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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1906-07-12
rAceART REFUSES TO ANSWER.
Questions Right Of indiana Officials to
Examine Him.

A0SoSiVUo ueSUS " IVOsoUA OUtCIdto 10
Examine Him.
French Lick, Ind, July l2.-Thomas
Taggart. president of the French Lick
Springs Hotel company. acting upon
advice OF his attorney. refused to be
examined under oath by the auditor
of the state and the attorney general.
He took the position that while the
law permitted the stxte officers to
examine the books OF the hotel com.
panies 1t did not authorize forced
examination OF officers OF corpora
tion under oath. Mr.. Taggart was
subjected to considerable questioning
by Attorney General Miller, notwith-
standing his refusal to be placed un-
der oath. He made the statement
that the contract OF the hotel COM
pany with "Al" Brown for the casino
privileges two or three years ago was
$4,000 year. What the rental OF
the casino has been under the last
lease was not brought out
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1906-07-12
Gslyeston's See Wall

makes life now as safe In that city as
on the higher uplands, e. w. Good;oe,
who resides on Dutton ST., in Waco,
Tex., needs no sea wall for safety. He
writes: Il have ussd DIR. Kings New
Discovery Tor consumption the past five
years and ii keeps me we'll and safe. Be.
fore that time had . cough which for
years had been growing worse. Now
It's gone" Cures chronic Coughs, La
Grippe, Group, Whooping Cough and
prevents Pneumonia. Pleasant TO take.
Every bottle guaranteed at 6chutS 4
Ketchams drug store. Price t0c. and
q. Trial bottle tree.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1906-07-12
WITHOUT COST TO TAXPAYERS
Municipal Street Car Line Built at
Monroe, la.

Monroe, La, July 12.-ln choosing
motormen for what Is believed to be
the first municipality owned and built
street railway In the United States.
the street railway Of Monroe. Mayor
A. A. Forsythe said that the first test
for fitness for this position will be
total abstinence from all intoxicating
liquors.
1t is expected the railway will be-
gin operating In short time. A re-
markable feature Is the fact that the
roads construction has not directly
cost the taxpayers q cent, all ex-
penses being betrayed by revenues
from the city's municipal waterwOrks.
electric lighting plant, wharves and
other municipality owned public util-
tiles.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1906-07-12
TO GREET Mr.. BRYAN.

to New York.
hancoln, Neb., Jug 12.-Leading
Democrats of Nebraska are making
arrangements for special train to go
to New York for the reception In hon.
or Of William ]. Bryan. The trip will
be arranged so that the Nebraskans
may reach New York Aug. 81. The
leaders Of the movement expect to
take about 500 ''home folks" who will
greet Mr.. Bryan when he steps on
the pier.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1906-07-12
AFFECTS TEN THOUSAND MEN

Long Coal Strike In Dubois (Pa.) Re
olon Settled.
Dubois. Pa. July 1.-THE long coal
strike In this region was settled here
In q conference between representa-.
tives Of the coal companies and min.
ers' officials and all employees will re
turn to work next Monday.
The settlement includes all the
mines along the Buffalo, Rochester
and Pittsburg railroad and affects
about 10000 miners and laboTers.
The terms are said to be substan.
tial victory for the miners.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1906-07-12
DEED or INSANE MAN.
Kills His Wifs and Four Children
With an Axe.

Charleston. s. G.. July IA spe.
eial to the Evening Post from Walter
bor0 says that J. w. lrnegan. we'll
eo-do white farmer OF Colleton county.
killed his wife and four children.
Draining them with an axe at their
home about twenty miles from Wal
terboro. He then went to neigh.
b0r's house and told Of his deed.
Neighbors brought him to Walterboro
jail. Irnegan sayD he killed his fam
ily. but does not know why. He is q
native Of Sweden. Some years ago
he tried 70 cut his throat and h be.
1evsd - - Insane.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1906-07-12
CLEVELAND HAS REcovEREn
Passes Through New York on Way 20
Summer Home.

New York. July 12.-Former Pres
ident Grover Cleveland passed through
this city on the way to his summer
home at Tamworth, N. H. Mr.. Cleve-
land was accompanied by DR.. ]. d.
Bryant, his personal friend and ply.
sician. It was said that Mr.. Cleveland
had quite recovered his health and
that DR.. Bryant was with him only as
a guest.
Mr.. Cleveland expects to be at Tam
worth the rest OF the summer and Is
counting on some good fishing.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1906-07-12
IN ADMIRALTY OFFICE.
Three Men Rob Russian Paymaster Of
$4,000.

london. July IA dispatch to a
news agency from ST. Petersburg says
that three young men in student uni
forms shot and wounded paymaster
and two watchmen In the Office OF the
paymaster Of the admiralty and de.
eamped Ii q cab with $4,000.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1906-07-12
SIGN MoOus vivENDi.
Peru and Colombia 70 Remove Gar.
risons From Boundary.

risons From Boundary.
Santiago de Chile, July IA tele-
gram from Lima announces that q
modus vivendi between Peru and Co
l0mbia has been signed, abrogating
the protocol Of September. 1905. and
instituting a new arrangement, pro.
yiding for the removal OF the garri-
sons and civil and military authorities
OF both countries from the Putumay0
river. Pending the delivery Of the
arbitration award by the pope the
Peruyians are to be allowed free navi.
gation Of the river.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1906-07-12
Many Deported TO siberia.

st. Petersburg. July 12.-According
70 . collaboration Of the Strana, who
has Investigated the subject. $1,000
persons have been deported to ST.
beria since Jan. l.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1906-07-12
STATE WILL paosEcurE.
Wisconsin Roads Said to es Guilty oi
RebatInp.

WIeconStn Woaoo Satd g Do OUsIsv ~
Rebatin0.
Madison, Wis.,. July l2.-Following
. report by Railroad Commissioners
Thomas that the railroads OF Wiscon-
sin have been guilty OF granting re-
bates under the guise OF commissions
Governor Davidson has asked Attor-
ney General 6turdevant's opinion and
will start prosecutions against all
railroads Il the attorney general holds
that taxes can be collected on the
sums thus omitted from gross earn
ings. The railroads 90 tar examined
are the Northwestern. tho 81. Paul
and the Omaha and al are alleged 10
y Suilty.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1906-07-12

A Perfect Bowel Laxative for consti-
patton, sallow complexion, headache,
dizziness, sour stomach, coated ecugue,
biliousness. Lax-ets act promptly, With
out pain or gripping, Pleasant to take--
Lax-ets only s cents. Sold by Schutx
Il Ketcham.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1906-07-12

Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar
is the original laxative cough syrup and
combines the qualitives necessary 70
relieve tho cough and purge the 1yetem
of. the cold. Contains no opiatsss Oook
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1906-07-12

The gums and resins obtained ffom
Pine trees have long been recognized
az highly beneficial IN the treatment .of
backache, kidney and and bladder trou-
bic, Pineules is the name OF new med
icine, the principle ingredients OF which
come from the pine forests OF our own
native land.
1 Children like Kennedy's Laxative
Honey ane Tar. The pleasantest and
best cough syrup to take. because i
contains no opiates. Sold by Cook q
'Odee
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-30
Cotton of the World.

The crop of the world grown last year was just about 17,500,000 bales, of which this country made nearly H. 900 ,000 bales. The demand is increas- ed each year about 100000 bales, and a naked world begins to wonder where the supply of the future is to come from.
 Egypt will continue to grow all the cotton that irrigation will admit of, but the cotton thus snatched from the desert is high-priced, and no consid- erabie increase In its crop need be expected. India grows about as much more, but it does not go far in the commercial world, for it is all needed at home, as is the Chinese crop Out side of India and Egypt the conner cial crop of the world is swelled by small figures from about twenty local ities, but not one of them promises large results
 The world looks, and will continue 10 look, to America for it's chief sup ply, and when the American crop falls below Il ,000 900 bales there is anxie- ty among the mills, especially in Eng land and Germany. America has cot ton lands in abundance, but the labor supply in this country Is uncertain and insufficient, and when the world de- mands from us 15,000,000 bales, as it will ten years hence, no one can see where the needful labor is to be found, unless Congress has sense and honesty enough to unload in southern ports all immigrants from Italy and the other parts of southern Europe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-30

come through the making of larger bones. and meat will not promote the construction of bigger bones. The basis of bones is mineral matter, and there is not much matter of that sort in meats, Nor can the medical seien- tists see how the use of chairs will operate to lengthen Japanese legs.
 Artificial selection seems to be the only plan open to the Japanese. and they will be slow to adopt that fea- ture of modern breeding: Natural selection has not given the Japs the height they covet and they will per haps ascertain that climate and the water they drink has as much to do with height as the selection of foods or the manner of sitting down. The grow-tall scheme is at the best mat ter not merely of years but of gen erations, and the surgeon general who has proposed it will not live to see it begun in actual perceptible results.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-30
Financial Matters.

Tt is seldom that so excellent show ing of favorable news from abroad Is made in any one day than on last Thurs day" said 8 broker. The Bank of Eng land did not advance It's rate, as certain panic-striken guessers had predicted after the San Francisco disaster. The Russian loan. both In Paris and London. was sub scribed twice over, in spite of the most serious opposition of any bond issue in years. Consois advanced & per cent on the day There was corresponding re- covery in French rentes. Paris exchange advanced to point where direct en- agreements for New York would be pos sible and foreign markets closed buoyant and strong in spite of reactions here.
 Perhaps the most important feature of the international money situation is the fact that the Russian loan is out of the way Even if the underwriters had to oversubscribe for effect, the market in- fluence is not much less, and the advance in Paris exchange indicates that the re- lief Is real"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-30
Concrete the Coming Material.

The concrete age Is near at hand concrete for burial vaults, for rail road ties. for building material, for fence posts, for walks, and perhaps for 8 hundred other purposes. The basis of concrete is true Portland cement, and Alabama has hundreds of square miles of the best concrete rock.
 Alabama will soon have three cement plants for the manufacture of Portland cement--one in operation at Demopolis, one being established at Leeds on the Central of Georgia, and one projected at Ragland on the Sea board. Instead of three there should be thirty, and every county that con tains cement rock according to Prof lessor Smiths surveys and printed re- ports should endeavor to enlist capi- tai with a view to the development or the cement resources of the state.
 Birmingham should strive in par ticular to get at the head and stay there of the movement that takes cement and, mixing 1t with other ma terials. turns into the various uses that will soon be in sharp demand from every part of this state and the surrounding states.
 It is nok too much to say that on account of the superior quality and low cost of concrete blocks, they will supplant brick and much of the wood in construction work. Some stone will be used, some steel and some wood, but each year will bring into use in building operations more and more concrete blocks.
 Some of them will be reinforced with metal, and some for dryness' sake will be hollow. The industry has a foothold in this district, and that foothold should be strengthened and fortified until it gives us pre-emmence in an industry that will yet rank next to our mineral industries.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-30
THE COW AS AN IVORY MINE.

From the Baltimore Sun.
 In addition to furnishing sweet and sour milk, convertible into almost anything, from cheese to the au lait for coffee, the meek and lowly COW Is finding an in- creased field of usefulness.
 Through the genius of Chicago, the COW long ago furnished fresh and corned steaks and roasts; was embalmed in beef and preserved in appetizing soups and strengthening beef extract; gave it's bones and blood to make handles and buttons, and furnished soap for the toilet, fertilizer for the farmer and brains for the patron of the a la carte restaurant.
 But the Germans have found new use for milk. Out of the casein from the dairy they are making all kinds of things in ivory The white buttons on your clothes, your playing cards, your ivory cigarette case, your cigar holder are like ly as not the triumphant product of the unrivaled COW. She has ventured into the realm of chance through the medium of the poker chip, and entered the pre- cincts of music through the ivory-white keys of the piano.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-30

Alabama Girls Industrial school at Mon tevallo. Is at the Hillman.
 F. c Turner of Corona is at the St. Nicholas.
 J. Alex Moore of Montevsllo is regis. tered at the Morris.
 D. L. Roseman of Tuscaloosa is at the Hillman.
 W. J. Chambers of Montgomery is stop ping at the Morris
 J. D. B. Hooper of Oakland is regis tered at the St. Nicholas.
 Charles G. Abercrun1bie of Montgomery is stopping at the Morris.
 s. J. Patterson of Faulkville is at the Metropolitan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-30
WORK FOR ARMY OFFICERS.
Colleges Where They Learn to Make
 Trenches and Bridges.

Leayenworth Correspondence Dayton
 Daily News
 Persons who think officers of the regu- lar army have nothing to do but sit around their clubs attired in their nat tiest uniforms enjoying life would doubt less be surprised to see them minus blouses and starched collars swinging axes, hewing timber for trestle bridges digging trencnes with pick and shovel carrying sod for fascine revertments and making palisades in time of peace.
 There are three colleges at Fort Leaven- worth for the instruction of army officers In the art of war--the infantry and cav airy school, the signal school and the staff college. All are under the super vision of Brig. Gen. J. Franklin Bell, aided by a body of officers, designated as a personal staff.
 One interesting feature of the college course Is the engineering department, where the student officers have to do real work and have no enlisted men to aid them in any manner. In this they are called upon to construct lying, kneehng and standing trenches, palisades, fascine and gabons revertments or sandbags and loopholes of sod on parapet, wire en- tanglements, bridges with framed trestles on land and water treStie DrluSes ol round timbers, bridges of canvas pom toons, barrel and log rafts, double lock span bridges with trestle approaches. bridges with wooden pontoons and with pile trestles and a flying bridge.
 The suspension bridge Is 100 feet long, between two supporting towers. Two of the bridges with reverse equipage wood en pontoons, are each of twelve bays and 240 feet long. Each bridge is tested by driving loaded army wagon across 1t. The flying bridge, to carry troops across streams too wide to be bridged was con structed on the Missouri river. It Is made by sinking a large stone, to which cable Is attached. Pontoons, either two or three, or long rafts are attached to the cable, and the current Is made to force the raft across the stream by means of g. rudder placed at certain angle.
 The officers are taken to different parts of the big reservation, and in charge of their instructors build trenches and bridges. the majority of which are left standing They have been viewed by high army officers and pronounced perfect in every detail.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-30
Deen Water to the Sea.

The great lakes and the still greater Mississippi valley wants relief beyond all that the Interstate Commerce Commission can grant even if 1t se- cures additional power. Those sec tions want deep water from the lakes to the Gulf. This means that by or before the Panama canal is opened a depth of water sufficient for sea shipments without transfer shall be obtained in the Chicago drainage ca nal, in the Illinois river and in the mighty Mississippi itself. The Illinois and the Missouri flow into the Missis- sippi near Alton, about twenty miles above St. Louis. About thirteen feet of water the year round is desired.
 A vast area is interested m this project. At one fell swoop, say it's ad- vocates, the cost of carrying the im- mense products grown on 1,350,00O square miles of fertile land would be reduced from $30 ton to $10 ton including the distribution by sea to all Latin American countries.
 The south would welcome the pro- posed waterway from the lakes to the sea, because it would concentrate at Gulf ports a vast trade-a trade far exceeding in tonnage all that would be left to the eastern Atlantic ports And in the course of time the water way suggested will be dug, together with branches extending up the Ohio, the Missouri and a score more of trib- utary streams. It would be an i'm. mense return to water transportation.
 While the great central valley is in- ducing the government to canalize thousands of mile of rivers, surely Alabama will be able to secure an open Warrior which now hangs fire, although some progress is made every year. The Panama canal means that the Warrior mush be fully opened. and the Mississippi river scheme will serve to accentuate the demand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-30
Japan's Grow-TalI Ambition.

Army men do not see why the Ja- panese should desire to increase the targets of their enemies when they cannot hope to add to their proficiency in other directions by becoming taller and larger. And scientists seem to lack faith ill the plan of the Japanese surgeon general, who says the low stature of the Japanese is due to the fact that they sit cross-legged and do not eat enough meat. He proposes to put the little Japs in chairs while he gives them more meat to eat
 The men who have studied the sub feet say that height and size must
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-30
KNOWN AS THE
 WORST CRAFT AFLOAT

sailors. who had been a particular nrev of the man, ran aloft and sprang from yard into the sea. No effort was made to rescue the man. The ship proceeded on its way leaving him struggling in the waves. The next incident to break the monotony of the cuffs and kicks of the officers occurred when a German sailor was killed by the mate. The body was scarcely astern when a sailor named Swensen climbed to the rail, severed his throat with a sail knife and top pied over into the sea.
 The most revolting act of cruelty per- petrated on the voyage was reserved until few days before the vessel reached San Francisco. Among the crew was a young fellow who had shipped out of New York hoping the voyage would build up his shattered health. He was a col- lege man, and among his other afflictions was short sightedness. Three days out from San Francisco the young man was knocked clear across the deck by blow in the face from Watts. While blindly staggering to the forecastle he was again assaulted by Watts who knocked him down and with long case knife gouged out one of his eyes.
 Despite his terrible injuries the young man lived. He was kicked of the boat at San Francisco to find that he had rel atives in that city. Watts was arrested and sentenced to seven years in Folsom prison He served his term and then went to a logging camp in North Carolina, where he was killed by the snapping of a heavy cable.
 Captain Sparks escaped prosecution by swearing that Watts was to blame for the cruelties. But another penalty was in store for him. Before he sailed from New York he was engaged to marry the daughter of one of the owners of the Gatherer. As soon as the story of the voyage reached the east the captain was discharged and, owing to his reputation, was unable to get another command. In despair he took to drink and died soon after of delirium tremens.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-30
IN HOTEL LoBBIEs
Cabinet Salaries.

Ever since l can remember the rel atiyely small pay of cabinet officers has been remarked" said an old citizen and now the Secretary of the Navy. Charles J. Bonaparte, aoeentuates the matter of cabinet salaries The members of the cabinet draw only ssoo0 a year, and Mr.
 Bonaparte protests that this is entirely inadequate. The Secretary of the Navy asks why do really first class men, as a rule shun public employment in its higher grades? Because, he declares, they are generally and grossly underpaid. A very little thought, he says, should serve to show that the trusts and the mnlti-mil- lionaires get what they pay for and we get what we pay for likewise; the only difference is that they are sufficiently sensible to know they must pay for what they want in order to get it, and we~are sufficiently silly to think we can get what we want without paying it's fair value.
 The New York Sun in commenting on Mir Bonaparte's remarks says: MT. Bona parte of course, will have to admit that first class men are sometimes found in the cabnet-often. in fact and as in practising their professions, or in business pursuits, they could earn more than thrifty government pays them, it must be the dignity of high place that attracts them. A great name in statecraft is more to be desired than fortune made in glue or oil, or any product the trusts deal In; and to be known as a cabinet officer. de- ferred to. honored and distinguished from the mere herd of money makers, is pleasant thing to contemplate. Therefore public employment in it's higher grades should not be regarded only from mer- cenary point of view. It Is obvious that the government cannot bid as high as a trunk line or great manufacturing com pany. The question is not whether a cabinet officer is underpafd because his salary is less than the income of a trust manager. or of grand opera tenor, or of a winning jockey; the question is whether $S000 a year is fair compensation, con- sidering the fact that 1t is distinction to be a cabinet officer. If the salary were large enough to be temptation, weight of money would put inferior men Into the cabinet. But when English secre- tares are paid three times as much as American cabinet officers, and New York supreme court justices twice as much, and governors more. the United States is not giving it's heads of departments square deal when 1t keeps their salaries down to sum which was not enough for the support of an establishment in Washington when fixed by Congress, and is wofully inadequate now