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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-03-22
GRADUALLY GOING.
MockinG Birds and Alligators Are Disap-
pearing Down South.

pearing Down South.
Twenty years ago the beautiful trees
Of Jacksonville, Fla, were alive with
mocking birds, whose incompatible
songs made the mornings and afternoons
vocal with music. Every tree seemed
to hold one or more songsters Every
hour in the day the beautiful lines:
Listen to the mocking bird;
Listen to the mocking bird;
The mocking bird is singing on the lea,
would be forced upon the stranger with
in the gates. But now no note of a
mocking bird is ever heard, and no
mocking bird is ever seen. The Sun re-
porter has been here two weeks, but he
has not seen nor heard a mocking bird
in the city or any of the suburbs. The
northern demand has very nearly de-
Gtroyed the species. 1t is real pity, as
much so as would be the destruction of
the beautiful flowers which everywhere
distiil their perfumes on the slumbrous
air The mocking bird does not thrive
in cold climates. Florida seems to be
its natural home. 1t should not be fur
ther destroyed, but protected, so that it
may be again as numerous as it once
was.
And the alligator has also vanished
from the waters as the mocking bird
has from the tree Of Florida. Time was
when all the jewelry stores Of Jackson
vile kept big supply of them, but the
young we're sent north as curiosities,
and the old were killed in sport or for
their hides, out of which purses and
shoes and slippers and the like came to
be made. So that now the alligator has
become a rare creature in these parts.
In the destruction of the mocking bird
the picturesqueness and romance which
characterized her in the past. Jackson
| vile Cor New York Sun.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-03-22
TEED is IN TROUBLE.
THE kORESAAN MESSIAH IN A TAN
GLE OF LAWSUITS.

self q Defendant, Demands 92, 100 From
the Leader - The Strange Influence He
Exerts Over His Converts.
1t is all over paltry matter of 5000,
but the whole fabric of Koreshan threat
ems to tumble into ruin if the parties in
the suit Of Hoyt versus Parsons make
all the disclosures they say they will.
Koreshan Is q religion, and the i'm
pending destruction Of q religion de-
serves at least passing notice The
high priest Of Koreshan is a certain DR..
Cyrus r. Teed, whose disciples are re
cruited mainly from Boston. The prin-
cipal articles of his creed would appear
to be that he shall be called Christ, "
that his followers shall grovel in the
dust before him and that all shall turn
over thei- property for the uses of the
society. Incidenta ly Koreshan teaches
that we live i'll the Interior of the earth,
which is hollow sphere.
Next in Importance to DR.. Teed in
the hierarchy of Koreshan is the "moth-
er Of Christ" who is known to the
world as Mrs. Victoria Ordway Of Chi
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cago Attached to the rule that the ad-
1lerents Of Koreshan must give up their
wealth to $he cause is saving clause
permitting them to withdraw their con-
tributions in the event of their leaving
the community. If this proviso had been
lived up to. the suit Of Hoyt versus Par
sons would never have been heard Of
The plaintiffs are Mr.. and Mrs. War
rem Hoyt. Mr.. Hoyt is the editor Of the
Haverhill Mass Bulletin and an ex-
state legislator. The defendant is Mrs.
E. V. Parsons of Boston, who is asked
to account for gold watch, chain, q
trunk and more than 800 worth Of dry
goods which she is alleged to have OBJ
tanned from local storekeepers, who
charged them to Mr.. Hoyt's account.
The story told on behalf Of the plain
tiffs presents Mrs. Parsons in tho light
Of one who obtained a powerful inf1u-
ence over Mrs. Hoyt, 50 that the latter
was willing and eager to give her every
thing she asked. Indeed nothing less
occult than hypnotism is suggested as
the explanation for Mrs. Hoyt's ameni-
ty to her coreligionist s DESIRES
On the other hand, Mrs. Parsons, the
defendant, protests that she is victim
of Koreshan. She will not discredit the
faith ITSELF sublime" is the adjective
she applies to it-but she has nothing
but words of bitterness for Dr. Teed,
it's founder and Christ for Mrs Ord
way, the mother of Christ" and for
others high in the councils of the mys-
terious order. She has instituted suits
against Teed to recover 81, 100, which
she says he induced her to give him.
AS for Mrs. Hoyt's property, she says
it was a voluntary gift, rendered neces-
sary by the destitute condition i'll which
she Mrs. Parsons) left the Koreshan
heaven in Florida. Mrs. Parsons is
a physician practicing at 104 Dartmouth
street, Boston, although her home is i'll
Brockton.
The Koreshan "heaven, On Estero is
land, Lee county, Fla, is practically an
absolute monarchy. Teed rules over it
with rod of iron, enthroned in man.
sion which is known as Beth Ophrah
The mother of Christ" whose title is
transcribed as Victoria Gratia Horesh"
in the Koreshan tongue, reigns CO. ordi-
nately with him over a community of
converts who are no better than slaves
Not only have they signed over to
their leader all their worldly goods, but
they are compelled to toll unremitting-
", regardless of the weather or their
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-03-22
Order For q Sixteen Inch Gun.

The Watervliet gun factory has been
ordered to manufacture Is inch gun,
which, on completion, will be shipped to
the Sandy Hook proving grounds to un-
dergo tests to determine the advisability
of constructing this type of gun for
coast defense purposes. It will weigh
about 90 tons, and, with charge Of
1000 pounds Of brown prismatic pow
der, is expected to throw solid steel
projectile six feet in length and weigh
Ing 2.SO0 pounds over range of ten
miles
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-03-22
physical condition. These deluded
wretches are fattered with the term
"anoelsD and are suDDosed tn he sexleSs

physical condition. These deluded
wretches are fattered with the term
angels" and are supposed to be sexless.
The two chief articles of their creed are
the worship Of Teed and the blind obe-
dience of his every order. There is no
marriage among them, and whatever
children enter the colony from the out
side world are taught to believe that
Teed is their father.
DR.. Cyrus Teed, the messiah of this
strange, sad colony, has impressed his
followers with the belief that he will
die soon, but will rise from the dead
and remain on earth, the active though
invisible deity of Koreshan, till the end
of the world. In the meantime he pro-
fesses to perform miracles and employs
his subjects in the reclaiming and i'm
proving of property that will prove i'm
mensely valuable.
So much is known about Koreshan.
Mrs Parsons threatens to tell more-to
tell 90 much that the Florida authori
ties may be prompted to interfere
New York Journal.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-03-22

Instruments in connection with the
kites will add to the practicability of
the novel idea. The direction of the
wind is no hindrance to the use of such
a system, as the aeroplanes can be flown
from either Of two objective points. 1t
is even possible to thus erect a system
extending scores of miles by merely
sending aloft series of kites and wires
at various points and then connecting
the wires. One tandem liue of kites
can be made to carry and support wire
for distance of several miles New
York Sun.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-03-22
NEW USE FOR KITES.
TELEPHONE COMMUNICATION WITH
OUT A BATTERY.

Mr.. Eddy Of IS.yonne, N. j., Strings Wire
on His Kites and Shows How to Talk
With Friends In a Besieged Town-His
Emergency Telegraph System.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-03-22
TO PROTECT THE HOME.
How the South Looks on the Despoiler of
the Domestic Hearth.

How the South Looks on the Despoiler of
the Domestic Hearth.
The introduction of bill in the Ala
bama Legislature few days ago which
In effect aims to license any man to kill
the despoiler of his feminine relative
calls attention to the attitude Of the
south on this subject in a way which
cannot fail to attract attention through
out the north.
South Carolina has no divorce law.
It is impossible to secure legal sepa-
ration in that state, even for Biblical
reasons. A husband whose home is des-
ecrated has no recourse except personal
violence. Public sentiment sanctions
the slaughter of his domestic foe, and
there is no instance on record in which
q man who has committed homicide un-
der such circumstances has been held to
account in the courts
In Alabama and other southern states,
however. divorces are granted. When
ever a citizen kills a man who has desc
Grated his home, it is the invariable
custom to 20 through the farce of a
trial, which always acquits the slay-
or. To do this jurors are compelled to
violate their oath ''to bring in verdict
according to law In the interest OF
the jury the new Alabama bill has been
introduced.
Not long ago Mississippi husband
who had shot man for an offense
against the moral code entered plea Of
guilty. The jury brought in verdict
Of acquittal ard added, "We also fine
that the prisoner at the bar pleaded
guilty by mistake and without knowl
edge Of all the facts in the case. '-Chi
cago Times Herald.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-03-22
Monument to Living Convict.

Raymond Christman, prominent
business man and trustee Of the Baptist
church at Amsterdam, N Y. has crea.
ted "a sensation by erecting in his fam
lily lot in Green Hill cemetery a hand
some and costly monument for the con-
vict Florence Haun, who shot and kill
ed her lover, Charles Laundry, in No
vember, 1895, and is now serving a
life sentence i'll Auburn prison. Christ
man has had himself appointed her
guardian, has given her his name and
is trying to secure u pardon for her.
He claims she is dying with consump-
ton, which led him to erect the monu-
ment t=Philadelphia Press.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-03-22
Everybody Says So.

Cascarets Candy Cathartic, the most won-
derful medical discovery Of tie age, pleas
ant and refreshing to the taste, act gently
and positively on Kidneys, liver and bowels,
cleansing the entire system. dispel colds,
cure headache, fever, habitual constipation
and biiiousness. Please buy and try q box
Of g. G. G. to-day; 10, q. 80 cents. Sold and
guaranteed to euro by all druggists.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-12-09

A Sioux Falls dispatch to the Min
neapolis Journal says that six
years ago there were just two cream
cries in operation in South Dakota.
Now there are 10 creameri2s in
operation, and by this time next
year there viii be 200" Mr.. Hunter,
creamery expert says the creamer-
les are bringing into the state $3.50
900 every month, The present
years returns will amount to three
ard one quarter millions of dollars.
Mr.. Hunter says three or four poor
" managed private creameries have
failed, but not Il single one OF the CO.
operative creameries have failed.
This is a remarkable record o. pro-
>gress. Is it not wise for the people
of Miller and Hand county to inter-
est themselves in an enterprise that
proves to be so successful elsewhere
over the state?
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-12-09

Senator Teller, the silver mine
owner, says there is not a republi-
can today who discusses the money
question honestly" That is a con
dition of mind a person gets into
when other people pay very little re-
spect to his opinion-e1eept to call
him a crank. 1t is possible in this
world for people to differ inopinoin
and still be honest 1t seldom hap.
pens that any two persons will look
at q thing from exactly the same
point OF view, or be surrounded by
the same conditions, or be affected by
the same interests-and yet both
may be honest.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-12-09

Information received from farmers
and stOckmen in this section indi-
cate that they are better prepared
for the winter than ever befor-at
least for a number OF years. In this
connection may be noted what has
often been said, thai one oftYe dra w
backs to this section was the fact
that the people themselves had little
idea Of permanency, or manifested
small desire to settle down content
eddy and make homes. There seems
to be change in this respect, how
ever, during the past few years, IS
the old spirit of discomfort has al
most, ii not entirely, disappeared,
and the desire to fix up homes is
growing apace with the sentiment Of
contentment, A very few years like
the present one, would make n won
derful change in the entire state
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-12-09
Free of Charge to Sufferers.

Cut this out aud take it to your drug
gist and get sample bottle free OF Dr.
Kings New Discovery, for Consumption,
Coughs and Colds. They do not Ask yon
to buy before trying, This Will show you
the great merits of tins truly wonderful
remedy, aud show you what can be &C
complished by the regular size bottle.
This is no experiment, end would be dis
astrous to the proprietors, did they moi
know it invariably cure. Many OF the
best physicians are now using it in prac-
tice with great results, and are relying on
i. in most severe cases. II is guaranteed
Trial bottles free at j. ID. Fitzgeraids
Drug Store. Regular size 90 cents ana
$500.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-12-09

From the debris OF the recent ju-
dicial election few nuts are being
picked out. One is that the two
p0pulists and one democrat elected
are all Kyle men. Another is that
the Pettigrew men were all defeated
they were Goodykoontz, Wells, and
Wilkes. The two factions headed by
the senator's are cycling each other,
and shining the battle.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-12-09
Through Cars TO California.

Persons contemplating trip to
California should be particular to see
that their tickets read via The
North Western Line, and thus avoid
unnecessary changes of ears and de-
laws en-route. Personally conducted
excursions to California leave every
Thursday. For lowest rates, Sleep
ing reservations, maps, printed mat
an detailed information, inquire OF
agents Chicago & North Western
Ry. 4oto
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-12-09

John j. Ingalls,, the 'irridescent
dream" OF Kansas, lectured at Mitch
ell last night. He is "a brilliant
talEer, and would no doubt hayt
been very successful lecturer when
he was United States Senator
But now-well, somehow he has lost
the combination, and is back num-
Der. Man born OF woman is small po-
tatoes and few in q hill.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-12-09

Congress convened Monday in reg
ular session, and on Tuesday listened
to the Presidents Message. Repub-
licans pronounce it an able paper,
and the opposition say it is not.
That is an even break, and perhaps
counts for very little SO far as opin-
ion goes. 1t treats upon the govern
ment finances, Cuba, Hawaii and
questions OF the day, in the Presi-
dents usual forcible manner.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-12-09

The official count of the November
judicial election was completed at
Pierre Friday. Judge Gary, Of this,
9th circuit, has the largestmajority,
being 1886. Three fusion judges
elected in the Sd, 7th and Sth cir.
cults have an aggregate majority Of
1891, while the fiyerepublican Judges
elected have majorities OF 5,13j,
leaving a net republican majority oil
3, IA in the state.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-12-09

AS the beginning Of new year,
with it's promise OF increased bust
ness activity and general prosperity,
looms up IN the near future like Il
claim shanty in a Dakota mirage, re-
ports are coming from all directions
Of increased wages for labor. The
man who cannot now realize big
improvement during the past year,
and also catch a glimpse OF the rose
colored future, wouldn't know a cart
load of prosperity if he met itsQuare-
ly face to face. Then there are others
who don't want to know it. But
the people are beginning to realize it ;
beginning to take heart; beginning
to manifest renewed encouragement,
and the chronic kicker's voice dies
away in the distance like the wall OF
a coyote for it's mate. Things is
comm our way," and the live man
is Just now figuring hard how he can
get next to his share ofwhat's going
There never was u better time for
the individual to think out and rus
tie out his own future.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-12-09

Two of the Alaskan gold mining
companies, organized in New Yorl,
during the excitement last summer,
have gone to the wall, and several
Investors lose The aalo..Gte; Leg Ia,
in. There are suckers and suckers
but then, the American people are
not happy unless they have oppor.
tunities to plunge.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-12-09

Russia and Japan will soon be full
ly upon the single gold basis, and
China is working to that end. Ina
short time "a single yard stick" will
'dO the worlds measuring in money
matters. This is the absolutely cor
rect principle, and yet all the silver
and paper money desired can be
used.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-12-09

1.-THE Milwaukee Hallway Co. will
not employ a man who uses intoxi-
eating liquors in any form, is a
purely ornamental lie floating
through the papers again, after sleep
ing for FIVE or six years. All rail
roads are just as careful as the Mil
Waukee.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-12-09

For sale, cheap, the S. E. y OF Sec
6, HOGS. Good rolling land, with
two excellent hay ponds on it, l24
miles southwest of Miller. Call on
Geo. III. Carroll, Miller, or addrers
Geo. &. Crosby, 491, n. Park st. Co
lumbus, o. 1913.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-12-09

EX-Engineer OF Irrigation j. H.
Baldwin addressed an irrigation
meeting at Huron Tuesday. John
is an irrigator-both practical and
theoretical, and raises cueumbers
and melons that are greatly appreci-
ated by his neighbor.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-12-09

The Missouri Pacific railroad has
restored its employees wages, reduced
by the panic OF 1898. Those en-
ployes, as we'll as many Others over
the country, are not kicking on the
Mckinley wave that washes the
bread back to shore.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-12-09

The first snow blockade OF the win
ter occurred Saturday on railroads
in Iowa, and trains coming into
South Dakota were several hours
late This state only had a few inch,
es Of snow.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-12-09

1t is said that old line life insur
ance companies will raise their insur-
ance rates on January lst. The fra
ternal insurance societies will be the
gamers in increased membership.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-12-09

Bro. j. H. Gropengeiser, OF the
Sully County Waterman, is congrat-
ulated upon his appointment as
postmaster at Onida.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-12-09

The Congressional football game
is now on. When ended the score
will probably stand 90.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-12-09

Ex-Governor L. X. Church died at
Juneau last week. He was appoint
ed Judge, and afterwards governor
Of Dakota territory by President
Cleveland.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-12-09

State LAWYERS met at Sioux Falls
Tuesday and formed a bar associa-
ton. When the lawyers get together
what show have ordinary mortals?
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-12-09
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
CITY DRAY LINE.

Hauling of all kinds promptly attended to
Have an experience OF many years in hand
ling breaE able goods, and guarantee every
thing carefully moved. Leave ordets on
slate at Vanderbilt hotel.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-12-09
ID. FITZGERALD,
d r U G 6 / S T !,

Has on hand Pure Drugs, Patent Medicines
Dye Stufs, Combs, Brushes, Perfumes,
Paints, Oils, Narnishes, &c. Physicians
prescriptions and Family Recipes com
bounded with care Miller, =. ID.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-02-25
D. s. land Office,
Grand Forks. N D. ian 9. 1897.

U. 5. Land Office,
Grand Forks. N D. Jan 9, 1897,
Complaint having been entered at this
Office by James McDougall against James
N Harvey for failure to comply with the
law as to timber culture Entry No. 64S4
dat d June 18th 1883 on the sw1 sec. 81
twp 163 II. range 63 W. in Cavalier county
with view to the cancellation of said
entry;
Contestant alleging that the said James
N. Harvey has failed to comply with the
requirements of the Timber Culture law
IN that since making said entry he has
failed to plant SOW or caused to be plant
ed or sown on said land ten acres of trees,
tree-seeds or cuttings or any part thereof;
ard that at the present time there are no
trees, tree. seeds or cuttings planted sown
or growing thereon.
The said parties are hereby summoned
to appear at this office on the oct day of
April 1897 at 9 O'clock a M, to respond
and furnish testimony concerning said
alleged abandonment. Testimony will
be taken before G. B. Mcmillan, Notary
Public of Cavalier county, North Dakota
At Langdon, North Dakota on the 10Th
day of April 1897 at 2 o'clock p. m.
M-2S JAS. V. BR Yoke, Register
j. X, TRUAx, Atty for Contestant.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-02-25

REPUBLICANS would gladly let
the money question drop, that is,
the leaders of the party would, but
it continually crops out in both
House and Senate, and every time
it does the monetary chasm in the
republican party, which was tenn
porariIy bridged by the bimetallic
plank Of the st. Louis platform, is
seen to widen. "Little Billie
Chandler stuck red flag on top
of that plank and shook it mean
iDgly in McKinley's face when he
made that bimetallic speech in the
Senate, while eastern members Of
the House, especially Fowler, Of
New Jersey, and several New
Workers, openly repudiated that
plank while opposing before the
House Coinage Committee the
bill authorizing q monetary con-
ference.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-02-25
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

In the matter of the estate of James
McCallum, late IF the Town of Linden,
County of Cavalier, State of North Da-
kota, deceased:
All persons having claims against said
James McCallum, deceased, are required
TO exhibit the same, with tho necessary
vouchers, to the undersigned, the duly
appointed and qualified executor of the
Last Will and Testament of said deceased,
at his residence in Kensington township.
at Park River P O., in the County of
Walsh, State of North Dakota, and that
four months after the first publication of
this notice, has been limited, adjudced
and decreed by the Judge of the County
Court Of this sail County, as the time
within which all the creditors of said
deceased must present and prove their
Claims against said estate.
Dated the 10Th day of January 1897
JOHN LEWIS,
Executor Of the Last Will and les
lament of James McCaIlum deceased.
First publication Oh the 28th day of
January A. D. 1897.