The Madison daily leader. [volume], February 25, 1892, Image 1

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ESTABLISHED 1890.
MADISON
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OF SOUTH DAKOTA.
—IS LIGHT!® BT—
ELECTRICITY.
The Streets 111
'iminated by 12 Are Lights.
The Most Complete Plant in the State.
State Chautauqua
ASSEMBLY GROUNDS
At LAKE MAD18UN, three and one^half miles southeast
of the city. Connected by Motor line
A Large Utomber of State
Meetings to be held at the
Chautauqu* Grounds tfeia
summer.
The Lake provided with
the Steamer "City of Mad
ison," capable o£ carrying
100 persons.
A Beautiful Sheet of "Water, Eight
Miles Long and Two Miles "Wide.
Two and one-half miles west of the city
i&rrounded
by beautiful groves
.., of natural timber.
MADISON"
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Great Mnctial Center
The seat of the State Normal School. Value of Normal
buildings, $55,000. The Normal School is now in ses
sion, with over 125 students from various parts of the
state in attendance.
Excellent City Schools. New Central School build
ing just completed at a cost of $15,000.
MADISON
Is the home ol Nine Churches!
Excellent Society. Stone and
Brick Business Buildings
MADISON
It* THE1
Freight and Passenger Division of
the S. M. Div. of the C., M. & St.
P. R'y running north and west.
CITY PROPERTY
And FARM LANDS can be purchased at treasonable
prices. HOMESEEKERS are cordially invited to settle
in this community.
Round House.
Is a great G-rain Market. Four El
evators, Flat House and Rpller
Mill 1100 Cars of G-rain shipped
from Lake county since Sept. 1st.
Lake County has NEVER Experienced a
Crop Failure.
For additional particulars concerning the resources of
is section, prices of City Property, Farm Lands,
MAS. B. KENNEDY,
etc., etc.,
Madison, South Dakota,
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SL liOl'lS i'LAII-UKii.
The Consolidated Conference, by Its
Committee, Formulates a
Few Demands.
Fret Coinage sad More XoMf, (tab*
"•"""Treasnrie* and Tariff ft*
Revcnne Only.
Blue aJlf frf'fty Ttotelralis ftirts
Across the Bloody Chasm—Doa
aellj's Manifesto.
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 25.—Across the stars
|md stripes, held aloft by a Texas ranger
who towered above his surroundings
like a giant, Paul Vandervort, of Ne
braska, ©*-commander-in-chief of the
G. A. B:* and Colonel L. L. Polk, one
]bf &> bravest of the men who followed
the gray from his native state of North
Carolina, joined hands on the stag* of
Exposition hall and swore eternal
friendship. It was a stirring prelude to
the third day's session of the national
industrial conference. Save for the
tnembers of the committees on anti
options and platforms all of the dele
gates and over a thousand of the general
jmblic were in their seats at 9 o'clock,
When President Polk resumed control of
the gavel. Comrade Wachter, of Indi
ana, was selected to make the opening
prayer, but his supplication was inter
larded with a stump speech, and when
he concluded a delegate in the Illinois
section shouted oat amid approving
beers that such a prayer as that ought
to have been addressed to the inference
instead of to the Almighty. Then the
patriotic proceedings were inaugurated
by Ben Terrell, of Texas, who
was loudly cheered as ho
came forward with the big
banner bearer. He said he was not
ashamed of the fact that he was one of
the men who wore the gray. He wore
It honorably ahd the Union brothers
honored him as he honored Mid respected
them, but the time had come when all
sectional Btrife and enmity should be
buried and the North and South be
nrated under the grand old stars and
stripes. In that spirit and with that
view he would present to them a com
mander-in-chief of the Grand Army,
Paul Vandervoort. When fc^e robust
'Nebraska man, with the Grand Army
badge on, made his appearance under
the flag he received a hearty welcome.
Without preface he proceeded to read
the following resolution:
We. the representatives of the blue
and gray, believe that the day has come
to bury in one common tomb the disen
sions, malice and sectional hatred re
sulting from the war, and, united under
one flag and citizens of one grand na
tion, we gladly join hands to emanci
pate the homes we cherish from the
tyrannical oppression of the money
power of the land.
When the enthusiasm that this reso
lution caused had in a measure subsided
Vandervoort made an earnest address in
its support.
The Platform.
The following platform was presented
by Hugh Cavanaugh of the Knights of
Labor on behalf of the committee on
platform:
MADISON. SOUTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25,1892.
We demand a national currency, safe,
sound and flexible, issued by the general
government only, full legal tender for all
debts, public and private, and that., with
out the use of banking corpo rat ions, a
just, equitable and efficient means of dis
tribution, direct to the people, and not to
exceed 20 per cent., to be provided as set
forth in the sub-treasury plan of the
Farmers Alliauce or some tetter system.
Also by payment in discharge of its obli
gation for public improvements.
We demand five and unlimited coinage
of silver. We demand that the amount
of circulating medium be speedily in
creased to not less than $50 per capita.
We demand a graduated income tax. We
believe that the money of the country
should be kept as much as possible in the
hands of the people, and we demand that
all state anil national revenues shall be
limited to the necessary expenses of the
government economically administered.
We demand that postal savings banks
be established by the government for the
safe deposit s of earnings of the people and
to facilitate exchange.
The land, including all the national
sources of wealth is the heritage of all the
people and should not be mono^lized for
special purposes, while alien ownership of
land should be prohilited.
All lands now held by railroads and
other corporations in excess of their nat
ural needs, and all lands now owned by
the alien should be reclaimed by the gov
ernment and held for actual settlers only.
Transportation being a means of ex
change and a public necessity, the govern
ment should own and operate the railroads
in the interests of the people.
The telegraph and telephone, like the
post office system, being a necessity for the
transmission of news, should be owned
and operated by the government in the
interewts of the people.
We demand that the government issue
legal tender notes and pay the Union sol
diers the difference between the price of
the depreciated money in which he was
paid in gold.
Resolved, That we hail this conference
as the consummation of a perfect yaion of
hearts and hand* of all sections of our
common country. The men^sho wore the
grey and Ihe men who wore the blue are
here to extinguish the last smouldering
embers of civil war ii^ tears of joy for a
united and happy people, and we agree to
carry the Stars and stripes forward forever
to the highest point of national greatness.
Mr. Donnelly'* Hanlftito.
pi» following address to the people of
the United Stages Was presented by
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Ignatius Donnelly:
This, the first great labor conference of
the I'nited States, and of the world—
representing all divisions of urban and
rural organised industry, assembled in
national congress, iuvoking upon it* ac
tion the blessing and protection of
Almighty (Jod, puts forth to and for the
producers of the natiou this declaration of
union and independence:
The conditions which surround us best
justify our co-operation. We meet in the
niidvt of A nation brought to the verge of
morai, political and material ruin. Cor
ruption dominates the ballot box, thef
legf lature*. the congress, and touches
eveiv the eriuinc of the l*»nch. The peoplw
are demoralized, many of the states hav«
bee» compiled to isolate the voters at the
poling pla in order to prevent univer
sal intimidation or bribery. The news
papers are *ubsidired or muzzled, public
opinion silenced, business prostrated, our
hon^s covered with mortgages, labor im
poverished, and the land concentrating in
the hands of capitalists. The urban work
men are denied rights of organization for
self protection. A hireling standing army,
uimruguized by our laws, is established
to Mtoot them down, and they are rapidly
degenerating into European conditions.
A vast conspiracy has Ix-en organized,
the *iiMreus continues, to take possession
of tAe civilized world and establish an ab
soU'Je despotism. The controlling forces
of t«e conspiracy aim to drown the out
cries of people with sham battles over the
tarW, that corporations, banks, rings,
truM* and watered stocks may be lost
sigk?, of. In this emergency, then, the ad
dreHs continues, the people represented in
thitfconvention seek to restore the gov
ernment of the republic to the people, and
to this end ordain and establish the
following principles We declare the
union of labor forces of the United States
this day accomplished permanent arid
perpetual. Wealth belongs to him who
creates it. Kvery dollar taken from in
dustry without equivalent is robbery. The
interests of rural and urban labor are the
same: their enemies are identical. The
remainder of the address covers substan
tially the same ground as the platform.
Aladln'a Cave la Colorado.
(I•RKEDK, Colo., Feb. 25.—Yesterdays*
Prospector Brandle was working over
Batchelor Mountain, he stumbled upon
a find which raised him in a moment
from comparative poverty to opulence.
His find was a cavern, the roof of which
vaulted and hanging with stalactites,
showed croppings of pure silver ore
running $10,000 to the ton. This cham
ber is 50 feet wide and 200 feet long,
and contains enough ore on the surface
to make Brandle a millionaire.
Besides the silver the cavern contains
utensils, skeletons and remains, evi
dently those of cliff-dwellers, but the
antiquarian discovery is lost in interest
iu the phenomenal silver find. Brandle
was offered $100,000 cash for the claim
by a syndicate of California capitalists,
but be refused it.
The Iowa Senate.
DES MOINES, Feb. 25.—In the senate
the discussion of the Schmidt bill was to
have been resumed, but the senate de
cided to postpone the matter, and the
discussion on the temperance question,
so far as this bill is concerned, is over.
Mr. Schmidt will move the previous
question on the passage of his bill, which
will shut off all debate except on amend
ments or a substitute, so it is not un
likely that the senate will do some vot
ing on the prohibitory question during
the day. A resolution to instruct the
committee on appropriations to limit
the special appropriations to the re
sources of the state based on a 2-mill
levy, was under discussion when the
senate adjourned.
One War of Defeating Opponent**
NEW YORK, Feb. 25.—A special to
The Herald from San Salvador gives a
new version of the shooting of General
Miniguel Enriquez, in Guatemala the
other day. The story is told by the
opponents of the present administration
in that country. They allege that
President Barrillas bore spite against
Enriquez and in revenge issued secret
orders that he be shot at a hacienda un
der the pretext that he was the head of
a revolutionnry faction. A rumor pre
vails here that it would not be unex
pected if Barrillas should dispose of all
the presidential candidates in the same
way.
Lumbermen Protest.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.1.—In response to
a call, originally sigued by twenty-three
Southern lumber manufacturers, a con
vention of lumbermen will meet in
Washington on Tuesday next to express
their opposition to the bills which pro
pose to place lumber on the free list. It
is said that rarely, if ever, has a con
vention call been signed by names cov
ering so much territory or representing
so much capital and influence as this
one does. The convention will be com
posed both of Democrats and Republi
cans whose motto is, mar
kets for Americans."
A Mining Editor.
PUEBLO, Colo., Feb. 25. -E. S. Moore,
editor of the Colorado Workman, is
missing, and none of his friends can
get a trace of him. Nov. 31 he started
for Trinidad, Colo., to visit friends on
the Maxwell land grant. At that time
occurred snow blockades that tied up a
number of trains. It is thought that
he attempted to make his way through
the snow and was frozen to death. The
owners or the paper think he was either
lost in the snow or that he has been
foully dealt wftlK
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Earned Five Cents a Day.
MUNICH, Feb. 35.—At a libel trial
held
in this city the fact was revealed that
an embroidery manufacturer had in his
employ women who, under the "Hwest
ing system,* received only 5 banti per
day.
A CHICAGO SENSATION
Banks Creiger, Hen of the Ex-Major,
Wants an lavestlirattatt of His
Father's Administration.
He Thinks There Was a Million-Dollar
Steal and Wants the Money Ms*
funded to the City.
Saloon Men Running Palo Alto Coun
ty (la.) to Suit Themselves—Offi
cials Afraid to Testify.
CHICAGO, Feb. 25.—One of the most
sensational bills in the history of Chi
cago will be filed during the day
in the superior court, whereby a
son of'a former mayor of Chicago seeks
to bring about a reckoning and investi
gation of certuin alleged crookedness
existing in the administration of the
municijial government under his own
father. Banks Creiger, as the munici
pal complainant in quo warranto pro
ceedings, asks that money amounting to
probably $1,000,000 be refunded to the
city that the city be enjoined from
purchasing certain supplies in accord
ance with irregular precedent and that
the office of one of the city officials be
declared vacant and his salary declared
void. The suit is the ontcome of an
other private proceeding brought
by Creiger through Attorney Allan
C. Story. Investigations in these
premises are said to have led to a dis
covery and to an investigation by a cer
tain committee of citizens who will be
made parties to the suit. A writ of in
junction is prayed restraining the city
from all purchases except such as are
made in accordance with the law.
Further, the complainants pray that the
city be enjoined from paying salary to
the official who acts as a member of the
World's Columbian Exposition company
while he gives his attention to any other
business or occupation and lastly, thai
a reckoning be had whereby the defend
ants may make restitution to the illy
of Chicago.
AFRAID TO TESTIFY.
Justice Defeated by Fear at Ecanaetts-
IJURIF, Ta.
CEDAR RAPIDS, la., Feb. 25.—A special
from Emmettsburg, says that Palo Alto
county is virtually under mob rule.
About three weeks ago three dray loads
of liqnor was seized from a trio of
saloon keepers, which was stored nnder
lock and key in the jail under the court
house. It was immediately retaken by
the saloon men, who knocked the dep
uty sheriff down, locked him in one of
the cells, and hauled the intoxicants
back to the saloons. It is claimed that
all the parties aiding in the recapture
are well known to the deputy sheriff,
and several eye witnesses, who were on
the streets on the afternoon while the
intoxicants were being hauled back to
the saloons. Still the grand jury,
which is in session at present, is un
able to bring in an indictment against
any one as the depnty sheriff,
who is an extremely young man, swears
that he cannot identify the man who
either threw him into the cell and
turned the key on him or hauled the
stuff away. It is further asserted that
it was not a lack of knowledge, but a
genuine fear that made the deputy sher
iff say what he did. The saloon element
is thoroughly organized and it is claimed
it is determined to lynch or burn the
property of any individual who at
tempts in any manner to interfere with
their business, and that the jurymen
would not dare to bring any indict
ments. Saloon men forbear personal
violence. Some of the people of the
county favur the organization of a baud
of White Caps to run the saloon keepers
out.
Object to Moving,
WHITE EARTH, Feb. 25.—A courier
from White dale Point reservation re
ports that a grand council is in session
on the old council ground at Big Rice
Lake, near Sandy Lake, delegations of
the leading chiefs and braves of Mille
Lacs, Sandy Lake and White Oak
Point bands of Chippewa Indians being
in attendance and forming the council.
It is understood that the object of this
joint conference is to formulate plan#
for future action against any overtures
that may be made to them looking to
ward their removal to the White Earth
reservation.
The Victim -of Chinese Fend.
GREAT FALL*, N. H.. Feb. 25.—Chin
Kee, the Chinaman who was found
dead in his laundry last week, and who,
it was at first supposed committed sui
cide, was murdered. A thorough in
vestigation is being made. From what
has already been learned the murder
was the outcome of an old feud, which
has been carried on for years in China,
and which has cost many lives, ^hip
Kee's cousin, who lives In Dover, la
sus
pected of the crime.
The Sehmltt Bill Defeated.
DKS MOINES, la., Feb. 25. —As
antici­
pated the Schmidt local option bill was
defeated in the senate by a vote of 25
ayes and 25 nays, the number necessary
to constitutional majority being 2S.
Every Democrat was present and voted
aye. Reynols, Republican, and Eagle,
Peoples party were absent, but both
would hare voted against the bill,
the result %ronld have been the same.
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PRICE FIVE CKNTs
HE LOVED A MAN.
Iafataatloa of a St. I.oula Sector
Him to Suicide.
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 25.—That the peculi
arities of the Alien Mitchell-Freda
Ward case at Memphis are not confine*
to the feminine sex was demonstrate*
by the suicide here of Dr. E. T. Breed
love of Baltimore, at the Hursh hotel.
The hotel people were informed of the
suicide by Isaac M. Judeon, who was
in the doctor's room at the time of the
shooting. The police were at onos
summoned and took charge of the
fects, Mr. Judson accompanying tls
officers to tho four courts. When Mr.
Judson stated that he was in ths*
room when Breedlove shot himself, and
gave the cause of the rash act as de
spondency and a strange attachment te
himse'f. This Iatt?r remark was the
most significant when taken in consid
eration with a letter found amoug the
dead man's effects. The letter is filled
with espi-'-iiMoa.of love for Mr. Judson
and says that it is impot«ible for the
writer to live apart from him, and that
the cause of the buicide is the prosed
of separation. ^Nothing is known of the
dead man's family excfcft th^t they live
at Fort Scott, Kan.
The .WaJeaSte's Tfttfc
NEW YORK Feb. #3. -White Star
steamship Majestic, Capt. Parsell,
has just arrived at this port, having
made a remarkable run in point of speed,
as considering the distance covered she
beats the record. On her seventeenth
voyage the Majestic's time was 5 days It
hours and 18 minutes. She then cov
ered 2,T7r» miles. The time of passafp
just completed was 5 days 20 hours and
22 minutes, and distance covered 2,H6f
miles, 89 *miles more than on the sev
enteenth voyage, being etpial. at the
rate steamed, ty 4 hours and 28 minutes,
which would xnake her time on the short
route, 5 days 15 houra and 54 minutes,
the fastest ever made.
A Nomination Cunlirmed.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.—The senate In
secret session confirmed the nomination
of Joseph Buffmgton, of Pennsylvania,
to be United States district judge for s
the Western district of Pennsylvania.
Flour lit Chrap,
BLUNT, S. D., Feb. 25. Blunt s flonr
dealers" are at present on the war path.
Patent flour, which one week ago
for $1.40 per sack, is now sold for $1 per
Reck or t2 ner 100 oounds.
A DAYS HAPPENINGS.
•SelMU Item of Nem Olvea ...
Mention.
The National Electric Light associa
tion is in session at Buffalo, Y.
Reciprocity negotiations between
Austria and the United States are about
to be opened.
The bark Colorado, supposed to haw
been lost at sea, has been towed itfts
Victoria, B. C.
The king of Italy will visit England
in July and will review a powerful
British fleet at Spithead.
Julius Hess, a gold and silver beater
of Chicago, has been fined $1,000 for in
ducing aliens to go there to work for
him.
The St. Paul assembly haa instructed
the joint committee on auditorium to
proceed with the building on the market
house site.
A wild timber wolf was killed not far
from the St. Paul Stove Works on th«
West side, bv Frank J. Sieger, of th«
railway mail service.
Lx- President Cleveland was tendered
a reception at Detroit. Fully 7,000
people shook hands with him. He re
fused to"be interviewed about the situa
tion in New York.
The Minneapolis Iron company has
filed articlee of incorporation with ue
secretary of state. The capital stock is
$y,000.000. The incorporators are G. I*
Brcher, St. Paul A. R. McGill, Cfer
uien X. Smith, E. N. Mobie, John T.
Ankeney, Minneapolis Walter S. MI1
nor, John McKiolev. Dulnth, and A R.
Humphreys, Charleston.
LATEST MARKET REPORT.
St.
Pnnl Union Stock Tarda
SOUTH ST. PACI, Feb. J6,
1ICH1K- Strong. Yards Heeretl early. Qual
ity fairly KOIXI. fiaii^n, f4AfoiA.M.
CATTLE -Sreii.lv ant active. Morentocitem
ami feeders wantc-l btitchcr gnulfs in
1'rlnte ftteers. good steers, yj.jfifci
».» prime cow*. good cowe,
common t» fa: cows, fight
veal calves, SU.tdX&l..'! heavy calves, %2»
XU0 btookera, f«edcrsi.
bulls, stags aii'l oxou, £1.254^2.86,
SUKEP Htroug. Muttons,
lainba, |L0U®L75 «toekera and feeders. $MI
&4.IX).
Receipts: Hogs, 330 cattle, 110 ealvea, 1ft
•heep, ItJ
Minneapolis Grain,
MINNEAPOLIS, Feb.
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Chicago Live Stock.
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