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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-08-23
WORSE THAN BULLETS.
Nine American Troops Drowned by tn.
Capsizing If a Raft.

Capsizing of u Raft.
MANILA. Aug. 23.-While a recon.
motoring party Of the Twenty.fourth
infantry under Captain Crane was
crossing the Moriquina river on a raft
the hawser broke. The current. yery
swift at that point, caused the raft to
capslze, drowning nine enlisted men.
The United States transport Tartar.
from San Francisco July "a, with Gen.
eral Joe Wheeler and his daughter.
troops of the Nineteenth infantry and
more than $1,000, 900 in coin. has ar.
rived.
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'Foley's Kidney Cure has been tested
and found to be all you claim for it.
have been giving 1t to my father and
1t is the only thing that ever helped
him." writes Geo. &. Hickock, Curtiss
Wis.
FRANK SMITH,
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"DeWitt's Little Early Risers did me
more good than all blood medicines and
other pills." writes Geo. H.. Jacobs, OF
Thompson, Conn. Prompt, pleasant,
never Rripe.-they cure constipation,
arouse the torpid liver to action and give
you clean blood, steady nerves, q clear
brain and q healthy appetite.
Cook & ODEE
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Sotice-Life insurance companies vii
reduce the rate 80 per cent. to all wh'
agree TO take Rocky Mountain Tea. !
wise measure.
FRANK G.. SMITH.
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II DAILY LEADER.
WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 90. 1889.
OFFICIAL Paper OF CITY and COUNTY.
rHkNs
TO.ADvRHTISERs

Tbs DAILY LBADBs makes . special feature OF
f.rnishiry Information concerning the advantages
aat ,e.o. rces Of the city Of Madison and Of the
cate At .args emitting II 80 the patronage ofad-
r;..ers II every class.
j. F. STAUL, Proprietor.
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a bold aud daring piece OF work. az the
safe set in the window fronting Main
street in the very heart Of the city. No
clue as 10 the perpetrators has been OBJ
t.;Dc2
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FRANK SMITH.

Irritating stings. bites. scratches
wounds and cuts soothed and healed by
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve.-a sure
and safe application for tortured flesh.
Beware Of c~ounterfeits.
Cook T. ODEE
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SMITH.

One Minute Cough Cure quickly cures
oostinate summer coughs and colds. 81
consider It q most wonderful medicine
quick o SAFE" W. w. Merton. Nav.
hew, Wisconsin. WY
Cook 4 Onrr
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-08-23
STILL AFTER LABORI.
Counsel for Dreyfus Receives Two In.
fernal Machines.

NOUuS q IT0yTVw WI u
fernal Machines.
RENNES. Aug. 23.-M. Labor has re-
ceived two mysterious parcels. believed
to be internal machines. The police
are examining them. -
PARIS, Aug. 23.-The Rennes cor
respondent of a Paris newspaper tele-
graphs that the Internal machines sent
TO NJ. Labor have been opened in the
military laboratory at that place and
have been found to be filled with gun
cotton.
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MASSACRED RUSSIANS.

Engineers and Their Escorts Attacked h.
Chinese ~Hrigands.
MARsElLLEs, Aug. 23.-News has
reached here that a mission of Russian
engineers and their escorts were re.
Gently attacked by Chinese brigands at
kirin on the China Russian frontier.
on the main Manchuria railway. Ali
were massacred. 1t is expected that
Russia will make reprisals.
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!. Quickly cure constipation and re-
build and invigorate the entire system
never grippe or nsuseate-DeWitt'
Little Early Risers.
COOK & ODEE.
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In the Jane at Webster, Monday, the
Sioux Falls Carnival team Was defea,ed
by the Websters by a score OF / TO ,.
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Germany his a cabinet crisis, but then
i. has KAISER Wilhelm too, and q cabinet
IL that case don't cut much OF q figure.
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Cook & ODEF.

The "life.line" is out, extending the
'.eIsd hand" Of lite, hope, and happiness.
Reaohes around the globe. It's Rocky
Mountain Tea.
FRANZ 9nrru
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Piles! Pilesl

why 90 bothered with this ANNOYING
complaint when Banner Salve will onre
you. 25c. 1
FRANK SMITH.
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Cook 4 ODEE.

Ietter, Eczema and skin diseaa..
yIelo quickly to the marvellous healino
QUALITIES OF Banner Sslve made from :
PRESCRIPTION OF . skin specialist OF world
wide fame. Csc. "o1'o
FRANK SIXTH.
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LIE K 9 dip in the fountain OF
youth" Touches the cheek go gently
tna youth fingers on the face Of old
age" That what Rocky Mountain does.
FRANK SMITH.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-25
DAYS NEWS IN BRIEF.

Detroit-George w. Brooks today shot
his divorced wife three times and then
killed himself. The woman will recover.
Ottawa, Ont.-The department of the in
terror has received information that at
the smallest computation $1,000 Fin
landers will arrive in Canada next spring
Austin. Tex.-James Davidson was
hanged today for the murder of George
w. Engburg, a merchant, and his wife,
at Manner, Tex, last June. He confessed
on the scaffold.
Darlington. 8. C-The first legal execu-
ton for criminal assault in this state
occurred here today. Ed Luckey and
Tom Mitchell were hanged for assault on
Miss Josephine Lafferty. young white
woman.
Mt Vernon. O.-Charles Goldsborough,
a saloon keeper. last night shot and killed
MS wife and then committed suicide by
sending a bullet through his head.
jealousy was the cause
Boston-S. George Davis was arrested
mere today charged with being implicated
In the plot recently unearthed at Win
throp, Mass. by which Eastern Canada
was Hooded with counterfeit money.
New York-An official cable dispatch
from Rome authorizes the Associated
Press to deny. the report that Baron
ington, will retire and be succeeded by
Admiral Canevara.
.Petersburg-Th Novoe Vremya today
of foreign affairs, has suggested a revision
OF the treaty of commerce between Rus
STA and the United States which was
concluded in 1892
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-25
MUNICIPAL CHARITIES,
Rev. S. G. Smith Continues His Sc
ries of Lectures.


Counter attractions in the amusement
line reduced the attendance at the lee
ture of Rev. S. G. Smith at the Y.
M. G. A. rooms last evening to less
than seventy-f1ve persons. The speaker
took for his subject Municipal Chart
ties" and spoke in part as follows:
Poverty is the lack of the necessaries
OF life. Poverty is an adjustable thing
Pauperism and poverty are not identical
A pauper Is a person who receives public
charitable relief. Causes of poverty
arise from insufficient production,
unequal distribution and waste.
The production Of 1uxuries is not
benefit to the working classes
of any community. Waste is the great
est cause Of poverty. The French nation
IS the only one that is economic In
France one out of every six persons
has money in the saving banks. Sta
tistics show the cause for poverty in
American cities as 20 per cent from lack
of employment, 20 per cent from Sickness
IL per cent from intemperance 10 per
cent from shiftlessness, 8 per cent from
insufficient employment, per cent from
no male support, 4 per cent from
physical defects, per cent from
old age, 8 per cent from poor pay, 2 per
cent from rowing disposition per cent
from accidents and 1 per cent from dis
in England is old age. Is per cent of the
paupers being over siXty-five years of
age. Public. charity should be stopped
or reduced to the lowest limit. It en-
courages idleness and burdenes the in
dustrious with the lazy.
The $10,00O,000 given yearly in outdoor
relief tends to make more paupers than
anything else. Private persons who adj
minister charity can either make or cure
paupers. Any community can have lust
as many paupers as they make. In ST
Paul in 1899 Sc, 725 was expended for out
door relief. The amount expended dur
Ing the current year was $500. The de-
crease in the amount expended is due to
the Investigations made in each case
by agents Of the Associated Charities be-
fore anything is given. Relief when
given should be prompt and abundant 1t
is the repetition Of charity that does
harm.
Smalley, of the School union, announced
that the union having assumed the re-
sponsibflity Of having the charter COM
mission appointed, it had been decided
to make the subject of city affairs a
study during the winter. AS fast as the
sections of the new charter were drafted
they would be printed and discussed at
meetings of the School union. The idea
was that when the charter was com
pleted and presented at the polls II
would be thoroughly understood by rea-
son of the discussion before branches of
the School unfon.s Those who would as
sist In the charter studies during the win
ter he asked to0j send their names to
George l. Wilson, who was chairman
OF the committee on local lectures.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-25
he average for pig iron is 1 per cent

the average for pig iron is 1 per cent
higher.
Heavy orders in the past are reflected
by shipments of boots and shoes, amount
ing to 281, 272 cases In three weeks, 1876
per cent more than in 1897 and 800 per
cent more than in 1894, with other years
still smaller. New business Is checked
by continuing rise in prices, which have
reached in some grades 20 cents per
pair, with one large contract in grain
creole at 221a cents per pair advance.
Sales of wool surpass all records, hav-
ing been at the three chief markets 61,-
694.2O3 pounds in the three weeks of No
vember, whereas October sales in five
weeks were but 6S,314 9S9 pounds, and in
only one other full month have sales ever
reached 6O,0OOO00. pounds. The trade Is
largely between dealers and leaves no
indication of consumption"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-25
STOCKS RULED STRONG.
Bradstreet's Financial Review of
the Market for the Week.

fhe Market for the Week.
NEW YORK, Nov 24.-Bradstreets
financial review tomorrow will say:
Although speculation continues to be
largely professional in it's origin and
quality, the market for the past week
was generally strong. Money has been
fairly easy, and the fact that no large
blocks of government bonds have been
turned into the treasury in pursuance Of
Secretary Cages recent offer to purchase
$25, OO0,OOO of bonds, does not seem to pro-
duce any unfaVorable effect 1t was
noted, however, that on Wednesday,
when the call loan rate ran temporarily
to IL per cent, the stock market expe-
rienced an immediate chill, and prices
generally fell without much selling pres
sure.
There has been considerable manipu-
laion in various parts of the share list
Most of it was on the bull side and the
operations Of the bear factions were
confined to a few stocks like
Manhattan. 1t must be admitted
however, that on the advances
there was disposition shown in many
quarters to realize, and except in a few
instances, the improvements were not
Of very positive nature
Some activity was shown in Sugar.
Leather and other industrials, but the
easing Of money has not been attended
by any increase of favor on the part of
the lenders towards the new industrials,
and the latter are. consequently, as a
rule, irregular and inactive"
The following table, compiled by Brad
streets, shows the bank clearings at the
principal cities for the week ended Nov
decrease as compared with the CORE
spending week last year:
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-25
THE NEED FOR STATISTICS.

1t may not be generally known, but Min
nesota has commissioner of statistics in
the person Of the assistant secretary of
state, and section 404 of title 10 of
the Statutes of 1894 prescribes the duties
Of the commissioner as follows:
1T shall be the duty of the commits
sioner Of statistics annually to collect
and compile, from official and any other
reliable source, the statistics of the state
of Minnesota pertaining to its agriculture,
manufactures and population, including
statistics relating to all departments Of
labor in the state, especially in its rela-
ton to the commercial, industrial, social
and sanitary condition of the laboring
classes, and to the permanent prosperity
of the productive industry of the state,
including all useful facts which he may
be able to gather, bearing upon the ma
terial and social interests of the state
and tending to afford, at home and
abroad, a correct knowledge of resources
and progress"
The commissioner of statistics is given
power to address general or special in
quiries, with printed instructions and
blanks for answers, or otherwise, at his
discretion, to any state, district, county.
city or town officers, whose duty it shall
be to answer fully and promptly all such
inquiries, receiving just compensation for
their labor from their respective county
treasures.
1t is further made the duty Of township
assessorsto furnish to the county auditors
of their respective counties a complete
statement in abstract of the condition of
agriculture and matters relating thereto,
on the first Monday in July, annually, the
states commissioner to furnish the nee
essary blanks; and for failure to perform
this duty the assessor is subject to a for
fixture of not more than $50 for each Of
Tense. The county auditor>is liable to
similar penalty for failure to compile and
forward those statistics to the commits
sioner.
To cover all the disbursements neces-
sary, the act provides for the annual APP
preparation Of $1,000, which sum includes
the compensation of the commissioner of
statistics and all clerk hire, stationery
and incidental expenses
A further sum of 5000 is also annually
appropriated as a contingent fund to aid
in collecting said statistics and distrib-
uting the same.
The compensation of the town assessors
for making the statement required by
this law is "at the rate of 10 cents for
each form so returned" which sum is to
be paid by the state.
1.-THE commissioner Of statistics" fur
Their says the law, shall, during the
month of January in each year." present
his report to the governor, giving the
result of his labors Ia g concise and avail
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-25
STRENGTH Is EVIDENT
BRADSTREETvS SUMMING UP OF
THE BUSINESS CONDITIONS
OF THE WEEK
VALUES OF STAPLES FIRM
Tendency Is PrOnouncedIy Upward.
and This, Too, in the Face OF
Rather Smaller DistributiOn-Ce-
reals Remain Dull and Uninterest-
ing-COfRee Is Strong and Higher

NEW YORK, Nov. 4.-Bradstreets to-
morrow will say:
A striking Illustration of the underly-
ing strength of the general business sit
uation is furnished this week by the
course Of prices. Almost without excep-
ton the values of staples remain firm at
previous quotations, or manifest a still
further pronounced tendency upward
This, too, has occurred In face of a rath-
er smaller distribution in the ordinary
trade channels than has been noted in
recent weeks. So far as autumn and
winter trade is concerned, the complaint
of unseasonably mild weather restricting
retail distribution is repeated from many
cities, but, rising superior to this, and to
the unquestionably smaller distribution at
first hands, is the accumulated strength
OF textiles, particularly cotton goods.
which reflect some added strength of the
raw product, due to the smaller receipts
and better foreign advices but in a larg-
er measure also portray the influence of
active demand coming on a market ex-
Cepuonally bare of stock. A further ad-
vance in print cloths, a feature this week,
has brought the quotation for standard
grades up to cents, point not touched
for four years past. Raw wool is higher
on the week at all markets, on an active
demand, shared in by the manufactured
material, for which a good fall demand
has been experienced, and in which fur
Their price advances are expected. The
American market for wool is still claimed
to be the cheapest in the world The dull
ness IN heavy winter goods produced by
the present warm weather has not yet
served to impair confidence in wholesale
lines
Wheat, including flour, shipments for
the week aggregate 3,638,e7 bushels,
against 4,540,00 bushels last week, 1924
126 bushels in the corresponding week of
1888, $780, 53 bushels in 1897, 1888, 698 bush
els In 1896 and 2,460,3O6 bushels in 1895
Since July 1, this season, the exports of
wheat aggregate IS, ASS, 546 bushels against
S9,124,O83 bushels last year and 101 ABS, 679
bushels in 1S97-9S. Corn exports for the
week aggregate 4149,523 bushels, against
46O3,71S bushels last week, 1898, 846 bush
els In this week a year ago. 1858, 705
bushels in 1897, 1920, 802 bushels in 1895 and
1,S20,893 bushels in 1885, Since July 1 this
season corn exports aggregate 80 226, 48S
bushels, against 60,822762 bushels during
the same period a year ago and SO $40 AS
bushels in 1898.
Business failures in the United S .ates
tend to Increase slightly, as usual at this
period, and number POP for the week, as
compared with 1873 last week, 1872 in the
week a year ago, 233 in 1897, 296 in 1896
and 2SS in 1885. Business failures in the
Dominion of Canada for the week number
thirty-eight, as compared with nineteen
last week, twenty-seven in this week a
year ago, thirty-four in 1896 and fifty-two
In 1885,"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-25
MUSIC AND THE STAGE.
GRAND.

Two groups Of songs besides Thomas
''Mignon," sung by Mrs. Jessica De Wolf,
and a quartette of violin numbers play
ed by Herbert Butler, a Chicago artist,
were on the programme given yester-
day at the Grand by the Schubert club.
Besides these, there were some piano
numbers that were not on the pro-
gramme. They were played by Howard
Wells another Chicago artist, who play
ed Mr.. Buffers accomplishments
The largest audience that has so far
attended the Schubert fortnightly mu-
sicales this season was 1~present at the
theater yesterday and voiced it's appre-
citation of the many excellent numbers
by hearty applause and frequent en-
cores
Herbert Butler, the violinist, made a
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-25
Kentucky,s speed Trial.

sTRAITsMOUTH, Rockport, Mass,
Nov. 24.-The new battleship Kentucky
10:26:O5 a. m. over the regular course off
here. The weather was ideal and the
speed conditions could hardly be i'm
proved upon.
The Kentucky passed the Texas at
2:1S:O5, and at 2:42:30 she crossed the fin
ish line, the last leg showing a speed
OF 1921 knots. The total elapsed time
since starting was 416:3O. Deducting N
minutes, the estimated time Of the turn,
the actual time of the run was 3:5e 30
giving an ACREAGE speed of 16S1 knots
per hour. The last two legs were ap-
parently slow, and cut down the average
for the entire run somewhat
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-25
TRUSTS AS AN Evil
THEY ARE DENOUNCED IN LET,
TER WRITTEN BY SENATOR
w. e. CHANDLER
RETIREMENT OF TRAVELLERS

1t Is Not in the Interest of the Cen
eraI PubIic-COmmerciaI Tourists
EcOnOmize Expenses of the
Wholesaler, and Thereby Lessen
the Cost to the Communications
lucky Contest Nearing "a Decision.
NEW YORK, Nov. PAP. E. Dove.
president of the Commercial Travellers
National league, has received the follow
ing letter from Senator w E. Chandler.
of New Hampshire:
can attempt has been made to break
the force of the opposition by CONNER
clal travellers to trusts, by insisting that
1t was wise to dispense with, If possible
the expense Of travellers, in order to
lessen the cost Of producing and selling
articles to consumers at lower prices
OF course anything that fairly lessons
humanity, and in the long run the con-
sumner Will succeed, if competition pre-
walls, In getting his share OF the saving.
But can the cost of the commercial traY-
elers be saved under any method of
trade honestly attainable? L answer, no.
The retailer must do two things before
buying his stock. First, see samples and
second, talk about prices with the ven
dor. Under the old system the retailers
were continually travelling to and from
the cities and factories in order to ex-
anime the goods and discuss prices be-
fore giving their orders. The new sys-
tenn OF having commercial travellers go
the rounds Of the retailers has come out
because 1T was cheaper. 1t is an econ
omy In trade. Why in the postal service
nave letter carriers come into use in
cities and towns and, just now in the
rural regions? Merely because it is
cheaper on the whole to have the letters
taken to their recipients than to have tina
latter go to the pOstoff1ce for them
Ihere is a certain necessary expense
In maintaining retail trade in getting
the product which is created in large
quantities by a few persons distributing
IN small quantities to the consumers who
are a vast number. A part of that un-
aVoidable expense is, first, the expense
or commercial travellers visits; or sec
ono, the cost Of the retailers journeys to
the. wholesalers; and the first method
1t is quite true that If trusts are al
lowed to destroy competition commercial
travellers will be dispensed with. But If
competition is to continue to rule as the
life Of trade, the commercial travellers
viii remain an Indispensable part of
such competition.
IF competition must go, the CONNER
clal travellers must go-nOt travelling but
out OF existence. Yet it is certain that
even then, under trusts without compe-
ution or commercial travellers the yari-
Gus sayings will not all go to the consume
ers. They will be used to increase tina
profits OF the trusts. These will get the
hon snare, and retail prices are sure to
rise 80 the commercial travellers are
nght1ng not only for themselves but for
the consumers. As a pure economic oues-
ton the position of the commercial tray-
elers is impregnable.'
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-25
4NoTHER TARIFF-MADE rR,rsr

The Republican contention. exnressad
with so much glibness, that the tariff has
little or nothing to do with the trusts is
faring badly nowadays. The exposures of
the operations of the tin trust made be
lore the industrial commission had not
had chance to be forgotten by even the
most thoughtless newspaper reader be-
fore the printing paper trust secured the
1ioor The revelations which have been
made in that particular case can hardly
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-25

Albert Lea Route VIII Be Thirty
Four Miles Shorter

The completion of traffic arrangements
between the Minneapolis & st. Louis and
the Illinois Central will not be a one
sided advantage. It will result in short
ening the Minneapolis & st. Louis line
into Chicago from 531 to 497 miles. via
Lyle Mimi, Waterloo, To-, and Freeport.
III, affording an opportunity to cut off
thirty-four miles from the run
This will leave the St. Louis still the
longest line. with mileage of 497, as COM
pared to the Wisconsin Centrals 462, the
next shortest. The Chicago, ST. Paul,
Minneapolis & Omaha has a mileage of
no. the Milwaukee 40, the Great West
ern, 42O and the Burlington 1872
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-25
CnnIinr shins nt Snn

SANDY HOOK, Nov. 24-The second
trial of cOaling a ship at sea by the
United States ship Massachusetts and the
collier Marcellus was executed today off
the light ship. 1t was more of a success
than the first one A continuous test of
of fifteen tons to the battleship. Three
bags containing forty pounds each were
sent across the wire of three hundred
feet between the two ships each trip
taking just one minute for the round
trip. The trials will be continued to-
morrow. when the inventor hopes to make
a continuous test of one hour. as called
for by the government.