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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-08-11

people and we rejoice in the power and
influence which he has gained by his
able and courageous defense of the right
Of man.
Resolved, That we commend the hon
est and fearless administration of Gov
ernor Andrew E. Lee and especially EN-
phasize our appreciation of his courageou
policy in demanding the same standard
of official probity from members Of his
own official family that he exacts from
officers Of the opposition.
Resolved. That we are highly pleased
and gratltied over the proud fact that
the silver senators and representatives in
congress enjoy the distinction of having
forced the national administration TO a
just and proper punishment of Spain for
the destruction of the Maine and her 26G
brave sailors.
Resolved, That we appreciate the ster-
ling worth and patriotism Of the brave
boys Of this state who Rave gone to the
front and pledge to them our hearty CO.
operation.
Resolved, That we hereby grant to
the state central committee full plenary
power to transact all business which this
convention might do and instruct said
committee to till all vacancies which
may occur in the state or national
ticket.
We recommend that at the state con-
v%ention of the Peoples Party to be held
in 1860 a candidate for United States
Senator be nominated 70 be voted for
by the legislators elected by the party
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-08-11
HOBOES TAKE A TRAIN.

The Whole Gang Ragged at Larimore, N.
D., and Will BE Prosecuted.
LARIMoRE, N. D., Aug. l1.-About
30 hoboes held up a Great Northern
freight at Grand Forks junction. They
boarded the train, refusing to get of,
and pulled guns on the train crew.
The officers here were notified by wire
and a posse was organized. BY ar.
rangement the train was stopped just
before entering the city and nearly all
the hoboes captured and landed in Jail.
The railroad company intends to prose.
cute the prisoners as an example to
others.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-08-11
FIVE NEGROES LYNCHED.
Sequel to an Alleged Assassination in
Ar>ansas,

Arkansas.
LITTLE Rock, ARK, Aug. il.-flve
negroes are hanging from the limbs OF
trees near the railroad track AID the
widow of John I. Or IS dead in her
cell. This is che tragic denounent OF
the assassination Of john I. Orr, a
wealthy merchant Of Clarendon, a few
nights ago. The wife died from a dose
of poison, self.adminlsterea, While the
negroes, her associates III the crime,
were strung up BY a mob Of citizens.
The report OF the lyncaing was re-
ceived here at an early hour, after tele.
graphic communication had suspended
for the night and the only authentic
details Of the affair are from a railway
telegraph operator at Clarendon who
saw the lynching. Four bodies, two
women and w men, s.-e
Hanging From the Limb CT a Tree
not far from his office, and q few PAGES
away bangles the body Of another
negro woman, the former cook in the
Orr household. Rachel Morris, the
Jewess implicated in the assassination,
was not hanged, she having disap.
peared during the night. The lynched
are: Manse Castle, Dennis Ricord,
Rilla Weaver, Susie Jacobs and Will
Saunders.
Last Saturday night John T. Orr
was assassinated while making a glass
Of lemonade. He had just returned
from choir practice, where his wife
was organist.
1t was alleged that Mrs. Orr had
hired the negroes to do the deed. Orr's
life was insured for $1,000 and it de.
veloped at the inquest that Orr and his
wife lived unhappily.
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CORTES MUST ACT.

Will BE Convened If the United States In.
sists on Immediate Evacuation.
BAYoNNE, France, Aug. Lids.
patches received acre from Madrid an.
nounce that the form of the Spanish
governments acceptance of ths Amer.
lean peace conditions involves the proc.
lamation of an armistice. This, it is
added, must be first agreed to by the
United States and if the United States
insists upon the immediate evacuation
of Cuba and Porto Rico the cortes will
be convened within Ia daya
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-08-11
Peoples Party Platform,

Following is the platform adopted by
the Peoples Party convention of South
Dakota, at Aberdeen, June %, 1898:
The Peoples Party of South Dakota
triumphantly reatfirms its allegiance to
the fundamental principles enunciated
in the Omaha and ST. Louis platforms
We distinctly reatiirm our position in
favor of the free and unlimited coinage
of silver at the ratio of 16 to l and our
unalterable opposition to the issue of
interest bearing bonds in time of peace
or war.
We are opposed to banks of issue and
in favor of the issue Of all money direct
by the government.
We demand the passage of the free
homes bill and condemn the opposition
is that measure by the national Reput-
llcan managers, and their failure to re-
deem this pledge in the st. Louis plat.
form. We approve Of the war now being
waged il behalf Of the oppressed people
OF Cuba and the Philippines and demand
its energetic prosecution and that it be
terminated as quickly as possible after
the purpose for which it was inaupur.
ated shall have been accomplished.
We denounce the Infamous policy of
government by Injunction fostered by
the federal courts and we demand the
election of such courtsb by the direct vote
OF the people for a stated term.
We regard the life terms system in our
federal judiciary as subversive of liberty
and we demand the election of members
OF the United States supreme court for
stated terms by direct vote OF the peo-
pie.
State lssues-l. No people can be
free who are denied the right to vote yes
and no on every law to which they are
subject and we therefore favor the init.
alive and referendum as the only meas
ure by which majority rule can be Sc
cured.
2. We are firmly committed to the
public ownership OF natural ~monopolies
ard We favor an amendment to the con-
~stitution permitting the state to engage
in public works.
3. We favor the repeal of the 60
called fellow servant statute and the en-
actment OF legislation making EMPLOYERS
liable for injuries received by their en-
ployes while in TIE discharge of their
Immediate duty, when injuries received
are directly traceable to the negligence
Of employers or fellow servants.
4. We believe in fostering the insti-
buttons OF the state and insist that
county and state supplies should be
purchased from home producers.
3. We are opposed to the employment
OF convict labor in competition with free
labor except to such an extent as NAV
be necessary to preserve the health of
convicts and maintain the institution in
which they are i~ncarcerated.
6. We demand an equitable tax upon
the franchises and property of railroad
and other corporations and we condemn
the majority Of the state board of equal.
ization for its refusal to assess railroad
property on the same basis as that Of
the citizens of the state.
Resolved, That We heartily commend
the course of Representatives Knowles
and Kelley.
Resolved, That we commend the mag.
nifioent fight Senator P%ettierew is max
ing against monopolies, enemies OF the
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-08-11
Dole First eSoyernur.

SAN Francisco, Aug. 10. Senate,
Morgan Of the Hawaiian commission,
is quoted by The Call as saying that
x.President Dole will be the first gov
ernor of Hawaii, and not Minister
Sewall. as recently reported. The zen.
ator added that he had the best of rea.
sons for believing that Admiral Miller
was carrying Dole's commission to the
islands.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-08-11
OVER A HUNDRED DEAD.

Terrible Disaster Caused by a Fire ia
Russian Transcaucasia.
BAKU, Russian Transcaucasia. Aug.
l0.-Ihe mine and town Of the great
naptha works at Wischau have been
destroyed by fire. One hundred and
forty persons are reported burned.
Will Reward Cambon.
MADRID, Aug. lO.-The government
has decided to reward the service of M.
Cambon and NJ. Thiebau, secretary of
the French embassy at Washington.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-08-11
Liver Complaints and Nervousness
Cured.

No complaints are more common than
the above; you feel dull and muggy
your bowels irregular!y and you
have f" clumsy feeling about the liver.
As this condition develops you are apt
to grow respondent. Try at once a bot.
tie OF DR.. Fenner's Blood and Liver
Remedy and Nerve Tonic It will
brighten the spirits and give an excep-
tional vigor to the body. II not salts.
fed after Using one bottle, your money
will be refunded by Frank Smith OF
Madison.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-08-11
Notice to CreditOYs

Estate OF Fannie Thomas, deceased: Notice
is hereby given by the undersigned. admin,sts.t
tor OF the estate OF Fanny Thomas, deceased. ia
the creditors OF and all persons having claims
against the said deceased, to exhibit them. with
the necessary vouchers, within four months NJ.
ter the first publication OF this notice, to the said
a6mln1etrator at his place Of residence, or at I'M
ONCE OF >. h. Williamson, in Madison, In the
Dated at i Madison, 8. D., August o, 1898.
A- DAVID WILLIAMS,
deceased. ~""nA"0'
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-08-11

YOKOHAMA. Aug. ll.-Vlolent storms
and floods, il is announced in advices
just received here from the island of
Formosa, have resulted in the loss of
hundreds q lives at Taipeh, that
island. Great damage was done to
property there.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-08-11
To Consolidate SchooIa.

PORTLAND. Or, Aug. 10. -ArranRe.
ments have been made for the consoli.
dalton of the Portland University and
the Puget Sound University at Taco.
ma, Wash, both schools being under
the control of the Methodist Episcopal
church.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-08-11
Texas Fever In California.

Los ANGELES, CAL, Aug. 1.-The
authorities have discovered q herd of
cattle on the Los Feliz ranch Just
north OF the city that are infected with
the Texas fever. Many have died. Eff.
forts will be made to check the progress
Of the disease at once.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-08-11

Truth wears we'll. People have leavn-
ed that DeWitt's Little Early Risers are
reliable little pills for regulating the
bowels, curing constipation and sick
headache. They don't grippe.
Cook & ODEE.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-08-11
More Troops Sail for Manila.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.-The wal do.
partment has received a dispatch from
San Francisco saying 1000 troops have
sailed for Manila. There are abou,
5000 more soldiers now at San Fran,
cisco, who will be sent to Manila a,
soon as the transports can be obtained.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-08-11
IN A VERY BAD SITUATION.
Wrecking Company Fears It Cannot Save
the CristObal Colon.

the CrlStObaI Colon.
PLAYA E ESTE, Province Of San.
tiago de Cuba, Aug. 1O.-The Merritt
& Chapman wrecking steamer Potomac
has arrived at the scene Of the battle of
July 3 and has visited the Cristobal
Colon. The wreckers report her to be
III a very bad situation and they fear it
is impossible to save her.
The Maria Teresa has not yet been
toated.
The auxiliary gunboat Vixen has re.
turned to Guantanamo bay from San.
tiago. Otherwise there has been no
movement Of the vessels comprising
the American fleet.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-08-11
Big Wrecking ExDeditiOn.

NORFOLK, Va, Aug. l0.-The third
Merritt d Chapman wrecking expedi.
ton left here during the day for San.
tiago. 1t is believed to be the largest
wrecking expedition hat ever left the
United States.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-08-11
BRIEF BITS OF NEWS.

Advices received at Yokohama from
Seoul say Korea intends to adopt the
gold standard.
Agricultural department crop report:
Condition Of spring wheat 800, corn
SO, oats SAP.
Internal Revenue Commissioner Scott
has issued regulations governing the
! tax on mixed -four.
Congressman Heatwole of the Third
Minnesota district, has announced that
he Will accept denomination.
The First Wisconsin district Repub.
icrn convention at Elkhorn renomin.
ated H. A. Cooper for congress.
Congressman Joseph w. Babcock has
been renominated by the Republicans
of the Third Wisconsin district.
Congressman Alexander Stewart has
been renominated by the Republicans
of the Ninth Wisconsin district.
Rear Admiral Kirkland has under.
gone a surgical operation for intestinal
obstruction and his condition is critical.
In the house of commons Mr.. Balfour
announced Mr.. Curzon's acceptance of
the viceroyalty of India, in succession
to the Earl of Elgin.
Lieutenant Carranza has returned to
Montreal. 1t is said he has been at St.
Pierre, Miquelon, experimenting the
sending of blockade runners to Cuba.
While leaning from a window of the
Shamokin Valley knitting works, at
Shamokin, Pa, Miss Jennie Allison
was e~lectrocuted by her nose coming
in contact with a telephone wire that
had been crossed by a live arc wire.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-08-11

DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve has the
largest sale OF any Salve in the world.
This fact and it's merit has led dishonest
people to attempt to counterfeit it.
Look out for the man who attempts to
deceive you when you call for DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Salve the great pile cure.
Cook & ODEE.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-08-11

Ladies desiring a transparent com
p!exion free from blotches, blemishes,
pimples and blackheads, should use
Rocky Mountain Tea.
FRANK G. SMITH.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-08-11

a stubborn cough or q tickling in the
throat yields to One Minute Cough Cure.
Harmless in effect, touches the right
spot, reliable and just what Is wanted.
1t acts at once
Cook & ODEE.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-08-11

Good work horses for sale on time and
reasonable prices.
CHAs. B. KENNEDY.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-07-07
MAJOR MIlLsAPs TO THE
RESCUE.

Major r. w. Millsaps, the savior o.
the noble Industrial Institute and
College, is being congratulated on an
sides to-day. He is the recipient a.
both letters and kilograms from an
over the state for his ~dlslnterested
benefcence and lofty patriotism.
Some very interesting facts Of how
this loan came TO be made, not known
last night, have just come to light.
Judge A. II. Whitfield, associate jus.
tlce Of the Supreme court, who was
forced by his sense Of legal duty to
grant the injunction to restrain an
illegal proceeding, is one Of the warm.
est friends Of the Industrial Institute
and College. 1t occurred to him that
there ought to be a right way Of saw.
ing this splendid institution from
p~erishlng. After issuing the injunc-
ton, he Immediately interviewed his
nelghbor, Major Millsaps, and went
over the whole ground with him, and
subsequently interviewed Bishop Gal
loway, who is also a devoted and DO
tential friend OF the institution, and
a leading member Of its board OF trus.
tees, giving him the result Of his in.
terYiew with Major Mlllsaps and urg-
ing him to at once clinch the matter.
Bishop Galloway eagerly embraced
the splendid suggestions, and imme-
diately conferred with Major Millsaps,
and in two hours from the time the
suggestion was made to Major Mill
saps by Judge Whitfield, the loan was
an accomplished fact. These three
gentlemen acted IN the matter upon
a line Of their own. Neither OF them
is in politics nor has any Ak to grind.
All Of them are broad-minded, deYOt-
ed Misslsslpplans, and their purpose
was to lift the Industrial Institute
and College out Of Its unhappy con
dltion and place it on a high plane
where it can deserve and receive the
undivided support Of all good citizens.
N. o. PlcaYune.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-07-07
GE0RuE AND WALTHALL misslsslPPTs
THO GREATEST STATESMEN Sill
YER ADYOcATES-ENDORsE
GEN. c~ATCHINGS.

In the Times Of NOV. 3fd, the late
Senator Walthall said: II win say
that the sagaeity and the %eaTnestness
Of your representative DIT. Catchings,
have made for him a record Of which
you, his constituents, may fell justly
proud. He has displayed a single
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-07-07

Maj. Willard, q. S, Engineer, says:
"From 1879 to 1885 the Mississippi
River Commission appropriated 3d.
O13, 600 for improvements. OF this
81, 4OG, 600 was used for leYees. This
was while Chalmers, Lynch and JEFF
fords were in congress. From 1885
to 1898 the Commission has set apart
$12, 33l, SOS. This has been approprl-
ated during Gen. Gatherings service
in congress.
"As to the statement that LOUISE
ana and Arkansas get more money for
leyces than Mississippi: 1t is a fact
and is due to the same cause that
white sheep eat more than black
sheep-because there are more Of
them, There are $50 miles of levee
in Louisiana and Arkansas, and 3O8
miles of leYee in Mississippi, and Just
as one white sheep does not eat more
than one black sheep, so one mile on
the west side Of the river does not get
any more money than one mile on this
side, As a matter Of fact It gets CON
siderably less, $~8,S71,O72, which is
about IS, 800 per mile. This side
with 308 miles has got SO, ago, 706
which is about $ll, 600 per mile. 1t
must not be forgotten either that
there are some six or seven leyee
boards and anxious congressman all
working for the west side Of the riv-
er, and there are only two levce boards
and one congressman on this side.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-07-07
A WORD TO cArcHlNGs MEN.

The present contest is one Of great
importance to Delta interests.
1t is a matter 10 which you and
your neighbors are vitality concerned.
Every dollar expended by the General
Government on levee Improvement is
a saving Of that much to you and The
other tax payers in the alluyial dis.
tricb. The nomination and election
then, of the Levee Champion, is a
matter Of business with you and them
more than Of sentiment. He has al
ready secured you a princely sum 10
the way Of national appropriations,
the saving to the the taxpayers Of
hisdistrict in the last two years alone,
amounting to 81, 235, $50.
1.-THE Catchings' Bill, seeking to
take the entire leyec burden from
your shoulders, is now pending ii
congress as unfinished business. It's
fate hangs in the balance. You are
to decide it at the primary election
on July the 18th. The victory IS
yours provided you take the trouble
to exercise your right OF franchise.
Oyer-conddence alone can cheat you
out Of it. This, It must be remem-
bered, is a primary election, the first
held in the district for The nomlna.
tion Of congressman. Each vote
counts Mark this, and let every
Catchings man be at the polls, no
matter what the Inconvenience, Or
what other businets seems to demand
attention. One day given 20 the
Champion viii We worth mii-
lions G. the delta. 10 your duty.
awaits you, Bolivar County
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-07-07

The greatest military leader to day
in the South-outsfde of those all
ready appointed, stands the true,
fearless and daring Mississippian,
Gen. Stephen, D. Lee Of Starkville.
Although a Vlrginlan by birth he is
a Mississippian by love, adoption
and residence.
Being a graduated of West Point and
having the experience of four years
of war fare in which he won for HIM
self by his daring and brilliant
achievements the military lustre
that halos his name he stands to-day
the acknowledged leader and ranking
officer outside Of Gen Jno. B. Gordon
in the South. We hope before this
war closes the President will honor
him with the rank he is entitled to.
And when he does, Mississippi can
be depended upon to furnish any
number of men the Gov. wants. For
from one end of the state to the other
are men today who at some time
during the last ten years Of peace
served under his generalship Of the
A. & NJ. who would answer his call
for war and would follow him to
victory or death. The writer Is one
Of the boys.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-07-07
A OR STOLEN

From Woodstock plantation about
June 84th, 1893, one negro, very black,
G feet 10 inches high, weighs 6,OO0
pounds, 3OOyears old, cross-eyed, knock
kneed, box ankle, and slough footed,
saddle mark on both sides OF back, col
lar mark on both shoulders, swing in
left leg, right knee badly sprung, ring
round tail from wearing creeper, name
freshly cut, tail not cut, very long, has
a hill trot and wolf gallop, looks hun
CRY, blind in one eye, marked with two
splits in each ear, map of Mexico brand
ed on right hip, goes BY name Of Lousy
Dick, steals everything he can find.
I will give $6,O 600 reward to any n
who will deliver to me at Woodstock
plantation the above described negro.
J. D. MONEY.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-07-07

Norman IN Mississippi deserves the
concentrations Of its grateful people
for the magnamlous act in saving
from ruin one Of our best institutions,
more than Mai, Millsaps. His was
not an act for investments or gain,
but for the welfare Of the State and
the education Of its girls, Such was
the only motives OF his ambition in
making 1t. And the thanks Of a
grateful people was the price Of his
reward. Many a young mar to-day
who in the last ten years has left the
college which he established and
bears his name, stands ready and will
ling to honor him rs he deserves.
But without political ambition, he is
the plain every day citizen who by
his noble act, honors himself. When
the future historian writes the his
Of Mississippi no man Of history Of
any OF her sons should adorn with
more brilliancy one ot'the pages than
that Of its noble citizen, benefactor
and christen, Mai r. W. Millsaps.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-07-07

Remember voters, when they tell
yYa. you are no true Democrat II
YOU vote for CaUchlngs that You
turn your back on silver" ASK them
did not their candidate today. 2 years
agu whom silver wasa state and Ma
lianal issue, desert tac silver Dem.
osrRtlc candidate, Judge Lougluo.
aDd vote for Mr. Catchtngs That
.Utt was not wrong then, tt can not
BE 90 day, for as he said Tho
Iagee question was the issue Mr.,
Catching It's champion We re-
jtgrate his sentiments today The
difference IN Mr. Henry stand then
ml now is a citizen and candidate,
So according to their maxim, or the
rules Of the party, you arc a, good %
Democrat In voting Tor Cat thlngs as
tu voting for Henry.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-07-07

The success OF the ILL., G. is now
tally assured ia the selection OF
state Superintendent OF Education,
n a. Kmcannon, as It's president.
Taore is no educator iu tie state 10
whom we have greater confidence in
bringing the College outu rts present
rendition and mp 70 the high plane
b. should occupy than Prof. Kjucan-
ctn AS an educator we found him
semitic tn manners, drm in action
aud thorough In instruction, and such
man Is what the college has needed
"a its head for some months While.
We ieel that his loss % the public cd
ucation Of our state wiH pc lclt, still
think that another can la found
win carry On t3 ucecs
and wa w8uid Pref
aiY, Who made vea against
Aineanpon, as tlle g}ln nor ule.