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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-06-11
IN FAVOR OF TAFT MEN
Republican Committee Decides An.
other Lot Of Contests.
NEW ISSUES A STATEMENT

National Chairman Denies Riding
Roushshod Over Everything and
Says Contests Are Settled Strictly
on Their Merits.
Chicago, June 1.-THE decision Of
the Republican national committee in
the consolidated case of the Eleventh
and Twelfth Missouri districts was in
favor of the Taft delegates and they
were ordered seated. Committeeman
Scott of West Virginia offered a mo-
tion providing that both delegations
from each district should be seated,
| with half a vote each. This was de-
feated on standing vote, 81 to II.
Committeeman Aiken of Missouri
then offered motion seating both
Taft delegations and this was carried
without a division.
After the decision in these cases
had been declared Chairman New, in
discussing the work of the committee
| with q number of newspaper men,
said:
II know it has been charged that the
Taft people on the committee have
| been riding roughshod over every,
thing. want to say, however, that
all the contests that have been set
tied by the national committee have
been strictly on their merits and on
the evidence presented. There has
been no roughriding over anybody"
After the Missouri contests had
been settled North Carolina was
called. In this state there were con.
tests over the delegates -at-large and
from the First to Sixth districts, in
elusive, and In the Eighth district.
The decision of the committee in
the contest for the delegates-at-large
from North Carolina was In favor OF
the Taft faction.
| Taft Men Again Victorious.
| The contest In the First district OF
North Carolina was decided in favor
of the Taft delegates. A motion was
made and lost to send both delega
tions with half vote each. The con
test In the Second and Third Nortf
Carolina districts also were decided
In favor of Taft.
Manager Frank r. Hitchcock of the
Taft forces has made an tmportan
declaration in relation to the vict
presidential situation. Mr.. Hitchcocl
said:
con the question of the nomination
of vice president Secretary Taft ant
his manager have made no combina
tions or deals, they will not hereafte
, make any combinations or deals ant
will not push the candidacy of an,
particular man. We are simply work
, ing to secure the nomination of Secre
tary Taft on the first ballot and whel
, we have achieved that we will b
highly satisfied.
The question of the selection of
vice presidential candidate is for tn
national convention to decide an
there is no thought In the Taft man
agement of attempting to infiuenc
this decision. Secretary Taft has n
idea or intention of binding the dele
gates who cast their votes for hin
for president to vote for any particr
lar person for vice president. TIL
Taft people are not backing any cand
date for vice president and they Wi
not do SO hereafter"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-06-11

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re
ward for any case of Catarrh that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
+. j. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O
We, the undersigned, have known +
j. Cheney for the last Is sears, and be
lieve him perfectly honorable in al
business transactions, and financial.
able to carry out any obligations made
by his firm. Walding Kinnan & Marvin
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter
nally, acting directly upon the blooc
and mucas surfaces of the system. Tes
timonials sent free. Price 75c pc
bottle. Sold by all druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for Consti
patton.
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Would Regulate Drink Traffic.

consistently with this belief we
favor the passage and the enforcement
of laws for the regulation of the drink
traffic and to keep such traffic free
from unlawful and improper accessor-
les and We earnestly desire such i'm
proyement in the drinking habits of
The people as will still further ad-
vance temperance, together with the
spread Of enlightenment as to the
proper functions Of drink, whereby the
individual may be able to regulate
his habits according to the require
ments of Wholesome living.
I'VE realize that these declarations
are contrary TO what the public is
being persistently told by those who
are opposed 10 the use of alcoholic
beverages, in regard to the attitude of
the brewers towards the drink ques-
tion, and especially towards the sa-
loon.
While not denying certain
amount of needless competition which
our business hes shared with many
other times--the realization of unfor.
tunate and unlocked for consequences
having come home to us within recent
times-we turn with confidence to the
fair minded American public and asl,
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-06-11

Mr. VIM HI Anderson, MD OF Soda
Springs, Ida, says thst Bees Laxative
Cough syrup has relieved coughs and
colds where all other remedies failed
Its gentle laxative effects especially recc
mend it for children, 1t is pleasant to
cake For coughs, colds hoarseness, ana
whooping cough Money refunded IL not
Satisfied Sold by Schultz & Ketcham
1t ia pity to see person neglect
indications OF kidney or bladder trouble
that may result in Bright's disease
when Foley's Kidney Remedy will cor
rect Irregularities and strengthen thest
orgens Take Foley's Kidney Cure at
first sign Of danger. RJ HssAndersrn.
| RINGS DYSPEPSIA TABLETS
ee.'ass indiesstion ar0 etomaoh Troubles
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Don't cough your head off when soL
can get a guaranteed remedy in Bees
Laxative cough syrup 1t is especially
recommended for children as it is pleas
ant 10 take, lisa gentle lax, tive u ufta
pelling the phlegm from the system
For coughs, colds, Group, whooping- cough
hoarseness and all bronchirl trouble
Guaranteed Sold by Schultz & Ketcham
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Colds That Hang On

Colds that hang on in the spring de
plete the system, exhaust the nerves,
and open the way for serious illness,
Take Foley'S Honey and Tar. 1t quick
ly stop2 the cough and expels the cold
1t is safe and certain in results J ii
Anderson
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When a man writes as follows don't you
thiuk he means itY Mr. s G Williams o.
Powderly, Texas, says, 81 bav- suff red
for years with kidney and dladdtr trou
BILE, using every preparation tfat came
across aud taking many prescriptions all
without relief until my attention was
called 10 Pineules After 30 days tria
(s1,00) am feeling fine" Money refund
ed if not satisfied Sold by Schultz 4
| Ketcham.
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Personal

II any person suspects that their kid
neys are deranged they should take
Foley's Kidney Remedy at once and not
risk having Bright's disease or diabetes.
Delay gives the disease stronger foot
hold and you should not delay taking
Foley's Kidney Remedy. H Ander-
son,
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70 check cold quickly get from your
druggists some little Caniy Cold Tablets
called Preventics. Druggists everywhere
are now dispensing Preventics, for the,
are not only safe, but decidedly promp
and certain. Preventics contain no qui
nine, no laxative, nothing harsh mol
sickening. Taken at the "sneeze stage
Preventics will prevent Pneumonia
Bronchitus, LaGrippe, hence the name
Preventics, geod for feverish children
4S Preventics, % cents. Trial boxes 81
Sold by Sohutz q Ketcham.
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Ten Years for Stealing Hat.

Easton, Pa, June 11.-Convicted or
stealing an old straw hat and screw
driver from the sexton of a church
Edward Whelan was sentenced to
serye ten years in the Eastern peni-
tentiary. He is young man, but
has served terms In the county Jail
and In the penitentiary.
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the liver and with the exception OF a
few rallies grew steadily worse.
Mr. Finerty left a widow and two
adult children-John F. Finerty, Jr.,
assistant attorney for the New York
Central lines, and Miss Vera, a senior
student i'm the University of Chicago
Five Hundred Persons Homeless.
New Orleans, June 11.-More than
500 persons are homeless, one death
has been recorded and property loss
OF over 100000 has been brought
about as the result of two fires which
destroyed several blocks of stores and
residences in different parts of New
Orleans.
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Now Existing.
Milwaukee, June 1.-THE promo.
tion of temperance in the use of fer
mented beverages, their meaning OF
temperance being neither abuse nor
disuse, is favored by the United
States Brewers association in a
lengthy set of principles which the as
sociation adopted at its closing ses
sion. They also favor the elimination
of the objectional feature of the retail
liquor traffic and pledge their fullest
cooperation towards their extinction.
The brewers also declare that it Is a
mistake TO believe that the CONNER
cial interests of the brewer stands
back of the excessive multiplication
of saloons or any of the unlawful or
improper practices of the saloon keep,
er. Whenever a spirit of genuine in.
quiry and rational betterment shall
take the place of persecution, aiming
not al Improvement bur at the exter-
mination of their business, the brew.
ers will welcome 1t and will gladly
refrain from participation in politics.
The declaration of principles in part,
follows:
THE United States Brewers asso-
citation, in convention assembled, pre-
sents the following declaration of
principles and declares its sympathy
with, and offers its cooperation with,
any nymovement looking to the promotion
of habits OF temperance in the use
of fermented beverages. BY temper
abuse nor disuse. We believe that the
abue ror disusc. We believe that the
temperate use of beer promotes health
and happiness, which are the underly-
ing conditions of morality and social
order, and in this belief we are sup
ported by the vast preponderance of
educated as well as popular opinion
all over the world.
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CAMP Pk|CN OF REFORM
Brewers Declare in Fay0r Of Pre-
motion Of Temperance.
CONVENTION AT MILWAUKEE,

Resolutions Adopted Also Favor Elm
ination of the Objectionable Fea-
lures of the Retail Liquor Traffic as
Now Existing.
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OId-Time 0.anq.

Capt. Crosse, Burns antiquarian
friend, to whom allusion has been
made in these columns, placed poster
ity in his debt by compiling a "Clas.
steal Dictionary Of the Vulgar Ton.
que" at the end of the eighteenth
century. Some of his revelations as
to words that were then accounted
slangy are of topical interest just
now. Club is one of them, and he
defines it as meaning an institution
to which all subscribe an equal sum
or Club Budget" also was rec
koned slang word in 1896. and so
was SHAM" against which Swift had
protested eighty-six years earlier.
Those who pride themselves upon
their correctness Of speech today may
be astonished to learn that Crosses
list Of slangy terms includes "bay
window "bedizened." ''bet." "blus-
ter" "brogue." "capon." "carouse."
'churl," coax "cobbler," eur"
"domineer." "eyesore.'' "flabby."
Hare" "flog." "aout." fuss" gag"
gang" "giggle." "jilted.'' mallinger.
er." messmate." plump" rascal"
'saunter." "trip" and "yelp."-Lon,
london Chronicle.
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NOAH IN THE AUTO.
We lived in the ark, and they foun
us at last,
Packed up in the attic, reposeful an.
quiet,
And Dorothy said: "Mr. Noah, 70,
are failing,
Ill telephone doctor and tell hin
you're ailing-
| It's probably something to do will
your diet"
This worlds not at all like it was in
the past,
In Dorothy's grandmother's day
You're sick. Mr.. Noah, and you ought
to be dosed:
It's something quite bad, can tell
by your sneezes-
Perhaps 'pendicitis or nervous prostra.
ton"
l felt admit it-a little elation
TO hear l was subject to modern
diseases;
l never had more than quinsy at most
In Dorothy's grandmother's day.
Il think" she continued, "rll send
YOU to ride,
For really your paleness is very dis
tressing,
The automobile will be here in a min.
ute"
She brought out a roller skate, lifted
me in it,
And e'er could give my dear sons
a last blessing
She pushed it, l ne'er felt such
"goneness" inside
In Dorothy's grandmother's day.
Then madly it clattered, and wildly it
few,
All jiggles and joggles, mustered
and unsteady,
Till out I was hurled, and my senses |
fOrsook me;
fell seven inches! And DOROTHY
took me
And said. cts so healthful-you're
better already"
In Dorothy's grandmother's day.
Washington Star.
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4 Surprising Question.

1t IS not always guilty conscious
that is taken by surprise, for some
times the most innocent Of men will
start at suspicious word. The fol-
lowing incident. which occurred in
hardware shop. is Illuminating:
An elderly lady, dressed severely
in gray and carrying what looked
very much like a bundle Of tracts.
approached the counter.
A clerk fastened to serve her.
What can l do for you, madam ?"
She leaned toward him.
Have you-er-any little vises ~
me inQuired.-Youth's COMPANION.
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The Silent,

ii the little sister or the little brotnel
Came crying through the darkness
to our door:
Beloved, thou cans. hc]p me and
no other.
All, pity :mplore!"
Would we not draw them close in
tender fashion
With never word Of censure or sur.
prise.
And soothe and aid them there with
all compassion,
We, who are old and wiser
How is it, then, when We from one
another
Cry to those higher with despairing
breath,
Ourselves the little sister or the
brother.
To one most wise In death
Prayer: "Ah. comfort me, ah, guide
me truly,
From thy white wisdom counsel or
consent"
All, ever to these silent rises newly
Our sound Of discomfort.
Can they forget 50 wholly, nor dis
cover
The weak hands cropping at their
garments hem
The little sister or the little brother,
Would we not stoop to them?
-Theodosia Garrison, in the Apple
tons.
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WHAT ABOUT THE CAT.


What about the cat?" asked tn
little princess of her eldest maid. 81
Is sitting on the sunny side of tn,
garden wall. watching the butter
flies. 1t meowed for three of the pref
test tc fall into its mouth, and woule
you believe it, that is just what hap
pened. A green. blue, a pink shaded
with gold, all went down pussy's ret
throat"
The princess smiled. what abou
the cat?" she questioned her second
maid.
She Is seated in your honorable
fathers chair of state, and your hon
orable fathers first body slave is
scratching her back with your fathers
own back scratcher, made of the pur
est gold and ivory"
The princess laughed outright. She
battered gracefully into another room.
There she saw the youngest daughter
of her foster mother.
What about the cat?" she asked for
the third time.
The cat! Oh, she has gone to
Shinku's duck farm. The ducks love
her sc that when they see her, they
swim to shore and embrace her with
their wings. Four of them combined
to make raft and she got upon their
backs and went down stream with
them. They met some of the duck
lings on the way and she patted them
to death with her paws. How the big
ducks quacked!"
That's good story" quoth the
princess.
She went into the garden and, sag
Ing one of the gardeners. said. What
about the cat:"
1T Is frisking somewhere under the
cherry tree. but you would not know
1t If you saw it," replied the gardener.
"Why?" asked the princess.
BE :a'lse, your highness, gave 1t a
strong worm porridge for its dinner.
and as soon as 1t ate it, its white fur
coat became a glossy green striped
with black It looks like giant cat
erpillar, and all the little caterpillars
are going to hold festival tonight in
its honor"
"Deary me! What a great cat!" ex-
claimed the princess.
A little further on she met one of
the chamberlains of the palace. What |
about the cat?' she asked.
1T is dancing in the ballroom in a |
dress Of elegant cobwebs and a neck
ace Of pearl rice. For partner she
has the yellow dragon in the hall,
come to life. and they take such pref
y steps together that all who behold
hem shrek in ecstasy. Three little
nice hold up her train as she dances,
md another sits perched on the tip of
he dragons curled TAIL"
At this the princess quivered like
! willow tree and was obliged to seek
Ter apartments. When there, she re-
'overed herself and. placing a blossom
y her exquisite eyebrow. commanded
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! TALE0FAN
OLD
;FREIGHTER;
IN UNWILLING RIGHXlYrLD.
y franklin WHLLEs CALk1Ns


along with forty years as freigh,
en-" said Uncle Dick Weymeier. "
put TN ten years as government scou
and guide and in guarding coache.
and stage stations. A year or So at
ten the trtweekly was established be
tween Independence, Missouri ant
Santa Fe. the Kiowas and Comanches
made guards necessary at station:
along the upper Arkansas.
with seven others was station
ed as guard at the adobe ranch on
Wolf Creek. There was no military
tort nearer than Leavenworth. and
tne passengers.-about a dozen usual.
V-the driver and messenger or con.
ductor Of the big Concord coach had
to look out for themselves between
stations. An arsenal Of Colts re.
voivers and rifles with revolving CYL.
1nders was furnished to each coach by
the mail contractors, and pretty often
these guns had to be used in stand
ing OF the hostiles.
For several months the stage be-
tween Wolf Greek and the Picketwire
was attacked as often as once week
A number Of times we were ratified
out in the night to 60 to the rescue.
One night, in spite OF a man on
picket, our ponies were stampeded.
breaking out of pole corral and run
ming on, some up and some down the
Arkansas. When we discovered that
the animals had been scared by wolves
instead Of Indians. several of us set
sout on foot in search OF them.
went down on the trail side of
the valley. hunting out the ravines,
and was halfway to the Picketwire
and near to the mouth of Big Sandy
when night came on. Thered been a
fierce rain up this creek, which in
the rainy season sported itself one
day as a harmless little rivulet, and
as q rip-roaring river the next.
That evening 1t was q river. and
knowing Its bottom across the Arkan.
sas dats q heap better than the driy.
ers ON that relay. meandered down
TO the stage road to pilot the coach
across. and Incidentally to earn a ride
up to Wolf Creek.
The trail crossed Big Sandy right
It the edge Of the foothills and about
hundred and nifty yards above its
mouth. 1t wanted. by my reckoning.
ABOUT hah an hour Of stage-time at
the crossing. l proposed to swim
over to meet the coach On the east
hank. and ! vas passing over a broken |
sage-bush ridge. to get down to the
crossing. when. going into q little din
n front. caught Z glimpse OF what |
appeared 70 be the hacks Of several
horses.
1T vas we'll on toward dark and
knowing that I could not hope to an
proacA loose horses from behind.
1oooled over and scooted round a crest
q Tie rise. took a peep, and see
ne nothing Of the animals, entered
Mttle ravine which l though would
snAble ~ to head them on, as they
nd appeared to Be- moving slowly.
When thought had gone far
eacugA and stiu neither saw norI
leard aaythhg o. the ponies. I turn
Z and venk up The slope Of the ravino
, 1Irec1fon oqqoG1te the one
vainA ~ - - tisvslling. Al
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that all those Of whom 81.
cd concerning the cs te
brought before her. wh.'
peSTed she looked at t hssa
e:ely and said: 1eu
You have all told mo ~.
les when I have asked I' ~
abou: the cat" Which :, !, 70
is true?" ~ taea
paled. "a" ue>l
w. Ihey are all untrue" ).
She lifted her arm and -
ed out OF her sleeve he, 4 y
II mad been there all the t,,'
Then the courtly chan Sas
vanced toward her, keto.'s!
times Princess" said ~
a story be a story II !, ~
Would you have been a. Wy
famed this morning il, ins,s. 's
stories. We, your unworths
mad simply told you that y.
up your sleeve?"
Inc princess lost her ~,
MARTY. Thank you, nv !.
wants. said she. Il annrs.,..
desire to amuse me-"
She looked at her cat, th.l
all it had done and been !, ~
OF her servants, and lau,ha,
princess again and av.;,
Housekeeping.
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OF breath again. l was about equ. dj:
tant between two fires. The stage
driver had halted, and was turning
about. The conductor and coach pas
sengers were using their repeaters il
rapid fire upon the Indians. l ben
forward, and with eyes and nose onl.
above the surface, scooted for thu
stage.
"At that instant the Indians, con
f1dent in their superior numbers
plunged in body into the curren,
and made a rush for the coach. with
only their heads and the arms that
held their weapons above water.
when I had come within twenty
yards Of the coach, I saw that the
driver OF its four-in-hand had mis-
managed the mules, and his teams
were swung around against bank,
which they could not mount-much
less could they drag the coach I'D
after them.
AT the top Of my lungs l yelled at
him to turn into the stream. to 20
with the current straight into and
across the Arkansas. This was, in
fact, the only hope left of safety.
knew the Indians must have left their
horses quite a way back in the ravines
and l knew they could not follow
across the Arkansas at the gait those
mules could be driven; and on the
other side was the old Picket-wire
trail. which could be taken clean up
to the crossing at Wolf Creek.
But in the hullaballoo my shouts
were mistaken for the yells OF an In
dian, and seeing the shadowy figures
OF other waders beyond, some of the
passengers opened fire on me at fif.
teen PAGES. l was hit in the shoulder.
and l dove again, scrambled forward,
and came to the surface, humping
against the forward wheel OF the
coach. A passenger who was watch
ng fired at me within arms length,
out luckily was so excited that he
missed.
in the next instant 1 had knocked
he pistol from his hand and scramb-
ed into the boot with the driver.
The messenger, at the back of the
zach. was busy with a gun.
Il snatched his lines from the driv-
r, who seemed for the moment daz-
d and helpless.
Wake up!' yelled in his ear.
Wake up and use your whip! Lay on
Or dear life!'
"A steady pull in the right direc-
ION brought the mules away from
heir impossible climb, and they took
the current like ducks. The driv-
got his cue and laid the whip to
lem, and it was mighty we'll he did.
here wasn't a second to spare. BY
lie time we'd got going, the creek
as swarming with reds rushing at us
boil of water.
las it was, five or six of the XII
vas got hold of the coach, and they
ere literally hammered back at the t
tits of the guns; for by this time
e messenger and passengers-there I
ere seven of them-had fired all the
lrrels of every Colt they could lay t
lnds on.
Then the mules got under way, t
ID with tie coach fairly afioat, we n
lied into and across the Arkansas;
ID after that all we had to do was 4
keep them running to Wolf Creek. o
I |
TT in that skirmish. My wound was o
ght, but l would rather face any e
niger l ever met-twice over-thal
through that experience again" p
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