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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-10-07
SMIRCHIM%i CHARACTERS.
Impeachment Testimony in Progress Z
the Luetgert Trial.

Impeachment Testimony in Progress at
the Luetgert Trial.
CHICAGO, Oct. 1.-THE taking of tes-
timony in the Luetgert trial moves with
refreshing rapidity. The mystifying
technical scientific dissertations Of
astrological experts gave place to short,
crisp impeaching testimony. Bones
were stored away in the judicial cup.
board and scandal was dragged forth to
destroy, if possible, the reputation for
truth and veracity of the witnesses
who had testified for the defense. This
sort of thing interests the crowd in the
court room vastly more than the expo
sition of profound learning by the
eminent opposing experts.
Matt scholey's Reputation.
The reputation of Matt Scholcy, who
testified that he saw Mrs. Luetgert in
Kenosha on May and 4, was attacked,
and witnesses followed each other upon
the witness stand rapidly to say that
they would not believe Scholey under
oath. Several of the witnesses were not
Of a high order of intelligence. The
word 'veracity" floored one of them
completely. This witness would not
believe Scholey under oath because, he
said, the latter had been his partner in
a saloon venture and they had quarreled
and dissolved the co-partnership.
William T. Appel, Andrew Larson,
Peter Barbos, Peter Wagner and other
neighbors of the man who was SO posi-
tive in his Identification of q photo
graph of Mrs. Luetgert as the picture
of the woman he said he saw in Ken.
osha two days after Mrs. Luetgert dis.
appeared, unreservedly asserted that
they would not believe Scholey under
oath. Sharp and sarcastic cross question
ing by Attorney Palen usually brought
out the fact that at one time or another
the impeaching witnesses had expe.
rienced trouble at the hands of Scholey
Witnesses were called to impeach other
witnesses who had testified on behalf OF
the defendant.
Luetssrt's Talk Not Cheap.
The phonograph men are having fun
with the Luetgert case. Yesterday aft
ernoon the big sausage maker refused
to talk into a photographic receive,
until a contract was made which would
assure him 80 per cent of the receipts
It was agreed by Arnold Luetgert, sou
of the prisoner, that the Columbia
Phonograph company should have an
option upon the ''talk" for two weeks
at 5000, and if the company refused te
buy at that time the 30 per cent con
tract should remain in force. But Luet
CERT upset all negotiations by refusing
to talk.
"Talk is cheap, as a general thing, .
said he, "but my talk costs money!
and refused to talk until contract hat
been signed that suited him.
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Great Britain Will Not Take
Part in the Seal Conference
at Washington
But Is Willing to Talk the Mat
ter Over Privately With
Uncle Sam.
Withdrawal Due Solely to Can.
ada's Objection to Russia
and Japan.

LONDON, Oct. 7.-The officials Of the
British foreign Office have communi.
Gated to the United States ambassador,
Colonel John Hay, the final decision OF
that government, that Great Britain
must refuse to take part in any scaling
conference with representatives Of Rus.
sia and Japan. The British govern
ment, however, asserts its willingness
to confer with the United States alone,
but it insists that Russia and Japan are
not interested in the Behring sea seals
to degree emitting them to represen.
tation at the conference. The British
government does not suggest any date
for conference with the United States
and it is thought probable in London
that Great Britain's withdrawal will
result in two meetings, one between
the United States, Russia and Japan
and the other between the United States,
Great Britain and Canada.
1t cannot be too strongly reiterated
that the withdrawal of Great Britain
from the Washington conference is due
to Canada's insistence, aud until the
Canadian official informed the foreign
office of Canada's objections to meeting
Russia and Japan, out Of fear Of being
outvoted, Great Britain fully intended
to enter the conference.
But for Colonel Hays representations
the first announcement of Great Brit.
aims unwillingress to take part in the
conference would have been final, but
the United States ambassador so plainly
pointed out the unusual character of
Great Britan's change of mind at so
late in the day that some of the foreign
officials decided to reopen the question,
and have been endeavoring, but unsuc-
cessfully, to secure Canada's acqnies-
cence.
Sir Julian Pauncefote, the British
ambassador to the United States, also
used his influence in spirit of friend.
illness to the United States in efforts to
secure the adherence of Great Britain
to the original programme.
The diplomats here consider that
Great Britain's course was not cOur.
teous to Russia and Japan.
Experts who have been Investigating
the sales of sealslzins in London, in
order to obtain evidence for the use OF
the United States at the conference,
have proof that 50 per cent of the skins
sold by the Canadian companies are
those of female seals and that most o1
the animals were shot.
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Ottawa fire brigade for assistance but
none could be sent.
THOUSAND HORSES BURNED.

Great Fire in Two of the Chicago Stock.
yards Stables.
CHICAGO, Oct. THE big horse sale
barn at the Union stock yards caught
fire and seems doomed. The structure
contains about 1000 horses, and about
half that number, it is thought, have
already perished. At 3 80 o'clock the
entire space between Forty.third and
Forty.f1th streets was a mass OF
fame extending west from Hal.
stead street distance of two blocks.
The immense horse pavilion and the
building known as Newgrass' pavilion
were both beyond hope and the horses
in them, estimated in number at 1000,
had all perished.
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NO NEW INSTRUCTIONS.

Admin istratiOn Will Let the Liberal Cab.
met Become Settled.
WASHINGTON, Oct. Tt can be
stated positively that Minister Wood.
ford has received no additional instruc-
tions from Secretary Sherman or any
other government officer since he sailed
for Europe. His call was either one Of
courtesy to introduce himself formally
to the new Spanish administration, or
to lay before it some matter not fully
outlined i'll his talk with the Duke of
Tetuan. He bore no letter from Secre.
tary Sherman, and it can te stated au.
thoritatively that it is the policy of the
administration to let the new Spanish
cabinet become settled in office and not
to press it to act hastily.
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NO SUCCESSOR IN SIGHT.

Ucsig nation Of the German Iremier Has
Been Thrice Refused.
BERLIN, Oct. 7.-Prince Hohenlohe,
it is alleged, has already thrice rendered
his resignation as chancellor, but has
been induced to withdraw it because no
suitable successor could be found among
Prussians of princely rank and because
DR.. Won MIGUEL is reluctant to assume
such thorny legacy. The latter has
used all his influence to persuade Prince
Hohenlohe to retain cffice.
The Koelnische Zeitung, in frank
article explaining the motives underly.
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Nebraska Gold Dem &C rats.

OMAHA, Neb., Oct. 7.-The state com.
mittee of the National Democratic
party met at Lincoln and nominated
Warren Switzler of Omaha to be candi-
date for supreme judge instead of James
NJ. Woolworth, who resigned. Switz-
ler was chairman of the convention in
this city and has attracted considerable
attention by reason of his speech on
that occasion.
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NOrtlEtin acific Directors.

NEW YORK, Oct. AT the annual
meeting of the Northern Pacific stock.
holders here the following new directors
were elected: Messrs. Lamont, Mellen,
Moore and Payne. They take the
places of Messrs. Robert Bacon, Charlie.
magne Tower and E. w. Winter, re.
tired. An additional director has also
been included in the board.
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Mr.. Langtry's Ailment.

CHEST ER, Eng, Oct. 1.-THE doctors
of the asylum tor the insane in in which
Edward Langtry, the former husband
of Mrs. Langtry, the actress. is con-
fined, believe he is sufsri.ig from con.
cussion of the brain.
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Lamont Chosen President.

New YORK, Oct. 7.-Daniel S. La.
mont has been elected president of the
Northern Pacific Express company,
which is an adjunct Of the Northern
Pacific railroad, of which he is direc.
tor and vice president.
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Poultry, Butter and Eggs.

CH CA1O. Oct. =.
Livepoultry. qaies Turkeys e@1oc;
chickens, 71sc; spring c.lcAens, Sc;
ducks, 71ac. Butter. steady. Cream
cries, l W=l1ac; uairies laWlJ,. Eggs,
steady; fresh 1919.
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Montana Hotel Fire.

MILES CITY, Mon, Oct. THE Mac.
queen house was burned to the ground
at 4 o'clock a. m. The guests all
escaped, though some had narrow
escapes.
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LATEST MARKET REPORT.
Milwaukee Grain.

Milwaukee Grain.
MILWAUKEE, Oct. 6.
WHEAT-No. Northern, sac; No.
9spring, S39S6c; December, s9s4c.
CORN-No. 2SAc
OATS-No. 2 white, 2l349e21ac.
BARLEY-No. 2, 421ac; sample on
track, 36WAlkc.
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Minneapolis Grain.

MNN3APO-Is, Oct. 8.
WHEAT-O,tober closed at Sslsc; De-
cember, $3.50; Nav, Jo1s' GA Ira; e
No. hard slA.c; NO. i Northern, e9is;;
No. Northern S,%sc
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Duluth Grain.

DULUTH Oct. 6
WHEAT-Cash No. hard 92c; No.
l Northern, 9O.; No. Northern, SIC;
No. . spring, SEC rejected 720 &c;
TO arrive, No. hard, s3,, No. l North
ern. 9oc; October No l Northern, 9oc;
December No. l Northern, o91sc; May
No Northern, 9l.
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Chicago Union stock Yards.

Chicago Union stock Yards.
CHICAGO, Oct. +.
HOGS-Market l;,iriy active.
Sales ranged at S.. >,Qy % Tor light;
$3.4,Wl.l5 Tor heavy; s. 45 g3.5o for
rough.
CATTLE-Steady to stronger.
Sales ranged at So 90@o 10 for reeves;
sl.!O@i.jO for cows and h ,ifers; S,.7O@
3S5 for Texas steers; Sj@4 - for west
erns: -. Suee 1. 40 Tor stockers and feeders
SHEEP-Good sheep steady; others
weaker.
Sales ranged S23O@4.lO for natives;
s2.9U@ ..95 tor westerns; $40 95.iO for
lambs.
Receipts: Hogs $4,000; cattle, 1000;
sheep, $1,000.
St. Paul Union stock Yards.
SOUTH St. PAUL Oct. 6.
HOGS-Market &c lower. Range of
prices, $3.5O@36o.
CATTLE-Steady for go I'd cattle.
Sales Ranged at S3.6O@4.2) for stock.
ers; s. 45 for cows; S2.5O93 for steers.
SHEEP-Good demand for good stuff
Muttons, S. 4O@35O; lambs, S.4O.
Receipts: Hogs 1000; cattle, 1000;
calves, 400; sheep, 400.
Chicago Grain and Provis "ns.
CLOSING PRICES
CHICAGO, Oct. 6.
WHEAT-O:tober 90ssc; December,
02Nc; old, Sossc; January. S9Nc; May,
9lAc.
CORN-October, 2S2sc; December. 3ON;
May, 3.Ac.
OAlS - October l9A'; December
goo; May. y2Ac.
PORK-October. .7.95; December,
tS.05; January, IS 9A
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Merchants Adopt Gold Standard.

N0r''1ENutH zAUOPV a OOIU cIHHUHrUs
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1.-THE United
States consular agent at Bluefields,
Nicaragua, has reported to the state de.
partment that the merchants there have
adopted a gold standard.
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Spraviux Mixture.

q A spraying mixture, claimed to be
&heaper than paris green, is composed
as follows: Two pounds white arsenic,
Eight pounds sal soda and forty pounds
lime, the total cost of the spraying mix
lture being 20 cents, or 3A cents per
barrel rs a solution. The quantities
mentioned will make 800 gallons Of
spraying mixture. Dissolve the ar
senic by boiling with carbonate Of soda
in two gallons of water Ordinary wash
Ing Soda, which mixture can be kept
always ready for use. Boil In an old
iron pot for fifteen minutes, or until
the arsenic is dissolved. When wanted
for use slake two pounds of lime and
add forty gallons Of water. Into this
pour a pint of the arsenic mixture. This
preparation will not burn the leaves Of
plants. 1t makes a milky-colored spray,
which can easily be seen on the plants,
and is not only cheaper than paris
green, but more uniform in strength
and fully as efflcacious.
( For Chicken Eating Hogs.
A chicken catcher in herd Of hogs
lis most exasperating and expensive.
lOne such will soon transform whole
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-15

favorable crop prospects. The factor
Of abundant money has been present
for some time. Loans have been easy
to obtain on good names or collateral,
and at remarkably low rates Of inter-
est; but borrowers have been rather
scarce, not choosing to increase their
liabilities until they could see some
prospect Of safe Investment. But the
bank statements Of the past few weeks
have shown gratifying expansion Of
loans, indicating that the money is go
ing into active use. The New York
statement Of Saturday shows an ex-
pansion in loans of over $4,000, 900; at
the same time the deposits increased
$4,56G,0O0, and the reserve is nearly
$5O,O0O,0O0 in excess Of the legal re-
quirements. 1t is this plethora of
funds that deprives the gold exports
of their former terror. There is a
cheerful Indifference to the outward
flow Of the yellow metal, because the
bankers and financiers know that we
have enough and to spare, and that we
shall get 1t all back again In the fall,
when the crop movement is fairly I'M
der way. This crop movement will
soon start the flow Of money from New
York and other seaboard centers to the
interior, and any local stringency that
may exist will be abated-while Eu-
rope, owing to short stocks and abund-
ant supplies, Is sure to want a large
percentage of our bountiful crops. Thus
there is a prospect Of easy money for
the balance Of the year.-Minneapolis
Tribune.
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business and Wheat.

The keynote Of the business situation
is increasing confidence. This is shown
not only in the stock market, where an
old-fashioned bull movement has been
In progress for about a month, but in
lines Of legitimate trade as well. Dun's
weekly review says: There il no
step backward in business, although
the season OF midsummer quiet is near.
The improvement continues, gradual,
and prudently cautious as before, and
IN many branches evident where no
signs Of 1t appeared few weeks ago."
1t Is further stated that business men
of the highest standing In all parts Of
the country have perceived the rising
tide and are making their plans,for the
future with a confidence unknown a
short time ago.
The main factors In the improved
feeling are the rapid progress of the
tariR bill towards completion and the
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CHAIRS AND REvOLvERS.
At EssexviIle Six Heads We're Cracked
and One Man Shot.


Six heads were cracked and one man
was shot i'm the calf Of the left leg, at an
early hour Tuesday morning in the vii
lage of Essexville as a result of the bad
blood existing between the Boyce and
Northcote factions, sO-called. For sew
eral months there has been trouble brew
ing between George III. Boyce, president
of the village; Archie A. Boyce, his broth
err, county road commissioner, and their
friends on one side, and DR.. Ephraim
Northcote and his friends on the other
side.
Tuesday morning ut 2 o'clock, Life
Warfie.d, q friend of NOrthcote, and En-
glchart, one of those on Boyce's side, met
in Frank Trudell's saloon, pulled their
coats off and went at it. In the melee
Fred Purtill son of the keeper Of the
poor house, also friendly to Northcote;
Charles Wynne, Thomas Higgins, Chas.
King and others, including Trudell, fig
ured, all of them being more or less. in
jured before officers stopped the fight.
Purtill was knocked insensible with a
rock while in the custody of the officers.
His face was cut open, his head gashed
and his back bruised with chair. Tru-
dell. who claims that he tried to part the
of his thumbs chewed. King was struck
over the shoulder with a chair and suf-
fered partial fracture of the arm.
Wynne's face was smashed.
While Marshal Cotter and Constable
Bartlett were conveying two Of the men
to the county JAIL DIR. Northcote was
called upon to attend Trudell. King and
Purtill, as their injuries needed medical
attention. While returning from visit
to Purtill, whose gashes he sewed up, DIR.
Northcote claims to have been followed
by Englehart and a crowd of men, who
dared him TO come out on the sidewalk
and exchanged shots. Northcote says as
he was going into his office bullet came
after him, and, wheeling, he returned 1t
with his revolver. In all ten shots were
fred. One of the bullets passed through
the calf of Northcotc's left leg. Another
went through the plate glass window Of
his Office, another through the side of his
Office and two into the front of his house.
Englchart was arrested and arraigned
on the charge of assault with intent to do
great bodily harm. His case was adjourn
ed for one week His bail, $1,000, was
furnished by Jonathan Boyce, father Of
the Boyce boys. A complaint for assault
and battery was preferred against the
others, and their cases adjourned.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-15

1t is by closely watching the combs of
fowls that the experienced poulterer
can decide which are about to go into
the moulting period and which there
fore will require extra care and feed.
1t is a decided advantage to have the
fowls begin moulting thus early, for
such hens will be full feathered In fall
and be good fall and winter layers.
Such a hen has also begun laying early,
SO at both ends of the season she fur
nishes eggs that bring the highest
price. The hens that are laying most
profusely in July, especially those more
than years old. will moult late In the
fall, and not begin laying again until
eggs are extra cheap in the spring.
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Sixteen to One Dead.

For one, l do not believe 1t possible
to succeed upon platform that de-
mands the unqualified free coinage of
silver at the ratio of 16 to / with gold.
We have fought that battle and it is
lost. We can never fight 1t over under
circumstances more favorable to our
selves. If we hope to succeed, we
must abandon this extreme demand"
In these words, Horace Boies, former
Governor of Iowa, and erstwhile Dem
ocratic Presidential aspirant, addresses
the voters Of the United States who
demand the free coinage of silver. He
does it through the medium Of letter
to Col. ID. NJ. Fox, of Des Moines.
THE friends Of silver, although once
defeated, are not yet demoralized. This
will not be true after second defeat"
he warningly says. I'm our next battle
we must win or our case is LOST
Although Mr.. Boies has in private
frequently expressed hostility to the
10 to / plank Of the Chicago platform,
this is the first authoritative declara-
ton from him to that effect. In pub
licly declaring it to be dead issue he
gives at length his reasons for assert
ing it to be such. He says the voters
buried it under the belief that 1t meant
silver recommendation, pure and SIM
pie, which would increase instead Of
diminish the misfortunes attributed to
the single standard.
1T matters not" he says, chow we
convince the people the gold standard
is wrong unless we convince them that
what we offer in its place is better in
stead of worse"
BY the adoption of the 16 to 1 plank
he declares the delegates to the Chi
cago convention forced the silver forces
to assume the defensive for their new
creed.
When Mr.. Boies was questioned con-
corning the latter, he said:
MY letter to Col Fox / knew to be
contrary to the views of the radical sill
yer men, but it is in line with my for
mer position on this question, and in
writing it / did so with the hope that
the two wings of the Democratic party
might see in the plan outlined some
method by which they could get togeth-
er on the money question"
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surplus and No Surplus.

There Is surplus In the treasury
which, though 1t was placed there by
the sale of bonds Of the United States
to help out the deficiency caused by the
failure Of Democratic revenue legisla-
ton to provide the necessary revenues,
still the surplus is there. This makes
the question Of necessary national rev
enue less important for the moment in
comparison with the question of
promptly excluding foreign importa-
lions in the interests Of protection.
There Is a surplus in the treasury, but
there is no surplus In the pockets Of the
American workingmen who want en-
ployment.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-07-15

Fundy Bay, an arm Of the Atlantic
separating Nova Scotia from New
Brunswick and the State Of Maine, Ia
remarkable for its tides, which are the
highest In the world. This is due part
ly to the fact that the bay is so mar
row. compared with its length--it Is 100
miles long and 80 broadk-that the wa
tiers, not being able to spread them
selves out, have, as 1t were, to be heap
ed up. Partly, IL Is also caused by
the fact that the mouth of the bay d.
rectly faces the waves as they sweep
up from the south ut the rate of sixty
miles an hour. The water thus rises
very rapidly, as much as 20 feet an
hour, the average difference between
high and low water being 20 feet.
When the winds blow strongly with
the advancing waves, however. the tide
rises to even 40 feet
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Farm Notes.

Always select the largest and most
growthy sows for breeders.
Unless a COW is a good breeder she
should not be kept on the farm.
To meet low prices lessen the cost of
production as much as possible.
Mixed farming and stock raising is
best adapted to the average farmer.
1t Is poor economy to stack the hay
or straw where the stock can run 10 it
all summer.
Lights in the rear of the horses is
best for the eyes Of the animals when
in the stables.
A good dairy COW win turn the extra
feed into milk, while the poor one will
convert it into fat.
A healthy, well-developed animal.
male or female, may be expected to
produce growthy stock.
1t is not advisable with the average
farmer to risk his whole dependence
upon one kind of crop.
The largest profits and quickest re-
turns come from keeping stock in n
marketable condition at all times.
To secure the best results from green
manuring, turn the growth un1cr
when the plants are in full bloom.
Given the run of a good pasture sup
plying pure water and keeping the
quarters clean, are good preventives
of hog cholera.
With improved machinery hay can
be harvested and moved at com
paratively low cost, and it makes a
good winter feed.
Cows that are giving milk may be
greatly injured by being driven rapid
~ or chased by dogs In going to or
from the pastures.-Farmers' Union.
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Intcrosts of the Consumer..

At no time have the interests of the
consumers been considered. They con
stitute the greater portion of those af.
fected by a tariff, but their welfare
does not enter into the delusive
schemes Of the protective tariff theory
--Easton pa Argus.
Oh, yes; they have been considered
Who are the consumers but our great
army of workers? A protective tariff
Is enacted in order that our masses
may have work, may earn wages, may
spend their money, and may consume
what they buy. Without the work
they cannot earn, they cannot spend
money, they cannot buy, and they can
not consume. A protective tariff is de-
signed to serve the best interests of
the millions Of our consumers"