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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-02-02
HEAD OF THE BURLINGTON
Darius Miller Becomes President of
Hill Road.

st. Paul, Feb. 2.-Darius Miller was
elected president of the Burlington
railroad at the directors meeting in
New York city. Mr.. Miller was re-
Gently made vice president of the COM
pany, in charge of traffic and opera
tion, and his second promotion comes
within about three months of the other
action.
The selection of Mr.. Miller to sue
ceed George T. Harris has been fore
casted several times in the press, but
was always denied by railway officials.
His duties as president will begin i'm.
mediately.
Mr.. Harris, the former president
was elected chairman of the board of
directors and his time will be devoted
to handling the financial part of the
system. Howard Elliott president OF
the Northern Pacific, was chosen as
one of the directors.
James j. Hill attended the meeting
and it is understood that he directed
the election. 1t is known that Mr.
Miller has proved valuable man to
the Hill interests and he has beer
marked for preferment for severa
years
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-02-02
SURPRISE FOR
UPPER HOUSE
Purcell Succeeds Thompson
as North Dakota Senator.
LATTER IS SERIOUSLY I'LL

Has Gone to Texas for His Health and
Doubt Is Expressed by Friends That
He Will Ever Recover-Objection
to Credentials of New Member Made
by Mr.. Burrows, but He Finally is
Sworn In.
Washington, Feb. Wv. e. Purcell
Of Wahpeton was sworn in as a men,
Der of the United States senate from
North Dakota, succeeding Fountain l..
Thompson, resigned. The ceremony
took place few minutes after the SEN
ate met Mr. Purcell's credentials as
a member of the senate were present
cd by Senator McCumber, who an
nounced that Senator Thompson had
resigned; that Mr.. Purcell had been
appointed to fill the vacancy and was
present and ready to take the oath of
Office
For a minute or so it looked as if
there might be a hitch in the well laid
plans of Governor Burke of North Da-
kota to have Mr. Purcell succeed Mr.
Thompson as member of the senate.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-02-02
UPRISING IN KOREA
OF SERIOUS NATURE
Japan Fastening the MobAiza-
- tlon Of Troops.

Kobe, Japan, Feb. 2.-Urgent orders
have been received from Toxic to
hasten the mobilization of troops to
be used in the suppression of the lat
est Korean uprising in South Phon-
gan. The situation there is far more
serious than first dispatches indicated
and instead OF twenty Japanese hav-
ing been killed in the uprising it is
now believed scores have been slain
and an immense amount OF property
destroyed.
All the government ofncials in the
district have been murdered, accord
ing to the latest dispatches. and the
government buildings burned.
Thousands of armed Koreans have
Joined the uprising and are killing and
looting wherever resistance is met.
The affected district is intensely
anti-Japanese and the leaders of the
revolt are Inspired with the idea that
the only way to prevent the threat
ened annexation of the Hermit King
dom by Japan and the destruction OF
the last vestige of Korean autonomy
is to begin a war against the Japa
nese and all government officials who
accept Japanese dictation.
Troops are being rushed to the
scene and a serious conflict Is immi
nent Z.
The Koreans are fanatics and viii
probably be exterminated rather thar
yield to the Japanese.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-02-02
OPEN STRUGGLE FOR
CONTROL OF OHIO
Taft and Harmon Fighting in
Buckeye State.

Columbus, O., Feb. 2.-Control OF
Ohio-and control of Ohio is the big
gest thing in American politics today
lis the prize in the fight between
President Taft and Governor Harmon
which began in the open Tuesday with
the reference of the pet reforms OF
both leaders to committees of the legis
lature.
II Harmon can win his reforms II
Is conceded his campaign for re-elec
ton may be successful. That would
make him the logical candidate of tis
party for president Harmon carried
Ohio, though Taft won the state by
about 10000. Harmon's chief strength
In his first campaign for governor was
the way he courted the farmer at the
county fairs. His defeat of Farmer
Andy" Harris surprised the Republic
ans and made him presidential posi-
bility. In his first message to the leg
islature he advocated radical reforms
The Republican leaders declared tha
instead Of blocking Harmon they
would outbid him. Taft himself sup
piled Speaker Mooney with the public
utilities bill, one reform feature Har
mon omitted. That omission will b'
Republican thunder later on.
So far the Republican measures tha
followed the same paths as those ad
vocated by Harmon have the right o
way, but the governor had the frs
word with his message to the legisla
ture
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-02-02

VALUE OF THE GOULD ESTATE
Report Filed In Court Dscloses the
Exact Figures.

New York, Feb. 2.--The examina.
tion in court Of the accounts of George
and Helen Gould, receivers for their
sister, Anna Gould, formerly the
Countess de Castellane and now the
Princess de Sagan, to settle the debts
she inherited and incurred with her
first husband, has disclosed the exact
figures of the income of the Gould
heirs from the fortune left by Jay
Gould.
Figures brought by Special Master
Berry, appointed by Federal Judge La
combe, show the Gould estate to be
valued at $120,OOO,00O. From this the
annual income reached it's maximum
in 1903 when it aggregated $4,697 ,54s
with a pro rata shars for each of the
six heirs. The income tumbled to Its
minimum in 1908 when 1t amounted t
only $2,S51,976.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-02-02
ROAD WILL ENTER DULUTH
Objectionable Feature Of Franchise Is
Removed.

Duluth, Feb. 2.-It now begins to
look as If the Canadian Northern road
would secure a franchise from the
city of Duluth which will be satisfac,
tory to the road.
At the last council meeting the
clause requiring the road to give Du.
luth equal rates with Canadian lake
ports was stricken from the franchise
This point was the one on which the
roads chief objections were based.
The franchise will come up for final
action next Monday night and will
probably pass. 1t now is believed to
be satisfactory to the road, in spite
of the fact that 1t requires the road
to pay assessments for municipal inn
provements, which is not required by
the state laws.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-02-02
street Car Strike Threatened.

New York, Feb. 2.-Conferences
strike of 5000 motormen, conductors
and guards of the Brooklyn Rapid
Transit company's elevated system.
Cessation of work is threatened be-
cause of the discharge OF forty EN-.
ployes recently. The men say that
they were discharged because they
Joined a union.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-02-02
CONDITIONS ARE
NEARING NORMAL
Flood Waters Continue to
Recede at Paris.
hUNDREDSARE STARVING


pie Are Homeless and Many Of
These Must Be Given Assistance for
Months--Impoverish People Re
ject Plan to Send Them to Unaf-
fected Country Districts.
Paris, Feb. 2.-The River Seine is
falling steadily, the recession being at
the rate of three-fourths Of an inch
an hour. The waters are also retreat
ing from the streets. More tramways
are in operation, as are the new sec.
tions of the subway.
Streets that had been closed to
traffic were In many instances re-
opened and in the heart of the city
things resumed a more normal ap.
pearance.
In the outskirts and in the inup-
dated regions above and below the
city the greatest distress still pre-
walls, despite the magnificent efforts
toward relief and the prodigal distri-
button of food supplies.
Hundreds of persons are found on
the verge of starvation and thousands
who lost everything must be aided
| for months.
1t is estimated that more than $50,
900 persons have been affected by the
floods.
! Freezing temperature adds to the
misery of the unfortunates. An at
Z tempt to resume the railroad service
before the electric signal system had
been restored has resulted in dozen
! train collisions.
! Orders were issued for 900 carloads
of lime. This will be spread over the
city and scattered in Easements.
All over the city there are blazing
piles OF rubbish and flood refuse. BED
mattresses are favorite item In the
menu of the flames.
Task,Is Gigantic One.
Other signs OF the gigantic cleaning
up that Paris must pass through il
the next two weeks are painters ant
scrubbers and putting engines that arr
bravely trying to empty Easements IL
sections that are now above the gen
eral spread of the water. -.
The reaction has set in and Parisian
are going at the work of rehabilitation
with light hearts. ~
There were fewer serious after ei
fects of the flood than on any da,
since the river began to recede.
few more sidewalks eaved In and on
building collapsed. Engineers made
careful examination of all the Sem
bridges and declared that none Of then
had been seriously damaged and al
were again thrown open to the public
A proposal to send thousands of tn
homeless to the unaffected countr
districts until conditions have i'm
proved here is not meeting with muc
success. The government offers to de
fray the expenses of any thus depor1
ed, but the poor themselves are thos
who are 'objecting They do not wan
to quit their homes for any length G
time and so remain a charge on tn
city. al
There are still between 10000 an
100000 homeless to provide for an
while the work of caring for them ha
been systematized to an appreciabl
, extent over the haphazard early relic
, the task is taxing the authorities t
the limit
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-02-02
Shoots Self as Funeral Passes.

New York, Feb. 1.-Clutching a lit.
tie American flag, on which the words
Gel Caney" were embroidered, Andrew
Behr of Brooklyn, veteran of the
Spanish-American war, died at the
Kings county hospital from self-in-
flicted bullet wound in the head. He
had stood on the street watching the
funeral procession and as the last car
riage ~ -, shot himself.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-02-02
Rushinu Away From the Earth.

st. Louis, Feb. 2.-Comet A 1910
has tail forty-tbree degrees in length
and is rushing away from the earth,
according to Father C. Nj. Charropin.
astronomer at ST. Louis university.
The nucleus is diminishing in bril-.
liancy, he says, and the nebulous mat
ter about the necleus has contracted
but the tail has grown to an enormous
length.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-02-02
TRAMP Heir to $3.50, 900.

Boston, Feb. 2. = After having
tramped in poverty throughout the
country for nearly dozen years
James J. Corbett was declared heir
to $3.50, 900. Judge George Of the pro-
bate court decided that Corbett was
the missing brother and heir Of Will
lam j. Corbett. q junk dealer OF this
city. The claims OF several other per-
IONS were rejected.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-02-02
Newsboya InhsrIss sso, 900.

UaGinaw. Mich. Feb. 2.-William
proskauer. twenty-one, years old, a
former 6Aginaw newsboy. has left for
Germany. where he has fallen heir to
N estate OF $4,000. An eighteen.
ysar-dld brother, Samuel, Of Cincin.
natl, has been beQueathsd $4,000.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-02-02
BlNGER HERMANN ON STAND
Denies Conspiracy to Defraud ths
Government.

Portland, Ore, Feb. 2.-Former Con
gressman Binger Hermann took the
stand in his own defense in his trial
here on charge Of conspiracy to de
fraud the government in public lands
His Testimony was general and spe
cific denial of any connection what
ever with any conspiracy.
Hermann also entered specific de
nial to the evidence of government
witnesses that he had ever suggested
to Surveyor General Meldrum tina
Meldrum purchase some school lant
within the proposed reserve.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-02-02
70 PROTECT POSTAL CLERKS
Congressman Carey Says Government
Should Furnish steel Mail Cars.

T7f
onoo'o FURNISH Stees MA" Sd's' seA
Washington. Feb. 2.--To protect the
lives of government postal employees
on trains and prevent the loss Of mail
BY nfes Representative Carey of Wis
consin is in favor Of the government
buying its own steel mail cars and
contracting with the railroads foi
their hauling
He has introduced bill that au
thorixes the postmaster general to pro
ceed with the work Of contracting
these cars, to put them In use as rapid
~ as possible and to have all railroads
fully equipped with them by 1915.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-02-02
IS A WARNING TO FRANCE
Cardinal Gibbons Discusses Recent
Disastrous Floods.

New Orleans. Feb. 2.-"It Is de-
plorable," declared Cardinal Gibbons,
In speaking here of the French floods.
1--WE cannot question Gods decree,
but surely this national disaster should
have the effect OF making the French
people think Of what they have done
to the religious communities"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-02-02
PUTS MEATS ON FREE LIST
Bill introduced In House BY Repre-
sentative FoeIker.

i washington, Feb. 2.-Representa-
tive Otto G. Foelker (Rep., N. Y.) has
introduced his p11l' placing beef, NUT
ton, lamb, pork and other meats on
the free list Of entry into this country
for q period OF one year from the en-
actment Of the measure into law.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-02-02
cHokEs TO DEATH ON MEAT
Louisville Councilman Dies While Eat
ing Free Lunch. &.

Louisville, Feb. 2.-Henry v. Wolff,
councilman from the Eleventh ward.
choked to death on a piece OF meat
which he was endeayoring to swallow
at free lunch counter IN q saloon.
A physician was hastily summoned,
but the councilman died Of suffocation
before aid arrived.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-02-02

Senator Burrows of Michigan, chair.
man of the committee on privileges
and elections, which passes upon the
qualifications of members of the SEN
ate, did not like the form of the cre-
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-05-11
WILL DEDICATE
BUILDING TONIGHT
Ex-Gov. Guild, Of Massachusetts,, Il
To Deliver Principal Address at
Memorial Hall at q. Of NJ.

ANN ARBOR, Mich, May lI.-(Spe-
cial. Tonight at o'clock the mag
nificent new memorial building, the
gift TO the University Of Michigan OF
the alumni all over the country, VIII
be dedicated with impressive cere-
monies.
Ex-Governor Curtis Guild, OF Massa-
chusetts, will deliver the principal adj
dress and there will be addresses by
Hon. c. b. Grant. Of Detroit; Regent
Walter Sawyer. OF Hillsdale, and Ezra
Rust, OF Saginaw.
Immediately after the dedicatory
exercises, which will be held In Uni
verstty hall. the memorial building viii
be thrown open where the great art
exhibit will be shown for the 6rst
time. Among the paintings which
have been hung are the famous
Whistler pictures and some rare ex-
amples of early Japanese art belong
ing TO Charles l.. Freer. Of Detroit
Mr.. Freer has been in the city for
the past few days experimenting the
hanging OF the pictures.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-05-11
ENGINEERS MEET TO
HAVE THRILLER
tcoutInued from Pas. On.J

dicated that there will be no great
worry II he does not come at all The
Brotherhood II a very conservative or
ganization with a policy of minding
Its own business all the time and
| never engaging In sympathetic strikes
and It's connection with other or
ganized labor bodies Is very slight.
II Is too early In the convention for
there TO have been much talk regard
ing the selection OF officers. The
general opinion Is that Grand Presi-
dent Warren s. Stone will be re-elect-
ed. He succeeded President Arthur,
who had held ONCE for a great many
years The other Offices do not at
tract much attention at the present
time as the election is still weeks
away.
At the same time the engineers are
In session. the Grand International
Auxiliary, an organization composed
of the wives and daughters OF en-
gineers, is in session in Clark's
dancing academy on Adams-ave east.
There are 500 delegates TO the wo-
mems convention and they have their
own problems to dispose OF. Their
IliIik bcSHlOu was utNOlGu 10
! ly routine business and the presenta-
ton of credentials. Mrs. w. A. Muir
doch has been grand president OF the
auxiliary for % years, and there is
no opposition TO her reelection so far,
In case she decides to be a candidate
again.
"Shandy Mcclure" the Brotherhood
poet. whose verses are a feature OF
the orders official paper, is one OF the
most interesting figures OF the con-
.'vention. His real name is j. Z. Fen
nell and he halls from Altoona, Pa.
running out OF that town on the New
York Central lines ''Shandy" is as
clever tslker 20 writer, and Is In
demand at all OF the social gatherings
He has not missed a convention In a
score Of years
The grand ball of the B. of L. E,
and the Auxiliary, is to be held Thurs
! day evening. and the ladies are ex-
pected TO give the orders for this part
OF the program.
Mindful OF the fact that Detroit Is
I the birthplace of the order the local
! committee is giving a great deal OF
attention TO ever detail that will in.
/ sure 70 the comfort of the visitors
| This Is the hrst meeting of the
| Brotherhood here since 1868. Among
the members Of the Detroit commit.
, tee are a number OF live ones" who
are busy every hour.
/ While the gathering Is still far from
complete, there are already engineers
here from practically every road of
! any importance In the United States.
Alaska and even some from western
| Canada ard Mexico. One delegate
comes from the canal zone of Panama.
w. RI. Kent will preside at the for
NAL opening of the convention,
Wednesday evening. and Mayor Bret
meyer will deliver an address OF wei
1 come
! Addresses will be made by President
/ Larned, OF the Board Of Commerce !:
Grand Chief Stone, Congressman
Townsend. p n Morrissey, president
OF the Railroad Employees and Invest.
ors' association Judge Phelan. A. b.
Garretson. president of the r. T., and
p. Fennell
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-05-11
HOW WEATHER
NEWS IS SECURED
Uncls Sam Sends Kites Up So High
That They Become Lost, But In
struments Gather information.

MT. WEATHER, Va. May l1.-Ont
~ the .'bulliest" places in the work
for a boy TO visit Is Mt Weather
Here Is Uncle Sans weather expert
nnent station for dying kites and send
Ing up red rubber gas balloons.
Talk about flying kites, When yoy
have team OF. say, ~ box kites Oh
5 q single wire. top kite visible only &c
telescope. and pull on the wire
that will drag three horses along the
ground that's some sport
Mt Weather Is one OF the high
spots In the Blue ridge range; about
so miles west of Washington. SO II
\ doesn't make any difference what di-
rection the wind rs blowing, there Is
free space on every hand for the kite
nying.
One OF the shops at the station Is
devoted exclusively to making kites.
All are box kites.
Each division OF the box kite is
called cell In the government kites
the front cell is triplane and the
rear q biplane IKE the Wright aero
plane. This gives the kites better
balance, raising the front cell little
when the kite is In flight The planes
are muslin over frames. The rear
cell Of the head kite, which carries In
strunents, Is painted black, The
helper kites are white all over The
kites are flown on a threadlike steel
wire Of enormous strength.
I'D on Mt. Weather the wind Is SO
steady the man at the kite only has
10 let 20. and the kite leaps up swiftly
and Loiselessly as giant white bird.
Then the windlass man pays out the
wira swiftly and the kite travels Out
over The valley until II Is small as a
bird At the end OF 500 yards OF wire
there n loop Another kite is tied
TO the loop with light rope about rs
yards long.
At the end of another 500 yards Is
q second loop and a second helper
kite n sent out over the valley. Then
n third and a fourth, until. II the wind
IS light and very high flight is de-
sired, there will be a dozen kites on
the wire.
Y0u look up at the kites The two
or three nearest you can see easily,
though the farthest is very small. The
Fourth IL Just a speck. The fifth IS
clear iout Of sight And the head kite
can be observed only through the tele-
scope On favorable days the head
kite has reached an altitude of four
niles
Often, when the upper air currents
blow In different directions the kites
viii break away. The station scien-
lists pay 81 for the recovery of d
helper kite. and $3.50 reward for the
head kite. 7, Once when the wire
snapped In the southeast gale the
Kites kept dropping one by--one over
The mountains into Pennsylvania, the
last one down falling In Pittsburg.
Hundreds OF miles away.
When the kites have reached their
high altitude It is well not to touch
the humming wire, unless It In
er0linded Otherwise you will receive
an electric shock of voltage enough 10
knock man down n is small
stroke or lightning its
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-05-11
VOTES BONDS FOR HALL,
Battle Creek Also Decides to Borrow
Money for Streets.

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. May H.
Battle Creeks long squabble over pay.
ing Niles Bryant for his property on
Monument square for city hall site,
came nearer an end yesterday when
the voters, at a special election, de-
cided 10 bond the city for $4,000 for
an immediate payment of the price
in full. This election followed Mayor
Bailey's refusal TO sign the warrant
drawing ON the city's general fund for
$40 900. as first payment, the supreme
court deciding that Bailey was in tho
right. Al previous election the city
had decided TO issue 100000 bonds
for the erection OF the city hall,
The voters also decided to bond the
city for $4,000 worth OF brick paw
ing and $4,000 for a cement bridge on
Kendallst The vote was light and
the opposition weak, despite the
months OF agitation and litigation.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-05-11
MAIL BAG IS STOLEN.

BATTLE CREEK. Mich. May H.
After working quietly for several
hours local government authorities an.
nounced that postal robbery oc-
CURED early yesterday morning at the
Grand Trunk depot. pouch being
stolen while in transit. carried TO
Cliff-st.. opened and robbed of 80 let.
tiers. The extent of the plumber Is un.
known. Spectacle boxes directed TO
the Shiliits q Kedney firm OF Mar
cellus and Albert Dorance of Scots
from the JohnstoH-o Optical company
and the Charlesworth Optical com.
pany, Detroit. were broken open and
the contents removed.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-05-11
JAILED AS HORSE THIEF.
Jesse Mcconnell Had Been sought for
Ten Months by Genesee Sheriff.

FLINT. Mich, May ll.-After |"
pursuit that continued for ten months.
Jesse Mcconnell, 25 years old, alleged
10 have stolen two horses In Flint last
July, has been arrested IN Denver, Col
Sheriff Parkhurst left for Denver last
night TO bring Mcconnell back to
Flint.
For ten months officers have been
searching for Mcconnell but they
were unable to get any trace OF him
until about a week ago when they
learned that he had been In Denver
for several months. message was
sent TO the police there with instruc-
tions 10 arrest him as soon as he
could be located.
Mcconnell Is a married man and
his wife's people live at Wilmington.
The horses which he Is alleged TO
have stolen, one from the market
and another from In front OF police
headquarters, we're recovered by the
sheriff last August after a search
through several counties. One animal
was found al Bay City and the other
at Saginaw
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-05-11
MRS. DORA scHNooR DEAD.
Had Been Resident Of New Baltimore
For Sixty Years.

NEW BALTIMoRE, Mich, May II
Mrs. Dora Schnoor, who mad lived
in New Baltimore for 60. years. is
dead at her home here. aged 80. She
broke her hip when she fell four years
ago and never recovered from the ef
fects OF the accident.
Mrs. Schnoor and her husband. who
died 20 years ago, had been engaged
in the general Merchandise business
here. Mrs. Schnoor leaves a daugh
ter, Mrs. Hathaway, who lives with
her.
The deceased had many friends In
Detroit.