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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-02-03
RAMON CACERES HAD
A STIRRING CAREER.
He Killed Ex-President Heureaux, Who
Had Slain the Elder Caceres.

Ramon Caceres. the president of the
Dominican Republic, who was recent
ly murdered, was big man. fully six
feet tall and weighing at least 25O
pounds. Apparently he was pure
Caucasian. lie killed President Ulises
Heureaux In cold '1ood. but Heureaux
had brought about his fathers death
Caceres reminded visitors of an over
grown boy thrust into mans re-
sponsibilitles.
He became president-virtualy die
tator-of Santo Domingo In 1906. His
family was an old one in the island
and had held lands In the central part
OF the state for many generations
Under the rule Of Luperon Ramon
Caceres' father was cabinet min
fster Heureaux. ex-hurse thief and
rising general. did not like the elder
Caceres. and Caceres died of gun.
shot wound one night as he was sit
ting on his veranda.
His fathers murder fixed in Ramon
a steady hatred III Heureaux. There
was a meeting onsthe Caceres planta-
tion to decide by just what manner
the death OF Heureaux should be ac-
complished. A man with nerve, q
man who was a straight shot, was
necessary. They drew lots The
choice fell on a soldier who wabbled
at the crisis. Heureaux detected
telltale expression in the mans eyes
and shot him. The choice fell next on
Horacio Vasquez, a cousin of Ramon.
He was frail and little more than a
boy. Ramon, big. athletic and first
class shot and rider. snatched the pa
per from Horacio's hands.
"I'll do 1t myself" said he.
Heurcaux arrived in Moca about this
tiuoas Jep yirsq.1 sfA~'ifu sss Noss>TS
ing" whatever he could. Along the
road he had picked up several thou.
sand dollars in gold for which he had
exchanged worthless paper. He step
ped into a little shop to deal with the
owner. AS be came out Ramon Ca
ceres approached with closed UNI
brella. In a fash the umbrella chang
ed to a sawed off rifle which belched
fire. Heureaux reached for his own
gun, but it stuck in its holster. Ca
ceres went on steadily planting bullets
In Heureaux's breast and stomach.
Presently Heureaux rolled over life
less.
After he had killed Heureaux be
went to a billiard parlor and played
for an hour or two in great good hui
NOR.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-02-03
HILL EPIGRAMs.
Great Railroad Builder Raps the Poll.
ticians.

Great Railroad Builder Raps the Poll
ticians.
A merger of the immigration OF seven
northwestern states for the develop
ment of these commonwealths Is ad-
vocated by James J. Hill, chairman OF
the board Of directors of the Great
Northern railway.
Mr.. Hills plan has reference to the
states in the recently organized North
western Development league. They
are Minnesota, North Dakota, south
Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Washington,
Oregon and the territory Of Alaska.
"Men must work out their own In
dustrial salvation" declares Mr.. Hill,
s.instead OF trusting to politicians TO
do Il for them"
He calls the territory involved "the
zone of plenty" and In the course OF
his statement makes the following
characteristic remarks:
"The conduct of business In the long
run is not a mere scramble Tor the
best place at the trough.
"Whenever this country mas faiuereo
or stood still 1t has been thr01&A q
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-02-03
NEW ALPHABET.
Professor Scott of Michigan Univer,
sty Cuts Out Nine Characters.

sity Cuts Out Nine Characters.
More time Is to be saved for the
stepographer. more space is to be plac-
ed at the disposal of the letter writer,
and thoughts are to be expressed di-
rect, without waste, In new alphabet
adapted to meet the modern demands
OF scientific management. The inyen
tor is Professor Fred Newton Scott OF
the University of Michigan.
The alphabet, which is said to have
the approval of type manufacturers
and typewriter houses, Is intended to
reduce the modern English alphabet
by nine characters and do away with
combinations, which Professor Scott
declares are cumbersome, wasteful and
complicated and don't express clearly
the thought of the speaker or writer
''The elements of the alphabet thai
| have designed are simple" said he
THE system resembles shorthand In
one respect, yet the simplicity of the
entire proposition IS such that no one
need devote a great deal of study In
,rder to master its meaning"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-02-03
NEW STAMPS OUT.
Washington on Six Lowest, Franklin on
Five HIGHEST Values.


Thirteen new postage stamps have
Just been put In circulation. The is
sue amounted at the outset to 25,000,-
600 two cent stamps and 100000
one cent stamps a day.
In the new designs instead of Frank
Inns face appearing on the one cent
stamp, as is the case now. the face OF
Washington is on all of the stamps of
the six lowest denominations. The
five highest denominations-eig ten
fifteen. fifty cent and one dollar-beai
the face of Franklin. Besides the pic
ture of Washington on the one cent
stamp, the number 81" is used. The
present design has the 'one' spelled
out. The same is true of the two cent
stamp.
The new two cent stamp carries the
numeral ''2" In each Of the lower cor
ners. On the stamps OF three. four.
Eve and six cent denominations the
wreath surrounding the head of Wash
ington, as on the two cent stamp, is
eliminated and the denomination print
ed In a curved line above the head.
The bureau Is now delivering large
numbers of new registry stamps to the
postoffice department. The original
order is for 100000. They are be
ing distributed throughout the conn.
try. There has been no great demand
for the registry stamp here, and some
trouble is anticipated In introducing
It. Postage stamps can be used for a
registry fee, but registry stamp can.
not be used as postage.
i
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-02-03
PRINCETON WORK
IN ASIA MINOR.
Professor Butler to Have Turkish
Guard While Excavatine Temple.

Professor Howard Crosby Butler of
Princeton university is en- route to
Asia Minor where he will continue
the excavations begun by a Princeton
expedition two years ago at the site
of the ancient city of Sardis.
The work at Sardis has reached such
proportions during the last two years
that the excavations are now regarded
by the Turkish government as the
most important in its territory. and 1t
has promised Professor Butler a
guard of Turkish soldiers as soon as
the work at SardIs is reopened
Almost third of huge temple has
been unearthed. In the western cham
Der of the temple was found Greek
inscription which proved to be a prop
erty mortgage couched in much the
same legal phrases as a document OF
this kind today and showed that the
temples must have been used for the
wealth and treasures of the times.
A large building of unknown pur-
pose, belonging to the Lydian period,
and $50 tombs have been unearthed.
The hundreds of bronze, silver and
gold relics found in the tombs show
that the same vault was used by sue
ceeding generations for a period dat
ing as far back as a thousand years
before the birth of Christ
Professor Butler was accompanied
by three Princeton men, who will act
as engineers for the party, C. ~ Read,
f. II. Stover and w. r. Berry.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-02-03

and it is expected that traces of civ
llization will be unearthed which will
change previous theories of Nubian
and Egyptian history.
Mr.. Bates. who returned last June
from Egypt, has been working all
summer on a book on the ancient
glst, ~ unanclng the present expeui-
ton.
Oric Bates is the son of Professor
Arlo Bates. author and poet, now of
the Massachusetts Institute of Tech
nology. He has become well known
through his discoveries at the third
pyramid OF Ghizeh.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-02-03
CIRCUIT COURTS TO GO.
New Judiciary Code Abolishes Seven
ty-seven on Jan. 1 Next.

~
In every state of the Union there
will pass out of existence on Jan. /
next historic court practically as old
as the republic itself. On that day
seventy-seven United States circuit
courts will cease to exist at the 276
different places where they have been
accustomed TO meet.
The abolition of the circuit courts
was one of the reforms provided for in
the new judiciary code, enacted by
congress on March 3, 1911, to become
effective on Jan. 1, 1912. The code
provides that after the latter date
there shall be only the district courts.
the nine circuit courts of appeal and
the supreme court. The existence Of
the circuit courts since 1891, when the
circuit courts of appeal were created,
has been regarded as expensive and
superfluous.
The twenty-nine circuit judges will
not lose their posts, as they will con-
tinue to sit i'm the circuit courts of ap-
peal and help the district judges. All
the clerks of the circuit courts will
have their positions abolished. At the
same time restrictions will be placed
upon the amount that district court
clerks may draw as salary. Hereafter
no clerk can receive more than $500
year.
The passing away Of the circuit
courts is but one Of the reforms of
the new code. After Jan. the chief
Justice Of the United States will re-
ceive $4,000 per annum and each as
sociate justice S14.5O0.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-02-03
NEW PEERAGE FOR CURz0N
Given Barony Open to Heirs Female by
Primoueniture.


Lord Curzon OF Kedleston, who was
an Irish baron, but was made an earl
Of the United Kingdom In the corona
ton honors. has been gazetted as Bar
on Ravensdale Of Ravensdale. In de-
fault Of male issue his eldest daughter
will assume the title OF Baroness Ra-
vensdale Of Ravensdale, and 1t will be
handed down by her to her eldest male
heir. In default of such heir the title
will pass to her sisters.
Lord Ravensdale's wife was Mary
Victoria Letter, daughter Of L. z. Lei
ter Of Washington and Chicago. She
died In 1906. leaving three daughters.
This is the first creation in 250 years
by an English sovereign Of peerage
hereditable In the female line by pri.
mQgeniturs.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-02-03
WOMEN SHOULD PROPOSE.
Better Qualified Than Men to 9sIeo,
Heipmates, Lecturer Says.

6etter Quaiinec Ihan Men 70 select
HeIpnates, Lecturer Says.
Women should do the proposing to
the men nowadays, according to the
belief expressed by George Willis
Cooks, lecturer at the Boston School
Of Social Science.
"Shyness is not essentially femi-
nine quality" he declared, "but simply
the result Of teaching. Woman at the
present time appears to be getting a
better education than man and there
fore should be able to select help
mate more intelligently than a man
can do. She is taking the initiative In
business and in politics, and the time
Ii coming when she should also take
It In love. Marriage will be happier
when womer do the courting."
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-02-03
A KINGS SKULL STOLEN.
Grave of the First Servian Monarch
Desecrated by Ghculs.

The vault In st. Marks cemetery,
Vienna, in which reposed for many
years the bones of ara-George Petro-
witch, the founder of the Servian dy-
nasty, has been desecrated. The skull
of the former Servian chief has been
stolen, but the decorations and rings
were not touched.
The coffin of Queen Persi was not
opened. There is no clew to the desc
orators.
King George BLACK George), OF
George Czerny, was a peasant, born In
1768, who became In 1906 the leader OF
the Servians In the revolt against Tur-
key. He defeated the Turks, captured
Belgrade and liberated Servia. He
was driven out Of Servia In 1918 and
murdered In 1917.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-02-03
hance upon politicians.

liance upon politicians.
"When they tell you that prosperity
may be created and maintained by
tariffs and other articles laugh at
them.
"We need honesty enough to live
within our means.
"We need to understand that the fu
ture of men and commonwealths is
created out Of character and intelligent
effort and not by anything which any
political agency can accomplish"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-02-03
s17,15o.ooo In Alaska Gold.

Alaska has produced S17.150OO0 in
gold In the year 1911. The mines
OF the territory have turned out %.
100000 pounds OF copper-fve times
as much as In 1910-and $4,000 in
other mineral products, such as silver,
tin and gypsum.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-02-03

The Snuff club has been established
in London. Motoriag is said to be the
chief cause for its inception. AS the
motorist is unable to enjoy a smoke.
he takes his tobacco thsnrrh the nose
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-02-03
70 DIG FOR OLDEST PEOPLE.
ArchaeoIooist oric Bates Of Harvard
Going to the Sudan.

SN0NFfs
Oric Bates, the archaeologist, who
was appointed to the Harvard STAFF OF
instruction In Egyptology. is now on
his way to the Sudan to continue ex-
cavations. where it is thought the Sc
crets Of race older than any prehis-
toric people now positively known to
have existed may be hidden.
This Is the 1Ist time that any exca.
vations have been undertaken In the
region which the professor Ii to visit,
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-02-03
Fund For Flood Repair.

AS a fund for food repair the last
japanese cabinet put aside the sum
of So. 100000.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-07-04
THE WAY oE BAD EGGS.

The other day New York firm
which in the past has been doing a
pretty heavy business in riots and
spots" was handed a fine of $500 and
costs for selling rotten eggs in liquid
form This is but one of number of
instances in which the chaps who
make the final disposition of the trash
that is taken in by the uncomplalnlng
country merchant from their crooked
customers have been sailed heavily
for violating the recently enacted pure
food law. New York is the great egg
market of the country. and many OF
the commission men doing business
there have notified their correspondents
in western states that they want no
more rotten eggs. that they can't sell
them and if they should attempt to do
so would likely have to go to jail for it
This is wholesome news indeed. for il
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-07-04
THE HIRED MANS VIEWPOINT.

In an article contributed short time
ago to a northern country weekly pa
per by bright hired man several sug-
gestions were made that were dec1d-
eddy timely and which, if needed by
farm proprietors, would do much not
only to solve the hired man problem
but also to simplify the dairy business
and some other problems that the
farmer has on his hands just now.
The correspondent in question states
that hired men do not kick so much
on the wages they receive as on the
hours which they are asked to put in
on so many farms, beginning at 4.3O or
4:45 in the morning with milking the
cows and. after a hard days work in
the field. winding up the day at be
tween 8 and . o'clock at night with
these same COWS. He rightly contends
that if these cows were given the
care which they ought to receive and
which it would pay their owner to
give them they should be MIXED ut
intervals of twelve hours apart. instead
of fifteen and nine. Another excellent
point he makes is that the average
hired man is just human enough that
he appreciates courteous and cordial
treatment from his employer. and that
IL so treated he will do enough more
and better work to make good interest
on the investment of such treatment.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-07-04
a POTATO SPECIALISTS WORK.

Probably no one man has done or is
doing so much for the potato industry
of the country as Professor c. l.
Fitch, who is the potato specialist OF
the Colorado Agricultural college. Ii
made an exhaustive study into TN
origin Of American varieties of p0ta
toes as Il Foundation study which
would help him in the work he had III
hand of improving Colorado varieties
His findings. which of necessity are in
large measure of Il general character,
are helpful, not only to potato grow
ers in Colorado. but in other sections
of the country us well. Among Il mum
Der of interesting facts which Profess
sor Fitch has demonstrated perhaps
the most important is that fungous
growth called riZoc is responsible
chiefly for the tendency in potatoes to
run out" The spores of this pest
live on the mature potato in its place
of storage during the winter and are
visible as brown specks or spots on
the surface. but do not usually injure
the interior texture or quality of the
tuber These germs or spores are
planted with the pieces of seed in the
spring and shortly spread by fine
thread and netlike growth to the new
and tender shoots that grow from the
seed piece AS result these are either
killed outright or greatly or slightly
weakened, and on those stalks that do
live through the season only .runty
tubers are produced of low vitality.
Mr. Fitch asserts that most alfalfa
land as we'll as land on which pota-
toes have been grown for a number
of years is likely TO be more or less
infested with this riZoc: hence, treat
ing the seed with the formalin solution
does little good. In his opinion, the
selection of clean seed and having the
soil we'll drained and giving the grow
ing crop deep and thorough cultiva-
ton are the best methods of reducing
damage from riZOc to minimum.
The addition of fresh manure is not
advisable on land which is to be used
for growing potatoes. Soil which con
tains a good deal of sand is freest
from rizoc. and it is for this reason
that it is SO we'll suited to growing
them, Relative to the selection of pc
tatoes for seed, Professor Fitch recon-
mends those that are comparatively
short and fat for the variety, not
pointed or teated, shallow eyed and
without prominent yokes or yoke
points: for most varieties recessed
little at the stem. and if of red or
pink variety. light in color for the
variety. In the selection of the seed
they should be medium sized and TAX
en- from lot that is of uniform size
and shape.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-07-04

will put little more stiffness in the
country merchants backbone and give
him the courage necessary to notify
his patrons that he can use no more
rotten eggs for the very good reason
that he can't in turn load them off on
some dealer in the larger market
When this notice has been given the
rotten egg nuisance will have been
chased into its hole--the farms and
poultry yards Of the country And
when the keepers of poultry can get
nothing from the home merchant for
added eggs they will quit taking them
to market and will forthwith set about
correcting the conditions which pro
duce rotten eggs When these cond1-
tons shall have been corrected eggs
will sell for much better prices and
sellers of fresh eggs will get some
where near what they are fairly
worth.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-07-04
CHANG THE PRIS0NERSw
An Exclamation That Was Put Into
Effect as an Order.

An Exclamation That Was Put Into
Effect as an Order.
The young laird Of Lochnow was a
character In the Scotch camp life of
the early eighteenth century. He was
cool in action and full of fun in daily
life. One day he was detailed to com
mand a burial party. and as he strolled
over the battlefield his orderly came to
him in great perplexity.
Sir" said he, ''there is heap of fell
lows lying out yonder who say they're
only wounded, and they won't let us
bury them like the rest. What shall
we do?"
BURY them at once" replied young
Agnew without moving a muscle of
his countenance, ''for if you take their
word for 1t they won't be dead for
hundred years to Gomez
The man saluted and started off in
all simplicity to carry out the order.
and Agnew had to dispatch counter
order in haste to prevent his joke from
becoming tragedy.
This recalls an "oer true'' tale of
border life. Some Galloway moss
troopers were brought before Sir Will
liam Howard, who was an enthusiastic
mathematician. He was deep in his
studies when the prisoners were
marched into the castle courtyard, and
lieutenant came running up to get
orders as to their disposal Enraged
at being interrupted. he cried Hang
the prisoners!" and went on with his
work.
He finished his problem and went
down with cheerful mind only to
learn that his exclamation had been
taken for an order, and the prisoners
were ell hanged
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-07-04

A scientific study of the fungous dis
eases which attack potatoes tends to
greatly strengthen the practice of i'm
porting seed from sections considerably
north of the point where the planting
is to be done. In the case of securing
new seed corn experience has proved
it generally unwise to ship it from
any distance either north or south, but
that it can safely be brought from
points east or west for a distance of
from 200 to 300 miles.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-07-04

Potato raisers in the United States
w:ll have to take a back seat, for here
comes a report that trucker in Alas
ka cleared $2,7OO from three acres
planted to spuds 1t is quite likely, in
the absence of definite evidence to the
contrary, that the sale price was the
important factor in determining the
return from this tract.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-07-04
ARE INVESTORS AFRAID?

is THE agitation for reforms
in Wisconsin having the effect OF
turning capitalists and investors
away from the state? This is a
question that is being seriously
debated at the present time, and
there are many who are inclined
to believe that Wisconsin is at
a standstill because Of the policy
of the present administration
and the great cry for reform by
the people.
In a statement given out at
Minneapolis this week by Presi-
dent Edmund Pennington of the
500 railroad that gentleman
stated that as a result of the
agitation in the state Wisconsin
is not progressing as are other
western states. The 500 rail-
road company operates extern
sive mileage in this state, and
the President of that road says
that the 500 will not build anOth
er mile of road in Wisconsin at
the present time or at any futher
time so far as could be seen. He
said that existing conditions IN
Wisconsin were such as to dis
courage capital seeking invest
ment. He declared that as
result of the state of the public
mind due to the agitation OF
Wisconsin politicians, that state
is actually going backward and
that eventually STATISTICS would
show wealth and population
losses. He said that until this
time came the people of the state
would not wake up to the fact
that the attacks of politicians
upon business was having a
serious effect upon the prospect
ty of the state.
Mr.. Pennington said that his
company would not build an
other mile of road in the state as
long as this agitation kept up.
He said that the 500 would con
tinue to operate their lines but
they were through with Wiscon-
sin so far as new investments
were concerned. He said it was
surely not an inviting state for
capital to invest in.
It may be that Wisconsin is
going ahead too fast with it's re-
form laws. 1t is true that Wis
consin is not getting it's share oil
the manufacturing industries,
What is the cause?
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-07-04

Those Medicine Hat billiards. usual
" strike the states east of the great
continental divide the same week that
the folks living in this blast stricken
area get word from their friends spend
ing the winter in California about hav-
ing green peas and new potatoes for
dinner and home grown roses or other
flowers on the sitting room tables