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Connecticut western news., 1908-12-10
THE KING OF FRUITS.
No Other Disputes the Reign of the
 Popular APpie.

NO Other Disputes the Reign of the Popular Apple.
 Whatever temporary allegiance we may owe to other fruits in their sea- son, the apple is the. acknowledged king. The orange, the pear, She plum, the grape and other products of the orchard all have their place of honor, but it is only the apple that is with us always. Scarcely have the winter apples of last season disappeared, scarcely has the last we'll preserved Baldwin been taken from the bottom of the barrel, when the summer apples or the new season are ready for eat ing. And what is more welcome, what is more fragrant, what is more lus- cious to the taste and more beautiful to the sight than the reckoning August boughs of the summer apple trees?
 But, however delightful the summer and autumn apples may be, their short life deprives them of the perennial place in our esteem that we award to the Baldwin, the Northern Spy, the Hubbardston, the King and dozens of other varieties. Ripening when the first snows of winter are imminent if they receive their deserved treatment of cool habitat in a we'll ventilated cellar they will remain sound and eat able we'll on toward the opening of an- other apple season. But they as well as all apples must be well treated. An expert pomologist has said that apples should be handled as if they were eggs, and he is not far from wrong. The slightest bruise means the instant be. ginning of decay, and one rotten apple can infect an entire barrel. Lovers of apples should therefore learn that care is essential to the preservation of fruit and that the better they are treated the longer the store will remain sound and healthy to meet the demands made upon 1t throughout the winter and spring.
Connecticut western news., 1908-12-10

moistened raffia. It is desirable, fur thermore, to cover the grafted plant with a bell jar or hand glass of some sort for a few days in order to prevent too rapid evaporation. If it Is left ex- posed to the open air, especially if the atmosphere is rather dry, the scion dries out and wits so badly that 1t cannot recover. The saddle graft is made by cutting the stock wedge shap- ed, while the scion is cut with a V shaped slit SO that 1t will fit down over the wedge of the stock. The rest of the process is carried out exactly as already described for the splice graft.
Connecticut western news., 1908-12-10
Farm ana
 Garden
IN INEXPENSIVE ICEHOUSE.

No Reason Why the Farmer Should Be
 Without It.
 . An icehouse and cool room may be constructed as follows: Excavate a half cellar in a perfectly dry place from which the surface slopes Cor may be made to slope) in all directions, so as to prevent danger of moisture from want of drainage A stone or brick wall is built around this and laid fin hydraulic cement. The floor is ce- mented. A frame or other building ls built upon this basement to contain the ice. Twelve feet square will be large enough for moderate sized faE..-
Connecticut western news., 1908-12-10
FIG. u-ZINC SHEETS.

should be used in the cool chamber be, low to prevent access of heat from the outside, and they should be fitted air tight. Ventilation should be provided for by means of a wooden pipe with a slide, by which the opening can be regulated. By carefully regulating the ventilation the air may be kept dry.
Connecticut western news., 1908-12-10
Pittsfield General & Emergency
 Hospital.

We wish to announce that this hospital is prepared to receive both medical and surgical cases as for the past five years and in addition thereto we havea few private rooms for patients who are suffering from nervous or mild mental disease.
 Patients can enter the hospital and re- main under the care and direction of their +amily physician if desired.
 Terms are from $15.0O and upwards ac- oording to nature of case, location of room md amount of personal care required.
 LESLIE H. HENDEE MD, Supt.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-01-03
RECEIVERS ARE APPOINTED
Seab0ard Air Line Unable to
Meet Fixed Charges.

Richmond, Va, Jan. 8. - Judge
Pritchard of the United States court
has entered decree naming S. Davies
Warfield of Baltimore and R. Lancas-
ter Williams of Richmond as receiv-
ers to take immediate possession of
the property of the Seaboard Air Line
railroad. The bond of each was fixed
at $4,000.
BY the decree the receivers are en-
powered to borrow money, If needful,
to pay such rental as may become
due; purchase cars, etc, and pay for
labor and supplies, but not for any
other purpose without an order of the
court having primary jurisdiction.
The placing of the Seaboard Air
Line system in the hands of receivers
follows a statement of the company's
earnings showing S3,132,S3 on hand
with which to meet fixed charges of
S3,175, ,434, a deficit of s42,59S. 1t has
been known for several days that
some steps would be necessary to
protect the property in view of its
inability to meet it's fixed charges and
the receivership was agreed upon at
a conference held In Washington at
which there were present representa-
tives of both the majority and minor
ity stockholders.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-01-03
READY TO BE SIGNED
Reciprocity Treaty With France
Finally Completed.
NEGOTIATIONS COVER A YEAR
champagnes Twenty Per Cent,
ties on Various Articles.

Washington, Jan. 3.-The finishing
touches have been added to the draft
of an agreement between the United
States and France under section 8 of
the Dingley act which has been in
progress for nearly year. M. Jusse-
rand, the French ambassador, called
at the state department to discuss
the details of this arrangement and
it is expected that it will be promul-
gated from the state department in a
day or two. Pending its signature
the details are withheld, but sit is
known that the concession made by
America is the abatement of the ex-
listing duties on French champagne by
20 per cent, while France RENTS max
imum duties on American cottonseed
oil, certain classes of machinery and
other commodities
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-01-03
Or. NICHOLAS SEM DEAD
One of Most Widely Known Surgeons
in United States.

Chicago, Jan 3.--Dr. Nicholas Sem,
one of the most widely known sur
geons in the United States, is dead
here.
Or. Sem was born in Switzerland
liz 1914 and vas brought to this coun-
try by his parents in 1853. The fam
lily at first resided in Fond du Lac,
Wis, where the young man received
his early education, graduating from
Chicago Medical college in 1868 and
from the University Of Munich ten
years later.
For a number Of years he practiced
medicine and surgery in Fond du Lac,
Milwaukee and Chicago and finally
made this city his residence in 1891.
In 1898 he was appointed chief sur
geon of the Sixth army corps during
the Spanish war and was chief of the
operating staff of the army in the
field. DIR. Sem was professor in nu-
merous medical colleges and the au-
thor of many medical works. He was
generally considered one of the fore
most surgeons of the country.
During the last two years i'll health
had prevented much active practice.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-01-03
SIGNED BY 25,OOO MEN.
Temperance Pledge of Employees Of
Northwestern Road.

Omaha, Jan. 3-Probably the larg-
est temperance movement any one
business concern has ever known cul-
minated Jan. on the Northwestern
railroad when a temperance pledge
signed by $4,000 employees became ef-
fective. An effort is being made to
have every employe sign. The move
ment originated among the employees
themselves.
Three months ago, when the North
western began cutting it's force to a
winter basis, every man discharged
was d drinking man, the teetotalers
being retained In their positions. 1t
was announced that the road had in
augurated a policy of always retain
ing the non-drinking men. AS re-
suit the drinking men who remained
with the road have decided to quit and
during the last month pledges have
been circulated all over the 1000
miles Of the system.
The monster pledge will be sent to
the president of the road as soon as
all the parts are assembled.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-01-03
ROOT RECEIVES REPLY.
Jap Answer to Emigration Proposal
Very Long Document.

Washington, Jan. 3.-Secretary Root
has received from Ambassador O'Brien
at Toxic transcript of the reply of
the Japanese government to the men,
orandum submitted by him some time
ago in relation to the regulation of
Japanese immigration into America.
The reply is very long, discussing
Mr.. O'Brien's proposition in the great
est detail. So far Secretary Root has
not had IN opportunity carefully to
consider the reply, but it is stated
that in the opinion of the state de-
partment it exhibits disposition OF
the Japanese government to meet the
desires of America in a satisfactory
manner. Ambassador O'Brien coin
cides In this view of the Japanese
response.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-01-03
pioneer Frozen to Death.

Spearfsh, s. D., Jan. 2.-While at
tempting to cross a small creek near
his home George Mann, known as
Bishop Mann" fell in and was un-
able to extricate himself. Pedestrians
next morning found the body frozen
stiff and cold and 1t is believed that
exposure caused Mann's death. Mann
was sixty-three years old and pio-
neer of the Black Hills. 1t is said
that in the early seventies Mann was
a merchant in Montana, worth in the
neighborhood of 100000, but lost all
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-01-03
DONE WITHOUT REQUEST.
France Extends Decree Admitting
Porto Rican Coffee.

Paris, Jan. 3.-Negotiations for the
conclusion of a definite commercial
agreement between France and the
United States are now proceeding so
satisfactorily that the French govern
ment, without any request on the part
of the United States, has extended the
life of the decree which permits Porto
Rican coffee to enter France on pay.
ment of the minimum rate of duty
until Feb. 1. The pessimism which
prevailed here at the beginning of
the negotiations, on account of what
was regarded as disproportionate de-
mands by the United States, has now
been succeeded by a belief that an
arrangement satisfactory to both coun-
tries will be reached.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-01-03
OLD AGREEMENTS RENEWED
Little Danger of Building Trades
Strike in New York.


New York, Jan. 3.-There is little
chance of strikes this year among the
building trades unions. The employ
ers have signed agreements with a
large number of the men and in cases
where agreements have not been con-
cluded arrangements are under way.
The following statement was issued in
behalf of the Employers association:
Many of the unions are satisfied to
renew their agreements at the old
wage rates, hoping that later in the
year matters may improve in the
building industry At present the out
look is bad. We may have a poor
building season this year. The me-
chanics, like the employers, can only
hope that the stagnation will not last
long. The arbitration agreement hav-
ing proved effective in the matter of
the prevention of strikes the employ
ers have decided not to reduce wages.
The workers as well are desirous of
the continuance of the present har-
monious conditions in the building in
dustry. The arbitration plan has re-
duced strikes to minimum and both
sides feel that the arbitration agree
ment should remain permanent"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-01-03
REFEREE TO TAKE EVIDENCE
Case of Attorney Accused of Ma
Iigning Minnesota Court.

st. Paul, Jan. 3.-The special court
appointed by Governor Johnson at
the instance of the supreme court of
Minnesota to hear the case of Attor-
ney f. B. Hart, charged with malign-
ing the state supreme court, met at
the new state capitol and began their
duties. Mr.. Hart appeared as his
own attorney and filed objections to
the suficiency of the petition charg-
ing him with violating his oath in
treating the supreme court with dis
respect In effect it was a demurrer
to the complaint, he holding that his
accusers had not sufficient facts to
constitute a cause of action. This the
court overruled.
Addressing the court on the objec-
tions to the petition as raised by him
Captain Hart made an extended argu-
ment in which he repeated his charges,
declared that he would not retract an
inch and announced that he was
ready to defend his position as con-
sistently became a citizen and an at
torney.
At the conclusion of the prelim-
inaries the court announced the ap-
pointment of Ex-Governor G. s. Ives
as referee to take testimony and the
selection of March 10 as the date for
the final hearing.
Captain Hart was given until Jan.
IA to prepare his testimony. Briefs
are to be filed and Captain Hart is
given until the last moment to get his
before the court
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-01-03
ONE LIKELY TO DIE
Vancouver Firemen in Uniform
Badly Cut Up by Japs.
FLESH SLASHED TO RIBBONS
Orientals Use Razorlike Knives and
Fight Like Demons - Accidental
Breaking of a Window In Japanese
Store Cause of Trouble.

Vancouver, B. c., Jan. 3.-Three
city firemen, Frost, Anderson and
Macdonald, were set upon by mob
of armed Japanese at the corner of
Powell street and Gore avenue, two
blocks from the police station and in
the center of the Japanese district.
The men were clothed in uniforms
with brass buttons and the attack of
the Japanese is all the more serious
for that reason.
BY accident fireman named Frost
fell against the window of Japanese
store and smashed the plate glass. In
an instant the Japanese proprietor
rushed out and many of his country
men came to join the fight. The fire.
men were overpowered after a fight,
when their flesh had been torn into
ribbons by the razorlike knives of the
Orientals.
Frost was mortally hurt, his neck
was cut, slashed and laid open along
side the iugular vein. The other two
fremen were frightfully cut about the
arms and breasts, but were still fight
ing over the body of Frost when a
squad of. police arrived. Four Japa-
nese were arrested and the three fire.
men were taken to the hospital.
The Japanese fought like demons
and the knives carried were a foot
l0ng
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-01-03

Begins to See Seriousness of Anti.
Asiatic Agitation.

London, Jan. 3.-England is expert
eucig what might we'll be called an
almost startling awakening to the
grave problems caused by the immi-
grafton of Asiatics to her white col
cnies. The principal political topic
for a week past has been the situa-
tion in the Transvaal, where several
thousands Indians and Chinese were
given the alternative of submitting to
what they consider a degrading sys-
tenn of registration or being impris-
oned and expelled.
The reports of further racial rioting
in Canada came at particularly in
opportune time ON account of the ne
gotiations now under way between
Canada and Japan and they are very
annoying to the British government.
Officials have hoped that Japans will
ingness substantially to restrict her
emigration would soften the anti
Japanese prejudices on the Pacific
coast. The latest outbreak in Canada
may excite popular feeling in Japan
and impede the efforts of the Japa-
nese government to conclude friendly
arrangements with America and Can
ada.
IL anything was needed, however, to
impress upon England the seriousness
of the race question it was another
outbreak in Canada, coming on top OF
the Transvaal crisis. 1t is recognized
that the question is more serious for
Great Britain than for America be.
cause the Indians are British subjects
and the Japanese are Great Britain's
allies
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-01-03
Anthony Comstock to Testify.

New York, Jan. 3.-Anthony Com
stock, secretary of the New York So
ciety for the Suppression of Vice, will
be a witness for the defense when
Harry Thaw is again placed on trial
next Monday for killing Stanford
White. This was brought out on the
serving Of a subpoena on Mr.. Com
stock. BY means of letters from Thaw
to ComstOck counsel hope to show
that the young Pittsburger was men
tally unbalanced just prior to the
shooting
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-01-03
Excitement Causes Death.

Philadelphia, Jan. 2.-Fire has de-
stroyed the large four-story building
at Cadwalader and Berks streets, oc.
cupied by Kern, Saylor & Co., manu-
facturers of carpets, and the Pennsyl-
vania Gas Fixture company. The loss
is estimated at $150,000. Milton Hoag-
land, aged fifty years, the owner of
stable adjoining the building,
dropped dead from excitement while
removi~-- ,:-os from his place.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-01-03
DUE TO BETTER CONDITIONS
Bank of England Reduces the Dis.
count Rate.

London, Jan. 3.-The directors OF
the Bank of England have lowered
the minimum rate of discount to 6
from per cent, which latter rate was
established as a result of the Amer
lean financial crisis Improved flnan.
cial conditions in America, coupled
with a better monetary situation in
Germany, assisted the directors In
their decision to remove the stringent
rate of discount, which had been han.
dicapping trade and speculation for
the past seven weeks.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-01-03
EXPERIMENT SUCCESSFUL
Organs of One Animal Transferred to
Body of Another.

New York, Jan. 3.-Experiments
have been made at the Rockefeller
Institute for Medical Research which
have resulted in the successful trans
ference OF vital organs from one liv-
ing animal to another. Cats were
used in the experiments and Alexis
Carrel, the experimenter, announces
that he transplanted in mass the kid
neys of one cat to the body OF an
other.
Doctors with whom the experiments
were discussed said it was not a far
cry from the time when it may be
possible to transplant one of the vital
organs from an animals body to that
of human
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-01-03

is at best only temporary
one, unless the president should de-
eide to again have recourse to the ex-
pedient of commissioning a retired
officer as chief Of the bureau. Cap
tain Pillsbury was born In Lowell,
Mass, Dec. Is, 1886, and will conse-
quently have to retire on account of
age Dec. Is next.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-01-03
UPHELD IN FEDERAL COURT
constitutionaiity of Arkansas Anti,
Futures Law.

Little Rock, Ark, Jan. 3.-Judge
Trieber, in the federal court, upheld
the constitutionality of the anti-fu-
lures bill passed by the last legisla-
ture at the request of the Farmers
union. The decision establishes a
precedent for the Southern states. A
firm of Chicago brokers instituted the
test suit, declaring the law to be in
violation of interstate commerce. The
court declares that the state did not
exceed its power In enacting the stat
ute as a police regulation to protect
the morals of the public
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-01-03
Marched In scanty Attire.

Fort William, Ont, Jan. 3.-Twelve
Doukhobor pilgrims started out with
out clothing for one of their strange
marches through the streets. They
were finally rounded up by the po-
lice. Seven men and five women
were in the party and they marched
a half mile in scanty attire before be-
ing STONED.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-01-03
Aftermath of New Years.

Chicago, Jan. 3.-Warrants will be
sworn out by the Chicago Law and
Order league for the arrest Of dozen
down town hotelkeepers, restaurant
and saloonkeepers who kept their
drinking rooms open New Years
morning long after l O'Clock in viola
tion of the city ordinance. The prose-
cution in these cases will be pushed
in the same manner as in the cases
brought by the leag1e for violation of
the state law against the Sunday sa-
loon.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-01-03
Many industries Resuming.

works, employing hundreds of men;
the steel mills of the Barney & Smith
Car company, the Brownell boiler
shops and a few ether establishments
have resumed work after shutdown
due to a lack of orders. The Davis
Sewing Machine company also In
creased its force and will be running
full handed In a short time.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-01-03
Too III to Appear in Court.

Berlin, Jan. 3.-Maximilian Harden,
editor of Die Zukunft, who is now be-
ing tried a second time on the charge
of having libeled in his paper Count
Kuno Won Moltke, is seriously Ill and
was unable to appear in court when
the hearing was resumed. The court
was adjourned
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-01-03
PURE FOOD LAW FAULTY.
South Dakota Supreme Court Favors
Patent Medicines.

Pierre, s. D., Jan. 2.-The supreme
court has declared void the provisions
of the state pure food Jaw requiring
patent medicines to bear the formula
telling the composition Of the medi-
cines The decision releases r. F.
Brown, wholesale druggist of Sioux
Falls, who applied for writ of ha-
beas corpus in a test case.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-01-03
CAPTAIN PlLLSBURY NAMED
Succeeds Admiral BroWnson as Head
of Navigation Bureau.

Washington, Jan. 3.-After a con-
ference with President Roosevelt Sec
retary Metcalf announced that Cap
tain ]. f. Pillsbury had been selected
as chief of the navigation bureau of
the navy department Captain Pills
bury participated in the conference
between the president and the secre-
tary just prior to the announcement.
The selection of Captain John
Pillsbury to be chief of the bureau of
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-01-03
Another Dynamite Outrage.

New York, Jan. "a dynamite
bomb, believed to have been set off
by members of the Black Hand So
ciety, wrecked the entire lower floor
of five-story tenement house on East
Eleventh street and caused panic
among the occupants of the building.
One man was injured by the explo-
otn
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-01-03
Pettlbone case Continued.

Boise, Ida, Jan. 3.-Judge Wood
was not ready to furnish the attorneys
copies of his instructions to the jury
in the Pettibone case and an adjourn
ment was ordered until Monday morn
ing next. Petitioners condition Is
improved,
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-01-03
French Defeat Tribesmen.

Paris, Jan. 3.-Admiral Philibert,
the French naval commander in Mo-
lroccan waters, reports that French
troops have captured the citadel OF
he Mcdiounas tribe with the loss Of
one man killed and three wounded.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-01-03

10 check cold quickly get from your
druggists some little Candy Cold Tablets
called Preventics. Druggists everywhere
are now dispensing Preventics, for they
are not only safe, but decidedly prompt
nine, no laxative, nothing harsh nor
sickening Taken at the "sneeze stage
Preventics will prevent Pneumonia.
Bronchitus, LaGrippe, hence the name
Preventics, geod for feverish children
As Preventics, 25 cents. Trial boxes sc
Sold by Schultz Il Ketcham.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-01-03
Russian Official Murdered.

Samara, Russia, Jan. 3.-Colonel
Bobroff, chief of the provincial gen.
darmerie, was shot and killed In .
crowded street here.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-01-03

Do you know that Pinesalve Carboliz
ed acts like poultice in drawing infam-
nation and poison. 1t is antiseptic. For
cuts, burns, eczema, cracked hands ii
is immediate relief. % cts. at Schultz &
Kelcham.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-01-03

Dewitts carbolized witch hazel Salve
penetrates the pores throughly cleanses
and is healing and soothing. Good for
piles. Sold Holiday & Porter