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Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-15
WORK OF A PRACTICAL JOKER

Athells, April 4-Col. Mataxes, the Greek minister of war, received today a letter containing a mys erious substance which subsequently proved to b., la tine. The first supposition was that it was the act of an anarchist, but it is now believed to have been a practical joke. 1t is statsd here tonight that anlther Ka a bonka.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-15
TURKS IN STRONG POSITIONS.

Elassona, April 14.-The Turkish troops are now centered in very strong posi- tions at Grevna and the insurg nts have very little chances of advancing further
Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-15
TEN WE'RE KILLED

Berlin, April 14.-A d patch from Fs- sen-on- tze-Ruher ann ounc,s that ten persons were killed today through an ex- p'ozion of fire dsmp Ia the Oberhausen nj
Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-15

WARREN REESE CONFIRMED.
 The senate in executive session today confirmed the nomination of Warren S. Reese. Jr., of Alabama. to be United States attorney for. the middle district of Alabama.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-04-17
IA
indianapolis Street Railway
Company Concludes to Obey
the Law
By Which Only Three Cents Fare
Is Charged--People Were
Angry
And q Further Refusal Would
Have Meant Serious Disorder
at Least.

IxDTAHAPoLIs, April l7.-For the
present. at least the Citizens Street
Railroad company has decided to give
up its fight against the 3 cent fare law.
\. Mason, president of the company,
saws that until the case is settled III the
courts 3 cents will be accepted as fare.
This announcement vas made by
Mayor Taggart. About 10 20 a. m. the
mavOr Sent for Mr.. Mason and told
him that the police would receive or
ders to see that the 3 cent fare law was
enforced. Mr.. Mason said he would
instruct the employees that until the
case i'll the upper courts Is settled
they would accept 3 cents as a fare
on the cars. There were many riot
Gus scenes on some of the streets
down town. The street railway COM
pany had repeated the verbal instruc-
tons to conductors to pay no attention
to the law fixing the fares az 3 cents,
and had posted in the barns a glarlng
notice that ) cent fares should be col
lected. An informal Indignation meet
ing was held in the forenoon hours at
Illinois and Ohio streets. The an
nouncement of President Mason, 1T Is
thought. has been made just III time to
avert serious trouble.
The county grant jury has been
called together by Judge McRae to in
yestigate the violation OF law by TIE
Citizens Street Railway company and
its EMPLOYEES.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-04-17
BRIEF BITS OF NEWS.

Mrs. Theodore Tilton is dead.
1t is denied that Mexico will retail
late on account of the Dlngley bill.
Russia has resolved to Interfere in
the Turco- Greek difficulty no longer.
General Weyler has ordered the de-
structiOn of all houses in the cultlva-
tlOn zone of Cuba.
The divorce case of Mrs. John Good
now, asking for separation from the
we'll known Minneapolis politician, is
on trial i'll that city.
Father kneipp, well known through.
out the world through his famous
water cure, is reported to be dying at
Worishofen, Germany.
Judge William r. Day of Ohio, who
goes on a special mission to Cuba ror
President Mckinley, expects to leave
for Havana about May l..
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-04-17
CARING FOR REFUGEES.
People Of Memphis Organize for SyS-
tematic Relief.

People of Memphis Organize for sys-
tematic Relief.
VICKsBURG, Miss. April 1.-THE
presence of at least i 500 refugees from
the food in the city, as estimated, and
the strong probability that there would
be more, moved the city authorities
and the commercial bodies to decide on
a course of action. Accordingly the
mayor called a meeting, which was
attended by representatives Of the city
council, the board of trade and the
Cotton Exchange, which chose Mayor
Trowbridge chairman and organized
for the systematic relief of the needy
by appointing committees and by send
ing a request through Governor Nc
Laurin to Washington for tents to
shelter 1000 persons. A dispatch from
Washington states that provisions have
been ordered shipped here from Mem.
phis.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-04-17
MEASURED MANY STARS


Great Work Done BY the I.ow~ll Observa.
tory During the Past Few Months
MEXICO, April 1.-THE Lowell
observatory, which was transferred
from Flagstaff, Ariz., to Mexico. early
in December last, for the purpose OF
observing the opposition Of Mars and
for the measurement Of Southern
double stars, has been dismOunted and
shipped back to its original location,
after three months remarkable service.
DR.. Lee, who was in charge of the
observation III the southern heavens,
that since Jan. l, more
than 300, 900 double and triple
stars had been measured. More than
half were new, having ley been re-
ported by any astronomer. The report
will be the largest and most important
addition to the southern stellar astron.
omy since the observations OF Sir John
Herschel. Full reports Of their work
are to be forwarded O to the Royal
Astronomical society at London.
Among the discoveries are many
brilliant stars, and perhaps 90 difficult
stars separated by less than second
of all arc. In addition to these discov.
cries, his cOxroborative points of argu.
ment, as to the formation of heavenly
bodies, will be exceptionally interest.
ing.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-04-17
MUST DEPEND ON CHARITY.
twenty-five Thousand Flood Sufferers 4,
Bolivar County, Miss.

twenty-five Thousand Flood Sufferers Il.
Bolivar County, Miss.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. April l7.-While
the condition of affairs in the over-
flowed Mississippi delta is reported
brighter, the situation between Vicks-
burg and New Orleans is causing the
greatest apprehension. The river con-
tinues to rise in the Louisiana levee
district. and weak spots in the levees
are being strengthened and watched
day and night. p.
Statistics of the number of food suf-
ferers in Bolivar county, Miss, have
been compiled by a committee APP
pointed to look after the distribution Of
the government provisions. They show
1000 people who are now OF soon will
have to be fed by the hand Of charity,
in addition to 5000 head Of live stock.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-04-17

A famous painting shows the infant Napo-
leon in the chamber of his birth, and shows
his mother watching over him. The mother
Of Napoleon was a strong, healthy, active
woman. She brought into the world a fam
lily of smart, handsome, healthy children.
Without health and strength Napoleon
would never nave risen above the position
not give him wealth or high station in life,
but she gave something better. She gave
him the ability to secure these things for
biInself. She equipped him with a strong
body and a clear intellect. Every mother
may do as much for her son. Thu first step
in this direction is perfect health for her
self. Perfect health in a womanly way. She
must take thought for the most important
and delicate organs of the body. She must
keep them strongly healthy for the perform
nnce Of the greatest and most wonderful
GENTLY appreciate the importance of health
and carefulness. This is shown by the
dreadful prevalence of so-called Female
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and healthy by taking DR.. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription. 1t is not a cure-all. 1t Is in
tended to cure just one kind of disease, and
it cures it. 1t works directly on the female
organs, cleanses, strengthens and makes
them healthy. 1t makes weak women
strong, and if it Is taken during the period
of CESSATION, it insures health for the child
freedom from the pains and dangers errone-
ously believed to be unavoidable.
The physiology OF women, IN health and dis
case, Is contained In Dr.. Pierce's great work, the
Common Sense Medical Adviser" A copy Of
this book, papercovered, free to anyone who will
send AZ one-cent stamps, to cover cost of mailing
oHly, to Worlds Dispensary Medical Association,
no. %, Main Street, Buffalo. N. Y.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-04-17
~CNEARTHED A FENCE.
Iowa Mans Property Covered With
stolen Articles.

Iowa Mans Property Covered With
stolen Articles.
WEBSTER CITY, Ia, April l7.-Ofi-
GERS of Radcliffe have Unearthed all
important fence on the premises of
Charles Bowen. His barn was filled
with stolen articles-buggies, harness.
stoves and dozens of other things. By
digging in the yard they unearthed a
large quantity of silverware and
queensware. Bowen. the owner OF
the place. is a son of Colonel Bowen Of
Mendoza, Ills. president Of the First
National bank of that city.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-04-17

AUSTIN, Tex. April 1.-The senate
of the Texas Legislature has passed
some very drastic anti-corporation leg
~islatlon 10y the passage of a bill taxing
life insurance companies 2 per cent on
their gross earnings and fire and fdel-
ity companies l per They also
tax dining and sleeping cars 10 cents
for every lOO miles travelled.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-04-17

ST. LOUIS. April IA special to
The Globe Democrat from Nlcksburg.
Miss, says the refugees who came
from Davis island on the government
steamer John r. Meigs, and the
steamer Atlantic, report the drowning
of II persons, all colOred, on Davis
island, Wednesday evening.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-04-17
yinnipeg Lepers at the L~axsretto.

CAMPBELLrowS, n. B., April IT,
Three lepers, natives of Iceland, have
arrived at the lazaretto at Tracadie,
Gloucester county. They were brought
from Winnipeg. Man, in a freight car,
which was directly behind the loco
motive and was ~placarded to warn the
public to keep away from it. They are
to be immured in the lazaretto for the
rest of their lives.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-04-17
WORST DANGER OVER.
Hard Work Has Probably Saved the Day
at Omaha.

Hard Work Has Probably Saved the Day
at Omaha.
OMAHA, April II. During the night
the river raised two inches, but is now
falling. The work done on the threat
ened dykes during the night held back
the flood, and now it seems that the
gravest danger has passed. The wind
is from the south, and the waves are
driven away from the dykes. The
water has spread a little more over the
bottoms, but the additional damage is
Insignificant. Large gangs of men are
still busy strengthening the weak
spots, with fair prospects Of preventing
the cut off.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-04-17

SUMMERswoRTH, N. H., April IL
Great Falls National bank at this city
was entered by burglars between 10 80
and . p. M, and Joseph Stickney, the
cashier, after having been Drained with
a slungshot, had his throat cut.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-04-17
Two Deputies Killed.

KANSAS CITY, April IA special to
The Star says two deputy marshals
We're killed in a fight near Pawnee. l..
T., with a gang of outlaws. The mar
shals are said to have had Outlaw Ed
NewcOmb under arrest when attacked
by four members of the gang, who at
tempted &c liberate him.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-04-17
Bank Examiner Implicated.

CHICAGO, April II. - Charles E.
Churchill, the cashier of the defunct
Globe Savings bank, has made a state
ment, which, if true, duplicates in the
failure of that institution George Il.
Hayden, the state bank examiner uu-
der Governor Altgeld.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-04-17

THIBoDEAUx, La, April II. "A ere.
vase occurred at 0 at Leon Babib's,
one mile below La Fourche crossing.
1t will inundate the section between
bayous La Fourche and Terre Bonnie
from Prices Acadia plantation to the
gulf. The water has fallen % inches
at Thibodeaux in the past six hours.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-04-17
Everything Went Out.

THIEF RIVER FALLS, Mimi, April II.
The ice at this place broke loose and
swept down the river with such force
as TO take out all distractions. Piling,
piers and booms, together with about
200, 600 feet Of logs, went down over
the dam, carrying away the footbridge.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-04-17
Big Railway Bridge in Danger.

Sioux CITY, Ia, April 17.-There is
great danger that the Missouri river
will destroy the Chicago. St. Paul.
Minneapolis and Omaha railway bridge
approach just below Sioux City by cut
ting the bank above it. The channel
formerly ran against the Nebraska
bank, where thorough protection was
made, but during the late high water
it shifted to the Iowa side.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-04-17
Mexjcans Jail a G.. A. r.. Man.

Ell PAso, Tex, April l7.-Magdalena
Calderon, a war veteran and a member
of the Grand Army of the Republic,
was arrested in Juarez, Mex, as he
was coming from an entertainment
with his family. He was arrested at
the instigation Of Mexican Consul Nal
tena of this city. charged with being a
conspirator against the Mexican gov
eminent.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-04-17
Missouri! aud Jim Drop.

YANKroN, S. D., April l7.-Both the
Missouri and Jim rivers lowered dur
ing the night, there being a fall Of six
inches in the Missouri and two in the
jim. By Monday it is thought the
Jim will have lowered enough to allow
the railroads to begin repairs in
earnest,
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-04-17
Pembina Under Water.

PEMBINA, N. D., April 1.-THE Red
and Pembina rivers have risen two feet
in "a hours. The water is backing up
the coulies and low places and is rap
idly filling some streets with water.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-04-17
Epidemic OF Meningitis.

BoSTOS, April 1.-THE board Of
health Of this city, in a review of the
past month, notes the prevalence of
cerebro-spinal meningitis, approaching
an epidemic. DIR. Durgin stated that
there We're no prospects Of a continued
increase in the number of cases.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-04-17

PATERSON. N. j., April I7.-Having
been denied an increase of wages 200
employees Of the Carney & Foote File
works have struck. The men had de.
mandsd a advance Of 10 per cent
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-04-17

BRAISERD, Mimi, April IL The
Mississippi river at this point has over.
flowed its banks, with water from
three to ten feet deep.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-04-17
wisconsin Man Found Dead.

ERIE, Pa, April 1.-THE dead and
badly decomposed body Of G. J. Strand
of Shell Lake, Wis, was found lying
in the woods q few miles from the
lake shore near Fairview. The body
had on it 81 and a railroad ticket
from Chicago to New Yo,k. The ind.
cations are that death was the result Of
suicide.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-04-17
l.R.TtRRi6o.

STOCKTON, N. Y, June 23, 1894.
DR.. M. Nj. FENNER. Fredonia, N. Y.
Dear .Sir:-About 2 years ago be-
came bilious, sallow, dyspeptic and my
system wa generally run down. Lost
appetite and flesh. Could not eat or
sleep we'll, and had palpitation Of the
heart-in fact I was so wretched and un-
nerved that, on several occasions my
friends thought l would not live till
morning.
Two bottles of your Blood and Liver
Remedy and Nerve Tonic produced .
complete cure"
Frank Smith Druggist.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-04-17

NEW ORLEANS, April l7.-One Of the
most picturesque business structures in
the city, the Moresque block, was to-
tally destroyed by fire during the aft.
ernoon. The loss is upwards of $780,
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-04-17
letter, Salt. Rheum and Eczema.

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bv applying Chamberlain Eye and
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is equally efficient for itching piles and
a favorite remedy for sore nipples,
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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-04-17

Just try a 10c. box OF Cascarets, the
finest liver andbowel regulator ever
made.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-04-17

DR.. Cady's Condition Powders, are
Just what a horse needs when in bad
condition. Tonic. blood purifier and
vermifuge. They are not food but
medicine and the best in use to put a
horse in prime condition. Price 25
cents per package.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-03-11

CANEA, March 1O.-The reply Of
Greece to the demands OF the powers
for the evacuation OF this island by the
Greek troops and the withdrawal Of the
Greek fleet from Cretan waters has been
acted Upon promptly to some extent, by
at least two of the powers. When the
sun rose this morning 1t were seen
there were strange vessels in anchor
here, and It soon after developed that
they were British and Italian trans
ports loaded with troops, evidently part
OF the foreign force which, as the ad-
mIrals recommended, will occupy all
tho principal seaport towns of the is
land.
The Turks assert that these troops
will h0 used to drive away the Greek
forces ont Of Crete, but this belief is not
shared by the foreign population gem
orally.
Owing to the receipt Of advices say
ing that Il band of armed volunteers
from Greece were on their way to Crete
with the intention OF reinforcing the
Cretun insurgents the foreign Rdmi-
| rails agreed to dispatch a cruiser to pre-
vent their landing.
The MussuImans who were besIeged
at CandamO have arrived here on board
an Italian warshlp.
The NIusssulmans who were brought
here to-day from Candamo. as pre-
vIously Cabled. on board an Italian war
ship, were delivered with the greatest
difficulty and danger. CandAmo is sit
uated in q valley surrounded by forts
| occupied by 10000 insurgents The
European force sent to the rescue OF the
Mussulmans there besieged, was COM
mnnded by British and French officers.
The insurgents searched the Mussul-
! mans and took their arms from them
before they were allowed to depart. In
all 523 men, l,0l7 women and children
and 452 Turkish soldiers were taken to
the coast and embarked on board for
eign vessels.
During an interview with one OF the
officials Of Condano, he said the insur-
gents threw 200 shells into the town and
fort. The garrison lost thirteen killed
and twenty-five wounded. The British
consul came first alone and then sent for
a rescue party, which arrived on Tues
day.
The insurgents entered and pillaged
the town before all the Mohummedans
had gone.
At ScIino during the embarkation they
had followed, and set fire 20 the town
The marines were ordered TO fire a volley
into the air and an Italian vessel fired
| she'll IN order to drive the insurgents
| back from the shore.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-03-11

LONDON, March 1O.-Queen Victoria,
accompanied by Princess Beatrice and
their respective suites, left Windsor
to-day, en- route to ClmIes, via Cher
bourg. At Cimiez, which is about three
quarters OF mile from Nice, her ma
iesty will stay at the Excelsior Hotel
Regina, Just erected on a commanding
elevation, from which fine views can be
obtained of the Mediterranean and the
maritime alps. The building, which is
fve stories high, has frontage Of 600
feet and is surrounded by groves of
p6lm and orange trees. There are
about $50 rooms in the section OF the
hotel which the queen will occupy.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-03-11
coNsKRYATIYE ACTION.
Expected to Insure the Passage OF TarlH
Bill In the Senate.

Expected to Insure the PaGGREs OF \ TaFiT
Bill In the Senate.
WASHINGTON. March 1O.-The Re-
publican caucus committee of the SEN
ate held only q brief session to-day, and
adjourned I'LL tomorrow to allow the col
lection OF certain information as to the
places to be filed aad to permit consulta-
ton with other Republican senators.
There IS dissatisfaction on the part Of
some OF the senator's with the prospect Of
continuing the present division OF the
parties In the committees, who In conver-
sRtlon to-day manifested q disposition to
hold out for q more definite arrangement.
Those who represent this element con-
tend that II the Republican party Is TO be
required 20 continue the. responsibility
for the organization, II Il only fair that
they should be given control OF tina more
important committees and they instance
the committees on finance and on RpprO-
priatlonJ. The more conservative Re-
publicans hold, however, that Il Is i'm
practicable 20 secure any better arrange
Inent than that outlined IN these dig
patches yesterday. Senator Jones. the
silver Republicans member OF the COM
nItteN on dnanCes Is an advocate or q
protective tariff, and. whBla h" would
vote against his Republican e0ae'tgues
on tn, committees on any question Gaert :
Ing the finances, the Republicans teel
that they can COUNT upon bis sVPphrt In
committee OF a reasonable sIrir Bal
This viii be sufficient 70 insure thx sup
port OF thu bill. The general d!spo-
sftIon, seems, however, to Ge 70 4llo'. the
Republicans to psSJ about buch blll as
they wish The oppos!aoa VIII reserve
the right to make speeshee and ofier "a
Amendment, but IN Al probability, they
viii allow it TO become q law.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-03-11
A STORMY VOYAGE.
The uvsrdus AuraniA Arrives After =
Rough PGSEaEe.

The uVerdus AuranIA ArrlVsS After =
Rough PaSEaEe.
NEW YORK, March 1O.-The steam
ship Auranln. Of the Cunard line, which
was supposed to be three days overdue.
but which turhed out to be only two
days overdue. arrived Mt her dock to-
night, and an hour atterward discharged
her passengers, all of whom united in
declaring that the voyage was one 10
be remembered.
The Aurania left Liverpool on Feb
ruary q last, and Queenstown the fol-
lowing day. She had been out OF sight
of tho irish coast bft a short time when
she encountered severe weather, which
increased in force. A hurricane was en-
countered on Wednesday, March j. and
with head seas the vessel was unable
to make more than n!Rety-nine miles
that day.
Two seamen were slightly injured.
Almost at the same time Master OF
Arms Nelson was struck by hyinG
tackle and had his chest injured and his
collar-bone dlslocAted.
Outside OF these mlshaps and the de-
lay experienced by reason OF the squalls
and hurricanes, the AuranlR had but
an ordinary voyage.
Among the Auranla's cabin p1ssen-
gers was Rev. C. II. Yntman, the evan
gclIst. He said that he had been last
yenr in a typhoon in the China sea, but
he considered the voyage OF the Auranla
the worst he had ever experienced.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-03-11

GUTHRIE, Okla, March 10.-In the
vicinity OF Stone Chickasaw nation
there has occurred a most peculiar In
cfdent for these civilized times. Mrs.
Mary Gnoreast, daughter of Judge
Collins, died few weeks ago, 1t was
charged that her death was caused by
witchcraft, Lucy Fastor, a woman OF
the nelghborhood, being named as the
witch, whose magic spelllS had done
thhe evil. Mr.. Gilcroast, the husband
OF the dead woman, and friend went
to the home Of Lucy FaStor and shot
her to death. All parties are Indians.
GiIcroast and his companion were ar
rested by the tribal authorities, but
were soon released, not even being
bound over for trial.