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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-10-02
MUCH WAR TALK
Plenty of Stories Regarding
Movement of Troops in the
Transvaa!,
But Most of Them Should Be
Taken for What They Are
Worth.
Nothing Authentic Likely to Es-
cape the Censorship Of
the Beers.

LONDON, Oct. 2.-The Transvaal
crisis news which m%onopolizes all the
leading columns of the afternoon news
papers is now we'll nourished by dis
patches from the Cape, from which 20
pious particulars Of the movements of
troops on both sides and other war prep
arations are coming. A dispatch from
Cape Town says:
The alarmist reports from Pretoria,
Of the movements Of the burghers must
be received with caution. The strict
Boer censorship renders it unlikely that
important movements could be tele-
graphed unless the Transvaal had good
reason for it.
1T is said here that h~ighly-colored
reports are either sent to arouse the
enthusiasm of the Afrikanders or to
produce alarm in the British camps.
The Cape Town Times says: 1T is
impossible to say what are the real
grounds for the Transvaal military &C.
tivlty until the nature Of the dispatches
of the imperial government to the
Orange Free State and Transvaal are
known"
Something Of the apathy Of Premier
Schreiner's colleagues, the paper quoted
says: III the premier possesses informa'
| ton leading him to believe there is NJ
necessity for the precautions which
others believe are urgently demanded
it is Mr.. Schreiner's duty to set the pub
lie mind at rest
According to advices from Pretoria.
it appears that the authorities there ART
serving out no o Mausers, but are
giving the burghers' Martini instead
This 10 mainly due to the defective
Msuser cartridges, which are CONSTANT!
bursting in the barrels and destroying
the bolt action.
A telegram from Pretoria says tn
widest excitement prevails there AM
that the war preparations are proceed
ing apace. Big guns, field t~elegraphs
burghers, munitions of war and pre-
visions are being hurried off to Volks
rust. the projected base Of the Doe
operations against Natal. Crowd
gather at the stations to witness the az
parture Of the military trains. Ger
eral Joubert goes to Volksrust in tn
morning. The Boer wal Office is worl
ing night and day and communicating
actively proceeding. The raad, In o.
der to secure the support Of many on
landers. has decided that outlandel
who help them shall have the franchise
d The T~ransvaal is concentrating arti
lery along the Natal border m !
reserve artillery has been dispatched
Standersted and Wekkerstroom. an
ALSO to Bustenberg, which will probab'
form the base Of attack on Bechuan'
land. in the direction Of Mafekin
where 4 British counter.force 10 asser
4 bling. and Notifications are be''
raised.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-10-02
ORDERED TO THE FIELD.

Great Excitement Caused ut Johannes.
burg ~ u Result.
JOHANNESBURG. Oct. 2.-There Is
great excitement III consequence OF
orders to commanders to take the field.
Part Of the Johannesburg corps will
assemble during the day. Dispatch
riders have gone to the frontier.
1t is asserted Eere that the Beers
have modified AT Utrecht and at the
new railway bridge on the Transvaal
side OF Buffalo river. There are l,OOt
men at each place. The Beers have
cut a route through the high bank and
are ready to cross TO Natal.
A force of burghers are encampet
about two miles from the Natal border
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-10-02
GIVES BOERS MORE TINE.
m. Result OF the Meeting Of the Britis
Cabinet.

Cabinet.
LONDON, Oct. "A feature OF the
Transyaal situation % left by the cal
met council is that President Kruger
has been given another breathing spell
and another council will be called nex'
week probably to give fna! consens &c
t.o d;snatch which Lord Salisbury and
NJ chamberlain are engaged in draft.
tho and which will formulate the Brit
ish demands: 80.
The official statement that no infor'
,,ot;on will be given respecting mill
tary movements is interpreted to mean
The government 10 actively charter
ing transport vessels in every direction on,
Z London friend Of President Kruger
oshled advising him to accept tn
Tss proposals. ~ there is no desir'
! on the part Of England to teke ewe
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-10-02

Boer independence and a failure tc
comply would be madness. to which
President Kruger replied:
Impossible to accede to British de-
mands without losing independence"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-10-02

LITTLE Rock, Ark, Oct. AT a.
NJ. fire broke out in the Arkansas deaf
mute institution, one mile west Of the
city limits, and gained such Roadway
that all tho brick buildings of the in
stitution were destroyed. Twenty-Five
employees sleeping in the main building
were rescued.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-10-02

ADDISON. OoUTB DAKOTA.
~oNDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1899.
THE CITY.
LOCAL BREVIr1es.
Ivy Commissioners meet to-mof.
LOCAL BREvITlEs.

commissioners meet to-mor-
o"ey went east into Minnesota
''0fn with h,s iolks.
or naoholtz and children depart.
'''ne, Wis, to visit friends.
Ia -. report: Fair Tuesday, pre-.
kt. showers this afternoon and TO-
ias 1e new advertisement OF sThl
Pn. "A'osky, Lee 4 Frank. prcpri'
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-20
SUMMARY OF ToDAY's IMPORTANT NEWS.


A nre at Mckinney destroyed two four
mills. an elevator. much iour and wheat
aud damaged other elevators.
A mob has surrounded the Jail at Mac
ogdoches for the purpose OF lynchirg a
negro: the jailors declare they will pro-
tect him and have so far stood OF the
lynchers.
The Montgomery county tobacco crop Is
said to be large and OF the finest quality.
Several mild cases OF smallpox are re-
ported at and near Bearne,
Corpus Christi regatta will open today.
Terrific heat caused young man Of
Denison to commit suicide,
Hon, W. ]. Hannah Of Limestone county
has seen the errors OF populism and re-
turned to the democracy.
Justices OF the Peace association elected
officers and adjourned.
A second report on the BraEos nood has
been called for.
A telegram confirms the news that the
Philadelphia committee will take charge
of the Port Arthur companies, backed by
ample cash.
No trouble at Orange. but there has
been an air OF excitement all day. More
negroes have left town.
Governor Sayers sent cavalrymen to
orange because he had no Rangers at
hand
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-20
TELEGRAPHIs ma

LONDON.--Her majesty VIII y
knighthood upon Chancellor Hp5l II
high court of Ontoria.
NEW YoRK.-Prices for n It'll
meats were raised from . to ) cent
mass meeting Of butchers. nHs
vanced prices will go Into eject i 4
WASHINGTON,- General OH " 7
directed today to order an lnrHtlpl
into the ground Of the cable ahlp N
at Manila.
WASHINGToN.-The marine httl
at Havana. which has been ordered \
on account of the appearance o. ~
yellow fever among the men, lavs
urday. They will bring 10 s'@H
baggage with them. ia
SYDNEY, N. S. W.-Ths pNnik,
George Houston Reid, In addlsais
farmers conference. promised taa
government would assist them . g.
best American machinery, thus ilalI
the improvement Of their condl|'oa
KANSAS CITY.-Contracts have !
closed for the sale to an Eastern El11
OF seventy cars OF eggs now 10 ins
Topeka and Abilene, Kan, Ipe "
to be shipped by three special tialn
week. There are over lo,Oo00pe sssS
OMAHA, Neb.--Governor Pcynlh
abandoned the project Of proylelil y
cial train for the First Neprasn Y.
dispanded volunteers will DO iulssa I, Y
the travelling allowance sranss'
government. ~, i.
NEW YoRK-Fifteen hundred Y
makers employed by PopKln 3 ~ -
Broadway, have gone on a slllss " j
il said that Mr.. Popkin refused Y
to a new wage schedule
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-20
DOMESTIC.

Aged man under arrest at Ardmore. I.
T.. will likely be identified today 40 T.
r.. Freeman. under sentence to hang in
Missouri for the past thirty years.
Special commission which investigated
the claims of Sanarelli concerning his
discovery OF the cause of yellow fever
confirms the facts established by the 1tai-
ian scientist
In duel near Shreveport. La. b. G.
Freeman shot and killed three men aud
was himself slain by tho man whose life
he had spared moment before.
Three men were killed and one seriously
wounded by the explosion of a threshing
machine boiler at Traverse City. Mich.
Isaac NJ. Crane. an attorney of Chicago
and a cousin to Dreyfus, says that the
prisoner will be convicted. but Will be
pardoned by President Loubet.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-20


william r. stead made the charge that
slr Joseph Chamberlain would not be In
the colonial office had II not been for Z
withdrawing process two years ago.
The canal bill In tho lower house Of
the Prussian diet was defeated By q vote
Of nearly two to one.
Kaffir kraai. In which the half-nude
snvages are exhibited In London. and
which is backed by prominent men aud
visited by prominent women is being
roasted by the London press.
The Dutch colonies in the West Indies
and Asia are afraid the United States
will seize them and are seeking protective
impeachment with Germany.
Three witnesses testified before the
Dreyfus court martial. all OF whom we're
bitter enemies OF the prisoner. Dreyfus
called Cuignct liar.
The San Domingo troops were defeated
In an attempt to drive the insurgents
from Monte Cristi.
Yaqus are said to be saving Of their
ammunition with the Intention OF making
a long fight. Are said to have fifteen
prisoners.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-20
THE KISSING BUG.
1t Is to Be Made the Subject OF
Scientific Research.


Scientific Research.
Columbus, Ohio, August 1S.-Dr. l.. o.
Howard, government entomologist OF
Washington, will read a paper before Inc
American Association for the Advance
ment of Science next Tuesday on the So
called kissing bug" The truth, of the
matter is, there is such an insect, said
DR.. Howard tonight. Its bite is not neces-
sarily dangerous. 1t is painful, though.
Lots of people have been bitten by spiders
and mosquitoes lately and imagined they
we're victims of the kissing bug" On the
other hand. too, many have been bitten
by the kissing bug and imagined they
had been attacked by an ordinary house
fly, an ant or flea.
DR.. Howard says the kissing bug" so
called, has been known to science for
fifty years. He has found in his investi-
cations that the bug Is more frequent this
year than heretofore, probably on account
Of climatic conditions favorable to -
propagation of the insect
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-20
WASHINGTON.

General Merritt has been summoned to
plattsburg to discuss the Philippine prob
lem with the president.
1t has been discovered at Washington
that General Brooke is not the proper man
for governor general OF Cuba.
Three regiments OF the recently formed
volunteers have been ordered to San
Francisco to make preparations for de-
parture to the Philippines.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-20
RAILROADS.

The International road has called In all
transportation issued TO State officials
and is probably checking up on passes.
Roads are much interested in the prob
able action OF commissioners courts In
assessing franchises for taxation.
Missouri Pacific has refused to deliver
four cars OF freight to the Peesee.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-20
COMMERCIAL.

The cotton future markets were QUIET
and barely changed. Spots unchanged.
Wheat and corn made sharp advance.
oats and provisions closed higher.
Houston iobbers reported business GOOD.
with bright prospects for heavy ran
trade.
The stock market continues strong ana
active, railroads making material gains
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-20

shall be elected for six years in,..,
four at present, and that 10 shiIl n !
qualified for reelection.
The second is designed to msi, IN !
OF congressman four years.
The third will provide for Ia Il,
OF United States senators By diru ,
of the people. n
Senator Harris believes that TN
too many elections now, and 10 M
reduce the number. He says tAu I
gresham no more than gets lmuII
with the streets that lead to ths ~
until he has to come homs md Il n
fences for e-election.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-20

Two track records were broken at Sara
toga.
Dallas football club has been organized
for the season.
Boston shut Brooklyn outs to o.
Kid Mccoy and Jack Cormick are TO
meet ngain in the ring No date has
been arranged.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-20
LOCAL.

News received of the killing OF Lieu
tenant A. W. Drew in the Philippines
Meeting of the Texas and Louisiana
Lumber Manufacturers association.
Aha Rothsohild proposes to write book
and gives The Post sample OF the title
page.
The Auditorium closes. New summer
theater opens at Saengerbund hall.
The Light Guard receive their guns from
the State.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-20
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Labor Able to he Up.

Paris. August 1s.--This afternoon
NJ. Labori was able to take walk
In the garden and to attend to i'm
portant business, but he received
only Colonel Picquart. His general
condition continued satisfactory.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-20
Clcw Abandoned.

Rennes, August 1s.--The police have
abandoned clue to the would-be assassi-
nation of Labori which they have been
following at Asigue. The suspect has
given satisfactory proof of his innocence.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-20
An 81 Understand. Rumor.

London, August ls.-The Paris corre-
spondent OF the Sunday Special says: The
government. understand. has decided to
arrest General Mercier. 1t Is rumorsd that
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-20
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.

Senator Harris VIII Submit Three o1
Them to Congress.
Chicago, August 1S.-A Chronicle spe-
cial from Topeka says: United States Sem
ator Harris will introduce three amend
next session of congress and ask that they
be submitted to vote of the people.
The first will provide that the president
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-20
CUBA.

General Jlminez. who was arrested after
boarding a steamer to leave Cienfuegos.
has been ordered released by General
Brooke.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-20

orders will be given to withdraw the case
against Dreyfus, it having been proved
that the documents relied upon to estab-
lish his guilt we're false.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-20
PARTISAN COMMENT.

Paris. August l9.-The Paris papers are
null of comments on Colonel Schneider
telegram.
The Rennes correspondent Of the Petit
blen says: General MERCER will protest
against the allegation that the letter is a
forgery. He declares that 1t is authenti-
Gated by comparison with the documents
from the same source.
The Figaro says: General Mercer's only
way to prove his good faith is to name the
person who gave him the document and
70 prove that this person got 1t In a legiti-
mate way.
The Rappel says: The Schneider forgery
showed that In order TO accumulate proofs
against Dreyfus resort has been had to
another lie MERCER Uicard.
M. Jaures, in the Petit Republique. de-
mands an investigation of the Schneider
matter.
The Echo de Paris says: Such little for
eign maneuvers are intended to impose
upon the court martial and were quite ex-
pected.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-20
TESTIMONY OF COL. PICQUART
MOST INCRIMINATING INDICTMENT
OF FORMER CHIEFS.
1t Cleared Away the Mass of For-
gerry and Perjury on which the
Guilt of Dreyfus Was Built.

New York, August S.--The Rennes cor
days session of the Dreyfus trial, says:
Colonel Picquart has formulated the most
discriminating indictment of the former
chiefs of the general STAFF yet brought to
light and in the opinion of eminent jurists
his evidence, which for five consecutive
hours riveted the attention Of the court
and public-and which was delivered
without consulting note and without hes
ltatlon or repetition of a single word or
phrase-constitutes the most remarkable
specimen of oral testimony ever recorded
in French court of justice The narra-
tive, not only not interrupted or aided by
a question OF Nj. De Mango removed one
by one the tissues of lies deliberately
woven by Henry and Patty de Clam to Tx
Esterhazy's crime upon Captain Dreyfus.
Neither MERCER nor Roget in their dra-
matte combinations with Colonel Pic
quart dared deny any substantial element
OF his testimony which, TO any impartial
observer, sets forth as clearly as sunshine
the overwhelming presumption that 1t was
EsterhaZy and not Dreyfus who wrote the
pordeTeau and delivered TO Germany the
documents enumerated in it,
AS to the impression on the public, it is
heart-rendipg TO record that the floods of
retctlonary clerical and anti-Semitlc pas
sions are SO violent as to preclude the pos
slbility OF any examination of the case on
It's intrinsic merits. The court itself,
which until the close of Colonel Picquart' s
evidence seemed as II carried away by his
lucid demonstrations, was at once aroused
as II from dream when MERCER and
Roget, encouraged by the smiles and ges-
lures OF Billot and Zurlinden. once again
reasserted with categorical military blunt
ness the exploded dogmas relating to Cap
tain Dreyfus' guilt and Colonel Pcquart' S
disgrace.
Can 1t be that this court martial is
capable Of being hypnotized by the rank
ana prestige Of the four generals, who dur
ing the proceedings sit in row of four
red velvet chairs, directly facing the judi
clal bench, and scan the countenances of
the Judges as four cats might watch seven
mice?
Such is the question that the men per-
sonifying intellectual France are now ask
Ing themselves. 1t is painfully evident
that Picquart Is Dreyfus' sole defender
Maitre de Mango seems as II glued to his
seat his questions submitted to the court
with view of cross examining the wit
nesses for the prosecution are perfunctory.
II is scarcely possible for any one not
following the proceedings here in court
TO appreciate the terrible loss the defense
has sustained by the shot fired by Labori's
wOuld-be assassin.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-07-25
COUNCILS AID
is SOLICITED
For the Florence Critic nto on
Rescue Home.
csasiSsraeis Other BUSINESS OF a.
tmpsstsst Wstsss Trsnssetsd
By the City Fathers.

At last nights session u the city
council committee IN behalf - the
Crli,ehton home for fallen women.
presented memorial setting
forth the nature and extent
% the proposed charity. II
Nas explained TIA, the Baptist col.
legs buildings on the Rainier Beach
wtrvvt car line had been punch asrd.
and that t4eoo must Be RAISED. q
wneh sum 81 ooo hal bren pledged
BY Mr.. Cfittcntuu TIE delegation
consisted 81 Mrs Emma Aoratt. who
appeared fsa the national orsanisa-
tion. and Mira Harriet Parkhursg aud
Mrs. Ausiin y, I'M. president and
secretary rvHpae lively 90 tho local
organization The memorial was re-
ferrvd 20 the finance COMMITTEES.
cay Comptroller Parry sent a oufu-
muuieatlOu 20 the COUNSEL recom-
intending that the eity'a corporate
seal D. changed FROM ita present
large dimensions to aue-Iueh In dia-
meter The Judiciary COMMITTEES viii
deal with qhe matter
a bill was introduced BY cauncii-
man Jamca 70 create a sidewalk dis-
tFict. within Witch all sidewalks
must be constructed 81 concrete.
fiaRstone 81 similar material TIE
streets specified are First avenue.
from Main 60 Madison. secend av.
cnas from Y~ui~r way 10 i'Ike, Yes
lrr way from FIRST so Second. aHd
Pike from Fsrst 90 sixth. The bill
provides a penalty % from - 10 800
zoe each violation.
The following hills bad second and
third readings ard PASSED Providing
anal passage and passed Providing
AR water main on Heyistnn avenue
approving asse<n.nt rulI for TWcn-
ty-sighth sy.nue and Olive street
providing for water mains on Thorn
ar streets and huyiston avenue. APP
proving asnc ssmSnt rolls foe Twenty
siEbth avenue and owe street. pro-
Vidins Tor the Improvement 81 wrsf-
erh avenue frum Yesier way 20 Cot.
umbla street aPprVpriatiuE slsG TO
pay u. X Drummond refund q
street grade tax on Past Columbia
street. paid tRice. granting A. ,.
Bailey extension u tinc Tor contract
on EHr; Trrrara street aud Twenty -
nsth avenue. granting permission %
J p DAVIS e. transfer liquar licenses
IA MiEiivacra q CorEiati. Feztli &
Mason. n Sartofi a Co. granting
transfer - liquor license from Oa-
wald y Myer to wirseliu 4 Fisher
authorizing board " public works TO
extend water main on Fast Twenty
fourth avenue cAnsclilnE naHeaa-
msut against a ao-raiici vacated al
ley, block =. MaYnari's plat. levy
ing assessment Tor Improving H1r-
risuu streef. Jones Htrcst MAIu
street. Market street. authorizing re-
assessment On lots benefited lbs i'm
pr0f cruaut - jackson and Market
streets. vacatlna the alley IN blptk
10 woodlawn providing f1r sewer on
H5rsn avenue, granting transfer 81
liquor license from " Cheiar n
Thomas Mclaughlin granting huuo~
license 70 T. J Hyde. J. D. Frank
and Gsrmani Bertholdt
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-07-25
BENS' PARTY
DID PERISH

Among the passengers who came
down from 81. Michael on the tug
New England was George Karl. Of
Omaha. Neb. Mr.. Karl has been for
the last year prospecting on the Koy-
ukuk. al n place called Numukaie.
about 200 miles from Nulato He
confirms tho recently reported deaths
Of Capt Tfens and his party. from
scurvy. They went to the Kotzbue
sound country last year from Seattle
In the little steamer Elk No. !. and
later went 10 the Koyukuk. where
they met disaster and death.
According to Mr.. Karl Capt. and
Mrs. Bens endured indeacribable sur
ferinR in n little cnbi non the Koy-
ukuk. Helpless as though her hands
were tied, Mrs Bens was Obliged to
sit and watch her husband expire be-
fore her eyes There was no medi-
cine and no food Of the proper kind
at hand 10 check the progress Of the
disease. After his death she be-
came temporarily insane, and. leav-
Ing the cabin. wandered on into tho
wilderness. where she was later dis
covered by three prOspectors, more
dead than alive.
They brought her 10 my cabin"
said Mr.. Karl and I aid what Icould
for her while the three men went
back to the cabin where her husband
had died. They buried him.
She was suffering greatly from
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-07-25
MANY BUSTED"
KL0NDIKERS

Tug New England. which i1wed
the river steamer Qulckstep from So
attic to 81 Michael returned last
evening She brought down q num-
Der ~ busted Kloudikcrs who ship
no Eoid on board The New Ergs
land left st. Michael July ~. She
reports the steamer fakpe ~ hay.
ing left that port ON the iifh inst.
for Seattle. She should arrive to-
day. The Bertha. 81 the Alaska
Commercial COMPANY. left the same
day as the Lshme. her destination
being san Francisco. The steamer
Ridsout, with about 800 passengers
On boHri. was expected to arrive at
-. Michael frusn Dawson the day
the New England sailed The tug
Empire. Of the Empire Transports
ton company. left st. Michael July
II for Dawson with a tow. and the
Alaska Of the same company also
back
Persons returning on the New Eng
land brings more dlscouraRing re-
ports Of tho Cape Nome district.
They asy there II little gold there
and that men owning some Of tho
best claims In that section are do
iuR carpenter work rather than
waste time at mining
Capt. Sadler Of the steamer Quick
step, who went north on her. re-
turned on the New England on ac-
count Of sickness.
uuy 3 acre tract Moore Inv 20