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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-06-29

Instead f following the lines of the
American proposal and confirming the
counter proposal to a plain statement of
the points already roughly indicated as
marking the boundary. this last issue
proposed a radical change in the line on
tae Dalton trail and was CT a character
wholly unacceptable TO the American
side. involving as il did the transfer
into Canadian jurisdiction of the for
tunes and claims Of many American
miners. Unless there i. a decided
abatement Oh one side or the other Of
the demands. the desired modus will be
a. unlikely Of attainment as wa. the
permanent agreement on the boundary
question and the chance for a reassem.
b.lng # the joint high commission will
fade away entirely.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-06-29
Min Whaet

NlNNEAPOLls, June %
WHEAT-In Store-No. ! Northern.
June. IKE; July, 7li.c: September,
1lss@71lac. On Track-No. l hard, 72hc;
Mol Northern, 7llsc: No 2 Northern, 7Oc.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-06-29
WORKING WO1EN.

Women are women after all. Mistress
and maid are alike in physical makeup.
Both are women. Both are subject TO the
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-06-29
Dewey Sails For Fort Said.

Dewey Sails For Fort Said.
WASHINGTON. June o9.-The navy de-
partment has received information that
Admiral Dewey has sailed from Co.
lombo for Port Said.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-06-29
LATEST MARKET REPORT,
Duluth Grain.

Duluth Grain.
DULUTH, June 2S.
WAEAT-Cash No. / hard, s63sc; No.
l Northern. 735sc: No. . Northern. 693sc:
No. 3, 66isc. To Arrive-No. hard. 76l.c;
No. Northern, 74c; July. 7Ac; Septem-
Der, 73Ac.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-06-29

ills and ailments
peculiar to their
sex. But the serv-
ant seldom gets
a II considera-
ton. She is ex-
pected to do her
work even il her
head does throb
and a dreary,
dragging, bear
~ing-down feeling
makes her wish
that each step
might be her last.
DR.. Pierce's Fa.
vorite Prescnp-
ton is made for
I maid as we'll as
IL 81 1t
III a X e s c n k
women strong
and sick women
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-06-29

we'll, no matter what their station in life.
1t gives the poor working wona an
equal chance with her richer sister and
at exactly the same price.
The servant who uses "Favorite Pre-.
scription" at a moderate price per bottle
is much more likely to get welt than her
mistress who calls in an expensive, local
physician. If she will write plainly to
DR.. r. v. Pierce, at Buffalo, N. ", her
case will have the attention of a physician
who has cured more women than any one
hundred other doctors and who has a rec
ord of over thirty years successful prac-
tice. Her letter will be considered strict.
ly~ confidential, will he promptly answered
in a plain envelope, o that prying eyes
OF others may not get even a hint, and
she will have the benefit Of the very best
medical skill without a cent of charge
for it. Thousands of women have
written and been cured. And by this
method they have avoided the "ex-
aminations" and "loca1 treatment"
50 invariably insisted upon by local
practitioners and SO abhoTrent to every
modest woman.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-06-29

What q woman should demand OF q
man: courtship, respect, kindness, and
plenty OF Rocky Mountain Tea.
Woman's best friend IS cents.
FRANK SMITH.
"What might have been"-if that little
cough hadn't been neglected-is the sad
reflection OF thousands Of consumptives
One Minute Cough Cure cures coughs
aud colds:
Cook l. ODEE
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-04
ConsoIidatIon and Refundinu.

The Greater Birmingham bill. and the
very important bill providing for a refund
ing of this city's debt are twin bills, or
rather they should be so considered. The
one renders the other possible. A city of
$4,000 people can borrow money on better
terms than a smaller town can, and the re-
funding of the debt at per cent is a
measure of very deep Importance. 1t is a
measure that concerns the reputation of the
entire state. 1t is not creditable to Ala
of semi-repudiaton, especially when that
condition is due to taxation limitations i'm
posed by the state itself.
IT, however, the debt can be refunded at a
can be practically consolidated. a great flu
ture awaits Birmingham and when Bir-
mingham is prosperous the entire state will
come in for a share. Consolidation and
rather they will remove the obstacles to
the prosperity that is waiting to settle down
in Jones valley for long stay.
If the legislature will take a broad view
of the questions tied up in the consolidation
and refunding bills they will pass them,
because the twin bills will enable the strong
men who are ready to develop the mineral
resources of the state and its central city
to work untrammelled by unreasonable linz
itations and restrictions. Give the people
of Jones valley free scope and they will,
before the meeting of another legislature,
satisfy the entire state, and surprise the
entire south. The bills make for the up
building of Alabama. because they relate
to her commercial capital, and to her un-
rivalled mineral resources. Both bills
should be considered from the viewpoint of
the relations that Jones valley bears to the
state, and not from that of a handful of
tax-dodgers here and there in the valley
Take the valley as a whole, gentlemen of
the legislature, and say what is best for it.
and through it for the entire state
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-04
ELECTED BY PEOPLE.
Superintendent of Education For JEFF
ferson County.

Montgomery, February 3.-(Special)-The
Houston bill providing for the election of
the superintendent of education of Jeffer-
son by vote of the people, was before the
local legislation committee this morning.
substitute was offered for the original
bill, which was given favorable report,
and it is now on the calendar The impor-
tant parts of the bill are as follows:
"Be it enacted by the general assembly
of Alabama, That the county superinten-
dent of education of Jefferson county shall
be elected at the general election on the
first Monday in August, 1900, and at the
general election every four years there
after, in the same manner as other county
officers are elected and their terms of office
shall begin on the first day of October,
1900 and they shall hold said office and
perform all the duties thereof under the
laws governing public schools and the SUI
perintendent of education shall fill said
office by appointment when vacancies oc-
cur until said first day of October 1900, and
shall thereafter fill said Office by appoint
ment when vacancies occur.
Provided that said superintendent of
education shall have been engaged in edu-
cational work for three years preceding
said election"
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-04
Auto Truck Company

New York, February al. p. Headly,
of the New York Autotruck company, today
made the announcement that the California
Autotruck company had been organized
with a capital of s5.O0o,0O0. The company is
to be Incorporated under the New Jersey
laws and will begin business as soon as
possible. The new company is composed of
Chicago and California capitalists whose
names were not made public. The first con-
tract to be undertaken will be that of pro-
viding an omnibus system fo- she city of
Los Angeles, Cal. Upon the completion of
this the company will go To work on a
truck system for San Francesca.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-04
The Imprisonment of Judge Randolph

There is something in the civil law, or in
customs that leads on to cruelty. Cruelties
marked almost every step of the deeaying
Roman empire, and the inheritance was
passed along to the Spaniards, who are the
have long been in a state of decay. Provi-
dence, for some mysterious reason, permit
ted Spanish rule and Spanish cruelty to be
fastened upon the southern half of the
| is today victim of a system that goes
back to the times when a Roman emperor
caused the eyes of conquered army to be
put out before they were led back to their
homes. He is the victim of Latinism ag-
gravated by Spanish traditions. But the
antiquity and historical standing of his
punishment should not be reflected by this
country. He is entitled to a fair and an
immediate trial. He has been imprisoned
nearly four years a charge of homicide,
and all he asks is fair and speedy trial.
This he should have, and it is just this
that Uncle Sam should see that he does
have. His guilt or innocence under the
charge should be established and his i'm
prisonment without trial ended. He was an
officer of the confederate army, and he is
man we'll advanced in years. The United
States of Colombia cannot present any good
and sufficient reasons that favor an inn
prisonment for nearly four years in antici-
patton of trial. If witnesses cannot be
secured, release upon bail should be per-
mitted. Imprisonment without trial for so
BILE under any circumstances, unless the
prisoner himself asks for delay, and it is
not claimed that any such request enters
into the case.
The joint resolution of the legislature of
this state in relation to the case should be
followed by prompt action at Washinton.
Judge Randolph should be granted a speedy
and a fair trial, and the ministers of the
United States at Bogota should be requested
to see that he has it, The United States
of Colombia should be made to know that
it cannot with impunity maltreat American
| citizens, even if it does not deal justly with
| its own citizens.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-04
Paying the Cuban Army.

Ex-Minister Hannis Taylors suggestion
that the easiest method of dealing with the
armed Cubans consists in money payments
to them, thus enabling them to resume life
again civilians, has proven to be the
plan that the government has adopted. Out
of the war funds, the United States has
set apart s3.OOO,OOO, which sum is to be paid
to the Cuban soldiers, not In the way of
salary or services, but as a donation, and
the only condition of payment is to be
sembly or its representatives. Mr.. Taylor
estimates the number of Cubans bearing
arms and refusing to disband at 10000. This
would give each man 500, and one hundred
dollars in gold will go long way in Cuba,
towards enabling the Cubans to resume their
Occupations that engrossed them before they
took up arms. Mr.. Taylor urged the gov
ernment to pay the Cubans $30e apiece but
it is plain 500 head will suffice. At any
rate, General Gomez has accepted the offer
of the government, and the disbandment
problem may be considered settled. The
three million dollars in gold will be over
four millions in Spanish silver, and 1t will
certainly give every Cuban in arms $780,
The payment of the sum will undoubtedly
save the government an equal amount in
the course of pacifcation throughout the
island. The Cubans will now become peace
full citizens, and they will also become
friends Of the military government and of
the United States In every aspect of the
case. the payment of the money to the Gu
bans is laudable. Cuba is not to be another
Poland, as Mr.. Taylor feared. Impatlence
and discomfort are not to prevail. The dis
tribution of the money will be followed by
the buying of farm animals and farm imple-
ments, and very soon Cuba will be more
prosperous and ten times more content
than the island ever was before in its en-
tire life. And the best of it Is, the money
goes as donation, raising no political
questions and entailing no claims upon the
revenues of the island. 1t is an out-and- out
gift. and so 1t should be.
II the president would follow UP this gift
with the appointment of General Fitzhugh
Lee or General Wood as military governor
of the island, peace and prosperity would
quickly follow. General Brooke is a dis
tnguished soldier, but he has never had any
experience as a civil administrator, and he
Hoes not command the confidence of the
Cuban people to the extent that General
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-04
RUMORs ABOUT THE M. q @.

FROM the Mobile News.
In the last few days rumors of great
railroad changes have startled the public
hereabout. Some of the rumors have been
confirmed There seems to be no doubt that
the Southern has secured the Northern Ia
bama and the Mobile and Girard railroads.
But the rumors go long way beyond the
purchase of these lines Most of the news
papers in this section have given currency
to the startling rumor, which emanated
from New York, that the Southern had Sc
cured control of the Mobile and Ohio rail-
road, but few if any have given eredenee to
II. Without editorial comment, the Daily
News has given the story to its readers,
because, whether true or false. it is of too
much interest to be suppressed. But it
would have to be supported by indsputable
evidence before we would believe it, We
do not wish to believe the story and, be-
sides, it is incredible. We believe that the
stockholders are satisfied with their invest
ments and the management, and study
of the map fails to show why the Southern
should buy the road even If it could. The
rumor has nothing to support it. At the
same time newspaper could not well ig-
more it. Regardless of the story, the stock
of the road is rapidly advancing, which is
gratifying to all Mobiiians as well as the
holders. Independence and prosperity 10
the Old Reliabei
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-04
STILL TALKING sHIPYARDs.

From the Savannah News.
One of the most prominent of Savannah's
railway officials spoke in the highest APP
prevail yesterday of the suggestion made
by Vice President Eagan, of the Central
relative to the establishment of shipyards
at Savannah. Mr.. Egan is right in every
particular, he said. There is no reason in
the world why such an industry should not
pay
Birmingham is destined to become the
greatest manufacturing city of the south,
and, as Savannah is in such close touch
with it, this place should be able to carry
on a ship building business with as much
success and profit as any city in the coun-
try. The steel plates and all other steel and
iron work that would be necessary in build
ing vessels could be brought from Birming
ham at no greater cost than has to be stood
in the north, and every whit as good ma
terial could be secured.
'"rhere is not well equipped ship yard on
the Atlantic coast south of Newport News.
This would be a great advantage to one that
might be established here. 1 am certainly
of the opinion that this suggestion of Mr..
Egans affords a great opportunity for the
advancement of the interests of Savannah
and shows fine chance for an investment
that might be expected to pay literally.
"Ship yards would help Savannah There
is not enough manufacturing here 1t is the
cities that have large manufacturing inter-
ests that are the most fourishing. Ship
yards as extensive as those Savannah
should have would furnish employment for
many men, and the city would be benefit
ed"
In view of the favor the suggestion meets
In high places, 1t is not improbable that cap
italists may take it under serious advise
ment and that Savannah may yet have fine
ship yards.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-04
GOV. JOHNSTON WILL WIN.

From the Ozark Southern Star.
Governor Johnston has demonstrate. the
fact that he has plenty of backbone when
1t comes to the discharge of his official
duty. He dispatched a state examiner to
his home county, Jefferson, to examine into
the condition of the affairs of the county,
and to report on the management of the
county commissioners The report has been
filed, and gross mismanage and wanton
extravaganza of the county's money is
charged against the county commissioners.
At the instance of the governor himself a
bill has been introduced to abolish the COM
missioners' court and to provide for the
appointment of board of revenue. 1t will
be hard fight, but the governor will
probably win.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-04
The Treaty viii Be Ratified.

AS the day approa ches for the taking of
vote on the peace treaty-next Monday
it becomes palmer that ratification in some
form and under some condition is newt
able Votes and rhetoric are two very diff.
ferent things, the one being a play to the
gallery, and the other something that a
man must account for, and that is incapable
of being explained away. 1t cannot be con-
strued or misconstrued. 1t stands on the
record as solemn fact, and the RESPONSE
bility of vote against a peace treaty after
war with nation that sank, either off,
cially or unoficially, the Maine, will cut
down the opposition to the treaty, and its
ratification is now conceded to be beyond
reasonable doubt
This country is entitled to peace and to a
dissolution of all relations of Spain with the
islands that she has lost; on the other
hand, the defeated country-is entitled to
the $4,000, 900 named in the treaty, and to
the commercial relations that the United
States commissioners consented to put in 1t.
These things will carry the treaty through
the senate next Monday, and the war will
be duly and honestly ended.
There is, however, no reason In the world
why the senate should not adopt the reso-
luton offered by Senator Sullivan of Mis-
Eissippi. 1t reads as follows: "That the
ratification of the pending treaty shall in
no wise determine the policy to be pursued
by the United States in regard to the Phil
ippines; nor shall it commit this government
to a colonial policy; is it intended to
embarrass the establishment of a stable
independent government by the people of
those islands whenever conditions make
such a proceeding hopeful of successful and
desirable results"
The Sullivan resolution will be moved as
a substitute for the Bacon resolution, and
there is no reason why the substitute should
not command an unanimous vote. There is
not a line in it that the jingoes cannot ac-
cept, and yet it puts the senate in a correct
position before the country, and gives the
country itself free hand Under the Sui
Ivan resolution the entire Philippine prob
lem would be committed to the discretion
of the future, without embarrassment or
prejudice of any kind whatever.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-04
THE OIRoUTT JUDaEsHIp.

Washington Correspondent % of the
Bridgeport News.
1ne fight for judge of the Sixth federal
circuit is getting to be a red-hot one, and
1t has narrowed down to Shelby and Judge
Glenn, of Atlanta, Ga, with the chances in
favor of Shelby. There was some talk II
Judge Mcclellan being an applicant, but on
the president saying that he would only
appoint a republican. he was withdrawn,
and it is said that the entire Alabama dele
cation has Endorsed Shelby. In fight like
this there is much talk of trades and COM
bines, and while most of them are built on
wind, they are sometimes worth remember
ing. The latest rumor in regard to this
fight is that the two Georgia senator's will
vote for the treaty in payment for the ap-
pointment of the Georgia applicant The
man who is responsible for this story Is
an old-time politician and one who watches
things closely. He says-in support of his
theory that the appointment will not be
made until after the treaty has been acted
upon, and that If the Georgia senators vote
for 1t, Glenn will be appointed. OF course,
l cannot stand for story like this, but
give it as one of the rumors that are float
ing around in connection with this fight.
Leaving his story out and looking at things
in their natural light, can only think that
Shelby will win. AS Representative Under
wood said to me today as he was on has
way to the White House: 81 am going to
ask the president to appoint Captain Shelby
because he is one of the ablest lawyers in
the state, a perfect gentleman and good
citizen and he can only reflect credit on
the state and on the bench"
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-04
ANOTHER STRAW.
From the Baltimore Sun.

From the Baltimore Sun.
The West Virginia house of delegates yes
terday, by the overwhelming vote of 81 to
4, placed itself ON record as favoring the
election of United States senators by direct
vote of the people. That there is a growing
sentiment in favor of choosing senators by
the people is shown by the frequent action
of legislatures and large political and bust
ness gatherings in its favor. This senti-
ment has doubtless been largely accelerated
by the election from borough and, indeed,
from more populous ones, of senators who
are more noted for their millions of wealth
than for any special qualifications for the
senatorship. The idea is that it will be more
difficult for these millionaire senatorial
aspirants to corral the voters of a state
than to gobble up a legislature.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-04
oUAY,s FATAL THIRrEEN.
New York Journal.

From the New York Journal.
Over in Harrisburg last night the super
stitious disciples of the Hon. Matthew s.
Quay were shaking their heads omnously,
and each pair of knees esponded-feebly-
TREMENDOUSLY. The Honorable Matthew, ac-
cording to the last ballot. was just thirteen
votes short Matthews friends are the kind
who believe in strange signs and omens.
They are men who have woed the tickle
goddess Fortune with many strange devices
and much assiduity. They have watched
the little ivory ball whirling its way around
the inlaid numbers of the seductive wheel.
They have sought favor with the low card
and the high card. They have backed the
favorite and the ''short horse'-each ac-
cording to his light-each according to his
particular whim or fancy.
And like the ideal John Oakhurst, gam
bier, they know a streak of bad luck when
they see it, and when a black cat crosses
their gas-lit track as they make their way
to the secret caucus, or when the number
thirteen obtrudes its ghastiness upon them,
then they know it is time either to quit
or to change their play.
Quay's friends are in the game too deep
to quit. The chances are, therefore, that
they will change their play, and it is said
that In the game of politics, in which they
are more especially engrossed at this time,
they will shift their coin and their hopes
from the senator to the redoubtable Chris
topher L. Magee, known among the fra
ternity as Chris.
In this there will be a distinct gain for the
cause of morality. Not that Magee is bet
ter than Quay-not that he is distinguished
even by that form of responsibility which
consists in not having been found out. But
Mr.. Magee has never been indicted. That
marks the eliminating pinnacle of senato-
rial qualifications in Pennsylvania ..-,-.l
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-04
FROM TROY TO MOSCOW.

From the Troy Messenger
Brother Miles, of the Union Springs Her.
aid, is greatly elated because his town has
received 10000 bales of cotton this season.
He is disposed to crow over some of his
less fortunate neighbors. Not over Troy,
however for Troy is a cotton center and
has not received less than 80, 900 bales any
season in ten years. One of our exporters
today closed a trade for thousand bales
of cotton to be shipped direct from Troy
to the Russian mills This is probably
the largest shipment ever made in one bulk
direct to Russia from any interior town in
Alabama. Great is Troy.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-04
Occasioned No Apprehension

Washington, January 9.-The Indian dis
turbance at Juneau, Alaska, as reported in
press dispatches, occasioned no apprehen-
sion among the officials here of a general
conflict between the whites and the Indians.
No further word has reached here. The
disturbance is attributed wholly to the
smuggling of liquor into the territory and
its sale by the whites to the Indians. There
is no need of apprehension of anything like
an uprising, for there are less than 300 of
them all told, men, women and children.