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DRUGGIST Complete Optical Room RESUMING ITS NORMALASPECT Constantinople in Control of (^ostitatiwulists. TURKISH CABINET RESIGNS •etofktt Pasha, Commander of the Victorioi-6 Army, Is the Man of the Hour and Is Being Urged to Be come Grand Vizier in Succession to Tewfik Pasha Strong Feeling Against Sultan. Constantinople, April cio is quiet and is gradually resuming it* normal aspect. The declaration ol martial law and the fact that the con stitutionalists are in full control promise for the maintenance of or der. The question of what Is to be done to the sultan in all probability will be determined by parliament. Schefket Pasha, commander of the constitu tlonal army, is the man of the hour. The lefuling civilian members of the committee of union and progress de sire him to be grand vizier in sue cession to Tewfik Pasha and he has been assured that a majority of par liament would gladly support a minis try under his leadership in succession to the Tewflk ministry, which has re signed. On the reply to these proposals Schefket Pasha said that the premier ship afforded such a splendid oppor tunity to assist in the political de velopment of the country that he would have rejoiced to accept the honor had it come to him under any other circumstances, but that he could not accept it while still leader of the army. To do so would not accord with his ideas of civil and political liberty of action. Bchefket Pasha Is an Arab ana eomes from Bagdad. He has lived for eleven years in Europe and re ceived his military training In Ger many. The feeling among the members of parliament against the sultan remain ing on the throne is strong. Mo hammed Resohad Effendi, the sultan's brother, is the favorite candidate for the succession. The parliamentary leaders have de cked to act as though there had been BO Interruption to the parliamentary syBtem. They will support the cab inet precisely as before the morning of April 18, the day of the mutinous outbreak on the part of the local gar rison. FOUR THOUSAND IN PRISON 1 &kit Afreet of Reactionaries and Religious Students Continues. Constantinople, April 27.—The com* ptttee of uiLipn ai^d progress has Is- The Best Spring Medicine Oeans up the system. Fills the arteries with good, rich blood. Givee strength and vigor to the whole body. In the NORTH WINDOW at ANDERSON'S DRUG STORE Guaranteed under the Pure Food Law $1 Per Bottle A N E S O N SUtril ci bldU inriii av.ii, iiia Un tlons attributing the recent occur rences to controversies between the political parties and saying that th« march of the constitutionalists on the capital was undertaken under the in» lluence of the committee. The state ment set forth that the tragic event' of the past fortnight were provoked by "wretches and vile personages who were injured by the proclamation of the constitution. Soldiers were cor rupted with money and incited to •ommit acts of savagery. The holy Tnission of the army is above person alities. The committee wishes to work for the general Interest and serve the fatherland." The arrest of reactionaries and re ligious students continues and it 1^ estimated that 4.000 such persons have been apprehended. MINNEAPOLIS WINS CASE Cities Can Compel Railways to Bridge Crossings. Washington, April 27.—That a city can compel a railroad company to bridge its street crossings when the street has been established subse quent to the laying of railroad tracks, just as it. can when the tracks follow the laying out of the street, was in effect held by the supreme court of the United States in deciding favor ably to the city the case of the St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Rail road company and the Great Northern Railway company vs. the city of Min neapolis. The roads resisted an or der from the Minneapolis city council requiring them to erect a bridge over University avenue in that city on the ground that the street was laid out after the company had acquired its right of way and laid its tracks, which they contended imposed upon the city the responsibility of making the cross ing safe. The case was heard in the district court of Hennepin county, Minn., where the decision was favor able tn the railroads, but that deci sion was overruled by the state su preme court. The decision sustained the Minnesota supreme court. It was announced by Chief Justice Puller. Falls From 8kyscraper. New York, April 27.—Failing 350 ffeet from the thirty-fourth story of the Metropolitan Life lnsrrar.ee com pany's sky scraper on Madison Square Thomas Mortimore, forty-two years of age, was instantly killed. Mortimort who was foreman of the riggers at work on the building, was supeiin tending the erection of a scaffold. Killed in Election Fight. Lexington Ky., April 27.—In a gen eral light at Pikeville over a primary election in the mountains of Pi' e county Anthony Taylor, a Republican worker, was shot three times and in stantly kilkd. Three other men were clubbed so severely it is believed they will die. Several arrests were made. Wall Known Ball Player Dead. Philadelphia, April 27—Dr. Maurice Powers, star catcher for the Phila delphia American league baseball club and one of the best known and most popular ball players In the country, died In a hospiul ia this qUy.Atjpn grene poisoning. IHk k JEWELER A. F. Laity, Optician AI Lib Ui'iAri I DAY CELEBRATION General's Son Is Also Philadel phia's Guest. PMlWMphia, April 27.—President Taft and members of his cabinet, with other well known Americans, will be the guests tonight of the Union le^Kue at the annual celebration of Grant's birthday by the league. Gen eral Grant was born eighty-seven years ago at Point Pleasant, O. President Taft was met at the rail road station by the First City troop, Philadelphia's ancient organization, which claims the honor of escorting the city's distinguished guests. His progress through the city was market" by cheers. He was accompanied by Secretary of Agriculture Wilson and Postmaster General Hitchcock. Among tne other guests at tonight' banquet will be General Frederick Dent Grant, son of the general. Vici President Sherman was expected, but an engagement to speak at the Grant day celebration in Brooklyn will pre vent his attendance. Tonight's banquet will surpass in brilliance any ever given by the league. The last time a presideut and cabinet members were guests of tin league was during the McKinle.v ad ministration. During President Taft's stay at the league the city will be no tified of his presence by the flying of the presidential flag from the league staff. POET HOLMIEF" CENTENARY Formor Pupils of Writer-Physician Join In Harvard Celebration. Boston, April 27.—Harvard univer sity will celebrate tonight the cente nary of one of her most famous sons Oliver Wendell Holmes, physician, poet,' essayist and novelist. The 100th anniversary of the birth of Holmes will not occur until Aug. 29, but at that time the university activi ties will be at a standstill. At tonight's celebration, which will take place in Sanders' theater. Cam bridge, graduates of Harvard Medical school who were pupils under Dr. Oli ver Wendell Holmes while he was professor of anatomy and physiology in that institution during the thirty years 184 M8S2 will be present. Presi dent Eliot wil preside and Dr. Ed ward W. Emerson, Colonel Thomas Weutworth Higginson, Dr. David W. Cheever and Rev. Samuel M. Crothei3 will make addresses. Charles Town send Copeland will read "The Last Leaf" and "The Chambered Nautilus,' two of the poet's favorite poems. Oldest Locomotive Engineer Dead. Valley Junction, la., April 27. Mathew Teneycke, the oldest loeomo tive engineer In America in point of continuous service, died here, aged seventy six. He began work at Balti More and claimed to have driven tfa# Srat locomotive tn America. MADISON, SOI TH DAKOTA, TI ESDAY, APRIL. 27, 1909 BIG RAILWAY ESTIGATION Work Will Be Done ky De partment (^.Justice. MANY LINES INVOLVED Inquiry Will Be of Charges of Com bination. the Enforcement of Un just and Despotic Rates for Both Freight and Passenger Service and of Gross Discrimination' in Tar Iff Schedule*. Washington, April t7.—Tbe admin istration soon is to engage in one oi the biggest railroad investigations known in the history of the country The work is to be done by an official i if the department of justice and an agent of the interstate commerce com mission. The lines affected are: Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad com pany Chicago, Burlington and Quin sy Railroad company. Chicago. Rock Island and Pacific Railroad company Colorado Midland Railroad company Colorado and Southern Railroad com pany Denver and Rio Grande Rail toad company Missouri Pacific Rail road company Oregon Rail^ad ami Navigation company Oregon Short Line Railroad company San Pedro, \jo* Angeles and Salt Lake ^Railroad company Southern Pacific Railroad company and the Union Pacific Rail i road company. The investigation will be of the charges of combination between rail •o.ids, alleged to be arbitrary and un lawful. of the enforcement of unjust and despotic rates for both freight and passenger service and of gross discriminations in rates, all of whicl are said to be detrimental to the wel fare, prosperity and happiness of the people living in the regions traversed by the lines named and injurious to their proper commercial and indus trial development. President Taft himself has directed that the investigation be made. At torney General Wickersham is in full sympathy with the order of his chief. By the latter's direction Assistant At torney General Wade H. Ellis lias been in conference every day during the last week with representatives of the states affected, including Utah, which particularly has made com olaint. MANY CREEDS^REPRESENTED Leaders In Various Faiths at Phila delphia Congress of Liberals. Philadelphia, April 27.—The recent ly organized National Federation ot Religious Liberals, whose purpose is the promotion of the religious life "bv united testimony for sincerity, fref dom and progress in religion by social service and a fellowship of the spirit beyond the lines of sect and creed," will meet tonight in the Friends' meeting house in this city for its first congress. The federation is the outcome of meeting beld in this cttjr on Dec. 1908, by representative liberal thin) ers and socUd workers. BILLION DOLLAR COMPANY Said Harriman Will Merge New York, Central Lines. I New York, April 27.—According to] a report circulated in this city E. H. Harriman has instructed leading cor poration counsel In this and other cities to devise a means of merging the New York Central lines into a $1,000,000,000 corporation with a cen tral management and one treasury. This, if effected, would operate more than 12,000 miles of railroad, includ ing the New York Central. West Shore, Lake Shore and Michigan Southern, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chi cago and St. Louis Pittsburg and I.ake Mrie Lake Erie and Western, Canada Southern and a number of other lines now controlled by or allied with the New York Central. No de tails are said to have been decided upon yet, but it understood that II i? r.-t rrr-r^-^i tn the \i Ufl THOMPSON & LEE, Practical Electricians -*|Ceep on Hand— Electrical Supplies Wiring and other Elec trical Work Done on short Notice. SHOP IN IRELAND BUILDING Miss Grinager Fashionable Milli My new Spring Stock has arrived and 1 wil |e pleased to have thi tidies call and in spect it. MISS GRINAGER MADISON CEMENT CO. J. S. Thompson & Son, Prop. Sidewalk Workers and all Kinds of Cement Work Phone Red-450 MADISON OPERA HOUSE 3 Nights, Starting THE NORWOODS AND DOROTHY DEANE In a remarkable exhibition of Suggestive Thera peutics and Mental Telepathy. PSYCHOLOGY PUT IN HARNESS A Laugh Feast Combined with the Popular Science o e a y LADIES FREE On Thursday night One Lady will be admitted free when accompanied by a party holding a 35c ticket which must be secured at the advance sale before 6:00 p. m. PRICE:- 15c 25c 35c Seat'Sa! e at Ccn-r Drug Store Wednesday moaning CHAS. B. KENNEDY Presi dsn# DR. H. P. GULSTINH. FURNISHINGS CORRtCT STYLES FROM THE MOST RELIABLE MANUfACUTRERS McKIBBIN $3 HATS The best value on earth for the money. Monarch and Cluett $1 and $1.50 Shirts beautiful, new patterns strictly fast color. Nothing belter. .* "Vogue" Neckwear, Hos iery and Suspenders. The most Extravagant line of goods in the market at popular prices. FOOT SCHULZE and ENDIC0TT JOHNSON SHOES and 0XE0RDS Every shade and style imaginable $3 to $5 values. Guaranteed to give satisfaction. LOOK AT THESE C0LAPSABLE BABY CARTS The best on the market They must be seep t# be appreciated. We have an elegant line #1 Rugs, Art Squares, Lace Curtains Handsome Leather Upholstered Rockers See My Line and Get Prices E O E K THE Madison State Bank MADISON, S. FARM LOANS AT LOWEST POSSIBLE RATES ...DENTIST** PHONE 2§3 Offta tv* TIm MI STO* -MS* Hysidaa sad Sum omo PNONC mi "rt 4 & Y i -4- 4%*. U v v ,i'4 jf *1 1 jsA 7 A -y&i -I*: -if 4 1 -F* 4 k "fK HOUSE PHONE, Cms 439 OMET'wvTIM M| Start v I ,v *, V trJ ft- CL KENNEDY, Vkc President {, -s* 1* f- i 0 ",?%• -a X\ i V~f 4 A DR. GO. ESTREM* i r'f 1 s jr I*" 'r i •""-is .AV "yd f. i'* I j*