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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1904-01-07
BELIEF PREVAILS AT TOXIC THAT
THE RUSSIAN REPLY HAS
BEEN RECEIVED.
FURTHER NEGOTIATIONS SEEM LIKELY
JAPAN WILL REFUSE TO TRANS
FER DISCUSSION TO ST.
PETERSBURG.

Toxic. Jan TIT is believed here
that the Russian response has been
handed TO the government buf the So.
crct of its delivery has been jealousy
guarded and the nature OF The reply
remains undsclosed
Minister OF Foreign Affairs komaru
called during the afternoon upon
Baron de Rosen the Russian minister
to Japan, with whom he remained am
hour. and later he visited Premier
KaIsura. when an extended conference
was held
There is every indication now that
further negotiations Will take place,
although it is expected that Japan will
refuse TO transfer the discussion of
affairs TO ST Petersburg if this is pro
posed
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1904-01-07
CHICAGO BANDITS ON TRIAL.
Alleged Car Barn Murderers Before
Criminal Court.

Chicago, Jan. THE trial of the
car barn bandits-Marx, Neider-
meyer and Vandine-began before
Judge Kerstens during the day Among
those present was the mother of Nei-
dermeyer, who has been familiarizing
herself with court methods in attend
ing d murder trial conducted by an
other Judge during the past few days.
The morbidly curious We're rigidly
excluded. no person not directly con-
nected with the trial being admitted.
The specific case called was that of
the murder of Frank w Stewart, clerk
III charge of the money at the car barn
office. Roesld. one of the bandits, is
not defendant in this particular case.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1904-01-07
ROCK ISLAND PASSENGER COL
LiDES WITH CATTLE TRAIN
AT WILLARD, KAN.
ALL on BOARD MORE OR LESS HURT
CAUSE OF WRECK SAID TO BE
DUE TO FREIGHT CREW MIS-.
TAKING ORDERS.

Kansas City. Jan. THE Rock Isl
and California and Mexico express
collided headon shortly after ] a m
ut Willard, Kan, fourteen miles wes'
of Topeka. with a cattle train. Twent,
persons were killed and every person
on the train was injused. A relie'
train that left Topeka for the scene
returned to that city at 1880 a. IN
with the dead and injured.
The wrecked train left Kansas City
twenty minutes late and at the time
OF the accident was running at the
rate OF thirty miles an hour.
The train carried many persons fol
Oklahoma, who had taken advantage
OF the homesteaders' excursion rates
Ii also contained through sleepers and
chair car~for San Francisco and Los
Angeles.
The wreck was one OF the most St.
rious that has happened on the Rock
Island system in years. Between kan-
sas City and Topeka the Rock Island
uses the track OF the Union Pacific
and as there are no general Offices
of either road in this city details OF
the disaster were obtained with diff.
Guilty. Several reporters who boarded
the relief train as il left Topeka early
In the morning were put off the train
shortly after it started from that city
and the first details Of the collision
came from persons on the wrecked
train after they had been returned to
Topeka.
Occurring as it did at small sta
ton with few facilities for aid and in
the darkness there was much delay in
extricating the dead and injured and
In caring for the latter.
The train was composed of a combl.
nation baggage and mail car, regular
baggage car. smoker, tourist
sleeper and a standard sleeper
Freight Running OF Schedule.
The wreck. according to the passen.
ger conductor, was caused by the
freight crew running off schedule. The
passenger train had the right of way,
he declares, and the freight train
should have waited for il TO pass al
Maple Hill. six miles west of the scene
OF the collision. The wreck occurred
n curve.
SO terrific was the force OF the col
lision that the smoker left the trucks
In its backward rush. leaving the
trucks still upon the track, Not a
wheel in the entire passenger train
seemed TO be off the track.
The freight train Jared differently.
The four cars Immediately behind the
engine were crushed into kindling.
Dead and dying cattle Uttered the
right OF way. while many which had
escaped from the cars uninjured ran
about. adding TO the confusion,
After daylight the work of removing
the bodies began The engine of the
wrecking train coupled on the two
cars, a sleeper and a chair car, which
were uninjured. and started back to
Topeka with the victims. At Topeka
all the injured were hurried to hospi-
tails.
Most of the passengers in the sleep
ers were bound through to Ell PasO.
They were started west on the jour
ney from here after several hours de-
Law
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1904-01-07
CANNED GOODS NOT WANTED.
japanese Army Subsists on Rice anc
Dried Fish

London, Jan. Holders of Ameri-
can and other foreign wheat on the
Stockton corn market put up the price
i shilling per quarter during the morn
ing in consequence of the Far Eastern
situation.
In connection with the effect of the
possible war between Russia and
Japan on the food market Baron Hay.
ashi, the Japanese minister, said that
he had been overwhelmed with offers
from manufacturers of canned goods.
People do not seem TO understand, Y
said the minister. that our army does
not need such ration. From the pri.
vate to general we live on rice and
dried fish, which necessitates practt
--n-- trans mort "
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1904-01-07
PROPERTY THREATENED.
Ice Goroes in the Allegheny River foI
Fifty Miles.

Pittsburg. Jan. Not in the his
tory of the present generation have
the conditions in the Allegheny river
been. so alarming. The ice is gorged
at intervals for nearly fifty miles. the
gorges ranging from five TO fifteen feet
In height.
The oldest riyermen of this section
say they have never seen the river
IN as dangerous a condition. A sud
den thaw or rain will break the ice
above the large gorges at Rosston and
Springdale and with the mass above
straining against those gorges all prop
erty in the vicinity will be threatened.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1904-01-07
MINE OWNER ARRESTED.
Colorado Military Authorities Will Ban
ish Him.

Cripple Creek Colo. Jan. &c. H.
Reimer. business associate of James F.
BURNS president of the Portland Min
ing company, was arrested by a mill
tary squad during the day and lodged
In the bull pen. X. C. Sterling, chief
detective of the Mine Owners asso-
citation. who investigated the arrest,
said that after being detained for a
time Reimer would be banished from
the district
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1904-01-07
Iapan Buas Another WarshIn.

New York. Jan In addition to
the third class hattleship Captain Prat
the second class cruiser Chacabuco,
Valparaiso, chile. also has been sold
to Japan Tire Ghacabuco was origi-
nally built fen Japan but Chile bought
hen when war was feared with Argen-
tina.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1904-01-07
FAvoRs ROOSEVELT.
Sentiment Of Kansas Republican State
Committee.

Topeka. Kan, Jan. THE Repub-
lican state committee met here during
the evening and decided to hold the
next Republican state convention at
Wichita, March 3. The committee ex-
pressed its desire for an early con-
sention in order that Kansas might be
among the first states to indorse Pres
tdent Roosevelt.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1904-01-07
LONDON FIFE CHIEF KILLED.
Caught Under Falling Wall at a Small
Biaxe.

London ian 7-Chef Roe of the
fire department vas killed and three
blomou We're badly injured by the col
lapse oi burning wall at a fire dur
E2 the day storing Bros wholesale
shoe factory and warehouse was
burned The loss is estimated at 500.
300
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1904-01-07
CABINET MEETING CALLED.
British Ministers to Consider Far East
ern Situation

London. Jan. "A cabinet meeting
has been called for this week prob
ably for Saturday. The summons was
unexpected Premier Balfour and 9th
er ministers having arranged for d
tcrtni4hts absence from London The
Far Eastern situation is the subject
~ be considered
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-04-30
THE uP-To-DATE soNcsTER
Birds Are Now Taught to Marble
Bars from Popular Melodies
Of the Day.

The craze for change seems at last
about to affect the very birds of the
air. No longer is a restless public sat
istied with the sweet strains that nature
provides as the voice of the feathered
songster. The up-to-date bird must be
able to MARBLE bars from such melodies
as "Hiawatha," "Bedelia" or other mu-
steal inanities that attain passing popu-
larity. A bird educated thus can be sold
for ten times as much as one that mere
ly trills it's own soEg, so that dealers are
striving to make their befeathered stock
accomplished in singing according to the
new idea of what bird should be able
to do. 1t is a slow process, but it pays,
says the New York Tribune.
One of the first men in the business
to see the advantages of giving his birds
q musical education lives in Philadel-
phia. At his training establishment the
education of feathered songster may be
watched from beginning to completion
Bullfinches are CHOSEN for the p1-
pills. With an ordinary fife or flute the
teacher sits down beside the cages in
which the birds are housed and plays the
first bars of the tune that it is desired the
birds should learn. 1t is usual for a
girl to be employed for this work, as
she possesses more patience than a
man, and the work Is better suited to
her temperament II may be hours be-
fore the bird will take the least notice
of the player. The girls must keep on
playing until the little songster's atten-
few bars are repeated with monotonous
regularity. Sometimes it is necessary
to play the same strain for days before
the birds will show the slightest interest
in the efforts to make them up-to-date
warblers. Sooner or later, however,
they will awaken to the fact that some
song foreign to their ears is being played
near by At first gentle cooking Of the
head in the direction of the sound will
betray the awakening. Thus enccur-
aged, the teacher plays with added en-
ergy.
The patience required for such work
may be imagined when it is known that
even after seeming to take interest in
the flute players attempt to educate
them the birds will frequently lapse into
dull Indifference and give no further
sign for long time. There comes q
at last when the bird seems
really to shake off its apathy and hop
nearer to the sound of the flute, as
though prompted by quickened curiosi-
ty. Soon after that it will remain still,
its senses seemingly concentrated on
the song. Then it will begin to sing. It
is time for the teacher to rest then, and
closely watch the birds attempt to fmi-
tate the notes that have become familiar
by such patient repetition. The chances
are that the bird will at first sound two
or three notes correctly and then stop,
quite at loss for the rest. The teach
er prompts the little songster by play
ing the bar through The bird tries once
more, and this time perhaps Marbles the
bar correctly.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-04-30
The Decimal System.

In arithmetic everything goes by tens.
Sociologists trace the human liking for
that number to the pentadigitate" or
five-fngered, limb. which is character
istic feature of the entire vertebrate fam
lily. A frog would plump for the decimal
system for just the reasons that impel
human beings. Even a horse, which
now has only one finger and toe on each
foot, has hints in his anatomy which
show that his ancestors had the penta-
digitate arrangement. Biologists are
much interested to consider how the
number evolved was five. Why not four
fingers or six or more? Somehow, more
than five would appear to be rather
more than one brain could give indie
pendent attention to, while five are more
useful than four.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-04-30
MARRIAGE IN JAPAN
ODD FEATURES OF THE COURT.
ING AND CEREMONY.
Every Girl Is Supposed to Marry and
Matchmaking Is Regular
Busiuess-There IL No
g. @ Honeymoon. s

II Every girl in Japan II expected ia
marry, SO when she attains to the age
OF Is or Whereabouts q suitable husband
is sought for her by her parents or 4
friend Of the family.
The friend is often a professional
matchmaker, who makes it his business
to introduce young people to one an
other This third person is called the
"go-between." or "Nakadachi.' II ak
Is agreeable the day is fixed.
The wedding ceremony, such as 1t is,
takes place in the evening, and ths
bride leaves her parents house in the
afternoon, to repair to the bridegroom
for the ceremony Sometimes the BRIDE
groom comes to the house for the bride,
In the case of his adoption as a SON
or if the bride is the only child of her
parents.
She is preceded by more or less fur.
niture. and boxes of clothes, carried
on poles by coolies, wearing special
uniform. She generally takes writing
table and materials. which consist of
rolls OF porous paper for letters, pack
cts Of long thin envelopes, and rub
bling stone and Indian ink enclosed in
square lacquer box.
In her luggage is also a chest of
drawers, called a "tansu." and lacquer
tables for meals, with complete dishes
and cups and chopsticks, and large
stock Of dresses and sashes. AS the
fashion does not change in Japan,
bride can take to her husbands house
enough clothes to serve lifetime. Ev-
cry woman, except perhaps in court
circles, knows how to sew and makes
not only her own clothes, but those of
her children and husband as we'll.
Girls are taught how to sew when
quite young, and most of the time out
Of school is spent in making or re-
making a 'kimona," which is the
name given to the long. loose outer
robe worn in the country A workbox
is always seen when sewing Is In prog
ress, and 1t has small drawers in it for
thread and scissors, and a long foot
measure fitted in. at the back There
is regulation length for the stitches,
which are carefully measured.
But to return to the wedding cere-
mony. This itself is strictly private,
no one being present except the bride
and her parents, the bridegroom and
his parents, the go-between-''Naka-
dachi"-and a servant whose business
1t is to pass the cup" "Sakazuke'
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-04-30
FASHION GOSSIP OF PARIS

XVI. period; this pointed corsage ef-
feet also appears in many of the recep-
ton frocks, showing the velvet cuta-
way habit coat with velvet or plain
cloth skirt. These coats are lined with
old brocades, and very often have re-
vers of the same brocade or of en-
broidery, finished with an old lace ia
bot-this quaint little accessory nearly
always accompanying the coats of that
period
The pointed Wristbands now in
vogue appear to be developing into the
corsage and are quite as intricate to
make as the old court bodice; in fact,
some Of these Wristbands are veritable
court bodices, fitted and boned with ex-
traordinary skill.
Foile de sole, crepon de sole, eolien-
mes, crepe de chine, and chiffon voiles
will be the leading fabrics among the
hundred and one soft materials which
are daily making their appearance and
are indicative Of early spring fashions.
For practical and tailor-made walk
ing frocks, canvases and hopsacks of
every description will be used In adj
dition to cloths; some spotted and
checked alpacas, too, will be among the
novelties, while the most popular
tweeds are Of rough and hairy de-
scription.
Taffeta will be used as trimming
on almost all the smart gowns and
wraps; it Is Of softer make than
ever, and is treated in a variety of
subtle and fascinating ways. There is a
pleasing revival of old-world colors
in these taffetas, including vieux rose
and real lavender shade. These are
quite charming. especially made ur
into toilettes de reception, the skirt
slightly full round the waist and fall
ing in graceful folds, with a short
wasted bodice and boned corsage, fin
ished with an old-fashioned lawn fichu
draped across the bust.
Taffeta is lovely and quaint mate
rial, which is always rendered more
becoming when softened with lace or
embroidered lawns, which are in keep
ing with the period when taffeta was
first introduced. ANNETTE G1vRY.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-04-30
AN INTELLECTUAL OYSTER.
Performed Feats, vouched For by Q
Yankee, That Were Hard
to Beat.

There still exists an old tavern In
London with swinging sign above
the entrance upon whose surface IL
an oyster and the legend: "The Whis-
Ting Oyster" One of our inquisitive.
sharp Yankees strolled in that direction
one day and stopped to laugh at the novel
sign, then entered and asked for an
explanation, relates the New York Her.
aid.
Certainly" replied the host. iii
tell hit hevery hour Of the day and
night l once 'ad hoyster given me
as was the curiousest hoyster a-goin',
and hits Gods truth, sir, that hoyster
used to whistle as good as hever you
card"
The Yanke looked at the publican with
q queer smile in his eye and said:
81 don't see anything remarkable in
that oyster. We have one kind Of oy-
sters, and there's not one Of that FAM
lily that don't whistle. Born SO, you
know. You must have imported your
fellow from the states. l know a tav-
ernkeeper in Maine, town Of Saco-you
may have heard OF tt-no? Well, that
man had an oyster, regular saddlerock.
er, don't you understand and there
wasn't a fly anywhere about that tav-
ern. He used to- put the oyster on q
table by the window and flies went for
him, cause he smelt salt, and he COB
bled them. He used to get down from
the table" wv
Get DOWN." questioned the publican,
with smile.
eyes," continued the Yankee, got
down by string and followed his mas
ter all around the house, and the tav-
ernkeeper wouldn't give that oyster
his dinner till he whistled Hail Colum-
bia' all through. He often sang at pub
lie concerts. All they had to do was
to tickle his back with feather and
he'd sing anything"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-04-30
SPRING LAcEs AND RUcHINc
Many Clever Things Are Done with
Them in the Way Of Dress
Finishing.

One of the greatest departures OK
Dame Fashion is the step she has TAKEN
into the realm of ruchings. These are
employed at the neck and the wrist ana
are used in place Of little turn-o'es
bands which have so long held nrst
place.
Not that the little turn-overs NAYS
gone out of style, says the Brooklyn
Eagle, but they are not quite so new 70
the eye Of the fashionable woman az
the little chiffon ruching. This, wnetn~
er made of chiffon, or maline, or lace
or of net, is sewed around the stock
so as to make a tiny white rim' ana -
also sewed in at the wrists.
This tiny little white box plated
ruching looks quite quaint at first, for IL
has been so many years since II was
worn, but, on second glance, one sees
how very becoming it is to the COM
piexion, and its way into favor IS as"
sured.
Ruchings of all kinds are in again,
and the celeverest things are done wltn
them. Ruchings of black chiffon are used
upon SQlTL WdlStS " udhe Va ~
yoke trimming. and they are used upon
skirts to head the flounces.
i The fancy stitchings have by no means
lost their vogue and the pretty and very
adaptable thorn stitch is used to OUT
line other trimmings. Suits OF velvet
are stitched with cat stitch and the can
vas suitings are trimmed with bands OF
cross stitch in Bohemian. Armenian anu
Roumanian embroidery. These en-
broideries differ 50 little that 1t re-
quires a native to tell which isWh1cn. f
The shaded embroidery silks are COM
ing in again, and this makes the pattern
bear an opalescent hue. The colors blend
one into another, keeping all their gloss
and producing the most exquisite e1ects'
This sort of embroidery is particular
ly easy to do and 1t offers nice held
for the woman who has time and gown
upon her hands. She can change the
suit from very plain one into some
thing that is highly favored by fashion.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-04-30
Killed by It's Own Poison.

The strange case Of an animal being
killed by it's own poison was that Of =
reptile kept for experimental purposes
by the Boston Society of Natural His
tory. The reptile had been annoyed into
a high state Of irritation, and, when en-
deavoring to struggle out Of harms
way, struck by accident one Of its fangs
into it's own body. The result was un-
expected, for 1t rolled over and died very
shortly afterward. DR.. Burnett conclud-
ed from this unique occurrence that the
poison Of the ratuesnake is constant and
unfailing in It's action, and just al fatal
to the reptile itself e It Is to other ami.
mails. .----- i
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-04-30
HURTFUL HEALTH FADs.
To Become Addicted to Them Soon
Becomes In Itself q
Disease.

To get all sorts Of health fads on the
brain is disease in itself. It is a very
prevalent disease, too, says Medical
Talk for the Homo. With few foolish
rules to observe. a whole lot OF hygienic
quirks to adjust to, and schedule of
superstitious sanitary notions diligent.
ly followed by day AID dreamed of BY
night, is malady which begins as .
mental arrangement and ends in conn
plete physical fzzle.
No room left for a spontaneous life.
no place fer free, joyous liberty. Not
a minutes space for rollicking disregard.
Everything fixed, every minute dis
posed of, introspections without mum.
Der. Forebodings. misgivings, hover.
Ing vaguely about the mind, like flocks
Of carrion crows
Such life is not worth living. One
might thousand times better go back
to- the reckless regime Of rough rider.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-04-30
A JAPANESE WEDDING CAKE.


then takes place, which is the drink
Ing Of sake" (the native spirit from
q twin-spouted cup. There are three
cups, one arranged above the other
and the bride and bridegroom drink
alternately. asa5
Then this is repeated between bride
and bridegroom. and parents and go
between respectively nine times. For
tunately for the happy pair the cup is
small. The go-between then proceeds
to sing a song, specially composed for
the occasion. THE Japanese are very
original and easily compose songs and
orations. j. When this is over the
many invited guests. who in the mean
while have been quietly sitting In the
adjoining room, are invited to enter
and great merriment prevails till late
in the night. Wedding cakes are eaten
at this gathering, made of rice -four
and sugar, stamped in the shape Of
stork and tortoise, emblematic of long
life and felicity. Accompanying these
cakes are sugar flowers, beautifully
made and delicately colored to initiate
nearly every flower of which Japan is
proud. You often see most perfect
representations of the peony, narcissus,
maple leaf, azalea, chrysanthemum,
camelia, and even FIR cones. These
cakes are done up in thin wooden
boxes and sent round to all relatives
and friends, in much the same way as
the custom prevails in England.
There is no "going away" for bride
and bridegroom like the American
honeymoon tour. but the bride receives
callers and settles down in her new
home. Here her time is occupied with
work in the house, and attentions to
her husbands comfort. Various duties
fall to her lot: she entertains friends,
receives and returns presents (which ID
a much observed custom in Japan,
superintends her servants in the pol
ishing Of the veranda boards, and gives
directions for the provisioning Of the
house. This is most important duty
for the housewife IN Japan, for there
are rigid rules Of hospitality, and
friends often call Unexpectedly, and II
they have Travelled far, stay whole
day, If not longer, and the lady Of the
house must always have things in
readiness. .g