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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-12-30
CAPTAIN Brainard a Trif1e Skep-
tical as to the Use of
Reindeer. F
Informed There Is No Food for
Them Along the Dalton
Trail.
Alki Brings Reassuring Advices
From DawsOn--No One
Will Starve.

CHICAGO, Dec. 30.-Captain D. L.
Brainerd, who is to lead the govern.
ment Klondike relief expedition and is
now at the Virginia hotel, is busy pre-.
pairing and sending to papers in st.
Paul, Kansas City, Seattle, Tacoma,
Portland, San Francisco, and in this
city, advertisements for proposals fol
supplying the food.
The advertisements call for the de.
livery of 100000 pounds of food at
Skaguay not later than Feb. 5. The
more important items called for are
$4,000 pounds of bacon, $4,000 pounds
of -four, 5000 pounds of beans and
peas, 1000 pounds of butter and 1,OO0
cans of condensed milk.
Captain Brainard said it had been
decided not to try to use condensed
foods, except milk, both for the reason
that it was felt that this was no occa.
sion for trying experiments, and be.
cause of the belief that the foods ad.
vertised for would be found more suit.
able to the needs of the occasion than
condensed foods. He said he would
leave for Vancouver barracks in day
or two, and that it was expected the
expedition would leave Skaguay about
the middle of February. 1t will be
composed of 80 soldiers. 10 Lap drivers,
and 500 reindeer, and it was thought il
would be able to make the trip to Daw.
son in four to six weeks. The one
thing that was troubling him now, he
said. was the fear that they would moi
have sufficient food for the reindeer, Al
he had been informed no reindeer moss
grows along the Dalton trail.
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MUST GET INTO POLITICS.
Opinions OF British Labor Representatives
~ to American WOrkmen.

OplOlOnD Oh 0rlCo0u AS0Or REPRESENTATIVES,
~ to American Workm
NEw YORK, Dec. 3O.-Edward Har.
ford, who, with Havelock Wilson, M.
p, constituted the British trades union
delegates to the Nashville convention
of the American Federation of Labor,
sailed Tor Southampton on the Ameri.
can liner st. Paul.
Before sailing Mr.. Hartford said:
''The policy of the American trades
unions in not engaging in politics as a
body is stupid. How can they expect
to obtain any lasting results if they
hold aloof. BY pursuing their present
mummy plan of ignoring the control of
political machinery as a means Of bet.
tering their condition they are not only
fatally ignoring their chances, but are
inviting the scorn of politicians-the
very class from whom they expect to
get better laws for the masses.
"Your American politician. as a rule,
is moved to legislation for the masses
only by show of superior force. Elk.
allied feeling he has none. Let the
trades unions force this style of puppet
into retirement and send men to boards
of aldermen, legislatures and congress
who will not pretend to be the friends
of the people in speeches and in secret
sell out to corporations and money
power. -....-........... ..........-.
Things in England used to be much
as they are in the United States, but
they have changed. We trades union
lists 60 right into politics. We have
succeeded in making the political par
ties there defer to us, and why should
we not? We are the majority. In
every country the workers are the ma.
iOrifv -
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NOT THEIR IDEA
New York Bankers Do Not Take
Kindly to the Postal Savings
Scheme.
Majority of Those Interviewed
Do Not Desire to Be Quoted,
However.
Rates on Money Now So Low
There Is Little Profit in
Banking.

New YORK. Dec. 3O.-The postal say.
ings banks idea is not a popular one in
New York banking circles. A canvass
of presidents Of prominent institutions
developed that fact clearly. At the
same time very few presidents were
willing to express opinions for publica.
tion. All practically agreed with Presi-
dent E. S. Mason of the Bank of New
York in the statement that there are
SO many banks in existence that rates
for money have been cut to point
where there is little profit in banking.
F. D. Tappen, president of the Gala.
tin National bank, thought that pos.
Bibly in thinly populated districts postal
savings banks might prove beneficial to
the people, but he was confident that
the residents of large towns and, cities
had all the banking accommodation
they desired.
Oliver s. Carter of the Bank Of the
Republic felt that the time had not
come to discuss the proposition. Mr..
Dumont Clark, president of the Amer.
ican Exchange National bank, agreed
with Mr.. Carter. j. Edwards Simmons,
president of the Fourth National, was
also of the same opinion and declined
to discuss the proposition, because he
had not given it sufficient thought.
Henry w. Cannon, president of the
Chase National bank, was plainly op.
posed to postal savings banks and did
not hesitate to say SO. @
Postal savings banks" he said,
''have been successful in other countries
for the reason that the countries have
large public debts, which are increas-
ing from year to, year. Under such
conditions the money deposited by the
people in the postal banks can be ad.
vantageously used by the governments.
In England and France such deposits
really constitute portion Of the public
debts of those countries.
I'm this country the people hold the
opinion that the public debt should not
be increased, but on the contrary, should
be reduced as rapidly as possible, and
therefore, it does not seem practicable
to my mind for the government to re-
ceive the money Of the people and in
vest the same in securities. It is more
than likely we're postal savings banks
established in this country that the gov
ernment would very soon have a large
surplus of funds on hand which it
would be compelled to pay interest ON
and the business would be conducted
on the part of the government at loss.
In my opinion, should postal savings
banks be established in the United
States, their deposits should be used
only by the general government, in the
same manner as in other countries."
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STRIKE AFTER JAN. Is.

Half the Miners in the Pittsburg District
Will Go Out.
PITTsBuRG. Dec. 30.-Forty per cent
Of the Pittsburg district coal operators
have signed legal document binding
them to uniformity and expect to be
operating under the new plan by Jan.
l. Those in the agreement have the
cooperation of the miners and those
out of the fold will be compelled to pay
10 cents more than the regular district
price for mining until they come to
uniformity or uniformity is proven a
failure. From the present outlook it is
believed about one.half the miners in
the district will be on strike after
Jan. Is.
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COLORADO GOLD OUTPUT.
Total Product Of the State Estimated ct
022, 1000, 900. AZ.

Total Product Of the State Estimated at
$4,000, 900. 4s
DENVER, Dec. 3O.-The books Of the
United States branch mint for the year
1897 are now closed. The deposits of
gold are the largest ever received. The
total will slightly exceed $12, zoo, 900,
and conservative estimate made by
the mint officials place the entire out
put of Colorado at $22, ,000, 900 in round
figures. Colorado will go far ahead of
California, as it is said to be doubtful if
California's output will touch the
$16, ,O0O, 900 mark. Last year Colorado's
output was GIG, 100000 and that OF
California was 1000, 900. while the
total production Of the country was
t6l,7l7,Y26. The great increase in the
Colorado output this year win send the
total for the United States up to the
go, ,O00, 900 mark.
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MORALS AND ETHICS.

Their 1ntrod octjon ~ Training in Public
Schools Discussed at st. Paul.
ST. PAUL, Dec. S0.-The forenoon Of
the second day Of the Minnesota Edu.
cational association meeting was taken
up principally with the discussion of
the introduction Of moral and ethical
training into the public schools by q
number of prominent. citizens of the
Twin Cities. who were asked to speak.
The subject Federation Club Women"
was discussed under the heads: "The
Club Women and the Public Schools, :"
Specific Moral Instruction in the Pub.
lie Schools" ethics in the School
Room," 1.-THE Teacher Moral Force
in the School Room"
The various sections held interesting
sessions in the afternoon.
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Solicited Campairp Contribution. a.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3O.-Fred S. Fin.
ster and William +. Muir, deputy col.
lector and inspector at Port Huron,
Mich, have been removed from their
positions for violations of the civil serv-
ice rules in soliciting campaign contri.
buttons.
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ST MARKET REPORT.
Milwaukee Grain. .

Milwaukee Grain. 49,
MILWAUKEE, Dec. 90.
WHEAT-No l Northern, $50; No.
9 spring, $50; May, $3.50
CORN-No. ), 2Sc
OATS-No. white, 25@25Hc.
BARLEY-No. 2, 42;; sample on track,
31H942c.
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Old Realdent AsnhvxiatAd.

FARIBAULT, Minn., Dec. SO.-George
NJ. Gilmore, aged "A and q resident of
this city for 40 years, was found dead
in bed, the result Of escaping coal gas.
The other members .of the family mar.
rowly escaped the same fate.
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.-Three hun.
dred and seventy.fv applications fol
patents were received at the patent
Office Monday, the highest on record
for any one day in the history of the
office
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Oansdasu Experts and Import..

OTTAWA. Dec. SO.-The trades and
navigation returns show the total i'm.
ports entered for consumption were
elll, 294, ,02l, as against imports Of. .$1lO,.
o67, 48O the preceding year. Exports
amounted to $l25. 950, ,SS8, an increase
of ~, ,58l,U86. IA.
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Big Attendance at Des Moines.

Dies MONIES. Ia, Dec. Y0.-The en-.
rollment of the state teachers associa.
ton is the largest in the history Of the
organization, nearly 1900 being on the
books. Several spicy discussions were
INDUCED in. one being on a paper by
City Solicitor ]. X. Macomber, who at.
tackled the present school system as one
with overplus supervision.
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st. Paul Union Stock Yards,

81. Paul Union Stock Yards.
SOUTH ST. PAUL, Dec. 90
HOGS-Market &c lower. Range of
prices $3.OOG3.4O.
CATTLE-Market firm and active
Sales ranged at $3.40@3.9O tor stockers;
1915 a365 for COWS; g. 10@4.sO for steers
$2aO@3 40 for heifers.
SHEEP-Market strong and active.
Muttons, $3.5O93.75; lambs $50 :. Is.
Receipts: Hogs. 1900; cattle, 100;
sheep, $500; calves. 100.
Sioux City Live Stock.
Sioux CITY, Ia. Dec. 80.
HOGS-Market steady to sc lower.
Range of prices, ssl5Q13. 5.
CATTLE-Market active; steady.
Prices ranged at 2.25@3.4O for cows;
$325@..2o for stockers and feeders;
- 25Q04.35 for yearlings.
SHEEP-In fair demand at S. 25 "a. 40
Chicago I'm on Stock YarLs.
CHICAGO, Dec. 49,
HOGS-Market rather Sow and &c
lower.
Sales ranged ut s .25@,5o for light:
g. 4O@3 >. * for mixed; $i.3o@3571s for
heavy; 3d. 500 }.35 lor rough.
CATTLE-Market for good steady;
others weak.
Sales ranged at S. 7O153 80 for beeves;
S1SOM45O for cows and heifers; $3 2OlQ
4.25 for Texas steers; $3 % .4.35 1Or
stockers ana feeders.
SHEEP-Market steady for best 9th.
ers weak to lower.
Sales ranged at 81. 80 G4.75 for natives;
{ .6O@45O for westerns; $4.25@6.S5 for
lambs.
Receipts: Hogs, $1,000; cattle, 1900;
sheep 1900.
Chicago Grain and Provisions.
CLOSING PRICES.
CHICAGO, Dso. ~!
WHEAT-December, 9S11c; old, $3.50;
January, 93c; May. y2Ac; July. S311c;
September, 7Sc.
CORN-December, 27Nc; January,
s'1c; February, 2Sc; May, 29Nc; July,
NHc.
OATS-December, s3hc; May, 237tc.
PORK = December $3.50: January,
$3.50; May, $9.02
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Minneapolis Grain.

MINNRAPoLIs, Dec. 29.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. closed at 9OKo;
May, 9O11o. On Track-No. / hard,
91kc; No. Northern, 91Nc; No. .
Northern, s7Lc.
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Tho North Dakota Association.

GRAND Forks. N. D., Dec. Yo.-Two
hundred educators Of North Dakota are
in attendance at the 1lth, annual meet.
ing of the State Educational associa.
ton. The meetings Of the four depart.
ments in the forenoon were Interesting.
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Duluth Grain.

DULUTH. Deo %.
WHEAT-Cash No. l hard, e2c; No.
Northern, 92c; No. . Northern, S5c;
No. 3 spring, sOc; to arrive No. l hard
92xc; No. Northern 9Oo;:: December
No. l Northern. 92o; May No North
ern, 91Hc.
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Poultry. Butter and Eggs.

Poultry. Butter and Eggs.
CHICAGO, Dec %.
POULTRY-Dressed, steady; turkeya
y@1Oc; chickens, $1,000; ducks, 6@7c.
BUTTER-Firm; creameries. 15@.l, !;
dairies, l2@l8o.
EGGS-Firm; fresh, 2lc.
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eecretary Alxer Much Improv.d.

WASHINGTON, Dec. S0.-Secretary AL.
ger, who has been confined to his home
by . severe cold, is decidedly improved
md VIII probably be at the department
in . fow days.
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JUST IN FROM DAWSON.
Late Arrivals Say There In No Danger ~
Starvation.

Late Arrivals Say There Ia No Danger ~
Starvation.
SEATTLE, WASH, Dec. 80. - The
steamer Alki arrived here at / .. M,
bringing advices from Dawson City up
to Nov. rs. The Alki's passengers in.
cluded 80 persons who left Dawson be.
tween Nov. % and %. All, without
exception, say there will be no starva.
ton at Dawson this winter or next
spring. When informed of the action
being taken by the United States gov.
ernment to send relief expedition,
they said it was. Unnecessary and un.
called for. Several thousand men have
gone from Dawson to Fort Yukon
where there is an unlimited sup
ply of provisions. Those remaining in
Dawson have three regular meals a day
and have enough supplies in sight to
last well along into spring. No sick
ness is reported at Dawson. Nearly all
those who arrived on the steamer Alki
were at Dawson City only about three
months, having started in with the first
rush in the latter part of July. They
came out to purchase their outfits for
next season. The Alki's passengers
brought out. it is estimated, about
$3.50. 1000 in dust and nuggets.
f. Darlington, one of the passengers
i on the Alki, speaking of the situation
of the miners in the Klondike said:
''There is no need of anyone worry.
ing over their friends starving. OF
course, provisions are not plentiful and
supplies should be taken in in the
spring, after which time all the provis.
ions in the country will be exhausted. -
Speaking of the rush to file claims
Mr.. Darlington said:
For some time before I left, the
commissioner Office was unable to &C.
commodate the miners, and the men
stood in line for days with the mercury
40 below, in order to file claims.
1.-The biggest sensation in the way of
strike was No. 43, OH Hunker. It
paid $46 to the pan. If it had not been
for the exodus to Fort Yukon, 100
claims. would have been worked on
Bonanza, Eldorado and Hunker creeks
this winter"
l.
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Fell Dead on q Comrades Grave.

) Lx CROSSE. Wis, Dec. YO.-Edward
F. Doane fell dead over the grave of
Irwin w. Chamberlain. Mr.. Doane
was accompanied by other Grand Army
men. He was a soldier of Company D,
Fourteenth Wisconsin regiment, and
served through the war.
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Five Passengers In jured.

CHICAGO, Dec. 30.-In a rear end col.
ision on the Wabash railroad at Pales
Springs, 10 miles southwest of Chicago,
five passengers were injured, among
them being State Senator John Hum
phrey. The Cannon Ball" express
bound for Chicago, ran into the last
coach of suburban train from Chicago
which had switched at Pales to allow
the express to pass.
LATEST MAPKrT prpnpn
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Gladstone's Eighty-eig nth birthday.

Gladstone's Eighty-eighth Birthday.
LONDON. Dec. 30.-This being the
S6th birthday Of the 1t. Hon. William
E. Gladstone. the usual congrat ulations
we're sent to Hawarden and Cannes,
where Mr.. Gladstone is improving,
though still suffering from neuralgia:
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The Greeks Seem to Have the Worst of
the Situation.
Their Flag Not Visible Over the In
surgents' Position - The Italian
Officer i'm Command of the Com
bined Fleets Orders All Greeks to
diately.

CANEA, March 8, 1925 a. m.-The
Gordon of Turkish troops drawn around
Akretoria is being attacked by the in
surgents and severe fighting is pro-
ceeding. The fighting between the in
surgents and Turks commenced at ,
o'clock this morning and continues all
along the line. Communication by road
with Suda Bay is cut off.
The Turkish transport, with civil
officials and troops arrived here with
smallpox on board.
There was renewed fighting last
evening between the Turkish troops
and Cretan insurgents around the
camp of the latter on the nights of
AkretOria, near here, the position bonn
barded by the warships of the powers
February Dist. The result of the en-
gagement is not known, but the Greek
flag is not visible this morning above
the insurgents positions.
In addition to ordering the Greek
Vice-Consul to leave the island, Ad-
miral Canevtro, the Italian officer, who,
by reason of seniority, is in command
of the combined fleets, has ordered the
Greek newspaper correspondents and
all other Greeks to leave Crete immedi-
ately.
LONDON, March 9.-It was stated
this afternoon in official circles that
the renewal of fighting between the in
surgents and the Turks in Crete will
have the effect of making the powers
Immediately take action eXpelling the
Greeks from the island and landing for
eign troops.
1t was learned in official quarters this
afternoon that there is not the slightest
chance the powers viii tolerate the
presence Of Greek troops at Canea. AS
soon as the powers have had time to
exchange views Greece will be notified
of the measures decided upon for the
immediate enforcement of their decis-
ion. Germany and Russia are pressing
for immediate action.
ST. PETERSBURG, March 9-The
Government expresses a determination
to adhere to the decision to push the
coercion CT Greece to the farthest limit
if necessary, and earnestly hopes the
other powers will display equal firm
ness
Besides the blockade of Crete and the
Piraeus it is understood the foreign
Admirals have been ordered to fire
upon any Greek torpedo boat approach
ing the WarShips.
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STATE BOARD OF TRADE.
Proceedings of the Annual neeting
Held at San Francisco,

SAN FRANCISCO, March 9-Re-
PORTS of President n 2. Chipman and
Secretary J. A. Filcher, and attendant
discussion thereupon, formed the prin-
cipal part of the business at the an
nual meeting of the State Board Of
Trade held to-day
w II. Mills stated that the Southern
Pacific Company's transportation de-
Iartment had been notified by it's east
ern connections TO prepare to accom-
laodate 20,OO0 passengers to the Chris
tian EndeaVor convention. In order that
this number might be provided with
literature regarding California, it was
decided to prepare a book describing
the State by sections. This will be
done by different members of the State
Board of Trade, each taking the par
ticular branch with which he is most
familiar. A copy will be placed in
the hands of each excursionist either
at ogden or El Paso
The report of General Chapman was
an exhaustive statistical review of the
fruit industry of the State based on
shipments by carloads during the past
seven years.
Comparing 1896 with 1894" says
the report there was net loss Of
2,24l carloads. The gain in 1895
over the output for 1894 was chiefly in
citrus fruits. The loss in 1896 over
the output of 1895 seems quite large.
OF the 4,421 carloads representing the
less, 1866 were citrus fruits. SCI green
deciduous and 1.195 cars raisins An
other noticeable feature is that we ex-
Ported or sent out of the State in 1893
nearly 1000 carloads of vegetables
while in 1896, the exports had fallen to
! ,611 carloads"
General n. p. Chapman was elected
President, ]. S. Emery First Vice
President. J. a. Filcher Secretary and
General Manager and the Crocker-
Woolworth National Bank Treasurer.
The new board has decidHd to push
the work of arranging an exhibit at
Hamburg.
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NEW TARIFF BILL.
Chairman Dingley Will Report 1t Soon
After Congress Assemblies.

WASHINGTON, March 9-Chairman
Dingley cf the Ways and Means Com
mittee to-day said that he expected the
new tariff bin would be ready to intro
duce very soon after Congress assem-
bled
Speaking of the report that the law
might provide that the duties assessed
should go into effect Immediately on
the introduction of the bill. Mr.. Ding
ley said it would be impossible under
our Constitution to make a law retro
active. In the United States. he said
imports must be assessed according to
the law on the statute books at the
time the goods were imported The
law coul1 provide that goods still in
bond should pay the new duty if they
had not been withdrawn from bond at
the time the law went into effect
The committee had under considera-
tion the sugar schedule, but reached no
conclusion regarding it. The free list
schedule was completed. Nearly all
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EXPECTATION OF BEEF.
The First Official Order Issued by
Secretary Wilson.

WASHINGTON, March 9-The first
official order issued by Secretary Will
son of the Department of Agriculture
made its appearance to-day. II con-
Germs the expectation OF beef to for
eign countries, and provides: That
from and after March -, 1897, all beef
offered for transportation to European
ports whether fresh, salted, canned,
corned or packed, being the meat of
cattle killed after the passage of the
Act, under which this order is made,
shall be accompanied by a certificate
issued by an inspector of this depart
ment showing that the cattle from
which it was produced were free from
disease and the meat sound and whole
some Until otherwise ordered, Ger
tihcates will not be required with beef
exported to other than European cOun-
tries. The original order of the Sec
retary of August 2S, 1895, for carry
ing out the provisions of Section = of
the Act under which the order is made,
was postponed to the date set out in
Secretary Wilson's circular.
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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA.
The Regents Announce a Budget of
New Scholarships.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 9-There is
a budget of new scholarships for the
University of California. The announce
ment was made to-day at the Regents
meeting, and though the number has
not been determined there will proba-
bly, be fifty-siX undergraduate and seven
graduate scholarships.
Thirty-five hundred dollars a year was
appropriated by the Regents for the
purpose of aiding not more than twen-
ty-eight students each year. The schol-
arshipS are to be divided equally be-
tween the seven Congressional Districts.
and are to be awarded by the Faculty of
the University in accordance with men
tai ability, character and needs. iIhey
are to be known as the University of
California scholarships.
The seven graduate scholarships are
on the same terms-one for each Con-
gressional District. These amount to
$3.50 a year. One is given by the stu
dents of the University, one by the fac
ulty, one by the alumni and four by ten
of the Regents as individuals. They are
to be called by the names of the several
donors