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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-09-04

Just how prosperity has come Is a lit
TIE i !ficult for the ordinary worklnKman
who has not received an increase OF wag-
es 80 understand. 1t may be that some
body IS doing q larger business and even
taking IL more money than formerly
and ye. there may be 10 more profit in
1t, II other things have Increased COR
r~espondingly. Back of him there may be
somebody thrifty. But to the working
man, whose wages are always the last
TO Use and have not vet risen, and he
fnds his flour, sugar, meal and other
peces: aries of life dearer daily, the salu-
tation of q gold bug politician that
"prosperity has come" strikes him about
as humorously as the grin from a skele-
ton. We we're reminded of this by
reading the following excerpt from the
Sioux Falls Press: "The price Of oat'
meal has taken an ever more horizontal
jump upward than did flour. The latter
is selling at an advance OF 40 to 81
cents per 100 over former prices, while
oatmeal is SLIGO to Sl.7O more pei
barrel than the lowest point OF q few
weeks ago. This raise in the price OF oat
meal is justified in part by the advancs
in the price of oats, amounting in effec'
to about 40 cents per barrel. The re
maiEiDg $3.50 or 61.30 Is due to an edic'
Of the trust which controls the oatmea
product Of tho United States. Ont
Brown, Of the Sioux Milling company, oi
Sioux City, a member OF the trust, il
said to have originated the movement
which led to the recent increase Of pricee
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-09-04
Col. ConRer of Ohio returns again t

Col. ConRer of Ohio returns again to
The attack upon mark Hanna and lis
methods IN politics, and is determined
that he shall. not be elected to the
United States senate by the will OF
leople Of Ouio. After rehearslng the
manner 10 which Hanna worked against
the republican party at the time that
Foraker aud Foster We're up for office
and .he. mean tricks be resurted to iDjure
the republican cause at that time, col.
Eonger says of the present campaign in
Ohio: IL am receiving numerous letters
from republicans in Ohio thanking me
for my letter to Judge Grant. These
com from ex-judges, prominent bust
ness ,neE, labor leaders; many Of
then, from Cleveland and Northern Ohio;
from which l infer that our people have
had about as much Hannaism as they
ear will stand.
II have be en- at work for the republi-
ca1 party for the last thirty years, and
never before have l witnessed such
open brutality IN American politics as
that displayed by the methods now used
IN Ohio. never voted the democratic
ticket in my life. The people of Ohio
will bear testimony to my faithful SER
vice, but republicans should unite, as our
iorefathers did in early days, in throw.
ing of the yoke of oppression, aud there
Is no other way to do that now except
for republicans to vote squarely for Gov.
Bushnell's election and the democratic
nominees for house and senate.
"CoEcernlng my opposition to Nc
K,nley, l never opposed him in any way.
l openly criticised the high tariff, as
many other republicans did. l am op-
posed to extreme protection, as l believe
1t unjust and unfair to the American
people. These were the only grounds
upon which | openly criticised Nc
kinney administration. l shall have
occaslon TO speak upon this in the
future
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The Brookings band has been engaged
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PONTOON BRIDGE COLLAPSED,

Several Soldiers Killed in an Accident at
Weimar.
WE1MAR, Sept. 4.-During the mill
tary manoeuvers in this vicinity a pom
toon bridge collapsed while the Ninety
fourth Thuringian regiment of infantry
was passing over it. A number of the
soldiers and some Of the trumpeters
were either drowned or hit by the tim
bers of the bridge and killed.
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Dr. Kings New Discovery For
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Supposed to Have Been q Nihilist.

LONDON, Sept. IA special dispatch
from Paris says the body of a beautiful
woman, naked and frightfully multi.
ated, with the skull smashed in, has
been found in the river Seine. On the
middle Of the woman's back are tatooed
the words "Long Live Poland" and
death to Traitors" The remains are
supposed to be those Of a nihilist who
had incurred the suspicion Of her fel.
low nihilists.
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Pierre dispatch, 2: By the last veri-
fication OF figures in the matter o! rail
road assessments it has been discovered
that on account Of an error in former
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FRANK SMITH
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| calculations there is still a further raise
of 1926, carrying the total increase
| within a few dollars of $4,000.

Experts in the New York market say
that sugar is in for a cent and a half per
pound rise.
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At the German NIaneuvers.

At the German Maneuvers.
HAMBURG, Sept. The Emperor and
empress Of Germany, the king and
queen of Italy, and the Italian minister
for foreign affairs, the Marquis Visconti
Nenesta have arrived here in order to be
present at the autumn maneuver of the
German ar.uy
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Many Young Turks Arrested.
CoNsTANr1NoPLE, Sept. 4.-Since
Tuesday Of the present week, about 300
Turks have been arrested for supposed
connection with til. committee of the
Young Turks party. a
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- BRIEF BITS OF NEWS.

Sept. II, having reached the age limit.
The Retail Liquor Dealers associa.
ton will hold its annual convention in
St. Paul beginning Sept. s.
1t is reported the Lafayette hotel,
Mi%nnetonka, will be torn down by the
Great Northern Railroad company.
A silver service of 900 pieces has been
presented to the gunboat Wheeling by
the citizens of the city Of Wheeling,
w. Va.
William Orion jumped from the
Brooklyn bridge Thursday and now lies
in a critical condition at the Marine
hospital.
The Iowa Christian convention at
Oskaloosa has adjourned. The next
convention will meet in Des Moines,
Aug. 20, 1895.
At Cincinnati William Haustetter
shot his wife and then killed himself.
Mrs. Haustetter is in a critical condition
at the hospital.
Jimmy Michael broke the American
hour paced record IN the Detroit Cycle
association track by covering 80 miles
and 1,O20 yards.
The directors of the Oregon Railway
and Navigation company at their meet.
ing declared a dividend Of l per cent on
the preferred stock.
A paper by Labor Commissioner Pow
ers of Minnesota caused a hubbub in
the international convention Of factory
inspectors at Detroit.
Eight Armenians, convicted Of taking
part in the recent bomb ourages at Con-
stantinople, have been sentenced to
death. Two Armenians were acquitted.
At the annual meeting Of the stock
holders of the Iowa Central, H. J.
Morse was elected president in place Of
Russell Sage, who declined reelection.
Rifaat Bey, until recently councillor
Of the Turkish embassy in London, has
been appointed Turkish minister at
Washington in succession to Mustapha
Tachsin Bey.
Postmaster General Gary has issued
a formal order establishing an exchange
of mails once a month between the
postoffices at Dyca, Alaska, and Daw-
son City, Can.
District Judge George H. Stewart has
decided the Idaho anti-gambling law
unconstitutional under the decision of
the supreme court in the Lee law case,
which in effect nullifies all important
laws of the state.
Iron Mines Are lsusy.
IRON BELT, Wis, Sept. 4.-The mines
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Iron Mines Are Isusy.

IRON BELT, Wis, Sept. 4.-The mines
at this place are having the busiest sea-
SOL now for some years. The Shores
mine, which was closed since last win.
ter, has again opened up and gives EN-.
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admonfshing them to be respectful and
obedient. he laid out their work. They
would first dismantle the brig, leaving
nothing standing but lower masts: then
they would execute such suggestions of
civil and mechanical engineering as came
to the mind of the captain, mate or car
penter in regard to the floating of the junk.
When that was accomplished other things
would follow. The carpenter was to be
their immediate boss or foreman, under
whom they would work by day. At night
they would sleep In their forecastle and
they would stay out Of the hold and let the
liquor alone. The captain and mate would
stand "watch-and-watch with the pistol
to keep them civil by day and sober by
night. The first man who refused duty or
entered the hold Of the brig would be shot
They would be served a tot of grog three
times q day and eat the salt meat and
such vegetables as the cook who was to
be excused from other labor. could find on
Sullenly they arose at his order and
marched back to the brig. where they
handed In their sidearms and pixies.
They loosed all the canvas and the day
was spent in sending down as fast as it
dried. Nightfall saw the last sail. snugly
rolled. deposited on gratings alongside and
covered. Then they ate their salt supper
and turned in.
In the morning mutiny was rampant.
Nineteen bad-tempered men faced Capt.
Swarth at the malnmast and Informed him
that he was deposed from the caplaincy-
that future work and movements would be
governed by eiection-snd that an imme-
diate overhaul of the cargo and division OF
the treasure had been decided on. Two fell
dead and the rest went to work (burying
their fallen shipmates nrst). while Capt
Swarth, Remaining that there were four
bullets laft, handed the pistol to Mr.. Todd
and went 70 his breakfast and his bunk
Sixteen able seamen. efflcered by such
men as Capt. Swarth and Angel Todd, can
do great deal with ropes and blocks
Royal, topgallant. topssil and love. yards
alongside. With The gear coa:c! " anl
tasgeA Next day followed the topgallant
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other with top maui, light sledge for
Yank Tate had big kindly heart, and only
threatened with his broad ax-he could not
use 1t on them-and they retired with more
aches and pains, and carried one man to
his bunk. envied of the rest, for he owned
a broken leg, which excused him from
work. The carpenter 'fshed" the injured
limb that night. and gave the moody men
words OF COUNSEL and comfort; but what
good might have come from 1t was nulli-
NED by the mates looking down the fore
was gone. they chased Yank out of the
The pile diver II WAS constructed with a
carronade for hammer. which they pulled
10 the top by hand and then let co. The
iron rings Of the anchor stocks served to
slip over the lheadS Of the piles, and when
the ends were ,ssWed of to chalk line
mar these {ingso were split away to be
on a diet q salf meat and scant 1ege-
s sa6ies, and It is small wonder that respon
slbliity left them One morning they pass
n no me dco ,h body up the hatch and an
negligence IN ,pruGyring vans. In answer
would procuEs 1esSiabIes in their own time time
work would continue. a. before. from sun
result In the stoppase Of the grog. They
charged ON him. . yelling. cursing mob OF
toiI-cra1ed animsls. who could not under
stand that they were conquered, and when
the smoke Of BATHS cleared away. four lay.
oead on the deck, two from bullets, two
from broken skulls. for Mr.. Todd was an
artist with Q handspike and even preferred
laeses With one bullet left. Capt Swarth
did not hesitate to stop their grog as he
mad promised Tho work went on and for
TWO WEEKS there was no trouble. They
hauled the junk over the trestle In this
time. and getting her the rest Of the way
wAs comparatively easy, theugh they never
csosod to curse and complain and the
-Chtnamen never ceGsed to tear
But at last she lay on the beach, juet
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Copyright, 1907, g. 8. Mcclure Col
Pr days thou shalt labor. and do all that thou art
able,
And on the seventh, thou shalt hoiystoae the deck
sud scrape the cable.
-Saflory' Commandments.
When you have made a more than sue
cessful cruise. on which you have ravaged
when your hold II filled with the choicest
of brandies. wines and Iiquors-with fancy
groceries and the finest Of silks. brocades
and broadcloths. and the covers Of four
treasure-chests in the tween deck will
hardly close over the contents: lastly. when
your number Is reduced by fights. sick
ness and quarterback correction from 40
to 70. and your share in the spoil Is in
creased in like ratio. it Is hard. very hard.
to lie in the scuppers under a hot Pacific
sun and whistle for a wind, with your ISL
and retreat just below the western horizon,
q fat and tempting Chinese junk q half
mile OF in the same direction. a curious
though quieseent man-of-war three miles
east. and Palm Tree Island to the south
ward. toward which the current is setting,
Tested reef
Such conditions would try the patience
pr gentler souls that Captain Swarth and
his crew. Their brig was taking in water
through started butt-in spite of the
thrummed topgallant sail under it-at the
rate OF q foot an hour. while the one gang
that they dared show to those ineuisitive
government glasses to the eastward could
not pump her free. In fact. the water
gained. Wind was what they wanted
wind would settle the whole matter They
GOULD man all pumps. lay the junk aboard,
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dispose of her crew, transship what was
good Of her cargo. lead the bulldog a
chase to the southwark and dodge back to
their island to careen and refit, divide up
and rest They knew that man-of- war
though she did not seem to know them
knew her speed and gunnery, and feared
her not-with wind.
Yank Tate. the carpenter. sounded the
pump well and groaned a gentle oath. No
good cappen.' he said as he walked aft
with the sounding rod must be up to the
second tier now"
Captain Swarth swept the smoky horizon
with hts glasses. There was no sign of
even catspaw; the motionless man-of-
war-a gundeck sloop-lay outlined against
Hngraving-every block. rope and reef-point
hhowing. Aboard the junk big fat China
man sat at the tiller on the high poop.
Hoddir g. as though asleep. while the rest
and as nearer-he could plainly hear the
surf crashing on the barrier.
Get the boys up. Angel" he said to his
}ong-legged. solemn-faced mate Man
penter-"see what you can do with the
lumber down below. Make a balm pump
II you can.
Then we'll have that feiler's boats down
Junk, too-they've got sweeps aboard. Them
rags won't fool the brass buttons after
they see our crowd" He pointed to a
ttring of signal flags at the gaff end. which.
u
ship. had given the official number of the
last brig they had taken-that now lay on
the bottom forty miles east why not
hold on till dark Bill? The moon'n bring
wind"
Wen likely have her boats here soon
anyhow: they're only waiting till it's cool
err As for the junk. let her go: there's not
much in Ter We've got to float. above
all. and float high. or We can't get away
when the wind does come. We can fight
the boats of"
Guess YER right. Bill. Pity we lost ours.
We could be through WI the junk fore
this II We had EN-. Man the after pump"
he called
The carpenter had disappeared in the
tween-deck. and the cosmopolitan crew.
with growis and hurrahs according to their
individual appreciation of the situation.
arose fl ON the hot deck and shipped pump
brakes As they did a tremor ran
through the brig. and the water alongside
was broken into minute rippies.
What the DEVILS that" said the captain
barrels adrift in the hold? Pump away
there. bullies: tighten her up he shouted
to the men.
Look at the Cinnamon, BILL" said the
mate The crew of the junk had come to
life Not less than forty long-tailed Ce-
Ie1ttais we're flying about her deck; some
lowering the heavy mat sails: some ship
ping sweeps. others working at the sharp
pronged wooden anchors-evidently getting
them ready. But the sudden showing OF
fourteen extra white men on the deck OF
their neighbor did not seem to be the cause
OF their agitation. for they swung the light
craft around until the two painted eyes In
the bows looked at the brig. and pulled In
the sweeps
Shes pirate-a Chinese pirate" cried
the captain: no trading Junk carries that
crew Blown of the coast. likely" The
men heard. and a howl Of execration arose
from the briggs deck-not from offended
virtue; II was. rather, the protest of union
against non-union labor. Pfckings were
scarce and nard-earned In these seas even