The Madison daily leader. [volume], July 23, 1909, Image 1

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STREETSRAGINGTORRENTS
Pedestrians Are Carried Off Their
Feet and a Number of Narrow Es
capes From Drowning Resulted.
Blocks of Asphalt Pavement Car
ried Away and Mud From the Hills
Piled High on Lower Levels.
Duluth, July 23.—Fully $1,500,000
damage was done by the flood here,
following terrific rains and a cloud
burst.
Three lives were lost during the
efcorm. Two children were swept
from their mothers' sides on Ninth
avenue east, one body being lost in a
sewer at the bottom of the hill. An
Other child was lost in Keene's creek
at West Duluth.
The entire hillside became prac
tically one great waterfall. The sew
ers, already overflowing, were totally
Inadequate to carry oil the rushing
water and the streets and avenues
quickly turned into torrents, with the
water running three feet deep. Street
ears were compelled to suspend. Citi
•ens stripped off their shoes and
waded home. The theater crowds
came out to find the streets a minia
ture lake and the men, picking up
their female companions, carried them
to higher ground. Automobiles and
(Micks were impossible, owing to the
Accumulation of mud in the streets.
The hotels were crowded with those
inwilling to venture forth in the ele
ments.
Twenty or more houses were washed
away along small crceks in the city
suburbs.
Nearly Drown in Streets.
Several narrow escapes are report
ed from drowning on Superior street,
the main thoroughfare of Duluth. One
Woman was rolled over and over un
til rescued unconscious by a man who
Hoendered after her. Blocks of as
phalt pavement were carried away
and mud from the hills piled high on
the lower levels.
The rain continued unabated all
night, vivid lightning accompanying
the stnrm. The re\erberations of
mammoth thunderclaps', added to the
Shrieking of th? lighthouse sirens, tho
pelting rain and the torrent rushing
#cwn 1he hillside, caused a pande
monium.
A peculiar element of human Inter
est was added to the storm feature?
In the discovery that Mr. and Mrs.
Romano, two of whose children were
drowned. al?o were victims of the dis
aster in San Francisco at the time oi
the earthquake and Arc-.
When the cloudburst struck Dulut!"
Ifrs. Romano and her three children
Were j-tandir.e: on the ba~k porch of
their home. A torrent of water car
ried away the porch and threw them
gjl into the flood. The two smaller
ifcildren were drowned.
TO ENFORCE EIGHT-HOUR LAW
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BakisMj
Powder
The
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Only
Baling
ftwtfer
Baking
has not its counterpart
abroad. Its qualities, which make the
food nutritious and healthful, are peculiar to itself
and are
not
GiliLDREN
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PERISH IN
constituent in other leavening agents.
FLOOD
Damage at Mnffi Placed
at $I,5UU,IMW.
Wiify iit-iu.
Several hundred street paving labor
ers and others in Muskogee have been
oul several days. Those working oc
public confr:icts have partially won
their fight and are planning a hlg pa
rade for Saturday night In anticipa
tlon of a complete victory. The trou
ble started when the labor com mis
sioner recently enforced the eight
hour law and the employers cut wages
to correspond with the reduction In
hours.
TRAIN SERVICE ABANDONED
Flood Situation in Northern Wiscon
sin Is Worse.
Ashland. Wis., July 23.—The sltttu
tion in the flood districts is worse.
The railroad bridge and all other
bridges are believed to have been
swept out at Odanah. A special train
has left for Odanah carrying boats
and men. Boats have also left for the
mouth of Bad river t.o pick up refu
gees. Six bridges are torn out on the
Marengo river, five of them being
steel. Four million feet of logs were
swept into the lake at Montreal River.
Train service on all roads is aban
doned.
THEIR VIEWS VERY SIMILAR
President ana Senator Cummins Dis
cuss the Tariff.
Washington, July 23.—Senator Cum
mins of Iowa, who is a leader among
the "progressive" senators, took
breakfast with the president and
spent two hours with him in di3cus
sion of the tariff situation. They went
over the entire ground and it is un
a«* ».! vrtT, v, t'-K i-Z.V*)'-. 0T,aa4*OM
SENATOR CUMMINS,
derstood found themselves to be *?ry
much In accord.
Mr. Cummins spoke for the coterie
of ten senators who voted against tin
Pavne-Aldrich bill as it passed tie
senate. He assured the president of
the continued adherence of those sen
ators to the policy of a lower tariff
and was told in return that the presi
dent was losing no opportunity to ini
pies* the wisdom of such a course
upon senators and members of the
house.
TAKES EFFECT ON AUG. 15
ir.
Strike in Every City and Town
Oklahoma Predicted.
Muskogee. Okla., July 23.—A strike
to every city and town in Oklahoma
Hi support of the eight-hour law, In
volving 30.000 laborers of various
was jgedjctfcd £q£ next week Aug 1£U
New Transcontinental Lumber and
Shingle Tariff.
Seattle. Wash., July 23.—Sweeping
reductions in the rates on forest prod
ucts from polnt3 in Montana to the
consuming markets In North and
South Dakota, Western Minnesota,
Nebraska and other Middle Western
states, with no corresponding redue
Hons for coast shipping points, are
contained in the now transcontinental
freight bureau lumber and shingle
tariff, which will become effective
I!1APPEARSLIKEAN
ALL SUMMER JOB
Whipping Tariff Into Shape
a Difficult Task.
SOME COMPROMISE LIKELY
President
Powder
made from
Royal Grape Cream of Tartar
•—made from Grapes—
la
at
Not Committed Free
Raw Materials and Calls Attention
to His Recent Statement as Proof
of His Position—Refuses to Agree
to a Two Years' Limitation of the
Corporation Tax Feature.
Washington, July 23.—In discussing
with various of his callers the results
of the tariff dinner at the White
H.juse President Taft expressed him
self as entirely satisfied. The presi
dent declared, with reference to the
placing of raw materials on the free
list especially hides, that his chiei
interest now lay In finding out what
could be done with reference to man
ufactured products. Western senators
who are fighting the proposition to
put hides on the free list are using
their best endeavors to have a change
made in the manufactured goods
schedule to offset any concession they
may have to make with regard to the
duty on hides.
President Taft called attention to
the fact that he has been inadvertent
ly misrepresented as demanding free
raw materials all along the line. The
president's position, as outlined in
his statement of Friday last, was that
he favored an inquiry to find out what
degree of protection, if any, was nec
essary in the matter of ore, hides,
coal, etc.
The president has not committed
himself irretrievably to free hides,
free- coal, free oil and free iron ore
and the fact that he called attention
to this fact leads to the Impression
at the White House that some sort of
working basis Is about to be reached.
Taft Will Carry His Points.
The president, as a result of the
stand he has taken in the conference
consideration of the bill, will win
nearly all of the wishes he has ex
pressed and while he declined to dis
cuss "compromise" with any of his
callers it is quite likely that the con
cessions which the conferees will
make will in the end prove satisfac
tory to the chief executive.
President Taft was not optimistic
la his talks as to the time that will
be required to whip the measure into
shape. One of his callers asked when
certain changes were to be made in
the organization of the bureaus of th
department of commerce and labor
and then added that perhaps that was
a late summer matter which the pres
ident was not ready to take up. The
president laughingly said that It had
better be called a fall matter, for the
tariff promised to be an "all summer"
Job.
An effort was made at the dinner to
have President Taft agree to a two
years' limitation of the corporation
tax. He declined to do so. This mat
ter was gone into at the time the
tax was suggested and it was then
decided that no time limit should be
placed upon the measure. Certain
adherents of the income tax, who vot
ed for the corporation tax as a sub
stitute, would not have lent their sup
port to the measure with the time
limited to two years.
FOR RIVER TRANSPORTATION
Lint at Steel Vessels Planned by St.
Louis Company.
Washington, July 23.—Plans for
$10,000,000 river transportation con
cern are being discussed in Washing
ton. Arthur N. Sager and J. L. Bab
ler, St. Louis attorneys, acting, they
say, for finjmclal interests able to
carry out the Immense project of
building a line of steel vessels and
barges to ply the Mississippi and its
tributaries, are interesting congress
men in the scheme.
The company proposes to have op
erating points at Chicago, St. Paul
St. Louis and New Orleans, believing
that a waterway which will give lake
shipping an outlet by way of the Gulf
of Mexico is practically assured.
The wheat carrying trade between
the Upper Mississippi valley and the
seaboard is the prize the new com
pany is seeking. The fact that river
transported wheat can be placed at
New Orleans for not more than
cents per bushel, according to the pro
moters, tells the starjr of what
company expects.
Man's Body Found In Truftft.
Lynn. Mass., .July 23.—The dead
body of an Armenian was found
packed In a trunk In a Liberty street
rooming house. The body had a bul
let wound over the heart. The face
was mutilated, but the corpse was
partially Identified as that of an Ar
menian Ummm Job—
MADISON. SOUTH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, JULY 23, 1909
HER OBJECTIONS OVERRULED
Ella Gingles Will Be Sent Back to
Her Home in Ireland.
Chicago, July 23.—Ella Gingles wtU
be sent back to her home In Ireland,
leaving Chicago next Wednesday, ac
cording to present plans. This do
cision was reached at a conference In
the office of Patrick H. O'Donnell, her
attorney in her recent trial.
Vigorous opposition on the part of
the girl threatened for a while to Up
*et this plan, but she was overruled.
She declared at first that she intend
ed to remain in Chicago and press nor
charges against her former accuser,
Miss Agnes Barrette. Her friends
argued that it WAS best for her to re
turn to ner mother's home. The girl
protested that she, could not return to
Ireland, alleging that the Belfast
newspapers had placed her In a false
light at home. That argument also
was overcome.
NAVAL SURGEON TESTIFIES
Says Sutton's Wound Could
Been Self-inflicted.
Annapolis, Md., July 23.—Surgeon
George Pickrell, U. S. N., who attend
ed Lieutenant Sutton after he wa?
shot, testified at the inquiry here that
the bullet entered Sutton's head on
top, near the back and a little to the
right. This has been a much disputed
point, as other physicians have testi
fied that, the wound was just back oi
the right ear. Surgeon Pickrell stated
that the shot was ftred within two feet
of Sutton's head and in his opinion
could have been self-inflicted. He
said that Sutton's body showed no
other injuries which might have
caused his death.
The witness identified a belt and
holster, which, he said, was strapped
on Sutton's leg the nifiht of the trag
eily.
ENTIRE BATTALION
IN OPEN REVOLT
Spanish Troops Object to Em
barking for Morocco
Barcelona, Spain, July 23.—A riot
broke out among the troops who wer
about to be embarked for Melilla, Mo
rocco. An entire battalion revolted
and threatened the colonel and other
officers with their bayonets. Other
troops were hasttly summoned and
the mutineers were disarmed.
Madrid, July 23.—King Alfonso has
cancelled all his engagements on ac
count of the serious situation that has
developed in Morocco.
Parliament will be asked to voti
further credits so that more reinforce
ments can be sent to Melilla. It is
possible that General Weyler, former
ly Spanish captain general of Cuba,
will be placed in supreme command
of the Spanish force In Morocco.
The Liberal press is Joining in the
popular protest against sending sol
diers to the Riff coast, alleging that
the war is solely for the purpose of
protecting private mining interests.
Anti-War Riot at Madrid.
QKfing the night, while the Spanish
troops which are to reinforce the
Spanish garrison at Melilla were pre
paring to leave for Malaga, the fam
llles of the soldiers surrounded th
railroad station and charged the po
lice with the dbject of preventing the
departure of their relatives.
A desperate melee followed, in
which the police used their swords
and revolvers. At least a dozen per
sons were wounded and many others
arrested. Stringent measures will be
taken to suppress similar popular dis
turbances In connection with the de
parture of troops in the future.
Melilla, Morocco, July 23.—fhe
Spanish positions here have been re
inforced by fresh troops from Spain
During the fighting Wednesday the
Moors got within 800 yards of Melilla
When they retired they left 104 dead
on the field.
FOREIGN INFLUX ON WAffE
June Immigration Twenty
The total number of Immigrants ad
mitted for June was 85,470, as against
107,839 during May last.
TO SUCCEED CLEMENCEAU
Aristlde Briand Asked to Become Pre
mier of France.
Paris, July 23.—President Fallieres
has asked Aristide Briand, minister of
Justice and worship, to form a new
cabinet to succeed the Clemenceau
ministry, which resigned Tuesday
Aifttkte
CALL FOR STATE
TRO0PSJS MADE
Strike Situation at Keno
sha, Wis., Serious.
MANY
INJURED
IN RIOTS
Two Men Shot and a Number of Oth
ers Injured in Clash Between Offi
cers and Mobs—Tanning Company
Refuses to Confer With Employes
and All Departmente of the Big
Plant Are Closed.
Kenosha, Wis., July 23.—In a riot
at the works of the N. R. Allen's-Sons
Tanning company two men were shot
and a number of others injured, some
seriously. One thousand men went on
6trike several days ago for an in
crease in wages and 500 others have
since joined the ranks of the strikers.
At the time the riot started a com
mittee representing the strikers was
in the general office of the company
seeking to make a settlement of the
difficulties, but the management at
once called off all negotiations and
the committee was escorted out of the
office, while the officials and deputies
who had been in attendance at the
meeting immediately armed them
selves for protection.
The first outbreak occurred at the
big central entrance on Grand avenue,
where one of the strikers was shot
The bullet passed through his hip and
It is feared he is badly injured.
Second Riot Follow*.
A minute later a riot was started
at the corner of North Chicago and
Union streets and this resulted in an
other man being shot through the
left side. One man was struck down
with a coupling pin and was later
taken to the county jail and held on
a charge of rioting.
The police were unable to do any
thing with the strikers, but they kept
themselves busy as best they could
using clubs. During the repeated as
saults Policeman Nelson of the city
force and Deputy Morschouse of the
sheriff's force were struck down and
both are in the hospital seriously In
jured.
The company has declared they will
hold no further parley and every de
partment of the big plant has been
closed down. People of the city hav
refused to be sworn In as special offi
cers, fearing their lives would be in
danger. Thus far the property of th
company has not been badly damaged
but the windows of the buildings were
shattered by stones thrown by the
rioters.
Troops Held in Readiness.
Camp Douglas, Wis., July 23.—Gov
ernor Davidson has received a report
on the riot situation at Kenosha and
has ordered the troops to hold them
selves in readiness to leave at
HARRY ORCHARD BAPTISED
Self-Confessed Siayer Finds Consola
tion in Religion.
Boise, Ida., July 23.—Harry Orchard
murderer of former Governor Steun
enberg of Idaho, according to his con
fession, has been baptised at the penl
tentiary. The* service was read by
Elder Steward, a Seventh Day Adv«n
tist. Elder Steward made the follow
ing statement after the ceremony:
"Orchard is a devout convert and
feels his slr.s have been forgiven. He
told me that he had fully determined
to commit suicide if sent up for life
but that in his faith he had found on
solation and was content to remai
behind the prison walls for the rest
of
his
natural
Per
Cant
Lees Than May.
life."
of
Washington, July 23.—The tide
immigration into the United States is
on the wane. A falling off of 23,639
or approximately 20 per oent, in the
number of immigrants admitted '.nto
all ports for June, as compared with
May, Is Bhown by statistics made pub
lic by the bureau of Immigration.
STORY NOT TRUE, SAYS HENEY
Attend
for
Meney Drawn Last Year Was
Work Done Previously.
Cordova, Alaska, July 23.—Francis
J. Heney, the San Francisco prose
cutor, who is at Abercrombie canyon,
flfty-flve miles up the Copper river,
was notified over the telephone of
the statement made in the house of
representatives by Representative
Tawnev that he received $23,000 from
the federal government last year for
which he did no work. Mr. Heney
said:
"I have not received a dollar in
fees except for services rendered prior
to the commencement of the San
Francisco graft cases. The delay in
payments to me by the United States
government was due to lack of funds,
necessitating a special appropriation
by congress. A fully itemized state
ment of all my accounts Is In the
hands of the United States attorney
aenoral."
TWO WAYS
OF DOING BUSINESS
MEMBER
Some merchants pride themselves by charg
ing the SAME OLD PRICKS fortheSAME
O GOODS regardless whether at the be
ginning or at the end of the season.
This old method of merchandising was a suc
cess 25 years ago. With the present PUSH
and VIM no up-to-date merchant ear. afford
to carry over unseasonable goods, even if he
has to sacrifice profits.
WE ARE DOING FT RIGHT NOW.
ftrr My
U O O
HONEST CONCRETE
COOvfrlGMTtCl
W. G. MARQUART,
Ct^fcl^NEDY
PresidM*
oner
for that city to suppress the strlkf
disorders. He will not give the ord
to leave, however, until he has
ceived further notice from the Keno
sha authorities that everything has
been done to quell the riots.
FARM LOANS
Gearance Sale.
You can save from 20% to 40% on vour
nurchosei,, Just drop in and convince your
s e
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or
Cement Walks,
Foundations, Bridges,
Clilverts, anything
find everything
la
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or Leave Orders With Hackett & Sutton
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MADISON, S. k
CONTINUED UNTIL NOVEMBER
Trials of Or. Miller, Mrs. Sayler and
Others.
Watseka, III., July 23.—Dr. William
Miller. Mrs. J. B. Sayler and John and
Ira Grunden, Indicted for the murder
of J. B. Sayler, a Crescent City bank
er, on July 11, were brought into the
circuit court here to make their pleas.
Fred P. Morris, of counsel for the
defense, made a motion to quesh tho
indictments. He was overruled by
Judge Hover, but his motion to have
the case continued for pleas and trial
until the November term of court was
sustained.
The courtroom was crowded by an
expectant throng eager to get a
glimpse of the defendants. Mrs. Say
ler was accompanied by the sheriff
and as she was led to the side of her
attorney she wept violently. She ap
peared to be bordering on a nervous
collapse. She was dressed in black.
During the brief proceedings she
made no attempt to communicate with
any of the other defendants, who sat
near her.
Phone Green 263
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Vice President
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Received Highest Award
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