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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-07-03
ANOTHER BRUSH
Filipinos at San Fernando Make
q Night Attack on Ameri. J.
can Troops.
Their Only Purpose Apparently
Was to Annoy Their
Enemies.
Our Loss Was One Killed and
Four WOunded...First Ne
braska Sails.

MANILA. July 3.-7:5j p. m.-The
rebels have made q dem onstration at
San Fernado. They took advantage Of
the darkness and rain to make a sally
against the north line. seemingly only
for the purpose Of annoying the Ameri-
cans, az they failed TO push their attack.
The American loss was u private Of the
Seventeenth regiment killed and four
men wounded.
The firing began at 10 and the rebels
expended quantities Of ammunition.
All the troops hastened to the trenches
in expectation Of a general attack. The
Seventeenth regiment. the Twelfth
regiment and the Iowa regiment partici.
pated in the engagement. but did not
advance beyond the outposts. After an
hour the Fiiipinos fired rockets, appar-
emily as a signal to cease firing. but
there were scattering shots all night
long. which kept the Americans under
arms.
The enemys loss was not discovera-
ble. but was probably small.
The Americans were guided in their
shooting only by the flashes of the leb'
els rifles. The United States transport
Hancock has sailed for home with 74C
men Of the Nebraska regiment and 25l
men Of the Utah artillery. About ~
Of the Nebraskans and 81 Of the Ctahs
remain here. a majority of them re-en-
listing. The Nebraskan troops have
been living on board the ship. in the
harbor. this week. awaiting the Ctahs
readiness for departure.
The soldiers enjoyed transport lifs
immensely. after months spent in thu
trenches.
General Ovenshine is in the hospital
| suffering with fever. General Grant il
| commanding his troops on the soutl
| line.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-07-03
NEARLY A REVOLUTION.

Situation In Belgium Wac Decidedly
Wnrlike.
LONDON. July 3.-The Brussels CORE.
spondent of The Daily News says: 1t
may be regarded as certain that revo-
luton would have broken out if the
government had not declared . truce.
The electoral bill is virtually with.
drawn. 1t is estimated that no fewer
than 100 persons have been wounded in
the riOtin0s.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-07-03
TOOK REVENGE.
Non. Cuion Nhess Drive Cnion Men
From Homes and Apply the Torch.

NON. UNION miners UfIvc Union men
From Homes and Apply the Torch.
ST. Louis, July g. A special to The
Post Dispatch from Carbondale, Ills.
says: Union City, named from the fact
that it is occupied by union miners. was
the scene of battle about midnight.
and as result the town is in ruins.
The non-union negroes and other men
employed by Brush at his mines near
Fredonia. incensed over the killing Of
negro woman on Friday. went 70 the
camp. which consists Of mine houses.
and opened FIRE on the union miners,
which was at once returned. The
battle ragged until the union min.
ers ran from their homes and
took refuge in clump Of timber close
to the village. The non-u union men at
once applied the torch TO the houses and
all were burned 10 the ground. The
men had destroyed all property
previously occupied by the union men.
They then moved on the woods. and un.
I'll daylight the fusillade was kept up.
No lives have SO far been reported lost
in the engagement. The union miners
have been reinforced and the outcome
may be long drawn out battle. Sheriff
Gray OF Williamson county telegraphed
Governor Tanner asking for troops
and 200 rifles. saying he was power.
less to quell the riot. Acting Governor
Warder Immediately ordered $50 rifles
and requested him to summon and arm
posse. Acting Governor Warder said
he would not order out troops until the
sheriff had exhausted his resources.
4 coroner's inquest was held over the
body Of the negro woman killed Friday
and warrants issued for the arrest OF
six men. Sheriff Gray arrested three
Of the men. but when on his way TO tn,
Jail with them. his carriage was sur
rounded by a mob Of the mems sympa
thizers. the horses cut loose aud the
prisoners released.
Too Aevious For . Posse.
The sheriff sent another message I,
Acting Governor Warder. in the course
Of which he said:
Nothing short Of 200 soldiers car
| control the situation al Carterville. AL
the working non-union miners ar
armed and the union strikers are gath
ering from several points with ih'
avowed intention Of killing Brush
men and destroying the mine. Th'
strikers are several hundred strong. de
termined and we'll armed Order troops
| there at once The situation is to-
| serious for posse.
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GREAT NORTHERN GETS 1T.
Pacific short Line Now the Sioux City and
woeteru.


wosteru.
OMAHA, July 3.-The transfer OF the
Pacific Short Line. the old Sioux City,
ONeill and Western railroad, has taken
place. TIE name Of the new road will
be the Sioux City and Western. 1t con-
sists Of 1926 miles and runs from Sioux
City to O'Neili. There was q meeting
OF the stockholders here at which seven
directors were elected. Among them
were James J. Hill. Colonel w. p.
Clough. p, esident aud vice president
respectively. OF the Great Northern;
Louis w. Hill. assistant to President
Hill; d. w. Miller. second vice presi'
dent, and Edward Sawyer. treasurer
and assistant secretary. These names
indicate that the road will become q
mart Of the Great Northern system.
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Fret Nebraska Satle,

OMAHA, July "a private cablegram
announces that the First Nebraska vol
unteers have sailed for home. Cover
nor Poynter has issued a proclamation
calling upon the people Of the state to
give the regiment a fitting welcome.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-07-03
FIRST ORDERS ISSUED.

Recru Onicers Instructed to Enlist
Volunteers
WAsHlNGToN. July 3.-The first or
ders were issued for recruiting the
troops under the clause authorizing the
enlistment of $1,000 men. The orde,
contemplstes enlisting men for the
three skeleton regiments in the Philip
pines. Recruiting officers have been
instructed TO enlist men with this un.
Gerstanding.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-07-03
Vulcan Mine Of Fire.

GLENwoop SPRINGS. Colo. July s.
Information has reached here that the
workings Of the Vulcan mine az New.
castle are burning. The fire is sup
posed 10 have started from spontaneous
combustion. The immense fans are
running a, full speed to drive out the
great volumes Of gas thrown off
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-07-03
CROPS A TOTAL LOSS.
Water Fifteen Feet Deep In the Brasos
Bottoms.

Bottoms.
WACO. Tex, July 3.-The Brazos
river has reached the highest point it
has attained in II years. Crops in the
Brazos bottoms are inundated from 6 to
Is feet and in most cases are total loss.
Hundreds of people left the valley and
have taken refuge in this city. In East
Waco the main street is y feet under
water and the business houses are com.
pletely under water and all merchan.
disc is ruined. All trains entering this
city have been abandoned. the tracks
having been washed away for several
miles.
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lnfor mation ~ the Thirteenth.

ST. PAUL. July In reply to Gov
ernor Lind's query. Colonel Friedrichs
has cabled from Manila as follows
Effective strength. $40; $50 men are
sick, but not seriously. The regiment
is doing outpost duty on the railroad.
Nothing definite about return"
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Reeruiss started . R,ee.

DENVER. Colo, July "a party Of
recruits from Cleveland. en- route to the
Philippines. started . riot in the rail
road yards here by assaulting . car re.
pairer with razor. In the fight which
ensued Q large number Of railroad men
took a hand. One soldier had three
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-07-03
Pauucsfoes WIN Retire.

LONDON. July 1.-The correspond
snt OF The Standard at The Hague tele.
graphs that he has had an interview
with Sir Julian Pauncefote. British am
bassador to the United States, and has
been assured by him that he intends to
retire from the American embassy in
April next.
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A diseased stomach surely uud,

A diseased stomach surely undermines
health. 1t dulls the brain. kille energy,
destroys the nervous system, and pre-
disposes to insanity and fatal diseases.
ALI dyspeptic troubles are quickly cured
by Kodol Dyspepe,a Cure. 1t has cured
thousands OF cases and ia curing them
every day. Its ingredients are such
that it can't help curiLg.
Cook & ODEE.
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ribs broken and several others received
severe wounds. Two Of the soldiers
named J. j. Posey and J. Masterson.
were arrested and held here for disturb
ing the peace.
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LOSSES FOOT Up MILLIONS.
Heavy Rains do Immense Damage II
Portions Of TexAs.

Heavy Rains DO Immense Damage in
Portions Of TexAs.
HoUsToN. Tex, July 3.-The heavy
rains of the past few days in Texas have
done damage that will amount into the
hundreds OF thousands Of dollars Rail-
way traffic is practically suspended be-
cause bridges and tracks are gone.
Every stream in this section of the state
is above high water mark and the
angry waters have destroyed thousands
Of acres Of cotton, corn and cane, be-
sides houses and cattle. AT Silvert the
rise was SO sudden that when the water
went through the town several negroes
were drowned and
Five Bodies Have Besu Recovered.
1t is rumored that many farmers, white
and colored. living in the Brazos bot
toms. have been drowned, but neither
names nor reliable particulars are yet
obtainable. The Big and Little Brazos
rivers have joined at Navasota. where
they are ordinarily three miles apart.
and the whole country, mostly cotton
and corn land. is ruined. 1t is reliably
stated that one family Of six persons
perished. The loss in cotton and com
alone will reach $1,000. 900. while an
other 81 900, 900 will not cover the loss
to railroads and other property.
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AK for Protection.

LONDON. July 3.-The Cape Town
correspondent cf The Daily Mail says:
The Germans and Americans in the
Transvaal have appealed TO their con-
suls for marines TO protect their prop
e,ty in the event Of hostilitie-s
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-07-03

Women May Practice Law In France.
PARIS. July 3.-The chamber of depu-
ties has adopted resolution authoriz-
ing duly accredited women 10 practice
at the bar.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-25
PERSONALS.

J. H. Conrad, the mining magnate is
up from Salt Lake to-day.
w. N. Aylesworth and wife of Deer
Lodge are Butte visitors to-day.
Pat Meaney was owe from Helena to
the soldiers celebration.
jeff Thoroughman, a former resident
of Butte, is in the city from his placer
mines.
Mrs. w. T. Hooper of Wallace. Idaho.
is in the city, the guest OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Harris.
Charles c. Lane, vice president of the
board OF education, accompanied by his
wife and children, left today for
Omaha, where they will spend two weeks
with relatives and friends.
Dan Mcdonald, president of the West
ern Labor Union. has returned from a
trip to Spokane, where he assisted in
adjusting the grievance between the
brewers and their employees.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-25
CUGN0 A KILLER.
LOVES TO SEE THE RED BLOOD
FLOW.

r. Cugno, an italian, made a desperate
attempt to kill a man named Martin
Erickson in a cigar stole conducted by
George Skellins at No. 40 East Park
street. The row occurred early this
morning. and Erickson, although badly
used up, was able to ppear at police
headquarters and make complaint
against his blood-thirsty assailant. Cug-
no was taking no chances. and was about
to leave the city on a freight train this
afternoon when Chief of Police Lavell
and Captain Leyden, VINO were IN the
lookout for him, arrested him.
Cugno, Erickson, a negro named Tyler
and David Barrish We're in Skellin's
place, early this morning and while the
negro talked to divert the attention of
the others Cugno proceeded to help him
self to boxes of cigarettes and cigars.
Barrish who had charge of the place, saw
him and demanded that he return the
stolen articles. Tyler, the negro. knock
ed Barrish down and was kicking him,
when Erickson interfered, and the negro
was receiving the worst of the encoun-
ter when Cugno came to his rescue with
a long knife, which he used on Erickson
with terrible effect. One cut in the
back of Erickson's neck is two inches
deep. There are half a dozen gashes on
his neck m head, and how he escaped
being killed is a wonder. When he
thought he had finished his man Cugno
fled, and it was late this afternoon when
the officers, Who have been looking for
him all day, found him..
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-25

offered thereat. but even at the lower
being transacted. We quote the market
Tx to 1Sc. Electrolytic copper shows
no material change and has to be quoted
lie for cakes. bars or ingots. 1t APP
pears that the wide difference between the
two descriptions which has existed for
many months would to a certain extent
now disappear. Cathod we ave to
quote 1875 to 16s4c, while casting copper
is nominai at lie.
The foreign market continues fairly
steady. with a continued good demand
met by European refiners. who are SELL
ing somewhat below the parity of Am
erican producers. A continued good de-
mand is reported. The speculative mar
ket has again been somewhat unsettled,
mostly on account of the high money
rates ruling abroad as we'll as the I'M
settled political outlook and prices for
the week show a decline of about 15S.
Spot copper opened at E75 los and closes
at f74 lis Cd for spot, and IS higher for
three months prompt.
Refined and manufactured we quote:
English tough, as 15s to SO 15s: best
selected. ESQ los to sS1: strong sheets,
4S los to eSS: India Sheets, GS4 los to
fs5; yellow metal, 6% to ia.
The statistical position continues to
improve and the visible supplies at the
middle of this month We're cabled as be-
ing smaller by 1900 tons than at the end
of September.
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sc1are cans such as are used for war;
nlsn. In preparing for shooting a we'll
a long tin she'll is suspended in the tub
ing, and the shooter pours the fluid in as
ii i was water. 1t is not unusual for
two hundred quarts to be in a we'll shoot
er's Wason on one trip. A slight leak
in a can may be touched off b. friction
and explode the entire load. If it should
explode in the center of a town every
building would be reudced instantly 10
debris.
Ever since the big explosion two miles
east OF Montpelier people give the nitro
glycerine wagons and the magazines \
wide berth. A big hole in the ground.
probably 30 feet in diameter and Is feet
deep in the center, marks the place where
the most disastrous nitro-glycerine ex-
ploslon OF Indiana ever occurred. George
Hickok. who lost his life there, was the
Oldest shooter in Indiana, and is said to
nave held the record for the best time
IN executing the dangerous task. There
is no uoubt that he dropped the "go-
uevll In more of Indiana's famous oil
wells than any shooter ever in the field,
considering the danger he encounters
the shooter is poorly paid. The glycer-
Inc companies pay him 10 cents a quart
Tor doing the work which means he gets
from 50 to SIG for every charge he han
dies. Thousands of quarts of the treach-
erous f1uid are used every few weeks in
the old fields. If the wells were not
shot few in this section would be worth
the pumping, and the monthly report
would show a big s%hrinkage in produce
tlon. All the big pools of the crude pro-
duct seem to have been drilled in, and
IT is necessary to give them a sho to
insure and increase their production.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-25

tories become useless after a few years
operation and haNe to be destroyed. The
timber becomes saturated with nitro
glycerlne and an explosion is imminent
at any fife.
n average production Of glycerine
from 1,5O0 pounds of acid and $50 pounds
of glycerine is about $40 quarts. The
,glycerine concerns in Ohio and Indiana
are in a trust, and the price within the
last few weeks has been advanced from
80 cents to 80 cents per quart. About
160 quarts constitute an average shot for
an Indiana oil well. While magazine
explosions are not rare, the real cause
OF the blowing up never becomes known.
Those who are close enough to see the
cause always go up with the building.
i he average time for a shooter or nitro
giScerine maker to remain in the BUSH
ness does not exceed five years. Death
is instant, and no one has ever recov-
cred from a nitro-glycerine accident.
Bodies are torn to atoms no larger than
bits of sausage. Two years ago a ma
gazine in the northern part of Blackford
county went up. and George Hickok.
Harry Woods and two horses were prac-
tlcally annihilated. The wage Of en-
ployes of the factories range from 1925
to $3.50 a month.
Strange as it may seem. the man who
made and exploded the first pound of
~ II GIL III Z Ii HAT dIlO
hearty at - years of age. He is Col
onel William A. Myers. and his home is
at Bolivar. N. Y. He built the first fac
tory in the United States. near Titusville,
Penn. in 1868. Up to that time powder
mad been used to torpedo oil wells. 1t
was then that an explosive that could
be discharged under water, was found
in nitro-glycerjne. Colonel Myers's ia
ther was a Philadelphia chemist and
taught his son how to make it. The first
We'll torpedoed was or Colonel Mills's
lease. near Titusville. and the charge con-
sisted of only two pounds. Oil was
worth - a barrel then, and a torpedo that
would double the Droducl.on of a well
was worth almost what the maker chose
to ask for it. Colonel Myers built twelve
different factories in different parts of
the oil regions from 1865 to 1885. when he
retired from the business. Only one of
the original factories stands intact to-
day. Myers made several fortunes and
spent his money like a prince, but, for
tunately for him. he still has a snug sum
laid by shooters experience.
wen shooters spin great yarns of their
experiences, and the stories are of the
hair raising order. Well shooters gem
orally are fatalists to a considerable de-
gree in their belief. and it is probably one
reason why they do not fear the fluid.
The state that when one would think it
was the most dangerous the explosive is
the safest. The smallest drop can be
placed on an anvil and struck by the
heaviest sledgehammmer and the ham
lmer will bound back over the shoulder
OF the striker no matter how mach he
may try to hold it. Some claim that it
will tear the arm off, but this is exac-
geration. Transporting the explosive
from a magazine to a well is not as dan
gerous as timid people think. according
to the shooters. 1t is transported in
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-25
NITRO-GLYCERINE

Nitro glycerine and it's peculiarities are
little known, even in localities where it
is made, says the Indianapolis journal.
People generally give it a wide berth, and
even a less number know how it is man
ufactured. Probably in no place in the
United States is there such a great
amount of the explosive used as in the
Indiana Oil fields. Indiana has four
nitro-glycerine factories - two near
Montpelier, Black ford county; one at
Button and one at knightstoWn The
Findlay Glycerine Company and the r.
G. Garthwait Company have their fac
tories on the Spaulding farm, two miles
out of Montpelier, and they are seldom
visited by curious people.
IN explosive is made from a compost
ton of acids and glycerine. 1t is gen.
orally pale yellow in color, and quite col
orless when pure. 1t is odorless, and has
a sweet, pungent, aromatic flavor. If
touched by ones tongue, or even brought
into contact with the skin, it will pro
duce a severe headache. A large tank,
called an agitator, is where the fluid is
mixed, and the mixture is composed of
equal parts of nitric n s%ulphuric acid.
Inside the tank are several paddles, like
those of a churn, and it is here that the
real danger in the manufacture exists.
The paddles are put in operation and u
steady stream of sweet glycerine is turn
ed into 4 vat until $50 pounds are thor
ough]y mixed with the 1900 pounds of
acid. The chemicals coming in contact
produce an intense heat, and in order
to obviate the danger cold water is run
through pipes encircling and running
through the vat. At SIS degrees Fahren-
heit a red vapor, almost like fire, arises.
If cutting off the supply of gly-
cerine in the ag1tator does not lower the
temperature, it is time to say farewell.
Before 80 degrees are reached nothing
but atoms of the structure and it's con-
tents are left.
In it's manufacture water is used to
flood the Workroom, since a drop railing
on the floor might lead to Vn explosion.
Not a nail is to be found in the floor of
the factory, and the visitor is cautioned
not to drag his feet. Those who make
the dangerous fluid say that a jar will
not cause an explosion; hat friction c.a
fire are the only agencies by which it
a be discharged. One may pour a bar
rel of nitro-glycerine from a high build
ing to a cement walk below and it will
not explode, but a small quantity of it
dropped from the same height in a can
will blow the building down.. A sharp
conclusion instantly touches it off. Fac
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-25
State Supreme Court.
special to the Inter Mountain,

Speclal TO the Inter Mountain,
Helena, Oct. 25.-The supreme court to-
day reversed the district court of Silver
Bow county in the case of John O'Rourke
VS.. Mary schultz, injunction proceedings
commenced by O'Rourke to prevent
schultz from collecting judgment for
over $5.ooo. The lower court granted the
injunction. Schultz had bought $2,5oo
worth OF STOCK IN the Western Star Brick
OF Butte, with the understands
in gthat within one year she could re-
ce1ve pack her purchase price if she did
not Ike the bargain. She tried to en-
force the agreement and O'Rourke. fail
ing to surrender the purchase price, she
brought suit, getting judgment. He then
commenced the injunction proceedings
ended TO-DAY,
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-25
FAY KOHL'S CONDITION.
HE IS VERY LOW-MEDALS THAT
SHOULD BE RETURNED.

Fay Kohls, the boy-soldier of Company
D, who is i'll of typhoid fever at the
southern hotel, was reported as dying
this morning. An Inter Mountain re-
porter called at the Southern this after
noon and ascertained this report to be
untrue. although the boy is very low.
His father and mother are With him con-
stantly, and Senator Mantle, on behalf of
the executive committee, has taken the
matter in hand and will see to it that
the sick soldier has everything neces-
sary for his recovery.
The senator stated this afternoon that
all Of the soldiers who came home sick
had been placed in the hospitals, and
would be cared for tenderly until their
recovery. He will give the matter his
personal attention.
The senator also stated that some of
the ladies' have in their possession a
number Of the medals Of honor, which
should be returned to the committee at
once, as the number of the medals was
limited to the number of soldiers in the
mt and those who keep them are
simply depriving some brave soldier of
the medal which he has won by long
service at the peril of his life. No more
can DC had as the die from which they
We're stamped has been destroyed and
the ladies who nave them are urged to
return them to the committee as soon
as possible.
Six rough ider medals were given by
mistake to members of X of
Anaconda. The soldiers who have them
are requested to return them and eX-
change them for volunteer medals, the
KIND to Which they are entitled.