The Madison daily leader. [volume], November 08, 1909, Image 1

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FIVE DIE Yin
TRAINS
CRASH
Accident on Elevated Tracks
at Jersey City.
LARGE NUMBER INJURED
Firemen Remove Victims of Disaster
to Street Level, but Only a Few
Need Hospital Attention—l.ig^t En
gine Side Swipes Passenger Train
and Derails All the Coaches but the
On* In the Rear. '^1
New York, Nov. pefStftts,
fo\ir known to be railroad employes,
were killed and six passengers seri
ously and a score slightly injured in
a collision between Pennsylvania rail
road train No. 104, from Philadelphia,
and an engine running light on the
elevated tracks of the railroad In Jer
sey City.
The engines and all the cars ex
cept the rear oae left the rails. The
smoking car and both engines were
overturned.
The wrecked train was running at
fair speed. Near Brunswick street an
engine running light on the adjoining
tracK was met. In some manner, pos
sibly because of a misplaced switch,
the light engine and the passenger
train together, the light en
gine s di} su:|)irvj the passenger train.
Practical*:,' all the injured passen
gers were iu the smoking car, which
wnr overturned. Six were severely
encm I ru to require hospital atten
tion. Ti e otfcerj injured sustained
cntv. frcr? s-laas and minor con
tusious end sh-K-k.-
The *rr. auaed a serious Inter
ruption to trf:e, the tracks fceiiii
hlocV.ed far "^vefal hours. Members
of the i»a"! T.t»ntn football team on
their vry to Princeton were among
those delayed by the wreck.
Every ambulance, police patrol and
fire wagen mailable was utilized to
remove the injured. The fire depart
ment was needed to get the lDjured
•o the street level that thejr might
be hurried to the hospitals.
NORTH DAKOTA PRAIRIE FIRE
Ptrm Buildings, Live Stock, Grain
and Machinery Destroyed.
Kenmare. N. D.. Nov. 8.—A disas
trous prrJrk- fire, causing heavy dam
age in the affected district, swept
from Vanvllie to Blalsdell, in spite of
the heroic fight made by several hun
dred farmers and people from the
nearby towns. Farm buildings, grain,
horses and machinery were among
the Item*- of loss sustained by farm
ers who had not provided ample fire
breaks.
The fire started near Vanville and,
fanned by a strong wind, swept northp
east toward Niobe and Kenaston. In
spite of hastily pic wed guards and
attempts at backfiring the sea of
fames gained headway and caused
much destruction of property until a
lull in the wind permitted the fire
fighter? to Ljain control. The terri
tory swept I? a large one and detailed
reports of tl.e damage done are com
ing In very slowly.
BEER USED TO FIGHT FIRE
Excited Pedestrians Pour Club's Sup
ply on Flames.
Pittsburg, Nov. 8.—Members of the
Royal and Fishing club let out long
walls of Indignation when it was dis
covered nearly a dozen perfectly good
keg.-i of beer as well as innumerable
"quarts" had been poured on a fire
that broke out in the clubrooros.
The tire was only a small one and
did little damage, but excited pedes
trians who broke in to fight the
flames grabbed the nearest thing to
watT available and the club's foun
tain of joy was consigned to the
flames.
MENTAL HEALERS ARE JAILED
Treated Child Dies of Pneumonia in
Agonies.
Winnipeg. Man., Nov. 8.—-Charles
Wililams, a leader of the Christian
Scientists, Virden, Man., was sen
tenced to two' years In prh-on.
A child suffering from puAumonia
was treated by Williams and his as
sociates. fTj medic:tl nan was called,
the iiiiid dying alier u few days of
Intense Buffering.
In answering questions witnesses in
attendance for the accused stated the
treiivriunt given the child was prayer,
but tltey would not explain treatment
exactly.
Ref-cttf to Join the P4ot
Nlehnlasvtrp. Ky.. Nov. Nttfit
riders are aeeus* of burning the to
bacco li'.rn of TLorr.as Stafford, six
miles froTT". tlii.' city. Stafford's en
lire crop. c'fT'.'If-tlrp of the product of
tworty-sh acrrc, wa»* destroyed. Ho
ftriTi^fiisctf'to iirt* i&t' frtdler pool.
BIG SUM FOR RELIGIOUS WORK
Millionaire Donates $300,000 for Pro
posed Movement.
Chicago, Nov. 8.—A Los Angeles
millionaire, whose identity Is th ins
kept a secret, has just donated $i!00,
800 toward the establishment and fur
therance of a worldwide religious
wc.rk, whose active director in CM
cago will be Rev. A. C. Dixon, pastor
of the Moody church.
Mr. Dixon declines to discuss th-3
details or scope cf the work, declar
«ng that too early publicity would
tend to Interfere with the perfecting
of the plans. It has been learned,
however, that the scheme embraces
a literary evangelistic programme—
the preparation and printing of relig
lou? works, which will be distributed
througneut the civilized world.
It Is said that prominent church
men in several of the great cities 'if
this and other countries have li'en
interested and are giving the prenatal
their personal attention.
BLACKBURN HAS RESIGNED
8ays Canal Zone Has Lost Its Charm
for Him.
Versailles. Ky., Nov. 8.—At a renep
tion given in his honor Joseph C. S.
Blackburn, governor of the Panama
canal zone, declared bis intention of
J. C. 8. BLACKBURN.
remaining in Kentucky and said the
canal zone had lost its charm for him.
Two weeks ago he said he had not
resigned and did not intend to resign
and th&t "nobody wanted Mm to re
sign."
TERRIBLE CRUELTY
IN TEXAS PRISONS
Fifty Convicts Said to Have Been
Killed in Three Years.
Galveston, Tex., Nov. 8.—That more
than fifty convicts have been killed
by whippings and other cruelties
within three years is the allegation
made before the board of inquiry ap
pointed to investigate conditions in
Texas prisons, convict farms and
plantations.
The board finds it almost Impossible
to wring the evidence from convicts
whom they examine, as the latter say
they fear they will incur the hatred
of the guards. Many of the prisoners
soy they could give specific incidents
of beatings with hoavy leather straps
two feet long until the victim was a
mass of bleeding wounds, from which
he died several days later.
Ouc guard was declared to "nave
shot an insane convict who was at
tempting to escape, sayiug that "the
state has plenty of ammunition."
The convicts showed the committee
welts and scars on their bodies and
declared that as many as seventy
blows had been administered with a
knotted strap.
They testlfloi that convicts had
died from the effects of beatings and
others of overwork.
UCHIDA TO BE NEW ENVOY
Announcement of Appointment of Jap
anese Ambassador.
Washington, Nov. 8.—Baron Gasuya
Fchlda has been appointed by the
emperor of Japan ns ambassador to
the United States, succeeding Huron
Kogoro Takahlra, who is In Tokio on
leave of absence.
The state department has received
a cablegram r.um United States Am
bassador O'Brien, at Tokio, announc
iryj tfee appointment.
lllMtd Indebtedness Heavy.
Minneapolis, Nov. 8.—The adminis
trator of the estate of John G. Lund,
who committed suicide about a year
ago, has announced that the estate of
Mr. Lund is valued at $183,000, with
claims amounting !o $750,000. The
creditors will receive about 20 cents
0D the dollar.
I?! HEIV YORK
Hostilities Break Out in
ioiham's Chinatown.
TORCH AND GUN USED
Two Celestials Are Shot Down and
a Lodging House Filled With Fright
ened Countrymen Is Fired—Al­
though in Danger of Perishing in
the Flames the Scared Inmates Fear
to Seek Safety i* the Streets.
New York. Nov. 8.—Forty extra
plain clothes men in addition to the
regular police patrol the narrow lane
to Cliln&town watching the develop
ment of a tong war that has just
begun
Torch and gun play marked the
opening of the new war. the cause of
which was ihe eternal feud between
the Ong Leong Tong and the Hip
Ping Tong. augmented by the six
months' troubles over the killing of
Elsie 31gel, the twenty-year-old China
town missionary, and the execution in
Boston recently of three members of
the Ong Leong Tong, convicted, their
fellow tong men say, by the perjured
evidence of Hip Sing.
The big blue steel revolver, with Its
ten-inch barrel, the typical tong war
gun, made its appehrance at the open
ing of the fight, getting two victims,
and while the quarter still swarmed
witn pclice to prevent further shoot
ing the Chinese lodging house at 13
and 13 Doyens street was fired.
More than a hundred frightened
Celestial® refused to leave the house
while the fire crept through Ihe place,
sure that their enemies had started
the fire and waited in the street be
low to kill them. The firemen sue
ccet'ed In extinguishing the blaze be
fore any of the frightened Chinamen
were injured.
After th" fire the Quietude that
"nodes so ill fcr Chinatown settled
over Mott. Pell and Doyers streets
Rnd Captain Galvin hastened to fill
Ihe empty streets with policemen. The
Celestial.? keep to their houses or
slink noiselessly through the narrow
alleys and underground passages of
the quarter. Not one appears In the
streets.
FOREST FIRE MENACES TOWN
Berea, Ky., and Its College Saved by
Hard Work.
Lexington, Ky., Nov. 8.—Forest fires
are raging in many parts of the Ken
tucky mountains. Already vast
amounts of the most valuable timber
of that section have been destroyed.
The town of Berea. where Berea
college, Is situated, was threatened
but hundreds of men who turned out
to assist in Ihe work succeeded in
fighting the flames back.
Hawaii Opposed to Lid Law.
Honolulu, Nov. 8.—Both houses of
the territorial legislature adopted
Joint resolution voicing an earnest
protest against the attempt of J. O.
Wooley, a local attorney, and others
to secure a federal enactment extend
ing prohibition to the Hawaiian isl
ands.
F.o.a
Detroit
o
This Year
's Standard
MADISON, SOUTH DAKOTA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 8. 1909
Pure in
the can*
Pure in die
baking.
Never
Fails.
Try it
Daring Robber Evades Capture.
Milwaukee, Nov 6.—Although a
score of detectives and depu*.y slier
iffh are scouring the country around
Green Bay In search of Ihe bandit
who held up the teller of the Fann
ers' Exchange bank at Green Bey and
obt iln $3,300 in cish there Is littl"
expectation that tie mil) be irmted
soon.
So'dier Sent to Leper Colony.
Manila. Nov. 8.—Thomas Davenport,
a private of the Twenty-sixth Infan
try. has been discharged from the
armv and turned over to the F-hilip
pine gov- i n ti'.»nt to b*j confined at the
Collon leper colony He has been un
der observation since Janaary.
Guilty of First Degree Murder.
Minneapolis, Nov. 8.—"Guilty of
murder in the first degree" was the
verdict of the jury in the case of
August Carlson Ferm, charged with
killing John R. CarlBcn May 30 last
at Golden Valley. The jury was out
about eighteen Lour".
ANDREW PAULSON
STONEWORK CONCRETE BRICKWORK
Plastering a Specialty
Call at
Madison ffotel, Phone 87
MISS GRiINAGER
Fashionable Milliner
My new fall stock
has arrived and I
will be pleased to
have the ladies
call and inspect it.
Miss Grinager
5 Passengers 30 Horse Power 108 Inch Wheel Base 32x31/2 Inch Tires Weight
Equipped 2150 lbs. 6000 now in use. Motor 4x4V2. Magneto, Gas Lamps,
Generator and Tube Horn Included—Of Court*, The Car that Led the 1909
Glidden Tour of 2600 miles.
Last Year's Sensation O 1i/| Dann
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If people with symptoms of kidnev or
bladder trouble could realize their dan
ger they wmild without loss of time com
ttenee taking Foley's Kidney Remedy.
Thin great r.-uietiy stops the pain and ir
regularitiep, strengthens and builds up
these organs ami there is no danger of
Hright's disease or other serious dis
order. Do not disregard the early sym
ptoms sold by all druggists.
The Girl
FROM
U.S. A.
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Scene from "The Girl from
U. S. A."
Opera House
Tuesday, Nov. 9
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Sending for Meat
is safe as calling in person, when
it's this meat Market that's patron
ized-
A Child Buys Meat
•in
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iwtJtii
here with absolute assurance of fair
treatment- Whoever you may send
will bring back what you want
For confidence and safety buy here
PECK BROS. Central Market
READE & PAULSON
PRACTICAL SHOEING
Located at the Croom McLean
Shop, Shoe the lame and the sound.
SHOE THEM ALL.
maimson
lVi. dill, ££Sko?a
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Beautiful Gifts
1st Gift,
2nd Gift,
3rd Gift,
4th Gift,
CHAS. B. KENNEDY
President'
COAL
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AWAY
GEO. COOK, The Jeweler
To stimulate our trade from now until Jan. 1, we
are going to give away to our customers the fol
lowing beautiful presents
A BEAUTIFUL DIAMOND RING
LADIES or GENTS GOLD FILLED WATCH
HAND PAINTED CHINA
CUT GLASS PIECES
These articles are now on display in our show
window. We are making some extraordinary
prices on our Jewelry and Silverware all along
the line. Repair work has the same opportunity
to get these presents.
GEO. COOK,
The Jeweler...
Madison State Bank
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FARM [LOANS'*-AT LOWEST POSSIBLE
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fHONE 236
We handle only the
best and deliver to
all parts of the city
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JONES BROS. GRAIN CO.
Peter Marquart & Son
MEMBER OF
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HONEST CONCRETE
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Cement Wales,
Foundations, Bridges,
Culverts, anything
attd everything
in
Guaranteed Cement
ConstructMNk
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or Leave Orders With Hackett & Sutton
Phone Gr««263
Don't Permit the Coal to Run Out
for you will suffer much inconven
ience- We, of eourse, hurry your
order as much as possible, but
you run a risk.
TAKE TIME BY THE FORflOCK
as regards your fuel. Qir *0*1
will burn good, is free from all
foreign substances such as dirt,
slate, etc- and will throw out all
the heat you can stand ltti Aajr
size any quantity.
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