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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-05-11
PEACE PROSPECTS
Appearances Now Indicate the
GrecO-Turkish War Is Near
at Hand.
Greece Has Decided to Withdraw
Troops From the Island
of Crete.
Terms Of Peace Already Agreed
Upon by the POwers---Turk-
ish Demands.

New YORK, May ia dispatch to
The Journal from Athens, says: Prime
Minister Railli says that the Greek
troops will be withdrawn from Crete
1.-The government, having need of all
troops possible" he said, has decided
OH gradually withdrawing our army
from Crete. This would also facilitate
arrangements with the great powers.
Greece has officially notified the for
eign ministers of her intention to
withdraw from Crete and has demand
ed admission of Greek ships within the
blockade for this purpose.
Greece now awaits the official offer
of the great powers to make proposals
of peace between her and Turkey, if
they please, but will not ask for it. An
official note from the powers will prob
ably be presented at once, and all de-
pends on its terms. The reports i'll the
papers of an armistice is not true, but
an armiStlce will probably be agr eed
upon if peace negotiations are opened. "
PARIS, May IA semi. official COM
munique was published saying the I'M
preston prevails that the negotiations
between Greece and Turkey will not
be attended by great difficulties, and
will soon have satisfactory issue
The powers, it is further stated, had
already agreed among themselves upon
the conditions of peace. Germany's
hesitation was due to the fact that the
Greek government in a circular to the
representatives at courts of the powers
did not formally adhere to CretaI
autonomy, as demanded by the power.
Greece subsequently gave the neces
sary assurances i'll this respect, and the
German minister at Athens has becl
instructed to actively support the
efforts of the powers to conclude peace
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government had expressed a desire for
mediation. The Greek government as
whole. the premier added, did not
intend, to the best of his belief, to ask
for mediation.
Regarding Crete, the premier said
there is some indetiniteness at the pres.
ent stage of affairs. The Greek gov
be consistent with its position to prom
ise an Immediate and definite with
drawal of the Greek troops from Crete,
but he Lord Salisbury understood,
though the government had no official
information on the subject, that the
Greek government is preparing to say
that it will withdraw its troops from
Crete in the not very distant future.
Continuing, the Marquis of Sails
bury said: II am sorry to say, as we
stand at present, do not think this
assurance is entirely satisfactory to all
the powers. However, l have only to
answer for ourselves and our instruc-
tions have been to join i'll any pro-
cedure for the purpose of entering
upon mediation which is acceptable to
the others. In our view, the main
point is to arrest as far as possible the
etfusion of blood, and we are not very
particular about the forms. l regret
exceedingly that the Greek govern
ment is more particular about the
forms than the circumstances i'll the
casa iuStify
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morning the flames were under con-
troll and the steamer out of danger
The passengers were sent back to the
Leona, and the City of Augusta con-
tinued on her way to Savannah. The
Leona put about and returned to port
under her own steam.
The Leona is schooner-rigged, steel
screw steamer of 1920 tons register
She was built in 1889 at Chester, Pa.
She had three decks and SIX bulk
heads.
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VIENNA, May lit Is reported here
that Turkeys terms OF peace with
Greece include the payment of an m
demnity of e3,OOO,OOO (Sl3 ,Oor, r,OOo), a
Encouragement of the Greek frontier,
the annulling of the treaties favoring
the Greeks, the cessiOn of the Greek
fleet to Turkey, and the settlement Of
the Cretan question.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-05-11
DEATHS BUSY DAY
Dutch and Norwegian SchOoners
in Collision Off the Island
of HeligOland.
Thirteen Out of Both Crews
Saved---Twenty Miners Killed
ON the Isle of Man.
Mallory Line Steamer LeOna Ar
rives in Port With Thirteen
COrpseS.

HAMBURG, May IA dispatch from
the island of Heligoland announces
that the Dutch steamer Firdene from
Cagliaci, Island of Sardiana, for Stock
holm, has been in collision with the
Norwegian bark Roedvar. Both yes.
sells are supposed to have foundered.
1t is reported that IL men of the two
crews have been saved and that the
drowned are largely i'll excess of that
lumber
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Baroness liirsCh the Donor.

PARIS, May lit l. announced thar
Baroness Hlrsrh Is II" anonymous
donor of @3i 500 francs c$l>',1oo) re.
ceived by the committee OF III. charity
bazaar, the scene Of the terrific ire Of
Tuesday last. This sum. together with
the proceeds Of the first Gays SAFE,
IL. 600 francs, (+9.OOOl exactly equals
the receipts Of the bazaar IN 1896, thus
enabling the committee to d!-trlbut,
its funds TO charitable purposes a,
before.
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WASHINGTON, May Minister Bar.
rett has Informed the department of
state that the king of Siam has ap-
pointed the queen to act as regent dur.
ing his absence, assisted by council
of regency, step unprecedented under
the present dynasty. This was done
March 81 in solemn assembly at the
royal palace in the presence of the
princes, noblemen, officials, the diplo-
matte and consular corps.
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MORE TURKISH TROOPS.

Government Decides to Increase Its
Force in Europe.
LONDON, May ll.-The Constantino-
pie correspondent OF The Standard
says: The Turkish military commits
sioners held prolonged conference
with the sultan and decided to increase
the troops in European Turkey to 1872
COO men, a decision ratified by the sui.
tan. In view of the possible early
intervention Of the powers: EaArm
Pasha has been ordered to hasten his
advance, leaving the line of c"n.A. UNI
cations to be guarded 10y lrnforce-
ments which are daily as, utched. to
the front.
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CHICAGO, May lL-IN" I!m"S-
HeraId's Washington SPECIAL says The
Peruvian government mas ceased the
coinage of silver and VIII not permit
the importation of any SILVER com.
Director Preston Of the JnIt"d States
mint, has been officially advised to this
effect. The decree pr"yldo> that silver
coinage shall be suspended, aud that
the mint shall cease to receive silver
hulliop
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-05-11
Ireparing for n Holy War.

LONDON, May ll.-The correspondent
of The Standard at ConstantlnopIe
says: learn that circular has been
addressed by the Sheikhul Islam to the
Imams i'll Constantinople and TIE
provinces which foreshadows the
speedy approach of holy war, the
sacred edict for prOclaiming which is
already being prepared.
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Captajn and Crew Rescued.

BEACH HAVEN, N. j., May ll.-The
full rugged ship Frances of New Bed
ford, ll2 days from San Francisco for
New York with general cargo,
coast. Her captain and crew We're
safely landed by the Little Egg Harbor
lifesaving crew. The ship will proba-
bly, prove a total loss.
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PASSENGERS CREMATED.
Mallory Line Steamer Leona Arrives In
Port With sixteen Corpses.

8 Mallory Line steamer Leona Arrives In
Port With sixteen Corpses.
New YORK, May IL. The Mallory
line steamer Leona, which left her
pier on Saturday. bound for Galveston,
took fire at sea, put back and arrived
III port with IA Corpses on board. The
dead were i steerage passengers and 3
members of the crew, who succumbed
to a terrible fire which occurred off the
Delaware capes at an early hour Sun
day morning.
The horror of the story can hardly
be told Those who are dead We're
penned up below decks and although
frantic efforts wers made by the Of
ficers of the vessel to save them, the
fire had gained such headway before
the danger was discovered that
All Escape Was Cut on
1t is not certain how the fire origi.
mated, but when it was discovered it
burst forth with such fury that it was
impossible to reach the steerage. Even
then the steerage passengers appar-
emily were unmindful of the danger,
else the smoke and flames had not
reached them. The saloon passengers
were first aroused, and i'll such man.
her as to occasion little alarm. When
it became apparent that the fire had
cut off the steerage, the captain and his
men poured great quantities of water
down the ventilator and the most
frantic efforts were made for the escape
of those penned up. In this way eight
of the steerage passengers made their
escape.
Passengers Transferred.
While the fire was raging signals OF
distress were flashed, and were shortly
answered by the steamer City Of Au.
gusta, which came along side as quick
as possible. The passengers were all
transferred to the City of Augusta in
safety, and the work of fighting the fire
continued. About O'Clock i'll the
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-05-11
DR.. Hunter Seeks Foreign Mission.

WASHINGTON. May 1l.-Senator De-
Doe called at the White House to urge
the president to appoint DR.. Hunter to
a leading foreign mission, probably
Chile. Dr. Hunter was for some time
the leading candidate in the recent
Kentucky sensational senatorial con-
test, finally giving place to Mr.. Deboe.
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SALISBURY'S STATEMENT.
Attitude of Greece and of the Powers Ex
planned.

planned.
LONDON, May 1.-THE Earl of Kim
berly, the Liberal leader in the house
of lords, asked whether Greece had an
nounced her willingness to withdraw
her troops from Crete and whether she
had requested the powers to mediate
with Turkey.
The Marquis of Salisbury replied
that if he answered i'll the negative it
would be strictly correct; yet, such a
reply might be misleading. Therefore,
he would say a word on the subject
The Greek government had not asked
for mediation but members Of that
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-05-11
Children Cremated.

CHARLESTON, S. c., May IL. "A spe-
cial to The News and Courier from
Laurent, S. c., says that the cabin of
Ladrez Tubker, white, on the planta-
ton of w. S. Gray, was burned dur.
ing the night and four children Were
cremated. The father and mother had
gone fishing.
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Buildings Wiped Out.

SHELDON. N. D., May ll.-Thirteen
buildings were burned here during the
day. The total loss is put at between
$2O.OOO and $4,000. with only 1000
insurance. Only small proportion of
the contents of the buildings were
Sava6
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-07-31

nierclal treaty the Times again commit
iIIentS canada and Sir Wilfrid Lauriar
upon paving the way for further con-
sOLualIon or the empire and expresses
the nope that the German friends of
the empire will not be angry enough
70 reiuse TO negotiate another treatv
u unhapplly they should do so saws
the Ilmes, they may rest assured that
the deprivation will be borne with
1ortltude. British exports from Ger
many never were large and have in
creased very little in the past forty
years. Even if Germany should retail
ATE by increasing her duties, Great
britain must regard it as a moderate
price to pay for the advantages
promised from the movement which
Canada has initiated with so much
happy audacity.
The Standard expresses similar views
and says: 1T would be to the interest
of both Germany and Belgium to meet
us In a business-lke spirit for the
negotiation of a fresh treaty"
The Daily News calls it: 1.-THE frs.
fruits of the jubilee" and congratulates
the government heartily. 1t says:
This event alone would make the
year memorable in the history of the
empire. Other remarkable demonstra-
tons of the unity of the empire are
the offer of an ironclad by the. Cape
Colony and the admission of colonial
judges to the English supreme court.
AS for reprisals, Germany can do little
more than she has done already. We
are her best customers, and. although
the Germans may not love US, they are
shrewd business men,"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-07-31
IN WINTER THE MERCURY HUNTS
THE BOTTOM OF THE
TUBEw
DAYS BUT FOUR HOURS LONG.
THE SUN AT NOON ONLY A FEW DE-
r GREEs ABOVE THE x
HORIZON. 2
sITKA REGULAR SUMMER RESORT
Mean Temperature Along the Coast
of Alaska About the Same as
at WashingtO

WASHINGTON, July 30.-Under di-
Wilson, Chief Moore, of the weather
bureau, has made public a statement
in regard to the climate of Alaska. In
this statement Mr.. Moore says:
1.-The climate of the coast and inte-
rior Of Alaska are unlike in many re-
spects, and the differences are inten-
sified in this as perhaps in few other
countries by exceptional physical con-
ditions. The fringe of islands that sep
arate the mainland from the Pacific
ocean from Dixon sound north, and also
a strip of the mainland for possibly
twenty miles back from the sea. fol-
lowing the sweep of the coast as il
curves to the northwestward to the
western extremity of Alaska, form a
distinct climatic division, which may be
termed temperate Alaska The tenn
perature rarely falls to zero; winter
does not set in until December, and bv
the last of May the snow has disap-
peared, except on the mountains. The
mean winter temperature of Sitka is
1925, but little less than that of Wash
ing, D. c.
'In the Klondyke region in midwin-
ter the sun rises from $50 to 10 a. M.
and sets from to 8 p. M. the total
length of daylight being about four
hours. Remembering that the sun
rises but few degrees above the hori-
ION, and that it is wholly obscured
on a great many days, the character of
the winter months may easily be i'm
agined. The mean temperatures CT
the months October 1889, to April, 1890,
both inclusive, are as follows: October.
SO degrees; November, 8 degrees; De-
cember, II degrees below zero; January.
IL below; February, Is below; March, 6
above; April, 20 above The daily mean
temperature fell and remained below
the freezing point (32 degrees) from
Nov. 4, 1889, to April q, 1890, thus Civ
ing 1853 days as the length of the cold
est season of 1889-9O, assuming tina.
outdoor operations are controlled by
temperature only. The lowest temper
atures registered during the cold were
81 degrees below zero in November; AZ
below in December; So below in Janu
ary; 55 below in February; As below in
March and 26 below in April The
greatest continued cold occurred in
February, $780, when the tdaiIy mean
for five consecutive days was At de-
greeS below zero.
THE changes of temperature from
winter to summer are rapid, owing to
the great increase in the length of the
day. In May the sun rises about 3
a. m. and sets about .. M In June
1t rises about l:SO in the morning, and
sets at about 1890, giving about TWEEN
ty hours of daylight and difuse twilight
the remainder Of the time The mean
summer temperature in the interior
doubtless ranges between 60 and 20 de
grees, according to elevation being
highest in the middle and lower Yukon
valleys"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-07-31
BREEDING NEW Favored FOWL.
DucklinGs That Literally Can Never
Go Near the Water.


CHICAGO, July 3O.-Mother Goose
has been brought down to date by hav-
ing her good precepts applied in the
education of ducks. There are 2,0OG
ducklings at Chatham Fields farm in
the southern part of the city, to which
moral little tale is told every even
ing, finished up by the good advice:
Don't go near the water" And the
little ducklings obey religiously, for
there isn't pool big enough to hold
even one of their little webbed feet
inside the Enclosure marked out to limit
their wanderings.
Despite that unnatural way Of living
the ducks look and act about as con-
tented as could be wished, for the
visions of cool streams and running
waters are confined entirely to their
astral bodies and don't get down to
the everyday fighting basis of their
physical selves. When a storm cloud
appears the ducks are sent at once to
cover so that there will be no risk of
their learning bad habits from too
much rainWater and, If one of them
gets really wet, he is at once carefully
wiped off with a specially prepared
sponge so that no harm can result to
him.
The object OF making the duckIlngs
violate so egregiously all the ideals
of their race is peculiarly an economic
one. The novel method of treating
them has been adopted solely so that
they will grow up tender and soft and
not turn their meat into hard muscle
by too much exercise. 1t is an inno-
walton in breeding, which, combined
with the incubator and the water pipe.
is developing a land duck which Is
said to differ when cooked in taste as
much from the ordinary water duck
as in life it differs in habits.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-07-31
WRAPPED IN FLAME
THREE YEAR OLD CHILD MEETS
A HORRIBLE
FATE.
DEATH ENDS SUFFERING.
WOMAN SEVERELY BURNED IN AN
EFFORT TO SAVE THE
LITTLE ONE.
JAIL LOSES ANOTHER PRISONER
walked Forth UnmoIested h
Guards Or Hindered by
Bars.

William Leo Mogan, the three-and-a-
half-year-old son of Michael w. Nc
gan, night engineer at the city hos
p1tal, living at PALS Eighteenth avenue
south, was fatally burned yesterday
morning, dying several hours later.
Mrs. Mogan had gone across the
street to attend the morning services
of Holy Rosary church, leaving her
three sons alone in the house Little
Willie, who was clad in dresses, had
formed a habit of late of stealing
matches and using them. He was very
cunning about this and although his
parents checked him several times. he
still succeeded in getting possession of
them. After his mothers departure he
tried to light the fire in the kitchen
stove and in some manner his dresses
caught. He was seen by his older
brothers, who ran outside and called
fire" The oldest boy, Frank, seven
years Of age, poured a pail of water
on his little brother, which did not ex-
tinguish the flames, but succeeded in
partially subduing them. Mrs. Frank
T. Fitzpatrick, OF 1920 Eighteenth avenue
south, heard the cries for help and
tore off the burning clothes In so do
ing she burned her arms and hands
severely. AS she had finished taking
off the blazing garments, Mrs Mogan
appeared and she was almost distract
ed by the sight. The attending ply
slclans could not save the little fellow S
life and he died at II o'clock yesterday
morning, being conscious almost to the
last.
The funeral will be held from Holy
Rosary church at 1 o'clock Sunday
afternoon.
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MINNEAPOLIS.
OFFICE 20 SOUTH FOURTH STREET.
MINNEAPOLIS GLOBULES.

Robert Dean was sentenced to the work
house for 60 days yesterday morning for the
larceny of trousers from the Palace Cloth
ing company.
ing ]. NJ. Norris receiver of the Northwest
ern Guaranty Loan company, to sell farm
lands in Swift county for $3.50
Luth Jaeger has received a number of Of
fers for real estate held by him as receiver
of the Scandal bank, and Judge johnson has
appointed Aug. as the day on which the
hearing shall be held to determine whether
any of the offers shall be accepted or not.
August A. Sanberg. the correspondent of
the wedishAmerican bank, arrived home
from trip abroad last Monday. He accom-
panied the American Union of Swedish Sing
ers on their trip through Sweden and says
that the concerts of this organization were one
complete triumph.
Controller Nye has received reports of two
settlements with the county from Auditor
Minor. From dividends from the defunct
banks, the Citizens, Irish-American and City
banks, the city receives $50, 47S.45. Its share
or interest and penalties on delinquent taxes
amounts to $24. 043.S0.
James Mccain was arrested last night by
Officer Russell on the charge of vagrancy.
1t is alleged that Mccain entered a number
of Nicollet avenue stores and made emphatic
threats if he refused money. When he
saw the officer he sprinted down the avenue
but the king Of clubs was too fast for him.
The sawmills which shut down on account
of the high water, resumed work against yes
terday morning, nearly all starting I'D at the
regular time. Some which have been making
repairs will not get started for several days.
The mill men DO not anticipate any trouble
this season. and will probably saw right
through until the river freezes.
Nels Miller. a mtlkman, who had been re-
pea edly warIed, was fn> d SO esterday mora
Ing in the police court for not having a Ii
cense. There are fifty or sixty other dairy
men who are likely to receive the same treat
ment unless they secure licenses at once The
Miller complaint was sworn out nv q T.
Smith, OF the state dairy and food Department.
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VERY MUCH MIXED.
Judge johnson to Unrave1 IA Weitz-
merchandising TangIe.

Judge Johnson was given a tangle to IN
wind yesterday, which will take considera-
BILE study, and all the outgrowth of that
famous Weitzner, Gutenberg & Co. failure.
When the insolvent firm sold out to P. P.
Swensen they gave in part payment two
notes for 5000 each. The firm owed the
Washington bank large amount, and turned
over the notes to the bank. Then William
Cumbey brought suit against Swensen for
$4,000, the value of the stock purchased, and
SWensen paid the bank checks for the inter-
est as it fell due, although his bank account
was overdrawn. Now everybody has as
signed, and there is a general scratching of
heads to see where they are at
The Washington bank secured recognition
of its claim for the notes against the Sven
sen estate; the receiver of the Washington
bank refused to allow the assignee of Weitz-
ner, Gutenberg & Co. claim for the value
of the notes against the bank, and offers to
turn them over to the assignee of the cloth
ing firm. No one wants the notes, and A, B..
Jackson appeared for Cumbey and asked
that the court hear the evidence and decide
who was entitled to the notes and where the
claims should lie. He will decide later