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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-10-31
STRIKERS WIVES ORGANIZED
Women to Endeavor to End Strike OF
Illinois Central.

Chicago, Oct. 31.-Wives OF the
striking Illinois Central shopmen al
Burnside have begun active participa
tion in the strike and a dozen of the
leaders started an organization to ap
peal to officials of the railroad.
The activity followed a women's
mass meeting held under the auspices
of fourteen churches.
Rev. A. G. Wright, whose congrega
tion consists almost entirely of strik
ers, urged the women to organize ant
warned them they were facing a win
ter of misery and suffering unless the
struggle was brought to an end.
"You women can end this contest,
he said. Organize and make direct
appeal to the railroad officials. Go out
and help your husbands in this grea
struggle. 1t is a battle for principle
and you are bound to win."
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-10-31
REORGANIZATION OF
TOBACCO TRUST
United States Circuit Court
Begins Hearings.

New York Oct 31-Before a nota-
BILE gathering of distinguished counsel
In the United States circuit court for
the Southern district of New York,
hearings began TO devise some plan
of dissolution and reorganization of
the tobacco trust ordered by the su-
preme court OF the United States.
Attorney General Wickersham fled
the governments answer to the reor-
ganization plan proposed by the
American Tobacco company and co
defendants i'm the governments anti
trust suit. He objects TO the plan sug-
gested by the trust.
Sitting in the case were Circuit
Judges Lacombe, Coke, Ward and
Noyes. At the outset Judge Lacombe
announced that the American Tobacco
company. as proponents of the disso
luton plan, would first be heard. Lew,
is Cass Ledyard, as counsel for the de
fendant companies. making the open
ing statement Following the open
ing representatives of the groups ot
bondholders and outside interests will
be heard Then the government will
be heard
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-10-31

Miss La Toilette Married at Parents
Home In Washington.

Washington, Oct. 31.--Miss Fola La
Toilette. daughter of Senator La Fol-
lette of Wisconsin, was married here
at the home of her parents to George
Middleton of New York, playwright.
The wedding ceremony was private,
Paul Kester, another dramatist, and
Miss Mary La Toilette being the at
tendants.
Rev. u. G. b. Pierce, pastor OF All
Souls Unitarian church, of which
President Taft is member, performed
the ceremony. DIR. Pierce also Is chap
lain of the senate and close personal
friend of Senator La Toilette.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-10-31
PLEASED WITH
WESTERN TOUR
President Taft Says Trip
Was Great Success.
TALKED TO MANY PEOPLE

Chief Executive Delivered Three Hun
dred Speeches During the Forty-five
Days He Was on the Road-visited
Twenty-Five States and Fully Seven
Million Persons Turned Out to Hear
Him.
Chicago, Oct 31.-Turning his face
eastward at the end of forty-fiye days
Of political JOY riding, President Taft
concluded his winning of the West. >
Whether the West is won politically
or not 1t still undecided.
But one thing is decided and that
is, according to the presidents sup,
porters, that "the trip has done him
no harm"
The president expressed himself as
"well satisfied with the results of the
trip as he sees them.
"It has been great trip" he de-
clared. II have had an opportunity 70
get close to a great many OF the peo
pie. and they have turned out In great
numbers to hear what ] had to say
/ have been able to tell them great
many things about my reasons for
doing various things and for declining
to do other things. On the whole
think the trip has been a great sue
cess"
TWENTY-FIVE states, from the Atlantic
to the Pacific, from Massachusetts, tc
California, have heard the president
In the past forty-fve days. Cities
towns and villages with an aggregate
population of 5,00O,00O people have en-
tertained him and smaller towns with
populations aggregating some 1000,
600 more have heard him make briel
rear platform speeches as his specia
train passed through.
There have been 10 scheduled
stops on the trip and nearly twice al
many more rear platform" stops.
Has Delivered 300 Speeches.
Altogether the president has made
some 300 speeches. All OF these nave
been confined to seven subjects. Tht
president started on the trip with hv'
big speeches--peace, his explanation
OF his tariff vetoes, an appreciation o
the tariff board, his attitude towart
the trusts and a defense OF the su
preme court Standard Oil and tobacc'
decisions. To these he later addes
speeches on conservation and the lie
cessity for Improvement In agricul
ture. These seven have embraced
every speech he has made on the trip
His early utterances on the trust
were rather conservative, but as th'
trip progressed he went further an'
further on his point, until he reaches
Chicago, after the government sui
against the steel trust had been filed
when he announced unqualifiedly tina
"the law must be enforced"
In Oregon the presidents opposition
10 what has come to be known as tn
Oregon hea"-the initiative, referer
dunn and rscall-won him no friends
ThA ln1 baeocs be arrived In CalifQs
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-10-31
TWO MEN KILLED IN DUEL
No Witnesses of Double Tragedy IL
Mississippi.

Aberdeen, Miss, Oct. 31.-Joe Reese,
twenty-three years old, a locomotive
fireman on the Illinois Central rail
road, and Frank Seitz, about the same
age, a timberman of Long View, Miss,
ere dead as the result of pistol duel
they fought at the Illinois Central rail
way station. There were no eye wit
nesses, but it was found that Seitz
had fired five shots at Reese, one TAX
ing effect just above the heart, one
In the wrist, the other three going
wide. Reese fred but once, the bullet
piercing Seitz' heart.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-10-31
CONSERVATIVES MAY DIVIDE
Split Threatened i'm Canada Over
Naval Policy of Ministry.

Ottawa, Ont, Oct 31.-A split in
the Conservative ranks is threatened
ever the naval policy of the new min
istry. While most of the politicians
and part of the party press favor a
direct contribution to the imperial
navy, there is heavy weight of opin-
ion which advocates a distinct Cana.
dian naval service.
The most noteworthy pronounce
lnent on the question from the new
government is made by l.. G. Pelletier,
postmaster general, who has declared
in favor of party referendum on the
subject
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-10-31
Tortured for 10 Years,

by cure defying stomach trouble that
baffled doctors, and resisted all remedies
that be tried, John w. Modders, of Mod
dersville, Mich, seemed doomed. He
had to cell his farm ond give up work
His neig ghbors said, "he can't live much
longer" Whatever | ate distressed me
he wrote, It'll tried Electric Bitters
which worked suth wonders for me that
/ can now eat things ! could not take
for years. Its surely grand remedy for
stomach troubles" Just as good for the
liver Al kidneys. Every bottle guar
snteed. Only SOC at all druggists.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-10-31

My wife wanted me to take our boy
to the doctor to cure an ugly boil, writes
D. Frankel, of Stroud, Okla. II said
put Bucklen's Arnica Salve on it, She
did so, and it cured the boil in a short
tin e." Quickest healer OF burns. scalds,
cuts. corns, bruises, sprains, swellings.
Best pile cure on earth. Try it. Only 25c
at all Druggists.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-10-31
South Dakotan Wins Prize.

Chicago, Oct. 31.-Russell Jensen, a
student of the South Dakota agricul
tural college, obtained the most GOV
eted prize to be awarded at the Ma
tional Dairy show here, when he re
ceived from President Taft the Taft
cup, awarded to the agricultural col
lege student most proficient in judg
ing cattle. Jensen was given 1871
POINTS out OF q possible 1900
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-10-31
Yellow Fever at Honolulu.

Honolulu, Oct. 31.-Much excite
ment prevails here as a result of the
discovery in Honolulu of case OF
yellow fever. The victim Is Hawiian
and he is believed to have been infect
ed through the Japanese liner, Hong
kong Maru, which recently arrived
from Central America. Prompt action
has been taken by health officers to
isolate the case.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-10-31

that he has been created cardinal.
This was the first official eonfirma-
ton of the elevation of Falconio to the
cardinalate. Ii is supposed that the
notification was also sent to Arch
bishops Farley and O'Connell of their
elevation
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-10-31
Mary Mannerins to Quit Stage.

New York, Oct. 31.-Miss Mary
Mannering, now playing the part of
Domini in The Garden of Allah,' who
In private life is Mrs. Frederick Wads-
worth, the wife of Detroit million
aire, has made up her mind to leave
the stage and go into model house
building.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-10-31

Niagara Falls, n. ", Oct. 31.-Cap-
tain Klaus Larsen of Detroit made his
second Niagara river trip in a motor.
boat from the cateract to Lewiston. He
completed the six-mile trip through
the turbulent water in twenty-five min.
utes, coming through without a
scratch. Larsen says he is through
with Niagara adventure, but next year
will make a trip across the Atlantic
In bis boat. the Niagara
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-10-31
Historic Woods AfIame.

Catskill, N. Y, Oct. 31.-The woods
on the mountainside near where legend
says Rip Van Wrinkle took his twenty
year nap are ablaze. Many acres
have been burned over, but large
force of farmers is fighting the fire
and apuayentIv have it under control.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-10-31
FALCONlA TO BE CARDINAL

Receives Official Notice of HIS Eleva-
tion.
Washington, Oct. 31.-Mgr. Falconio,
papal delegate to the United States,
has received formal notice from Rome
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-10-31
ITALIANS ARE
DRIVEN BACK
Turks Capture Outer En-
trenchmentS of TripOli.
MANY ARABS ARE SLAIN

Forces of the Invaders Reported to
Be Systematically SIaughtering Ma,
tives in the Residential Oasis Out.
side of TripoIi, one-haIf OF the Vic
tins Being Women and Children.
London, Oct 31.-A dispatch from
Constantinople says:
According to news from Tripoli
published here the Turks have cap
tured the last of the Italian outer en-
trenchments and occupied the suburb
Zaher and all approaches to Tripoli
from the northwest.
Before the battle the tribesmen
took a solemn oath to sacrifice them
selves to the last man in defense oil
their country. One hundred and fifty
Arabs, who were holding a certain po
sition, bound themselves together with
straps fastened to their ankles ant
swore not to move from their tracks
ed"
Tripoli, Oct. 31.-For three days the
Italians have been Systematically
slaughtering Arabs in the Residential
oasis outside the city. Every Aral
met has been shot down without trial
Many women have been killed.
In the confusion attending the Ital
ian bombardment of BenghaZi Oct. 1!
immense damage was done. Thre'
hundred civilians, one-half of whom
were women and children, were killed
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-11-15
PRIZE CUP FOR MINNESOTA
The Northern Offers Fifty Dollar Silver Trophy Cup for
Best Display at st. Paul Land Show

Another cup has been put up by
the Great Northern Railway for COM
petition at the great Land Show to
be held in st. Paul December II to
20, 1911. This trophy cup will be a
handsome silver cup and can be won
by any county, commercial club or
individual in the big State of Mime
sofa. >.S s.- II.
The county, commercial club or
Individual which makes the most
attractive exhibit of Minnesota's
grains, grasses or fruits will win
this cup. Perhaps you are going to
exhibit as an individual, and if not,
probably you will exhibit through
your commercial clubs or county's
exhibit. In any case, even if you
are going to exhibit individually and
also through either your county or
commercial clubs exhibit. you should
do everything in your power to assist
in gathering the best farm products
in your section. Help boost. Try
to win this cup for yourself ard your
section. Considering the fine con-
dition of Minnesota's crops this year,
and the splendid showing Mime
sofas exhibits are making every
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-11-15
HELP THE KIDNEYS.
WiIImar Readers Are Learning The
Way.

It's the little kidney ills
The lame, weak or aching back
The unnoticed urinary disorders
That lead to dropsy and Bright's
disease.
When the kidneys are sick, =
Help them with Doan's Kidney
Pills.
A remedy especially for sick kid
neys.
Doan's have been curing kidney
troubles for IS years. ..6.
Endorsed by $4,000 people en-
dorsed by citizens of this locality.
Mrs. Theo. Maxwell, 10th St., Ben
son, Mimi, says: II know that Do
ans Kidney Pills are an effective kid
ney medicine. They were used in my
home in England with success and
know Of other cases Of kidney trou-
BILE that have been cured by them
Ny advice to anyone affected with
kidney complaint is to give Doan's
Kidney Pills a trial.
For sale by all dealers. Price sc
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo
New York, sole agents for the Unit.
ed States.
Remember the name Doan's ant
take no other:
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-11-15
u. S. Civil Service E Examination.

A competitive examination under
the rules Of the Civil Service Com
mission will be held at Willmar,
Mimi, on Feb. 8, 1912, for first grade
or clerical positions in the various
field branches Of the Federal service
outside Of Washington, D. G. Appli-
cation forms and information in re-
gard to these examinations may be
obtained from the local secretary at
the post Office in the city named
above or from the undersigned. APP
pGcations must be filed with the I'M
dersigned not later than the close Of
business on January 2, 912.
j Ne. SHOEMAKER,
Secretary 8th Civil Service District,
st. Paul. MINI,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-11-15
ARGUES that ENGLISH
ARE OF MORSE DESCENT
Martin E. Tew Of Willmar Makes Reioinder Il
Criticism By Prof. Egge TO Former Article.

the conquest as we today are later
than Columbus. What could he pos
sibly know about what happened 400
years before his time? Was it not
as natural for hin1 as it is for the
scholars today to accept what he
found in the ancient books, without
question? Lad he: written on geo.
graphy he would have said that the
earth is flat.
The great value Of Alfred's writ
lngs is in the fact that they were in
the language of the people and that
they throw a light on his own time.
The so-called "Saxon King" talked
to Norwegians (see Ohtere) and it is
evident that they understood each
other perfectly. He uses such dis
tlnctively Morse expressions a S
"stykkemel]e:m" and "Ohtere alra
(af alle) Nordm emma nordmest
bude." Will any scholar say this is
German? Whole passages of AL
fred's writings, if read with a Morse
accent and the charge Of few words
can be understood by Scandinavian
audience today. The same can be
said Of Beowulf. The spirit Of that
poem as we'll as of it's hero is as
clearly Morse as Thor himself or as
the jarl (earl) thegn, huscarl, ting,
hus-ting, bonde, queen, (kvinna)
bok-land, etc., found in the monu-
ments Of early England. If the Ger
mans had their way they would bold
ly appropriate Odin. Thor, and Bald"
er to themselves, and, would insist
that the Ed as and Sagas as we'll as
the foundation for English institu.
tons were 'fmade in Germany"
Men who: investi gate and reason
for themselves are no longer fright.
ened into silence by the assumption
of a cert: ain set who pretentiousl.
call thems elves scholars. The schol
ars of ,e century are oftimes tn
joke of the next. There are ivin|
famong us men who in their boyhoo'
studied biographies in which it wa
set down as the solemn truth tina
all the region west Of the Mississippi
was a worthless desert. DAME
Webster 'ponderously declared tina
it was fit only for coyotes and rattle
snakes. But Investigators and fire
lances pushed forward into 9Th
great American desert and hav
found it to be the richest agricul
tural mineral and forest region in Il
worldl. No doubt the scholars {
Gerr many, the Scandinavian cour
tries; and the English speaking worl
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-11-15
Norwegian Americana:

Norwegian American:
The Norwegian American, Septem-
Der 20, published extracts from an
article Of mine in Watson's Magazine
in which it was argued that the
weight Of evidence now available
disproves the ancient theory about
the conquest of and settlement of
England in the fifth and sixth CEN
turtles by the Angles, Saxons and
Jutes. 1t was asserted that the evil
dence does prove that the invaders
were Mortimer and not Germans.
In the issue of October ID Prof.
Albert E. Egge takes exceptions, and
his answer may be summed up in
three sentences: l. He restates with
out any proof whatever, the old old
story about the Angles, Saxons and
Jutes. 2. lie says the scholars of
Germany, the Scandinavian countries
and the English speaking world all
accept this story. 3. He declares
that statements to the contrary are
ignorant and false" and that the
scholars are "grieved and annoyed''
if anyone calls this old story in ques~
ton, especially as it has "been told
so many times and so we'll that i
will not be easy to make any i'm
provement."
1t should be remembered that the
fairy tale about the conquest of Eng.
land by the Angles, Saxons and Jutes
was first written by some monks oil
the darkest period Of the dark ages
Their knowledge of geography ant
history was wofully deficient, ever
though they were looked up to with
reverence as great scholars" in thei1
day. The alleged facts upon which
all subsequent historians have baset
their narratives are found in the ear.
ly "English Chronicle' and in tn,
writings Of the monk Gildas-screed
which are a hopeless mess of absurd
tiles and impossibilities. If any law
yer should attempt to prove a cas-
by such witnesses today he would b
hooted. About the year 700 anothe
clustered monk, the Venerable Bed<
wrote an alleged history in whic
he repeated what the scholars" ha
written 200 years earlier. The An
glo-Saxon Jute idea had by tina
time become firmly fixed in England
literature, which by the way was i
Latin, SO the people could not under
stand or criticise.
Prof. Egge quotes King Alfred a
an authority on the conquest Of Eng
land. Alfred lived as much later tina
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-11-15

'grieved and annoyed that their
story, so we'll and so frequently told,
should be disproved for they agreed
as fully on the desert theory rs
years ago as they do on the Anglo
Saxon theory now.
To show into what absurdities his
torians have been led by trustingly
accepting this theory let us look at
Green's History of the English Peo-
pie, which is the highest authority.
Scholars who write smaller school
histories and articles for encyclo-
pedias are satisfied to quote Green
without invest CATION. In his OPEN
ing chapter this great historian says
that the Angles, the forefathers Of
the English, came from the neck of
the peninsula which separates the
Baltic from the North Sea. This is
tract Of only few square miles.
And then he declares-now look
that this region was then a wild
waste Of heather and sand. If it was
a wild waste was it not uncultivat-
ed and uninhabited:
Think of it Far flung battle lines
coming from few square miles of
wild waste land! Green states that
it required 20 years to conquer Kent
alone, and that the slaughter was
great. It took $50 years to subdue
all England, and in some battles the
loss was 5000 on a side. Make your
own estimates from these statements
as to how many hundreds Of thou
sands were engaged in this long and
bloody conflict. The active fighter
probably had living parents, grand
parents, uncles, aunts, sisters, bro
theirs, wife and children. And yet
this large and aggressive population
which fitted out expedition after ex-
petition with ships, weapons, defen.
sive armor, clothing and commissary
was living in few square miles OF
country which was then a wild waste
of heather and sand, in othe1
words, uninhabited. This reminds
one of the Irishman who said: I'll
you put these greedy landlords on al
uninhabited island they would hav,
their hands in the pockets Of tn
naked savages inside of an hour.
Mr.. Green was honest enough, how
ever, to state that he could find n,
other authority for this story thai
, the English Chronicle" and tn
! monk Gildas, and that both wer
5 probably mythical.
t Whence came the "Saxons" VIII
j were masters Of the northern sea
! and whose incredible daring sprea
t terror even into the Mediterranean
: The eagles nest has been found an
e it is the best evidence. Since Green
e day hundreds of thousands Of relic
e have been unearthed in souther
2 Sweden and Norway and Denmark
8 which furnish even stronger proc
f than the sagas that these countrie
= had at that time a dense civilize
d population devoted to farming, mir
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this day. But. many of these are
similar in German, foot being fuss,
hare base, belt BALI, and hose hoz-
en-, meaning breeches. We are there
fore told that these words came from
Germany. But words like egg, wing,
skirt, window, steak, wrangle, sky,
tree, and hundreds of others cannot
by any ingenuity Of the philologist be
traced to the forests Of Germany"
Like boat, mast, sail, rudder, oar and
all early sailors terms they are as
truly Morse as the Englishman's ira
ditional love for and mastery Of the
sea. u = s*-. ~ s.,.s., 1.~-s.#. .- =.
Martin r.. Tew.