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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1900-07-09

CANTON. Friday. July 6.-Quict con.
tinues here. Ii Hung Chang has sta.
toned troops in the streets to prevent
disturbances. 4 steamer intended to
convey Ii Hung Chang northward
sailed today. ostcnsiblly bound for kiu
Kuang. She took ESQ packages OF Ii
Hung Chang's goods.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1900-07-09
|FlL STORY OF MASSACRE.


ghai Confirm. the Reported Whole
.sic Murder NJ P~ktn.
NpoN. July 9. The massacre Of
cr,.cn ministers. tho women. the
ren and the European guards n,
b., after Is days Of hopeless re-
hcc. j, confirmed. says n dispatch
Shanghai dated July g.
When the ammunition aud food
exhausted. = continues the dis.
p, "the Chinese ilends closed in
'Ac legations and butchcrcd nil
who remained alive. Afterwards
SCI ire 10 the legation buildings.
fAlch the remains Of the victims
consumed in one horrible holo.
l."
dispatch does not state the source
"Meh The news II this coniirma.
Is FeceiTed. but i, il thought that
Indicated BY another Shanghai
IGN Which states that the taoti, or
IN charge Of several departments
lahIAai and vicinity now admits
10 .e-niion exists in Pckin. They
Esa 70 have been cxiermiuatcd and
''am'iiea that no foreigners have
.eit alive.
'i"''i'ng Atrocitirs Committed.
of'S u atrocities committed by
1uan upon the Chinese arc mp
y lie had l.0oO leading Chinese
le'ca' II Is said. for merely daring
'''oh ann to control the orgie Of
a''d Restrain his followers
"Slatch concludes with the nm.
cement that ex-Viceroy Chi Ii
wen lhao has been killed BY the
f"'S from natives who left Pckin
: continue to arrive. but they nrc
'ke extent. merely variations Of
'of'e' already published.
.'Sp"'cn from Taku says that tho
Usage from Mr.. Edwin II. Con.
"' 'hi'ed States minister Mt Pekin.
= 'here by runners. reads as fol.
"fe besieged. The provisions
'o'h'hg exhaused. aud the situa.
desperate. Tho relief force
advance and give US notice BY
rrn also confirm tho report Of
"'ns OF the native city OF pekin.
HlNEsE LOSE HEAVILY.
-" III" P~kin Legations XIII
"""y Imperial Troops.
InoN, July "a cable dispatch
. thursday. July 8. 3 p. M. r..
,ra ~ 'ne London Office Of tho in.
n'o "l Chinese maritime customs,
Shanghai. says:
"'acr "" left Pekin July 3. when two
20 We're holding not ..o,u.t
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1900-07-09
A.r..tcd nv French Oiisctnls.

ASHLAND, O., July 9-Mrs !. NJ:
Metzgcr Of Grafton. o.. has received
word that her husband. who has been
IN Paris two months. has been arrested
by French officials for leaving A,'ee. .,a,
lorraine when Is years DID, without
serving in tho army.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1900-07-09

St. Louis Grand Jury Criiiciaes the Force
for the Recent Disorders.

ST. Louis. July s.-The June grand
jury i'll their final report fastened much
of the responsibility for the disturb
ances which marked the recent street
railway strike on the police. The re.
por, denounces the police law passed by
the last legislature and says that it
makes il possible for the president OF
the board 10 step III and assume fun
authority ovar the chief of police. Po-
lice officials and pa,rolmen are criti.
cized for failure 10 do their duty. and.
the jury says. that many Of the acts OF
lawlessnoss were committed with the
apparent assent Of the police. The
sheriff posse was comp.lmented Tor lis
e!hcieut services.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1900-07-09
NO LOSS OF LIFE.

Tornado Docs Considerable damage ="
Hardin County, Ii.
MARs,lALLrowN. Ia, July 9.-Tor'
nndo conditions prevailed throughout
the northern part Of Hardin county and
houses were unroofcd and overturned
harms demolished and trees uprooted.
but no loss Of life has been reported,
Two and quarter inches OF rain ieil
here duriAg the night. The low" river
has spread over the bottom lands ana
still rising.
4 new Dunkard church five miles
sasr OF this city. was wrecked by the
wind
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1900-07-09

LINCOLN. Neb., July s.-The plan Of
campaign os the Democratic national
committee and its nominee for presi-
dent are yet to be arranged. Mr.. Bryan
reiterated what he has said before that
he was unable 10 outline his programme
in the slightest way. Nor was he able
10 say waen conference would be
pcld on the matter.
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The Income Tax.

KANSAS CITY, July 9.-The income
tax was left out Of the platform as
adoiicd by the convention and the at
teniion OF the Democratic leaders was
called to 1t early in the day. Chair
man Jones states that the rea..irmation
Of the primo pes OF the Chicago pat.
tuxm lncluQe:, the III come tax.
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TILLOTSON AT THE HEAD.

Silver Republican National COMMITTEES
Meets aud Organizes.
KANSAS CITY. July 9.-Thc national
committee Of the Silver Republicans
organized by elccting d. G. Iillotson Of
Kansas chairman and Il. s. Corser OF
Minnesota secretary aud treasurer.
The selection Of an executive commit.
tee was deferred. Senator Dubois Of
fercd resolution pledging the support
Of tho Silver Republicans to Adlai f.
Stevenson. but there was opposition
and action was postponed until after a
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1900-07-09

troops aud Boxers. Troons had 1o..
s'Ooo men and Boxers many leaders"
LONDON. July 0-Jardine, Mattheson
q 20. Of Shanghai have telegraphed to
their London house as follows:
The British legation was standing
July ?. There are reassurinu renor,s
regarding the lives of the Enronean, },
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1900-07-09
IN THE FIRST ROUND.
Peter Haher Whips Steve UDonuell In
Le.s Than Two Minutes.

Peter Hah-r Whips Steve O'Donuell In
Le.s Than Two Minutes.
NEW YORK, July 9.-Peter Maher
knocked out Steve O'Donnell in the
first round III what was 10 have been a
25-round bout at the Broadway Athletic
club. The bout lasted only minute
and IS seconds. In that time O'Don.
nell was knocked down three times.
Maher at the outsc, cornered O'Don-
nell and dazed him with "A rap on
the jaw . Donnel. c.lnchea. AZ
ter breaking Maher rushed and sent
his man down like log. He scram.
bled to his feet and a, he put up his
hands he got "a swln4 on the neck and
fell on his back. He arose slowly and
Maher rushed at him and smiled as he
whipped a right to the jaw. ODon-
nell staggered and rs Ae was falling
Maher landed him again. The referee
stopped further proceedings and award
&C the fight 10 Mahe-.
For two years Ira ". Kelley OF Mans
te.d. Pa, WAS in poor health on account
OF kidney trouble. He consulted several
physicians aud spent considerable money
for medicines without obtaining relief
until he tried Foley's Kidney Cure. and
now writes II desire TO add my teeti.
mony that il may be the cause Of aiding
others"
CuRis. SCHC1z.
A gentleman recently cured Of dys-
peps,a gave the following appropriate
rapIayiou ~ Hnprs' fanouo bioss,cp.
"Some have meat and Can not eat. and
come have none that want il: but we
have meat aud We eau eat
kodol Dyspepsia Cure be thank
ed" This preparation will digest what
.sor eat. II instantly relieves and radi-
cally cures Indigestion and al stomach
disorders
Cook < OpEF
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1900-07-09

LONDON. July 9.-The T,en Tsin cor.
respondent Of The Times in dispatch
iintcd July ) says: Twenty-Five hun.
arcd japanese troops with IL guns have
arrived at Taku and 500 more are ex.
pcctcd ut once.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1900-07-09

conference with the committee ap-
pointed by the Democratic cMlvention.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-10-13

to import labor into the harbor of
New York.
The Philadelphia convention of 1856
contained this resolutions; Resolved,
That the highwayman's plea that
might makes right, embodied in the
Ostend Circular, was in every respect
unworthy of American diplomacy, ana
would bring shame and dlshonor upon
any government or people who gave
II their sanction" The facts behind
the "Ostend Circular" are familiar to
every student of history, and | need
not repeat them. II is equally patent
that the policy embodied In the Os.
tend Circular ana that now being
pursued by our National Administra,
tion In regard to the Philippine ISL
ands,-and probably In regard to Cuba
also, differ from one another In no
essential respect, and simple man
would think that both should fall un,
der the same condemnation. But II Is
quite safe to say that the latter WILL
at the convention to which you have
invited me, be as vigorously applaud
ed as the former was reprobated at the
convention of four and forty years
ago. How can I, then, If would
keep the political faith of 1856, at
tend upon or approve the work which
the Philadelphia convention of this
year has marked out for II, and which
1t viii most obsequiously perform?
II would be an inconsistency so gross
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-10-13
Iyl:2UO

as to shock the political moral sense
of any reasonable creature endowed
with a conscience and an apprecla.
tion of party fitness.
The Philadelphia convention of 1856
strenuously advocated the construc.
ton of a highway to the Pacific, over
our own territory, and of course under
our own control, and 10 be defended
upon occasion, with the jealous care
inherent in a free people, against In.
reference restraint, guardianship OF
espionage by any other power what
soever.
The convention of 1900 will be ex-
pected to, and so will, loudly endorse
the foreign policy of the Administra-
tion which has been so far recreant
to all our traditions of national indie
pendence Of action and American man
hood as to negotiate, and ask the Sen.
ate to ratify, treaty whereby, at n
time when Congress has made provis-
ion for waterway, designed also to
bring us nearer to our Pacific posses
sions, over territory conceded TO us by
an independent power. and hence as
much ours as if it We're passing over
one of our own watersheds, we obli-
gate ourselves to Great Britain never
to fortify the canal thus to be built
with our own means, on territory not
at all Under her jurisdiction, sur
rendering to her navy. In advance, In
time of war, potential title to our
own property.
And the same Administration has
refused to allow the bill for the con-
struction Of the canal to come to
vote In the Senate, in order tnat time
may be gained and the requisite pres
sure brought to bear upon Legislators
to consummate this abject flunkeyism,
which has Become characteristic of our
State department, as now occupied and
TO a Republican of
1856 this fawning sycophancy to the
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-10-13

territories those twin relics of bar
barism, polygamy and slavery" The
Republican party of that time, In ODE.
dience to this mandate, and improving
the opportunity created by the great
Clvll war, did far more At a cost in
blood and treasure beyond computa-
tion, II cmancipated n race, and se-
cured the adoption of an amendment
to our constitution which forever pro-
hlblts slavery or involuntary servi.
tude, except upon due convi4tion OF
crime, In all places 'wlthin the United
States, or subject To their jurisdlc-
ton" In like manner II by lawful
means eXtirpated polygamy within
our borders. The Philadelphia con.
vention which you ask me to attend
Will, by It's platform, approve the work
of an Administration which, claiming
TO have subdued the Sultapate of
Sulu, nevertheless Is in treaty with
Its Sultan, whereby il guarantees the
Integrity of his domlnions, and prom
ses to protect him in maintaining his
slave barracoon and his harem of
wives, And not only has II thus given
him immunity for his breach of our
organic and statute law, but It has
put premium upon those twin relies
of barbarism' by paying him year
ly stipend for continuing 20 be "A law
breaker. And by way of sarcasm on
your campaign cry of 1896, II pays him
the bounty in those sinful aud utterly
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-10-13
SPEAKS FOR THE old "CAUSE,"

dishonest Mexican dollar! 1t is n
little curious to see how a government
can make a treaty with one of its own
subjects-for you will perceive that
our country, under the benevolent"
extra-constitutional doctrine, has pro,
gressed far enough to have subjects as
well as citizens; but let that pass. You
will claim, and l do not new deny,
that the Sultans territory is Subject
to the Jurisdiction of the United
States. Upon the morality, national
or otherwise, Of the transa ction,
make no comment. But for the party
which by blood and iron imbedded the
Thirteenth amendment in our organic
law. to sanction it, seems to me mon
strous; party sacrilege; political
blasphemy. The same organization too,
thus to be commended at Philadelphia
in the polygamy line, strains at the
gnat Roberts), and swallows the
camel (the Sultan of Sulu. Holy writ
tells us what the proper name of peo.
pie who do this thing is: l cannot
improve it's definition. And the party
has annexed Hawaii also,-bringing
over, l suppose, it's laws with it. BY
Hawaiian law coolie contract labor
is permitted and sanctioned. BY that
law such contracts for involuntary
servitlide" may be specifically enforced
In the courts, now under our jurisdic-
tion or their violation may be cofpor-
ally punished by the lash. And this
is, understand, in fact done. A
clergyman lands on our shores under
an agreement to break the Bread Of
Life to the people of Brooklyn. Upon
this fact becoming known he is hust-
led back to his own land, because he
is a violator Of the contract labor
law. Here we have another gnat
strained at, and another camel swal-
lowed But the one is at the behest
of the sugar barons of Hawaii; the
other Is only poor person who has
nothing but Gods word to deal in.
The Philadelphia convention of next
week will commend the annexation of
Hawaii, nnd,--if it says anything on
the subject, II will, with equal unc-
tion, denounce the wicked contracts
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-10-13

can party is and for some time has
ches of our government. 1t has the
POWER, therefore, to advance the
remedy and to make that amendment
living letter instead of a sealed book,
and to right the enormous, wrong now
being perpetrated against the suffrage
in several of the states of this Union.
From constitutional and ancient Re-
publican point of view, this crime
against the ballot is the master griev-
ance of the age, and beside which, as a
matter of fidelity TO party and party
principles, every other question and
all other offenses dwindle into in
significance. But ! am safe in say
ing that the Philadelphia convention,
to which you invite me, Will do moth
ing, and say nothing. to cure this
abominable evil. If a pledge to
repeal or to emasculate the amend
ment could be hopefully used as trap
to catch single Southern electoral
vote. ] venture to predict 1t would be
forthcoming. The past record of the
party imposes the duty upon that con-
vention to make good its early pledges
by making some deliverance on the
subject. 1t makes another reason why
! cannot attend that convention that
this implied promise Is to. be ruth
lessly and contemptuously broken
| might enumerate other points in
which the old convention and the new.
are repugnant to each other in matter
of substance and principle, so that to
countenance by my attendance the
latter would be to stultify myself as a
member of the former. But these,
conceive, are enough.
The last words spoken by my illus
trlous and patriotic namesake, Alger-
non Sidney, as he laid his head upon
the block on Tower Hill. was to thank
his Maker for the opportunity for
saying final word for that Old Cause
in which l was from my youth engag.
ed,"-the "Old Cause" as he pathet.
ically called the cause of Constitution.
al Liberty.
/ too, am grateful that I have been
spared thus to bear witness to the
same end
Very sincerely yours,
SIDNEY FDGERTON,
Hon. M. A. Hanna, :.
Cleveland, O. f"@ S6t
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-10-13

most selfish of nations Is nauseating.
The Republican party of that early
tlay, and long afterwards, was upon
every consideration, the friend of ana
the sSmpal hizer with, the oppressed
and down-trodden everywhere. And
II so went on record time and again.
10 the convention of this year there
will beano Word of rebuke heard for
the course Of, an Administration which
has stood calmly but coldly by, In
sight OF the death struggles of two
.vepublics innnother hemisphere, crush
ed beneath the blows of ornaments
100 overwhelming for hope of resist
ance,s-we all the while uttering no
word of cheer and rendering in the
meantime no good offices looking to
ain honorable peace. which. by the ex-
press terms of The Hague conven.
tlon we would have been warranted
In dang without giving any just cause
or ofense TO either belligerent. On
the contrary, II is too notorious for
controversy that our government not
onlNhad no good offices to TENDER
being itsch engaged in like enter
prise elsewhere, but 1t resoIutely sup
pressed. to the measure of It's ability,
all public expression OF sympathy with
the South African republics in their
mortal agonies, The newspaper ora
eles Of the Administration We're as
dumb as oysters, in strange contrast
to their efinslyeness when reaching
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-10-13
Governor Edserton's Reply.

Gov. Edgerton's answer, which wa,
mailed TO the Senator In due season
IL printed in fun below:
Akron, o., June Is, 1900
My Dear Sir:
! have received your letter of the
second inst, In which you invite me
10 be present at the convention 10 be
held In Philadelphia on Tuesday next
For your courtesy IN extending TO me
fnis invitation, am extremely Obliged
10 you. The thoughtfulness which
inspired it--knowing, as you do, how
little there Is in common between the
principles held by me and the fore
ordained work of the occasion referred
10, and how little use you VIII have
Tor such as am. argues dslnterost.
edness on your part which, being SO
rare in this day, is appreciated accord.
ingly.
You do no more than justice to the
conventions held at Plttsburg and
Philadelphia In 1856, by characterzlng
them in your letters as historic
events" They truly were so; and to
have been concerned In them is to me
source Of pride and satisfaction.
] am indeed very unequal TO the task
to which You have Invited me; for |
am borne down by the weight on many
years and am laboring under great In
nrmities Of body. Nevertheless, I
should feel II my duty to hazard the
undertaking, II my journey thither
and my presence there could at all
promote the keeping. by the coming
convention, Of the ancient faith of the
Republican party, or the maintenance
OF Its ancestral honor What that con
vention will do Is absolutely known 70
yourself, and is substantially known
10 me. From this knowledge ! am
persuaded that the condition OF my
attendance, above referred to, must fail
HAS failed, in advance, and the con-
diuon falling my presence must fail
also.
] purpose stating briefly some of the
facts which show that the doctrines
70 be advocated, the policies to be en-
dorsed and the plans 10 be pursued
by your convention f~o
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-10-13
For That Old Cause In Which | Was From
My Youth Engagcdv

for the good of the governed; the fact
that they ARE governed without their
consent puts the policy at war with
the Republican doctrine of 1855. And
so, being irresponsible at it's source,
the principle Of irresponsibility per-
meates the entire fabric, and stealing
and spoilation by sub-ordinates follow
as night succeeds the day. Shortly
before the convention of 1856. man
OF some prominence then and later,
said: When the white man governs
himself, that is self government; but
when he governs himself and also
governs another man, that is more
than lf-government-tha is despo.,
ism.
What l do say is, that no man is
good enough to govern another man
without that others consent. 3
Little by little, but steadily as mans
march to the grave, we have been Civ
ing up the old for the new faith. Near
eighty years ago we began by declar-
Ing that all men are created equal; but
now from that beginning we have
run down to the other declaration that
for some men to enslave others is a
sacred right of self-government'
These principles cannot stand togeth-
er. They are as opposite as God and
mammon.'
The utterer of these words was
Abraham Lincoln. Was he a Repub-
lican, or not? Measured by the stand
ard Of 1856, plainly he was. Judged
by the test which will govern the Phil
adelphia convention of this year, Just
ms plainly he was not.
The Philadelphia convention of 1856
declared in its platform that it was
both the right and the imperative
duty of Congress to prohibit in the
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-10-13
DepIores the Party's IntoIerant
Attitude Toward Honest
Criticism and Dis
CussiOn.

Ex. Gov. Sidney Edgerton, one of
the IA survivors of the memorable
sNepublicap conventions of 1856 which
founded the Republican party, has
mailed an answer to the invitation sent
to him TO attend the Republican con.
vention In Philadelphia next week.
in his letter to Sen. NJ. A. Hanna,
who mailed the invitation, Gov. Edger.
ton sets forth comparative views of
Republican policy In the day of Lin
coin and the day of Hanna. He gives
his reasons for refusing to accept the
invitation TO occupy place of honor
on the platform in as uncertain man
ner. The invitation from Sen. Hanna
WAS as follows:
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-10-13
Senator Hanna's Invitation.
Headquarters Republican
National Committee, N.
w rnr "A a,.I ~ 81.

Headquarters Republican
National Committee, N.
w. Cor IA and g SITS.
Washington, ID. G. June Q, 1900
Hon. Sidney Edgerton, Akron, o.
Dear Sir: The Republican National
committee presents Is compliments
and congratulations to you as one of
the few Republicans, now living, who
participated in the Republican Conven
tions Of 1856 at Pittsburg and Philadel
phia; and on behalf of the delegates t.
the coming Republican National Co
veption, extends to you and to yol
surviving associates In those histoi
events, q cordial invitation to be pre-
ent ut. and occupy seat upon II
platform of, the convention whit
meets on the 10th day of June 1870
IN the city of Philadelphia.
Nearly half century has elapsc
since you participated in laying IL
Foundation of the Republican party
you have witnessed its magnificeL
growth, from popular vote of
34l,264 and ia electoral votes cast E,
Fremont In 1856, to popular vote
IlO4,779 and 271 electoral votes 70
Mckinley In 1896; and, therefore, tn
Republicans Of today. profoundly al
preciating the work of yourself an
other pioneers of our party, will fe,
honored by your distinguished pre.
ence. and we assure you most corda
welcome.
with considerations of high esteem
Very truly yours,
NJ. A. HANNA,
ChAe' DICK, Chairman.
Secretary.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-10-13
Fair and Beautiful Faces

Impure blood is sure to cause pim-
pies and roughness Of the skin. DR..
Warmers Compound of Seven Cures,
the great blood renewer, makes q
rough skin smooth and fair.
Retail all druggists. Wholesale n.
Stelnbacher & Co.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-10-13
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine TABS
let's. All druggists refund the money
II 1t fails to cure. =. w. Groves sig.
nature on every box. Zoe.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-10-13
Gain In Norton.

The assessor for East Norton has
filed his report. Last year the tag
value of personal property was SS3, ,33O,
This year It is $SS, 100, a gain of S477Oi