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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-12-06
THE MESSAGE.
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government to maintain the present
standard and has established more firmly
than ever the national credit at home and
abroad. A marked evidence Of this is
found in the inflow of gold to the
treasury. Its net gold holdings on Nov.
1, 1895, were $3.50 $50, 100, as compared with
S153. 573, l47 on Nov. 1, 1897, and an in.
crease of net cash of $.O7, 756, 100 Nov. 1,
1897, to $500, 23S, 275 Nov. l, 1898. The
present ratio of net treasury gold to out
standing government liabilities, includ.
ing United states treasury notes of 1890,
silver certificates, currency certificates,
standard silver dollars and fractional sill.
Yer coin Nov. l, 1898, was 1885 per cent, as
compared with 1886 per cent Nov. l, 1885,.
Redemption Of Greenbacks.
renew so much of my recommended
ton of December, 1897, as follows: That
when any Of the United States notes are
presented for redemption in gold such
notes shall be kept and set apart and only
paid out in exchange for gold. This Is an
obvious duty. If che holder Of the United
States note prefers the gold and gets 1t
from the government he should not re-
ceive back from the government a United
States note without paying gold In ex-
change for for it. The reason for this is
made all the more apparent when the gov
eminent issues an interest-bearing debt to
provide gold for the redemption of United
States notes-a n%on-intereSt bearing debt.
Surely, it should not pay them out again
except on demand and for gold. If they
are put out in any other way they may
return again. to be followed by another
bond issue to redeem them-another inter-
est bearing debt to redeem a non-interest
bearing debt
This recommendation was made In the
belief that such provisions Of law would
insure to a great degree the safety Of the
present standard, and better protect our
currency from the dangers to which it is
subjected from a disturbance in the gen.
eral business conditions Of the country.
In my judgment the present condition
of the treasury amply j~ustities the imme-
date enactment Of the legislation recon-
mended one year ago. under which q por-
ton of the gold holdings should be placed
in a trust fund from which greenbacks
should be redeemed upon presentation.
but when once redeemed should not there
after be pad out except for gold. 1t is
not TO be inferred that other legislation
relating TO our currency is not required;
on the contrary there is an obvious de-
mand for it.
The Importance of adequate provision
which will insure to our future a mOney
standard related to our money standard
now and to that of our commercial rivals
is generally recognized.
The companion proposition that our do
mestic paper currency shall be kept safe
and yet be so related to the needs of our
indurties and international as
TO be adequate and responsive to such
needs is a proposition scarcely less impor-
tant The subject in all its parts is COM
mended to the wise consideration of the
congress.
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INCREASE IN THE ARMY.

A Hundred Thousand Men None Too Many
For Changed Conditions.
Under the act of congress approved
April %, 1898, authorizing the president
in his discretion upon a declaration Of war
by congress-, or a declaration by congress
that war exists, I directed the increase OF
the regular army to the maximum of
1900 authorized in said act. The same
act provides that in time Of peace the
army shall be reduced to It's original
footing.
The Importance Of legislation for the
permanent increase Of the army is there
fore manifest and the recommendation of
the secretary Of war for that purpose has
my unqualified approval. There can be
no question that at this time and proba-
bly, for some time in the future, 100, 600
men will be non too many to meet the
necessities Of the situation. At all events
whether that number shall be required
permanently or not the power should be
given to the president to enlist that force
if in his discretion it shall be necessary
and the further discretion should be given
him to recruit within the above limit
from the inhabitants Of the islands with
the government Of which we are charged.
Would Muster Out Volunteers.
tire volunteer army as soon as the con-
gress shall provide for the increase of the
regular establishment This will be only
an act Of justice and will be much appre-
ceiated by the brave men who left their
homes and employments to help the coun-
try in its emergency.
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NEW MARITIME POLICY.
Acquisition Of New Territory Make 1t
Almost Imperative.

The annexation of Hawaii and the
changed relations of the United States
to Cuba. Porto Rico and the Philippines
as the result Of the wal compels the
prompt adoption Of a maritime policy by
the United States.
There should be established regular and
frequent steamship communication I'M
der the American flag with the newly
acquired islands Spain furnished to its
colonies at an annual cost Of about 81
600. 600 steamship lines connecting with a
portion Of the worlds markets, as we'll as
trade circles at home ports. The United
States will not undertake TO do less. 1t is
our duty to furnish the people Of Hawaii
with facilities under national control for
their export and import trade. 1t will be
conceded that the present situation calls
for legislation which shall be prompt
durable and liberal.
The part which American merchant yes
sells and their seamen performed in the
war with Spain demands that this service
forming both pickets and the second line
of defense, is q national necessity and
should be encouraged in every constitu.
tional way.
Details and methods for the accomplish
ment OF this purpose are discussed In the
report Of the secretary Of the treasury tC
which the attention Of congress Is respect
fully invited.
For a Yellow Fever Commission.
In my last annual message l recon-
mended that congress authorize the ap
pointment Of q commission for the pur
pose Of making systematic investigations
with reference TO the cruise and prevention
of yellow fever. This matter has acquired
an increased Importance as the result OF
the military occupation OF the island OF
Cuba, and the commercial intercourse be-
tween this island and the United States,
which we have every reason to expect.
The recommendation for q commission il
earnestly renewed.
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BULLET FOR THE DRIVER.

Lone Bandit Attempts to Hold Up q Stage
Near Stewartville, MINI.
STEwARTvILLE, MIMI, Dec. 8.-This
town is in a fever Of excitement over an
attempted robbery. A lone highway.
man attempted to hold up the High
Forest stage when about half a mile
from the little town, just between two
fords of the river. The driver refused
to stop and Immediately q revolver
flashed in his face, and q singing pain
in his log assured him that it was no
joke. He answered with four quick
shots from his own protector and dashed
on, not knowing the fate of the a
Drs. Stoddard and Burns were sent in
haste to dress his wounds. The bullet
went clear through the fieshy part OF
his leg and was found in his shoe.
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FAyORS THE WHIPPING POST.

Magistrate Deul OF New York Voices His
Sentiments From the Bench.
NEW YORK. Dec. G.-Magistrate Deul
vent on record Saturday in favor of the
whipping post.
Samuel Greenstein, 90 years old, was
arraigned before him on n charge of
placing ~15-year-old Rose Blodblatt of
243 Delaney street in an east side re-
sort. Rose Gold kept the place. She
was also arraigned.
THE whipping post should be re-
established for crimes like this and SIM
liar ones" said the magistrate. II re-
greet that l cannot sentence each of YOU
to be dashed. I think it would be one
of the best punishments for these hor.
rible practices"
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INCREASE IN THE NAVY.
President Endorses the Recommendation
Of the Secretary.

President Endorses the Recommendations
of the Secretary.
The following recommendations of the
secretary of the navy relative to the In.
crease OF the navy have my earnest ap.
prevail:
/. Three sea. going and copper-sheathed
battleships of about 1880 tons trial dis
placement, carrying the heaviest armor
and most powerful ordnance for vessels OF
their class, and to have the highest prac-
ticable sized and greatest radius Of action.
Estimated cost, exclusive of armor and
ornament 8, 600, 900.
>. Three sheathed and coppered ar
mored cruisers Of about $4,000 tons dis
placement, carrying the heaviest armor
and most powerful ordnance for vessels
of their class, and to have the highest
practicable speed and greatest radius Of
action. Estimated cost. exclusive of ar
NOR and armament, $4,000 900 each.
3. Three sheathed and coppered pro-
tected cruisers Of about 5000 tons trial
disbursements, to have the highest practi-
cable speed and great radius of action and
to carry the most powerful ordnance suit
able for vessels of their class. Estimated
cost, exclusive of armor and armament,
s., 100, ON.
1. Six sheathed and coppered cruisers
Of about $500 IONS trial displace.
ment. to have the highest speed
compatible with good cruising qualities,
great radious of action and to carry the
most powerful ordnance suited to vessels
Of their class. Estimated cost, exclusive
Of armament, 81, l4O,S 500 each.
l join with the secretary of the navy in
-
and vice admiral be temporarily revived
to be filled with officers who have specially
distin guished themselves in the wal with
Spain.
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They Like our Lilo uors.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 5.-Americau
whiskey is always commended in Hon
duras and American beer is sold to the
exclusion Of all Others in that country.
This appears from the annual report OF
Consul Johnston at ttilla. just received
at the state department. He says that
while the United States has the major.
ity of imports into Honduras, the Eng
lish nave all the trade in some lines,
such as thread, lace, insertion. etc.
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COoK l. OpEE.
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Constipation prevents the body from
Kidding itself OF waste matter. De Witt's
Little Early Risers will remove the
trouble and r. Sick Headache, Bilious.
ness, Inactive Liver and clear the Com.
pIex'on. Small, sugar coated, don't
grippe or cause nausea.
Cook & ODEE.
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CARGO OF MAUSERS.

Transport Port Victor Arrives mt New
York From Santiago.
New YORK. Dec. 6.-The United
States transport Port Victor. which
sailed from Santiago Nov. %, has ar.
rived with all we'll on board. The Port
Victor brought l20 passengers, most of
whom Were soldiers returning home on
f%urlough. The Port Victor brought a
cargo about 5000 Mauser rifles and
Spanish cannon taken from the
MORO castle AT Santiago.
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Many have loet confidence and hops
AZ we'll - health. because the! nav
been told their kidney disease was w.
durable. Foley's Kidney Cure Is su%'
snteed remedy for discouraged ana "'
FRANK }. SA''"'
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DR.. j.: e. Bishop, Of Agnew, Mich,
says: Il have used Foley's Honey and
Tar in three very severe oases OF pneu-
monia the past month with good
results. FRANK SAITH,
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with fitting ceremonies Including, per-
haps, the establishment Of u handsome
permanent memorial to mark SO historical
an occasion and give it more than local
recognition, has met with general favor
on the part of the people.
l recommend to the congress the grant,
ing of an appropriation for this purpose
and the appointment of a committee from
its respective bodies.
1t might also be advisable to authorize
the president to appoint q committee from
the country at large, which, acting with
the congressional and District Of Colurh-
bia committees, can complete the plans for
On appropriate national celebration.
The alien contract law is shown. by ex-
%perience, to need amendments; q measure
providing for the protection Of Gamer 10
proposed; the rightful application Of the
S-hour law for the benefit Of labor and
the principle of arbitration r suggested
for consideration n I commend these
subjects to the careful consideration Of
congress.
The several documentary reports will
be laid before you. They give in great
detail the conduct Of the affairs of the
government during the past year and dis.
russ many questions upon which the con.
gress may be called upon to act.
[Signed WILLIAM M'KINLEY.
Executive Mansion, Dec. 8, 1898
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SkYSCRAPERS r

SkYSCRAPERS BURNED.
Several Impnense Structures Partially DE-
stroyed In = New York Fire.
New YORK, Dec. Elm a binding
rain storm the massive block of build
ings on Broadway. 253 to 259, and in
cluded between Murray and Warren
streets, was almost destroyed by FIRE.
Within three hours more than 81 ,OOO, 900
worth Of property was destroyed.
The fire began in the 5-story brick
building occupied by the mems furnish
ing firm of Rogers, Peet & Co., on the
southwest corner Of Broadway and
Warren streets. Adjoining the Rogers
Peet building and south Of it was the
magnificent white building of the Home
Life Insurance company, IA stories, and
next to this was the brown stone build
ing of the Postal Telegraph company,
20 stories. erected at a cost of millions
only a few years ago. Within a few
minutes after the discovery of the fire
the Rogers-Peet building was IA roaring
furnace and an alarm had been turned
IN which brought
More Than q Score of engines
to the scene. 1t was but a short time
when the flames had eaten through the
wall of the Home Life and were roaring
high above that lofty structure. Thou
sands of people had gathered on the
scene and the binding glare of the
flames lit up the lower part Of the city.
Even in the downpour the great crowds
of people grew and the police reserves
Were called out from many stations and
kept the people back for blocks. Great
showers of sparks were carried in all
directions by the gale that blew 60
miles an hour. 1t was a picturesque
fire. The Home Life Insurance build
ing was occupied by that company and
a large number of prominent men in
various lines of business. Every effort
was made to
Save the Valuable Papers
stored in some Of the offices but many of
these were lost. The offices of the rapid
transit commission were on the ninth
floor of this building and it is believed
that all the plans and schemes of work
with which the commission have been
working this many years have been de-
stroyed. In the Postal building as we'll
there were many serious losses of a pri-
vate nature and when the flames reached
the operating room of this structure.
which they did within the three hours
of the outbreak, the one or two solitary
operators who remained at their posts
were compelled to flee for their lives,
leaving unsent messages at the keys.
The fire burned even more fiercely in
the Home Life building
Owing to the Great Height
of this structure and in an incredibly
short time the upper half of this magni6.
cent building was in flames. The water
towers in the street were only able ia
throw their heavy streams into the
lower part Of the structure, and the
firemen, though they worked with great
bravery and untiring energy in the
binding smoke and heat, could do lit.
tie in the face of such a fierce sweep of
fame and gale. 1t was only a question
Of time when the Postal building, SO far
as the upper stories were concerned,
went the way Of the others.
The estimate Of the losses by Chief
Bonner was 81 900, 600. with a probabil.
ity Of a still further loss.
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NOT NOVEL.

The English end Of the news bureau
seems to have considered it sufficiently
novel and newsy to telegraph across the
waters that the Empress Queen, of Eng
land was recently fined five shillings for
having an unmuzzled dog led through
London street. There is nothing pecui-
lar or newsy in that. 1t has been the law
OF England since Magma Charta that
the sovereign had no license to violate
the laws and ordinances of the land.
One of the Queens men had the unmuz-
zled dog in charge on London bridge
The pair were taken before a magis-
trate The man pleaded that as the dog
was owned by the Queen of England II
was privileged to go unmuzzled II she
chose. But the magistrate very proper
ly replied that the bite of a Queens dog
is just as harmful as that of the dog of
commoner, hence the Queen must pay
the fine, and she did. But not even that
argument was necessary on the part OF
the magistrate. The ordinance was vlo-
lated, the offender was before the court,
and the court had jurisdiction, and there
was no plea of innocence. The law does
not exempt any from its operation, and
hence the penalty must attach. In all
of which there is nothing strange.
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THE JUBILEE.

San Francisco is much enlarging the
field of her Golden Jubilee celebration
next week. 1t will continue for week,
and incidental to it there will be va
riety of public entertainments. Nearly
$50, 900 have been raised to meet the
expenses of the Jubilee, and SO far as
we can learn it is being very judicious-
ly dispensed to make the celebration all
it should be. San Francisco is doing
the State honor in all this, and should
have the cordial recognition of the in
terror in consequence. The celebration
ought to be, and we doubt not will be
great success, and the attendance
from the interior of the State very large
The Mining and Resources Fair to be
held in connection with the Jubilee
will be open for a considerable period
of time. 1t will form chief feature
of the occasion, and from what we
have seen of the preparation in that
direction it will be a most notable, in
structive and deeply interesting exhi-
bition, worthy of visit by every per-
son who can possibly go to see and
st,,Jx IL
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No Wonder He Paled.

There We're great rings under the
eyes Of the President Of the university.
His cheek was pallid and his lips We're
dry and cracked. His expression was
haggard, and every now and then his
whole body twitched nervously as he
turned and glanced furtively back of
him.
You look Ill., said his wife rs any
thing wrong, dear?"
No" replied the President of the un-
iversity. Nothing much, my dear
But-I-I had fearful dream last
night, and / feel this morning as If l.
as If +" Here his mind wandered
off. II was evident his nervous sys-
tenn was shattered
What was the dream?" asked his
wife soothingly
II dreamt the Trustees required
that-that / should-that / should pass
the freshman examination for-admis-
sion" sighed the President. -Harper's
Bazaar.
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Daudet and His characteristics.

Daudet knew most of his characters.
As an under-Secretary to De Morny, he
picked up gossip about the Kings and
Queens who took refuge from revolu-
tionary subjects in Paris. But he was
unjust to the King of Naples, to whom
he gave the title Of King of Illyria. The
cap he made for Francis II. would.
however, have fitted one Of the half
brothers. Daudet had glimpses of the
royal family of Hanover from the rustic
lane in which he lived when they he
sided in the Avenue de Montaigne.
That lane went from the avenue near
the corner OF the house tlA)ugh the
fields Of the Quarter Marboeuf. 1t was
a curious Little England. Bookmakers,
coachmen, jockeys had lath-and- plas-
ter villas on each side. Cows and goats
grazed in tiny paddocks. Daudet had
as fellow dodgers Hanoverian and Eng
lish servants of George Y. All was fish
that came to his net. He sketched the
blind King and the Princess Frederick
with a true pencil. But he was unfair
to DR.. Campbell, who figures as Jen-
kins beside the Due de Morals (de Nor
ny's) death bed. A better person never
lived than Campbell. Ida de Barancy
in Jack" was thought to resemble a
most exalted lady who had the fatal
gift Of beauty.
Daudet had a lurking kindness for
sinners. He pitied them, for he could
not see how in the long run they could
succeed in anything. But the self-right-
Gus were more offensive to him. /
think he was right in saying that men
and women who pass for having never
sinned are unpleasant companions and,
from the day of judgment standard,
perhaps the worst sinners Of all. The
sensibility shown in Jack and other
works did not extend to animals. Dau-
Diet, though a Cigalier, was deaf to the
chirp of a grasshopper and cricket.
Birds have no place in his rural
sketches. He could not understand the
touching beauty of the last friend" at
the poor mans funeral. Animals were
simply brutes to Daudet. At best they
We're warnings to human beings not to
live merely to eat, sleeG>and leave pos
terity behind them. iney sometimes
We're vices incarnate. Such were the
fox, the serpent, the scorpion. What a
selfish heartless thing the ant was!
1t had a head if you will, but 1t was
the sort of head that organizes labor in
sooty factory towns. The dog was the
beastliest beast of any. Daudet fed
from every drawing-room where he
saw a lap dog.-Paris Letter London
Truth
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THEY SHOULD BE CAREFUL.

1t is sincerely to be hoped that our
Admirals and Commanders in the White
navy will exercise extraordinary care
and painstaking to let the Spanish know
that they have gone into southern wa
tiers to exercise the blue jackets, the
gunners and navigators, simply and
solely because it's so rascally cold up
north, you know, and not with the
slightest intention Of offending Spain.
1t is merely an incident that Cuba
happens to lie within a hundred miles
of our shores. 1t would never do In the
world to have the Spanish think that our
ships go south to be near at hand in
case of trouble in the dismantled isle.
If Spain should grow angry at us it
would be terrible. True, the French,
Russian and English ships of war are
in that section of the world, and some
of them right in Cuban waters and har-
bors, and not even under pretense of ex-
ercising their men and arms in naval
evolutions-but then, it's different with
them, as everyone knows.