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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-09-29
Notice of Application to Sell Intoxicating


this day filed iu my office an application for q
permit to cell Intoxicating liquor at refill ut lot
five (5,, block elk 10y in the town of Wentworth.
county Of Lake, state Of South Dakota, and that
said town on the 18th of September, 1897, at 8
O'Clock p. M, 1T the council room, in Went.
worth, South dakota. at which time any person
or persons may appear before said corporate au
tnoritiee and give any reason why such license
should not be received or permit granted to sell
intoxicating liquors at retail.
ID, 1897.
I'D. MACAULY.
Clerk of the Town OF Wentworth, South Dakota.
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FATAL SHOTS
Demented Iowa Farmer Kills His
Entire Family, Including
Himself.

CARROLL, Ia, Sept. 29.-The slaugh.
ter of a mother and her six children 90
cured at the home of John Blocker, a
farmer living eight miles northwest OF
here. Afterward the tiendish or de-
mented husband at whose hands they
died completed his bloody work by
sending a bullet into his own head, in.
ficting Il fatal wound. The family
were prosperous Germans, and, as far as
known, lived happily. No motive for
the tragedy has beer disclosed. Boeck.
er's victims are his wife and these chill.
dren: Caroline, aged ii; Christine,
aged, 8; Henry, aged s; Lizzie, aged 6;
John, aged 3, and an infant. All are
dead but Henry and the latter cannot
recover from his wounds.
Discovery of the Crime.
Blocker had an engagement to help a
neighbor thresh and Oh his not putting
in an appearance his brother Henry,
who lives about 20 rods away, went to
see why he did not ome The doors of
the Blocker house were locked and
there were no signs of life about. Henry
tried to get in the house, but met no re.
spouse and finally he kicked down the
door and came upon a terrible scene
Blocker, with his wife and baby, slept
in a back room and the three corpses
lay on one bed. The wife had been
shot in the neck with a shotgun which
stood in the corner: the baby had been
shot and its head crushed with the butt
Of a revolver. The man, still breath.
ing, had a bullet hole
High Up in the Forehead
and by his side was a revolver with two
chambers empty. The Blocker home is
a story and a half frame house and up
stairs Henry and Lizzie lay on a bed
with bullet holes in the forehead, the
latter dead, the boy still breathing, in
the opposite corner Of the same room
Caroline, Christine and John were
dead, each with a bullet hole in the
forehead, though Caroline had two.
Blocker was 43 years old and for over
20 years lived in the same neighbor.
hood, in fact, On the same farm.
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Stevenson Monument Cast.

SAN Francisco, Sept. 29.-The bronze
monument to be erected in Portsmouth
square to the memory Of Robert Louis
Stevenson has been successfully cast in
this city. The statue will represent a
Spanish galleon under full sail. The
vessel will be named the B~onaventure.
1t will rest on a granite pedestal S feet
high, and the top Of the masts Of the
B~onaventure will be 4 feet above that.
The monument is expected to be ready
for dedication on Oct. 16.
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Expect a Large Attendance.

MADISON, Wis, Sept. 2a.-The state
university opens Thursday. There are
excellent prospects of an increased at.
tendance, and the more sanguine be-
lieve there will be at least 1900 stu.
dents this year. Last year the total
attendance was 1860. The number Of
young ladies taking a university course
has grown from year to year, until this
term there will probably be $50 to 500.
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Notice to Creditors.

In county court, county of Lake. In the mat
ter OF the est lte of Bridget Hogan, deceased.
Notice is hereby given Ivy the undersigned, ad-
minietratOr Of the estate Of Bridget Hogan, de.
ceased, to the creditors ot ana all persons having
claims against the said deceased, to exhibit them
with the necessary vouchers. within four mon.hs
after the first publication of this notice, to the
said adminietrat v, at the city of Madison, Lake
county, South Dakota.
Dated at Madison, South Dakota, this 18th day
Of September, 1897.
JOHN Walden,
Administrator of the Estate of Bridget Hogan,
Deceased.
D. u. HOLDRIDGE 81 SON,
Attorneys for Administrator.
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Alleged ShOrta re.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20. The war de.
partment has orered all investigation of
the accounts of Lieutenant Matthew E.
Saville, Tenth infantry, who is reported
to be short in his accounts as post quar-.
termaster at Fort Sill to the extent of
$l,4OO. This action grows out of the
reported finding Of a forged bank slip
among his vouchers.
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Chicago Onion Stock Yards.

Chicago Onion Stock Yards.
CHICAGO. Sept. %.
HOGS-Market quiet ana generally so
lOc higher.
Sales ranged at 81 95 A4.32H for light;
$3.S5@4.25 for mixed; $3.50 APO for
heavy; $3.50 %. 20 for rough.
CATTLE-Markct quiet ana generally
J9lOc higher.
Sales ranged at S3.9 4 :. 81 for beeves;
$2.OOY4.5O tor cows and heifers; 50. SO@
100 for Texas steers; s.. Is g4.5 50 tor west
ems; s.. LOG 40 for stockers and feeders.
SHEEP-Market weak to 1Oc lower.
Sales ranged at s.. 0 LOO for native
sheep: S2.95@3.90 for Westerns; $1,000
5.75 for lambs.
Receipts: Hogs, 10000; cattle, 1900;
sheep, 80 900.
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Estate of Catherine Tobin, deceased: Notice
the estate of Catherine Iobip, deceased, to the
creditors of, and all persons having claims
against the Said deceased, to exhibit them, with
the necessary vouchers, within four months af.
ter the fire. publication Of this notice, to the
executor, at the Office of F. l.. Soper, ia the city
of Madison, in the county of Lake, S. D..
Dated at Madison, 5. d., September rs, 1897.
FRANK TOBIN
Executor Of the Estate Of Catherine Tobin, de-
ceased.
F. L. SOPER, Attorney for Executor.
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DlvluenC,s for Hnuk C=reditor.-

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29.-The comp
troller Of the currency has declared div.
idends in favor of the creditors of in
solvent national banks as follows: The
Union National bank of Minneapolis, 10
per cent; the Marine National bank of
Duluth, 10 per cent; the Huron Ma
tional bank Of Huron, S. D., IL per
cent.
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ImDrOvinr at Mobile.

MOBILE, Ala, Sept. 20. The health
report for the day has greatly revived
the spirits of the people here. The new
cases reported at moon for the previous
"a hours number three and there was
but one death.
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Harrison Will Try to Settle 1t.

CHICAGO, Sept. 29.-Mayor Harrison
mas agreed to use his influence in set
Ting the differences between the Chi.
cago City Railway company and its
employees, in the hope that the threat.
eued strike may be averted.
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Notice to Creditors.

Estate OF Ellen S. Bcadle, deceased; Notice
is hereby given by the undersigned, administra-
tor Of the estate of Ellen s. Beadle, deceased, to
against the eaid deceased, to exhibit them,
with the necessary vouchers, within four mouths
after the first publication of this notice, to the
5. D.
Dated at Madison, S. D., Sept. y, 1897.
WILLIAM II. II. BEADLE,
Administrator of the estate of Ellen s. Beadle,
deceased
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American Paper Company Assigns.

CHICAGO, Sept. 29.-The American
Paper company, dealers in printing
paper, have assigned to Frank P. Tyler.
Assets $52, 600; liabilities about $500, 600.
Difficult collections are said to have
caused the failure.
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LATEST MARKET REPORT.
Milwaukee Grain.

MINIATURES, Sept. %.
WHEAT-No. Northera, Gle; No
, spring, S5@S7c: December, So.
CORNING. 3, 2734c.
OATS-No. 2 white, 22@2?lzc.
BARLEY - No. 2 44c; sample OF
track, 2SG4lc.
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Duluth Grain.

DULUTH, Sept. Is.
WHEAT Cash No. l hard, elAc;
No. l Northern, S9c; new No. 2
Northern, e5c; No. 3 spring. Sic; to
arrive No.. l hard, 5000; No. Northern,
SSHc; September No. l Northern, Sy14c;
October No. l Northern. SShc.
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Eleven Cases at Edwards.

EDWARDS, Miss, Sept. 29-Eleven
new cases of yellow fever were reported
during the day. Late reports from DR..
Champion at Champion Hill are any.
thing but encouraging. Many of the
sick in town are SO seriously i'll as to
cause great anxiety t 0 their relatives
and friends.
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Died at Biloxi.

New ORLEANS, Sept. 29.-T. F. Gill,
formerly of Perry county, Mo-, and pro.
prietor of the Biloxi Manufacturing
company, died of yellow fever at Biloxi.
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TIE WONDERS OF SCIENCE

Lung Troubles and Consumption Can
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The distinguished New York chemist,
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Science daily develops new wonders.
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Medical experts concede that bronchi-
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Please tell the Doctor that you saw
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st. Paul Union Stock Yards.

SOUTH ST. PAUL, Sept. 20.
HOGS-Murket was strGn, and active.
Range OF prices :32,@:.
CATTLk-Market for good cattle
steady; common dull; good demand.
Sales ran gel at S3.45Ig4UJ for stockers;
$40 for steers; 81 w 2.yO for cows; S4.2j
W4.35 for calves.
SHEEP-Market active; good demand.
Muttons. $3.50; lambs. S4.65.
Receipts: Hogs, 1900; cattle, 1000;
calves, 200; sheep. 1900.
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EarthQuake in Washington state.

OLYMPIA, Wash, Sept. ga slight
shock Of earthquake was felt here at
1890 p. m. The vibrations were OF
sufficient force to awaken sound sleep
ers. No damage is reported.
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MINNEAPOLIS Grain.

MlNNEAPOL1s, Sept. %
WHEAT-September closed at $3.50;
December. S75s. On Track-No. l hard,
1890; Mol Northern, SS5zc; No. 2 North
S45zc,
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Neal Dow Dying.

PORTLAND, Me-, Sept. 29.-General
Neal Dow, the veteran Prohibitionist,
is at the point of death at his home in
this CITY.
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Poultry, Butter and Eggs,

CHICAGO, Sept. Is.
Live poultry, firmer. Turkeys. 9@lOc;
chickens, s.; spring chickens, 6@SKc;
ducks, ~ s.. Butter, firm. Cream.
cries, l5W2lL:; diaries, l29l9,. Eggs.
firm; fresh, i4c.
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Wanted-en Idea S ,: %:s & ' , 's's'

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Chicago Grain aud Provisions.

CLOSING PRICES.
CHICAGO. Sept. %.
neutrality-suspicious., SsAc: De-
cember, 903sc; old, S79sc; May, S95sc.
CORN-September, 27Kc; October, FIX;
December, 29h;; May, a2A@3?Ac.
OATS-September, loc; OcsoDer, l9c;
December, 1890; May, 2!Ac.
POKk-September. $50; October;
IS. 10; December. $50; January, 81. 81.
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The Flagstaff sun-democrat., 1897-04-29
ENORMOUS FLOOD LOSSES.

Devastation Wrought by the Mississippl
 Overflow Is Appalling to Contemplate.
 WASHINGTON, April 22.-The agricul. tural department has issued a state ment concerning the overfowed dis tricts along the Mississippi. It shows that the total area submerged at this date is over 2O,OO0 square miles. It contained at the last census 46,935 farms, with total area of 4,904, ,468 acres, nearly one-half of which. was improved. and a total population, agri- cultural and other, of 462,041. If, to the value of its farms, farm buildings and farm machinery, according to the census of 1890, there be added the value of its live stock on January last (s9, 174,636), and of its products of last season still on hand on March 1 last (s4, ,595, l79), the total of S9O, ,176,- 177 will represent the approximate value of the agricultural property of the submerged region. Among the products of this region last year were 466, ,O56 bales of cotton, worth Sl6,312,- 060; 12,525,64 bushels of corn, worth B, ,995, ,27s, and g, ,o3S, SIS pounds of sugar, worth s271, 1,Ol6. The total production, including minor crops, represents value of s21, 7s2, 1S0 on the plantation.
The Flagstaff sun-democrat., 1897-04-29
TO ENJOIN M'NAll,
Insurancc Companies Shut Out of Ksnsas
 Adopt New Plan of Procedure.

Insurancc Companies Shut Out of Ksnsas
 Adopt New Plan of Procedure.
 TOPEKA, Kan., April 22.-The asso- ciated insurance companies that have been shut out of the state by the actions and rulings of Insurance Com missioner McNall will file new suit in the federal court, raising some in- teresting points in this famous litiga- tion. The main question and conten- ton of the new suit is the claim that the business of the companies. trans acted from their offices in the east, with the insured parties in Kansas, is interstate commerce and, as such, does not come within the rul- ings of the insurance commissioner. The federal court will be asked to rule on that question, and an injunction against the insurance commissioner will be asked for, pending the final decision. If the court rules that the business of life insurance is commerce, the whole matter will be closed and the action of the commissioner will fall flat and cease at once.
The Flagstaff sun-democrat., 1897-04-29
WOMAN AND HOME.
BIG HOTEL FOR WOMEN.
A Greatly Needed and Practical Phil.
 Anthr0nl0 SOhanla.

~ GreotAy Needed and Practical Phtl.
 anthroDic scheme.
 There are thousands of seif-support- ing working women in every large city in the United States. In New York alone there are 7O.oOO professional wom- en, 100000 working girls and 9,70o stu dents in art schools, conservatories and colleges. These women, with the ex- ception of the very few thousands who live with friends or relatives, find their only substitute for homes in second rute boarding-houses. The average working girl finds the only solution of the home problem in the hall bedroom.
 Since the advent of the professional woman on the city's horizon, philnn- thropic men and women have been striv- ing to make room for her and find her a comfortable abiding place.
 In Chicago. San Francisco and Dem yer this has been achieved in modest way, but nothing adequate to the needs of New York has been suggested or in any way brought before the public un- til Mrs. Dunlop Hopkins conceived the idea of erecting a series of buildings, handsome, spacious, comfortable and practical. adapted to the requirements of the working women of New York. Designs for the first four of the se- ries, the Business Woman's hotel, the Art Students home, the Clubhouse and the model tenement, are already com pleted. It is calculated that at least two, if not the entire series, will be we'll under way early in the spring. The architects for this scheme of women's buildings, which is the most elaborate in the United States. if not in the world, are Miss Mary Cannon and Miss Alice Hands, partners, friends and former pupils of the New York school of applied design. The faith ful work, tireless energy, enthusiasm and artistic skill which these young women have brought to bear upon their work in the past year alone is something colossal.
 The work throughout, in architec- tural style and artistic interior finish, is on the largest scale that has ever been undertaken by women architects in any country. From its inception the plan has been entirely in the hands of women-women working for women.
 "The crying need of the hour," Mrs. Hopkins said, in speaking of this vast scheme to New York Journal reporter, "is the providing of proper home for the hosts of working women that are filling up our cities. Not one home or building, but many of them.
 "When l decided to put into operation the plan for home or hotel for art stu
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more luxurious class. who are willing to pay lavishly for rich surroundings and the conveniences afforded in the more sumptuous building.
 The Business Woman's hotel will be divided into series of small apart ments and single rooms. The single rooms will be arranged in groups of six, with one parlor and bath for each group. This arrangement enables each girl to have, her ''private" parlor one night in the week, and to have pleas ant place for reunion on Sundays. Smaller apartments, of one or two bed rooms, parlor and bath. are planned for the woman with larger weekly stipend.
 The question of the latch key, which as destroyer of working women's ''hones" has proved more disastrous than fire or water, will not be broached in any of the series of buildings de. signed by Mrs. Hopkins. "Working women," she declared, "need less. not more, restrictions than other women."
The Flagstaff sun-democrat., 1897-04-29
APPEAL TO WOMEN.
ueen olga Asks Help of Christian Mothers
 of the New World.

Queen Olga Asks Help of Christian Mothers
 of the New World.
 NEW YORK, April 22.-The following appeal has been issued by the Union of Greek Women under the presidency of her majesty, Queen Olga and Crown Princess Sophia:
 To the women of the old and new world, Christian mothers, sisters and wives, workers for civilization and progress, guardians of love and justice, greeting:
 Christian mothers, sisters, wives, civilized like you, earnestly appeal for your help. Our sons, our brothers and husbands fighting for the cross are being killed and wounded in ths sacred cause Their blood stains the last pago of the history of the 10th century. the history of civilization and progress, of which you arc the promoters.
 Christian women. do not share the resp0nsi- biiity of your diplomats. Arouse in the hearts of your husbands and sons more Christian and more equitable sentiments. Unite and your just protest will re-echo in ths hearts M tho nations and the people. Prove by your energy and Christian work that the women. the true missionaries of right with the gospe, of Iovo and justice In their hearts, range themselves on the side of the wronged. HKLEH GRTvA,
 President of the Union
 The appeal was promulgated imme- diately on its arrival here from Athens. Donations for the fund of the Union of Greek Women who have in charge the Greek Red Cross, can be forwarded di- rect to her majesty, Queen Olga, of Greece, at Athens, or to the president of the union, Madame Helen Griva, Athens, or to Solon J. Waste, editor of Atlantis, ? Stone street, New York, who has been authorized to collect funds and organize committees throughout the United States.
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in the center a lamp whose shade waa octagon. Each side was covered with silk. Upon each was the picture of fair friend, framed in frills of coral paper.
 The candle stick was the epidermis of an adder-a real adder purchased from an Indian and mounted in silver. The neatest thing on the table was small Delft lamp painted in sea scenes. IL stood upon tray with sealing wax and seals.
 The color scheme of the table waA bright coral, relieved by touches of Delft blue.-St. Louis Globe-Democrnt
The Flagstaff sun-democrat., 1897-04-29
THOSE MCCARTHY BOYS.
BY GEORGE AIDE.

Mrs. Slinner's brother James was late at dinner time. The others were at the table when he came. His sister ,rebuked him mildly and said it wasn't her fault if the soup was cold. He re- piled with great enthusiasm that the soup was :"just right" and, to prove that he meant it, he consumed his entire portion. Then he leaned back and looked inquiringly at his nephew W:l- lie, who had been scolded twice already for whistling at the table. Uncle Jim winked and little Willie be- gan to snicker.
 Willie-I did.
 Cncle Jim-Did you?
 willie-Yes; and you ought to have heard Ed Mccarthy laugh.
 Uncle Jim-What did the teacher do :? Willie-Oh, she didn't do much. It made her kind O mad. guess. She said: "Ill declare, Willie Skinner, you're one of the worst boys in the school"
 Mrs. Skinner-What's this all about? Willie--Aw, it ain't much. Uncle Jim taught me to speak piece that he used to speak when he was kid.
 Mrs. Skinner-When he was boy.
 Uncle Jim-It's good piece, isn't 1t, Bill? Mrs. Skinner-James, 1t sounds aw- ful to call a little boy by such name as that. What was 1t you spoke, Willie?
 Willie-Aw, it was just a piece. s.
 Uncle Jim-You must remember IL. It's about the captains daughter. "We were crowded in the cabin." and 70 Oh. Mrs. Skinncr-Yes, of course. Did you teach it to Willie?
 Uncle Jim-You ought to hear him. Go, on and speak it for them, Bill. I
 Willie-Aw, don't want to now: ',i,,
 Uncle Jim-Go on. I'll bet your father. wants to hear 1t; don't you. Tom? ~t'.t
 Mir. Skinner (taking a sudden inter- est)-Yes, of course. What isit?
 Uncle Jim--I knew he wanted to hear it. Your mother will like 1t, too.
 Ethel-I guess he's forgotten 1t.
 Willie--Aw. forget itl know 1t easy. It's just:
 "we were crowded in the cabin.
 Not A soul had dared to sleep: tt was midnight on the waters
 And the storm was on the deep. Iris a fearful thing In winter
 To be shattered by the blast And to hear the rattling trumpet thunder: Cut away the maStr