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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1907-06-20
RevoIvinu Flower Beds.

OF course 1t Is exceedingly difficult
TO Introduce novelties in landscape gar
dening, and to find anything new be-
comes daily greater and more bar
fling puzzle. The fountain with elac-
trio lights, which is to glorify one es-
tate at Newport this summer and ada
to the conspicuousness of It's owner
has been elaborately discussed, ana
now it Is reported that a landscape
gardener Is going to go 1t one better
and arrange revolving flower beds,
which may become the wonder OF the
town, says correspondent of the New
York Press. At all events they will be
the feature Of sunken garden. There
will be six of them, each about ten feet
square, and they will be turned by
electric motors Mt the rate OF revolu-
tion minute.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1907-06-20

use snTfl guards, anu rney VIII pe a,
much a part of the catcher's outfit as
his mask and his chest protector.
haven't heard Of catcher who would
care to go behind the bat without q
mask and without a protector. Too
many OF them have been saved wicked
smashes since both were invented, and
they appreciate the value of facing
swift pitching at close range to the
batter with something more between
them and knockout punch than lit
tie atmosphere"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1907-06-20
CLUB OF BLIND GIRLS.
First Organization of Its Kind In Il
World, Say Members.

First Organization of Its Kind In tbs
World, Say Members.
A "blind woman's club" has been
formed which, according to one of its
members, is the only one Of it's kind In
the United States, says the New York
Tribune. The club was organized a
few days ago, the first meeting being
held at the home Of the Misses Wini-
fred and Edith Holtz, In New York.
The club will be run on the same basis
as any other social club. Its object, ac-
cording to Miss Agnes Stafford, who
Is blind and one Of its charter men,
bers, is to show the blind people that
they need no longer be objects Of char
ity. At the preliminary meeting four
teen blind girls attended. A president,
vice president, secretary and treasurer
were elected. Although blind, Miss
Wless, the secretary, will take the
minutes Of the meetings down In short
hand. At the meetings the reports Of
the various officers Of the club will be
read by the associated members who
are not blind.
Mrs. Charles Sheppard of New York,
who has taken an active interest In
the movement, has offered her home
for the use of the club to hold their
meetings during the summer. The
family have left the city.
People say that we are useless with
out our eyes," said Miss Stafford. 1T
isn't so. It's our brains that do the
work and not our eyes. Some Of us
blind girls are more intelligent and
smarter than many girls who can see.
We have fourteen members SO far. and
we expect to increase that number to
100 very soon. Some Of the girls live
In Brooklyn, the Bronx and in New
York There are several blind mems
clubs, but this is the only blind WON.
ans club In the whole world.
I'VE are going to adopt some Of the
resolutions of the mems club and also
their parliamentary rules. 1t will give
the people chance to study the gen.
cral conditions Of the blind"
Miss Stafford, who has been blind
since she was five years old, received
her education In the New York Institu.
tion For the Blind, at Thirty ninth
street and Ninth avenue She was
there for eight years. She can use q
typewriter rs well as girl who can
see and has three pupils. Miss Isaacs,
vice president of the club, is a tele-
phone operator at Lebanon hospital. In
the Bronx.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1907-06-20

ROGER BRESNAHAN, CATCHER OF IHE
GIANTS, AS HE APPEARS BEHIND THE BAT.
can't tell very well how they look,
for l can't see them fore and aft my
self, but may say that they do not in
terfere with my running in the least.
On the other hand, l think that they
help 1t lot. Last year my legs We're
brusd from the knees down, and part
Of the time it was all that l could do
to walk after game. That interfered
with my running great deal more
fere
.Why did l devise them2 That's
easy. On the pitching staff Of the
Giants there are four men who throw
very speedy and a very deceptive
drop ball. Ames is most capable of all
in that respect. Whenever batter
raps a foul tip nine times out of ten 1t
will shoot down, and In 1906 received
such battering about the legs that l
made up my mind 1t would be scrv-
ice to the team II 1t were possible to
devise something to assist In putting
an end to 1t. There's the reason for
the shin guards Of 1907. Would I rec
ommend them to other catchers? Ev-
cry minute. or course there may be
some to whom sore bones and bruised
flesh Is a pleasant novelty. Let them
continue to catch and have their shins
pounded. Others who seek comfort on
days when they are not playing as well
as on days when they are behind the
bat Will try the shin guards. Remem-
ber that catchers have to play behind
the bat all the time under the new
rules, and the opportunities to get a
pommeling from the ball are just two
thirds greater than they were under
the old. shall not be surprised to see
the. dav. come. when all .catc4ers will
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1907-06-20
Oklahoma Nature Story.

Heavy rain, accompanied by high
wind and hail. recently fell and flooded
the entire territory OF Oklahoma.
Throughout Oklahoma the storm was
severe and In Day county tornado did
much damage southeast OF Grund.
The homes Of r. d. Wells, Ben Payne,
John Ashworth, Samuel Wright and
James McQuigg were demolished. The
families escaped injury In cyclone Gel
lars. John Ashworth says he saw his
COW lifted into the air and carried
away and that he found her later at
McQuiggs', a quarter at mile away.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1907-06-20
GO HATLESS, BE HEALTHY.
Man Who Does and Is Says His Towns
folk Are Being Converted.

folk Are Being Converted.
Frederick Mead, an Ossining mer-
chant, went down on the revenue cut
ter Hudson early the other morning to
meet his wife and daughter, who We're
passengers on the North German Lloyd
liner Barbarossa, arriving at New York
from Naples. Mr.. Mead, though well
dressed, wore no hat, and his appear
anCe soon attracted considerable atten-
ton both among the customs men and
on the steamship, says the New York
Times. He was approached by the Gu
rious, who wanted to know where he
had lost his hat.
II have not worn hat In years."
said Mr.. Mead. II lost my hat by ac-
cident and found that going without a
hat was the best way" AS evidence Of
this he had to exhibit good head Of
hair topping off sunburned face and
surrounded by fringe Of freckles. He
also declared that he was not afraid of
pneumonia or sunstroke and that he
did not have headaches
Ing" he continued. "Of course going
without one attracts considerable at
tantion. l have been In lands where
the natives neither wore hats, or very
much clothing for that matter, and !
have been looked upon with scorn by
them because, being civilized, I wore
no hat. They forgave the wearing Of
clothes, but could not overlook the fact
that wore no hat.
Zone disagreeable feature is when in
the early mornings small boys are in
clined to jeer because they believe that
l have lost my hat by having a good
time on the night before. 1t may seem
funny to some to go about In winter
with furs up to the neck and have no
hat on, but 1t is the best way"
Mr.. Mead also said that the practice
Of wearing no hat is growing in Ossin-
ing, and the formation of bareheaded
society, with himself as president, has
been discussed.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1907-06-20

ALI iii will make the season
Of 1907 as follows: Mondays and
Tuesday in the vicinity of VIM.
Larrington's; Wednesday and
Saturday at P. M. Venner's;
Thursday at Clarno; Friday at
McDonnells in McCook County.
w. r. Reynolds, President
P. M. Venn4 I, Manager
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1907-06-20
PROTECTED BALL CATCHER.
Roger Bresnahan's Scheme to Protect
His Legs.

Roger Bresnahan's Scheme to Protect
His Legs.
He Is no knight in shining armor
who stands below. 'Tis merely sketch
of Roger Bresnahan dressed in his up
ito date baseball "togs," says the Wash
ington Post His recent and latest i'm
provement is the pair Of guards which
inclose his legs. No other catcher
wears them, but there are some catch
ers who are thinking seriously Of
adopting them.
Some spectators had a good laugh
when they saw Bresnahan on the field
for the first time. The leg guards were
so new and odd that they could not
take their eyes from them. They make
the English spectators think Of cricket.
The other day when foul tip came
speeding behind the batter and raped
Bresnahan on the leg guards he turned
around and had laugh with the crowd
and his club mates. If 1t hadn't been
for the protector l would have had a
lovely black and blue spot on my shin,"
said Bresnahan after the game. "Mc-
GRAY thought they you'd interfere
with my running and BOXED askance
mt them at the beginning Of the year"
he continued, "but he has changed his
mind can't help how they look to
the outsiders. and for that matter
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1907-06-20
The Magic No. 3.

Number three is wonderful mascot
to Geo. H. Paris, Cedar Grove, Me-, &C
cording to letter which reads: After
suffering much with liver kidney trouble
and becoming greatly discouraged by
the failure to find relief, tried Electric
Bitters, as a result | am well man to
day. the first bottle relieved and three
bottles completed the cure" Guaran-
teed best remedy for stomach, liver and
kidney troubles. by Schultz & Ketchan
Druggist. 50c-
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1907-06-20
Remarkable R escue.

That truth is stranger than fiction
has once more been demonstrated in the
residence of G. ", Pepper He writes: Il
was in bed entirely disabled hemor
rhages of the lunges and throat. Doctors
failed to help me, and all l.hopes,had fled,
when began taking DIR. Kings New Dis
covery. Then instant relief came. The
coughing soon ceased; the bleeding di
minished rapidly, and'in three weeks |
was able to go 10 work" Guaranteed
for coughs and colds 20c. and Sl0O at
Schultz 4 Kctcham Drug Store. Trial bot
tie free
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1907-06-20
Cured Hemorrhages of the Luncs

Cured Hemorrhages OF The lungs
Several years since my lungs were SO
badly affected that had many hemorr-
hagcs 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 ms 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, 1907-06-20

Headache and constipation disappear
when Rings Little Liver Pills are used.
They keep the system clean, the stomach
sweet. Taken occasionally they keep
you WELL They are fir the entire family
Schulz IL Kctcham
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1907-06-20

Prosperity gives some appearance OF
higher sentiments, even to persons OF
mean SDirit-plutarch
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-30
FIGHTING TAGGART
INDIANA COUNTY CONVENTIONS
 OPEN HOSTILITIES.
Cullrination Comes January g When Campaign Chairman and Sec
 retary-B0th Sides Are Lined Up.

Indianapolis. Ind. Dec. 29.-The Dem- ocratic county conventions throughout Indiana tomorrow mark the real be- ginning of bitter factional fight that will sculminate January 8, when the members of the State Central Commit tee will meet to elect campaign chairman and secsetary. The county conventions are preliminary to the district conventions to be held next Thursday for the selection of new members of the committee.
 The Taggart and the anti-Taggart forces are lined up against each other for light to finish. Mir. Taggart has dominated in Democratic politics in In- diana for a number of years, in fact ever since he was elected Mayor of In- dianapolis more than a decade ago. But more recently. especially since the French Lick gambling cases the oppo- sitfon to his rule has been gathering strength. Q Whether 1t is sufficient to bring about his overthrow will be in- dicated more or less definitely by the results of the county conventions to- day.. W
 Five members of the present State Csntrasx <nuqynifte ef, which there are thirteen. were elected two years ago on the anti-Taggart issue. and Wil- liam OBrien, a Taggart man, was chosen chairman only after protracted balloting. Though Taggart has re- gently pronounced In favor of William J. Bryan for the presidential nomina- tion next year, 1t is generally under stood that the Nebraska leader would not be displeased to see another at the helm in indiana It Is certain that many of Bryan's stanchest friends are now allied with the opposition. and are at work in the-several congressional districts to select committeeman who will overthrow the Taggart regime.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-30
TO FILE NEW SUIT
MAY ENJOIN CHARITABLE GIFT OF
 MRS. EDDY.
1Next Friends' of Head of Christian Science Church Serve Notices Upon the Trustees of
 the Estate.

Boston. Mass, Dec. 29.-Disputing the power of Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy
 head of the Christian Science Church. to make disposition of so large part of her fortune. formal notices have been served upon trustees Mcclellan, Fernald and Baker. having in charge Mrs. Eddy's estate. ordering them not to make the $1.000.000 gift to found a charitable institution. recently an- nounced, or any other appropriation from Mrs. Eddy's estate, pending the outcome of litigation.
 According to former United States Senator William E. Chandler, this ac- tion is to be followed by a new law suit involving the Christian Science head and her trustees. brought by the next friends" Mrs Eddy's son. George w. Glover, his daughter, Mary Baker Glover and Mrs. Eddy's adopted son. pr. Ebezer J. Foster of Waterbury. Vt.
 The contention of MT. Chandler is that the proposed appropriation of a million dollars is in direct violation of Mrs. Eddy's deed of trust of March s. 1907, by which she turned over all her property to the three trustees for life, reserving only the right to use the i'm come and certain realty and which act marked the partial termination of liti- gation against her and the trustees by the next friends a few months ago.
 The new action. it is declared, will be entirely independent of another suit now pending against F. s. Streeter Mrs. Eddy's attorney in Concord, de- manding information concerning the deed of trust for $125.000 set aside by Mrs. Eddy for the benefit of her son George W. Glover, and his daughter.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-30
DETECTIVESATWORK
EXPECT TO ARREST BRUTAL MUIR
 DERER or MISS O'i<EEFE.
Autopsy Discioses Two Blows On Back Of Head At Base Of Brain--H:d Been
 Drinking.

Newark, N. J., Dec. 29.--Stunned by blows on the head and then thrust headforemost into pool Of water was the manner of death of the woman whose nude body was found on the Hack ensack meadows. in the town or Harrison, last Thursday. This grew some story was told tonight at the autopsy which left no doubt as to the details of the murderous work. The body is believed to be- that of Agnes o'Keefe, a domestic, who has been em- ployed by several families in Orange.
 The physicians discovered that the woman had been struck twice on the back of the head with such force as to render unconscious and that while In this State and still breathing. she was pitched headforemost into the pool where she was discovered. There were two abrasions at the base of the brain, behind the right ear. After in fIicting these, the physicians deter mined. the murderer slit the. woman's s clothing from the neck down. This feat was skilfully done. for though the cutting was made with hardly more thar a single movement of keen edged weapon, that stroke made US way through the thickness of the clothing and at no time did the point of the knife enter the body.
 The shoes and stockings were pulled off with brutal haste and then seized bv the feet, the woman vas stood fairly on her head in the water and so held until she was dead. The or gans indicated that the woman had used alcoh olic stimulants. but that she had not done so to excess. The detec- lives are hard at work tracing the fife of Agnes O'Keefe, and by this means to orrest tho murderer.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-30
MISFORTUNES HEAP ON ADLER He Is Now a Shipwreck
 Refugee. A LARGE CARGO IS LOST Insurance Policy on Goods is
 Rendered Worthless. His Bank Must Now Go Out of Bssf- :. n.ss. aaa His Grocery iFirn h
 in the Hands of
 Receiver.
A LARGE CARGO IS LOST

New Orleans. Dec 2s.--Almost un- paralleled misfortunes have heaped n the short space of one week upon Mil- liam Adler one of New orleans's fore most bankers and leading whoiesaie grocer of the South.
 The arrival of news today that MT Adler is a shipwreck refugee at Belize. British Honduras. added several new misfortunes to record already big.
 One week ago tonight, MT. Adler's resignation as President of the State National Bank shook New OrieanGG financial circles. Since then. the bank has announced that it must go out or business: Mir Adler's wholesale grocery firm. one of the largest m the South has gone into the hands Of receiver a load of groceries consigned to 1on- iuras which Mir. Adler's friends claim ed wore one of his last hopes of recoup- ing his fortunes. has been, lost by ship wreck and the steamer Alps, carrying both the groceries and Mir. Adler. ana owned bv Mir. Adler. is n total loss by the same wreck. Misfortune. not cons tent with these strokes. added the last straw when sby the merest slip or chance. the insurance policy on the shipioad of groceries was rendered worthless by failure of premium pay ment before the wreck.
 There is the possibility that Mir. Ad- fers cup of ill-luck is not yet fuii Tor the utmost secrecy was maintained by him about his trip on the Alps and ho has not yet had an opportunity to say how much he had at stake.
 Misfortune has also dealt a blow at one of Mir. Adler's closest friends, Moses Schwartz. a prominent New Or leans merchant. who was with Mr. Ad- Ter on the Alps. and whose foundry here went into rsceiyership shortly af- ter the steamer sailed.
 The Alps lies on Glover's Reef. scarcely fifty miles from the port she was making for, Puerto Cortez. Hon- duras.
 w. E. Lawrence was today appointed manager of the wholesale grocery firm of A. Adler & Co.,. with instructions to put the business yoR it's feet, if possible. Eastern cred ditega are heavily interestad in the Adler firm.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-30
COTTON MILLS TO CURTAIL.
Practically Certain That New England
 Mslls yNilI Cut.

Boston, Mass. Dec. 29.--A general curtailment of production in New Eng-t land cotton mills. beginning the first of the year and continuing until about the first of March, is now regarded as a certainty. The product win proba- bly, be reduced 25 per cent in practi- calIy all of the mills. Many of them will undoubtedly be in operation but four days a week during the next two. months. and others while running six days weekly may stop a quarter of the machinery as that policy is advisable where there are contracts to be filled before March.
 It Is said that practically all of the New Bedford corporations have agreed to the curtailment plan and that mills in Manchester. N. H., Lowell and other leading centres of the cotton mill in- dustry have acquiesced in the arrange ment. In Rhode Island those mills not tied up by contracts are understood % favor a restriction of production. The curtailment will probably affect at least 150.O00 operatives.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-30
BIG FLEET IS OFF
AMERICAN EMPHASIZES SAIL FOR
 RIO JANEIRO.
Thousands of Residents Climbed the Surrounding Hills to View the Grent White ships--A Mag
 nificent Spectacle. A

Port of Spain, Dec. 2s,-The Ameri- can battIeship fleet weighed anchor at 4 o'clock this afternoon and steamed for Rio Janeiro.
 Early in the morning the signal went up from Rear Admir& Evans's flag ship Connecticut te prepare for depart ure at 8 q. m.. but owing to delay in was necessary to change the time of sailing.
 Thousands of residents climbed the surrounding hills to Riew the great white ships as they moved outWard o6 their journey of 5000 miles and more while boat loads of excursionists went to the small island in the gulf and others to the floating dock to catch the last glimpse of the ships that were so royalty welcomed almost a week ago.
 The fleet presented a magnificent ap- pearance as 1t steamed out in four columns, the supply ships trailing, a distance of 400 yards separating one division from another. With the Con- necticut in the lead, the battleships headed for the Bocas and steamed ma jestically through the Grand Boca and thence along the northern coast of Trinidad. An average of from ten sto eleven knots an hour will carry the fleet to the end of the second lap of the 14.00o mile journey in about twelve days and 1t was announced by Admiral Evans before his departure that he ex- pected to reach Rio Janeiro on Friday evening. January 10.
 During. the week of their visit here. the American officers and men received every courtesy at the hands of the resi- dents. The newspapers here and the residents are unsparing in their praise of the behavior of the men and the papers compliment Admiral Evans in the warmest terms. q,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-30

the tax rate to five mills. The state school fund was increased $250.00o for next year, and there is no trouble about the revenue of the state being ample without the liquor tax to meet all appropriatioss.
 'Over one hundred counties in the state have had prohibition for years, They have outgrown counties situats< similarly which permitted the s$ There Is no doubt that prohibitioF z wise from an economic standT SL. The overwhelming sentiment of he white people of Georgia is 0ro- hibition and the law will be Nced.
 T do not expect the Nr4hce movement to produce as a. 1z,<AA Aws so stringent as the lGeorg1 wS But do hope to see the tAmez A stAnding bar prohibited nearly aeY xhere. The use of whiskey and Har drinks might then be confined~ko medicinal purposes. and the lighter drinks. such as wines and beer be used only at the table as food"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-30
SELMA WOMAN DEAD
RELIED ON CHRISTIAN SCIENCE TO
 CURE HER.
Mrs. Sarah LeOnnrd RItchie Was III With La Grippe But Refused To Have . Physician
 Wait Her.

Boston, Mass. Dec. 29.-(Special)- Refusing to have a physician and plac- ing her case in the hands of a Chris tian Science healer. Mrs. Sarah Leon- ard Ritchie. who came here from Sell ma, Ala, Is dead at Springfield. Mass. after an attack of the grippe.
 She was the wife of s. l.. Leonard. a railroad contractor. They lived for a number of years at Selma. where they are said to have owned large plantation. After Mir. Leonard's death, she married pr. James c. Ritchie, Of Springfield.
 The medical examiner wouldn't sign a death certificate and the board or healtH had to request the city physi- clan to sign it, in order to have the body buried.