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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-05-03
FIRM FOUNDATION
Nothing Can Undermine Il In
Madison

People are sometimes slow to recog-
nize true merit, and they cannot be
blamed, for so many have been hum
bugged in the past. The experience
of hundreds of Madison residents, x
pressed publicly through newspapers
and other sources, places Doan's Kid.
ney Pills on a firm foundation here.
Price Hughes. locomotive engineer
of G. M. 81 st. p. Ry., Fourth and
Josephine Ave Madison, s. D, y
Il was in bad shape as the result of
kidney trouble, brought on. / believe,
by the constant jolting and sitting 10
the cab of my engine. There was a
dull pain across my back which was
particularly severe at night and my
rest was broken. If | had to do much
STOPPING or lifting while at work, it
increased the misery. / was told about
Doan's Kidney Fills and began using
them. They helped me at once. l
have advised many suffering from kid.
ney trouble to use Doan's Kidney Pills
az they are the only sure remedy that /
know Of"
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster MilbuIn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the ame-Doan's-an and
take no other.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-05-03
LIES STRUGGLE
With ILLNESS
Mrs. Stewart Tells How She
Suffered from 16to45 years
old-How Finally Cured.

Euphemia, Ohio. -" Because of total
ignorance of how to care for myself
when verging into womanhood, and from
taking cold when going to school, / suf-
fered from a displacement, and each
month | had severe pains and nausea
which always meant a lay-off from work
for two to four days from the time |
was 16 years old.
Invent to Kansas to live with my sis
ter and while there a doctor told me of
the Pinkham remedies but | did not use
them then as my faith in patent medi-
cines was limited. After my sister died
l came home to Ohio to live and that
has been my home for the last Is years.
The Change of Life came when | was
AZ years old and about this time | saw
my physical condition plainly described
in one of your advertisements. Then |
began using Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound and / cannot tell YOU
or any one the relief it gave me in the
frst three months. It put me right
where | need not lay off every month
n during the last 18 years | have not
paid out two dollars to a doctor, and have
been blest with excellent health for wo-
woman of my age and l car thank Lydia
Z. Pinkham'sVegetable Compoundforit.
"Since the Change of Life is over |
have been a maternity nurse and being
wholly self-supporting | cannot over
estimate the value of good health. I
have now earned a comfortable little
home just by sewing and nursing since
l was 81 years old. have recommended
the Compound to many with good re-
suits, as it is excellent to take before
and after childbirth. Miss EVELYN
ADELIA STEWART, Euphemia, Ohio.
II You want special advice write to
Lydia II. Pinkham Medicine Co. Conf
dentiaD Lynn, Mass. Your letter viii
be opened, read and answered By q
woman and held i'm strict confidence
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-05-03
TARIFF BILL UNDER FIRE
Free Wool and Sugar Will Bring Dis.
aster, Say Some Senators.

Washington. May 2.-The first con-
certed attack on the free wool and
free sugar schedules of the Under
wood bin has begun. With President
Wilson sitting as judge and jury the
Democratic senators from the Inter
Mountain and North Pacific coast
states presented their arguments
against these clauses. Prediction of
dire disaster to industry was made.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-05-03
ADVOCATES of
PEACE GATHER
Fourth American Congress
Opens at St Louis
CARNEGIE MAKES ADDRESS

With War Clouds Lowering Over An
Europe Complete Disarmament 10
the Theme OF All the Speakers.
Nineteen American Nations Repre-
scented.
st. Louis. May 2.--With wal clouds
lowering over all Europe and Secre-
tary OF State Bryan on the Pacific
coast unable to attend ON account OF
the California, japanese situation, men
and women OF International reputa-
ton as leaders in the cause OF better
ment for humanity assembled at the
Odeon in the fourth American a
congress.
Representatives OF the nineteen
American nations planned a concert
cd enort to prove to the world the
us~eiessness and waste OF war, and not
only the waste OF war but the enor.
nous burden OF wal preparations.
Complete disarmament was the
theme OF all speakers.
Addresses OF welcome by Governor
Major OF Missouri and Mayor Kiel,
with Congressman Richard Bartholdt
presiding. were the preliminaries to
the opening session. and Andrew Car.
negie. the worlds most ardent adyo-
cate OF international peace. opening
the congress formally with an address
on "The Baseiess Fear OF War;
Failure OF Secretary OF State Bryan
to conclude his diplomatic mission In
California In time to present his views
to the congress Saturday was a disap.
pointment to the executive commit.
tee. When the secretary found he
could not attend he wired Chairman
James e. Smith suggesting that Presi.
dent Wilson. honorary president. be
again invited.
In response to q message placing q
private q at his disposal President
Wilson expressed his regrets that an
engagement to speak 10 jersey City
would prev ant his acceptance Of the
invitation. /,
Mr.. Carnegie told the peace con.
gress why he believed the nations
would reach the goal OF peace
and by what road they would travel.
He described the cost OF war and var.
We 0rspsratiQa end axplataea ~ 60
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-05-03
Appears Satisfied With Mis-
sion to California.
WEBB BILL CONSERVATIVE
Secretary Of State Said to Have Wired
President That Measure Now Under
Consideration Does Not vioIate
Treaty Obligations.

Washington, May 2.-Secretary
Bryan has telegraphed from Sacra-
mento that he will leave that city i'm
mediately for Washington. II he can
reach st. Louis in time he will deliv.
er an address in that city at the Amer
lean peace convention.
The secretary has communicated d.
rectly to President Wilson the latest
Developments In alien land owning leg.
islation, but pending the final action
of the legislature officials here are
silent.
Secretary Bryan's latest dispatches
to President Wilson contained a note
of optimism over the situation In Sac.
ramento. He is said to have tele-
graphed the president not TO credit
alleged misleading reports OF the in
tent OF the proposed legislation, ex-
pressing a belief in the solution OF
the difficulty satisfactory to the peo-
pie of California and to the federal
government.
While no information was forthcom-
ing as to the administrations attitude
on the pending Webb bill a report was
current that John Bassett Moore, act
ing secretary OF state, did not regard
the measure as a violation of treaty
obligations and that the original pro-
test of the Japanese government that
w~ -nnntQ t-A-fy--kf- - a
Japanese be carried In the legislation
had really been met by the general
phraseology OF the Webb proposal.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-05-03
Pains In the Stomach

If you continually complain Of pains
in the stomach, your liver or your
kidneys are out of order. Neglect
may lead to dropsy, kidney trouble.
diabetes or Bright's disease. Thous-
ands recommend Electric Bitters as
the very best stomach and kidney
medicine made. Fl. I. Aston, of
Raleigh, N. c., who Suffered with
pain in the stomach and back, writes:
my kidneys were deranged and my
liver did not work right. 1 suffered
much, but Electric Bitters was recon-
mended and / improved from the
first dose. | now feel like a new
man." 1t will Improve you, too. Only
SOC and 81. Recommended by all drug
gisrs.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-05-03

This is TO certify that all druggists
are authorized to refund your money if
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound fails
to cure your cough or cod. John
Bernt, Tell, Wis, states: 81 used Fo-
ley's Honey and Tar Compound for five
years, and it always gives the best of
satisfaction and always cures a cough
or cold" Refuse substitutes. For
sale by all druggists.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-05-03
Minneapolis Grain.

Minneapolis, May, 2.-Wheat-May,
SSc; July. 90$c; Sept, 91%c. Cash
close on track: No. / hard, 91Ac; No.
I Northern, 9o@90%c to arrive, S9@
0sOc; No. 2 Northern, SSAc; No. 3
Northern. S6@S6%c; No. 3 yellow
corn, 55k G56c; No. 4 corn, 53@54c;
No. 3 white oats. 33c; to arrive, 32ht;
No ) oats. 2S031c: barley. 4205Sc:
~ tl.SaN: to arrive, $1.a3k.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-05-03
ROYAL FOREST IS MENACED
Fire Near celie, Germany, Already
Has Devastated 10000 Acres.

Celle, Germany. May "A great for
est fire has been raging in this dis
trict since Wednesday evening. II has
devastated 10000 acres and now men
ces the village OF Rebberlah and the
royal forest.
The flames crossed the railroad run.
ming from Hanover to Hamburg, hold
ing up the trains for several hours.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-05-03
Chicago Live Stock

Chicago, May 2.-Cattle-Beeves,,
T.2OGS.90; Texas steers, $67007.75;
Western, $6.90@810; stockers and
feeders, s6.00@S.00; cows and heifers,
$3.90G8.15; calves, s6.5O@9.5O. Hogs
Light, $S.50@S.75; mixed, $4,000
8.75; heavy, $S.056S.6O; rough, 49,
05@S.20; pigs, $6,s0@S.70. Sheep
Native, $590m7.25; yearlings, $6.400
500; lambs, $6.50@S.80.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-05-03
Child Burned to Death.

Tomah, Wis.,, May 2.-Eln.re, four
year-old daughter of William Thinner
man, was burned to death in a brush
fire raging neal the home of her ia
ther. six miles west of Tomah. Ar
thur Zimmerman, Contemporaries
brother of the child, was badly burned
trying to rescue his sister, but will
recover.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-05-03
SETTLE HARVESTER STRIKE
Employees Vote to Accept Terms o.
fered by Company.

Auburn, N. Y, May 2.-The $50 en-
ployes OF the International Harvester
company's twine mills, who went on
strike on March 81 in sympathy with
the strikers at the Columbian Rope
company mills, voted almost unani-
mously TO accept the terms offered
by the company for a settlement.
Work In the Irvine mills will be re-
sumed Monday. The terms accepted
by the strikers are identical with
those offered by the state board Of
mediation and arbitration and reject
ed several times by the strikers.
The Columbian Rope company
strike was settled two weeks ago..
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-05-03
CREvASSE FLOODS
MANY VILLAGES
Immense Damage to Growing
Crops In Louisiana.

Vidalia. La, May Flood water
from the break In the Mississippi rlv-
er levee near Gibson's landing con
tinued to spread In all directions, de-
stroying growing crops and inundat-
Ing many villages. The damage will
run In hundreds Of thousands of dol
lars.
Engineers commanding large gangs
OF men were working to prevent fur
Their crumbling of the levee gap.
which had widened to half a mile.
New Orleans, May "A threatened
slough in the leyee at Poydras. thir-
teen miles south Of New Orleans. on
the east side Of the river. was dis.
covered and a appeared i'm
minent.
A break In the dyke at that point
would give considerable relief to the
levees along the city water front and
above New Orleans, but would food
all of Plaquemine parish, on the east
side OF the river, and part OF st. Bar
nard parish.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-05-03
Drives Sick Headaches AWAY

Sick headaches, sour, gassy stomach,
indigestion, biliousness disappear
quickly after you take DIR. King's New
Life Pills. They purify the blood and
put new life and vigor in the system.
Try them and You will be well salts
fed. Every pill helps; every box
guaranteed. Price 25c. Recommend
ed by all dugeists.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-05-03
Brazil In Panama Exhibit.

Washington, May 2.-Ambassador
Morgan informed the state depart.
ment that Brazil had accepted Presi-
dent Wilson's invitation to participate
in the Panama-Pacific exposition at
San Francisco.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-05-03

Hdehce that the tinted States never
need fear foreign invasion. President
Wilson and his administration be pre-.
dicted would gain immortal glory by
dealing successfully with the question
or world peace.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-05-03
ROADS REFUSE HIGHER PAY
Eastern Managers Send Reply to De-
mand Of Trainmen.

New York, May 2.-The conference
committee OF managers OF Eastern
railroads declined to grant the re-
quests made by their conductors and
trainmen for higher wages.
The committee. in a reply sent to
the Order OF Railway Conductors and
Brotherhood OF Railroad Trainmen,
says that the present rates IF wages
are liberal and in many cases exces-
sive and that the request for an in
crease Is declined in the interests OF
owners OF railroad securities. In the
interests OF all railroad employees. In
the interests OF the public as a whole"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-05-03
GRAIN AND PROVISION PRICES
South ST. Paul Live Stock.

South st. Paul, May Cattle
Steers. $5.75@S.25; COWS and heifers,
$4.50@7.35; calves, s5.006S.75; feed
ers, $4.30@7.75. Hogs-$S.10@8.3O.
Sheep-Lambs. s4.5O@S.OO; wethers,
$4.50@6.25; ewes, $2.25m6.OO.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-05-03
D0WIElTES PLAN TO FIGHT
Lose Control Of Zion City by Action
of Election Board.

Zion City, ILL.,, May criminal
prosecution Is threatened by follow.
ers OF John Alexander Dowie to regain
possession Of the reins of government
In Zion City.
w. III. Clendenine, Dowieite mayor,
who has held Office for a week, was
ousted by an independent board OF
elections which threw out two entire
sections of Zion City. declaring the
ballots were mutilated.
The anti-D owieites are in supreme
control They hold a working major.
ity OF the city council.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-05-03

The shooting followed a quarrel be-
tween Mrs. Smith and Henry Murphy.
proprietor of the saloon, over atten-
tons the saloon keeper is alleged to
have paid to an actress.
Il meant to shoot old mar Murphy
and not his son." Mrs. Smith told the
police. He treated me cruelty and I
wanted to get revenge"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-05-03
Chicago Grain and Provisions.

Chicago. May 2.-Wheat-May,
9lhc; July, $3.50; Sept, 91% @91hc
Corn-May, 55hc; July, SEC; Sept,
56k @56%c. Oats-May, 35hc; July,
BAH G34Bc; Sept, 34Ac. Pork--May,
1882; July, $3.50. Butter-Cream-
cries. 27430c. Eggs-17@1Sc. Poul-
try-Chickens and springs, tic.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-05-03

Rheumatism az a result of kidney
trouble, stiff and aching Joints. back
ache and sore kidneys will all yield
10 the use of Foley Kidney Pills.
They are tonic in action, quick in re-
suits, curative always. w. s. Skel
ton, Stanley. Ind. says: 81 would not
take 500 for the relief from kidney
trouble / received from one single box
Of Foley Kidney Pills" For sale by
all druggists.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-05-03
Duluth Wheat and Flax.

Duluth, May 2.-Wheat-On track
and to arrive, No. l hard, 92bc; No.
l Northern, 91bc; No. 2 Northern,
S9%c; May, S9%c; July. 91Nc; Sept,
ZINC. Flax-On track and to arrive,
$l-32h Q1.32A; May, s1.32A; July,
$l.34h; Sept, $1.35A.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-05-03
FELIX DIAz DENIES STORY
10 Not Planning an Uprising Against
Huerta.

Mexico City, May 2.-Denying re-
ports that he was planning an upris-
ing against the Huerta provisional
government, General Felix Diaz de-
clared he would never take arms
against the Huerta government nor
violate any of the terms Of the pact
made with General Huerta.
The Diaz faction now hopes that
congress may pass a special election
law and call a presidential election
at an early date.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-05-03
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Homesteaders Fight Fires In Northern
Wisconsin.

Duluth. Jay BRUSH fires raging
at the head Of Lake Nebagamon de-
stroyed the old camps of the Lake
Nebagamon Lumber company and
-four buildings OF the abandoned Hop
kins sanitarium.
The fire Is raging worst between
Lake Nebagamon and Winnibaujon,
which is located on the Brule river.
and about seventy-five homesteaders
went out with teams to stop the blaze.
Unless rain comes there will be great
loss of property.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-05-03
WOMAN KILLS YOUNG MAN
shooting Fellows Quarrel With Vic.
tins Father.

Chicago, May 2.-Clarence Murphy,
tWentyfwo years old, SON OF a Gary
und.) saloon keeper. was shot and in
stantly killed while In his fathers
place Of business BY Mrs. Grace Smith.
thirty-nve years old. when he attsnpe-
- - ejsct 1se
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-05-03
Two Men Burned to Death.

Oswego, N. Y, May 1.-Two men
were burned to death and three fatal
ly injured in a fire which partly de-
stroyed the Healey House. a three
story structure OF brick and wood.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-05-03
BARBARA FRiTcHiE RESTS
BESIDE SPOUSE.

Frederick. Md. May 2.--The
body of the heroine of Whit
tiers famous poem-Barbara
Fritchie-which has rested In
the old Reformed graveyard
here since 1862. has been re-
moved to a vault In Mount OIL
Vet cemetery. where 1t Is to be
reinterred beside that of her
husband.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-05-03

Pittsburg, May 2.-Seven local physi.
clans were arrested in a raid con-
Quoted by postofice inspectors charged
with using the mails for alleged fraud
uient purposes. All furnished bail Of
trom $500 u $4,000.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-05-03
BREAD FAMINE is FACED

Three Hundred Winnipeg Bakers on
Strike.
Winnipeg, May 2.-Three hundred
bakers employed In large bakeries OF
Winnipeg went ON q strike, demand
Inc that only union labor be employed
In bakeries and that apprentices be
limited to n for every five first class
hands. Employers had agreed to raise
wages to $50 weekly.
Citizens are face to face with a seri.
Gus bread famine, as all bakeries
were running to capacity to keep up
with the demand
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-05-03

Get my prices on drilling ana repair
Ing wells.-D. t. Moran. Madison. s.
ID phone 1888 green,
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-05-03
LEAVES HER ART TO BE-
COME A NUN.

New York, May miss Mel
va Beatrice Wilson, Americas
foremost woman sculptor" has
become a nun. The beautiful
young woman who came to
New York from the Middle
West a decade ago and at
tanned a success In the plastic
art that was almost sensational
in its meteority is believed to
be serving a novitiate in Rome.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-27
COLD WEATHER TO
FIND DOCK READY
Necessary Repairs Are Being
Made on City Property Before
Winter Sets In.

Two waste gates at the Seventeenth
street entrance to the City Dock will
be replaced early this week. a con-
to j. I. Nuckols & Company, and 1t
Will be pushed rapidly to completion in
order not to delay shipping. \ Golfer
dam has been constructed to hold back
the water from the canal during the
progress OF the work, and the new
gates have been built and are ready to
he dropped into place
At the other end of the Dock the big
bulkhcnd, at which incoming and out
going craft will tie up. waiting to be
locked into the Dock, or awaiting the
arrival OF tug TO carry them down
the river. is about completed IT was
Intended by the contractor II get
through the latter part Of last week
but the heavy rains delayed him. The
drcdTc Fulton is ready TO begin pump
ing mud from the old Trigg slip into
the bulkhead
liarhormaster John K. Hopkins now
expects TO have the Dock in a fairly
good condition and ready 10 stand the
raVaEes OF winter and the con sequent
high water. Until the waste gates are
completed he is having great dfiicu,:v
In Keeping the water at the proper
icNei rms is particularly true on Sat
urday night and Sunday. while the big
mills using the canal for watcrpower
aro shut down.
There is Il leak in the inner gates
Of tho locks that is causing some trou-
BILE. The hole Is eighteen feet below
the low-water mark and the repairs
must be made by Il diver, Tho diving
outht owned by the city WAS damaged
several weeks ago when AN amateur
|as putting II on. preparatory to un-
dertakinE the work. IL was shipped
TO New York to he repaired. and viii
probably be returned before the end OF
the week. when another ATTEMPT to
work under water will be made by the
volunteer
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-27
WILD DASH DOWN HILL
Broad and Main Chr Stuck to Rail.
md Nobody WINS Hurt.

Persons who saw an "owl" car on
the Broad and Main Street line. which
had started upon its last ran yester-
day morning at $50 o'clock, dash at
terrific speed down the steep Broad
Street HILL We're sure that when it
reached the curve at Eighteenth Street
IL would turn over But it chung to
the rails. rounded the curve and came
to a standstill after rolling about nifty
feet further. Most of the passengers
were policemen. en- route to their sta
tons to report for the o'clock roll
call. Nobody was hurt.
The car began its wild run at Twen-
ty-second street when the brakes re-
fused to work. 1T rapidly gained mo-
mentum as it sped down the hill and
passed Nineteenth Street like a shot.
That it did not turn over or even leave
the tracks as it struck the switch was
regarded as remarkable
Investigation showed that the brakes
were out of order and 1T was neces-
sary to tow the car to the barns for
repairs.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-27
THINK SEABOARD
HAS FINE CHANCE
Stockholders Gratified That Road
Has. Been Put on Dividend
Paying Basis.
MANAGEMENT is COMMENDED
Large Amounts Expended to Get
Property in Better Earn
ing Condition.

Tho announcement printed in Tho
Times Dispatch on Friday that tho
Seaboard Air Line Railway directors
had voted a dividend of per cent on
the preferred stock. to be paid out or
surplus earnings. has been accepted in
railway and banking circles AZ evil
dcncc that the property is showing tho
result Of careful business manage
m"nt and general prosperity Much OF
TINS stock IL held In Virginia. The d.
Vidend is the nrst TO be declared since
the Scaboard got on its feet follow
ing the long period when II was in the
hands OF receivers Stockholders who
have patiently contributed to the IN
building OF the road realized that it
would require time and good handling
TO put IL on a dividend paying basis,
ana they look now for additional re-
turns on their Investments The re-
port for the three months ending Sep
TENDER 80 shows that the net earnings
we're IN cacrss OF those for tho cor
responding period last year.
ouestion Of fenri. Hnnis.
The question OF the yearly basis oS
dividend has not been acted upon ny
the board OF directors s. Davis War
Held explained that the policy of tho
board IN this regard VIII obviously bo
TO retain for the impro vemeuts OF tho
property such proportion OF its earn
lngs as in its judgment is conservative
and wise. Naturally the directors
should be inclined" said Mr.. Warfeld.
after providing for the proper re-
qGiremcnts Of the road to distribute to
the stockholders a fair proportion OF
the earnings"
Within the past year the Seaboard
has authorized the expenditure OF larR.
amounts for terminals. equipment and
general improvements Except for thIs
policy. dividends might have been
voted before. but that could only have
tcen done at the expense OF the prop
erty. The wiser plan was adopted,
however. and the line has now reached
the stage where II is capable OF great
ct earning capacity. which means, OF
course. better returns TO investors.