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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-12-01
III SPEAKERSHIP
c. A. Christopherson of Sioux Falls
Receives Many Pledges.

Sioux Falls, Dec. With a SEES
sion of the state legislature only a
little more than one month away, in
terest now centers in the struggle
for selection as speaker of the lower
house. 1t is stated here on good au-
thority that the contest for the
speakership now is practically settled
with c. A. Christopherson of Sioux
Falls. the winner after a hard but
friendly contest with p. j. Tscharner
of Lennon, speaker at the 1913 ses-
sion of the legislature, who sought
reelection.
1t is stated that Mr.. Christopher
son has been leading in the ace for
weeks, and when the state admins
tration announced a short time ago
that 1t would not take a hand in what
appeared to be the friendly contest
between two supporters of the state
administration, Tscharner's chief
support is said to have been lost.
Mr.. Christopherson now announces
that he has enough members pledged
to carry the republican caucus at
which forty-three will be a majority.
He will go to Pierre with practically
the united support of the republican
members of the legislature of the
eastern section Of the state and with
many from west of the Missouri
river.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-12-01
TWENTY YEARS
AGO TO-DAY
Items Taken from The Daily
Leader Files
Wheat, A; fax, $1.22.

Wheat, "A; fax, $1.22.
Miss Munger has sold out her mill
linery stock to a lady who will take
it to Kansas, but will continue dress
making at her home.
The monthly report of the Madison
public schools for the month ending
Nov. 80, shows a total enrolment of
433. The highest per cent of at
tendance 97.5 in the high school.
Landlord #. G. Chaphe of the
Lake Park and bride returned last
evening and are receiving the con
gratulations of their friends. Mr..
Chaphe takes his new ENHANCEMENT
quite philosophically and was around
seeing his acquaintance mis- morn
ing in a substantial way.
The bakery of John Pfster has
been closed up today by the First Ma
tional bank of this city on the
strength of chattel mortgages
amounting to about $1,000. The
hard times seem to be putting bust
ness men in arrears to a severe test
and it is to be hoped that not many
more find themselves so unfortunate
ly circumstance.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-12-01
War SUMMARY
PROGRESS OF CONDITIONS AS
COMPILED BY THE ASSO-
GATED PRESS.

New York, Dec. Especial: While
comparative quiet prevails all along
the battle lines in Flanders and
northern France, official reports from
the eastern theater of the war indi-
cate that the fighting at various
points, particularly in Russian Po-
land, has ben of a very stubborn ma
.ture.
The Russians admit that between
the Vistula and the Warta rivers the
strongly fortified positions, although
their losses are reported to have been
very large. The Russians have again
occupied Czernowitz, and the Aus
TRANS are %retreating from Bukowina.
Emperor William, according to
Berlin advices, is at present with the
German army in the east.
Field Marshal Sir John French,
commander of the British expedition
airy force on the continent, in an Of
fetal statement gives an optimistic
view of the situation in France and
Belgium from the standpoint of the
allies. His report brings the opera
tions only up to Nov. 20, but he con-
cludes by saying that signs are in
evidence that I'VE are possibly in the
last stages of the battle from Ypres
to Armentieres," as the German ar
tillery fire had slackened and infan-
try attacks had virtually ceased.
A dispatch from Athens says Tur-
| key intends to sequestrate all relig-
Iious establishments and those in
Palestine belonging to France, Great
Britain and Russia.
The German field marshal, o del
lGoldtz, former governor general oil
the Belgian captured territory, has
| been attached to the encourage oil
the sultan of Turkey. Ben Won Bis.
sen is the new governor general in
Belgium.
President Wilson is expected tt
confer during the course of the week
with Henry Van Dyke, the American
minister to The Netherlands. who, i
is reported, has brought to this coun
TRY a message from Queen Wilhel
mina, proposing a plan for neutra
nations to bring peace to Europe.
The president of the French re
public, NJ. Poincare, and Premier vi
viani are visiting the battle line II
eastern France.
From Vienna ome the official an
lnouncement that on the southern
front the Servians are opposing thu
Austrian advance by heavy counter
attacks, but that the Austrians have
gained ground beyond Vallejo.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-12-01

good look at the bully in ~potentia
when a little boy is at play. Watch
school yards or Fairgrounds. Then
look at the crowd of lounging young
men at the street orner Then at
the election polls, and after hat in
homes, Offices, the public highways.
Bullies and their little straws are not
so strong as a fist that is a trife
larger than their right hand. There
is always a nan who can silence a
bully. 1t is the one who has the
more loot pounds back of his right
arm. How pitiable a bully is!
Do you see the mother of a home
very much in the background, giving
up all, forgetting her own needs, a
beautiful example of self a%bnegation,
sacrificing to her children and hus-
band, in order that they will be hap
Ply? That woman cannot be stopped.
1t is her meter. She will always be
the self-sacrificing woman that you
know. And as surely will there be
weeping and wailing and immense
wreaths of violets when it is too late.
When you see this little woman for
getting herself in her work, try to
let her family see, too. Try to give
them a look from the outsiders point
of view. Try to do something for
her while you can. The straws that
show the sweet personality of the
self-sacrificing woman ought to be
shown to the ones so near at hand
that they do not see.
Do you watch the prinking and
powdering of the pretty faces in the
waiting room of any hotel or the
alter? Watch the ones who take the
most time. They are the ones who
have to make an asset out of their
looks. They have nothing else. 1t
is one of the most discernible straws
that a woman can allow to blow.
When | see a man or m per-
fecting himself in the latest fancy
dances and forgetting to brush UP on
the topics that are making history,
know that there is a lack of focusing
In that dancers affairs. / know that
too much stress is laid on the wrong
things of life. / feel that there is a
wrong balance in his affairs. If
wish that man to offer me any advice
or aid that requires judgment, | take
it at my own risk. The dancing
straw has told it's story.
Straws of injustice, rudeness, dis
loyalty, dishonor, immortality and
other characteristics can be seen at
all turns of the road Of life. 1t is an
easy thing to study human nature.
The big pattern is the same the world
over. Variations are made. veneer
is put on, effects are striven for. but
a man is a man at his best or worst,
THE little personality straws Offer
valuable and entertaining lessons for
a rainy evening and the morning
latter.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-12-01

ing coal. salt, wire and the like farm
staples TO the members in that part
OF Stanley county.
Deadwood - Worrying over the
failure of a deal he had planned to
go through. Julius Ressamen, a pio-
nee German restaurant man, COM
mitted suicide in his room here by
drinking a solution of cyanide of po-
tassium. His body was found and
with it some letters to friends ex-
planning his act. He was 81 years
old and unmarried.
Edgemont-C. II. Wallup of Sheri-
dan, Wyo., has just completed the
purchase of $12,500 worth of horses
in the vicinity OF Edgemont for ship
ment to England. None Of the an
imals weigh less than 1900 pounds,
that size of an animal being the
smallest available for army service
according to the contract Mr.. Wallup
has with the British governments
purchasing agents. Most of the an
imals are for the artillery branch OF
the service. From here he goes to
Newcastle. Wyo., where he hopes to
secure another consignment.
pierre-There has been more or
less discussion as to who was the first
to urge the use of the initiative in
this country. and a search of the rec
ords of the old first constitutional
convention for South Dakota, held in
Sioux Falls in 1888, shows that at
that convention. Hugh J. Campbell
offered a provision to be incorporated
into the constitution of the new state
which would allow the people to pc
tition the legislature for any act, and
making it incumbent upon the legis-
lature to enact such law as was Pc
titioned for. This appears to be the
first record along that line.
Lead-Where the jewelry of Mrs.
Matt Klopp of this city went to is
still a mystery. On investigation the
states attorney ordered the discharge
of Charles Riddles and William Cor
man, who were arrested on suspicion
of the theft of a pouch containing
about $1,000 in diamonds, as there
was no evidence to indicate their con-
nection and so far the officers have
been unable to trace the bag which
disappeared from Mrs. Klopp's coat
pocket while she was eating a meal
in her husbands restaurant here.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-12-01

Relatives of Fedora Man Probe His
Mysterious Death i'm Minnesota.

Howard, Dec. Miner county
authorities have a murder mystery
on their hands.
A few days ago the body of George
Stanley, a former resident of Fedora,
and widely known in Miner county.
was received by his brothers in Fee
dora from Wheaton, Mimi. With the
remains came a certificate from the
coroner of Travis county, Mimi, stat
ing that Stanley had hanged himself
on a fence by noosing a rope and
placing it about his neck. When
found the body was propped up in an
upright position, as though Stanley
had placed the moose around his neck
and strangled himself to death.
Relatives of the dead man not be-
lieving he had committed suicide, be-
gan aninvestigation. Under their in
struetions the body of the dead man
was examined by DR.. Loring of Ar
tesian. DR.. Loring declared that
death was not caused by hanging
He summoned DR.. Noble, ron OF
Miner county, and the two made a
post norton examination. This dis
closed that the right side of the
skull was fractured for a distance oil
five inches, the scalp was badly dis
colored and puffed out, the right eye
and chin chewed. The neck showed
practically no discoloration indicative
Of suicide by hanging.
Sheriff Thorn and Fred Stanley, a
brother of the dead man, have gone
to Wheaton where Stanley met his
death, in the hope of obtaining evi.
dence that will enable them to find
Stanley's assailant.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-12-01
PERSONALITY STUDY
Little Things that Reveal the True
Character of Those About Us.

Barbara Lee in Philadelphia North
American: If you like to judge the
men and m around you, the lit
tie things that happen in your view,
you can fairly we'll get the direction
in which their souls, their ideals.
their conduct trend. The straw that
shows the way in which the wind is
blowing can be a great help to you
in your character pictures. Here are
some little things that show big
points in the makeup of human be-
ings.
Do you know any man h thinks
that he is so important that his
empty chair can never be filled?
Keep your eye on him. That man is
going to grow careless. He is too
sure of himself. He is too secure on
a self-made pinnacle. Look out.
The big man who will not learn from
every one in his ken is big to the
bursting point. After all. 1t is the
little rooster that makes a lot of
unnecessary noise. 1t is the empty
vessel that makes the loudest sound.
When / see a so called leader OF a
social or business set make another
wait, SO as to impress the waiting
one with his Importance, / have to
take a large smile on the house. 1t
is so pitiable to see a little man strut
ting around, defying sun and stars
believe that Napoleon always made
a visitor wait just a few minutes,
Then he made a grand entry. There
are many little personalities in draw
ing rooms and business offices fool
ing themselves into the belief that
they are wearing the laurels OF Ma
poleon. Honestly, now, isn't II
laughable? Why, / must smile even
at the great emperor, for this little
straw made him as small as any 9th
er man in his country. When l have
an appointment with a business man
for 2, and am ushered into his office
five minutes later, after waiting that
time. | have in my possession the
sharpest weapon. l have had an in
sight into the petty side of the big
man. 1t is easy sailing after one
knows the weakness of the opponent.
When I see a woman take unto
herself the best seat in the library,
the easiest place in the motor a and
the most becoming bunch of flowers
from the bouquet on the table, /
classify her as a very selfish, self cen
tered, egostic, narrow personality.
would never ask her to do anything
that would require self abnegation
or the least bit of altruism. l would
really strike her off my list of worth
while personalities.
You can tell a bully and a coward
pretty well by the fact that he never
DULLES one who is stronger than he.
The weak, the cringing. the hopeless.
the wretched may be used for door
mats and floor mops. but the bully is
Just wise enough to stop short at the
right mans nose. You car get a
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-12-01
STATE NEWS

Miller-John r. Spiers, member of
the legislature from Hand county,
took supper at washington and re-
turned to this town dangerously sick
from supposed poisoning. His life
was ~despaired of for about a day, but
finally he rallied and fully recovered.
Montrose-F. p. Mellow has finish
ed husking corn and has a crib OF
about 1000 bushels to show what
a be grown on a South Dakota
farm when properly cultivated. Mr..
Meloy says he defies the corr growers
OF Illinois or Iowa to beat it.
Sioux Falls-While sliding on the
thin ice of the Big Sioux river,
Joseph Flamo, the 6-year-old son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Flamo of Dell
Rapids slipped into a hole and was
drowned. The body was recovered In
about nine feet of water. His little
~4-year-old sister witnessed his death.
Pierre-It Is reported that home
protective associations have been
formed both on the east and west
6sides of the Missouri river to look
after the numerous complaints as to
the operations of cattle 'rustlers.'
who have been getting away with a
lot of stock on both sides of the
stream.
Pierre-It cost the Progressive
Party Organization" $~1.5S3.65 to
find out that its vote in the state was
a mere handful, according to the ex-
pense accounts filed. Judge Rice Of
the Third congressional district.
showed that his campaign cost him
~$1,O54.10. j. J. Wipf, the progress
i've candidate for state auditor, shows
an expense of $1O2.15.
Pierre-The first prosecution in
the state for chasing deer with dogs
resulted in a fine and costs OF $43
and loss Of license of Emmett Ward of
Lawrence county. The dog chased a
deer into a creek within a few rods
of where Deputy Warden Edholm
was patroling the timber. Ward
was arrested.
Pierre-Cooperative buying and
selling Of staple farm products is to
be tried along the same lines as
European cooperative farm ~organiza-
tons, through the Farmers Equity
association at Midland, which has
kept up a mutual benefit %organiza-
tiOn for some time. The association
held q meeting at Midland for the
purpose OF taking over the business
Uf buying cream and grain, and sell
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-12-01

The readers OF this paper will be
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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-12-01
PRAIRIE FIRE
Gary Citizens Assist Farmers i'm Sub
DUNG Prairie Fire.

Gary, Dec. Saturday morning q
call for help came over the phones
from north of town that a prairie fire
was passing through. The morning
passenger set the fire in Glenwood
near Andrew Eichapm's place and
carried by the high wind 1t rapidly
passed through Antelope valley to
the northeast, consuming many hun
dred dollars worth OF hay. Many
auto loads from Gary went out to
help fight the fire. No reports of
burned buildings came in, but stock
had been loosened from the barns
and sheds SO they would have a
chance to be saved IL the buildings
caught. There has been no rain for
many weeks and the prairie grass Is
as dry IL finder.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-12-01
FARMERS SCHOOL
Institute Held at Wagner Was Large
ly Attended.

Wagner, Dec. About fifty
farmers and ranchmen with some
.stockmen spent their Thanksgiving
afternoon listening to lectures on
better farming and stock and the
prevention of hog cholera at the
farmers institute being held here.
This interest shown by the farmers
was an indication of the great and
growing interest manifested through
out this vicinity in the farmers in
stitutes under the superintendent
of DR.. H. II. Stoner.
Prof. O. M. Morrison of Stanley
county, a practical farmer and state
lecturer vas kept busy answering
questions asked by the farmers for
over an hour. Hog cholera has cost
the county considerable money and
the disease is not yet stamped out in
Charles Mix county.
Some of the mistakes made by
farmers according to their own con-
fessions, was the use of hot water
instead of fermicides such as iodine
and crude desolved carbolic acid for
cleansing the wound and instruments
when using serum on the hogs. One
man lost eight head of hogs after
vaccination; he used hot water for
cleaning the wound. 1t was also dis
covered that farmers had vaccinated
their own hogs and had also used
virus and helped to spread the dis
ease.
Some farmers had vaccinated the
hogs on the loose skin of the hog
under the ham, instead of in the hard
muscle. Prof. Morrison showed the
farmers the instruments and the Sc
rum and how to use il on the hogs.
He showed the men just how to
cleanse the instruments and recon-
mended that only experts should use
the virus. South Dakota agriculture
college needed some money to make
better arrangement for making tests
and for making erum and virus.
One farmer brought a cow to be
Judged and Prof. Morrison and Prof,
Elliott gave lectures on the COW with
the living subject before them near
the hall. Miss Erickson spoke to a
large crowd in the Commercial club
rooms on domestic science. These
lectures are given with public dem
onstration. The Thanksgiving din
ner of the Methodist preacher was
prepared by the state lecturers. The
high school students attended the
domestic science demonstration and
the club room has been packed to
hear the lectures by farmers wives
and ladies of the city.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-12-01
HoLLIsTER's
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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-12-01
INTENT TO KILL
Trial of Charles Heuerman Opens Mt
Mitchell.

Mitchell, Dec. Charged with
shooting John Michels the evening of
Oct. IS, with intent to kill, Chas.
Heuerman of this city is now on trial
in circuit court here. The Ease be-
gan Saturday and a packed court
room listened to the impaneling of
the jurors. Mr.. Michels formerly
was a city alderman. and was a late
candidate for state senator from
Dawson county. The entire city was
stirred at the time of the shooting,
when Mr.. Michels and his wife mar
rOwly escape death. They were
guests at the rooms of Mrs. Heuer-
man when six shots were fired
through the window. One of the bull
let's plowed its way into Mr.. Michels'
shoulder. the other struck Mrs. Mich
els in the jaw and came out the
mouth. The other shots went wild.
The strongest Of circumstantial evil
dence connected Heuerman with the
preparation of the deed. His wife
was seeking a divorce from him. and
many believe that the friendship ex-
listing between her and the Michels
furnished a motive for his alleged
act. A brother of the prisoner ar
rived Saturday from Chicago and
stated that he had engaged counsel
from that city to aid in the defense.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-12-01

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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-12-01

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Evening star., 1914-11-09
Honor the Uniform!

Secretary Daniels determination to
compel the respecting of the United
States uniform in places of public en-
tertainment will have the full support
or all classes OF people. There is no
justification for discriminating against
men who wear the garb of the Ameri-
can military and naval service. These
men are as we'll behaved in public as
others. and it is positively unpatriotic
Tor any persons to feel prejudice
against soldiers and sailors. The uni
form of the United States is not a
badge of disgrace. On the contrary, it
should be respected as q token of
honor. Both the army and the navy
win Warn plauditS when in action
and in time of public enthusiasm for
their exploits nothing is too good for
the men in the ranks. During and
after the Spanish war the uniform was
everywhere welcome, and now in a
time OF peace there should be no abate-
ment OF appreciation. The Secretary
of the Navy will do well to prosecute
In every case where q sailor is denied
admission to u place of public enter
tainment ON the score of his uniform
and in SO doing he will receive the
commendation of the public. and it is
to be hoped will correct the tendency
which prevails In certain quarters to-
ward prejudice against a service which
is respectable and honorable.