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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-05-01
UNIFORM ACCOUNT
System Recommended for All South
Dakota Counties.

Pierre, May /. - Executive Ac-
countant Truran called in all his
deputies for a conference at the of
fee in relation to the law of last
winter, which provides that a board,
consisting of the executive account
ant. public examiner, state auditor
and state treasurer, shall be a com
mittee to prescribe a uniform sys-
tenn or accounting and blanks for all
the county departments, as well as
state departments. The law pro-
vides that 1T is the duty of the exc
cutive accountant or his assistants
TO proceed to each county in the
state at irregular periods of at least
once in two years and examine and
audit the books and accounts of each
officer thereof. The law also pro-
vides for a uniform accounting in
all the state departments, and as M.
Truran checks them up such uniform
method is adopted.
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WOMAN FIGHTS BEAR
And Loses-Prospector Finds Skele.
tons As Evidence of Tragedy.

Helena, don't, April 30.-Tatter-
ed remnants of a woman's dress, the
skeleton of a bear with a bullet hole
through the head and the skeleton
of a dog beneath an outstretched
paw, are the mute evidences of a
tragedy on the wooded slope of
Jackson creek beyond Montana City,
discovered by a prospector while ex-
ploring for mineral.
Pierce is the finders name, and
he told Thomas Sweeney, assistant
cashier of the Thomas Cruise bank,
about il when he was out there re-
Gently, and the two men are going
back when the snow is melted to try
to find the woman's remains.
There is no doubt at all in Pierce's
mind that the woman had been Der
rying when she encountered the
bear. AS the animal charged her
she fired, and the bullet penetrated
the brain but did not cause instant
death. The brute struck her down
with a single blow from its mighty
paw, and then scraped her clothing
of in huge sweeps with its claws.
The dog sprang to the defense of its
mistress. Turning, the bear struck
at it, and itself fell dead, the crush
ed body of the dog pinned tight by
the heavy paw.
The tragedy could not have hap
pened very many years ago, or else
the faded bits of woman's clothing
that Pierce found hanging on the
brush near the two skeletins would
have rotted away. Coyotes could
pick the bodies of the dog and bear
clean in a night and the frost and
sun would quickly bleach the bones.
Pierce does not believe the wo-
man was killed instantly by the bear,
but that she was badly wounded and
lacerated by the sharp claws. When
the dog rushed in and the bear turn
ed to it the be~rry-picker crawled
away in the thick brush and expired
The discovery was made toward
nightfall by Pierce. and he intended
returning shortly to look for the
woman's skeleton, when snow came
forcing a postponement of the search
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-05-01
FREChLES
Now is the Time TO Get Rid of These
Ugly Spots.

There's no longer the slightest
need of feeling ashamed of your
f~reckles, as the prescription othine-
double strength - is guaranteed to
remove these homely spots.
Simply get an ounce of othine-
double strength - from any drug
gist and apply a little OF 1t night
and morning and you should soon
see that even the worst freckles
have begun to disappear. while the
lighter ones have vanished entirely.
1t is seldom that more than an ounce
Is needed to completely clar the skin
and gain a beautiful clear complex
ion.
Be sure to ask for the double
strength othine as this is sold under
guarantee of money back II 1t fails
to remove freckles.-Adv.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-05-01
ASTOR- HUNTINGTON
WEDDING SIMPLE
Illness Of Bridegroom Reason
for Lack Of Display.

S%taatsburg. N. Y, May 1.-Only the
simplest of ceremonies marked the
wedding of Miss Helen Dinsmore
Huntington and Vincent Aston, head
OF the house of Astor and wealthiest
young man In America.
Rev. Richard Duncan, pastor of st.
Margaret's church, read the Episcopal
marriage service.
Owing to the recent Illness of the
bridegroom. who is still weak from
an attack of grip. the ceremony was
performed at Opelousas, the magnift
cen Staatsburg estate of the brides
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Robert p. Hunt.
ington.
Only seventy-flve guests. including
Astor's mother and sister, Alice Mu.
riel, Mr.. and Mrs. Huntington and
other close relatives and friends at.
tended. Fifteen of the guests came
from New York by special train. The
bridegroom's mother and sister spent
the night at Ferncliffe. the Astor es.
tate ear here.
The only attendants for Miss Hunt
ington were Alice Muriel Aston and
Margaret Dows, daughter OF Mrs
Tracy Dows. whose home is neal
Hopedale house. and her sister, Alice
Huntington. The two former acted al
flower girls and the brides sister a,
maid Of honor.
Herman Oelrichs. boyhood chum oil
Vincent Astor, was the best man
There we're no ushers.
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SINCLAIR AND AIDS TO JAIL
Author and TWO Women Refuse te
Pay So Fines.

New York, May Upton Sinclair
and the four women who were arrest.
ed with him in front of the Standard
Oil building, while they paraded as
"mourners" protesting against John
ID. Rockefeller, Jr.'s policy In the
Colorado mine war, were found guilty
OF disorderly conduct and each was
sentenced to pay a fine of So with the
alternative of three days in Jail.
Sinclair, Mrs. DOME Listner and
Mrs. Elizabeth Freeman refused to
pay the fine.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-05-01
NOTICE OF

Special meeting Of the Madison
Cemetery association will be held in
the secretary's Office on Friday eve
ming, May LIST, at eight o'clock, for
the purpose of electing a sexton for
the coming year and transacting any
other business of the association.
IF. j. Curtiss, Pres.
F. l.. Burnett, Secy:
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-05-01

Letting a stubborn cough hang on"
i'm the spring is risky. Foley's Honey a
Tar Compound heals raw infiamed sur
faces in the throat and bronchial tubes
makes sore, weak spots sound and
whole-stops stubborn, tearing coughs.
Refuse substitutes. For sale by all
druggists.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-05-01
FOR SHERIFF.

hereby announce myself as an
independent republican candidate for
sheriff of Lake county. subject to the
will OF the voters at the general cleo
tion.-Albert Budde.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-05-01
BRITISH FLEET OFF IRELAND
Navy VIII Attempt to Prevent Further
Smuggling of Arms.

Belfast, Ireland, April 30.-The third
tattle squadron of the British heet ar
rived off Bangor, a seaport on Bel.
fast I.ough.
A fiotilla OF eleven destroyers also
reached Belfast Tough. which they
will undertake to patrol to prevent
further gun running.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-05-01
Dull reeIng-Swollen Hands and Feet
Due to Kidney Trouble.

-FOUR kidneys need help when your
hands and feet thicken. swell up, and
you feel dull and sluggish. Take Foley
Kidney Pills. They are tonic, stimulat-
ing and strengthening and restore your
kidneys to healthy normal action. Try
them. For sale by all druggists.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-05-01
PORT OF MANZANILLO NOT
BoMHARDED.

Washington, May 1.-The e
port from Mexico City that the
port of Manzanillo on the Pa.
cifc coast has been lombard
ed by an American warship
was denied at the White
House. A fire, said to have
been OF incendiary origin, oc-
Cured. but American forces
had nothing to do with 1t.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-05-01
SIX PERISH IN LAKE GALE


cd Wrecked.
Rochester. N. ", May dis
patches from Oswego, N. Y, report
the loss OF ak lives In the w~recking
q three sohooners and one tug in Q
stesm On Lake Ontario.
BIG Sum for Pressing Needs.
New York, April 30.-Executors
and trustees under John Jacob As.
tors will allowed $1,6SS,311 to meet
pressing needs of the estate" Mrs.
Madeline Force Aston, the widow. was
given 500, 900 In cash.
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+ 1. i I. 4. + + + 1. 4. + + 4. I. 4. + i
HURLS PETITION AT KING
suffraeette~ Interrupts British Rulers
Drive.

London. May 1.-While King George
Cambridge a ~suffragette approached
his automobile and threw at his ma
iesty a petition calling for votes for
women. The package struck the
chnuhour
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-05-01
VERA CRUZ DEATH LIST Il

OeSouty III OF
Mexican seaport.
Washington, May 1.-The latest re-
ports received by the navy depart.
ment OF the number OF American cas-
ualtses at the occupation Of Vera Cruz
ts as follows:
Killed: Eleven sailors, four ma
rines. one service. unidentified. Total
sixteen.
Wounded: Two naval officers. fifty
I'M sailors, fourteen marines, three
service. unidentified. Total seventy.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-05-01
DOCTORiNG OF SICK DOG
FATAL TO BOY.

|. Luverne, Mimi, May L.
+ Harry Lear, eighteen years old,
is dead from lockjaw that fol-
+ lowed the treating of a sick dog
!. by the boy a few days ago.
|. The dog was subject to spasms
!. and was frothing at the mouth
+ when his young master attend
+ ed him. A wound on the boys
!. hand became infected, 1t Is be-
lieved.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-05-01

Batavia, Java, May Madame LII
liam Nordica. the singer. who arrived
here quite i'll nearly a month ago, has
had a relapse and is sinking. The
doctors have given up all hope of her
recovery. She had engaged passage
for Genoa. where her husband, George
w. Young OF New York. had expect
ed TO meet her.
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VALUABLE BOOK
school of Mines Bulletin On the Min,
erals of the Black Hills.

Rapid City, May Il The State
School of Mines has just issued a
comprehensive bulletin on the miner
ais of the Black Hills by Professor
Victor Ziegler. head of the depart
ment of mineralogy and Photography,
As is we'll known the Black Hills
constitutes one of the most remark
able mineral areas of the world be-
cause it comprises within its limited
area not only a great variety of min
erals but also ar abundance of rare
species, some of which are not known
elsewhere. Heretofore knowledge of
he Black Hills minerals has been
confined to brief general statements
CT to technical discussions hidden
away in scientific journals inacces-
sible to the greater part of the peo-
pie of the state. Even these are con
fined chiefly to- economic and geolog-
ic discussions or to some of the rarer
minerals and little information has
been ahtainable of the great major
ity of species. The bulletin men
toned is a summary of the mineral
| ogy of the Black Hills In a book of
$50 pages and includes many figures,
plates and charts and a map of the
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or not he be interested in mining,
mineralogy or geology. The book
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scientist n indeed is well worth
| the attention of any one interested
in the Black Hills country. One hun
| dred eighty-one minerals are de-
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| taken up with the elementary fea-
lures of mineralogy include a COM
plete table of the elements, and a
summary of the chief physical char
acters of minerals in general. The
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stantly became calm. For there stood Miss OIL
yer, gazing like one under a spell through the
lighted window panes into the narrow shop,
had evidently stood there some time for small
group of half grown lads watching her
with every symptom Of being about to break
into mischievous display of curiosity.
Sending Lena for a carriage approached the
poor creature and drew her forcibly from the
window.
do you want anything here?" I asked II
will go in with you If you do"
She surveyed with strange apathy, and
yet with certain sort of relief too Then she
slowly shook her head.
Il don't know anything about it. My head
swims, and everything looks queer; but some
or something sent to this place"
Come in," urged come in for minute"
And, half supporting her, half dragging her, l
managed to get her across tho threshold and
into the Chinaman's shop
Immediately dozen faces were pressed where
hers had been
The Chinaman, a stolid being, turned as he
heard the little bell tinke which announced
customer.
rs this the lady who left the clothes here
few nights ago." asked.
You telle mo lalee die; how him lalee when
lalee der
He stopped and stared recognizing me slow
ly, and remembering by degrees what had
passed between us at our last interview.
"The lady is not dead; l made mistake
Is this the lady?
"Lalee talk see no face; l hear speak"
Have you this before?" / inquired
of my nearly nsensible companion.
Il think so, in a dream" she murmured, try
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from some region into which they had strayed.
Him lalee!" cried the Chpaman, overjoyed at
the prospect of getting his money. "Petty
speak, knowee him. Lalee want clo?"
Not tonight The lady Is sick; see, she
can hardly stand" And overjoyed at this SEEM
ing evidence that the police had failed to get
wind OF my interest in this place. slipped
coin into the Chianman's hand, and drew Miss
oliver away toward the carriage l now saw
drawing up before the shop.
Lena's eyes when she up to help me
a sight to see They seemed to ask who
this girl was and what going to do with
her. l answered the look by very brief and
evidently wholly unexpected explanation.
This Is your couisn who ran away" l re-
marked. Don't you recognize her?"
Lena gave me up then and there; but she ac-
cepted my explanation, and even lied in her de-
sire to carry out my within.
Yes. ma'am." said she. land glad am to
see her again" And with a deft push here
and gentle pull there, she succeeded in get
ting the sick woman into the carriage.
The crowd, which had considerably increased
by this time, beginning to flock about us
with shouts OF no little derision Escaping it
best could, took my seat by the poor girls
side, and bade Lena give the order for home.
When we left the curbstone behind felt that
the last page in my adventures as amateur
detective had closed.
But counted without my host. Miss oliver.
who was in an advanced stage OF fever lay like
a dead weight on my shoulder during the drive
down the avenue, but when we entered the park
and drew near my house she began to show such
signs OF violent agitation that It was with diff
Guilty that the united efforts OF Lena and myself
could prevent her from throwing herself out OF
the carriage door, which she had somehow man.
aged to open.
AS the carriage stopped she grew worse. and.
though she made no further efforts to leave IL,
found her present impulses even harder to con-
tend with than the former. For she would
not be pushed out or dragged out. but crouched
back, moaning and struggling, her eyes fixed on
the stoop, which is not unlike. that of the ad
joining house. till, with a sudden realization
that the cause OF her terror lay in her fear Of
re-entering the of her late terrifying
periences, l babe the coachman drive on, and.
reluctantly, own. carried her back to the house
she had left In the morning
And this is how l 10 spend a second
night in Miss Althorpe's hospitable mansion.
My poor patient, sicker than she had been
the night before, left me but little leisure for
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thought or action disconnected with my care
for her. But toward morning she grew quieter,
and, finding in open drawer those tangled
threads of yarn of which have spoken, be-
gan to rewind then out Of natural desire to
everything neat and orderly about me. j
had nearly finished my task-when l heard a
strange noise from the bed. 1t was sort of
gurgling cry which found hard to interpret,
but which only stopped when laid my work
down again. Manifestly, this sick girl had very
nervous fancies.
When I went down to breakfast the next
morning, was in that complacent state Of mind
natural to woman who feels that her abti-
ties have asserted themselves and that she
would soon receive a recognition Of the same
at the hands of the one person for whose com
mendation she had chiefly been working. The
identification Of Miss Oliver by the Cinnamon
was the last link in tho chain connecting her
with the Mrs. James Pope who had accompa-
MED Mr.. VanBurnam to his fathers house In
Gramercy Park, and, though l would fam have
had the murdered womans rings to show. was
contented enough with the discoveries had
made to wish for the hour which would bring
face to face with the detective.
But surprise awaited me at the breakfast
table in the shape. of communication from
that gentleman. 1t had Just been brought from
my house by Lena, and 1t thus
Dear Miss Butterworth:
Pardon our interference. We have found the
rings which you think conclusive an evidence
Of guilt against the person secreting them; and,
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CHAPTER XXI.
Found.

I GAVE low cry and rushed down the steps,
Don't go!" called out to the driver. 81
shall want you in ten minutes" And, hur-
rying back ran upstairs in condition OF mind
such as have reason to be proud Of Hap
PLY, Mr. Gryce was not there TO see me
Gone? Miss Oliver gomez" | cried 10 the
maid whom found trembling in a corner of
the hall.
was In bed so quiet, thought might step out
for a minute, but when came back her clothes
We're missing and she was gone. She must
have slipped out of the front door while Dan
was in the back hall l don't see how ever she
had the strength to do it."
Nor did l. But did not stop TO reason about
IT. there was too much to be done. Rushing
on entered the room had left In such high
hopes a few hours before. Emptiness was be-
fore me. and realized what II was to be baf-
lied at the momen: OF success. But l did not
waste an instant in inactivity. | searched the
closets and pulled open the drawers; found her
coat and hat gone, but not Mrs. VanBurnam's
brown skirt, though the purse had been taken
out OF the pocket.
But the greatest shock I received was the
sight or the knitting work with which had so
inconsiderately meddled the evening before ly-
ing In raveled heaps on the table, as IL torn
10 bits IN frsnzq This was a proof that the
fever was yet on her, and as | contemplated
this fact. took courage thinking that one in
her condition would not be allowed to run the
streets long, but would be picked up and put in
some hospital
In this hope I began my search Miss Al
thorpe, who came in just as was about to leave
the mouse consented to telephone TO police
heaoquarters description of the girl with a
round In the streets or on the docks or at any
FOUND In tne sterets or on the docks or at any
OF the station houses that night mot" I as
sured her, as we left the telephone and pre-
pared TO say goodbye for the day that YOU
need expect her to be brought back to this house
for l do not mean that she shall ever darken
your doors again. So let me know II they find
her ana WIN relieve you of all further respon-
sibilty in the matter"
Accompanied by Lena, l hurried away TO
Third avenue. The laundry was near Twenty
seventh street AS we approached | grew trou-
bled and unaccountshy expoctant When W.
reached 1t understood my excitement, and a.
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SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS.

TN HE handsome residence Of Shs Van Burnam
In Gramercy Park sdjoins that Of Miss Amelia
u Butterworth, g lady Of independent means and
spirit, who tells the story. At midnight peering
through her curtains, Miss Butterworth sees a cab
drive up with young man and woman who enter
the Van Burnam house. Ten minutes later she sees
the young leave the house alone and walk rapidly
AWAY. Knowing the house to be vacant owing to
the absence of Siss Van Burnan In Europe, this
midnight incident Astonshes Miss Buttsrworth
Next morning she Is present when policeman.
summoned by Mrs. Boppsrt q scrubwomAn, discovers
the dead body of young woman lying under heavy
piece of fallen furniture
Detective Gryce summoned from Police Headqu.r-
ters. arrives with physician Miss Butterworth tells
of the midnight Dcident-the young woman com
panion seemed TO resemble Of the Van Burnem
sons-Frankn, Howard, the latter understood TO be
estranged from his family owing 10 unsuitable mar
riage, and spending the summer with his bride In
Connecticut. 1t was Franklin Van Burnam-vho spent
his nights at Long Branch-who had sent Mrs. Bop
pert make ready for his father and sisters
arriving to-day A clock which had fallen with she
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entered my parlor on that memora-
bic morning.
with what he afterward described as a stony
glare
Pardon me! I suppose you would have been
still more satisfied II we had waited for you to
point out the guilty man to us. But you must
make some allowances for professional egotism,
Miss Butterworth. We really could not allow
you to take the initiatory step IN a matter of
such Importance"
oh! was my sole response: but he has since
told me that there great deal in that
oh; so much, that even he was startled by it.
You set to-day for talk with me-" he
went on; probably relying upon what you in
tended to assure yourself of yesterday. But our
discovery at the same time yourself of the
rings in Mr. Van Burnam's office need not
interfere with your giving your full con-
fdence. The work you have done has been ex-
cellent. and we are disposed to give you con-
siderable credit for It,"
Indeed"
I'VE have kept counsel over what we have
found" the wary old detective continued, with
a smile, which wish could initiate but which
unhappily belongs to him alone II hope that
you, or your maid, l should say, have been
equally discreet"
My maid!
II see you are touched but women find it so
hard to keep a secret But il does not matter
Tonight the whole town will know that the
older and not the younger brother has had
these rings in his keeping. You displeas ed
Miss Butterworth, because we did not let you
find the rings"
Perhaps; but engaged in an open
field. could not expect the police to stand
aside for me-"
cret satisfaction of having put the police on the
track of these jewels"
How"
Eve were simply fortunate in laying our