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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1902-09-15
|RGBR IN EAST
..,a svsTEM AND THE
INTERESTS o.
VIDE TERRITORY
COMPETITION KILLED

49,. Controls q cap'sa''xss'0"
,,.ooc.coo.ooo ard Has Thirty
Miles Of Railroads. ]"
co,,rol OF the Transporta'
,.,es of a Large Section o.
Country.
Sept. l5.-Thc Leader
IT, following
- al alliance has been formed
-, -, rrea, factors in the Eastern
s.i3 The Vanderbilt interests
II ,he Pennsylvania system
sIsnc arrccmen, has been close
. mt /, has never come ="
aus allo,mcn, Of territory
..an II property between two
Io5sss suth as The new arrange
entails
,4h.uation grew out of n
,e, movement O! several
4 sre The two h!. interests
| n5faslly Interested IN The btu
|, las aud in the hard coal
* n,4 The Pennsylvania sya'
- minated N the former aEA
Cs.s.rh.'s in the latter. By All
-. III the Nand.rbcts yielded
.or al t,las 10 the Pennsylvania
- .us similar concession On
Ia .l from the Pennsylvania
IL. f,ll was threatened b,
~ arst hs ih. Goulds and
l it G.aai Trunk railroad.
|, h.s fGaaeial interests want.
a... .rrse the territory for them
( ~ Ii ties that had been
l.. hy tn coal deal were
gt..s s.. III ,lr .na.ayor Ia pro-
n has, IN field The interests
. tea tts houses were rruw Ing
la..F together and soon resulted
II tAni!ns such ms has been
! ael
.haf' tine just before W. h.
tsa.,t y IL abroad Mr. Cassasi.
- ~ = the Pennsylvania rail.
we..f tn New York to call upon
This IS the meeting of which 30
zas coaiec,ured nj the time. hut
u krosn definitely. AZ that
]. Vas acr,.d 10 form an offensive
.tcs.Ne alliance In the East to
-2le;cly Control the Situation
NGl.!' All others from that ficld
! 'he favored members of the n.
ca,ah.ration o! interests makes
I IT, h.cet 4 deals that has ever
s,ta To consider the vested
, q thr 'wo big houses east O.
ta u az nothing ~ their prop.
Il that point. gives them n
ALTON ~ over s. 600. 600 900
81, 81. over 3o.noo.
sanitation promises TO be tho
@e".a'erirg that has ever been
i VII absolutely control tho
."Fatloa sSciliiics i'm the terri
h,'"v'a Chicago and 81. Louis.
Ia Lakes aud the Ohio river and
"aa"au boundary and the Poto.
liver through 10 the Atlantic
II Tat territory they viii Lex.
f-'os and conditions and do
's 'aet please. subject only 10
.'is'9''ce of the Interstate com.
e'i'i'ssion. and IL Is their aim
lh" progress of every other
- 2 tT."s 10 invade that terri.
lh'F AZ" not content with the
1s's"hf 81 supervision and
."t ~ transportation facilities
! territory but also control the
- !, many of the steel mills.
: " 'he elevators for the export
- h'pmcnt Of grain. The roads
! ~ IN" combination are the
'o.A ! rn'ral. Pennsylvania. Hal.
"H' ohio, Chesapeake and Ohio.
!" ahd Western. Philadelphia
~'.''ls' Lake Shore. Bis Four.
:, aaA "ntFal. Nickel Plate. Hos.
- Albany. Baltimore and Ohio
~ s"'h, Pcrc Marquette. Hook.
'' ana Lake Erie and Western.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1902-09-15

Panama, Colombia. Sept. l'.-Fos
the last three days II has been report
cd here that General Horreras rcVo'
lutionary army was on the isthmus
railroad line, a correspondent ot 'h'
Associated Press went along the ra'i
road and found the report To be hh'
truc. II Is believed the rcvolution'sts
are between Chorrcra and Shame'
waiting for the war munitions u
understood that Herrera lacks ar'ii'
lcry and ammunition.
The railroad line looks deserted
cear,v all the natives being In hiding
Snarinc the approach OF Herrera :
forces. During the last week some OF
tho natives ran away and Joined the
revolutionary army.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1902-09-15

your Wine Of cardui and Only needed to
take three bottles when ! was fully re-
covered"
aa1lHEE Miss Rose Owens. who
W has a responsible position in
W the Government g service at
Washington. y. C.. decided to
try Wine Of Cardui. she made wise
choice. Over a million women have
been relieved Of female weakness By this
same Wine Of Cardui. 1t is not a
strong medicine but may be taken every
day in the year by any woman with
benefit. II does not force results. but
corrects arrangements Of the menstrual
organs. 1t strengthens the nervous
system, gives tone to the bodily func-
tions. acts directly on the genital
organs. and Is the finest tonic for wo-
men known to the science Of medicine.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1902-09-15
REBELS NEAR COLON.
Message From the American Consul IN
That CRY.

Washington. Sept. l5.-Thc state de-
partmcnt has received cahlcgram
from Consul Malmrosc. at Colon. which
states that the rcsolu'ionists were AZ
proaching that city and expressing
fears that the Colombian troops wera
not sufficiently numerous To safeguard
the railroad. The dispatch was I'M
medintcly sent To the navy depart
mcnt.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1902-09-15
~ BRITISH COAL DEAL.
p,r;s. "e Wilson and Clyde Com.
~, p'"'es May ee eouoh,.

lLonaon Way ee Bought.
rcprescn,a, n,a, l5.-lt Ia stated TINT
Pate will ill''a'ives "es Of a London avn.
ht hence ,et ,s at Edinburg a fort.
y Coal comna ne directors OF several
Clyde cnnes an'es and Of the Wilson
fchasinr ',"mpanies. with a view TO
Pital Of W. .ae latter's mines. The
Foooo, 900 syndicate II said To he
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1902-09-15
No. 72O Seventeenth ST..

III every suffering woman
has the same experience with
Wine Of Casdui that ] had,
your medieins will Be most
popular. About . year ago
| began to have ! won out
tired feeling with lAssisude,
pains il the back and head
which kept Increasing every
month. ! felt that ] needed
something, but to get the
right medicine was the tfou-
Sc. I finally decidxd on
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-04-06
CHRISTMAS AND HIS ISLANDS,

Representative Richardson may not
have done the country a great service
in bringing the bribery charges of
Capt. Christmas to the attention of the
House, but he has afforded the entire
country a great deal of amusement If
all lobbyists are like Capt. Christmas
and the men who were concerned with
him in selling the Danish West India
Islands to our government, there is but
corruption of congressman.
Capt. Christmas came from Denmark
with the idea that he had some islands
to sell-at least from what has been
said before the House Investigating
Committee it is inferred that he had
that idea. There is no evidence, how
ever, that he was the agent of the Dam
ish government or that the Danish gov
eminent knew that he was trying to
sell dts islands in the West Indies.
Capt Christmas met good many men
in saloons and other places, and he
seems to have told all of them that he
had some islands to sell, and they APP
pear to have responded that they were
just the men to sell them for him.
Each of them knew a man who knew a
senator or a fellow who was going to
be appointed a secretary of legation or
something of the sort. Christmas seems
to have had a few dollars when he
landed in this country. 1t was not long,
however, before the fellows who were
going to help him sell his islands had
borrowed it all in IS and SO lots. Then
Christmas himself appears to have got
on Ibis uppers" and had to borrow
from a man who was to have been his
attorney enough money to get back to
Denmark
Before he went, however, he made a
good many contracts with impecunious
individuals for assistance in selling the
islands to whom he agreed to pay sums
ranging from $1,000 to $4,000 when the
islands were sold. and the Danish gov
eminent paid him his fee of 100000
The whole performance appears to
have been of the comic opera sort.
There was no money however, With
which to bride congressman. And when
Christmas got back to Denmark he
seems to have given free play to his
| imagination.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-04-06

do with them as it pleases, and there
is no ground for thinking that it will
make any sacrifices to keep fresh the
memory of Henry B. Plant.
But Mr.. Plant had all the satisfac-
ton out of the properties that any one
could wish. He was a builder and it
gave him joy to see them grow greater
under his supervision. 1t was a mis-
take for him to undertake to control
them after his death. He could not
forsee conditions that would exist half
a century, or even decade after he
had passed away. To have held the
properties together, under the manage
ment of trustees, as. he desired, might
have blocked progress in all of the ter
ritory traversed by his railroads.
of course the work that Mr.. Plant
did will remain, and its influence on
the section of the country in which it
is located will be felt for generations,
but the name of Plant may not be
known in connection with it. If the
system that has been created by the
consolidation of the Savannah, Florida
and Western with the Atlantic Coast
Line does not take the name of the
latter corporation it is probable that
a new name will be found for it, Many
may still think of it as the Plant Sys-
tenn, but it is probable that that name
win gradually be forgotten after it
disappears from the maps.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-04-06
CURRENT COMMENT.

The Norfolk (Va.) Landmark (Dem)
says: What Happened to Jones was
no farce comedy in Arkansas"
The Albany IN. W Argus (Dem.)
says: Nearly every large city is DEM
ocratic this spring. The sweeping vic
tory of the Milwaukee Democrats, led
by that sterling Democrat, Mayor Rose,
indicates that Wisconsin may possibly
fall in line next fall"
The Cincinnati Enquirer (Dem.) SAYS:
Congress is far short of coming up
to the terms of the late President Nc
Kinley's Buffalo speech. 1t is niggardly
in making tariff concessions at all
What would have happened if Presi-
dent Mckinley survived"
The Chicago Chronicle (Dem.) says:
''If the Republicans in Congress fairly
represent their party Mr. Roosevelt
cannot go into a fight for reduction of
the tariff without finding himself as
much at war with that party as An
drew johnson was from 1855 to 1859
He will not be the logical candidate of
that party or any other in 1904"
The Jacksonville Times-Union and
Citizen (Dem.) says: Jones was the
invincible champion of free silver Ar
kansas has repudiated Jones. Now the
question of national interest is whether
Arkansas has changed her mind about
free silver or about the man who. man.
aging a trust, denounced trusts as enc
mics of the people, who, being a mill
lionaire. Endorsed the doctrine that no
man could honestly make a million
Explanations will be welcomed"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-04-06
THE MORPHINE HABIT.

In the May Irwin performance at the
theater on Friday night one of the
actresses, during the course Of the
play, asked for morphine. 1t is doubt
full if many in the large audience re-
allied the extent to which morphine is
used nowadays. There may have been
those in the theater to whom the re-
quest had a special significance-those
who were slaves of the drug.
In the current number of Leslie's
Weekly these is an article on the NOR
phine habit, the purpose of it being to
point out that there is cure for it.
In the course of this article it is stated
that only physicians, scientists and
druggists realize how great the use of
morphine has become. AS an illustra-
ton it is stated that in one city of this
country, having a population of about
100, 900, as much as $4,000 ounces of
morphine are consumed every year.
The drug is usually sold in bottles con-
tanning an eighth of an ounce. There
fore in that comparatively small city
the people use $4,000 bottles of NOR
phine every year, or more than bot
ties to every inhabitant.
1t may be that this is an exceptional
city, but there is no particular reason
in all probability to think it is. If the
use is as general in most other cities
of the country we are on the road to
becoming a nation of morphine fiends.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-04-06
The Hall Mark.

The new man in our Office" said the
railroad man, according to the Port
land Oregonian, was an unusually
quiet sort of a chap, and as he didn
seem disposed to take any of us into
his confidence, we didn't question him
much A slight southern flavor in what
little he had to say led us to believe
that he was from down that way some
where, but we curbed our curiosity as
to where he came from, at least, as far
as he was concerned, and took it out
in specializing on it among ourselves.
lone day, when we were all digging
into things on our desks, the tire on a
bicycle in the rack outside burst with
the report most of us were familiar
with. Up jumps the new man, and,
rushing toward the door excitedly,
shouts:
" Somebody's shot"
When we told him what it was and
quoted him down, l walked over to
his desk and asked:
what part of Texas did you come
from, sir?'
Beaumont he said; what made
you think 1 came from Texas?'
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-04-06
At the Altar,

An elderly minister is fond of tell
ing of break" he once made at a
double wedding of two sisters, says
Lippincott's. 1t was arranged that the
two couples should be married with
one ceremony, the two brides respond
ing at the same time and the two
bridegrooms doing the same. There
had not been any previous rehearsal,
as the minister had come a long dis
tance and had reached the church but
a few minutes before the time for the
ceremony.
All went we'll until it came time for
the minister to say, And now 1 pro-
nounce you man and wife"
1t suddenly became obvious to the
minister that the usual formula would
not do in the case of two men and
two wives, and he could not think Of
any way of making man" and wife
plural in the sentence. In his despera-
ton and confusion he lifted his hands
and said solemnly:
And now I pronounce you, one and
all, husband and wife!"
A minister whose first parish was in
the backwoods of the West some years
ago says that he once married a very
seedy-looking bridegroom to a buxom
girl of perhaps twenty years. The
ceremony was performed in the log
cabin home of the brides parents, and
there were many guests present
When the bridegroom repeated the
words, with all my worldly goods
thee endow,' a. tall, lank fellow with
a huge tobacco-cud in his bulgine
cheek drawled out nasally:
Thar goes Hanks bull terrier, By
glInnl''
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-04-06
THE RAILROAD DEAL AND sAvAN-
NAH

How will the consolidation of the
Plant System and the Atlantic Coast
Line affect Savannah? That is a ques-
ton of very great Importance to the
people of this city. In a local article
yesterday we pointed out that Savan-
nah is the most important point, COM
mercially, along the line of the entire
system, and it is centrally located. 1t
is not unreasonable therefore to sup
pose that the headquarters of the con-
solidated companies will be here. 1t
is probable that the system could be
operated to better advantage from
here than from any other point.
We do not suppose that this ques-
ton has yet been seriously considered
by the Atlantic Coast Line officials. 1t
may be that they will not discuss it
until the consolidation has been effect
ed. 1t is of so much Importance to
Savannah, however. that our business
men should use whatever influence
they can exert to have this city made
the headquarters of the system.
The establishing of headquarters
here would mean, in all probability,
very considerable increase in the citys
population, and perhaps the enlarge
ment of the shops now operated by the
Savannah, Florida and Western Rail-
way. In fact the city would be bene-
fitted in many ways. The mere fact
that the headquarters of the system
We're here would be an advertisement
for the city.
The Atlantic Coast Line is a pro-
gressive corporation, and there is no
doubt it will make every possible effort
to develop the resources of the terri
tory tributary to the new system. The
qualities of integrity and reliability,
which have characterized it's manage
ment heretofore, will no doubt be APP
parent in the operation of the consol-
idated properties.
1t has always held a high position
among the railroads of the country.
It's methods have been modern and
abreast of the times. 1t has made it
a point to have the best, with the re-
suit that it's roadbed, rolling stock and
motive plant will compare favorably
with those of any road in the coun-
try. And no doubt to this high stand
ard, which the corporation enforces, is
due the comparative immunity from
serious accidents which it enjoys.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-04-06

Cecil Rhodes bequest of two scholar
ships in oxford University to each
state and territory In the United States
is a splendid benefaction, and one that
does credit to the world view that
Mr.. Rhodes is said to have possessed.
1t means that ninety-six young Ameri-
cans are to have the opportunity for
securing a finished education at one of
the leading universities of the world.
educational relations, Mr.. Rhodes be-
Moved, form the strongest tie between
peoples, therefore he desired to have
Enghshmen, Americans and Germans
brought more closely into those rela-
tons. He had, of course, no idea that
the non-Britishers could be weaned
away from their allegiance to their
own countries: he had no desire for
any such thing. But he did believe
that by bringing young men of Eng
land. the United States and Germany
together in the great schools at Oxford
they could be brought to a better I'M
Outstanding and appreciation of each
other. For" he said in his will, "a
good. understanding between England,
Germany and the United States will
secure the peace of the world" 1t
is probable that Mr.. Rhodes will be
seen in a broader light, now that he
is dead, than he ever was during his
lifetime.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-04-06
Prayers in Maine.

Maine furnishes story that illus
trates the grotesque character of some
prayers which are offered in entire
good faith, says the New York Fri
bune. Some time ago an earnest Pro-
hibitionist came unawares on lone
fisherman, who happened at the mo-
ment to be quietly drinking something
from a black bottle. He was so much
scandalized by the sight that at the
prayer meeting that evening he refer
red to the incident as follows: 20 Lord,
we ask Thee to turn from his evil ways
the poor besotted sinner I seen this
afternoon swigging rum from a black
bottle against the peace and good order
of the state" 1t so happened that the
sinner referred 20 was present at the
meeting, and at the conclusion of the
prayer arose and offered the following
petition: 20 Lord, Thou knowest that
when the brother seen me l was not
drinking rum, as don't like it, but
Scotch whisky, which the doctor order
ed me to take to keep away rheumatic,
and Thine is the glory forever. Amen
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-04-06
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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-04-06

In addition to the many other quail
tiles which should be possessed by
every college president, the president
of our state university is required to
have some special gifts, says IAN
Athenian' in the April Atlantic. Com
ing in contact, in his university work
throughout the state, with men of all
classes and of many creeds and more
prejudices, he needs to be particularly
open minded and adaptable, and this
in a very genuine way. If he has a
talent for public speaking, so much the
better for him. Westerners adore ora
tory, and consider it almost more i'm
portant that there should be a pro-
fessor to teach their sons how to speak
than that there should be professors to
train their minds so that they may
have something to say. The president
is obliged to travel about the state
making addresses at high-school COM
mencements, at teachers associations,
at every kind of educational gathering
that ingenuity can devise; not to speak
of festivities at home. such as alumni
banquets and the like. His travels
over a large state, with railroad con-
nections which might often be more
properly termed disconnections, re-
semble in their viciss1tudes those of
a missionary bishop, with some ad-
vantages on the side of the latter. I
once heard the president and the bish-
op comparing notes. Said the former:
What do you do, bishop, when you
have only one sheet to your bed?"
II double it," replied the bishop, land
get inside"
But suppose they put another man
in tho same bed?"
That" said the bishop, hasn't yet
happened to me-"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-04-06

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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-04-06
She Was Excused.

This amusing story was told Of the
little niece of Phillips Brooks, the IA
nous divine. says the Philadelphia
Times.
One evening, as her mother was TUCK
ing her snugly in bed, the maid stepped
in and said there was a caller waiting
in the parlor. Her mother told the lit
tie one to say her prayer and said
that she would be back in a few mo-
ments.
The caller stayed only short time,
and when the mother went upstairs
again she asked the little girl if she
had said her prayer.
Yes, mamma, 1 did and l didn't,
she said.
What do you mean by that, dear?"
well, mamma, I was awfully sleepy,
so 1 just asked God if He wouldn't ex-
cuse me tonight, and He said: Oh,
don't mention it, Miss Brooks.