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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-06-22
Murder and Suicide Suspected.

Seattle. June 22.-The bodies of Mr.,
and Mrs. J. l.. Booth. who disappear
ed from Seattle Monday, were found
near the Sunset highway at North
Bend by deputy sheriffs. Both had
been shot. Sheriff Stringer believes
the man shot his wife and then him.
self.
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South ST. Paul Live Stock.

South ST. Paul, June %.
Cattle-Receips, $500; steers, $500
m11.O0; COWS and heifers. $7.35dS.50;
calves. SS.o0r1400. Hogs-Receipts,
4.500. range, S15.15N l565. Sheep
Receipts, IT'S, lambs, S12504 1850;
ewes. 81. 001t".50.
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Must Discard German Titles.

London, June 21.-The following of.
fetal announcement has been made:
THE king has deemed 1t desirable
in the conditions brought about by
the war that those princes of his fam
lily who are his subjects and bear
German names and titles should re-
linquish these titles and henceforth
adopt British surnames."
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Chicago Grain and Provisions.

Chicago. June %.
Wheat-July, S20l; Sept, $3.50.
Corn July. Sl.52lA; Sept. S141A;
pee. SI.07. Oats July, G2e; Sept,
52c; Dee. 532sc. Pork-July, S3SSo;
sent. S3915. Butter Creameries. 3G
4a6i6c. Feps- 2SH poe. Poultry
Springs, $50 zoe: fowls. 2t1ac.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-06-22
SAT ON CHURCH C0RNlCE.
Woman Keeps Crowd on Edge For Two
Hours by Threatening TO Jump.

Hours by threatening TO Jump
Boston.-A crowd of several hundred
people watched for two hours from be
hind ropes that barred the street in
front of st. James Roman Catholic
church while a woman sat on the cor
nice threatening to jump. Ffremen
spread nets to break her fall, police
reserves attempted TO reach her, and
three priests pleaded with her from the
skylight.
Finally the Rev. Philip j. ODonnell
reached her before she fulfilled her
threat and escorted her back through
The skylight.
At the Psychopathic hospital she
gave her name as Mrs. Celia Vennard,
a parishioner OF st. James church, and
said relatives were trying TO commit
her to an insane asylum. She would
rather kill herself than submit. she said.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-06-22

Perry, Ia, June 21.-Within three
hours otter they had held up the
cashier Of the bank at Arcadia, a
small town near here, and obtained
1000, two men were captured by a
sherif's posse near Manila. The
money was recovered.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-06-22
Doc Hero Home From War.

Port Washington, n. Y.-Wounded in
action, Jupiter, Hubert Ralston's war
dog, returned acre from France after
doing his bit" to spend his declining
years in comfort. A bit Of shrapnel
guuged out one eye and another caved
In his chest. Jupiter trained with his
regiment at Salisbury Plain In the first
year Of the war.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-06-22
ROBBERY THOUGHT MOTIVE
Three Boys Stay Junkman In an Alley
at Chicago.

Chicago. June %. r. David Srery,
thirty-three years old, a junkman, was
beaten to death with a baseball bat
by three BOYS, between twelve and
fourteen years old, in an alley on
the West Side. Robbery Is believed
to have been the motive.
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Chicago Live Stock.

Chicago. June -
Cattle Receipts, $4,000, steers. IS
75n13.-5; cows and heifers. $5.75dt1.-
10: calves. sttno01565. Hogs Re
ceipts 25.oHl: lieht. Sl495U IL 90;
mixed. S1~52p4te15; heavy. $l52oa
16171s: rouah St5.20a154 10; pigs.
s11.00uIls5. sheep Receipts. 5000;
native, S9l001L6o; lambs, SLABS
d1S.75.
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Minneapolis Grain.

Minneaolis. june -.
Wheat-July, $211, Sept, Sl71.
Cash close on track No. | hard, 81
57N262; No. Northern. $252u2.57;
No. > Northern. |237a247; No. 3
Northern. s222H237; No. 3 yellow
corn. $16ol5 a1.62la; No. 3 white oats,
f4la aG5t5c: flax, S312.
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ST. Paul Grain.

St. Paul. June %.
Wheat-No. / hard. S2.57d262; No.
1 Northern. $2.52n257; No. 2 North
ern. $2.37A241; corn, S16012 616212,
oats, 6tis u65iac; barley, 9Sc0$l.3S;
rye. S2.240226; flax, 1912.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-06-22
J. :. : :. !. : :. J. !. !. : : J. :. !.
olaby Bell. Comedian. is Dead.

New York, June ~ Digby Bell, the
comedian, died at a sanatorium here
after an illness of several months. He
sixty-eight years old and was
born in Milwaukee. Mr.. Bell starred
in several Gilbert and Sullivan
operas.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-06-22

T. p. O'Connor and Mr.. Hazleton,
members of the British parliament,
are now on the way TO this country
as a mission in behalf of the Irish
Nationalist party, according to a ca
blegram from John Redmond, leader
OF the party, received by Michael }.
Jordan of Boston. secretary of the
United Irish league.
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pains ilho q hililo
through my back
and side. l finally
lost all my strength
so l had to go to
The doctor
advised an oper-
alton but / would
not listen to it. |
thought of what |
hadread about Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound and
tried it. The first
bottle brought great
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GRAIN AND PROVISION PRICES
Duluth Wheat and Flax.

Duluth. June %.
Wheaton track and to arrive, No.
| hard. $2.34; No. / Northern. $233;
No. ? Northern, $2.2S. Flax-On track
and to arrive. S3.06.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-06-22
PAINS SHARP
and STAbbINC
Woman Thought She Would
Die. Cured by Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.

Ogdensburg, Visit suffered from
female troubles which caused piercing
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-06-22

I. ). = !. j. = :. j. :. : =. + !. !. + =
!. RDOSEVELT'S SONS SOON
: TO JOIN PERSHING.
: Washington, June 22.-Maior
!. Theodore Roosevelt. Jr., and
+ Lieutenant Archie Roosevelt,
!. sons of Colonel Theodore
!. Roosevelt, will be sent to
: France as members OF General
!. rcfshine's eXpeditionary force
:. al an early date. As to wheth-
+ or they. will go as officers of
: the line or staff no information
!. is available.
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Crops In the Northwest.

Being a farmer himself IL was nat
ural that Senator Gronna OF North Da-
kota should make observations of crop
conditions while on IA recent trip home
from the far west. 1T has been quite
dry I'm North Dakota and other west
ern states he said, but recent rains
have helped. Everything Is planted.
There is abundant seeding. especially
I'm my state. If it was not for the war
they would never be able to take the
crops off the ground"
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A Disquieting Suggestion.


j. S. Holder, who more than any
other one man was responsible for
having the statue of Sequoyah placed
in memorial hall to represent Oklaho-
ma, says that Fort Gibson, in that
state. has been the residence Of many
prominent men. Among those he named
are Sam Houston, Zachary Taylor, JEFF
ferson Davis, Washington Irving, Hen
ry Wadsworth Longfellow and James
G. Blaine. Taylor commanded the post
long before the Mexican war. and Da-
Wis was also In command years before
he became head of the Confederacy.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-06-22

Governor Strong of Alaska was In
Washington a few days ago and as
sured government officials that Alaska
was going to do her bit to help In
the war against Germany. I'VE are
going to raise enough potatoes to sup
ply ourselves this season." he said and
added that great quantities Of salmon
would be exported. There is n seri-
u trouble about the salmon. This is
the lack of cans to put up all the fish
caught.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-08-16

the tubs and the wash boiler, when his
social condition must be thought even
more degraded. How frightful that
this should befall him on such a day,
the very day that his soul had been
split asunder by the turquoise shafts
of milady's eyes and he had learned to
know the real thing at last!
"Milady! Oh, milady!".
At last he and Genesis set out on
the return trip from the secondhand
shop, bearing the two washtubs, a
clothes wringer (Which Mrs. Baxter
had forgotten to mention), the tin boil
er, and followed by Clematis.
There was something really pageant
like about the little excursion now, and
the glittering clothes boiler, borne on
high, sent flashing lights far down the
street. The washtubs were old fash
toned, Of wood. They refused to fit
one within the other, so William, with
his right hand, and Genesis, with his
left, carried one of the tubs between
them.
Genesis carried the heavy wringer
with his right hand, and he had fasten-
ed the other tub upon his back by
means Of a bit Of rope which passed
over his shoulder. Thus the tin boil
or. being a lighter burden, fell to
William.
The. cover would not stay. in place,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-08-16

lay PROSTATE on the other side Of, it,
but this, likewise, was something with
in neither his duty nor his inclination
to reveal.
'"This here laundryman," said Gene?
sis, resuming-"this here laundryman
what own the dog, l reckon he mus
hoped on at street a what went by.
Well, he ought to be arrestedtrsS
she said, and, pressing her cheek. Il
Flopit's, she changed her tone. IL
zum's ickle heart a-beatin' so floppity,3
inns own mumsy make ums all right,
um's p'eshus Flopit!"
Then, with the consoling Miss Parch3
er's arm about her, and Mr.. Watson
even more dazzled with love than when
he had first met her, some three hours
past, she made her way between the
tubs and passed on down the street.
Not till the three and Flopit were out
Of sight did William come forth from
the hedge. In silence then they re
sumed their journey. Clematis was
waiting for them at the corner ahead.
That evening, at about half past I
o'clock, dinner being oyer and Mr.. and
Mrs. Baxter (parents of William) seat
ed in the library, Mrs. Baxter said.
81 think it's about time for you to
go and dress for your Emerson club
meeting, papa, if you intend to 60" @l
"Do l have to dress?" Mr.. Baxter
asked plaintively. "I'm getting old
enough not to have to, don't you
think, mamma" he urged appealinglly,
"When a mans my age
"Nonsense!" she said. "Your figure
is exactly like Williams. It's the, fig.
ure that really shows age first, and
yours hasn't begun to" And she, add
ed briskly, go along like a good boy
and get it over"
Mr.. Baxter rose submissiyely; AND
went upstairs to do as he was BID.
But after fifteen or twenty minutes,
during which his footsteps had been
audible in various parts of the house,
he called down over the banisterS:tars
II can't find my evening cl0thesl
They aren't anywhere in the houselpn,,s
"Where did you put them the last
time you wore them?" she called, ,Iad
II don't know"
Gall right; I'll come" she said, PIT
ting her clothing upon the table And
rising. "Men never can find a~nythInlJggmS
she observed.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-08-16
CHAPTER III.
Turbulence.

LEMATIS frowned and sneezed
"a as the ininitesimal particles of
w. sachet powder settled in the
lining of his nose. But his con-
science compelled him to persist in his
attempt to solve the mystery. Hence
he sought to place his nose in contact
with Flopit's, for he had perceived on
the front of the mysterious stranger a
buttony something which might posi-
bly, be a nose.
Flopit evaded the contact. He felt
that he had endured about enough from
this Apache and that it was nearly
time to destroy him. Having no ex-
per1ence Of battle, save with bedroom
slippers and lace handkerchiefs, Flopit
had little doubt Of his powers as a
warrior. Betrayed by his majestic self
Importance, he had not the remotest
idea that he was small. Usually he
saw the world from a window or from
the seat Of an automobile or over his
mistress arm.
From these various ignorances of his
sprang his astonishing, his incredible,
valor. Clematis, with head lowered
close to Flopit's, perceived something
peering at him from beneath the tan
gled curtain of cottony, violet scented
stun which seemed to be the upper
part Of Eloplt's face. It was Flopit's
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-08-16

in the shadowy interior Of the clothes
boiler were features stricken with sud-
den, utter horror. "Flopit"
The attention of Genesis was attract
ed by a %convulsive Juggling of the tub
which he supported in common with
William. 1t seemed passionately to
urge greater speed.
faster!!'
II got plenty time cut at grass befo'
you pa gifts home," Genesis said re-
assuringly. "This here rope what I
got my extry tub slung to is mos wo'
plum thew my hide"
Having uttered this protest, he con-
tinued to ambulate at the same pace,
though somewhat assisted by the for
ward pull of the connecting tub.
The amusement Of the second group
having abated through safety, the
minds of it's components turned to 9th
err topics. "Now Flopit must have his
darlin' ickle rum" said Flopit's mis-
tress, setting the doglet upon the
ground. ''That's why sweetest Flopit
and I and all Of us came for a walk
instead Of sitting on the nice. cool
porchkins. See the sweetie toddle!
Isn't he adorable, May? Isn't he ador-
able, Mr.. Watson"
Mr.. Watson put a useless sin upon
his soul, since all he needed to say
was a mere Eyes"
Flopit, placed upon the ground, look
ed like something that had dropped
from a Christmas tree, and he auto
matically made use of fuzzy legs, some
what longer than a caterpillar's, to
patter after his mistress. He was neil
Their enterprising nor %inquisitive. He
kept close to the rim Of her skirt, which
was as high rs he could see, and he
wished to be taken up and carried
again.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-08-16
LoNGReAoY

He was just a long, lean country gi4k 49,.
From aa&&ayy out West WHERE the hoptoadI ~
Helw Jas, six reef two in his stockin,. feet.
tsatc he33Repag sethi's thinher. tthes 1hhoffeNhe'd
hd{ut ne KEEP getilN thinner the more
yet he, was az brave as he was thin.
When tie war Broke out lie got, right I'M
sutihitched his .plow,i put the, MUS away,sHt
Ant then the nold folks Heard him say @"t
az REFRAIN,
Goodby, ma! Goodby, pa!
lGoodbES onniuie, With yer sid heehaw!
dfmay not Know What tfle Wars about"
But, gEbtul Bet, 81 gosh, I'll soon find ~outt?,oa.
Ant Of, H. ~ eaetheatt, sdon't YOU fear {.
1hi5briag you' King Ter a souvenirEoa Yea
lIutglt1I SSouu q Tuirrk' h d ka,seerss t5o65iyen!f'
that slehbeault' SIP opee = teller Her c eoSafd do SI9. :
One pair Of socks was his only load
Winch ~ yts srH f Il {Set u bys2,ths gS ga at T.
Hs went rigghtaqwn to the public square
An fell III ftttphe With othe soldiers I,thtters. SOU
The sergeant pit iiItA n unlfoofndoidiera taes
His gal INIT f,HaIatttssf feFtto lEiSeepp hin warm;
e Tbs lda 5{gn3sad5 4 tt#} ' af& tth hssy, afas dd nftmEs
FHhSsP .d hs @4 rs tslg e g 5 to his ID fa re- anpe
Is iHlrsch. in Golfers Weekly.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-08-16
pYIoetRoBykkVA
NE. Nd AS I[g9LP00Py HfU IT II
4 :1' els 1gts the Effect A ct It. tc9eaFstta8nntl .s
firing ppg thHf1l t+ia1ggge eIcTaagEib esssIiber
. .otas GunsgM1Qpttheb peetaRkss tai

neA fourteen inch gun is built up from
eight or tel 1 haoteofpss, S II Steel Z tu Is essolE1E Each !
siHIt inisdft to a ahnn eAyaaGc.tts fit TESS sseet Vteeral :
thousa1 i dftthEge 81 taan an inch shell h Heat a.
red Until se9pansio 81 Permits it 4 Is be-
drawn e On Hftl coos o6ika i nad dddesyHttree 9Th
an5t orivv Wv Its aknQas altbn but ibuy the
erip Of TIT IT'S Shhr ink Hi = writes rites Iffsuteenntant
FIT h uuEEiif Green sooff14thh TIE United States
lbattleshhiibh s Tor Tor tie v~igilaanntteass.o s.
HEST 81 inner tube has h1eeifiecaa1le
aEyrrooo ye It's saivSeS r4ottatffoonif to Julie 4sifue l IT.
'ii,iSt IS 4nTaaS6 y e pSolrttfngs orrit ffee9,n Ttfne r hen
dous Ash g. pres Anure bbeeSttWWeee fn[1ffft fifteen
cand ta9enhfty ttto6nnss per aasT sql11are iihtcE,e cont +
abi1ied VI WITH Hsanttld Gases galstess ard ooit1hicsff prod.
. lets Hojffeee blI ossiio nnsldc Gauss ,-lssees e 2rt6a Or
wSeearinHssts aw5ay ezaa1lIrdf oTpittinngse fer4f11eI
grtoov$|aAss s.; s.5 inner il .t tb3s , nnirsst ,h eetrreeppPse r. e :
called, IS about 100 Shots Since fire.
o,ue,lt atfalTr9c ct practices % are held few
years 9c,laaqnsse BEFORE gins must Be taken
ashore caahhd r,eottiiiitb'et be- The total cost Of
ret,ubilnGs.! ?a,ef 6yuhr4t eTEny inch gun nj is IN in thu!
qneigh bbGolrihItJNdf Of $s3!5!10}o6.a I4ch gun is "
0GlBesiidleess ttbee fn a1n ST GSr6lsiioons. constant
shocks 6ooffi0eexxp fYo9saioaf pnccrry ssttaaIhii2zee- the :
whole fssteeef sthfauct 1uNr9e.osicrr ystaHiillizzaattiioohh
|cof1 metal 11h i T5e flkseeihfttd9T to tic. drying drying
Sfscbeneesee, letAt arse tie mass nnasssseiiss r reelaattiHy z
1vat b,in 3 claaaniIe elastic fSA f fttear the Heavy be w
9punisdlSim6eanlt s1o of 1bpr,64t 12aesfte frip|ss, Yin Fin
tubes Weaken alESsYa and beeeco9atc2 Brittle. 7Miiccroe
|seopic, Qes xsam iYiiiattff68n l4ree vte Hflsn} cA~onnttri4atcction1 4
and d~issnfiitteg aratiootn1aoo Of metal fa particles,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-08-16
CHAPTER II.
Genesis and CIematis.

END that dog back" William
said resolutely. "I'm not 60
ing through the streets with
q doc like that anuhnww
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-08-16

but continually fell off when he es-
sayed to carry the boiler by one Of it's
handles, and he made shift to manage
The accursed thing in various ways, the
only n proving physically endurable
being, unfortunately, the most gro
tesque. He was forced to carry the
cover in his left hand and to place his
head partially within the boiler itself
and to support it-tilted obliquely to
rest upon his shoulders-as a kind Of
monstrous tin cowl or helmet.
This had the advantage of somewhat
concealing his face, though when he
leaned his head back, in order to OBJ
tain clearer vision of what was before
him, the boiler slid off and fell to the
pavement with q noise that nearly
caused a runaway and brought the hot
| checked William much derisory atten-
ton from a passing street car.
Seen from the rear, William was I'M
recognizable, but interesting. He APP
peared to be a walking clothes boiler,
armed with a shield and connected, by
means Of a washtub, with a negro of
informal ideas concerning dress. In
fact, the group was whimsical, and
three young people who turned in be-
hind it out of a cross street INDUCED
Immediately in fits of inadequately
suppressed laughter, though neither
Miss May Parcher nor Mr.. Johnnie
Watson even remotely suspected that
the legs beneath the clothes boiler be-
longed to an acquaintance. And as
for the third Of this little party, Miss
Parcher's visitor, those peregrinating
legs suggested nothing familiar to her.
ooh, see the fun-ee laundrymans!'
she cried, addressing a cottony doglet's
head that bobbed gently up and down
over her supporting ARM. Sweetest
Flopit must see too! Flopit, look at
the fun-ee laundrymans!'
"Sh!" murmured Miss Parcher, chck-
ing. Gle might hear YOU"
He might, indeed, since they We're
not five yards behind him, and the
dulcet voice was clear and free. With.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-08-16

~
said %resolutely. "I'm not 60
ing through the streets with
a dog like that, anyhow
Genesis chuckled. HE ain goin'
back" he said. cain nobody kin make
at dog go back. l ain had him mon
two weeks, but 1 dom b'lieve president
United States kin make at dog go
back. 1 show you" And, wheeling
suddenly, he made ferocious gestures,
shouting, econ back, dog!"
The dog turned, ran back a few
PAGES, halted and then began to follow
again, whereupon Genesis pretended
to hurl stones at him. But the animal
only repeated his maneuver.
"I1l show him!' said William holly.
"Il show him he can't follow me-"
He charged upon the dog, shouting
fercely. The hunted animal, abandon
ing his partial flights, turned a tucked
under tail, ran all the way back to
the alley and disappeared from sight.
"There," said William, II guess thatll
show him!'
II aim bettin' on it," said Genesis as
they went on. "He new did stop fol-
lin me yet. l reckon he the folIindest
dog in the worl'. Name Glenn"
swell, he can't follow mel" said the
surging William, in whose minds eye
fingered the vision Of an exquisite dog
let With pink ribboned throat and a
cottony head bobbing gently over a
1llmy sleeve.
"Name Glen fer Short" said Genesis
amiably. 81 trade in a mandoline fer
him what had her neck kind O. busted
off on one side. l couldn' play her no.
how, an I found her, anyways. Yes,
sub, 1 trade in at mandoline fer him
cause always did like to have me a good
dog. But l din have me no name fer
him, an this here Blooie Bowers what
I trade in the mandoline to, he say
. he dim have no name fer him. Say
new did know if wa a name fer him
tall. So rs spen' the evenin' at at
lady's house, Fanny, what used to be
cook fer NIiz Johnson, mex do you
maW's, an 1 asst Fanny what am I
go'n' a do about it, an Fanny say,
Call him Clematis,' she say. So 'at's
name l name him, Clematis. Call him
Glen fer short, but Clematis his real
name. He'll come, whichever one you
call him, Glen or Clematis, he aim
carin' !"
Williams suffering eyes were fixed
upon remoteness, and his lips moved
now and then like a martyrs, pro-
nouncing inaudibly a sacred word
"Milady! Oh, milady!"
Suddenly Genesis broke into loud
laughter.
"What 1 tell you?" he cried, pointing
ahead. Look ayonnuh! No, sub, pres
dent United States hisse'f ain go tell
at dog stay homer
And there, at the corner before them,
waited Clematis, roguishly lying in a
mud puddle in the gutter. He had run
through alleys parallel to their course.
There was nothing to do but to give
up, and so the trio proceeded.
Nobody, William reflected, seeing
him in such company could believe
that he belonged to zone Of the Oldest
and best families in town." Nobody
would understand that he was not
walking with Genesis for the pleasure
Of his companionship until they got