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The Dermott news., 1917-11-22

The housewife who serves pure. home-bak-d bread makes the home meal a delight and pleasure to all. She shows true motherly pride by giv- ing to her family the most wholesome and strengthening of foods.
The Dermott news., 1917-11-22

Word WAS received here Sunday night hy Mrs Gussie F Walker of the death that day of her mother. Mrs
 Hadleg in Ramsay City, who went there some time ago to visit her son. The body will arrive here today for burial.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-03-06
FLOODS MENACE FIVE
STATES IN THE SOUTH

Atlanta. Ca, March 6.-The South
faces floods which threatened to be al
most as disastrous as those of last
summer. when hundreds of persons
were made homeless and millions Of
dollars worth of property was de
stToyed.
Fifteen rivers in five states Ten
nessee. Alabama. Georgia. North Caro-
lima and Virginia art overlooking
their banks As the result of many days
of heavy rain, but with ample warn
ings given in all districts it was not
believed there would be a heavy loss
of life as was the case last year when
these states and South Carolina were
stricken.
Besides the heavy rainfall snow
fell in Western and Central Tonnes
see. on the coast from Jacksonville
TO Virginia a strong northeast gale is
blowing, accompanied by rain in many
sections
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-03-06
GENERAL FUNSTON
OF ARMY and PUBLIC
Capture Of AguinaldO, Filipino
Chief, Spectacular and Earned
Him Promotion to Brigadier
General Wounded Many
Times-Life OF Adventure.


Ills rowing, adventurous spirit then
took him to Mexico. where he sought
options on coffee plantations. but he
never was keen about business.
Few know that his first work was as
"A scientist with a bent toward botany
As an agent Of the department of az
riculture in 1891 he took part IN the
Death valley expedition; then he cX
plored Alaska and the British north
west and crossed Alaska 10 the Arctig
ocean and Travelled from Mackenzie riS
er to Boring sea, Il journey OF about
$500 miles.
lie camped in the klondike during
the winter Of 1893 and then alone float
cd down the Yukon In a canoe, a jour
ney Of hundreds OF miles through a
wilderness without seeing another liv-
ing soul. Soon after that he resigned
from the department of agriculture
and Travelled In Mexico.
Funston was In New York In 1896,
when the late General Sickles made a
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-03-06
MADISON GRAIN MARKET.
sIoUX CITY LIVE STOCK MARKET

Sioux City. March g. The ST.
hog moved a little closer 10 the hori-
o on the local market. General
conditions were again favorable 10
the sellers. Receipts locally were
under trade requirements and ad-
vices from outside points bullish.
Trading basis for the day was judged
to be IS Ace. Tops were pushed
to $3.50. while the bulk of sales
were at a spread of $3.50 a 1875.
Clearance for beef cattle was re-
ported 10d15c higher. while there
was mild ~unevenness noted in the
disposal of stoekers and feeders.
Outlet for attractive feeders was re-
ported as strong. while medium to
common grades were somewhat
weaker.
Hardly enough sheep and lambs
arrived to give an accurate lest to
market conditions.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-03-06
DARING EXPLOITS OF
MADE HIN IDOL
Little Red Headed Kansan, No
Knowing Word Fear, Accus-
toned to Get What He Went
After From Time He Gradu-
ated Into Long Trousers.

"INCE the civil war the United
States has had no military com.
mander whose lighting qualities
and brilliant exploits so endear
ed him to the people as Major General
Fred Funston, the little red headed
Kansan who fought with Gomez
against the Spaniards In Cuba and
with the Twentieth Kansas volunteers
against the Spanlards and the La.
drones In the Philippines.
While Funston gained the greater
share OF his brilliant fame as a daring
soldier by his numerous exploits In the
Philippines, his mettle never was more
severely tried than in the months aft
er Francisco villa with his band of
cutthroats made the bloody raid upon
Columbus, N. NJ, last March.
Placed In supreme command OF the
campaign against villa, with orders TO
exterminate or dispense the bandits
forces. he nevertheless was SO hamper
ed and restricted by the possibility
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-03-06
FIXES PRINT PAPER PRICE
Federal Trade Commission Allows
$3.50 a Hundred Pounds.

Washington. Moreh 6.-The federal
trade commission accepted a proposal
by news print paper manufacturers
that it fix a price for their products
and named $3.50 a hundred pounds as
a reasonable charge. Higher prices
were set for paper in less than car
load lots and for sheet.
Acceptance of the arbitration plans
was announced by the commission
in a preliminary report to congress.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-03-06
At San Francisco Fire.

lie served here and there until an.
other chance came his way. This was
the earthquake which shook San Fran
cisco TO pieces and started the great
fire. AS soon as the full scope of the
catastrophe was known General Fun
ston rushed troops to patrol the streets
and guard the banks. As the disaster
grew he rose to the occasion. He was
policeman, fireman, undertaken and
dominated civil authority with army
efficiency. He did not hesitate to as
sumo responsibility. He telegraphed
to the secretary OF war:
Il shall do everything in my power
to render assistance and trust TO the
war department to authorize any act
| may have to take"
How thoroughly he accomplished his
task Is history too recent to require
repetition.
When William Ii. Taft, then secre-
tary of war, went on his mission To
Cuba General Funston went with him.
subsequently he served as head OF the
army service schools at Fort Leaven-
worth and in other routine posts of
duty. Then came the Mexican crisis
of the spring of 1914. when General
Huerta's s%ubordinates refused to sa-
lutte the American flag at Vera Cruz
after firing on American sailors and
marines. The navy took Vera Cruz.
and General Funston was sent there
In command OF a force Of occupation
and remained in command until the or
der to withdraw troops arrived.
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at his back, charged the Filipino
trenches and put the insrrrectos to
flight. Shortly afterward he more
than duplicated this exploit, swimming
the Rio Grande de la Pampagna with
two men under fire and set up "A rope
ferry by which his troops hauled them
selves across the river and delivered IA
blow that won a battle. For this he
was made a brigadier general Of volun
teers. Major General Otis described
him as 1.-THE greatest daredevil I'm the
army, IA man who would rather fight
than eat"
Aguinaldo was foot loose then and a
nuisance, as every n remembers.
From inaccessible mountain strong
patrols and burn villages. 1t was Ger
tain that his capture would break the
backbone of the revolt, but nobody
seemed to know how TO reach him. He
was hiding In the mountains near the
northeast coast of LuZon. 1t happened
that cipher letters sent 10y Aguinaldo
10 one of his l~ieutenants fell into the
hands of Lieutenant Taylor Of the
Twenty-fourth infantry. The letters
revealed that Aguinaldo was awaiting
re-enforcements at a definite time.
Colonel Funston conceived the plan of
Disgusting "A force OF seventy nine Fill
pino SCOUT as ~Aguinaldo's expected
re-enforcements. At the head of this
command and accompanied by four eX.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-03-06
CHICAGO Live Stock.

Chicago, March 6.-Cattle-Receipts
500; steers, $s.00@12.00; cows and
heifers, s5.30d10.30; calves, 5000
1925. Hogs-Receipts, 10000; light
S13O0113.70; mixed, $13.35013.S5;
heavy, s13.35G13.90; rough, s13.35Q
1880; pigs, S10.25612.25. Sheep-Re
ceipts, 1000; native, $10.75Q12.O0;
lambs, $11.S5Q14.50.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-03-06

that his activities might precipitate
war with the de facto government of
Mexico that he was able to move only
with the utmost caution and eireum.
spection.
Dispatches TO the war department
repeatedly carried the indication that
he was chatting nightly under the com
parative inaction and that he would
have been pleased by nothing else so
well MS being permitted to conduct the
campaign In his w decisive. fashion.
He never placed a great amount OF
confidence In the good faith of the
CarranZa military authorities and much
better would have liked to dash boldly
into the barren Businesses of the south
the feelings of Carranza.
A Career Of Adventure.
He was sixteen when his father,
"Foghorn" Funston, moved from Car
isle to southwestern Kansas. In 1885
young Fred entered the State univer-
sity of Kansas, where he had for a
classmate William Allen White. There
was a negro In the college town who
started for Funston one day with a
cleaning 2 The negro weighed
200 pounds, Funston barely 100. The
negro was six feet tall, Funston five
feet three inches. In fifteen minutes
Funston had the half crazy black man
In the lookup and hadn't even mussed
his own clothing.
When he left college Funston got a
job as city editor OF a paper in Fort
Smith Ii was Democratic. The day
before an election the editor IN chief
left town, and he was temporarily
boss. Next day the paper appeared as
a red hot Republican sheet. reviling
all things Democratic. As a crowd
gathered at the front door young
Funston retired by the back and from
journalism. He explained later that
he was weary of newspaper work,
tired of a rotten town. a rottener
sheet and its rotten politics. and
thought would wake things up a bit
before ! Oft just to show them I was
alive
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-03-06
ST. Paul Grain.

st. Paul, March 6.-W Wheat - No.
hard. s2.0SA @2.10A; No. l Northern
s1.97A Q20sA; No. 2 Northern, 81.
944 Q2.02h No. 2 Montana hard, 81.
1914 Q2.0tA; corn, $1.03%Q1.05as
oats. 57B659Bc; barley, 95cG$122;
rye s1.5261,53; fax, s2.S3%.
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Minneapolis Grain.

Minneapolis, March g. Wheat
May, s1.90b. July. $1.S2&s; Sept, ST..
50A. Cash close on track No. l hard,
s2.0sh 02.101s; No. l Northern. ST.
97h m2.04ls: No. 2 Northern. $1.94A
m2.02h: No. 3 Northern, s1.S6B OIL
96k; No. 3 yellow corn, $1.03A @1.-
05A No. 3 white oats, 57A m59Ac;
fax, $2.S3h.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-03-06

His next job was as a conductor OH
the Santa Fe railroad. A cowpuncher
passenger. fired by whisky, shot holes
in a car ceiling, Funston took his pis-
tol away and threw him off the train.
then stopped the train, ran back along
the track and thrashed the u a
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-03-06
South ST. Paul Live Stock.

South st. Paul. March Cattle
Receipts, 400; steers. S6.75Q10.25;
COWS and heifers, $5.5OQS.50; calves,
S6.00@1025. Hogs-Receipts, LOO;
range. $12.75d13.30. Sheep-Receipts,
100; lambs. $12.00Q13.75; ewes, $500
01O.50.
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Chicago Grain and Provisions.

Chicago, March g. Wheat May,
s1.SSB; July, S1.56h; Sept, s1.474
Corn-May, SLOTS July. SLOTS. Oats
May. 59ac; July, 57hc. Pork-May,
$33.15; July, $3.50. Butter-Cream-
cries. 36640c. Eggs-29G30c. Poul-
try-Fowls. zoe; springs, 19c.
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GRAIN AND PROVISION PRICES
Duluth Wheat and Flax.

Duluth, March 6.-Wheat-On track
and to arrive, No. | hard, $685. No.
| Northern. s194A No. 2 Northern,
SISSY 0190A. Flax-On track and
to arrive. $3.50.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-03-06

CAPTURE OF FILIPINO
CHIEF WON PROMOTION
FOR MAJOR FUNSTON

1t was the capture of the crafty
Aguinaldo that enshrined Fred
Funston as hero In the hearts of
Americans. II was his campaign
against Aguinaldo that won him
the rank of brigadicr general,
and, though by "A less sensational
route he had attained the rank
OF major general, the boys who
used to hum
Well. I'd like TO know who's run
ming this show
Is II me or Emilio A~guinaldo?
looked forward with the utmost
confidence to seeing their hero
%regenerate the army of their
; country and win new hon0rs.
al
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-03-06

Because of advances in the
cost of raw material and labor,
hat prices must be raised or
quality lowered.
The manufacturers of Cor
don hats asked their distributors
whether Gordon hat carer
would prefer to pay more or get
a cheapened hat.
The almost unanimous opin-
ion was that the high quality
of the Gordon hat must be
maintained.
The manufacturers are O
the same mind.
The price of the Gordon hat
will be $3.50 after April LIST.
The perfect quality will not be
cheapened under any circum-
stances.
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rousing speech ut Madison Square Gar
den I'm behalf of the oppressed Cubans.
Moved by the appeal for Cuban libre,
Funston offered his services to the Gu
ban junta. although he knew nothing
about military affairs.
The Cubans were glad to have this
vigorous youth, and Funston set him.
self TO study the i%ntricacies of twelve
FOUNDER Hotchkiss rifles and other
things a soldier should know. General
Gomez made him second in command
to Winchester Dana Osgood. the Cor
nell football player, who had charge OF
the insurgent artillery. Funston dis
tinguished himself for bravery at Gut
marc In October. 1896, when Osgood
was killed. lie took command and
with a dynamite bomb in his hand led
a charge that broke the Spanish front
and ended the fight.
Wounded at Bayamo.
At Bayamo he was wounded three
times and had his horse killed under
him. He was I'm the thick of the fight.
ing at Las Tunas. After this battle
the Cubans insisted on shooting 6fty
prisoners. Funston protested, vas
waved aside and promptly resigned his
commission. General Garcia gave him
an order for transportation and a safe
conduct. He fell in with a Spanish
patrol and ate the documents. On
reaching the United States in 1898 he
was suffering from stomach trouble,
malaria and wounds, and his weight
vas just ninety-ive pounds.
When the United States went TO wal
with Spain Funston was ready to fight
again. He declined an easy job on
Lieutenant General Miles staff and
finally got what he was after, a CON
mission as colonel of the Twentieth
Kansas regiment Of volunteers. The
regiment was ordered to the Philip
pines. and while waiting for sailing or
ders Colonel Funston married Miss
Eda Blankart, a music teacher. Six
hours later the transport sailed, and
when Mrs. Funston rejoined her hus
band a month later i'm Manila 1t was
just before n battle.
His regiment held an important place
in the fighting around Manila when the
Filipino insurrection began In 1899.
During the fighting at Malolos the reg
iment was punished by a wicked fire
from insurrectos %intrenched on the far
bank OF the Marilao river.
Calling for volunteers, Colonel Fun
ston wan the river with a revolver
gripped In his teeth and twenty men
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FUNSTON DEPARTURE
or TROOPS FOR VERA CRUZ.

lnsurgent officers and four American
officers Funston plunged into the jun
been.
After eight days march through the
jungle, posing as prisoners taken by
Aguinaldo's anticipated reinforce
ments Funston and his men reached
Aguinaldo's hiding place and arrested
him without the loss OF a man. The
president made Funston a brigadier
general of the regular army i'm recog-
milton of the exploit.
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-03
Athletic Sports.

Athletics and soldering go hand in hand. A good athlete generally makes a good soldier. As far as we are con- cerned, the more athletics the merrier," says an army officer.
 Our country should do everything to encourage rough manly sports. Away with the tango palaces and such placesI On with every kind of rough sport that is going to help make the youths and men of the nation physically fit to un- dergo whatever duties may confront them!
 "We not only want athletics outside the army, but we want athletics inside the army as part of the military cur riculum. Athletic games and sports should be features in every training camp, and for that matter not only run ming, jumping, throwing the weights. swimming, etc., but also boxing and wrestling. All such sports make for better physical development, encourage self reliance and breed confidence. A man in good physical condition will shoot better, march longer and with stand the rigors of campaigning better than his soft and fabby brother."- New York Sun.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-03
CY YOUNG ESTABLISHES MANY RECORDS DURING
 HIS LENGTHY CAREER

When it comes to breaking records every player in any league must still take off his cap to Old "Cy" Young, justly known as the greatest ever'' in his line. It was on Aug. 8, 1890, 27 years ago today, that Young climbed into the uniform of the Cleveland Nationals and pitched his first game in the major leagues That was the beginning of a pitching career which lasted for 22 years, which is only one of the many records this remarkable player made. It hasn't even been equalled and very likely never will be.
 During his long career Young hung up few other records that will serve as targets for a long time. He pitched three no-hit games, one for the Cleveland Nationals and two for the Boston Americans. The first was in 1897, when Cincinnati was the victim. In 1904, for the Red Sox, he pitched the greatest game of his life against the Athletics, not man reaching first base. He pitched another no-hit game in 1908.
 Another record he holds is that of pitching 23 consecutive innings of hit less ball, and the successive retirement of 68 batsmen. Young performed many other notable feats, such as pitching 45 innings without being scored on. When he joined the Joined the Cleveland Nationals he had only a brief minor league experi- ence with the Canton club. Cleveland got him from Canton for $500. He spent nine years with the Cleveland Nationals, then two seasons with the St. Louis Nationals and eight years with the Boston Americans. He re- turned to Cleveland in 1909 and re- mained until 1911, when he was given his unconditional release, and finished out the season and his career with the Boston Nationals.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-03
GIANTS MAY BE HARD
 HIT BY DRAFT DEMAND

Among the teams hardest hit by the draft are the Giants. who stand a chance to lose six of their best play ers Some of them, being married, will claim exemption. More mem bers of the team are affected by the great lottery held at Washington, but their homes are scattered all over the country and they will have to wait for returns from home before they can tell where they stand. Those in New York who have been called are Ferdinand Schupp, McGraw's star pitcher; Dave Robertson, the right fielder; George Burns, left fielder; Jeff Tesreau, pitcher; Ernie Krueger, utility catcher, and Poll Perritt, pitcher. Robertson and Krueger are almost certain to be drafted, while the others will perhaps continue in the game. Among che players on other National League teams who are called are Carson Rigby, left fielder; Pitcher Bill Evans, w. Wagner, uti1- ity fielder, and Al Mamaux, pitcher, all of the Pirates. The Robins stand to lose Cadore, Pfeffer and Smith; Horace Eller of the Cincinnatis has also been called. J. Waldon Wyckoff, former pitcher of the Boston Red Sox, and now on the pitching staff of the Buffalo International League club, has also been called out.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-03
Namina Submarines.

Every one knows what submarines are and what an important factor they have become in modern naval warfare. Their nomenclature is rather interest ing, according to the Popular Science Monthly. Tn the United States navy the first of these crafts were named for various kinds of fish and reptiles, and we had such odd cognomens as Adder, Moccasin, Pike, Sturgeon, Shark, Carp, Paddock, etc, on the naval lists. Before this list of pisca- torial names ran out the system was changed, and designations of Al, Az, B-1, B-2, etc, down to the more recent submarines known as the O class. In general the numbers applied core spond to the particular lot in which they were constructed, and the letters closely follow the number of years since they were first built. In Ger many they are all known as U boats, the U being the first letter of unter- seeboot, meaning submarine.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-03
Rain After Thunder.

Why does a heavy downpour of rain often follow a clap of thunder? asks the PopulsA Science Monthly, and gives this answer: Not, as is popularly be- lieved, because the thunder jostles the cloud particles together into raindrops. In the violent turmoil between the pos itive and negative electricity in a thundercloud there will be places where the production of drops by con- densation and their subsequent break ing up proceeds more rapidly than else where Hence in these places there will be more drops to fall as rain and also more electrification, the rainfall occurring about the same time as the flash.
 We have, then, starting toward the earth at the same time, light, sound and raindrops. The light, travelling at a speed of about 1S6,O0O miles per sec ond, reaches us almost instantly. The sound travels far more slowly-about 1.O90 feet per second-but the rain falls
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-03
LITTLE BENNY'S NOTE BOOK
By Ice Pa2c)


My cuzzin Artie stayed at my house all mite last mite. and we was laying in bed in the dark tawking about the ferst thing we wood do if we had a million dollars, me saying wood buy a big candy store and keep on help ing myself. and Artie saying he wood go erround giving beggars thousand dollar bills and watching them look serprized, and all of 8 suddin I sed, Lets pertend we. are sunges on the bottim of the ocean. G, all rite, III beet you to the ocean, spunge, sed Artie. And he rolled out of bed and layed on the floor all cerl- ed up with his he'd between his neez, and so did I, Artie saying, Wat kind of spunge are you, spunge?
 I'm a baby spunge to rub off slates with, what kind of a spunge are you, spunge? I sed.
 I'm an old bathtub spunge? sed Ar tie.
 And we stayed there tawking spunge tawk and pritty soon we herd pop wawking along the hall. and l wispered, Shh, spunge, heer comes a spunge- eating shark, shh. E Shh, whispered the other spunge, pop came in, saying to himself, I don't suppose It cOOO De III neeT, pul I've tried everywhere elts. Wich us spunges cood heer him feeling ef- round in the dark and all of a suddin he ripped over me and almost fell down. saying. For the love of Peet. Wien jest then he rripped over Ar tie and bumped into a chair and nook ed his ankle and sed a fearse sware werd and grabbed both the spunges jest as they were trying to get back into bed to pertend they hadent bin out of it.
 Now tell me the meaning of this, sed pop.
 We was pretending we was spunges sed.
 We'll then I'm pretending I'm a mite aireoplane raid, sed pop. And he put us back in bed, and gave us each 3 fearse kracks with his hand sumware and then he went out agen, saying to himself, Wat the mischiff was I look ing for? And us 2 spunges kepp on laying there, Artie saying, Do you wunt to try it agen, spunge? and me saying, No, spunge, and Artie saying Neither do I And pritty soon after that we was both asleep.