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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-09-01
SEVEN CHILDREN
PERISH IN FIRE
Bodies Found in Ruins of
Institution.
HEROIC WORK SAVES MANY

Seven Hundred and Fifty Little Ones
Were in the Building When the Fire
Broke Out and 1t Was Supposed
That All Had Been Rescued-Neariy
All the Victims Under Five Years
of Age.
New York, Sept. 1.-That seven lit
tie children, inmates of st. Malachys
home for children at Rockaway Park,
l. l., were suffocated In a fire which
destroyed a portion of the home was
discovered by firemen digging In the
ruins.
There were $50 children in the in
stitution, which is conducted by the
Sisters of st. Joseph of Brooklyn.
Most of them marched out of the
buildings In good order when the fire
alarm was sounded and it was sup
posed that all had escaped.
Nearly all of those burned to death
were under five years old. The por
tion of the dormitory in which they
slept was directly over the laundry
where the fire originated.
The fire was discovered in th'
laundry in the north wing. Three
hundred and fifty small children wert
In their cots on the third and fourtl
floors of that wing and some of thu
older children were attending evening
| prayers in the chapel. AS the alarm
| sounded the older children marchet
from the chapel to the board wal
| along the beach and the nurses an
| attendants rushed to the work of cal
I rying the little children from thei
| cots on the floors above. Fireme
assisted in searching the halls an
dormitories and found a few childrel
lingering in the halls, too frightene
to leave the building, but the rescu
work had been conducted with sue
dispatch and good order that 1t wa
believed that all the children were OF
of the building.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-09-01
RED CROSS ISSUES APPEAL
Assistance Asked for Mexican Flood
Sufferers.

Washington, Sept. 1.-The Ameri-
can National Red Cross has issued the
following appeal to the American peo-
pie for contributions for the relief of
the Mexican flood sufferers:
''In view Of the official advices from
American diplomatic representatives
In Mexico that destitution exists as
the result Of the food, especially at
Monterey, and that assistance from
the United States is badly needed and
desired the American Red Cross ap-
peals to the American public for con
tributions for the relief of our near
neighbors of Mexico. Contributions
received by the Red Cross will be
promptly forwarded by telegraph. II
Is believed that from $4,000 to 800,
900 will be needed to meet the emer
gency."
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-09-01
DOWiE'S SUCCESSOR In JAIL
Refuses TO Pay Judgment Secured In
Siander Case.

Chicago. Sept. Wilbur Glenn
Voliva. successor to the late John Al
exander Dowie as head of the Dowie
religious cult, is a prisoner in the
McHenry county Jail at Woodstock,
H.
The leader Of the Dowieites was ar
rested at his home in Zion City and
sentenced to Jail in default of pay
ment Of q $4,000 judgment rendered
against him by Judge Wright in favor
of Phillip Motherill, Montana far
mer.
The Judgment was obtained on
slander charge brought by Motherlll
Voliva declared he would stay in 1ai
the entire six months provided by law
rather than pay the judgment,
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-09-01
HUNDREDS ARE LAID TO REST
One Great Funeral for Unidentified
Dead at Monterey.

Monterey, Mex, Sept. Hundreds
of funerals were held in Monterey dur
Ing the day. Victims of the food
identified by friends and relatives
were inferred separately and one big
funeral was held for the hundreds of
unidentified dead whose bodies have
been recovered from the flooded dis
tricts.
Armies of workmen under super
vision of the troops are working in
the ruins, clearing the streets, tearing
down still standing walls of wrecked
houses and searching for bodies.
Approximately one thousand bodies
have been recovered to date and II
is believed that the statement thai
the total death list will reach 1000 is
we'll within the figures. Scores o.
bodies are said to have been swal
lowed In the river quicksands.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-09-01
THROWS CHILDREN IN WELL
Mother Kills Three Tots and Then
Attempts Suicide.

Barnum, Mimi, Sept. Mrs. Fred
Young, twenty-five years old, wife OF
a farmer residing near here, while
her husband was on his way to town
with a load Of cream and milk, threw
her three children, aged one, three
and five years, into deep well. She
t fire to the barn, destroying 1t, and
set fire to the house. Failing in her
efforts to burn the building she took
a dose of Paris green and then gashed
her throat several times with knife,
making ugly wounds, but failing to
sever the jugular vein. Her condition
is serious. The physicians, however,
believe that she may recover.
Mrs. Young had been in poor health
for two years and, 1t is said, she had
threatened several times to kill her
children and herself. Her father com
mitted suicide several years ago.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-09-01
TAFT is FOR CONSERVATION
Will Carry Out Roosevelt Policies,
Says Pnchot.

Portland, Ore, Sept. 1.-"When
President Taft succeeded to the pres
idency he assumed not only that obli-
cation but other responsibilities" said
Clifford Pinchot, chief forester of the
department of agriculture, in an ad-
dress here. His subject was Con
servation and Plain People,"
1T Is the desire and the intention
of President Taft to carry out the
Roosevelt policies. ! know 1t, be
cause he has told me so.
''The conservation commission is
not opposed to the development of wa
ter power by private capital We dc
not think 1t necessary for the govern
ment to develop these resources, but
private capital must do It."
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-09-01
FOR PROHIBITION SECTIONS
New "Oderless Drink" Puzzles Police
of Nashville.

Nashville, Tenn. Sept, 1.-For two
months the police have been combat
ting the "oderless drink Men are
carried into the station house every
day drunk with something that leaves
no odor en- the breath.
When they are questioned as to
what they have been drinking they al
most invariably say "beerette," but
beerettc is not considered an intoxi-
ally without bottles in their pockets.
There were forty-one drunks on the
police docket Monday.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-09-01
DARING ROBBERY
BY Lone BANDIT
Holds Up Train on Penn
sylvania Railroad.
SECURES LITTLE BOOTY

Regain Their Courage, Give pursuit
and Recover Most of the Stolen
Money.
Lewistown, Pa, Sept. IA lone
robber stopped a westbound express
train on the Pennsylvania railroad at
The Narrows, eight miles east of here.
robbed the express car of $1,000 In
gold and escaped into the mountains.
Conductor Poffenberger of Harris
burg was shot through the hand In
fight with the robber.
The train was stopped by signal
Gap at one of the most inaccessible
points on the railroad and a masked
man stepped out of the bushes along
the tracks and covered the engineer
and fireman with a revolver.
The highwayman moved along to
the baggage car, but could not open
It. He then went to the next car,
which was the express car, and or
dered the messenger to open the door.
The messenger obeyed.
The safe In the car contained $780,
900 In money and bullion. Realizing
the need of assistance In getting
away with the money the robber
called to the fireman Of the train for
help and. still wearing his mask, gath
cred up some bags of money and with
the fireman In the lead, also carrying
bags of coin, started up the mountain
side.
At a point about 300 yards up the
incline the two men laid down their
burden and the fireman was ordered
back to his train At this juncture
two or three of the passengers, who
had been aroused by the unusual stop
came on the scene and their presence
encouraged the trainmen to offer re
sistance.
The robber opend fire. but the only
damage he inflicted was to send bul
let through the hand of Conductor
Isaac r. Poffenberger. one OF the old
est and best known conductors II
the service of the company. The high
wayman then grabbed bag of none!
and fed up the mountain, leavinI
practically all of his booty where tn
fireman had deposited 1t for him.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-09-01
SLIGHT DAMAGE RESULTED
City OF Rome Experiences an Earth
quake Shock.

CITY OF home Experiences an GdTtn-
quake Shock.
Rome, Sept. This city expert
enced an earthquake shock. The dam
age done was slight and no casual
ties have been reported.
The only damage so far reported Is
the cracking Of the facade OF the
chapel of Santa Anna
The shock was felt especially In
the higher quarters of the city.
There was considerable apprehen-
sion in the crowded districts OF the
city and the men and women In the
city hospitals and prisons were In
condition bordering on panic until as
surances were given that there was nc
danger
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-09-01
- -. - = 1890,
Quarter Million LfapfIirieS.

Union City. Tenn, Sept. 1.-Deyel
opments in the failure of the Hardy
Grain company show the aggregate
liabilities to be s1S6,Oo0. 1t is report
ed that when complete schedule ol
Indebtedness is fled 1t will total
quarter of q million dollars.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-09-01
VICTORY FOR THE CABINET
Ukase Issued Suppressing Russian
Council of Defense.

st. Petersburg, Sept. IAN inn
perial ukase just published suppresses
the council of imperial defense created
June 21, 1905. This amounts to a
substantial victory for the Stolypin
cabinet, which is working to co-or-
dinate the branches of the govern
ment in the constitutional sense, elm
mating grand ducal interference.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-09-01
last Of the Strikers svlcreu.

Pittsburg, Sept. 1.-The last of the
Pressed Steel Car company's strikers,
who still occupied company houses,
have vacated and only six children
were In attendance at the public
schools. About 160 new men were
taken into the plant. Owing to the
rigid patrol of the state troops there
was no demonstration.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-09-01

gers action. Berger contendcd that
Jeffries misunderstood what he had
done and showed the cablegram as
proof. 1t is from Carlsbad and signed
by Jeftries.
Agreement satisfactory. Inform
newspapers your action authorized by
me-"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-09-01
AUTHORIZED BY IEFFRlES
Berqer's Action in Signing Articles
With Johnson.

San Francisco, Sept. 1.-Sam Ber-
ger has received a cablegram from
James ]. Jeffries ratifying Berger's
action in signing tentative articles
with Jack Johnson IN Chicago several
weeks ago.
Following the signing of the tenta-
tive articles Jeffries In an interview
In England virtually repudiated Ber.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-09-01
ONLY THIRTY-TWO YEARS OLD
Royal e. Cabell Becomes Commission.
er of Internal Revenue.

Washington, Sept 1.-Royal E. Ca
bell, for the past three years post.
master at Richmond. Va, has become
commissioner of internal revenue, sue
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-09-01
BECAUSE OF TARIFF BILL
Governor Johnson Predicts Democrat.
lc Gains in Congress.

Chicago, Sept. 1.--Governor John
A. Johnson of Minnesota predicts
sweeping Democratic victories st the
1910 congressional elections as the
inevitable result Of the passage of
the new tariff law. He has been
sounding public sentiment In eleven
states while on lecture tour and de-
clares the country is thoroughly
aroused over the tariff question and
that the doom of many a Republican
representative who supported the
Aldrich, ,Paxns bill already Is sealed.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-09-01
ON A CHARGE OF BRIBERY
Brooklyn Police Magistrate Arraiened
In Court.

New York. Sept. 1.-Polfce Magis-
trate Henry e. Furlong OF Brooklyn
was arraigned before Justice Crane In
the supreme court on charge of re-
ceiving bribe of 1855 to influence
his conduct as magistrate. He was
also charged with entering into an ar
rangement by which he received sums
OF money for obtaining bonds for
prisoners who came before him as a
MAGISTRATE.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-09-01
Gas EXPLOSION at Minneapolis.

Minneapolis, Sept. 1.-Arthur An
derson is dead and Conrad Mortenson
is in a critical condition as the result
OF an explosion of en- acetylene tank
filling plant. The entire retail por-
tion Of the city was shaken by the
explosion.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-17

Barchman. lot 2. block 5. Columbia
Park addition, Rock Island. 5000.
Ebert B. Stone to A. H. Wendt, lots
I. s. 3, block 10, Old Town, Port Byron,
SLIGO
a. H. Wendt to Robert H. Wendt
west SO feet lots {, s.. 8, block 10, Old
Town, Port Byron, ST.
Albert Claus to Arthur s.. Benson
lot 3, block Z, o. Child's addition Mo
line, $1.400.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-17

Hackerson, lot 3. Hackerson's addition,
Moline, 81.
Same to NJ. Hackerson, lot 6, Hack
erson's addition. Moline. 81,
Same TO Hilda w. Nelson. lot 4
Hackerson's addition. Moline, 81.
Henry E. Krell 10 August Schoessel
lots 6. Z, block 1, H. E. Krelrs addi
ton, Rock Island, $500.
John r. Campbell to E. w. Lindbeck
lot ). block 2, John T. Campbell's Six
teenth street addition. Rock Island
1915.
Henry A. Ainsworth to Sarah Z
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-17

lot Z. block 2. Smiths addition, Moline.
$4,000
Olof j Roose to John NJ Rasmussen,
east GO feet of west 12O feet lot ii,
Lincoln Heights, Moline, $500.
John Dahlholm to Joel NJ. Benson
lot 2, block /, C. G. Thulin's addition
Moline, 81.
Mary A. Pate to Charles and Frieda
Barnett, part lot 81, village of Sears
1928.
BENJAMIN F. Schaub to EriclI C. wy
man, lot 4. block 4, Paramount add
ton, Moline, $500.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-17

James Mcnamara to James Gauley,
Jr., lot II, block c. Edgewood PARK,
Rock Island, $500.
William r. Bailey to Albert E. Nc
lnnis, lot 4, w. E. Bailey's Seventeenth
street addition. Rock Island. $500.
John G. Scheuermann to Patrick J.
McHugh, lot 6. w E. Bailey's Seven
teenth street addition, Rock Island. s4,-
500.
7. A. Marshall and C. B. Marshall
to Jessie F. Cool, part lot 6, Brigham
addition, Cordova, 81.
Henry W. Eberle 20 Joseph Hudson
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-17

north 211a acres of south IS acres of
west one-half southwest quarter sec
ton 10-16-2w, $3.50.
Gustaf A. Swanson to Earnest j.
Warner. lot 3, block 4, Third Wheelocb
Fifteenth street addition Moline, 81
800.
Anna Hackerson heirs to Elizabeth
Anderson. lot ,. Hackerson's addition,
Moline, 81.
Anna Hackerson heirs to Joseph T.
Hackerson. lot 5, Hackerson's addition
Moline. 81.
Anna Hackerson heirs to Reuben F
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-17
RECORD OF COURT HOUSE
Real Estate Transfers.

C. e. Lininger to Oscar F. Lundberg,
lot 9 f. H. Guyer's subdivision lot Is,
in Brasher's subdivision, section IL
17-2w, $3.50.
John NJ. Rasmussen to John A
Schmidt, east 60 feet of west 30 feet
lot II. Lincoln Heights, Moline. $500
Arthur S. Benson to Philip e. Sam
uels. east 45 feet lot 6, west 20 feet
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-17
GETS THE WHOLE AMOUNT
Case of Zeigler Against Gamble and
COwley Is Finished.

A verdict was given in the county
court this afternoon in the case OF
Frank M. Zeigler VS.. D. A. Gamble and
). e. Cowley. By it the plaintiff was
awarded the sum of $665.77 on a prom
Issory note on which the sum OF
S664.79 was asked. Attorneys Wool
and Ingelson represented the defend
ants and Peek and Dietz appeared for
1.-THE plaintiff.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-17

All the news all the time-Tne Argus
ARGUS.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-11-04

The New County agitation is
suggesting the idea of something
new to the boys and the first one
to core forward with a new idea
is Fore, the 12-year-old son of
Judge Jno. r. Fore. The little
fellow has just made a compass
complete with dial and needle
which he $ exhibiting to his
friends with degree of pardon
able pride. 1t is piece of expert
workmanship and does grct credit
to the little fellow. Every part
of the compass was made by his
own hands and the dial IS covered
with a neat piece of glass which
gives ample protection to the fig
ures. The needle which was man
ufactured from a piece of steel and
remains true to the pole. The
title fellow deserves a great deal
of credit for the ingenuity he dis
played in the manufacture of the
instrument.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-11-04

The Latta News which was
launched the first of the year by
E. Bourquin has suspended pub
lication. Latta is live town an d
the News was literally patronized
by the merchants, but for some
reason it could not weather th'
tempests encountered on ,ne
journalistic sea and it reefed sails
and dropped anchor. The Herald
hopes to see the News revived by
some live newspaper man who
will give Latta a paper its enter
prising people deserve.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-11-04

We want to thank the large num-
Der of subscribers who have re-
sponded so promptly to the blue
Y" on the margins of their
paper. Many of our readers have
paid up past dues and quite num-
Der have paid Il year in advance.
The blue TX" is a polite remin-
der that your subscription is due
and if it is not conv enient for YOU
to call at the office send the
amount by bank check, registered
letter or money order. Dom
hesitate to ask the amount of your
indebtcness. There is someone
in the Office all the time to furnish
information.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-11-04
The circuses, it seems, haven't
found out how much money is
circulating around Dillon.
PRESIDENT TAFT"S
Visit to
FLORENCE, S. c.

The President is to visit Flor
ence the evening of November 8
and address the people of that city
and section of the State. For this
auspicious occasion and the PEE
DEE INDUSTRIAL CONGRESS, which
convenes in Florence on Nov. 5
and 9, the ATLANTIC COAST LINE
will sell rcund-trip tickets at very
low rates from Wadesboro, Ben
nettsville, Rowland, Chadbourn
Lanes, Sumter, Clio and inte-me-
tiate stations.
Tickets will be on sale Nov. 7
and 8, limited to return on or be-
fore Nov. 10, 1909.
Rates, schedules, tickets and
any desired information can be
procured from ] L. Bridges, ticket
agent, Dillon, S. c., or by ad-
dressing the under signed.
w. J. Craig, T. c. White,
Pass. Traffic Mgr. Gen. Pass. Agt.
WILMINGTON, N. c.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-11-04

The following is a very truthful
remark: The man who grows up
in his native town is regarded as
a boy by his elders until he is we'll
started down the declivity of life
that ends in hole. The stranger
who comes into place IS more
often pushed to the front than the
young man who has grown up
with the town. This is the reason
why so manv young men become
dissatisfied with their home sur
roundings and long to cast their
lot in other quarters. Darling
ton Press.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-11-04

1t you are not subscriber to
The Herald now l., the time to get
youi name on the list. The Her
aid Is growing bigger and better
every da< and if you want to keep
up wisll the news of your county
1t will cost you only 81. so to keep
posted the year round. The Her
manu-. Nuekefetfer rT5Is announce,
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-11-04

aid is adding new names to its
list every day, but we want 500
new subscribers by Jan. 1st. Try
it year and if you think you
haven't got more than your
moneys worth the years subscrip-
ton will be returned to you cheer
fully.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-11-04

that he will give 81 nnn 200
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-10
From Another Point of View
This is the month when we get wind of it.

This the month wind of it.
10000 dozen pills What's he shoot
pills at?
In that Hamilton
talks railway tells the
TO the
When fogers
lice. that, least. is not bad sign
president will and will take the consequences
New York production n
he do when 1t comes to a stage whisper?
Now they
ediorvctm shot for what he had written
One the theories
Hamilton murder mystery that the victim was shot and died.
ofciasfdo anxious for immunity for
possibility his getting for telling all he
knows IN
divorce.
welded her husband as her father
a
white rhinoceros
there before
white rhinoceros hunter
prison scandal
suggesting that they
the real dope on the dopeeains ex warden
Hey when
a
the board would be preferable to Hely.
proprietor Of the osego hotel
o
able furniture
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-10

forgot the need or CRATE and secrecy,
but fortunately again the marquise
WAS too impatient 10 listen to the long
speeches, and she interrupted. Before
Ernest had another chance 10 incrin.
mate himself and Inadvertently betray
Jacqueline, the bell rang again.
That's Father Merlin the mar
Quise told him. Let him in He fol
lowed me mere, left him at home
telephoniDg
\ priest Ernest muttered TO him
self, going 10 the front door. This
Is really a little too much"
The good old able entered with his
cherubic countenance drawn down to
an expression of deepest pain. He had
no news 20 communicate. and could
ONLY iuye!gh against the catastrophe
Ernest was getting very much bored.
( He wanted them to go SO he could see
JacQufline again. The marquise had
settled herself comfortably. however.
ana cOntented herself with scolding 1T
her absent nephew
The rogue. I'll.never forgive him.
she declared
For having failed In his duty" the
able seconded
For being found out" the marquise
corrected him sharply What timesl'
she went on What morals The hus-
band deceives the wife; an hour later
the wife deceives the husband. They
marry and part. They love each other
and they leave each other"
Would you like 10 know what
think OF Jacqucline Andre and all their
little friends? They are only figures
in moving picture And they gyrate
and flicker and waver and tumble over
one another so fast that my poor eyes
are blinded ana can no longer see
anything"
The Hunt for Jacqueine.
The able moralized piously on the
tendency Of the time, Ernest listening
with ill-conceaed disgust. and the
marquise paying no attention. While
the abbe was talking there was an.
other violent ring al Ernests front
door bell
THAT must be Carteret." the mar.
quisc said, composedy. in answer to
an inquring and somewhat reproach-
full look from Ernest Il went to call
at his house. and as he wasn't I'm
lefH word for him 10 catch us up
here"
Il seem 10 be holding reception"
said Ernest as he admitted Carteret
Jacquelnes uncle greeted them all
with his usual breezy and impertur-
able manner.
Il suppose you know what has hap
pened?" said the marquise.
II know" he replied. When I got
home found this note from Jacque-
line: this incredible note"
He handed it to the marquise, who
read it aloud. Ernest gasped,
She seems TO have sen, out invi-
tations." ne muttered. his wrath, AZ
Jacdueline growing
we must find her" the marquise
said. i've been looking everywhere
haven't even taken time To dine, and
I'm starving"
ITO he Continued.)