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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-01-25
THREE FIREMEN DEAD
Sixteen Others Injured During a
Blaze at Baltimore.
WALLS SUDDENLY COLLAPSE
Give Way Without Warning Shortly
After the Flames Break Through
the Windows and Scatter Death
Among the Fire Fighters.


Baltimore, Jan. 25.--An early morn
ing fire took heavy toll of the men,
bers of the fire department of this
| city. three being asad and sixteen
others more or less seriously injured.
The list of the latter includes the
| name of George Horton, chief of the
| fire department, who is in serious
| condition. He has a badly lacerated
scalp and internal injuries. The first
hasty examination indicated that his
skull was fractured, but a more care
full investigation showed this not to
be the case.
The financial damage is estimated
at 100000 The blaze, which is the
worst that has occurred in this city
since the calamity of 1904, started on
the third floor of the building on the
southeast corner of Holiday and
Saratoga streets, occupied by the ].
REGISTER Sons company, plumbers
supplies. Other occupants of the build
ing were the Baltimore Bell and Brass
company and the William l.. Hollings-
worth company, machinists. Upon
these three the heaviest losses will
fall. The fire had apparently been
burning some time before it was dis
covered. The first alarm was quickly
followed by a general alarm, which
brought most of the fire apparatus in
the city to the scene. A strong wind
from the northwest and very low
temperature made the work of fight
ing the FIRE more than ordinarily diff
cult and the flames spread very rap
idly In an incredibly short time
after the blaze broke out of the win
dows on the Saratoga street side of
the REGISTER building and without the
slightest warning large section of
the north wall of the building fell. 1t
was this that scattered death and in
juries among the firemen. who were
working close to the bailding
For time it seemed that the fire
would sweep diagonally through the
block to Gay street and a number of
people living on that thoroughfare
moved their effects. Changes in the
wind, however, helped the firemen
and enabled to confre the damage, In
addition to that already mentioned, 20
the plants of the E. b. Read & Sons
company, printers, and the Flynn &
Enrich company, machinists, located
in a five-story building on Saratoga
street, in the rear of the REGISTER
building.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-01-25
PROGRESS STILL SLOW.
Some improvement Noted in Trade
Situation.


New York, Jan 25.-Dispatches to
Dun's Regisw indicate that trade in
creases gradually, but progress is
still slow. The financial improve
mont is still the best feature of the
situation.
An improved tone is noted at Chi.
cago and there is more confidence re-
garding the outlook Heavy settle
ments are made by the banks without
difficulty and the weather has been
favorable to the absorption of winter
merchandise. Satisfactory reports
come from the interior as to trade
conditions and the agricultural out
look is reassuring.
Mild weather at st. Paul has re-
tarded the movement of seasonabIe
wearing apparel. but footwear shops
have ample orders and payments are
fairly prompt. Northwestern retailers
place orders freely in the Minneapolis
market for spring goods. The recent
stringency caused limited prepara-
tions for winter trade, but mild
weather rendered light stocks sufIi-
Client.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-01-25
FIRE Loss $1,OO0,OOO
City and County Building al
Portland, Me-, Destroyed.
MANY LIVES ENDANGERED
At Time of Conflagraton Seven Hun
dred Persons Were Attending
Pythan Jubilee in the Auditorium
Located in the Structure.

Portland, Me-, Jan. 25.-A fire which
caused property damage of S1,000,-
900 destroyed the city hall and police
buildings and endangered the lives of
more than 700 persons. Although
known as city hall the building was
divided between city and county
Offices, while the police building shell
tered the supreme, judicial and munie-
department.
The fire was the worst in the state
since the great Portland conflagration
of 1866, when the city's business and
residential sections were almost COM
pletely wiped out.
That there were no fatalities is re-
markable, as there were more than
700 persons attending the Western
Maine Knights Of Pythias jubilee gath
cred in the auditorium of the city hall
when the flames were discovered,
Only few persons were hurt, Chief
Engineer Melville Eldridge being the
only one known to be seriously in
iured and he was able to direct the
fight against the flames throughout,
being supported by two assistants.
The financial loss is estimated at
$1,cO0,000 but this sum will not cover
the loss of the papers and documents
In the registry of deeds, where every
thing was destroyed. Other city de-
partments were swept clear of every
thing by the flames, with the excer
tfon of the city clerks and the cit
treasurer's Offices. The money an,
securities in the latter are believe
to be intact, although it will be al
most impossible to ascertain definitely
until the vaults have cooled suffi cient-
ly for an examination to be made. One
of the most valuable libraries In the
state, the Greenleaf law collection,
was completely destroyed, with loss
estimated at 100000
The blaze originated in the city
electricians Office and was caused by
crossed wires and this made 1t i'm.
possible to ring a call for the fire de-
partment in any of the boxes
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-01-25
WAGES WAR ON TERRORISTS
New Governor of Odessa Begins Task
With Energy

Odessa, Jan. 25.-General Tomalt-
chef, who has been made governor
general of Odessa in succession to
General Rouffal, has inaugurated his
regime with determination to fight
the revolutionists of Odessa with en-
ergy. The police discovered a bomb
in public tea room. The place was
cleared and closed, the bomb left
where it was and the new governor
general notified. He gave orders that
the bomb be exploded where it was
found This was done, with the result
that the house where the tea room
was located was totally destroyed
General Tomaitcheff announces that
this method of fighting the revolutions
lists will be continued
The new governor general came
here from the Caucasus, where he
held the post of governor.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-01-25
LOST MOST OF ITS TRADE
Labor Boycott Has Ruinous Effect on
Tobacco Company.

New York, Jan. 25.-A boycott
placed against the brands of tobacco
manufactured by the Day and Night
Tobacco company in February, 1907,
by the labor unions resulted in the
company losing rs per cent of it's bust.
ness, according to Walter G. Fried
lander, president of the company. Mr..
Friedlander made this statement while
testifying in the hearing on the gov.
ernment's suit against the American
Tobacco company for alleged viola
tion of the Sherman antitrust law
He told of the organization of the
Day and Night company by the Amer
lean Tobacco company at Cincinnati
and of the disastrous effect of the boy
colt during the past year.
AT the conclusion of Mr. Friedlan-
der's testimony the hearing was ad.
journed until Feb G.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-01-25

increase in the salary of the assistant
professors and instructors in our col
leges and universities by few hun
dred dollars a year will never accom-
plish anything. What is needed Is
great premiums at the top.
"0ne of the greatest evils from
which our American universities suffer
is too great an abundance of men. AS
soon as an institution gets some
money the first thought is to add more
men to the faculty, to outdo some
neighboring institution. Every one of
our American universities would be
nearer to the ideal if 1t would kill two
thirds of its instructors and profess
sors"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-01-25
A Hard Debit to Paw.

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colds and all throat and lung complaints
Guaranteed by Schultz & Ketcham drug
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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-01-25
FEAR AN uPHEAVAL.
Chicago Saloonkeepers Decide on Ger
tain Reforms.

Chicago. Jan. 25.--Music and slot
machines will disappear next week
from 5000 Chicago saloons by order,
not of the police, but of officials of the
saloonkeepers' organization. Closer
observance of the Sunday closing or
dinance also has been commanded and
drawn shades and unlighted windows
advised for Sunday.
At a directors meeting of the Chi
eago Liquor Dealers Protective asso-
citation the decision to Danish music
and slot machines came after an
earnest plea of several officials. The
activity of States Attorney Healy in
the Sunday closing cases and the work
of the No license and Chicago Law
and Order leagues We're declared to
precede a saloon upheavai IL close
observance was not paid to .he law.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-01-25
SHOW MUCH IGNORANCE.
Russian Papers Discuss Possibility of
American-Japanese War.

st. Petersburg, Jan. 25.-The rela-
ttons between the United States and
Japan are receiving considerable at
tention in several st. Petersburg
newspapers and there have been pub
lished recently two or three series of
articles which express the opinion
that war between these two countries
is certain to come. The writer's, how
ever, show little familiarity with polit-
ical conditions in the United States
and the present status of the negotia-
tions between that country and Japan.
A writer in the Russ, who recently
announced the cession of Nakhotka
bay on the Siberian coast, to the
United States to be used as base for
the battleship squadron under Rear
Admiral Evans, follows this statement
with a series of alleged diplomatic
revelations concerning what he calls
the negotiations for a Russo-Amer-
lean offensive, and defensive alliance"
He AYERS that the chief obstacle to
the conclusion of such a treaty is the
naval weakness of Russia and says
that the construction of fleet of tor
pedo boats and fast cruisers would ex-
ert favorable influence on the nego-
tiations. This is the reason that EN-
peror Nicholas is so insistent upon an
expansive naval programme.
Ambassador Riddle, in interviews
published in the Novoe Vremya and
other newspapers, has done much to
discredit rumors of this kind He has
pointed out that the negotiations b.
tween Japan and the United States are
proceeding satisfactorily and that shey
are approaching a successful conclu-
sion
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-01-25
M0STl.Y SECOND CLASS MEN
Harvard Professor Would Kill Off Ma
jority of Our Educators.

Chicago, Jan. 25.-ln an address to
the Germanistic society of Chicago
Professor Hugo Mucnsterberg of Har-
ward university declared that Amer
lean universities would be better off
If two-thirds of the professors were
killed He said:
There seems to be something
weak and mollycoddle about our whole
academic system. In our highest in
stitutions of learning we find, with a
few notable exceptions, only second
class men. And we may be sure that
second class schoolmasters never will
build up first class scholarship. An
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-01-25

Manchester, Eng, Jan. 25-There
will be no lockout of the Manchester
cotton operatives. Lengthy negotia-
tions between the cotton mill workers
and their employers resulted in the
capitulation of the workers. The EN-.
ployers insisted upon the acceptance
of their terms and to these the men
agreed. This understanding averts at
the eleventh hour the great lockout
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-01-25
FRONT OF BANK WRECKED
Bomb Hurled at New York Italian
institution.

New York, Jan. 25.-An exploding
bomb wrecked the front of an Italian
bank building on Elizabeth street,
briefly exposing $4,000 in silver and
gold which the bankers, Pasquale A.
Patti & Son, had piled in the windows
as ocular proof of their ability to pay
depositors on demand
The jnnior partner, Salvador Patti,
who was on guard inside, was cut by
the glass that crashed in upon him,
but stuck by his charge and soon had
the money stored away In the vaults.
The score Of. clerks had left the
place some hours before and the ex-
plosion injured none but the younger
Patti.
The bomb throwsrs, who were not
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-01-25
For StatcwIde ProntbItion.

Raleigh, ~ c., Jan. 25.-The senate,
by unanimous vote, passed the bill
providing for a state election on pro-
hibition on Aug. next, the act IL rati
fled by the people to become effective
Jan. l, 1909. The house will vote on
the bill Monday.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-01-25
Unknown Schooner Ashore.

Z Hull. Mass, Jan. 25.--A vessel be
lieved to be a three-masted schooner
was discovered ashore In Black Rock
channel on the Lowell island side.
The weather is quite thick and 1t is
not known how long the vessel has
been In her present position.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-01-25
Drives Engine Through Crowd.

Baku, Transcaucasia, Jan. 25.-In
consequence of the accidental killing
of some laborers by locomotive at q
suburban station of the railroad here
mob of comrades of the victims sur
rounded the engine and attempted to
lynch the engineer. To escape the
fury OF the excited workmen the en-
gineer opened the throttle of the loco
motive and dashed through the crowd
killing six men and injuring many
others.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-01-25

Trial Catarrh treatment are being mail
ed out free, on request, by DIR. Shoop
Racine, Wis. These tests are proving
to the people without a penny's cost
the great value of this scientific prescrip
tion known to druggists everywhere as
DIR. Shops Catarrh Remedy, Sold by
Schultz & Ketcham
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-01-25

10 check cold quickly get from your
druggists some little Can ~ Cold Tablets
called Preventics. Druggists everywhere
are now dispensing Preyentics, for they
are not only safe, but decidedly prompt
an certain. Preventics contain no qui-
nine, no laxative, nothing harsh nor
sickening Taken at the 'sneaze stage"
Preventics will prevent Pneumonia.
Bronchitus, LaGrippe, hence the name
Prerentics, geod for feverish children
AS Preyentlcs. % cents. Trial boxes SC
Sold by S,hutz IL ketcham.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-01-25

The postmaster of Gasconade, Mo-, Dan
ief A. Bugh, Gays Of Dewitts Kidney and
bladder pills, am doing 50 well and i'm.
proving SO fast in health. that / cannot
say to much for your kidney and bladder
pills, feel like new man." Dewitt's
kidney and bladder pills are sold by
Holiday and Porter
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-01-25

seen by the banker, were quickly lost
in the crowd of several thousand ex-
cited Italians who gathered about the
wreck
The Mississippi Union advocate and Southern farm and home. (Jackson, Miss.) 1907-1909, 1908-11-25
THE THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION.

ever before. The virtue and intelh-
gence Of the superior race make and
execute all Of our state laws. Crime
is decreasing and our courts are be-
coming more efficient through the
spiritual and intellectual growth of
our people. Success and failure, in
varying degrees. come to all, vicissi-
tudes of fortune being one Of the in
cidents of human life. The good that
has come to our state and to Its peo-
pie, and that in reasonable prospect,
infinitely outweighs all evils suffered
Or threatened. We are and have been
free from pestilence, domestic strife,
and foreign wars
These and many other considera-
tions impel me to cordially command
the full and faithful observance o.
Thanksgiving Day, BY remembering
and helping the widow. the orphan and
all others stricken with grievous ad
yersity; and by assembling in our re-
spectivo places of worship and
through songs, prayer and discourse
expressing heartfelt thanks unto the
zone God and Father Of all'' from
whom comes EVERY good and every
i perfect gift
In witness whereof have hereuntc
set my hand and caused the Great Sea
/
of the state to be affixed.
Done in the city Of Jackson, this th'
eighteenth day Of November, 1908, ant
i'll the one hundred and thirty-thirt
| year of our American Independence.
q. .F. NOEL.
| BY the Governor:
JOSEPH w. POWER,
Secretary Of State.
The Mississippi Union advocate and Southern farm and home. (Jackson, Miss.) 1907-1909, 1908-11-25

be brought up again. This
was live subject at the meeting last
year, and the sentiment was almost
equally divided. 1t was finally voted
down, however, but there are still
many prominent members who frank
" believe the agency, while having
numerous strong points In its favor,
does the organization more harm than
good by antagonizing the merchants Of
the country and selling goods direct
to the members, and through dissatis-
faction caused by delays in making
shipments, and delivering.
There will be several changes and
amendments to the constitution offer
ed, and several obscure paragraphs
broadened so that the readers can
determine their meaning without re-
ferring to dictionary. There will
also be proposition to have the State
Union buy out and control the Advo
cate.
Steps will be taken at once to Sc
cure reduced rates on all railroads in
the state for the delegates, through
Secretary Stephenson or the Jackson
Board OF Trade, and canvass Of the
hotels and boarding houses will be
made at once to provide proper accom-
modations at the lowest possible rates
In fact, much Of this work has already
been done conditionally.
The Mississippi Union advocate and Southern farm and home. (Jackson, Miss.) 1907-1909, 1908-11-25
FARMERS UNION STATE MEET
INC TO BE HELD IN JACKSON
DECISION REACHED MONDAY MORNING

The state meeting win be held In
Jackson on Monday january 11th, and
will last three days.
This date was agreed upon by the
state executive board at its meeting
here during the first week of October,
but the place was not decided upon
until today. when State Secretary Rus.
sell and State Business Agent Collins
considered the applications Of Jackson
Meridian, Starkville and Brookhaven
and decided that. all things considered,
jackson is the best place. both for the
meeting itself and for the comfortable
and economical entertainment Of the
five hundred or more delegates and Wis
The Mississippi Union advocate and Southern farm and home. (Jackson, Miss.) 1907-1909, 1908-11-25
What Our American
Farmers Want
(By Theron Fishery

Do they want to be deluded and
deceived? Do they want to be fat
tered, humbugged and plundered2 Do
they want a handful of spectators
and gamblers, headed by Armour, to
set prices upon the products Of the
farm? Are they satisfied to let the
Armour gang fix these prices, first
low to farmers, then afterwards high
to consumers? Do they want a stin
smaller bunch Of tariff barons to fix
a high tribute and mighty tax upon
all the necessities and comforts Of
life? Are farmers satisfied with the
present tariff prices on lumber and
farm machinery
No; they are not satisfied. There
is mighty rumble and roar OF dis
content. Because of this. President
Roosevelt has appointed a commission
to inquire into the matter-to inves-
tigate the complaints to find out what
are the wants, wishes and needs q
American farmers.
This may be a wise step. However
over $25,0OO,OOO are already appro
priated and spent BY the general gov
ernment and different states annually
The Mississippi Union advocate and Southern farm and home. (Jackson, Miss.) 1907-1909, 1908-11-25

Governor Noel Wednesday morning
issued his formal Thanksgiving procla-
nation, ais follows:
Proclamation by the Governor,
State Of Mississippi.
s The setting apart Of day in each
year for general Thanksgiving is hon
ored by ancient custom, and sanction
ed by federal and state laws. The
president Of the United States, in con-
formity with custom and law, has
designated the fourth Thursday in
November, the 26th inst, as "a day
of prayer and Of thanksgiving to God" ."
The rapid advance of Mississippi in
population, in agricultural and In in
dustrial development, and in other diff
ferent lines Of material prosperity
suffered, comparatively, but small
check through the recent and receding
financial depression While tornadoes
and overnows brought to some com
munities death and devastation, close
" following came the affectionate
sympathy and prompt help Of the citi-
zenship Of our own and other states
and Of the federal government, PROV
ing that we have. in living reality, 2
truly reunited country. Our recent
legislature prescribed -outlawry against
two OF the greatest crime breeders with
which our state was accused bucket
shop gambling and the open saloons
The former has become wholly
thing Of the past, and legalized liquor
traffic in Mississippi forever ends
with next month now having but few
points Of existence. Our educational
charitable and eleemosynary institu
tions and the Old Soldiers Home are
more efficient and commodious thar
The Mississippi Union advocate and Southern farm and home. (Jackson, Miss.) 1907-1909, 1908-11-25

1tOrS.
The meeting will b. neld in Repre-
sentatives hall at the capitol, and will
be presided over by State President q.
r. Hightower There viii be more
than 800 delegates, and probably an
equal number Of visitors win be IN at
tendance. 1t will be an executive af-
fair throughout, only members Of the
organization being admitted to the
hall.
There win beaew matters for con-
sideration, so fars is known, and al
most anything is likely TO bob UP dur
ing the session. The question Of abol-
ishing the state BUSINESS agency will