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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1903-07-11
FIVE PEOPLE KILLED.
Four Others Injured by Train Strik
inq Their Wagon.

Four Others Injured by Train Strik-
ing Their Wagon.
Cincinnati, July 11.-A Pennsylva-
mia train struck wagon containing
nine people at a crossing near Red
Comb Junction.
Five people were killed and four in
jured. The dead are: J. c. Copen-
haven. Ollie Copenhaven, Charles
Copenhaven, Grace Lemmick and Will
lam Booth.
The injured are: Albert Copenhaven,
Nellie Copenhaven, Samuel Copen-
haven, all children; and Charles John
son.
Four were killed outright, while the
other died two hours later.
The three injured children are in a
critical condition, but Charles Johnson
will recover
The occupants of the wagon failed
to observe the train and started over.
The engineer whistled, but the mules
became frightened and stopped, leav-
ing the wagon on the track.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1903-07-11
DISASTROUS FREIGHT WRECK.
Cars and Locomotives Tumble Into
the River.

Canon City, Colo, July 11.-As a
result of a disastrous freight wreck
on the Denver and Rio Grande rail
road James Mauer, machinists help
er from Saida. sustained fracture OF
the right arm and severe bruises about
the head and body and four other rail-
road men were less seriously injured.
At a point one mile west of the
Hanging bI dge in the Royal gorge the
freight, running east at the rate OF
about twenty miles an hour, left the
track on curve and the engine and
three other dead" locomotives, con-
signed to the Florence and Cripp't
Creek railroad, rolled few feet down
an embankment into the river. Ten
cars loaded with ore were also de-
rallied
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1903-07-11
COLLISION NEAR AMANA DEMOl.
iSHES BOTH ENGINES AND
SEVENTEEN CARS.
NUMBER OF LIVES ARE LOST
THREE BODIES HAVE BEEN RE.
COVERED AND SEVERAL PER-
SONS ARE MISSING.

Cedar Rapids, Ia, July 1.-Two st.
Paul freight trains collided near
Amana. Both engines and seventeen
cars were piled In a mass. The dead
are.
JOSEPH DUSEK, fireman. Cedar
Rapids.
GEORGE HAYNES, brakeman, Ce-
dar Rapids.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN, supposed to
be tramp.
Several tramps who were stealing a
ride may be under the wreckage.
The collision was caused by mis-.
reading orders
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1903-07-11
DOCKS BADLY DAMAGED.
Thingvaiia Line Pier at Hcboken on
Fire.

New York, July 1.-THE Thingvalla
line pier at Hoboken was badly dam
aged by fire during the day. The loss
Is estimated at 100000. 100000 on
the pier, like amount on the freight
and 100000 on baggage.
There were $50 men on the pier when
the fire broke out and many of these
had to jump into the water, their es-
cape landward having been cut OF.
All were rescued. Several flremen
were overcome fighting the fire. A
stampede occurred in bathhouse ad-
joining the docks and two children
were ininreu.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1903-07-11
ONE DEAD, SEVERAL INJURED
Wreck on Terminal Railroad Near
Madison, III.

ST. Louis, July 11.-One person, a
girl, was killed, four were seriously
injured. at least one of whom will die.
and a score slightly hurt in wreck
on the Terminal Railroad associations
line between Granite City and Madi-
son, LII. The dead girl and the slightly
injured were left in Madison, while
those more seriously hurt were brought
to ST. Louis.
Most of the men injured and the
other passengers on the train were
employees of the Commonwealth Steel
company at Granite City, Ill. Six hun
dred workmen, who were on the
wrecked train and on the other i'm
mediately following, returned to st.
Louis after the wreck instead of go
ing to work
Spreading of the rails of the trestle.
which had been weakened by the food,
is believed to have caused the acc1-
dent.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1903-07-11
OFFICERS ARE CHOSEN.
Leaders Of Baptist Young Peoples
Union for Ensuing Year.

Atlanta, Ca, July n.-At the days
session of the International Baptist
Young Peoples union the following
officers were elected for the ensuing
year:
President, John H. Chapman, Chi
cago; first vice president. George Mil
Ter. Baltimore; second vice president,
A. l.. McCrimmon, Woodstock, Ont;
third vice president, w. M. Gaines, At
lanta; recording secretary. Rev. II. w.
Reed, Rock Island. ILL.,; treasurer. IT,
B. Osgood, Chicago.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1903-07-11
RIVERS ARE OVERLOOKING.
Great Damage to Crops In Southwest
ern Wisconsin.

La Crosse. Wis. July 11.-Heavy
rains of the past few days have caused
all rivers and creeks to overflow their
banks In this vicinity and great dam
age has been done to crops. On ac-
count of the washing out OF numerous
small bridges traffic between the sur
rounding farming communities ana
the city Is shut on. Root river Is on
its fifth rampage this year and farmers
arc moving stock to highlands.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1903-07-11
Eleven Prisoners Escape.

Williamsburg. Ky. July 11.-Eleven
prisoners escaped from Jail here dur
ing the night by prying out the iron
crate in the floor. Five were charged
with murder and the othfvs with seri-
Gus offenses. Six prisoners refused
to leave the jail.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1903-07-11

Washington, July 11-Postmaster
General Payne announced that he
would leave here next Wednesday on
cruise along the coast to Boston. He
said that he would take advantage Of
the regular cruise OF the revenue cutter
Onondaga to go on that vessel and
would be away about ten days.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1903-07-11
TEN NEW STEAMERS.
Largest Vessels on Lakes Soon to BE
Constructed.

Duluth. July 11.-Plans are under
way for the construction OF ten new
steel ore carrying steamers which will
be by far the largest vessels which
ply the Great Lakes. Each OF the new
boats will be $50 feet long and their
combined cost will be close to $4,000
600. The preliminary arrangements
are being made by Captain A. b.
Wolvin of the Pittsburg Steamship
COMPANY
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1903-07-11
TEACHERS ELECT OFFICERS.
J. w. Cook Of illinois President of the
Association.

Boston. July 10.-The National Edu
cational association elected j. w.
Cook OF Illinois president. M. c. Henry
Rhoades OF Kentucky treasurer and
seventy-flve vice presidents, OF whom
President Charles w. Eliot OF Harvard
university Ia the first.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-11-26
AUSTRALIAN PIT SILO.

each 20 feet long. These were strongly
Underlined with upright ironbark
planks, two and one-half inches thick,
secured to heavy framework to with
stand the pressure both from the loose
ground they were excavated out of and
the silage when full. The excavation
was about II feet deep, four feet being
over the surface of the ground, banked
up as shown in cut. To keep back any
soakage, a six-inch drain was laid seven
feet deep all around, and clay puddle
placed against the planks. The roof
was semi-circular, and continued over
the ends to provide cover for the drays
when being loaded, and each pit was
provided with heavy chains, anchored to
bottom logs, and brought up through
the silage to the top over transverse
beams laid across top decking, and
pulled together by double-ended screw
ratchets which pressed the whole down.
A carrier on T-iron rails, hung under
the crown of the roof, served to take
the bags of silage to the drays at each
end.
''The cost of constructing these pits
was equal to about $40 per ton of ca
pacity. No doubt they are strong and
will last lifetime, but we have proved
they are not the best, although the most
expensive"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-11-26
WORLDS LARGEST BRIcKYARD
Enormous Bank of Easily Accessible
Clay Is Located mt Peterbor-
Ough, England.

Peterborough England, makes enough
brick in the course of a year to
put girdle four times around the earth.
1t is estimated that the busy brick-mak-
ing yards, which have grown up in
great number around the ancient city
In the last 20 years, turn out SOC, 900, 900
bricks annually. AS the length of a
brick is about eight inches, then, if
Peterborough's annual output were laid
out in single line, it would stretch over
100000 miles. The brick industry has
revolutionized the trade of Peterhor-
ough. Such is the wealth of clay and
the profit to be drawn from it that one
part of the brick-making district has
been fifty named "Klondike" 1t lies in
beds of enormous area and depth, and
some of the experts say they could go on
taxing out easily accessible clay for the
next century without taking thought as
to where the next supply of the mate
rial is to come from.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-11-26
HOW CHEAP BAKING POWDER
is MADE.

A recent seizure of lot Of "cheap"
baking powders by the authorities Of
a neighboring city has exposed the
character of the low priced brands of
baking powders which many manufac-
turers are Offering throughout the
country The price of the powders first
attracted attention to them. Samples
were taken and analysed. The official
report of the analysis showed the stuff
to be "alum powders" composed chiefly
of alum, sulphuric acid and pulverized
rock. The powders were declared dan
gerous to health and several thousand
pounds were confiscated and destroyed.
Physicians have frequently cautioned
consumers against mixing food with
these so-called cheap" baking powders.
They are all found, when analysed, to
contain large percentages of alum and
sulphuric acid to which are added vari-
Gus sorts of filing matter sometimes
both injurious and nasty.
The high class, cream Of tartar bak-
Ing powders, are the most economical
and wholesome and should always be
selected for use. They will be found
cheaper in the end, besides making the
food better and more healthful.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-11-26
PROGRESS IN DAIRYING.
Why Cheese Making Is Getting to BE
Profitable Industry in a Num-
Der of Localities.

At the recent annual meeting of the
Holstein-Friesian association Prof. Fl.
H. Dean said: "True progress cannot
take place in the dairy business, or in
any other business, unless we have the
people educated. And one of the
things which we have been developing
in our country in connection with the
dairy business, and one which we
ound to be very satisfactory, Is the
grouping of the various cheese fac
tories into small groups or syndi-
Gates of from Is to 80 factories, put
ting an expert man in charge of these
factories He visits these factories at
least once a month, holds meetings of
the patrons, discusses with them the
Importance of good COWS, how to feed
these COWS, how TO care for the milk,
advises the cheesemaker as to how he
can improve his produce, and | think
that we have possibly struck one of
the notes which will do more to i'm
prove our cheese business than any
thing we have yet done along that
line. Formerly our instructors were
scattered over colleges, over large
number of factories, so, 60, 100, or
200, or 800 factories, and they were
not getting at the men on the farm,
who were producing the milk. who
were producing the raw material; and
our dairy industry and your dairy in
dustry depends upon the quality of the
raw material which is produced; and
hence you, as farmers, as breeders of
dairy cattle, as men who are supply
ing milk to the cheese factories and
creameries of the various states, are
the men who are at the foundation of
the business: and these are the men
who in the past we have been unable
to reach; but our system of instruc-
ton low has been able to get at the
man on the average farm, and has pro-
duced wonderful results in our bust
mass"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-11-26
The value of Cleanliness.

The majority of cellars are very i'm
properly ventilated and the length of
time for keeping milk therein varies
on nearly all farms. The success in
the creameries is due to the observ-
ance of a proper degree of tempera-
ture. and until farmers become more
observing of that point they will con-
tinue to have difficulties. One of the
obstacles is uncleanliness in the sta
BILE as well as in the milk houses. The
regulation of the churning is as moth
ing compared with the essential re-
quisites of properly keeping the places
and utensils in the best condition.
The water, however, is the source of
the greatest danger. 1t has been dem
onstrated by actual experiment that
the germs of disease existing in i'm
pure water are carried without change
into the milk, where they rapidly
multiply and cause decomposition.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-11-26
GREEN-ROOM GOSSIP.

Someone complained to Pinero, the
his latest success the curtain rose too
early for those who dine at the usual
fashionable hour. "Then postpone din
ner until after the play" said Pinero.
"Sit down to square meal about IL.
What dreams may come will be dreams
of the play, and even nightmare may
prove an advertisement for me-"
1t once happened that when Faust
was being acted, that the corpulent per-
son who was playing the title role stuck
fast in the trapdoor, being therefore I'M
able to comply with Mephistopheles'
final Injunction to descend to the fiery
regions. Mephistopheles tried to fill in
the pause with interpolated stage bust
ness, but still Faust stuck where he
was. A dead pause followed, broken
by the kindly encouragement of one
gallery-g god to a friend: Larry, me
boy, there's luck for us all. Sure the
place is full"
London papers tell of queer "first
night" which took place at Walling-
tion-for copyright purposes only-of
Merely Mary Ann" the new comedy
by Israel Zangwill The novelty of the
production lay in the character of the
company. Jerome X. Jerome, Sir Conan
Doyle and other wel1-known literary
men were in the cast "just for lark, "
and as they merely read their parts in
stead Of having to memorize them there
was refreshing originality about this
performance Mr.. Zangwill was pres
ent as a quiet but interested spectator.
Anthony Hope was leading man." and
his acting is said to have been simply
unmentionable.
Henry Irving once preached quite a
terse sermon on appropriate dressing.
A clever young woman belonging to his
company appeared at rehearsal one
morning dressed in lovely gown and
a stunning hat Irving commented on
the unusual splendor of her getup,
whereupon the actress explained that
she was going to a swell luncheon that
afternoon, and had saved time by dress
ing in advance. Then run away to the
luncheon first, my dear young lady.
said the star. Just now your mind,
too, is dressed up for the luncheon and
not for work When you come for re-
hearsal come looking the part" The
young woman, who is now star, never
forgot the lesson which she learned
that morning.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-11-26
NATIONAL AID PLAN.
1T Has Support of Good Roads Advo-
Gates in Both Houses of the
Present Congress.

AS the time for the converting Of con-
gress approaches, interest in important
legislation revives. Among the meas
ures introduced and discussed in the
last congress, which will come up again
in this, there are few if any of greater
importance than the Brownlow bill for
national aid to road building. Mr..
Brownlow, of Tennessee, he father of
the bill, is more enth 1siastic than ever
for his pet measure, and will reintroduce
it at the first opportunity. He thi ks it
is possible to secure its passage by this
congress. and the remarkable growth of
favorable sentiment indicates that bis
hopes may be realized. 1t is certain that
the principle involved will have power
full aid in the house. A large number of
members from different sections stand
ready to support it, notably from the
south and west. The bill is also likely
to receive strong support from the Penn
sylvania, New York and New England
delegations. This section of the coun-
try not only has the best improved
roads, but has had most experience with
the principle and practice of cooperation
in road building as embodied in the
state aid plan. 1t is believed that the
representatives from this section will
favor national aid, which is only a more
general application of the principle of
state aid.
1t is certain also that the measure will
have active championship in the senate.
Senator Latimer, of South Carolina, is
an enthusiast on the subject of good
roads. and is fully committed to the ma
tional aid plan. 1t is also claimed that
a number of northern senators will sup
port the measure.
1t is difficult to see how congress can
avoid taking up the good roads ques-
ton if the rural free mail delivery is to
be extended much farther. Already the
people CT many districts are muttering
because extension of the free delivery
system has been refused to them. Such
mutterings WIZ soon develop into indig-
nant protests, and may result in bitter
opposition to the whole free delivery
system. How, indeed, can the govern
ment justify the granting of a great
blessing like this to those districts where
the people need it least, and the with
holding of it from those who need it
most? Yet, as every welI-informed man
knows, rural free delivery without good
roads is impracticable. What then is
left for congress but to act under the
constitutional provision which provides
for the establishment of post-roads?
And certainly there is no easier way of
accomplishing this than by the national
aid plan, which will make the local COM
munities bear a large part of the bur
den.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-11-26
The Hay Crop of 1903.

The hay crop of the United States
in 1903, according to an estimate of the
Cincinnati Price Current. has amount
ed to about 62,750,0O0 tons, which is
about 100000 tons larger than the
crop last year, and about 100000 tons
or nearly ten per cent above the aver
age of the past ten years Compared
to the yield in 1902 this makes a short
age in the New England states of 3,847
and gain in the group of states com
prising New York, New Jersey, Penn
sylvania, Ohio, Michigan and Indiana
of All per cent, and in Illinois, Wis
consin, Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska
a gain of 4.20 per cent New York,
Michigan and Indiana show slight
losses, and New Jersey, Pennsylvania
and Ohio slight gains.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-11-26
Angoras for Rough Land.

AT the Kansas City show an Ango-
"a goat sold for $3.50. This is lot
of money to give for goat, but he was
not an ordinary goat. One could boy
a sleek-coated billy that pastures on
tomato cans at so cents, but an An
CORA of royal lineage is prize and
costs money. Goat culture is being
prosecuted very vigorously in the west,
and the demand for high-bred stock is
getting better every year. Many are
taking to the goat idea and find a
great deal of profit in it where carried
on intelligently. There is consider
able rough and broken land in the
west which is not fit for much else
but goat raising.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-11-26
A Pointer for P1owmeu

When the soil has been plowed the
same depth a number of years, the bot
tom of the furrow may become glazed
and baked so hard the water cannot
settle through it or come up from be-
low by capillary action. Then when
heavy rains come, plants are drowned,
and during a drouth can get no water
from the subsoil, all of which is rem
edied by subsoiling. Some soils are
injured by subsoiling, as Vaxy clay,
which when very wet will run to-
gether in a solid mass. Earthworms
tunnel such soils and keep them porous
and it is better not to disturb them.
A loose gravel or light sand is already
as loose as it should be to secure capil-
larry action, and it will be injured by
any attempt to make it looser.-Agri-
cultural EpitoInist.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-11-26
WHAT SICK KIDNEYS CAUSE.

KIDNEY COMPLAINTS. Dia-
betes, Bright's Disease, Infam-
nation of the Kidneys, Dropsy
Swelling of the limbsor body,
incessant pains in the back or
loins.
BLADDER TROUBLES. - In
flammation of the bladder, in
famed passages, pain in passing
urine, incontinence of urine, too
much or too little urine.
URIC ACID TROUBLES
Rheumatism, Gravel, Gout,
Gall Stones, Lumbago.
NERVE TROUBLES. Neural
gia, Sciatica, Nervous Collapse,
Sleeplessness, Melancholia.
Many other disorders are
caused directly or indirectly
by faulty kidney action, and
can be reached and cured by
DoanTs Kidney Pills. This
remedy has cured every COM
plant recorded above, and over
$4,000 testimonials prove its
surprising merit.
so cents per box, of all deal
ers, or mailed on receipt of
price, by addressing Foster
Milburn Co.. Buffalo, N. Y.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-11-26
ruu DISTANCE OF THE YEARS

An artist, known to fame,
Painted his landscapes so
That those who close beside him came
To see the picture grow,
Thinking his art was all amiss,
Cried out: What amateur Is thisY'
But, when the work was DONE
And far behind they stood,
To gaze upon it, one by one
They whispered: 30 how good.
See how each color burns and CLOVIS.
As to masterpiece it grows"
Thus many life appears;
Each crooked rough-drawn line,
Seen from the distance Of the years,
Where shade and light combine,
Doth with a Turner beauty glow,
That nearer vision did not know.
Did not our Washington,
Did not our Lincoln make
Rough lines, that many watching one
Imagined a mistake?
But, all those brush-marks close at hand,
Do they not make the picture grand?
The landscape of thy days,
Dost think it rough and rude?
Dost long to paint the grander ways
Thcu hast not understood?
Oh. do thy best, and have no fears;
Trust to the distance Of the years!
Julia H. May, in Chicago Advance.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-11-26
BASKET BALL DENOUNCED.
Physical Director of wellesley Col
Iege Says 1t Is Promotive of
Many Serious Ailments.

At a convention of the physical di-
rectors of eastern women's schools
held in Boston Miss Lucille E. Hill,
physical director of Wellesley college,
declared that basket ball, now so pop
ular at the various institutions of
learning, is a grave abuse of physical
culture.
Miss Hill, according to the Chicago
Chronicle. said that it was more im-
portant to have healthy mothers than
healthy fathers. and basket ball should
be stopped at once so far as girls un-
DEF the college age are concerned, and
should be admitted among the sports
for women of any age only under pro-
fessioral supervision.
The physical effects upon young girls
at a critical period in their growth
into woInanhood, the chances Of per-
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-11-26
CART TIRE ROAD sCRAPER.

each end to take bolt or hook from the
chain. In the spring as soon as the
frost is out of the ground, this scraper
is put on the ruts and levels them off
quickly. A plank is thrown across the
middle of the scraper, and on this the
driver stands. If extra weight is needed
a stone can be placed on the plank. The
curved shape at the back brings all the
dirt into the ruts and levels the road
much smoother than where straight
Farmer.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-11-26
FIRST KIDNEY PILL MADE.
THE ORIGINAL DISCOVERY.
THE ONLY GENUINE.

VIM. III. NEIGHBoRs, the we'll
known jeweler of West Main
Street, Wytheville, Va, says
"Some four years ago an attack
of grip settled in my back, and
l have suffered off and on ever
since with a dull, heavy aching
across the small of my back,
always more severe in the
morning. 1t was difficult for
me to stoop or straighten, and
if / sat down for any length of
time it was hard for me to
arise. l took two boxes of
Doan's Kidney Pills, and the
dull, disagreeable aching left
me-"