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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-02-08
SWORD AND TORCH.
Orightful Condition Of Things on the
Island Of Crste Portrayed.

orightful Condition Of Things on the
Island Of Crste Portrayed.
ATHENS, Feb. S.-Advices received
from the Island Of Crete are to the ef-
feet that the trouble at Canea origin
ated in the unfounded report that the
Mussulmans had killed ~ Christian
sentinels in Akrostri. When the re-
port was received the vail ordered the
troops to proceed to the defense Of the
Christian villages. The troops were
attacked and it is reported that 10 per-
sons were killed and several villages
destroyed by fire. Canea itself is in
state of complete revolt. The Mussul-
mans instituted the attacks upon the
Christians and commenced the dis
charge of firearms. A considerable
number Of persons were killed. The
Mussulmans set fire to the quarters oc-
cupied by the Christians and the flames
were visible from the warships of the
powers anchored in the harbor. The
commanders of the
italian and French Gunboats
landed small detachments of soldiers
for the purpose Of protecting the tele-
graph offices. The Christians at
Haleisa sought refuge at the Office of
the foreign consuls and ON board the
gunboats. The vail and the consuls
were present when the outbreak COM
menced, but were unable to enter
Canea until night. The fighting
ceased, but, according To the latest adj
vices, the fires started for the purpose
of destroying the buildings have not
yet been extinguished.
Three,fourths of the Christian quar-
ters in the city Of Canea have been
burned to the ground, according to the
latest advices received. The Christians,
while trying to escape to the warships,
were attacked by the MussS Imam popu-
lation and many were killed and in
jured The total number Of victims as
result of the recent fighting is esti-
mated at 800.
Crisis Of Blood and Fire.
LONDON, Feb. S.-A dispatch to The
Daily News from Athens says: The
situation at Canea has reached crisis
of blood and fire. The Turkish troops
have joined hands with the native
Mussulman cutthroats. The consul
has sent kilograms to the effect that the
situation is hopeless. At Petimo 5000
Mussulmans assembled in front of the
government house and threatened tC
slaughter the entire Christian popula.
tion unless all of the armed Christians
outside the town would consent to dis.
perse. The attempts to exclude the
Mussulmans from the strategic por'
tions of the town were abandoned upon
the advice of the bishop and the Chris
tians finally consented to retire. This
concession on the part Of the Chris
tians, however, does not prevent the
Mussulmans from continuing to be-
siege Christian villages.
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WORK OUT ALL RIGHT.

Senator Hoar's Comment tho Pro-
posed south Carolina Protest.
WASHINGTON, Feb. S.-Senator Hoar,
chairman of the senate committee on
judiciary, was asked to express an
opinion upon the "effect Of an objec-
ton to count the electoral vote of South
Carolina, such as threatened by Repre-
sentative Murray of South Carolina,
who has charge Of petition alleging
frauds in the South Carolina presiden-
tial election in the joint assembly Of
the two houses of congress next
Wednesday, He said: 1.-The whole
matter is covered by the act of Feb. 8,
1887, which prescribes very clearly the
method of proceeding in case objection
is made to the counting of the vote Of
any particular state. 1t Is further pro-
vided that no returns shall be rejected
from any state unless there is more
than one return, and when there is
more than one, it is directed that those
only shall be counted which shall have
been chosen according to law. Each
state provides its own tribunal
for determining the result of its
election for presidential electors,
and when this tribunal has made its
return, the governor is required to Ger.
tify the result Of this action. The vice
president lays all the papers before the
joint assembly.
I'm case any objection is made which
renders it necessary for the houses to
separate to pass upon the question in
yolved, the determination Of the mat
ter must rest upon the Judgment of the
returning board of the state. We
could not go into the legality of the
elections in the varions states, nor at.
tempt to determine the legality of the
returning board of any of them. All
that was settled by the electoral COM
mission and is now to be found in the
statutes.
The senator expressed the opinion
that if put to test the law would be
found to be adequate, and that "all
would work out right"
He declined to express in more direct
terms his opinion as to the policy OF
making such objection as Mr.. Murray
Is said to contemplate.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-02-08
ARMOR PLATE TESTIMONY.

Text Of tho Senate Committee Proceed
ings Made Public.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8.-The testimony
taken before the senate committee on
naval affairs in regard to the report on
armor plate has been made public. The
report shows that General Manager H.
G. Frick of the Carnegie Steel company
submitted written proposition agree
ing to leave some of the differences be.
tween the company and the United
States to arbitration, and that General
Superintendent Schwab went even far.
ther than the manager.
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Holding Up POstm m asters.

CHICAGO, Feb. 8.-The News Wash
ington special says: Almost 800 NOM
nations Of President Cleveland for
postmasters in various states Of the
Union are pending, either in the ex-
ecutive session of the senate or in the
committee on postoffces. The Repub.
ican senators have declared their pur.
pose to leave as many of these nomina-
tions as possible unacted upon, SO that
Mr.. Mckinley may have the chance of
putting in Republicans. The gold
Democrats are much displeased with
this program on the part Of their late
allies.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-02-08
GOWDY GETS A. PLACE
Has Accepted the Post OF Consul Genera
to Paris.

Has Accepted the Post OF Consul General
to Paris.
INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. =. - Chairman
John X. Gowdy of the Republican state
committee has returned from a trip to
Canton, o. When asked concerning
the result of his pilgrimage to Canton
he said:
Il had a very pleasant conference
with Major Mckinley. He is very ap-
preciative Of the services rendered by
the Indiana Republicans in the late
campaign and l was assured that this
state will be fairly treated and liber-
ally provided for in the distribution Of
patronage"
When asked what place would be
given him by the administration Mr..
Gowdy said:
major Mckinley rendered me the
important post of consul general to
Paris. After due consideration have
decided to accept the place and have
SO notified Major Mckinley
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-02-08

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8.-Congressman
Eddy believes that the inferior depart.
ment will make compromise upon re.
cent sales of Chippewa pine, and that
purchasers will be allowed to cut tim.
Der and pay for it at landing scale in
stead Of upon the basis of estimates ol
inspectors, which are charged to bt
grossly inadequate. A. several pur'
chasers Of this pine have spent thou
sands Of dollars preparing to transpor,
It ito market. Mr.. Eddy believes Il
would be unjust TO cancel their pur
chases without giving them any mod,
Of redress.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-02-08
Sugar War in Nebraska.

OMAHA, Feb. 8.-A sugar war is on
in Nebraska, and the so-called trust is
being combatted by an organisation
called the Southern Refining company.
with headquarters at New Orleans
The price has been cut from $3.50 to
"a. 20 per hundred, and may 60 lower
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-02-08
MANY REPORTED STARVING.
Serious State Of Affairs Said to Exist In
LOuisianA

ST. LOUIS, Feb. "a special to The
Republic from Shreveport, La, says
Thirty thousand people in the state are
practically starving to death. A relief
committee which has inspected the
stricken parishes east of Shreveport
says this number Of people will have to
be sustained during the unfruitful sea.
son. The state has already expended
$65, 900 for corn and provisions for the
sufferers and calls for funds A meet
ing was held in Shreveport during the
day under call Of the board of trade
and $5, 900 was subscribed.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-02-08
Highest al in Leavening StengthLates u Govt Report
R3%:A!!!l! g! Rs%asSE Rsk3HS
ABSOLUTELY PURE
ABSOLUTELY PURE

ing the day Of the New York signers to
q paper favoring the organization of a
Nom Partisan National Sound Money
league. The names Of more than 100
men of prominence in financial and
business circles Of this city appear on
the paper.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-02-08

VIII Liberats Bstancourt.
HAVANA, Feb. 8.-Consul General
Lee called upon General Ahumada, the
acting captain general, who promised
at the consul generals request to liber-
ate Sonora Adam and DR.. Caspar
Betancourt, who has been acquitted of
the charges brought against him, with
In q few days.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-02-08

Via any steamship line crossing the
Atlantic, at lowest rates for first cabin
second cabin and steeraRe. both outward
and prepaid, apply to H. r. Wood, agent
OF Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Rail
way, at Madison, S. d.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-02-08

Lost-A dear little child who made
homo happy by its smiles. And to
think, it might have been saved had the
parents only kept in the house One Min
utes Cough Cure, the infallible remedy
for group.
Il FRANK SMITH.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-02-08

Non-Partisan Sound Mouey Leagse.
NEW YORK, Feb. 8. "A meeting was
held at the Chamber Of Commerce dur
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-13

than a mile in a little more than a min
ute. Still, from behind came the frenzied
cries Of the rear guard. around whom
corn cribs. roofs, freight car wheels and
fences were falling like the autumn
leaves.
Go aim or git out av the way an let
geed men git by viz screamed p. Mur-
ply. the commander-in-chief of the last
car. Go aim or ON bunt viz ahff the
track! Move fashter, viz obsthructionists"
And emphasis was lentto his reproachful
warning by the roar of the wind just back
Of the funeral train and by the clatter Of
falling debris. But the debris thus far
continued 70 fall short.
Either the men on the forward cars
were not as strong as those further back
or they We're not so apprehensiVe of the
danger, for the Tearward cars closed up
ranks one after another. until the entire
caravan was a solid line of furiously ex-
cited men accompanying a very passive
and disinterested corpse.
'Yo-heave, viz consumptives from the
Blnley section. Mr.. Murphy shrieked his
encouragement Move yer backs, viz par
alytics. We're pushin' the whole av viz
an dodgin' drawbars an worruk flats an
section shanties an barrunts wholist were
doin' it
"A new impetus seemed to be lent the
mourners. They had struck the long
grade out of Athens. They had whizzed
through Athens so rapidly that the houses
had seemed like the teeth of a comb, and
they had not known where they were. but
now that they were over the crest of the
hill they realized what was before them.
1t was sixty miles of dowp-hill work, and
the cars were shot over the eminence anu
downward like projections or rather like
one long projectile-the corpse whooping
along on its fiat and leading the file. There
was never such a funeral conducted in all
that or any other country.
The first thirty miles was made in thr-
tY-five minutes, but that was just get
ting started The next ten brought them
to Warrenton in four additional minutes,
and the fifty miles to Holman were cover
ed in forty-one minutes from the time of
the start. This made the last five miles
a matter of two minutes. At Homan the
cyclone Veered off and took to the woods
but it was thirty-one mile further down
the line that the hand-cars began to ease
up. In ALL seventy-six miles were COW
cred before the funeral train came to a
stop at Higginson. The distance was
made in forry-nine minutes, and local
mathematician afterward declared that
the ten miles between Warrenton and
Chilli were made at the fiat speed of four
miles a minute.
They buried Mr.. Donovans remains at
Higginson.
Mr. Murphy insisted that the fastest
time was made when he alone of all the
men aboard had had courage to continue
working, and he declared that he had I'M
assisted pushed the entire train from the
top of the hill to the place where the cy-
clone branched off. He is living down that
way yet, and stiu takes great interest in
speed records, but holds himself to be the
champion of everything short of the long
distance telephone"
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count of the measures pursued against her
by the local administration. She warm
Iy assisted the Spirit Wrestlers in their
unhappy plight. AS to the future of that
prosecuted class, what can be said-it does
not show signs of much light. A new
governor of the Caucasus was recently ap-
pointed. What will he do?"
To return to a specific instance of pun
ishment. what happens to an individual
Spirit Wrestler who refuses to be a SOL
dier?''
The way has been to send him to a
disciplinary regiment, and what that
means is not hard TO comprehend. 1t
means life such as might be meted out
to criIninals-to beings who were not HUI
man. Now it is intended to send recalci-
trant Spirit Wrestlers to Siberia for the
period during which they would be eligi-
bic as soldiers, a lesser punishment per-
haps, although much would depend upon
circumstances. If the Spirit Wrestlers
were able to make a community together
in Siberia, and if they were in likely part
of the country, they might do not so
badly"
you spoke of the future-what of the
influence of the young car and czarina
on it, alike for the Spirit Wrestler and
for the mass of Russian people?"
1.-The emperor is well meaning, and on
questions of liberty of conscience takes
Wlder views than his father, whose re-
forms were reactionary. Whether the
car can move ministers and the system,
remains to be seen. The czarina had no
experience of Russia before she assembled
the throne. She was not grand duchess
for years before, she did not live in the
country, she did not know the language.
Not knowing Russian affairs, she is gen.
orally understood to have declined to in
terfere in them. There, some think, she
l,ax- fol .a
future influence also, we must wait and
see"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-13
WIFE OF RUSSELL SAGE.
She Is of the Intellectual and spIrIt-
uai Rather Than Material Type.
From the Boston Post

From the Boston Post.
Tasteful and coy Is the room in Russell
sage's Fifth avenue residence where Mrs
Sage most likes to sit. and where her
husband Joins her when his days work al
the business Of money getting Is over
with
IL Is luxuriously furnished, 10 be sure
but Il is homelike to a degree-it lacks
the Formally OF the library ana the
grandeur Of the drawing-room. The books
on the shelves Of Mr.. sage's room seem
meant to be read; the pictures on the
walls are Of places and people genuinely
dear 20 those who look az them oftenoet
The golden framed clock on the manteI
ticks cheorly. The very purrine and
mewing OF Mrs. sage's maltese cats
there are two Of them-have a thoroughly
homelike sound.
THESE cats. named Malta and Mntlades
divide the honor OF being the household
pets with tho big. green parrot that has
n little hail room all 10 herself upstalrs.
Mrs. Sage likes to talk to her pets.
did you ever see eyes more steadfast
ana Intelligent" she says. holding up
one OF tho cats that the visitor may look
him fair In the face. MY cats love me.
and when / am out they watch for my
coming. II they are upstairs ana hear
the street door open. they peep through
the banistorn 10 see who ~ coming In
When they recognize me down they come
20 give me greeting. The girls tell me
that when 1 was away " Troy last week
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of the kind / bought a handsome clock:
got II as artistic as / could and Miss Gould
was pleased with my selection. have not
a piece OF statuary in my whole house.
When l have surplus money to use / find
plenty of practical ways of spending it.
1T seems to me that the higher educa-
tion of women has raised the educated
woman's standard of luxury to high But
my notions may be primitive I suppose
l get some of them from my Puritan an
cestry. l am a liberal descendant of the
Standish family of Massachusetts. and the
name of Mics Standish is almost synonym
for simplicity"
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they had sent hither and yon TO get that
tomato for Mrs. r., the nurse got out OF
sorts and left and then created more
confusion by wanting to have her trunk
carried away on the patients private car
riage.
81 hve simply. ! keep four servants In
the house and two men IN the stables
n I entertained ! should have to keep
two more indoor servants, because there
would be all the extra table napery 20
he done up and extra dining-room work
Of AN kinds A. it Is now. don't see
how 1 could manage 90 make more work
iust for Mr. Sage and myself than the
four house servants could manage. Every
additional person In a household, whether
m Inc family circle or about the kitchen
Are As In "A measure an additional care
Sometimes 1 think the sublimated much
cultivated women who have their heads
ALWAYS In the clouds have been educated
almost beyond the realms Of common
sense. / had some money given 10 me
the other day. Miss Gould made me
present 70 buy something for a woman's
college that I am particularly fond o. ]
was familiar with the appointments Of
the college dOrmitory, library, etc, and
was unsettled IN my own mind as 20
whether J should buy a globe 10 be used
IN the class room or clock for the re-
copilon room. or some other useful gift
IN my quhhnhig aHh'u V"' u INV la'-
uity, "a young woman Of much ability,
and, a. I thought. OF good sense, TO help
me decide on the gift
Now, what DO you think those teachers
hit on after long consultation as a crying
need OF the institution A piece OF stat
uary. bacchante or muse or a nymph
or something. / was staggered. There
was that college really needing practical
appointments and the faculty proferring
something purely ornamental not a need.
but a luxury. ! admit ] was provoked"
And did you get the statuary2"
NO. told them l would give nothing
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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-12-16
Strange Dress for Sianese.

London daily has this reference
to an old photograph which the Siam
Free Press points out some of its read
ers may have seen: twenty-five years
ago there was photograph on sale in
Singapore representing the consorts
of the king of Siam in Highland array.
There were thirty or forty of them in
kilt and philabeg and ostrich feathers,
with piper ON each flank. The mon
arch-sncestor, we presume, to king
Chaulalongkorn-had lately received
Scottish gentleman, who thought it
fitting to don his national costume for
the ceremony. His majesty was so
struck that he borrowed the accoutre-
ments, set his tailors to work, equip
ped all the harem and sent for a pho
tographer. The funny old print re-
ours to memory when We read the
present kings admiration for the dress
of the Magyar mobiles. He is not likely
to parade his wives therein, but he
has ordered one for himself. 1t is in
deed a striking costume-so striking
that one does not know whether to
laugh or to admire when coming across
q gentleman thus rigged out in the
brand new, bustling thoroughfares of
Budapest.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1897-12-16

foods as we are usually taught to be-
ware Of during hot weather, my object
being to get the fowls into the pink Of
condition before the height of the
molt, in order that they may pass
through that critical time without bad
effects. With the first sign of molt, I
reduce the green bone rations until,
at this time, they get them only once
q week. I keep this up, according to
seasons and the age of fowls, until
about the 18th of October or the first Of
November, when I resume the feeding
for eggs.
1t is now more important than ever
that the young chickens be kept separ-
ated from the fowls, for as they are
not molting, but on the contrary grow
ing, they require much animal food
and on abundance of all feed in order
to rush their growth as much as posi-
BILE. Give growing chicks plenty Of
room and there is no DANCE, whatever
of overwhelming them, but if you wish
to obtain the best results, give them
such variety of food as will induce
them to eat. for the more they eat the
quicker they will grow, provided they
are in ordinary good health.
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Clean Roads.

On the principle that the greater al.
ways includes the less, good roads
naturally imply o clean as we'll as a
smooth and durable surface. But
sometimes the only step that can be
taken toward better roads is to first
keep the poor ones clean, and bad
road that is clean is not quite so bad
as one that is not, and more or less
covered with refuse. In New York,
for q year or two, the streets, poor as
they are for the most part, have been
kept remarkably clean, and since this
happened it is said that the demand
Tor rubber overshoes has materially
decreased there. In towns and in the
country, if live stock were kept off the
highways and properly confined, the
roads would be much cleaner, the
farmer could do away with nearly all
MS expensive fencing, and travelling
would be fa- more agreeable.
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Items.

Prosperity travels Oh good roads.
Good roads are highway morality.
Bad roads mean dreary isolation for
months every year.
California has passed q law requir-
ing the use Of wide tires after January
/, 1900.
The citizens of Orleans, Ind, have
Just voted SAG, ,000for the construction
Of thirty miles of gravefroads.
Thirty-six miles of turnpike road,
thoroughly drained, are to be con-
structed at once in FELTON,, MINI.
Road repairing is all right, but it
should be preceded by road building.
Repairing" o mud hole will never
make a road of it.
Rural postal delivery is popular and
Is likely TO come. but it will depend
Tor its efficiency and extension on bet
ter roads than now exist in most parts
Of the country.
The Merchants Exchange Of Oak.
and, Cal, has decided to take hold
with o will and help the Street Com
mission in its labor of getting good
roads for that city.
Three years ago the death rate in
New York City was twenty-six pei
thousand. Since the streets have been
kept clean it has fallen, and for the
first six months of the present year il
was under twenty per thousand. --