The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-02-04


due the association may be paid to the
secretary at his Office in the court
house. F. L. Burnett, sec'y.
Wm. McBain is in receipt of a tele-
gram from his brother, Daniel, stating
that he left F~itchburg, Mass. yesterday
afternoon and will likely reach Madi.
son tomorrow night. The funeral of
the late Simon McBain has therefore
been announced to be held Thursday
afternoon from Masonic Temple. Rev.
f. E. Stockton Of WATERFOWL, form
erly pastor of the First Baptist church
OF this city. assisted by Rev. g. Nc
Kibbin of the Presbyterian church,
| will conduct the service, the burial to
be in charge of the Masonic orders.
The new nickel soon to take the
place Of the goddess of liberty nickel
which has been In use for many years
will have the American bison on one
side and on the other the American In
dian. There will be no "V." Instead
will be the bison under which appears
the words ''6ve cents and Sc pluribus
unum." In design it will be truly
American. 1t was designed by James
e. Fraser of New York. The nickels
will be put in circulation at once and
the mint at Philadelphia has begun
stamping 100 a minute.
Anonymous senders of valentines this
year have one more obstacle in their
paths. This time ii is the parcel post
system. AT least it will be the case of
pictures printed on celluloid and TIED
with Daby ribbon. The postal laws
provide that printed material other
than that which Is printed ON paper
must be sent by parcel post. This
means that the sender's name must APP
pear on the outside of the package and
that the feminine recipient will learn
the identity of her gallant. The only
other alternative for valentine senders
On February IA will be to mail their
packages as first class matter. In this
Ease they will pay 2 cents an ounce on
their love tokens although they can
their name on the inside In
his case.
Fergus Falls, Minp., journal: ''The |
Olaf college band, of st. Olaf col
-ege, N%orthfeld, appeared at the
thester Wednesday evening
before one of the largest audiences of
recent years, the theater being crowded
70 its fullest capacity by an audience
hat listened with keen delight to the
splendid music rendered by the organi-
The band consists of forty FIVE
and every member is a musical
1t is under the direction Of
Prof. f. Melius Christensen, and is
accompanied by Prof. Oscar A. Gron.
.etb, the celebrated baritone, whose
selections never fail to arouse enthusi-
1t presents a varied progrsm-a
program such as only a highly trained
organization can present-and its
every number Wednesday evening was
with enthusiastic applause.
The encores included quite a number
Of selections in addition to those ap.
on the regular program and
every number was enjoyed" The
band will appear at the Madison opera
house tomorrow evening, beginning at
8:15.
Tue Washington weather bureau in
its weekly forecast says: Indications
are that during the present week tenn
peratures will be nearer the seasonable
averages in all parts of the country,
we'll distributed precipitation. A
disturbance that now cover the south
west will move northeastward, crossing
the great central valleys Monday OF
Monday evening, and the eastern states
Tuesday or Wednesday. This disturb
ance will cause general rains aud snow
Monday in the southwest and Monday
and Tuesday in the region between the
Mississippi valley and the Atlantic
coast. Another disturbance will APP
pear in the far west about Wednes-
day. move eastward over the middle
west Thursday or Friday and the east
ern states near the close of the week.
This disturbance will be attended by
general precipitation and in all proba-
bility will terminate the prolonged
period of dry weather in the Pacific
states. A change to considerable cold
er weather will overspread the north
western states about Thursday.