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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-04-03

ded to hold a ''men's social" The
men were to do everything, fur.
nish the refreshments, prepare and
take part in the program, wait on
the tables, etc. But these luckless
men are too much the "creatures
of habit. to break off all at once.
The first thing the pastor knew a
certain committee had engaged one
of the ladies to prepare the sand
wiches! But the social was thor
oughly enjoyable anyway! (cruel
cut, isn't it, ladies?) It was a
Foot and Inch'' social. Every
body was measured as they came
inside the door and each
one paid three cents a foot
and a penny additional for every
odd inch of his height. One of
our girls paid % cents. She was
1 feet II inches.
We are rejoicing over the paint
ing of our church and manse.
The manse is a two-story frame.
has nine rooms and is next door to
the church and within three blocks
OF the pOstotfice.
The church will hold about as
many people as a certain brick
church in Madison to which my
thoughts often wander back.
Our sincere sympathy is with
u friends in Madison who have
lately been called to part with
loved ones. We rejoice in the
growth of the Madison church and
pray that the work of the pastor
and people will continue to be
abundantly prospcred.
Your sincere friend,
JOHN Y. EWART.
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The Ladies Aid Society.
BY Mrs. Myron McCready.

by Mrs. MEfoh McI ready.
Thursday afternoon, February 9,
1888, the ladies of the Madison
Presbyterian church met with
Mrs. Jones to reorganize their
Ladies' Aid society. Rev. w. L.
Alexander was pastor of thechurch
at that time. There were eight
ladies present, but we find they
were not discouraged for they
knew they had good Christian
sisters to help them. They plan
ned for an entertainment at the
first meeting with a lunch of coffee
and cake.
In looking over the records we
find every means has been usedto
earn an honest dollar, as knotting
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DAN MCK|NNON

comfortable and connections
building.
Our society has been a ucces
financially, as on October ). 1883.
the ladies had on hand but II cents
and by a rough estimate | find
that since that time they have
raised over $1,000. including the
donations. Theyear 1891 seems
to have been the most prosperous
'as the books show they had 46
cents on hand and received 81, $751;
80, The largest membership at
one time was rs. There are Is
members now and they have
raised S219.95 in the last year, and
are trusting that the Lord will
prosper them in the future as He
has in the past.
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China.

The following letter is from
Rev. Hunter Corbett. ID. d., Of
ChefoO. China. one of our most
successful missionaries, now spend
ing a few months in this country. |
WOOSTER, O.. March 2. 1891
My Dear DR.. Wolff: Many thanks
for your favor of February II,
which | found on my return from
a campaign among the churches in
the state of Indiana. where during
the past eighteen days | have adj
dressed twenty-seven meetings ar
ranged by the synod's committee,
on Foreign Missions. | should
have been glad to have written for
Boys and Girls Presbyterian club
paper. [ fear it is now too late.
| will send a paragraph. 1t may
be read if it is too late TO- print:
The late war with Japan has
awakened Il desire as never before
to rccciv" instruction from the
missionary The scholarship and
intellectual power Of western men
IS now recognized as never before.
Many nOn-Christian parents are
pleading to have their children
educated in u mission schools
knowing that the bible is a daily
text book and that those who
make 1t a constant study will prob
ably become Christians. Christ
ianity. and education are coming to
be regarded as inseparable in the
minds of the people, and this is a
great gain in a land where educa-
ton is so highly priced. There is
an intense desire now to learn the
English language. One officer
lately offered to pay $1,000 per
year and furnish a house if we
would secure him a teacher for his
children. Text books-historv.
political economy, books on sci
ence, as we'll as religious books and
the bible-are now purchased in
large numbers and eagerly read.
There is now an awakening such
as never before. Many are asking
what they must do to be good.
Word has just" come from China
that lately 400 have been received
into our church on profession, in
the eastern part of Shantung prov
ince. Since the massacre in the
Foochow province in 1895, 5000
have there been received into the
church on profession of faith and
10000 more are asking what they
must do to be saved. One entire
village has resolved to give up
idolatry and accept the truth.
Thousands are ready to learn if
there was only someone to teach
them. There are now 10000 COM
m%unicants in China and perhaps
four or five times as many adher-.
ents to the Christian faith who
have not yet the courage and grace
to make an open profession and
endure persecution. The number
of converts has almost doubled the
past five years. At the same rate
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History Of the Madison Y. F. S. G. E.

ly Emily u. Clark.
Believing hat CRATER efficiency
could be secured by working under
the "model constitutions" the
loung Peoples society of the
Madison Presbyterian church de-
cided to adopt that constitution.
With the help of their pastor, Rev.
}. Y. Ewart, on May l, 1891, a
Young Peoples Society of Christ
ian Endeavor was formally organ
lied, thus adding another link to
the great chain of Christians whose
motto is, For Christ and the
Church,
At this time all the church SER
vices were held in the city hall,
for, about two months before this
time. the church had burned down.
So it was in the town hall that our
first prayer meeting was held, near
ly SIX years ago.
At this time we had probably
not more than fifteen active mem
bers, nearly all of which were
young ladies. However, as the
years sped on this society did much
to awaken an interest along these
lines, among the young people.
|. Rev. Ewart was our president
and it is to him we owe much OF
our success, for certainly the or.
ganization was successful one.
On the following Christmas we
were able to hold our services in
our new church building. 1t was
with thankful hearts that the
Christian Endeavorers met in the
new building for a prayer meeting.
From time to time Ourmembership
has greatly changed on account of
the students and the removals from
town, until now only q very few Of
the original members remain.
The society has met with many
difficulties, and at times it has
seemed to fail in accomplishing
what it ought, but God answered
the earnest petitions of the few ac-
tive workers and the society has
lived through all the difficulties
and Is stronger for it. Through
out tie years the society has kept
III touch with the state unions and
to some degree the national. When
the convention of National G.. E..
met III Minneapolis, three dele
gates were sent and this greatly
enthused the members. Since our
organization we have not failed to
send at least II representative to
all the state meetings and when our
delegates have returned filled with
Christian Endeavor enthusiasm we
could all feel "How blest is the sa-
cred tie that binds in sweet COM
munion kindred minds; how swife
the heavenly course they run,
whose hearts, whose hopes, whose
faith are one"
On December 20, 1895, delegates
from Lake and Moody counties,
accepting an invitation from the
Madison society, met in Madison
and organized a district union of
those two counties. Since that
time two other similar meetings
have been held one in Flandreau
and one In Madison, A third con-
vention will be held in Wentworth
June - and 20. These meetings
have not only proved entertaining,
but have stimulated the growth
and increased the Christian zeal
and fellowship in our local society.
Financially, our society has al
ways been very poor, finding it
very difficult work to raise money.
especially for missions, but we are
very thanksul to state that during
the past year that difficulty has
worn away considerably. At a
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Dr. Kings New Discovery For
1OnS Z m DtiOu.

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connection with DR.. Kings New Dis
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stomach and bowels. We guarantee
perfect satisfaction or return money.
Free trial bottles at G. II. Woods drug
store. Regular size so cents and sl.OG.
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In exceedingly handsome dress good at prices just as handsome bccaus~
the sales are certain If stock and prices are right. The latter is ours,th the former
lnurst 10 care for. Our stock AM prices acc certainly right and it's jmtN as Ger
tam mat your aste is correct and that means early purchase from or superb
ass'ltnen OF Spr1ng fabrns 1t spring in our stOrea nd it's sprng goods We
sh"wing.1 Our stock of dress goods includes, kremlins Cloth. Cravenettc.
PureM ohar Lace Brocadc.E taninn. English Checks. teciien. Silk and Wool
Novtitns Br3cade Silks and Satns, orsamies, Dimithes. Cycling Tweeds Bis.
cay Sutlngs Percales Cotton Novelties, Dotted MuNs. India Linens.
The LARGEST line Of LmlLs Waists and Lalies. KID Gloves In the city.
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correspondence.

invited me to send him q contribu-
ton from my own or Mrs. Ewart's
pen. or both. for the mammoth edi-
ton of the daily paper which YOU
are publishing. His SUGGESTION
that [ choose "anv topic or topics''
| wish, gives me q wide range. and
before O Get through readinr
this article O NAV find in it as
great a variety of subjects as are
treated in a certain book a kind
friend OF mine once gave me, enti-
tied, '''The Wonders of Heaven.
Earth and Ocean" But WHY
doesn't Mrs. Ewart write? | seem
to hear some one ask. | would be
glad if she did for she is a better
newspaper correspondent than her
husband. but she has not sufi-
GENTLY recovered from a long ILL.,
ness to enable her to do any work.
Let me tell you. first, where we
are. Pittsburg is 175 miles south
of Kansas City and is the metropo-
lis of one of the southeastern coun-
ties of the Sunfower state. We
have a population of ten thousand
and are within three miles of the
Missouri state line. Pittsburg
has five railroads. and an electric
street car line which has been ex-
tended to Frotenac. four miles
north, and is being extended to
Chicopce. four miles southwest.
In and around the city are nulner-
Gus zinc smelling plants and coal
mines. We have also two brick
yards and one iron foundry. 1t is
estimated that 5000 cars of coal
are mined in the vicinity of Pitts
burg every year and that the IS
furnaces in the smelling plants
turn out over 1OO.O 900 pounds of
zinc annually. The zinc ore is
brought here from southwest Mis-
souri,. 1t takes three cars of coal
to smelt one a of zinc ore. The
combined payroll Of the smelling
companies and coal mines in good
times is estimated to be over $780,
600 monthly.
These industries bring to our
city a great variety of people.
This is one of the widest fields for
Christian work | am at present ac-
quainted with.
Pittsburg boasts also of a lady
minister and we have reason to be
proud Of her. She is talented.
energetic, and eloquent. and is a
power for good in our city. Her
name is known beyond the limits
of Pittsburg-Mrs Edith Hill
Booker, pastor of the Baptist
church. The new editice being
built by this church is within two
blocks Of our own church so that
We will be neighbors very soon
Another one of our neighbors is
the recently erected city hospital.
founded by Drs. Williams
and Blair, This beautiful
building is also two blocks from
the Presbyterian church. 1t has
three stories and a basement, and
is admirably adapted for the treat
ment and care of the sick. Ere
quent accidents occur in connec-
firn with <h> r,.~o -- ex.
The herald., 1897-04-30
CHANCE FOR HAWKINS
Fred Began Is Anxious to Make a
Match With Him

Fred Began. the featherweight cham
pion of the Pacific coast, takes excep-
ton to the statement of Dal Hawkins
that he defeated him in seventy-five
rounds. Began says this statement does
him great injustice, as he has defeated
Hawkins for the coast championship.
He further says that the Athletic club
has made an offer to Hawkins for a
match. to which he has paid no atten-
ton. Began has written the Sporting
Editor of The Herald as follows, which
shows that he means business:
Now to show how willing I am to
again meet Hawkins I will meet him in
the Los Angeles Athletic club four weeks
from the signing of articles at 12s pounds
and IL 1 win am willing to donate the
purse to any charitable institution in
the city.
II am still willing to meet any man in
the world at 124 pounds. bar nobody. the
first come the first served. just want
the public to know that Hawkins or no.
body else ever beat me and I am still the
undefeated featherweight champion of
the Pacific coast"
The herald., 1897-04-30
Court Notes

In the insolvency proceedings of Kohn
Bros, In department three yesterday
Gregory Perkins. jr.. was appointed as
signee of the estate. The claims filed
amounted to $11o3.os.
Findings and judgment were ordered
by Judge Shaw yesterday in favor of
the defendant in the suit of Lucy ]. Har-
vey against the city of Los Angeles. The
question involved was the grading of
Olive street, when the chain gang was
put to work and cut 1t down.
A complaint was filed in the township
court yesterday by p. Charlebois of Ven
tura, wherein Ed McCamish was charged
with having killed Mccoy Pyle. The
facts in the case have been already
published, and albeit circumstantial in
character, point strongly to the guilt Of
the accused.
In department two yesterday, D. r.
Lindsay, a brakeman in the employ Of
the Southern California road, and his
wife, Florence, were permitted to adopt
Florence Lindsay. aged years. The
couple have had the child since 1t was l
year old, having received 1t from the
lying-in hospital on Bellevue avenue.
There are in Los Angeles county the
very goodly number of 43S notaries, and
of these 313 are in this city and 120 scat
tered throughout the county. When 1t
Is remembered that $4,000 is the amount
of notarial bond 1t would seem as IL
some gentlemen stand ready to pay
pretty smartly for what must Of neces-
sity, in many casest be an empty honor.
The herald., 1897-04-30
HoNoRS ARE EVEN
Some Difficulty Encountered in a
Fathers Suing for Child

The marital affairs of the McGregor
household were again the subject of ju-
dicial investigation yesterday. About a
year ago Mrs. Robert McGregor obtain
ed divorce and the custody of the child
was awarded to her. Since then she has
married again, and it is not quite con-
venient for the father of the little one to
be visiting the home of his ex-wife.
The parties were in department one
yesterday attempting to arrive at some
understanding as to when and where the
father might have access to and see his
child. 1t seemed desirable that the child
be entrusted to the care of some person
at whose home the father might visit
without feeling under restraint, but un-
fortunately the person he wanted the
mother had decided objection to, and
her choice was similarly distasteful to
the father After considerable wrang-
ling, mutual friend-Miss Foley-was
agreed upon as the temporary guardian
and custodian of the child, and all par
ties left the courtroom apparently con-
tent.
Later in the day, however, 1t devel-
oped that Miss Foley could not accept
the responsibility, and so it was mu-
tually decided that Mrs. NJ Hagan should
have the child. The case will come up
again next Wednesday for final deter
mination as to the times and places
when McGregor can see his little boy.
The herald., 1897-04-30
IDENTIFIED THE PROPERTY
Numerous Articles Found in Mrs
Stanton,s Room

Most of the articles which were stolen
by Mrs. Stanton, the expert shoplifter
arrested In the Mammoth shoe store
Wednesday by officer Fowle, have now
been identified. A further search of the
room which she occupied was made by
Detective Goodman yesterday morning.
Twenty-Five yards of silk and an ex-
pensive cape belonging to the Boston
store were found secreted under the car
pet. Other articles were discovered hid
den in different parts of the room.
Mre Stanton is the same woman who
escaped from officer Neighbors a few
weeks ago. She went into bicycle shop
on Fifth street and offered wheel
for sale. The proprietor suspected that
1t had been stolen and came to the police
station to report the matter, meanwhile
telling Mrs. Stanton to wait until he re-
turned. Detective Goodman was found,
and from the description of the wheel
recognized 1t as one that had been stolen.
He then telephoned to the shop and the
person in charge sent out for an officer to
arrest Mrs. Stanton.
officer Neighbors was summoned and
placed the woman under arrest. He
stepped to the telephone to call up the
police station, and while he was thus
occupied the woman skipped out of the
door and made good her esape Mrs.
Stanton was arraigned in the police court
yesterday and will have her hearing
today.
The herald., 1897-04-30
NO PROPER BASIS
Cokahnour Signed Confession I'm.
der Misrepresentation

The position of Ezra Cokahnour is
rather curious. He was arrested at Du-
arte on April 18th on the complaint of
one B. R. Davisson, who charged him
with arson. The defendant was ar
raigned before c. F. Cooke, justice of Ell
Monte township, who held him in $4,000
to stand trial in the superior court, on
his written confession of the crime.
Yesterday. however, when Cokahnour
was brought before Judge Smith to en-
ter his plea his counsel, w. T. Blakely,
moved to set aside the information on
the ground that his client was illegally
held. In the affidavit filed to sustain
the motion 1t is set forth that the de-
fendant was brought before the town
ship Justice all right when the complaint
was read to him; that he was requested
to sign certain paper which was read
to him but which he did not understand; !;
that he was not sworn at or before the
time he signed the paper; that on the
following morning he was taken to the
county Jail where he remained until the
oath inst, when he was arraigned; tina;
he has never been examined upon the
charge alleged and that he knows moth
ing about any confession.
Under the somewhat unusual circum
stances the case was taken under ad-
visement.
The herald., 1897-04-30
DEATH THE HARVESTER
Cuts Short the Life Of w. H. Whit
temore, a Popular Official

An air of gloom overshadowed the sew
eral departments of the superior court
yesterday when 1t was learned that w.
H. Whittemore, one Of the Oldest and
best known officials in the county clerk s
office, was dead.
Mr.. Whittemore has not been In bad
health, but he occasionally suf-
fered inconvenience from slight
rupture. He was advised that
an operation would effect per-
feet cure, and so last Saturday he said
good bye to his office associates, intend
ing to lay off for three or four weeks,
submit to an operation and get thorough
ly strong again before resuming work.
On Monday DR.. LIE Moyne Wills per-
formed the requisite operation at the
Good Samaritan hospital, and so far as
the operation itself was concerned 1t
was successful. but the patient could
not rally from the shock and died yes
terday morning at about o'clock.
When the sad news reached the court
house the deserted desk of the deceased
was draped with heavy Grape by the
clerical staff in the office, and many kind
words were sorrowfully uttered as the
good qualities of Mr.. Whittemore were
discussed. For while not demonstra-
tive man, or of the ha1l-fellow-well-met
kind, he was thoroughly genial and quite
popular with all who knew him. For
about seven years he was connected with
the county clerks office, first as clerk OF
the board of supervisors. then as clerk of
department five, and latterly as judg-
ment clerk in the main office. Mr.
Whittemore was married and lived at
Alhambra with his wife and the little
s-year-old girl that was the delight of
his life. He was master of the lodge, F.
and A. NJ, at Alhambra, and was highly
respected in his private life, as in busi-
ness associations.
Arrangements for the funeral have not
been yet definitely made. The body was
taken to Alhambra yesterday, and In all
probability the funeral will be held on
Sunday. when there will be a large
gathering of Masonic friends, as well
as the office associates of the deceased.
The herald., 1897-04-30
New Suits Filed

w. z. Clark ct al. VS.. John Doe Carl
baldi ct ala suit to recover possession
of kiln of burnt brick, containing 1885,
900 burnt brick, and also 100, 900 green
brick, located in the yard of c. Forester
in Chavez canyon, ETC., or $500 the value
thereof, together with $500 damages and
costs.
Newport Wharf and Lumber company
vs.. Ida M. Taylor ct ala suit to recover
S493. 10 on a note, $3.50 attorneys fee,
costs and decree of sale against lot 10,
block A. frey. French and Rohrer's
subdivision Of the south twenty acres Of
the Burbank tract.
Jaro Won Schmidt VS.. D. Mcfarland
ct ala suit to recover $11 ,20699. bal
ance due on a note for SIS, 900. $500 for at
torney's fees. costs and order of sale
against 100 shares of the capital stock
of the Sespe Oil company.
Frank n. N.Townsend VS.. Porphyry Paw
ing company-A suit to recover $3.50, with
interest, for men and material supplied
in doing certain grading work, etc.
The estate of Enmor L. Hadley. a
minor-The petition of Philena B. Had
ley, the mother, that she be appointed
legal guardian. The minor, who is 16
years old, has estate in Morgan county,
Ind, consisting of forty acres of land,
which is about to be sold for $2100.
c. H. Gosch VS.. ]. Worthington Means
ct ala suit to quiet title to property on
New High street adjacent to the county
jail.
Robert Eadie VS.. William A. Fariss ct
ala suit to recover $500 on note. $3.50
attorneys fees, costs. and order of sale
against certain property on Flower
street.
The herald., 1897-04-30
LODGING HOUSE TRADE
One Of the Parties Arrested for Petty
Larceny

LdICcuy
Two parties giving the names of c. w.
Filkins and Billy Egleton were arrested
Wednesday evening by officer Long on
warrant charging them with petit
larceny. The complaint was sworn out
by Mrs. Brood. who formerly ran lodg-
ing house at 312 East Second street.
1t seems that on March "a last she made a
trade with Filkins, who was proprietor
of the Reed house at 116 East First street,
giving him $3.50 to boot. When Mrs.
Brood came to occupy the place which
she had traded for she claims that she
found things far from being as they had
been represented. There were a number
of unpaid bills against the house, and
herent from the dodgers had been largely
paid In advance. A lot of the furniture
had also been taken out. She had a
search warrant issued and part of this
was found in Filkins' room. She then
had a warrant issued for his arrest. 1t is
not known what part Egleton had in the
transaction, but he Is supposed to be an
accomplice. Filkins and Egleton were
arraigned in the police court yesterday
and their ball was fixed at 5000 for the
former and 800 for the latter, which was
given and the men were released.