleman at Augusta for the
purchase of suitable site, where the re-
mains of the Blaine family may be in.
tered, and it is quite likely the work
of removing the bodies from Oak Hill
cemetery will be done during the Ell.
suing spring. From the fact of the
publication in regard to Mrs. Blaine's
intentions, in this respect, infer that
the negotiations have reached salts.
factory conclusion.
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Su of Importance to PythianS.

DETROIT, Mich. March s.-Trial was
begun in the circuit court here of a
case of great Importance to Knights OF
Pythias. 1t Is the suit in which the
supreme lodge of the Knights of
Pythias seeks to permanently enjoin
the Improved Order knights of Pythias
from using the formers name. ritual
and paraphernalia
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REFUSED ENGLAND'S DEMANDS

Venezuela Declines to Regard the
Uruan Incident Separately.
NEW YORK, March 5.-A dispatch to
The Herald from Caracas says: Vehe.
zuela has refused the demand of Great
Britain that the Uruan incident be re.
garded as distinct issue. and that
reparation be made and an indemnify
paid. The government declares that to
grant England's demand would be u
virtual recognition of British rights in
the territory in dispute between the
two nations. 1t also declared that the
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whole issue must await the result Of
arbitration. Officials again express
fear that England will try to enforce
payment of damages.
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Jana nese student Suicid es.

Japanese student Suicides.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Ia. March 8. .-Jokithi
Uchida, a japanese student at Cornell
college, Mount Vernon, ward of the
Methodist church, and we'll known as a
lecturer, committed suicide. while in a
despondent MOOD, 10y cutting his throat.
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SUITS BROUGHT IN IOWA
For the Recovery "a: Large Tracts of
HuIroad J." MI.

For the Rrc"v"r. az Large Tracts Of
RuIroad Ind.
Dies MOISES, March ). - United
States Attorney &. D. Fullen, for the
Southern Iowa district. has commenced
action under Attorney General Harmon
against the Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy road, the Burlington and Mis-
souri, River railroad and about | 200
private parties for the recovery of GER
tain lands, situated in Montgomery.
Mills and Adams counties. Ia. which
are embodied in the grants of 1856 and
1864. The suits are commenced under
the land grant remedial acts of 1887.
1t is claimed, among other things, that
the lands had been patented to settlers
before they were transferred to the
railroads. About $4,000 acres are in
volved, some Of them townsites. The
farming lands are valued at $50 an acre
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REGARDING DIR. NANSEN.

Further Conir mntion Received Of the
Discovery OF the Pole.
ST. PETERSBURG, March 5.-Major
General Svotlitsky, governor of Ir-
kutsk, telegraphs here in reply to
queries regarding the report as to DR..
Nansen's return, that Peter Ivanovich
Kuchnareff, who trades at Uzt Yansk,
under date of Nov. 10, wrote to the
merchant kuchnareff at Yakutsk rs
follows:
1--WE learn that DIR. Nansen has
reached the pole, has discovered hith-
erto unknown land and has now re-
turned. Consequently. the Arctic
ocean has now been explored
The above dispatch will serve to clear
up several of the points in the news
that first came of DR.. Nansen's return,
and goes far to corroborate the report.
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THE CABINET DIVIDED.
Some Members Of Mr.. Cieveland's =
Household Failed 70 Vote.

Some Members Of Mr.. Cieveland's
Household Failed 10 Vote.
Washington, D, c, Nov. 3-An
unusual proportion OF government
officials in the higher offices remain
ed in Washington and did not vote.
The list included President Cleve
land and Private Secretary Thurber,
who were at the White House most
of the day; Secretaries Olney, Car
isle (who lost his vote by techni
cality Of the law, and Morton; Sole.
itor General Holmes, Conrad Of Nir
sinia, Assistant Attorney General
Thomas, Assistant Secretaries Rock
hill, Dabney and Sims, aud number
Of bureau chiefs, some O! whom,
however, have lost their votes by
reason OF long residenc- in Washing.
ton. Among those who did vote
were Secretaries Francis, Herbert
and Lamont, Postmaster General
Wilson, Attorney General Harmon,
Assistant Attorney General Whitney
Of New York, Assistant Attorney
General ". W. Baldwin Of the State
department, Assistant Secretaries
Hamliu, Curtis and Wike of the
Treasury department, Comptroller
Eekels, Assistant Secretary Reynolds
and Assistant Attorney General
Iionberger and Land Commissioned
Lamoreauy Of the Interior depart
ment, Assistant Postmaster Generals
Jones, Craig and Maxwell. Assist
ant Secretary McAdoo of the Nav,
department went to New Jersey, bu
may find his right to vote has beel
/ lost. Civil Service Commissions
Proctor paired with Kentucky fre'
silver friend, and Commissioner
, Rice and Harlow voted III Alhan
} and st. Louis, respectively.
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Negroes Aml,u>hea.

Birmingham. Ala, Nov, 3.-While
jeff Jackson. John Adams, William
Taylor aud Robert Allison, negro
laborers. were working at a sugar
cane mill, near Wild Fork. Monroe
county, last night, they were fred
upon from the darkness by unknown
persons ali but Taylor were in
stantly killed. He will die.
1t is supposed to have been done
by a gang Of Whitecaps who have
been engaged in runAins all negroes
out Of that section. John Middle
ton, employer of the victims, had
been ordered to discharge them.
but he did not heed the warning.
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gy Sunday morning at the school
house.
p Fl Holcomb spoke here Monday
good crowd of democrats, on the sill
yer question He read Mr. linton's
letter of withdrawal from the can
vass. 1t did not 90 down with all the
dear ones. Populists are looking
down their noses; quite a number
say that they were sold out, and now
they will not have any home except
in the democratic party in the future.
They have this consolation; if the
democrats elect the majority in con-
gress they will get free silver coin
age. Whether they get more silver
or not they can live on the consola-
tion they get of having democrats in
and republicans out. Eight O'Clock
a. III. Tuesday as we send to press,
we can see the fincies rolling in from
the timbered country, and that
makes Inc feel easy that the finance
question will be settled this day, but
we are not sure that we will all be
made millionaires.
1t will be sad news to many to hear
of the death of Virgil Brown. He
died in Christian county, Mo-, OctO-
ber 1S. Mr. Brown settled in Bates
county in 1868 he bought 100 acres OF
land half-mile east Of Virginia. He
moved from here in 1881 to Christian
| county, where he has since lived. He
served two terms as presiding Judge
He leaves wife and four children.
AARON
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Virginia itema.

In writing news for the TIMES this
yea,
II will be things we see and hear,
And if we get them wrong or mixed
Friends forgive us for this is '96.
Wesley and Thomas HensIey of In
depence, Mo-, visited their father,
lmanzer Hensley, who has been sick
| Tor some time.
| Mrs S NJ Coulter, who has been Wis.,
ting relatives in Ohio for few weeks,
returned home Friday.
The Free Methodists will hold their
district quarterly meeting at the Mes
terode. school house commencing
| Thursday night, Nov. 5, and cOntin-
uins over Sabbath. The Sabbath
J service will be at 10 O'Clock. } II
Higgins, district elder Of Springfield,
will be present.
John Hussey, the city carpenter
built a fine hen house for Mrs McNutt
last week.
The quilting at Mrs J w McFad-
| den's a pleasant affair; those present
1 we're Mesdames w ID Orear, B + Jen-
kins, III G. Wilson, Geo Jenkins, John
| Hussey, DR. Lamb and Miss Icy Jen-
kins.
John Nance built flue for VIM
I Oldham and other repair work on his
house last week.
Ernest Judy and wife, who have
been visiting her folks at Warrens-
burg for week, returned home Sab
bath.
Grandpa Kinney went to Kansas
! City last week to visit his daughter,
Mrs Smith.
Mr. Campbell of Lynn county, Kan,
spent Sunday night in our city.
I Philip Heckadon. son Will, and
I his grandson, Ed Bones of Rich Hill,
visited his brother in-law, James Nc
Dale, at Fontanna, Kan, last week.
John CIassen and wife of near Bar
nard, Kan, visited Henry Eswien
saturday and Sunday.
Rev Corkell and wife and son o1
Butler, brought Presiding Elder
Hunt out Saturday. Rev Galbretl
got him to take charge of the quar-,
terly meeting in his place. Eide
Hunt preached Saturday night ant
Sabbath at eleven; the meeting wa
we'll attended.
Sam Dobbins, who has been sick
sup and around again, while Franl
Smith, who was taken sick about tn
same time is improving slowly.
P NJ Famuliner was somewhat eX
cited Sabbath morning when he wen
to the buggy shed to get his bugg,
and could not find it. He was abou
to get up searching party whe
some one told him that last nigh
was Halloween and his buggy wa
sanding in front OF p c Henderson
house.
Mrs G. + Schad of Butler, who ha
been visiting her sister Mrs w
Coulter returned home Friday.
/ The Haliowe'eners visited OF
| quiet little city Saturday night, an
one of our townsmen found his bu:
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IleepWater Items.

Union labor speaking at Jonstown
last Monday night.
Preaching at the Methodist church
Sunday at II a. III. and at night by
Rev Boadge.
Mr. f Kash sold his farm last week
to Mr. Nc cElwane for $25 per acre and
will not give possession until spring.
The Oak grove literary is progress
ing nicely and have large attendance
and good order.
Mr. Clabe Jackson and wife OF Ell
dorado Springs visited at his fathers
last week w l. Jackson, near Johns.
town.
MrD H kash made a flying trip to
Butler one day last week on business.
Messrs Sam Gillian and Willie Shell
ton attended the Oak grove lyceum
Friday night.
Hollowe'en night was observed by
the Johnstown boys.
George Wells will occupy the John
Bowden farm in the spring, and Mr.
Bowden and family will move to Ell
dorado.
Protracted meeting will commence
at the Christian church at Johns
town Nov. 10, and is to be unaer the
control of of Rev Lemons.
| The triple wedding at the Catholic
church last Tuesday was largely at
| tended.
James Offill has nearly completed
his cellar.
| Jesse Blizzard and wife of Pleasan
Gap, were visitors in Deepwate
township Sunday.
Eldridge kash has the largest no:
in the county weighing between
and : hundred pounds.
ROSE.
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Seymour, Ind, Nov. ? William
Gray, residing near Chestnut E'd se,
his coun ty, was dead to oil APPEAR
ances. and his friends made prepara
tions for the funeral. For hours ne
lav apparently without breathing,
when he suddenly startled the
mourners BY rising from his bed
He informed them that he had heard
all they had said. though unable &c
move, aud that ne did not propose
to be buried until lie had voted for
Mckinley.
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HER ASHES IN A CAN.
Widow-r l.ehr Carries the remains OF
His Wife Wherever He Goes.

For several years Louis Lehr. e
laboring man of Memphis, Tenn
has carried with him as his constant
companion a can looking much like
an ordinary paint or oil receptacle,
with a top which screws on, but
which, 80 far as anyone knows has
never been removed.
If he had been seen with the can
only once or twice, or dozen times
it might not have attracted attention.
but when those who know Lehr
found that this commonplace object
was the constant companion OF his
life. night and day, they began to
wonder what it contained. Some OF
them asked him about it, now iok
inely and again seriously, but he
never had any satisfactory answer te
give.
The first thing when he got up il
the morulng Lehr got the can. HI
carried il to the various points abou
the city where his duties called him
| He stood it, while he worked, wher
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Hold Hanna.
answer.
Post-Dispatch.

Post Dispatch,
Ten days ago the Post Dispatch
warned the Chicago police 10 pre-
vent the escape OF Mark Hanna from
Chicago at the end of the campaign
knowing the work Hanna was en-
gagged iD, it toresaw that it would
be necessary to have him where the
Grand juries can reach him.
The frat Grand jury Indictment
against Hanna has been found at
Dallas. Tex But there will be 9th
ers. No cne who has the slightest
knowledge % Hannas campa. gn
methods doubts for moment that
he has sent plenty Of other tele-
grams like these for which he has
been indicted IN Texas. A campaig.
OF Doodle aud bribery cannot be car .
red or in a1y State without com.
promising disclosures whore the
Grand i1ries are viGllaut.
/ Hanna il striped clothes would
be fitting "obiac. lesson" for the
close OF the Wall Street campaign.
The peDitentiary yawns for him and
his confederate.
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Pitched Eat,ia .

Guthrie, Okla, Nov. -Urited
States Deputy Marshal Thomas and
posse came in from the Greek coun
try, having been in search Of "Dyna'
mite Dick" and his gang OF outlaws,
who looted Carney and the Sac and
Fox agency. They brought with
them a team of mules loaded with
plunder and saddle horse which
they captured
They came upon three of the out
laws MS they were leading their
horses up ravine and a pitched
battle ensued. 1t was getting dark
and over hundred shots were fired.
Nobody was hurt. the outlaws es
caped in ,he dark, abandoning mules
baggage aud one horse, There i:
no douh. about their being the Car
ney gang lead by Dynamite Dick.
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jackson And Walltng.

Covington, Ky, Nov. 2-Signs
are pointing to confessio by Jack.
son and Walling or at least to get.
ting Mt the truth of the murder of
Pearl Bryan. For two weeks Jack.
son and Walling have been kept III
separate cells aud bitterness is
growing up between them. Yesterday
Walling said to Turnkey Maurer:
"Why should ! be banished for
crime did not commit 1 did net
murder Pearl Bryan. Jackson is the
man who cut her head off.
Naurer asked why he had not 60
testified, but WalIing declined to
answer.
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Shot Them Both.

Wheeling, ". Va, Nov. 2.-Jeal-
ousy caused terrible tragedy three
miles west Of this city, all the par.
ties being from Wheeling, Scott
Linton shot dot" Gray, who Is said
to have been his wife, and also VIII
liam Metzger, with whom he found
her. With both lying at his feet he
fred a bullet into bis own brain, and
died almost instantly. The woman
will probably recover, but Me'zge.
will die.
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Notice Of Final Settlement.

Notice is hereby given 20 all creditors
a nd all others interested in the estate Of
q " CowIey deceased, thatI, y Cham
bers, administrator OF said estate, in
tend TO make final settlement thereof, az
the next term OF the Bates county pre-
bate court, in Bates county, state Of
Missouri, TO be neid at Butler, or the
nth day OF November, 1877.
I. n CHAMBERS. Administrator
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Total probable Mckinley votes....-- 23s
Official returns may change the
figures in Michigan. West Virginia
and Indiana, and Chairman Jones
hadd4clined TO concede the election
Following is list of states car
rio6 bv Ervap.
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Jefferson City, Mo, Nov. , Lon
V. Stephens. the Democratat;c can
d date for Governor, Was not able
to vote Although Mr. Stephens
built fine residence in this city, be
has retained his citizenship a. Boon
Vile, and up to week ago expected
to go there to vote, Some days ago
Some days ago his right eye, which
had escaped the disease tha: attacked
the left. became very painful and
swollen. aud to day Mr.. Stephens
was confined to his bed in darken
ed room. under strict orders from
his physician to remain there at least
a week. The disease is not danger
Gus. bu. it is extremely painful anc
makes Mr. Stephens very feverish
Mrs. StepLezs is also sick, having
suffered a severe asteck of rheuma
tism Mr. and Mrs. Stephens vii
probably go to Ho. Springs afte
Mr.. Stephens recoyers sufficiently t
transact some important bushes
demanding his attention.
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Nj rch ,"nfi.loi 81" ina,aua IA - The
=. i,.'.-r V"'--Ack'n ey Re
c~.y.'~ Congratulations, but
l. p.ci,!.hl. NrrynnS
A,out ihe Re-nits.

Ahout The Re-nlts.
The following summary or the
election returns is taken from the
Kansas City Times Thursday morn
lng and Is the very latest at time OF
going to press with the ZINES
The Indications at midnight were
that Mckinley had carried Indiana
and Wes. Virginia, both Of which
were essential for toe success OF
Bryan. Unless later returns change
this result Mckinley will certainly
have 239 votes III the electoral col
lege, or Is more than are necessary
to elect him. Following are the
States which have certainly gone fol
Mckinley:
The Butler weekly times., 1896-11-05

! cyclone at South Nc Allister, I
T. Friday blew down several houses
and one man was picked up by wind
aad carried $50 yards.
The Butler weekly times., 1896-11-05
McKinley:

In addition to these certain states
special dispatches received by the
Times at midnight, indicate the re-
publicans have also carried by
reduced majorities for following
states.
The Butler weekly times., 1896-11-05
Cyclone" Davis Raped on the Head.

Cyclone" Davis Raped on the Head.
Pittsbnrg, Tex. Nov. 2-J. Fl
("Cycloae') Davis addressed large
audience On a street corner to day,
and was answered by Senator Gram
ford. In DAVIS rejoindsr be assail
ed tho honesty Of the Democrats,
and stated that in 1884, the Demo.
Gratis seated O'Neil, of Cass County,
in the State Legislature when Frost,
Populist, of Cass was elected. J.
D. Bass stated that if Davis assailed
the honest Of that body by saying
there vas fraud, that Davis was q
liar; whereupon Davis struck at
Bass. Some one at the same time
struck Davis over the head with A
stick, inhicting al ugly wound, thai
bled profusely.
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The Boy ls Lost.

Nevada Post.
Edwin Wood is q little boy only 3
years old, He was from Joplin and
WAS adopted about Il year ago by j.
A. Gordon. of Walker. He was an
interesting little fellow end seemed
well pleased with bis home.
On Sunday last he left the home
of MIR. Gordon, since which time no
tidinss of him has heard The
closest inquiry has failed to learn
any cue to his whereabouts. Mr
Gordon and family are very anxious
about his whereabouts and any IT.
formation leading to the discovery
OF the boy left with the Evening
Post or communicated to Mr. Ger
don will be very thankfully received
Edwin is ar average sized boy o
that age and IS a blonde.
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he could see it constantly. and. going !
home in the evening, he carried i. +
carefully with him, A. night 1t .
stands on little table close 70 he /
bedside, where be can see it readily !
when he wakes
The longer those who knew him .
watched this performance the more j
mysterious did it seem. and the more
lively was their curiosity.
One day last spring some fellow !
laborers thought 20 play joke on
Lshr by removing the curious little /
can when its owner was not looking
and hiding it When the usually
quiet aud reservei .uan discovered
that the precious object was gone it
changed bin Into something Ike a
madman. The two culprits, alarmed
by his excited state, confessed their
joke and returned the can.
If it had not been for the inter
ference of others Lehr might have
gone to the gallows for that day 5
work. Before help could reach them
both men had been felled by an iron
bar that stood handy, and, as it was
thought at the time. fatally injured.
They recovered afterward, but the
incident showed more clearly than
ever the intensity Of Lehi feelings
about the mysterious can
1t now appears that the can con
tanned the ashes of his dead wife at
her death she had requested that
her body be cremated. Lehr carried
out her wish, and. heartbroken at
her death, determined never to be
separated from her ashes. This &C
counts for his constant care Of the
CAP, or urr, as it has proved TO be.