The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-02-19

been i'll with pneumonia at st. Luke's
hospital here for several weeks. will
leave the hospital tomorrow. He is
not yet able to go to Washington and
will spend several days recuperating at
the home of his b,other in Webster
Grove, a suburb Of st. Louis.
Next Tuesday evening. at the Com
mercial Club rooms, officials of the
Dakota Central Telephone Co. will be
present to discuss telephone business
with citizens and business men. The
company has secured a site in East
Fifth street and plan to erect a build
lug for their use this year. 1t has
been intimated several times lately
that the company would like to i'm
prove its plant in this city by in
stalling an automatic system and it
is probable that this is the business
of the visit of the officials here.
Discussing South Dakota political
conditions a Washington correspondent
states that Com gessman Dillon is not
perturbsd over the political situation
in his W disptrict. Other candidates
may spend their time in the state if
they please, but as for himself, he
proposes to remain ut his post in
Washington attending to his legisla-
tive duties. He will go to Yankton
for the primary election. leaving
Washington only in time to spend the
last week of the campaign in his dis.
trict.
Sioux Falls Argus L. ader: when
the Gwent Welsh Male Singers APP
peared at the City Temple under the
auspices of the Sioux Falls college col.
lege athletic department last night be
fore the third big audience which they
have entertained in Sioux Falls, they
met with an appreciation that signitied
an ever greater success than attended
their visit here last year. The pro.
gram offered was said by many musical
critics to have surpassed any other Civ
an by the singers here" The singers
will appear at Normal Auditorium in
this city tomorrow evening.
Aberdeen dispatch: All six wards
of this city we've carried by strong
majorities in favor of retaining the
| present board of five commissioners al
an election held here to vote on the
| petition to establish the three-cum'
missioner form of government. The
| vote polled was excellent, considering
| that no rigs were out and the matter
had not been given much publication
| Cnofficial votes showed l,056 votes il
favor of the present commission ant
go votes in favor of changing to th'
new plan, a majority of 446 Tbs
| petition was filed for the sole purpos'
| of recalling the present beard o
| commits %sioners. other efforts along thil
line by the Observation-Disclosures element
having failed.
Pierre dispatch: The county audi
tors meeting was closed with a gen
| eral discussion of the best methods o.
securing a legal assessment at casl
value so near as it could bs secured
and with a plea from the state liv,
stock department that assessors secur,
on their rounds data of losses in th'
state by hog cholera, as a showing Il
the next legislative session for an ap
p,opriation for a SERUM plant for tn
state. The County Auditors ascot
alton at this meeting selected the fol
lowing officers: President. HI. T
Howe, of Minnehaha; secretary treas
urer. F. Fl. Ripley, Bookings: vic
presidents, R. A. Zangle of Dawson
NJ. d. MuGillivray of Lake; executiv
committee. F. j. Cummings of Mel
~lette, E. B. Toomey of Potter and f
W. Eisenbrey of Hutchinson.