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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-11-07
B0RAH WOULD
AM[ND STATUTE
Proposes Changes to Pres
ent Homestead Laws.
DEVELOPMENT RETARDED

Favors Reducing Homestead Require.
ments From Five to Three Years
and Would Give Settlers on Irriga.
tion Projects Title to Land Before
Water Rights Have Been Paid in
Full.
Spokane, Wash, Nov. 7.-Changes
In the federal land and reclamation
laws, which will affect the entire
Western country. are proposed by
United States Senator w f. Borah ot
Idaho, who Is in Spokane on the way
to Hodgeville, KY, where he will de.
the Lincoln homestead as national
park on Nov 9. He will introduce
two bills at the next session of con.
gress with these objects in view:
Reducing the homestead residence
requirements from five years, as al
present, to three years.
Giving settlers in reclamation prof
ects titles to the lands as soon as they
have fulfilled the residence require
ments, instead of waiting until water
rights have been paid for in full.
Adjustment of the land laws tC
enable development without an oppor
tunity for monopoly seems to me to
be the most important legislation fol
the West that can be enacted at the
coming session of congress-" Senator
Borah said in outlining the plan. y
believe the homestead law should be
adjusted to provide a three years resi-
dence instead of the present require
ments.
II am firmly of the belief also thai
the reclamation law should be changed
so that a title will be granted to In.
settler as soon as he completes his
term of settlement. Under the pres
ent law no title can be issued unit
the water rights have been paid for liz
full
"The result Is that the development
of the country has been retarded ano
in many instances the settlers have
suffered more or less hardship. This is
especially noticeable in Southern Ida
no and ! think 1t applies generally tC
the arid districts of the West. Some
thing must be done and | think adjust
ment of the law is the remedy"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-11-07
REBELS CAPTURE
TWOM MORE TOWNS
Chingkiang and Changchow
Taken by RevolutiOnists.
FORMER A TREATY PORT

Has q Population of 10000 and is
Next In Importance to Shanghai.
Three Government Gunboats Put
Into Shanghai for Provisions and
Are Taken Over by the Rebel Forces.
Shanghai, Nov. Three Chinese
gunboats. forming part of Admiral
Sab Chen Pings fleet, which put In
here for provisions, went over to the
rebels.
The Chinese telegraph operators here
went on a strike The cables have not
been molested Foreign marines are
guarding the cable huts.
1t is believed that Admiral Sab is in
hiding In this city.
Chingkiang, in the province OF XII
angsu, has fallen. The city is a treaty
port, second In importance only to
Shanghai The population is about
10000.
Changchow, capital of the province
of Chekiang, was taken by the rebels
after a brief but spirited resistance.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-11-07
BUCHANAN FEARS
REVOLUTION HERE
Congressman Predicts Revolt
Within Twenty Years.

Chicago, Nov. 7.-Speaking before
the Chicago Federation OF Labor Con.
gresham Frank Buchanan of Illinois,
predicted revolution within twenty
years If congress does not enact
remedial legislation. He declared the
labor members in congress are having
an uphill fight to bring about legisla.
ton which is beneficial to labor.
Speaking Of the Taylor system, he
said:
THE Taylor system, which the gov.
ernment and others are trying to I'm.
troduce so that more profit can be OBJ
tanned, will cause a revolution within
twenty years IL thoroughly estab-
lished. | believe In getting better con.
ditions by voting for men who will
vote for remedial legislation"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-11-07
First Secretary OF Agriculture.

Lexington Junction, Mo-, Nov. 81
Norman ]. Colman of st. Louis. first
secretary of agriculture of the United
States, was taken from westbound
Wabash train after having suffered a
stroke of apoplexy, which, it is be-
lieved, may prove fatal. Mr.. Colman
Is eighty-four years old He Is under
the care OF physicians at local hotel
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-11-07
M'KlNLEY SOON TO RETIRE
Representative Decides to Give Ut
Committee Chairmanship.

Washington, Nov. William b
Mckinley of Illinois, chairman of Tia,
Republican congressional committee
has summoned the committee to meet
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-11-07
HANk0W REMAINS CUT OFF
Immense Loss of Life Believed to
Have Occurred.

Shanghai, Nov. Communication
with Hankow is still interrupted. 1t
has been impossible to learn anything
concerning the fate of the Wesleyan
mission and hospital and asylum for
the blind. which seemed doomed at
last accounts, with the probable loss
OF the lives of their 800 odd inmates,
and members of the mission, hospital
and asylum STATS, by the fire which
was sweeping the city.
Reports that $4,000 persons have
perished in Hankow are probably only
wild guesses, but it seems certain that
the loss of life has been enormous.
Fugitives from the stricken city say
that at the timely intervention there
were places in the city where the
corpses were piled two and three deep
from one side of the street to the 9TH
er.
Where the hand to hand conflicts
were fieroest the corpses lie in drifts,
and hundreds, cut of by fire, persisted
In the flames.
Since the rebellion began 1t is es-
timated here that at least 100000 men,
women and children have been killed
in battles, massacres and fires
throughout the empire. It is the gen.
eral opinion here that the fighting is
far from being ended; that ttremen-
rous slaughter OF Manchus Is inevita.
ble sooner or later, and that the death
roll may well pass the million mark
before peace Is finally restored
Negotiations are said to be already
In progress for a combination Of
forces between the rebels under Gen.
eral Ii and those of provinces OF
Kiangsu, Chekiang and Fukien, which
also have just declared their inde.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-11-07
DELAY IN ENDING STRIKE
Western Canadian Miners Do Not
Resume Work,

Winnipeg, Nov. 7.-Gloom is felt In
Western Canada because the promised
opening of the coal mines did not ma
terialize. The conferences of oper.
ators and coal miners, which was in
session all last week at Frank, Alta,
has adjourned due to the threatening
attitude of the mine workers.
The object of the miners is to wreak
vengeance on a large number of negro
miners from West Virginia, who have
been taking their places.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-11-07
RUMOR BREAKS WHEAT PRICE
Indictment Fright Causes Two-Cent
Wheat Drop in Chicago.

Chicago, Nov. IA break of more
than 2 cents bushel in the price of
wheat resulted from unfounded rumors
that the Armour Grain company had
been made the subject of federal in
dictment,
The market had been advancing
steadily when. suddenly selling began
on huge scale. Before the ensuing
break could be checked many stop
loss orders had been executed and the
market was in state of semi-collapse.
II turned out that the United States
grand jury here was not even In ses-
sion, much less returning any indict-
ments whatever.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-11-07
MEMORY FAILS ON STAND
Booker T. Washington Testifies
Against Alleged AssaiIant.

New York, Nov. 7-Booker T.
Washington, negro educator and
founder of Tuskegee institute, was
possessed OF a most unfortunate
memory when he took the stand to
testify against Henry A. Ulrich, the
white man who beat Washington when
he found him in the vestibule of his
house on March 19.
Mr.. Washington could not even re.
member the name of the person he
was seeking when he entered the
building.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-11-07
WI TING FANG WITH REBELS
Former Minister to United States Ac.
cepts Cabinet Position.

Shanghai, Nov. 7.-Dr. Wu Ting
Fang, formerly Chinese minister to
the United States, has accepted the
post of secretary of foreign affairs un-
der the provisional government of
which LII Yung Huang is head.
Wuen Tsung Yao, less widely known
to Americans than ex-Minister WI,
but one of the most prominent men in
the empire, has been offered a place
as Wu's first assistant.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-11-07

session.
The committee has been without a
secretary since the death of Repre-
sentative Loudenslager Of New Jersey.
Mr. Mckinley, it is understood. has
decided he will not serve as chairman
again.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-11-07
pendence OF imperial rule

Revolutionists here are enthusias.
tically endorsing General Lis refusal
than the emperor's deposition and the
establishment of a republic.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-11-07
MonopIanes In Collision.

Minneola, N. Y, Nov. Two mono
planes collided when in flight at tn,
Garden City aviation field. Both wer,
badly damaged, but their pilots, Wa
ter L. Fairchild and Wilbur Kimbali
ESCAPED with q bad shaking up.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-11-07

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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-11-07
---~----s-------
Crew Taken From vessel.

London, Nov. THE British steam.
" Victorian, on her way from Calves
ton to Liverpool, sent wireless mes.
sage saying that she had on board the
crew OF the waterlogged American
schooner Stephen g. Loud.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-10-04
PApKE AND THOMPSON
Cyclone Has Put Up Forfeit and Asks
for Long Bout

Cyclone Has Put Up Forfeit and Asks
for Long Bout
Billy Papke and Johnny Thompson
are getting nearer a return match
every day. and It will not be surpris'
ing IL the two are matched to fight
at New Orleans or some coast point
before long. There has been much
wrangling as to who is the boss since
their memorable bout In Sydney last
spring. when Thompson gained the
decision after twenty rounds of fierce
fighting, and thereby claimed the
championship. Papke has claimed
that he was not in proper shape but
that was Billy's fault and not Thomp-
sons and the only way to settle the
controversy is to let them fight II out
again. Thompson has thrown down
the gauntlet to Papke and 1t is now
I'D to the Kewanee boy to decide and
defend his claim to the title, which
Thompson also claims.
The New Orleans club has offered
the two men terms for n match OF
twenty or twenty-five rounds, and
Thompson has wired his acceptance.
In a letter Thompson says the
terms offered by the New Orleans
club are agreeable to me and | have
accepted them. l am sending you
check for 500 to be posted as an in
dication OF good faith on my part to
carry out the agreement to fight
Papke for the title. won II from
Papke in Australia, and therefore
hold II, and stand ready to defend 1t
against any middleweight In the
world. Sam Langford included, at
1853 pounds.
III Papke will not take me on, then
the same goes for Klaus or any man
in the world. / do not want to fight
them in short bout, for you cannot
decide championships that way, ana
won mine by the long route. How
ever, the offer goes for the Marathon
route for all, and ! will also agree TO
fight Papke on the same weight con
ditions as we fought In Australia. Al
that time | weighed In under los
as | wanted to be at the mid
dleweight limit in case defeated
Billy. but he weighed in over l6O
will fight him at New Or
leans at 1853 OF 100 and II that does
not suit, why. will be at the regular
weight.
"That il fair, ! am sure, and no
sporting man can say am not giving
the others every chance possible 10
oppose me In a championship bout
AS for Hugo Kelly, whom Papke says
is entitled to a share in the honors'
why will take him on over the TWEEN
ty.round distance at any time ana any
place as long as there Is a reasonable
purse hung up. Now let these MD
dies toe the scratch and stop talking
about what they can do but do not
do"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-10-04
Siren In skirts.

Which Is the most recent siren (of
the animal variety in history? Jacobus
Noieras relates that in 1903 a siren was
captured in the Zuider Zee She was
(says Mr.. Norman Douglas in "Siren
Land') brought to HARLEM and, being
naked. allowed herself to be clothed;
she learned to eat like Dutchman;
she could spin thread and take pleas
ure in other maidenly occupations; she
was gentle and lived to great age.
But she never spoke The honest bur-
ghers had no knowledge Of the Ian
guage of the sea folk to enable them
to teach her their own tongue, so
she remained mute to the end Of her
days.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-10-04
TIRED OF JOHNSON
Pompous Ways Of Black Champion
Offend Mild Tempered BrItons

Wat 1t Jack Johnsons pompous
ways in England and the flashiness
the colored champion displayed with
his white wife that caused such re-
yersal OF feeling in the land of King
George against the man who defeated
Jim Jeffries?
Heretofore England has been
paradise for colored boxers, for in
that country the black man has been
given almost as much consideration
as his white opponent; in fact, some
of the blacks have been made great
deal Of Colored boxers always liked
to visit England, because they were
placed almost on an equality with the
Briton. Jack Johnson has suddenly
changed this order of things.
II is given. out pretty straight that
Ii We not the fact that Johnson was
to box Bombardier Wells that caused
the great outcry, although 1t had
considerable TO do with IT, but simply
the forward methods adopted by the
champion and putting himself on too
high a pedestal to suit even the mild
tempered Britons.
According to a letter just received
from a close follower of the situation
in London, Johnson is "in bad" with
the sporting fraternity over there
Johnson's manners, viii h gained him
80 much animosity in America, a
feeling that was never held toward
such men as Peter Jackson, George
Dixon, Joe Cans, and other colored
boxers, have evidently caused a sim
liar feeling in England This is all
the more remarkable in view Of the
TACT that colored boxers have hereto
fore been treated with almost as
much courtesy as white boxers. In
spite OF the strong feeling against ne
groes in many quarters, Johnson
would never have been as unpopular
in America as he is now II II were
not for his actions outside of the
ring since he won the championship
Johnson Las drawn upon himself
more animosity by his actions in pub
lie life than he did when he defeated
a big favorite In the ring at Ro e.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-10-04
APPOINTMENTS BY GOVERNOR
Delegates to Deep Water Convention
and Other Meetings

Gov. John A. Mead has made the
following appointments:
Delegates to the meeting of the
American Prison association at Oma-
ha October 1919, F. H. Tracy Of
Montpelier; W. S. Lowell of Windsor;
j. N Barss of Vergennes j. E.
Weeks of Middlebury; d. L. Morgan
and N. X. Chaffee of this city.
Delegates to the 18th Irrigation
congress in Chicago December So
are Gilbert j. Gross of Bloomington;
/. N Chase of Brandon; e. M. Bis
sell of Shoreham; w p Russell of
Kirby and H. B. Ward of Danville.
Delegates to the Lakes to the Gulf
Deeper Waterway association in Chi
cago, October IL, 10 and II are:
Frank H. Warner of Cornwall, Ed
mund G. Hunt of New Haven, Steph-
en- NJ Bowles of Woodford; Morris d
Coflrin Of Groton; Byron M. Bundy
OF Sutton; Hamilton S. Peck of Bur
lington; Frank B. Gillett of Richmond
Oliver II. Cameron of Norton; Rus
sell S. Page of Hyde Park; Howard
e. Shaw of Stove; Ernest A. Corwin
of Chelsea; James f. McLane OF
Topsham; Edwin w. Barron of Bar
ton; Robert A. Getchell of Charleston
Stoddard b. Bates of Derby; Charles
T. King of Mount Tabor; William II.
Rowland of Poultney; Erwin S.
Joslin of Waitsfeld; Willard j. Boyce
of Waterbury; Joseph G. Martin of
Brookline; Henry S. Sherwin of jam
aica; ~ j. Howard of Londonderry,
Justus Dart of Springfield; A. A.
Martin of Hartland and c. II. Branch
of Grand Isle.
Delegates to the American Dairy
Cattle congress, Chicago, October 26
to November 4: H. M. Farnham,
Montpelier, A. w. Allen and John G..
Morrison, Barre, Frank Talcott, viii
liston. +. C. Fay. Jericho; J. Il. Ho-
bart Westford; A. A. Dunkler, Yer
non; w. R. c. Watson and c. NJ
Winslow, Brandon; A. j. Croft Enos-
burg and w. w. Holden, Mortified
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-10-04
MILITIA CALLED
OUT FOR STRIKE
IN MISSISSIPPI
Mob Bullet-RiddIed Train Full
of Strike-Breakers
SEVERAL MEN WERE HIT
More Fatalities Prevented by Engin-
eer Who Pulled Train Out Of
Danger Zone

McComb City, Miss, Oct. An a
battle In the freight yards of the
Illinois Central railroad here between
strikers and strike breakers, laJe yes
terday, several persons are reported
to have been killed and others wound
ed Gov. Noel ordered out troops at
1880 o'clock last night and two militia
companies are now hurrying to the
scene. Adjt.-Gen Fridge, with
squad of the Capital light guards, left
Jackson on special train for Brook
haven, where he will be Joined by the
Brookhaven and Natchez companies
Details OF the fight in the McComb
yards are difficult to secure. The spe-
clal train bearing the strikebreakers
continued on its journey to New Or
leans. where it is reported none was
killed. Citizens of Magnolia say that
when the train passed there at full
speed every coach window was brok-
en-, and no one was visible at the open
ings, the strikebreakers living prone
on the floor to keep from being fired
on.
Several hundred shots were exchan-
ged during the hostilities, and among
the strikers there were numerous
bruised and broken heads Many of
the wounded were carried to the head
quarters Of the strikers, and physic-
ians summoned, but it has been i'm
possible to learn the extent of their
injuries. II is reported tina. several
will die.
The fight at McComb occurred at
the freight shed about half a mile
south from the depot closely follow
ing the first encounter OF the after
noon, in which one man was seriously
wounded. The train bearing the
strike breakers had pulled down to
the freight shed and was standing on
a side track. Over 100 strikers i'm
mediately assembled words were ex-
changed and hostillties started, when,
IL Is claimed, strike breaker hurled
a brick among the strikers. Immedi-
ately fusilade of shots followed The
strikers were. In nearly every instance
armed with pistols and they opened
fire on the coach windows. at which
the heads OF the strike breakers could
be seen Several fell after the first
volley was fired.
The occupants of the coaches imme-
diately returned the fire through the
coach windows. keeping well scatter
ed. Occasionally when a strike break
er, holder than the rest raised his
head above the danger line, he was
greeted with shower OF bullets and
other missiles The battle ragged for
fully 20 minutes. Rinally the engin-
eer in charge Of the train made a
dash for his locomotive, managed to
get aboard while the bullets were fly
ing thick about his head, and pulled
out at full speed.
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TO MAKE HvMMlNG BIRDS WORK
Clark University Biologist Thinks
They Can Earn Their Keep

Miss katherine E. Dolbear Of Clark
University at Worcester, Mass, is
conducting experiments with hum
ming birds to determine If they can
be put to any commercial use, such
as Kidding greenhouses OF insects. She
believes they will prove OF great
value.
Miss Dolbear has a permit from
the State OF Massachusetts to collect
humming birds to the number OF 100.
she got this temporary release from
the law preventing their capture in
order that she may make an exhaus-
tive study of the subject. 1t is ex-
pected that their use as pest destroy
efs will save farmers and dollhouse
Keepers thousands OF dollars a year.
Miss Dolbear has humming bird
which she calls Buzzy. The bird is
so carefully trained that it will take
It's food of honey or sugar syrup from
vial held in Miss Dolbear's hand.
Buzzy is kept in high window case
ment in the biological laboratory of
the university.
II was not till after considerable
reflection that the permit was grant.
ed to Miss Dolbear. 1t was believed
that humming birds could not live in
doors and the authorities did not
want TO allow lot of these birds to
be collected only to die in few
days.
Miss Dolbear soon proved that the
belief that they could not be kept
was a fancy. She has had Buzzy in
a cage since June, and it is in perfect
Health.
A report has been published by the
biological department OF Clark Uni
yersity saying that it will be glad to
receive any humming birds that may
be caught, and If desired viii pay 81
apiece for them up to ten or fifteen.
Dead specimens may also be OF value
for study OF crop contents or for
dissection, but none will be killed
for such purposes at the university,
nor will any money be paid for dead
birds.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-10-04
MONTH OF MANY FRosrs
September One Of the Coolest In
Number Of Years

September was a month of frosts,
according to the report Of the wealth
er bureau at Albany. On the morn
ing of September IA heavy frost in
this locality did damage to many gar
den vegetables and plants. This is
the first time in 3S years that the AL
bany weather bureau has note of
such phenomenon. The record near
est to this is that of September 16,
1899. The month had light frost on
the 9th. The number of clear days
were 1S; partly cloudy, 5, and cloudy
T. On the IL days precipitation oc-
CURED. The highest temperature
was 80 degrees on the End; the lowest
3S degrees on the 14th; the greatest
daily range, 29 degrees on the End,
and the least daily range, degrees,
on the 7th.
The absolute maximum for the
month in 3S years is 81 degrees, re-
corded on September %, 1895, the
highest temperature recorded for that
year. The absolute minimum for the
same period, 80 degrees, was record
ed by strange coincidence, upon the
same date nine years later, Septem-
Der 20, 1904 The average daily ex-
cess for the month as compared with
the normal, was O.57 degrees; the
accumulated excess of temperature
since January / is 4O3 degrees, an
average daily excess Of 1.5O degrees.
During the month 2S6 inches of
rain fell, deficiency as compared
with the normal of 0.32 of an inch.
The greatest precipitation in "a hours
occurred on September Sc, when OFT
of an inch fell The accumulated de-
fciency in rainfall since January /
is 4.S1 inches. The rainfall here has
been below the average since 1902.
The prevailing direction of the
wind was from the south, the total
movement, 527S miles average hour
ly velocity, 7.3 miles; maximum vel
ocity for five minutes, 81 miles an
hour, from the southeast on the 9th.
Thunder storms occurred on three
dates, 2, and IL.