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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-06-06

pie to Consider in a Broad Way the
Necessities of the Railroads and
Avoid a "caIamitous BIunder."
New York, June 6.-The fight for
and against the increased freight rates
by the railroads of the country is
rapidly taking on titanic proportions.
On the side of the railroads are be-
ing lined up the manufacturers of
railway materials, equipment and sup
plies, and through them every person
who draws a benefit from the sale or
manufacture of anything used by the
railroads and all merchants who profit
from the wage earners of those so en-
ployed.
On the other side are the manufac-
turers, farmers and shippers gener-
ally. Injected into the fight are the
thousands of commuters who are en-
ragged by the announcement that all
communication rates are to be increased
Ito meet the increased payrolls of the
railroads" The commuters first want
ed to know why they were to be the
goats" and stand the burden for the
wage increases.
Then came the announcement that
freight rates were also going up and
the commuters joined hands with the
shippers to aid the attorney general in
his fight to keep rates down.
rrl- se Aint
that will interest every man, woman
and child In the United States. So far
the railroads have the worst of the
struggle, inasmuch as the increase in
freight rates in the West has been en-
Joined in the federal court and the
Eastern roads will probably be kept,
temporarily, at least, from raising
their rates.
That the railroads realize influence
will be required to make the people
see the necessity for higher rates is
shown by a call for conference OF
the general executive committee of the
Railway Business association.
Propose to Aid Railroads.
That association will meet in the
Hotel Belmont on next Wednesday
and will consider plans for aiding the
railroads.
Composed as it is of manufacturers
of railway equipments, materials and
supplies in twenty-five states 1t was
brought into the fight by the railroads
who threatened to cancel all orders for
new cars, engines and equipment
President George A. Post, in discuss
ing the situation, said that at meet
ing strong appeal" will be prepared
to the people and federal officials tc
consider in a broad way the necessi
ties of the railroads and "avoid the
calamitous blunder of technical vic
tories in litigation which may result
in widespread industrial and CONNER
cial distress"
1t was intimated by persons inter
ested in this association that pressure
will be brought to bear on President
Taft of such a character that the de
partment of justice will be compelled
to withdraw its suit against the West
ern roads.
Already it is said the influence of j
p. Morgan & Co., exerted through
George w. Perkins, has led the West
ern shippers to rescind much of theil
opposition to increased rates. Per
kins. it is declared by men familiar
with the situation here. has pointed
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-06-06
GREECE CALLS OUT RESERVES
Fears Turkey contempiates IN Ao0res-
sive Move Apainst Her.

Athens, June 6.-For fear that Tur-
key is contemplating an aggressive
movement In either crete or Thes-
sally the government has called out
10000 reserves to reinforce the army.
The government makes no Official
explanation of its action, but 1t is
known tnat it is preparing for an
Ovort act by Turkey.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-06-06
FIGHT ON Rates
IS NATIONWIDE
Both Sides Lining Up for
Battle in Courts.
WILL AID The CARRIERS

Executive Committee of Railway Busi-
ness Association to Issue "Strong
Appeal" to Federal Officials and Peo-
pie to Consider in Broad Way the
Necessities of the Railroads and
Avoid a "Calamitous BIunder."
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1910-06-06

out to the shippers that they could
pass any increase on to the consumer
and that their business would not be
hurt by a reasonable advance in
rates"
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-03
BANDIT SLAYER
TURNS MURDERER
Wealthy Farmer Kills Father
and Brother in Law and
Eludes Posses
Believed to Be Headed for Cali
fOrnia and Police of State
Are Notified
[ Special Dispatch TO The Gail

PITTSBURG, Pa, March 2.-The au-
thorities of Fayette county. Pa, to-
day mailed to the chief of police of
every city and large town in California
a picture and full description of b.
Frank Smith, a rich farmer from near
Uniontown, Pa, who, Sunday night,
killed his aged father and later his
brother in law with a rifle and made
his escape.
Monday and Tuesday Smith was
chased through the mountains back or
UniOntown by 40 armed deputy sheriffs,
but he managed to elude them, and
from information at hand is thought to
be on his way to California, where he
had long talked of going. 1t is now
known that Smith drew $4,000 from a
Uniontown bank before killing his
father. David Smith, and his brother in
law. Evan Moser.
Smith had heard that his father, who
was 63 years DID, intended to remarry,
and lay in wait for him Sunday night
as he was returning from church and
shot him to death. He killed his brother
in law in the latters bedroom.
The hunted man. for whom reward
of $500 was offered today, is one of
the best shots east of the Mississippi
river. Twelve years ago he led posse
of officers into the Chestnut Ridge
mountains in search of the notorious
Cooley gang, and while alone he met
Dick Cooley, the bandit leader of the
gang, face to face on a mountain road.
duel to the death resulted Smith
killing the bandit leader.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-03
HAMMOND'S HAND
IN HETCn HETCHY
Millionaire Mining Man Wants
Some of City's Money for
His Holdings
Is Willing to Let San Fran
cisco In for a Million
Dollars
Continued from Page One

rancho that will form the most valu-
able asset of the snewly created City
and Suburban realty company. In dis
cussing his real estate holdings re-
Gently Bourn said that the Lake Mer-
ced ranch offered villa site possibilities
unsurpassed in any part of the United
States. He asserted that he could cut
up the property so as to offer home
sites as attractive as those of Tuxedo,
near New York
The property is not at the present
time connected with the city by the
necessary rail lines, but this feature
is to be cared for. 1t is generally un-
derstood that Twin peaks will be bored
and Market street cars run straight
through to the Spring Valley realty.
This would give Bourn the opportunity
to place large section of the ranch
on the market for home sites
Bourn has been greatly encouraged
by the attitude of Mayor Mccarthy and
he feels that he will be able to get
more for. his property by selling only
the water sheds to the city and retain
ing the realty for himself and his as
sociates.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-03
SAN JOSE CAR COMPANY
TIGHTENS PURSE STRINGS
Refuses to Sell Communication
Tickets; War Threatened
I Special Dispatch 10 The Call

SAN JOSE, March 2-The residents of
the southern end of the city are ready
for war on the new local railroad trust
known as the San Jose Railroads as a
result of the canceling of the privilege
of buying streetcar fare tickets in 81
lots of 26 each.
Up to a few weeks ago, when the
consolidation was effected these tick
cts We're sold on the First street road,
although they have not been used on
Santa Clara street in some months.
With the combination has come the
decision to sell no more tickets, and
many a nickel that has been going into
the savings of regular patrons of the
line will be transferred into the Golfers
of the company.
The public at first viewed with de-
light the Hanchett street railway COM
bination, believing a transfer system
would come, but this, too, is denied,
not even a promise of such a compro-
mise being given by the officials of the
company. Many persons who hereto
fore used the cars in going to anj
from the business center are now walk
ing as a protest against the company S
policy.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-03
Patients Underfed

Il have served as purser on the
steamship Manchuria and was purser
on the Panama steamer San Juan when
/ was stricken down almost three years
ago. AS a man of this experience / Will
state positively that the nourishment
given the ordinary patients at the ma
rine hospital is totally insufficient and
does not cost more than Is cents per
person per day, instead of the 35 cents
which the administration claims the
food costs. This has only been so since
Doctor Gassaway assumed control.
The cases of Burnett and Blossom
were brought to the attention of the
union officials and their history will be
included in the mass of data which is
being placed in the hands, of Andrew
Furuseth, president of the international
seamen's union, who is now in Wash
ington. The evidence will be placed in
the hands of Surgeon Beneral Walter
Wyman in support of the demand for an
investigation, and unless favorable ac-
tion is secured the matter will be car
ried by the union officials to congress.
Not in many years have the members
of the associated seamen's unions been
aroused to INDICATION as they are at the
present time, because of the expose of
alleged cruelty to their fellow workmen
and the declaration of DIR. Gassaway to
the effect that the marine hospital serv-
ice involved a useless expenditure of
money for the care of the unfortunate
sick Additional resentment has been
aroused by the inference from the COM
manding officers remarks that the ma
rine hospitals of the United States are
maintained as charitable institutions.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-03
"COOD FEE" IN IT
FOR TIE SENATOR
Now Jefferson Davis Wants His
Testimony Before House
Committee Corrected
Member of Federal Senate AdvO=
Gates Passage OF Bill for
Benefit of Client

WASHINGTON, March 2.-Senator
Jefferson Davis of Arkansas failed to-
day to have stricken from the records
of the house committee on public
lands d statement he made before the
committee several days ago when he
appeared to advocate a bill introduced
by Representative Oldffeld of Arkansas,
quieting title to about 100000 acres OF
swamp lands in the eastern part of
Arkansas known as sunk lands
Senator Davis statement indicated
that he was to receive a fee for his
services as attorney for the ST. Francis
levee board in the litigation over the
lands. The lands in dispute are
claimed in part by the United States,
the St Francis levee board and pri-
vate individuals.
1t had been admitted by Senator
Davis that he was the attorney for the
St Francis levee board of the state OF
Arkansas which claimed title to the
lands under state grant, and Tor
which he brought suit against num-
Der of persons who had cut timber on
the lands. The land was sold in many
cases. it is said, for $3.50 an acre, but
the standing timber was reported to
be worth from $40 to S25 per acre.
On his first appearance before the
committee the record showed that Sen
ator Davis made the following state
ment:
We could not prove our title.
[ confess that there is just that
much of selfishness in it, to me,
because there is a good fee II L
can recover the price of that tim
ber. | do not care to whom 1t
goes the state of Arkansas or the
St Francis levee board, but
would rather it should go to the
St Francis levee board, because
that is just my fight.
In correcting his testimony Senator
Davis struck out the words because
there is a good fee if l can recover the
price of that timber" and substituting
for them the following: Because l
am the attorney for the St. Francis
levee board for the recovery of this
timber"
Senator Davis tonight gave out a for
NAL statement in which he denounced
as absolutely false and without foun-
dation," the report that he was to get a
fee in the event of the passage of the
bill.
He declared that the bill was just
and was intended merely to quiet the
title to certain lands bought by friends
of his in Forest City from the st. Fran
els board, the purchases having been
made on the strength of opinions rem
dered by former secretaries of the IN
terror. Hoke Smith and Hitchcock.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-03
Tax Is Repealed

Briefly, the general understanding
among seamen, public men and the peo-
pie at large, is that the hospital service
is maintained as a matter of public duty
to the seafaring class and that there is
no element of charity involved in its
esta ablishment or management. The
fact is, that at the time of its esta blish-
ment and for many years thereafter the
service was maintained by a tax levied
on the wages of the seamen. In later
years the tax was repealed because of
the recognition by the people of the
nation of it's injustice. Since that time
the service has. been maintained at pub
lie expense as a matter of sacred duty
to the seafaring class.
When a man of high rank in the
service so misconstrues his position
and mismanages a sacred trust, as Doc
tor Gassaway undoubtedly has, it is
time for the public to call for an ac-
count of his stewardship. The demand
for a full investigation will be pressed
with every resource at the command
of the sailors unions and maritime or
ganizations."
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-03
NO MORE TROUBLE
FROM DYSPEPSIA.

Indigestion, Sick Headaches, Bilious
ness, Constipation, Poor Appetite or
Heartburn if you will only use the
friendly aid of Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters. Take dose before each
meal for a few days and notice the
Improvement in your general health
Hundreds of grateful people have
written us that the results from this
famous medicine have been mar
velous, often giving relief after all
else had failed We believe that such
an experience will come to every suf-
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persuaded to make the effort, and
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matters and makes cure so much
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cases of Stomach. Liver, Kidney and
Bowel disorders and is also very eff
fective in cases of Cllills, Colds,
Grippe and Malaria, Fever and Aque.
All Druggists.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-03
ITCH GONE INSTANTLY
PROOF At rs CENTS

What eczema sufferer would not
spend 25 cents to cure that terrible
agonizing itch?
Since, our repeated recommends
tions failed to induce some Eczema
sufferers right in this town to try
D. D. D. Prescription at S1.00 bot
tie, we arranged with the D. D. D.
Laboratories of Chicago to offer a
special trial-for the present-at only
rs cents for this special bottle. This
nominal price is made to assure a
trial by every skin sufferer.
The remedy will convince you in
stantly, for it takes the itch away the
very moment you start to wash the
skin, and it cures-as we KNOW.
Owl Drug Co, 778 Market St, 710
Market ST., 943 Kearny ST, 10th and
Mission sts., Post st. and Grant av.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-03
Criticises Marine Hospital

At the Mount Zion hospital yester-
day l.. G. Blossom, who was patient
at the marine hospital for more than
30 months, commented bitterly on Doc
tor Gassaways administration and the
attitude assumed toward the patients.
Blossom was suffering from paralysis
of the right side of his body. He was
removed from the federal institution
TO the hospital where he is now De-
cember 21, 1909.
The general attitude of the mem
bers of the staff at the marine hospitai
toward the patients is one of indiffer-
ence, and that of Doctor Moore is stu
diously So" he said.
Il was four months at the marine
hospital without a bath and my condl-
ton became absolutely desperate. !
was paralyzed and unable to help my
self.
In contrast with the Indifference of
the staff is the regulation which re-
quires that the patients in a ward sa
lutte the attending physician each
morning. This rule is rigidly enforced
and many times l have seen men to
whom 1T caused agony rise and salute
for fear of u reprimand. This sense
less matter, While but detail, is indie
ative OF the attitude toward the pa
tients.
For weeks prior to the time l got
away from the marine hospital l suf-
fered great pain in my left hip. L told
the doctors of ii but they did nothing.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-03
Forced From Hospital

1T was O'Clock in the afternoon
and raw and bleak, hut l left the hos
pital and walked to a streetcar
came to the Hotel Regent, and that
night sent for DR.. Ralph b. Scheier.
He ordered that I be taken to the
Mount Zion hospital the next day !
had a horror Of hospitals, but went
under his directions, and was there
three weeks ] improved rapidly and
left the hospital Friday.
Il would not have treated a dog in
the manner that ] was treated by Doc
tor Moore"
Doctor Scheier.. who was called to
attend Burnett after he reached the
Regent hotel. refused to comment on
the treatment or lack of treatment al
legged TO haev been accorded his pa
tient at the marine hospital He con-
sented TO make q statement regarding
what symptoms had come under his
personal observation.
Il found Burnett in critical condi-
ton az the Hotel Regent and ordered
him removed to the Mount Zion hos
pital the following day. The skin had
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-03
PLOT TO BURN HOTEL
STABLES DISCOVERED
Especial Dispolch 10 The COLL

SAN MATEO. March "A plot to
burn the stable of the Vandome hotel.
San Mateo, was discovered this morn
ing. Bart Sheehan, proprietor of the
hotel, went to the stable early this
morning and found that piles of straw
and combustibles had been saturated
with oil. Sheehan has team of vaIu-
able trotters which he keeps in the
stable. There is no clew to the iden-
tity of the miScreant
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-03
MERCANTILE NATIONAL
BANK is AUTHORIZED
ISnecial Dispatch 10 The Call

WASHINGTON, March 2.-The comp
troller of the currency today issued
certificates authorizing the Mercantile
national bank of San Francisco to be-
gin business with capital of s2,000,oOo
Henry T. Scott is president, John y
McLea vice president and cashier, w.
r Berry and o. Ellinhouse are assist
ant cashiers.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-03

been burned from almost the entire
area of his back. He informed me that
he had heen exposed in the chilly at
nnosphere.
'-On the following day his tempera-
ture rose rapidly and for a period his
condition was very critical. He is
young and strongly constituted and
responded to treatment. He is now out
of danger"
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-03
Not Charity Patients

Speaking for the seamen. E. Ellison,
secretary of the sailors union of the
Pacific has shown that the maintenance
of the hospital does not save any money
for seamen. but taht in its working it
saves money for the ship owners, who
are required by law to care for and
cure" any sailor who falls sick in the
I service of a vessel.
Walter Macarthur. editor of the Coast
Seameh's Journal, and held in the high
est respect as one of the ablest labor
leaders on the Pacific coast, holds a
view of the nature of the marine hos
pitaI service diametrically opposed to
/ that of DR.. Gassaway.
Doctor Gassaway has taken great
pains to explain his conception of the
purposes OF the marine hospital serv-
ice" said Macarthur yesterday, and in
substance his position is that it is a
charitable institution designed merely
TO attend to the most immediate neces-
stiles of seamen who are incapacitated
in the course of their calling. He also
explains that such care is rendered as
a matter of charity rather than right or
humanity.
I'VE have taken occasion in the past
/ to point out the obvious error in Doctor
! Gassaway's opinion and to state what
we believed to be at least the original
and hitherto prevailing purpose. name
ly, that the marine hospital was estab-
lished to guarantee to disabled seamen
the care needed and to which they are
entitled as matter of obligation on
the part of the ship owners and of the
public and the nature of their calling,
/ which precludes the possibility of their
making provision against emergencies
such as may be made by land workers.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-03
OFF FOR THE RACES

NEW YORK, March 2.-William X
Vanderbilt was a passenger on the
Mauretania, sailing today. He will be
in France for the opening of the racing
season there on March Is. For five
successive seasons he has headed the
list of winning owners in France.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-03

Asti Colony Tipo was the only red
wine served at the annual banquet of
the Chamber of Commerce in Los An
geles last week. Order it from your
grocer
The Hattiesburg news., 1910-08-06
CHILDREN'S DAY AT
IMMANUEL BAPTIST

Children's Day exercises will be
held at the Emmanuel Baptist church
tomorrow night, beginning at s
o'clock. A splendid program has been
arranged, and the public is cordially
invited to attend.
Following is the program:
Chorus-Lord's Prayer.
Chorus-Little Soldiers.
Scripture Reading and Prayer.
Greetings-Barbara Bailey.
Greetings by Card Class-Lucy
Nash O'Bryant, Eunice Ferguson and
Clifton Batson.
Recitation-Eunice Nash.
Chorus-'Little Sunbeams."
Recitation; who is Praying?"
rion Nash.
Recitation; Looking Glass"-Heber
Ferguson.
Recitation; GODS will"-Erma
Wallace.
Recitation; "Thy VIII Be Done
Lille Breland.
Solo; "I Want to Pawn My Doilie"
i-Bernice Batson.
Recitation; Don't Frown"-Ira
Nash.
Recitation; The Glow of the Sun
l-Elvir Caldwell.
Duet; Dear to the Heart of the
Shepherd" Caldwell and Marion
Nash.
Recitation; BE star"-Merl Wal
lace.
Recitation; Didn't Kiss Ma"-Bur
waller.
chorus; i wssAhd MY Hscds"-
The Hattiesburg news., 1910-08-06

vases of pretty cut flowers, and the
parlor and dining room were thrown
into one, where dancing was enjoyed
until late hour, the young men find
ing their partner for the first dance
by matching their tally card.
In the receiving line, which stood
in the parlor, was Mrs. M. d. Foley,
in pretty, white lacetrimmed ling
erie frock, Miss Lillian Knobloch, of
Anderson, S. c., in gown of soft
black silk, Miss Laura Porteous, of
New Orleans, in dainty white ling
erie frock, trimmed in lace and Miss
Lillian Shanghnessy, of New Orleans,
in pale blue silk.
Punch was served in the dining
room all during the evening, from a
punch bowl surrounded by roses.
Here Misses Bessie Haney and Win
nifred Redmond presided.
A dainty ice course and block cake
was served by Misses Mary Redmond
and Laura Porteous. Those who en-
joyed the delightful hospitality of Mr..
and Mrs. Foley were Misses Lillian
Shanghnessy, of New Orleans; Laura
Porteous, of New Orleans; Lillian
Knobloch, of Anderson, S. c.; Hattie
May Saddler, of Sheffield, Ala. ;
Mamie Thompson, Bessie Haney, AL
lie Camp, Katie L. I. Allen, Mary and
Winnifred Redmond and Colleen Am
brose; Messrs. Claud Hill, w. B.
Glover, Leon Dryfus, Coke Collins,
Walter Jones, A T. McCurdie, F. c.
Hathorn, Allen Ames, Floyd Brunson
Durrett, and Brierton.
The Hattiesburg news., 1910-08-06

Lucy Nash O'Bryant, Eunice Nash and
Eunice Ferguson.
Recitation; do You Have Trou-
BILE ?"-Irvin Breland.
ecitation-Jimmie Holmes.
Dialogue; Mrs. Browns VISIT
Elvir Caldwell and Bernice Batson.
Chorus-"I Want to Be a Sunbeam .
Recitation-Ernest Ferguson.
Recitation-Elsie Lyons.
Duet; "1f You Love Your Mother
Meet Her in the Skies"-Marion Nash
and Bernice Batson.
Cross Drill-Ten Girls.
Song; God Be With You"-Congre-
cation.
Tableau-Five Girls.
You are cordially invited
The Hattiesburg news., 1910-08-06
Beware of Ointments for Ca,arrh That
Contain Mercury,

as mercury will surely destroy the
sense of smell and completely derango
the whole system when entering Il,
through the mucous surfaces. Such
articles should never be used except
on prescriptions from reputable physi
clans, as the damage they will 90 is
ten fold to the good you can possibly
derive from them. Halls Catarrh
Cure, manufactured by F. ]. Cheney &
Co., Toledo, o., contains no mercury,
and is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous of the sys-
rem. In buying Halls Catarrh Cure
be sure you get the genuine. 1t is
taken internally and made in Toledo,
Ohio by F. ]. Cheney & Co. Testi.
monials free.
Sold by Druggists. Price 75c per
Take Halps Family Pills for consti
patton. E.
The Hattiesburg news., 1910-08-06

shirt sleeves during the week, and on
Sunday coats are tortures to them.
We want you to be comfortable at
church. We go there to worship, and
not to show our good clothes. We
should not be on dress parade at
church.
l. P. TROTTER. Pastor.