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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-06-21
HIGHEST PRICES
IN THIRTY YEARS
Commodities Expensive in
the Year of 1912.
One GROUP DECREASES

Marked Increases Shown In Farm
Products, Food, Fuel and LIehtine
and Metals and ImpIements-Lum.
Der and Building Materials Cost
Slightly Less Than in 1911.
Washington, June Wholesale
prices OF commodities in the United
States last year were higher than at
any time during the past thirty years.
the United States bureau of labor sta.
tistics announces. The most impor-
tant feature was the marked increase
In farm products, food, fuel and light.
ing, and metals and implements
Fuel and lighting showed the great
est increase over 1911, the average
being 9.4 per cent, while coke in
creased 46.2 per cent and crude Penn
sylvania petroleum 212 per cent.
Food as group increased 6.2 per
cent, the most pronounced increase
being in cornmeal, 279 per cent, and
canned tomatoes, 27.1 per cent.
Farm products increased 81 per
cent. The principal increase being in
sheep, PA per cent. and cattle, 29.4
per cent
Metals and implements increased
Do per cent, the greatest advances
being copper, 3l.S per cent and spell
ter, 29.9 per cent.
House furnishings disclosed in
creases from 23 to 1919 per cent.
while drugs and chemicals advanced
In price % per cent.
Cloths and clothing increased only |
y per cent. boots and shoes l5.9 per
cent. Carpets SO per cent, print |
cloths 9.S per cent and leather 80 per
cent ..,,-.,,,,,-,r-
une only group showing
decrease, the decline being 81 per |
cent
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-06-21
VAST INCREASE IN EXPORTS
Manufactures Advance Faster Than
Agricultural Shipments.

Washington, June Manufactures
exported from the United States have
increased in the last thirty three years
more than ten times as rapidly as the
agricultural exports, as shown by fig.
ures collected by the bureau OF for
eign and domestic commerce.
The value of farm product exports
have not Increased in value. but the
manufactures have grown so much
more rapidly that the increase is as
ten to one.
From the year 1889 to 1913 agricul-
tural products sent abroad grew in
value from S694, 100000 to $1,000, ,000,-
900, an increase of 70 per cent. Manu-
factured products exported in 1880
were valued at $122, 100000 in 1913 at
81 200, 100000, an increase of more
than 500 per cent.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-06-21
SELECTED BY POPULAR VOTE
Saloon Keeper at Sisseton, S. D.,
Works on a Salary.

Sisseton, S. d., June 21.--Commenc-
ing July ! Sisseton will have the near
est approach to a municipal saloon OF
any town in South Dakota. The H.
censes for two saloons to which the
town is entitled were granted to w.
e. Bollenbeck by popular vote.
Bolfenbeck will conduct the bust
ness on unique lines. He will work
on a salary of 81, 800 per year and the
profits of the business will be divided
as follows:
Fifty per cent to the county good
roads fund and the remaining so per
cent to the city treasury.
The daily receipts of the saloon will
be turned over to ]. A. Rickett and j.
Plut, leading citizens, under whose
control the business will be conduct
ed. The name of the city will not ap-
pear in any of the transactions OF the
saloon.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-06-21
POSTAL DEPOSITS INCREASE
Funds Held by Government Now Total
S35. 600 600

Washington, June 21.-At present
T272 qualified banks are paying to the
government 215 per cent interest on
postal savings funds New and sim
plihed regulations under which such
banks must qualify as repositories for
postal savings funds now are being
sent out by the Dostoffice department
The postal savings system is in op.
Grafton in 1890 different Offices, the
deposltors number 100000 and the de.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-06-21
NEGRO LYNCHED AT
HOT SPRINGS, ARK.
Hanged to Telephone Pole on
Prominent Street Corner.

Hot Springs, Ark, June 21.-Will
Norman, negro, charged with an as
sault on Garland Huff, twelve-year-
old white girl, was captured in the
nearby mountains and thirty minutes
later was seized by a mob of several
thousand citizens and hanged to a
telephone pole on a prominent busi-
ness corner of the city.
The girl died without regaining con-
sciousness.
Norman's body, stripped OF its
clothing and punctured by hundreds
of bullets, was left hanging under an
arc light for more than an hour, after
which 1t was cut down and burned.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-06-21
KILLED IN STRIKE FIGHT
Union Carpenter Meets Death al
Springfield, III.

Springfield, H.. June 21.-In the
business part of the downtown district
strikers and nonunion men engaged
in a pitched battle.
Albert Wilson of Springfield a un-
ion carpenter was stabbed to death,
one knife wound penetrating the
heart Will Fagin. also a union car
penter, was stabbed in the breast, but
not seriously.
Oliver Frank of Springfield and L.
ID. Crane and John Nelson, nonunion
men from st. Louis. were arrested
and held for the death of Wilson.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-06-21
PERKINS is VERY BITTER
Believes He Is on His Way TO the
Penitentlary.

Chicago, June 21.-In a statement
made after he had undergone a severe
griling in the hearing of the gov
ernment suit against the Information
al Harvester.company, George w. Per-
kins, former partner OF the late j..
p. Morgan, declared his firm belief
that he would be indicted and prose
cuted for criminal violation of the
Sherman antitrust law.
Il firmly believe that am on my
way to the penitentiary, said the big
financier, after he had left the wit
ness stand, where he engaged in an
all morning tilt with Edwin p. Gros-
vsnor, special government prosecutor.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-06-21
NAVY is TO PARTICIPATE
Flagship Niagara to Be Central Fig.
ure In Perry Celebration.

Washington, June 21.-The celebra.
ton of Perry's victory on Lake Erie,
beginning July 4, being regarded as
essentially a naval event, the navy
department is making special prepa.
ration TO participate.
The ceremonies will begin at Put
in-Bay July A, with the laying OF a
cornerstone OF a monument to the ma
val hero, to be followed by weeks
celebration at Erie, during which Sec.
retary Daniels will deliver an ad
dress.
The historic old brig Niagara
Commodore Perrys fiagship-raiset
from the bottom of the bay, will be
the central feature of the celebration
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-06-21
"Wetsr Beaten in Illinois.

Springfield, ILL.,, June 21.-The
"drys' won signal victories in the I'LL
nois legislature when the senate
passed two measures restricting sa.
looms in cities. One measure pro-
hibits saloons within four miles OF
the University of Illinois and as that
institution is practically midway be-
tween Urbana and Champaign saloons
In both cities are threatened.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-06-21
WEBB LAW CIVIL STATUTE
Violations Cannot Be Prosecuted by
Federal Authirities.

Washington, June 21.-The Webb
law forbidding interstate shipments
of liquor into dry states is not a
criminal statute and violations of it
cannot be prosecuted in United States
courts.
Attorney General McReynolds so
declared in instructions sent to every
United States attorney in the coun-
try. The law merely prohibits such
interstate traffic and contains no pen.
atty for infractions.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-06-21
SEX INSTRUCTION IN
HIGH SCHOOLS.

: Chicago, June 21.-Instruc-
. ton in matters of sex for high
; school pupils was authorized
|. by the board of education and
. Ella Flagg Young. superin-
!. tendent of schools, and a num-
: Der OF physicians well versed
+ in the problems OF hygiene
|. and physiology will be secured
!. for a lecture course.
!. The superintendent stated
+ that the elementary schools
!. need such instruction, but did
!. not believe that the time Is
!. due when that phase OF the
!. question should be taken up.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-06-21
TEACHER AND PUPILS KILLED
Demented Man Starts FusilIade In
German School.

Bremen, Germany, June 2l.--A
school teacher and two children were
shot dead another teacher and three
children fatally wounded and three
other children less seriously hurt by
a former teacher of the name OF
Schmidt, who, armed with six loaded
revolyers, entered a Catholic school
and started a fusillade among the
class.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-06-21
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Labor Leaders Gain Appeal.

Washington, June 21.-Chief Justice
White has granted an appeal to the
supreme court for Samuel Gompers.
John Mitchell and Frank Morrison.
labor leaders, convicted Of contempt of
court in the noted Bucks Stove and
Range case. The appeal will be heard
after October.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-06-21
Guaranteed Eczema Remedy

The constant iching, burning, red
ness, rash and disagreeable effects of
eczema, tetter, salt rheum, itch, piles
and irritating skin eruption can he
readily cured and the skin made clear
and smooth with DIR. Hobson's Eczema
Ointment. Mr.. J. c. Eveland, Of
Bath, H., says. 81 had eczema
twenty five years and has tried every.
thing. All failed. When ! found
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-06-21
Five Murderers Get Stay.

Phoenix, Ariz., June 21.--Five muir
derers, all of whom were to have
been hanged Friday, were reprieved
by Governor Hunt until Dec. 10, 1914.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-06-21

President Menocal of Cuba has
abrogated the decree signed by his
predecessor, former President Gomez,
providing for the purchase by the
Cuban government of the Ports I'M
provement company. The opposition
declared the Gomez plan to be graft
scheme.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-06-21

several Million Dollars Due Shippers
for overcharges During Litigation
to Be Turned Over to Railway Com,
mission for Distribution.
81. Paul, June 21-At a conference
with the members of the state rail-
road and warehouse commission. held
behind locked doors, representatives
cision Of the United States supreme
court in the famous Minnesota rate
case agreed to put into effect, as soon
as possible. the state rates declared
valid by the supreme court.
These include the 2-cent passenger
rate, the merchandise freight sched-
ule, tested from Nov 10, 1906, until
the Sanborn decision July j, 1911, and
the commodity freight rate enacted
by the legislature but never put into
effect because of the injunction pro.
ceedings.
Those attending the meeting were
President Carl II. Gray Of the Great
Northern, Vice President J. n. Jack
son of the Great Northern and Attor-
neys DonneIly of the Northern Pacific,
Sheehan of the Chicago, st. Paul, Min.
neapolis and Omaha and Clark Of the
Minneapolis and st. Louis. The con-
ference lasted for more than two
hours and no outsiders were admitted
There were other railroad men there
but their names could not be learned
as they eyaded scrutiny by going out
of the side door.
No Further Contest.
BY the terms of the agreement the
railroads will make no further contest
in the matter of establishing the state
rates. Refunds due to shippers fol
oyercharges during the period of liti
cation representing the difference be
tween the present rates and those
made by the state will be paid a.
once.
This agreement means Minnesota
railroads will be called upon to dis
tribute approximately $3,000,0O0 within
the next six months. In 1909, aftel
the commodity rate had been enjoined
the legislature passed a law requiring
the railroads to file schedules eael
month showing all shipments made
under this law and the difference be
tween the state rate and those charged
in each particular case.
These schedules have been kept vi
to date and the railroads will pa!
over to the state commission tn
amount represented, to be distributes
by the commission to the shippers en-
titled to the rebates. Attorney Gen
eraI Smith will be asked to formulate
a plan whereby this may be accom-
plished. The commodity rebates REP
resent approximately one-half of tn
total amount of claims.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-06-21

Queen Victoria OF Spain became the
mother of a baby boy at the La Gran
da palace. This is the sixth child
born to King Alfonso Kill and Queen
Victoria, formerly Princess Victoria
Ena of Battenberg, married in 1906.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-06-21
DAMAGES FOR AERIAL
COLLISION.

Paris, June 2L-A French
court has ordered Captain Dix
on to pay 1000 francs to Avia-
tor Thomas and 10000 francs
to the Antoinette company for
damages resulting from the
first aerial collision on record.
At Milan, in 1910, Dixon and
Thomas collided in midair.
Dixon sued Thomas for 5000
francs and the latter sued Dix.
on for 100000 francs.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-06-21
KUADS HGREE 70
OBEY DECISION
No Further Contest on Min
neSOta Rates.
REFUNDS WILL BE PAID

Several Million Dollars Due shlppers
for OVercharges During Litqation
to Be Turned Over TO Railway Com.
mission for Distribution.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-01-06
TRAIN HITS BUGGY
AT IOWA CROSSING
Five Persons Killed and Two
Probably Fatally Hurt.

Denison, Ia, Jan. Give persons
were killed and two probably fatally
injured when a Chicago and North
western train struck a buggy one mile
north of here. The dead are John
Evers and his six-year-old son; John
Reimers, his wife and iye-month-old
baby.
The injured, John Reimers, aged
six, and Minnie Reimers, fourteen,
were taken to a local hospital, where
1t Is stated neither can recover
A sharp curve at the point just east
of the crossing made 1t impossible for
Engineer Charles Wheeler to see the
buggy until IL was too late 10 stop
before striking IL, he says.
Neither of the two Reimers chill
dren were able to tell why their father
started over the crossing as the train
approached. IL is thought his view
Of the tracks was Distracted becau e
Of the sharp curve and that the noise
OF the vehicle made IL impossible for
him to hear the approaching train.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-01-06
DANGER IN DELAY
Kidney Disease Are Too Dan.
gerous For Madison People
to Neglect

The greatest danger of kidney
troubles is that they so often get a firm
hold before the sufferer recognizes
them. Health will be gradually I'M
dermined. Backache, headache, nerv-
business. lameness. soreness, lumbago,
urinary troubles, dropsy, gravel and
Bright's disease may follow as the
kidneys get worse. Don't neglect
your kidneys. Help the kidneys with
Doan's Kidney Pills, which are so
strongly recommended right here in
Madison.
August Weitha, neal Fifth ST.,
Madison, s. Oak, says: sit gives Inc
pleasure to endorse Doan's Kidney
Pills. For many years / had kidney
complaint and although | tried various
remedies, | was unsuccessful in getting
relief until | procured Doan's Kidney
Pills from the Jones Drug Co. (now F.
c Smiths Drug Store). This prepar-
alton acted on my kidneys from the
first, driving away the pair and other
di difficulties. | am nov enjoying good
health.
For sale by all druggists. Price 80
cents. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Dosn's-and
take no other. ADV.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-01-06
NOTABLE GATHERING
AT REID FUNERAL
Remains Of Late Ambassador
Laid to Rest.

New York. Jan. 6.-The body of
Whitelaw Reid, late ambassador TO
Great Britain, was carried 20 its last
resting place In the Sleepy Hollow
cemetery at at Tarrytown. President
Taft, former President Roosevelt, cab
met officers, representatives of the
army and navy and OF the British en-
bassy, the bereaved family and hun
dreds of friends and associates of the
late ambassador attended the funeral
services in the cathedral of ct. John
the Divine.
During the night the steel casket
rested in the cathedral crypt, guarded
by a company of marines. Fol- the fu-
neral services IL was brought into the
chancel.
Bishop Davis III. Greer conducted
the services. assisted by Bishop Leon
ard of Cleveland. representing the do
cese of Ohio, In which Mr.. Reid for
merly resided. Bishop Boyd Carpen-
ter, canon of Westminster abbey, rep
resented the clergy Of England.
Great Britain was represented by
her American ambassador, James
Bryce. and members of his suite, and
the Off C of the cruiser Natal which
brought the body across the Atlantic.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-01-06
URGES WILSON'S CLASSMATE
Senator Owen Booms Robert Rogers
for Secretary Of interior.

Trenton. N. j., Jan. 6.-Senator
Robert L. Owen of Oklahoma present
ed to President Elect Wilson the
name of Robert Rogers. an Oklahoma
lawyer, for the post Of secretary OF
the interior.
"Senator Owen dewitt upon the fact
that Mr.. Rogers has a general prac-
tice in which he has distinguished
himself" Mr.. Wilson said. He added
that Mr.. Rogers had been prominent
as a progressive Democrat In Okla
homa."
Mr.. Rogers was a classmate of Mr..
Wilson at the University of Virginia,
but they have not seen each other
since. the governor said.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-01-06

Chicago. Jan. 4.-Cattle-Beeves
s5.S0G9.50: Texas steers. S4.75@5.90
Western steers, S5.7597GO; stockers
and feeders, sl.2567.60; COWS and
heifers. S2.S5676O; calves, s6.5001O.
so. Hogs-Light, s7.2507.55; mixed
s7.256760; heavy. s1.2517.6O; rough
s7.25GZ.35. pigs, s5.75@7.45. Sheep
Native. s435G5.4O; yearlings, S6.1OQ
7.70; lambs. s620@S75.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-01-06
DON'T BE BALD.
Nearly Any One May Secure a splen-
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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-01-06
RATlFY NEUTRALITY TREATY
Scandinavian Countries Sign Impor-
tant Agreement.

Copenhagen, Jan. 6.-Norway. Swe-
den and Denmark have formally rati-
fed an agreement to observe the same
rules for observance of neutrality dur
Ing naval wars. as are stipulated by
The Hague tribunal. This does not
mean a secret alliance between the
three Scandinavian nations. as was
limited in some quarters. II is merely
In line with the steadily growing pol
Icy of a better understanding and
more practical cooperation among the
three countries.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-01-06
TWO BANKERS ARE INDICTED
Misapplieation of Funds Is Charged
Against Cincinnati Men.

Cincinnati, Jan. 6.-Nathaniel S.
Keats, former secretary, and Fletcher
r. Williams. former treasurer of the
Cincinnati Trust company. of which
George b. Cox was president, were in
dicted by the Hamilton county grand
jury on charges of misapplication of
bank funds. Financial transactions
of the bank, which lost it's identity by
absorption by another hank. have
been under investigation for several
months.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-01-06

Write to Peruna Testimonials II Vol
Want to Know the Truth.

The following letter was received b..
DR.. Hartman through his regular Ger
respondeuCe:
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but these stories about patent medi.
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To the above letter DR.. Hartman
made the following reply:
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/ wish you would write Mrs. Boyle
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i nope you win remember that she IS
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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-01-06
MINNEAPOLIS Grain.

Minneapolis, Jan. 4-Wheat-May
S6hc; July, S7A Gs7Bc. Cash close
on track: No. ] hard, S4hc; No.
Northern. s21k dS3Bc; to arrive. s2x
6S3%c; No. 2 Northern, s0h GS1%c;
No. 3 Northern, 7sBQ7s%c; No. J
yellow corn, 41he; No. 4 corn, $50
}9c; No. 3 white OF IS. 29A 93Oc; tc
-~rrive, 29%c; No. 3 oats. 27929c
barley, AZ p61c; fax. s1.25A; to ar
dive, S1.25A.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-01-06
FATAL WRECK NEAR MOBILE
Two mi Perhaps More Killed When
Trestle coliapses.

Mobile, Ala. Jan. 6.-Two men are
known to have been killed and a score
of persons injured when part of a
New Orleans. Mobile and Chicago pas
senger train crashed through a trestle
at Leaf, Miss.
II is reported that others may be
dead in the wreckage.
The engine. Of a new and heavy
type, proved TOO heavy for the trcs:le
and. followed by the baggage coach
and the negro coach. plunged into the
swamp beneath. Thirteen negroes I'm
one car were seriously hurt.