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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1907-05-25
GROWTH OF UNITED STATES
Panoramic View Of Development is-
sued by Government

sued by Government
Washington, May 25.-A series of
panoramic views OF conditions in the
United States from 1900 to the pres
ent time in area, population. produc-
ttcn. commerce, money circulation.
wealth. intercommunication, publica-
ton and education are presented In a
statistical abstract of the United
States, Just issued by the department
ume Of 700 pages, with scarcely line
Of text discussion other than the titles
Of the tables themselves Beginning
with tables as TO area II shows that
In continental United States the pop
ulation TO the square mile has grown
from 6t5 persons In 1900 TO nearly 2S
at the present time The per capita
circulation, which In 1900 was S5. was
In 1906 $92.s2 The per capita wealth.
which in 1850 was s307. was In 1904
$3.50. Bank deposits. for which NO
record is available earlier than In 1875.
were In that year trif1e over $4,000
100000 and in 1905 s12.250. 100000. In
1890 the deposits In savings banks
amounted In round numbers to 81
600, 900, while in 1906 they were s3,-
250;0OO, 900, with S,O27.l92 depositors.
Imports Of merchandise, which In 1900
amounted to SOL, 100000 were in 1906
$l,226.0 900. while exports, which In
1900 were s7l 100000. were In 1906
s1.744, ,oOO,0 900 The value Of manufac-
turing products has grown from 81
100000 900 In 1860 to nearly S15,0o0,-
0OO, 600 In 1908.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1907-05-25
SERVED A YEAR IN SENATE
John Patton, Michigan Republican
Leader, Is Dead.

Grand Rapids, Mich. May 25.-John
Patton, ex-United States senator and
a Republican leader in this state Of
recognized ability. died at his home
here after a lingering illness follow
ing an attack of pneumonia early IN
the winter He returned last Thurs
day from Aiken. s. c.. where he had
journeyed in search Of health.
John Patton was born In Surwins-
vile, Pa. Oct. 30, 1850 He came to
Grand Rapids In 1878. after having
graduated from Yale college in the
class Of 1875 and taken a course In
the Columbia law school. He entered
upon the practice Of law here
Mr. Patton was appointed United
States senator from Michigan in 1894
to fiji the vacancy caused by the
death of Senator Stockbridge- He
served one year TN the senate.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1907-05-25
IN HONOR Of HER DEAD
State Of Minnesota ErectS Monu=
ment at Vicksburg.
DEDICATION EXERCISES HELD
Speeches Made by Governor Johnson
of Minnesota, Governor Vardaman
Of Mississippi and General Hubbard
Of the Monument Commission

yicksburg. Miss. May 25,--In the
presence of a large and distinguished
party, with Governor Johnson of Min
nesota, Governor Vardaman of Mis-
stssippi and General l.. F Hubbard of
ST. Paul officiating, the monument au-
thorized by the legislature commem-
orative Of the Minnesota troops who
participated at Vicksburg was un-
yelled in the Vicksburg National park
during the day and turned over to the
representatives of the federal govern
ment. The occasion was an impress
sive one
The unveiling ceremonies were per
formed by the wives of Governors
Johnson and Vardaman. after which
followed the dedication Of the impos-
ing shaft and statue OF Peace.
General l. F. Hubbard. president Of
the Minnesota monument commission,
with patriotic remarks. delivered the
monument ia Governor Johnson. who
tives Of the federal government who
We're present. Governor Vardaman of
Mississippi also spoke.
The school children Of Vicksburg
sang several patriotic songs, after
which an artillery company fired a
salute
Minnesota's contribution To tho
monuments that now dot the grassy
slopes and fields of the Vtcksburg
National Military park is an imposing
shaft Of Vermont granite and at It's
base is seated q heroic bronze statue
Of Peace by the we'll known sculptor.
William Couper Of New York.
The monument represents an ex-
penditure of $4,000. the amount be
ing appropriated by the 1906 legfsla'
fnra
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1907-05-25
INVOLVES PROMINENT MEN
Evidence Relating to Timber and Min
era. Land Frauds.

Chicago, May 25.-A dispatch to the
Tribune from Washington says:
Amazing revelations Of a conspiracy
to defraud the United States Of mil
lions Of dollars worth OF mineral and
timber lands will be laid before the
grand iuries OF half dozen states
within a few days The frauds, II Is
alleged, will involve in criminal
charges the names Of men high In
business and political circles They
include: One United States senator.
one former United States senator, a
man reputed TO be one Of the wealth
lest men in the world. railroad man
known from the Atlantic to the Pa
cific, two Of the wealthiest lumber
bafons In the United States, numerous
smaller fry including railroad officials,
coai operators and men at the head Of
fuel companies.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1907-05-25
INVESTIGATE GAS COMPANY
Mayor Mcclellan Orders Franchises
Examined.

New York, May 25.-Stirred by the
Masten report On the S0-cent gas law
Mayor Mcclellan directed Corporation
Counsel Ellison to take immediate
steps to investigate the franchises Of
the Consolidated Gas company and X
the facts warrant, as he believes, be-
gin action to have them declared
worthless on the ground that they
have expired.
This move, ii successful, would at
one stroke wipe out the $20O00,0O0
item in the list of the Consolidated
Gas cOmpany's assets-the valuation
placed by Referee Masterson upon
the oompany's franchise.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1907-05-25
Cured Hemorrhages of the Lungs

Cured Hemorrhages Of the Lungs
Several years since my lungs were so
badly affected that / had many hemorr
hages writes A. M. AXE, of Wood. Ind.
Il took treatment with several physicians
without any benefit. then started to
take Foley's Honey and Tar, and my
lungs are as sound as bullet. | recon-
mend it in advanced stages OF lung
trouble" Foley's Honey and Tar stops
the cough and heals the lungs, and pre-
vents serious results from cold. Refuse
substitutes. Holiday Porter.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1907-05-25
TWO MOTORMEN KILLED.
Hcadon Collision on Michigan Inter
urban Line

urC0n Line
Grand Rapids, Mich, May 25.-Two
men lost their iives in a headon COZ
lision on the Grand Rapids. Grand
Haven and Muskegon interurban line
at Celery Farm. few miles east of
Muskegon. The dead are @. D. Belts,
motorman. Grand Rapids, and James
Edmonds, motorman. Mnskegon. Mich.
The interurban is single trach
road operated under telephone dis
patching system. A passenger car
from Muskegon for Grand Rapids col
lided at Celery Farm with west
bound baggage and express car. Both
cars were wrecked and the two motor
men, enclosed In their narrow vesti-
bules, suffered the full force OF the
crash, being instantly killed. No one
else was injured
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1907-05-25
A Narrow Escape

G.. w. Cloyd, a merchant, of PUNK,
Mo, had a narrow escape four years ago,
when he ran Jimson bur into his thumb.
He says: The doctor wanted to ampu.
tate il but ! would not consent.
bought box Of Bucklens Arnica Salve
and that cured the dangerous wound.
35c at Schultz & Ketcham Druggist:
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1907-05-25
Win Retire From Politics.

New Orleans, May 25.-Manuei Bo-
nilla. former president OF the republic
of Honduras, left New Orleans on the
steamer Anselm for Belize, British
Honduras Bonina has declared his
intention of retiring from politics and
says he win devote himself entirely
to his plantation.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1907-05-25
-.- NnoWn 20 Be Nuieu.

Chicago, May 25.-The bodies of
Frank Statu and Andrew Staneslau
were found in Armour's beef killing
plant. where four men were killed by
an explosion OF ammonia. The total
number Of deaths is now known to be
six.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1907-05-25

Spring Winds chap, tan and cause
freckles to appear. Pinesalve Carboliz-
ed applied at night will relieve that
burning sensation. Nature own remedy
acts like poultice and draws out in
hammation. Sold by Schultz & Ketcnam
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-12-04
Caught Up With.

The case Of John R. Walsh, ex-
president Of the Chicago National
oank and owner of the defunct
Chicago Chronicle. is in the fed
eral court at Chicago charged
with bank v'recking. An Assocla-
ted Press dispatch says: ''The gov
ernment will attempt to show that
Walsh took from the Chicago Nat
ional bank, the Equitable Trust
company and the Home Savings
bank, sl4, 200, 600. In his statement
Mr. Do5yns declared that Walsh o5-
sained the ownership Of various
:a:ge properties without cost to HIM
s.'f by using the funds Of the banks.
He detailed a number Of Waishs f.
nancia! ventures, asserting that he
issued great blocks Of worthless
stock, when he sold to his b.nk,
taking the money to float his perso-
nal enterprises. Before the cam
paign o; 1896 Walsh pretended to
be a Democrat and his paper pre-
-"EGei 20 Dc 4 DefNoCfaLlc paper.
When Mr.. Bryan was nominated
Wa tsh posed as defender Of the
national honor, ard he and his pa
Der Doth declared for the Republican
,r the Assistant Republican ticket.
IS t!iev could not SUPPORT man
yho wanted to make do lars out of !
liver. Yet re hunroed innocent
o lie out Of Sl4 ,0o0, 900.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-12-04
KILLS HIMSELF AND WIFE.
Brooklynite Shoots His Wife While
She Lay Asleep.

John Whitley, one of the leading
dealers in stoves, ranges and house
heating apparatus in Brooklyn, and
vice president of the Reliance Ball
Bearing Door Hinges Company, kill
ed his wife with two pistol shots ear
ly last week as she lay sleeping in
her room on the ninth floor Of the
Hotel Belleclaire, Broadway and 77th
street, Manhattan Whitley then
leaped from the window into the
street, being killed instantly by the
fall Whitley was GO years old and
his wife 49, They had a home in
fashionable section in Brooklyn,
but had been living temporarily at
the Belleclaire
No motive for the murder and sui.
eide could be discovered, but fnan.
cial troubles are surmised. In the
room occupied by Mr.. and Mrs. Whit.
ley was found check book on the
Franklin Trust Company, showing
that all the funds were exhausted
The couple had always lived lavish
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-12-04
Can't Tell the Truth.

The New York World is at it
again, or perhaps it would be more
accurate to say, is at it yet, for its
misrepresentation is continuous, per-
sistent and Intentional. 1t gives a
map Of the United Scates showing
the republican states in black anu
the democratic states in white, ana
it charges Bryanism with having
turned the country over to the re
publican party. 1t, OF course ig.
nores the fact that its element con
trolled the party in 1884 when thv.
republicans won a more sweepin2
victory than they did in either 1896
or 1900. Mr.. Eryan can net b.
blamed for the republican victory
Of 1894. And how about 1907? The
World insisted on the nomination OF
Z New York man and picked out
the man, and it vociferousiy advise.
the candidate all through the cam
and what was the result? .
The def"ar Of 1904 was much warse
than tie defeats o. 1896 or 1870.
veS even worse than the defeat OF
1891, and yet the World has the i'm /.
oudence to offer advice. 1t pre-
sunes to tell the Democrats how to
win, 1t does not commitment the
Of its readers when it
nisrepre>ent5 situation which
eVen they must un }erstand.
The World, like & great many
'ther papers. don + seen to ue able
o tel! the truth when talkint about
lr. Bryan.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-12-04
NEW MAY TO "PHONE."
Girls Find Method That Will Trans.
NIT Heart 'Throbs to Lovers.

It is not necessary to place the lips
near the translnitter of teleph me
to be heard at the other end Of the
wire, providing the transnitter be
placed firmly against the chest and
ore speaks in 6! natural tone. This
discovery was made recently by two
young women Of the St. Louis (Mo J
fashionable set. The principle invo;v.
ed is the same as that in the physi-
clan S stethoscope.
Experiments developed the fact
that conversation can be carried on
with the transraitter placed on any
part Of the body, even the top Of thu
head or on the knee. 1t is not yet on
record whether heart throbs may be
communicated over the wire between
sweethearts.
Among th; advantages of the new
system which, in addition to knock
ing away all stereotyped rules as to
how to talk, contained in the tele-
phone book. are that it is germ proof
and .-on-fatiguing, since the trans
mil+er may be switched from place
to place in conversing with sweet
hearts and the long takers. More
over even the intuitive wife canno!
detect suspicious odors under the
modern plan in talking to her hus-
band. The directions are simple:
place the tranSnitter firmly agains!
the chest or other part Of the body
and speak in clear, conversational
tone.
Prof. Calvin M. Woodward, one Of
the scientists Of Washington univer-
sity, explained that there was noth-
ing new in the principle. but admit
ted he had never. before thought CT
its application to the telephone. He
said the sound vibration in the lung;
IS communicated through the chest
instead Of through the lips and then
carried over the wire in the usual
way.
"The chest system" he said, SIS
n accordance with the principle of
he physicians stathoscope."
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-12-04
BAD STATE OF AFFAIRS.
Albany, Georgia, Terorized By Many
RobberieS.

Albany, Ca, is terrorized by an
epidemic of burglaries. Dozens OF
homes have been entered in the last
TWO weeks and not a night passes
without from one to six burglaries.
Citizens are greatly excited and after
oightfall, suspicious characters in all
parts Of the city are shot at by cit
izens on the slightest proYocation.
The excitement reached it height the
other night, when calls for police
we're so frequent that not all of tAem
could be answered.
Shooting was heard nearly all the
hight long in every direction. A DO
!iceman was mistaken for burglar
and shot at. Eight men have been
arrested on suspicion. Two Scotch
carpenters were among those arrest
ID. They were walking in the neigh
'orhood of the home of J. D. Weston,
"hich had just been burglarized.
Fhey have proven an alibi but have
1ot yet been released. They give
their names as Bair and Philip.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-12-04
INVENTOR Or ARTIFICIAL ICE
Was DR.. Gorrie a Native of Charles
ton, S. G.

We clip the following interesting
paragraph from the Atlanta Jour
aa!:
Editor OF the Journal:
Sir: note in your issue on Mon
lay the following paragraph:
Florida papers are mentioning
Or. John Gorrie as a candidate for
The Hail of Fame. Now. who in
thunder is the gentleman?"
In his anxiety to turn a humorous
oaragraph your paragrapher has be-
:rayed an ignorance that would be
surprising were it not so common
among all our people. So little do
some Of Us EnoW about men who per
formed great services to mankind
before tn: days Of press agents.
Dr.. john 8 ,rrie. a physician re-
siding in .Ara!achicola, Fla, invent
d the process for making ice. being,
lespite the claims of certain French
nen, the first man to produce ice by
trtiicial means. In his earnest de-
SIR to make comfortable a fever
ridden patient, Dr.. Gorrie produced
ice by mechanical means, utilizing
lis knowledge Of chemistry, and thus
aid the foundation Of an industry
which to-day numbers more than
sh!ee thousand ice plants and a con-
siderably larger number of cold Stor-
:. e plants.
Dr. Gorrie's invention was riiicu-
led by New York papers to such an
e tent that he could obtain no finan-
:!al backing to build machines large
enough for commercial purposes. He
lied without seeing the Gorr:e sys-
.e1- applied on q large scale.
There is a handsome monument tc
DR.. Gorrie, who was native Of
Charleston. S. c., standing in Apa!a-
nicola, where the first ice was made
IN which nature played no part. HIS
name is perpetuated in the corpor-
4ce titles CT many large ice manu-
featuring companies in the coast cit
les, Charleston, Savannah and New
Orleans, where the first factories
we're built.
Not six months ago The Journa::
published in the HeSkin's series a
lll account Of Dr.. Gorrie's inven-
ion. No man could he commemor-
.ted in the Hall Of Fame who did
more for the comfort of his fellow
nen in the warm climates through
,u1 the world. and incidentally for
he preservation Of food products in
Ill lands. GEO. D. LOWE,
Editor sIce," Atlanta. Ga.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-12-04
LICKING FOR BAD MAN
Western Editor Makes Quick
Work of !wo-Gun Tough.
Iickers Pitted His Fists and Teeth
Against Braggard Who Was Afraid
To Stand Before a Man.
Quick thinking has done as much

Quick thinking has done as much
as any other agency in ridding the
West Of its two-gun bad men. Armed
officers Of the law have rendered the
life of the professional robber too
unsafe to pursue, but the gunless
man with nerve and muscle has play
ed his important part in ridding
many a community Of "bully,"
vino welded IA but was coward
at heart. Jack Vickers, editor Of a
newspaper in Leadville, COL, was
one Of the latter type of men. In
his day he was q prospector miner,
freighter and cow gouger in the
West and Southwest. His last en-
counter isworth mentioning.
After varied life, Vickers turn
ed out to be an editor. He was a
printer by trade and hailed from
Philadelphia. In the rush for land
in Leadville there were many East
erners. They were tenderfeet and
easily imposed upon. 1t so happen
ed that man named Jeff Hudson
was on hand to DO all the imposing
he could. Frequent complaints
came to Vickers of Hudson's doings
until finally the editor decided to do
something for his subscribers and
friends. He knew Hudson and his
record. and wrote him up in fine
fashion. declaring he was bully
and a coward: that he had killed
two men IN Aroma and one in New
Mexico, and that in both cases he
shot the men in the back. Every
body declared Vickers would be
killed. When Hudson returned to
Laadville from Denver, he hunted
up Vickers and rushed into the edi-
tors room, gun in hand.
"Oh, you're an editor now, you
sand toad, are your" was Hudson S
greeting. $50 you're the Tuscon
mule-whacking shrimp that write
these things about me, eh?" Wick
ers began to utter some inconse-
cuentia things and, with face drawn
into an expression of agony, began
t. rock back and forth in his chair.
This pleased Hudson and as he had
a habit Of splitting into the face OF
his victim before shooting he ap-
preached Vickers, but here his tri-
umph ended. Vickers whirled in
his chair, seized Hudson's right
wrist between his teeth and began
to bite with all his power. Hudson
screamed, struck, fought, and final.
iy dropped the gun. Then Hudson
released his VOLTS grip, made sud-
den spring and butted his head into
big Hudson's pcotruding chin. The
braggard's tongue was lolling apart
way out his mouth at that instant
and he bit the member almost in
two.
Hudson dazed and half conscious
from a blow from the butt of his
own gun began to beg off, but his Fl,
nal departure was made simple by a
blow from Vickers boot which sent
him sprawling down the r!ckety
stairway. Hudson quit the town
that night and never returned. The
story of the bulIy's downfall spread
like wildhre. Vickers thought moth
ing or it. Later when one of his
employees rrturned to the Office and
asked if anyone had been in Vickers
replied: ''Ye-en' but he did't sub,
-oriba ,,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-12-04
ASSAULTED AND ROBBED.
In the Streets Of New York by Bru-
tai Men.

Margaret Kelly, a handsome We
man of %, is dying in Harlem Hospi-
tai, in New York from injuries which
she told the coroner IN an ante-mor-
tenn statement today had been in
iicted by a highwayman who, after
assaulring her and leaving her un-
conscious, had taken her money.
amounting to SO.
According to the girl the assault
occurred in East One Hundred and
First street, near Brook avenue. She
was brought to the hospital late that
night by two men. whose identity
has not been learned by the police.
They said the woman had been found
unconscious at Twentyifourth and
Lexington avenue. An hour before
Miss Kelly says she was followed
from a subway train by maa who
FIRST strangled her, then knocked her
down and robbed her.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-12-04
Railing at the Farmer.

Mr.. E. B. Parker general counsel or
the Southern Pacific Railroad, seems
to think that the farmers are com
mitting a great crime by keeping
their cotton off the market. He says
the Texas farmers are holding $780,
600 bales of cotton, worth 250,000,-
900, and that amount of gold is kept
from coming to this country from
Europe to relieve the financial situa-
ton. What naughty farmers! or in
the words of the Saturday Evening
Post, what traitorous farmers! Of
course we agree with Mr.. Parker
that they should be dealt with by
the attorney general of the United
States. and their trust broken up.
1t is wrong and highly discredi-
table in the chief law officer Of the
realm to go for the Standard Oil
company and other trusts, hauling
them over the Goals and hning them
exorbitant sums, and let this far
mers' trust go scot-free. Why, are
they not inteferring with the laws
Of trade---not exactly the intercom-
lnerce laws between the states--but
those laws that keep the foreigners
gold out Of the country, to the
great detriment Of lis financial pros
perity? By all manner Of means,
break up the trust of the Southern
farmers and make them sell their
cotton. What right have they to
hold it.
That is the way Mr., Parker, the
paid hireling of a railroad corpora
lion. looks at the matter, says the
Columbia Record. He wants the
farmer of the South kept in the po.
sitioN a "hewer of wood and draw
er of water" for all Of his kind. |
And when the Southern farmer, af.
ter getting a taste of freedom, de-
clines the further honor, then Mr..
Parker gets mad. tears his hair. and
says so ne ridiculous things. Doubt
less his road, the Southern Pacific,
is suffering JUS now by not get
ting the cotton to haul. But that
sn't going to nerve the holders of
Gotten the least little bit. They
will simply grin and tell Mr.. Parker |
10 go way back and sit down. They
.aised the cotton, and regardless of
what this hot railroad lawyer may
;hink or say, they have a sneaking
!otion they have the right to do
What they please with it---hoId it. or
ell it, or burn it. And neither Mr..
7arker nor Mr.. Attorney General
lor Mr.. Anybody Else has any right
O interfere.