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Opens New Jersey Campaign.

New York, Aug. 3-Senator Hanna,
chairman of the republican national
committee, opened the campaign of
the republicans of New Jersey at AS
bury Park, N. j., Tuesday night. An
immense crowd, more than could be
accommodated, gathered in and about
the Auditorium by the seashore. The
senator was roundly cheered when he
entered the building.
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TREATY WITH SPAIN.
ProvixiOnal Commercial Agreement
Signed with the United
States.

Washington, Aug. 22.-Minister
Storer, at Madrid. informs the state
department that treaty of amity,
commerce and navigation and general
intercourse has been signed provision
ally by the minister of state and him
self. This practically marks the last
step in the complete restoration of re-
lations between Spain and the United
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Four Die in St. Louis.

st. Louis, Aug. 23.-Nine persons
were Frustrated by the heat Tuesday.
Four of them, one woman and three
men, died, and five were taken to the
city hos soital for treatment. Tuesday
was the hottest August 21 of which
there is any record in St. Louis. The
thermometer registered 80 degrees at
The Irish standard., 1900-08-25
Four Die In st. Louis

St. Louis, Aug. 22.-Nine persons
were prostrated by the heat Tuesday.
Four of them, one woman and three
men, died, and five were taken to the
city hospital for treatment. Tuesday
was the hottest August 21 of which
there is any record in st. Louis. The
thermometer registered 80 degrees at
four p. m.
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Shoot. uu.bund ana Wife.

Kansas City, Mo-, Aug. 21.-Earl
Burnham, 2s years OF age, n post Of
flee cmployc, shot and killed Mrs.
Anna Tyson and wounded her hus-
band at their residence at No. 100
Vine street Monday night. Burnham
and the Tyson family lived in the
same house and have had some
trouble in regard to the payment of
rent, but there was no immediate
cause for trouble Monday night.
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A Costly Fire.

Indianapolis Ind, Aug. 2o.-A Sen
tinel special from Alexandria, Ind,
says: The entire plant of the Kelly
AK Manufacturing company, valued at
ssO0,O00, was destroyed by fire Sunday
evening. This was one of the largest
factories in this city and the largest
ak factory in the world, employing
some 800 or 1000 men when running in
full force.
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Money to Ransom n Soldier.

Portland, Ore, Aug. 22.-A fund OF
5000 has been raised in this city for the
ransom of Arthur Venville, the brave
young apprentice who was wounded in
Lieut.. Gilmore's boat at Baler, Luzon,
in April of last year. He is the only one
of Gilmore's party that has not been
accounted for, and it is thought he is
held captive by the Filipinos. Venville'a
mother is resident of this city.
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Garner sfanc Laid.

Sioux City, Ia, Aug. 21.-The corner
stone of the monument to Sergt.
Charles Floyd, of the Lewis and Clark
expedition, was laid Monday with inn
posing ceremonies. ExCongressman
Perkins made the principal address,
Congress and the legislature have both
made appropriations fc- the monument.
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kills Fn,her In self-Defcnse.

Wymore, Neb., Aug. 19.-Jamey NJ
Burnham, editor Of the Wymorinn, OF
this city, sh otand killedlhis fat her, Col
Inns a. Burmham, at the family home
this morning. The father was intox.
icatcd and made a savage attack
on his son. The coroner's verdict
found the shooting justifiable on the
ground of Self-defeuse,
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Fight with Cowboys.

Madison, Wis, Aug. 21.-Citizens Of
Prairie du Chen and cowboys con-
nected with q wild west show playing
in that city met in serious combat
Monday, and for time a pitched bat
tie seemed imminent. As 1t was, the
chief of police and three Of his men
were wounded, while several citizens
and members Of the show suffered in
juriey.
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The Omniurcscnt Roxcr

Two men have been eggcd in Chi
cago for preaching hat people live in-
side the earth instead of on it's crust,
The thing that made the Chinese mad,
says the Chicago Times-llerald, was
that people came among them preach.
ing new doctrines. Your Boxer is to
be found everywhere and always.
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Killed lpy the Cars.

Delaware, o., Aug. 2o.-Judson Elem
ing, q wealthy farmer, and his son,
Lawrence, aged 20, were killed at noon
Sunday by Big Four train at Ashley.
They were in buggy and the son,
hearing the train whistle, attempted
to drive over the track ahead of it.
The horses were knocked 200 feet and
killed and the harness was found hang
ing over the telegraph wires beside the
track.
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To Succeed Heath.

Washington, Aug. 21.-William NJ.
johnson, of Hackensack, N. j.. presi-
dent of the New Jersey state senate,
has been rendered and has accepted
the office of first assistan Mt postmaster
general, made vacant by the resigna-
ton of Perry Heath. He will take
charge in q few days.
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Mudc "a Heroic Resistance.

Manila, Aug. Ala Filipino force OF
601 men attacked 30 men of the Forty
third United States infantry in garri.
son in a convent at Cat tubig, island OF
Samar. and killed 10 and wounded five.
The little band made. heroic res ia nee
and killed 200 Of the enemy. A flying
column of the Forty-third infantry has
been formed to drive Gen. Majica from
the island OF Lcyte.
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Big Elevator Badly Damaged.

Akron, O., Aug. 23.-Fire broke out
in the immense elevator of the Amer
lean Cereal company here and before
it could be gotten under control had
done $4,000 damage. One hundred
and fifty thousand bushels of grain
were ruined by fire and water.
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Chicaro,. Population.

Washington, Aug. 21.-The total
population of Chicago for 1900 il
1,69s,515.
The population for 1890 was 1,o99.-
$50, which shows an increase of $685..
72s, or 54.44 per go favor OF 1900.
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Philadelphia, Aug. 23.-Bart rth olomew
Ruello, an Italian, who has been on
trial in the United States district court
during the past two days, was found
guilty of making, having in his posses
sion and passing counterfeit silver dol
lars. Sentence was deferred, pending
the disposition of motion for a new
trial
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Caused Death of Three Trainmen.

New York, Aug. 23.-Tuesday even
ing'sawreck on the New York & Har-
lem Railroad, at Keusico, caused the
death> of three trainmen, William
Lauterback, engineer; henry Cassidy,
fireman, and William Abriel, brake
man. Several persons reported as
missing have been found. A coroner's
investigation will be made to deter
mine the cause of the wreck.
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Quite Warm.

Savannah, Ga. Aug. 23.-The highest
temperature known in years has pre-
vailed along the South Atlantic coast
during the last few days. At this place
the thermometer reached 1O2 degrees;
at Brunswick, Ca, 1O1 degrees.
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Appointed Pension Agent.

Washington, Aug. 2a.-The president
has appointed D. r. Collier pension
agent at Louisville, KY, to succeed Gen.
Leslie Combs, who resigned to become
chairman of the state republican COM
mittee,
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Killed Her Baby.

Owensboro, KY, Aug. 23.-Delirious
with typhoid fever and suffering from
excessive heat, Mrs. John Supplee
lSilled her baby and cut her own
throat with razor. The woman is
still alive
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ST. Paul, Mimi, Aug. 22.-Former Al
sociate Justice William Mitchell, Of the
Minnesota supreme court, died sudden
1ly at Alexandria, Mimi, at an early
hour in the morning Of apoplexy.
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A broken BRAKE ROD.
Wrecks an Electric Car on a Sub
urban Line at Cleveland,
Ohio.
CREW AND TWELVE PASSENGERS HURT,
Five Are Injured seriously-Trollev
Pole Prevents Car from Going
Down a Steep Embankment-If 1t
Had Done So, a Number of Lives
Would Have Been Lost.

Cleveland, o., Aug. 23.-An electric
car on the Cleveland & Chagrin Falls
suburban line was wrecked early
Wednesday near Chagrin Falls, the
crew and 12 passengers being cut and
badly bruised. Five persons were Sc
riously injured. The accident was
caused by broken brake rod. The
car jumped the track on sharp
curve while running at high rate of
speed. The trucks broke ana the car
plunged over on it's side. Those most
seriously injured are:
John Young, conductor, Chagrin Falls;
badly injured about the head.
Miss Rathburn, Newburg, O.; right arm
and shoulder injured.
Mrs. M. G. Meice Chagrin Falls; head
and shoulders injured.
Mrs. Walter Barrows Chagrin Falls; cut
and bruised about the head.
c. H. Hubbell, Chagrin Falls; cut and
bruised about head and shoulders.
Fortunately the car struck a trolley
pole when it left the track, otherwise
it would have gone down steep en-
banllment. Had this occurred num-
ber of lives would have undoubtedly
been lost.
A Fatal Collision.
New York, Aug. 23.-In freight
train collision at Kensico, N. Y,
Tuesday night seven persons were killed
and others are missing. Kensico is on
the Harlem division of the New York
Central railroad. about 16 miles
from New York. At $3.50 o'clock
Tuesday nipht while a freiUht train
was standing at the depot, a second
freight dashed into the rear end of
it. The engine of the second train
smashed the caboose of the first train
and then turned over. Reports from
the scene of the accident say that the
engineer and fireman of the second
train, and the conductor and two
brakemen of the forward train are
dead under the wreck, that two
others of the train crew are also
buried in the debris, and others are
unaccounted for.
So far as can be learned, the acci-
dent was caused by the engineer of
the second train running past a
block signal which was set against
him. The engineer was William Sanger
bach, of New York, and his fireman
was John Cassidy, of New York.
Two Killed.
Tazewell, Va, Aug. 23.-A disastrous
wreck at Maxwell, six miles from here
on the Clinch Valley division of the
Norfolk & Western, occurred Monday,
resulting in the death of two men
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Dresci Asks Delay.

Rome, Aug. 22.-Bresci, the assassin
of King Humbert, has asked for post
ponement of his trial until witnesvea
can arrive from the United States.
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Automatic Photoprnuhx

An apparatus has been devised for
automatically photographing people
as they enter shops and other places.
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Killed Her Baby

Owensboro, KY, Aug. 22.-Delirious
with typhoid fever and suffering from
excessive heat, Mrs. John Supplee
killed her baby and cut her own
throat with a razor. The woman 10
still alive.
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STARS AND STRIPES,
First Flag Planted on Walls of the
Tartar City.
Musician Titus Gains Fame at Peking
Imperial City Is Captured-
LIS Plea for Peace
Rejected.

London, Aug. 22.-The flags of the
allied powers now float over the i'm
perial palace in Peking, after hard
fight lasting some SO hours. The for
eign oops,aided by 1000 armed native
Christians, carried the Sacred city last
Friday. AS in the case of the taking
of the Tartar city, the walls had to be
preached with dynamite.
The first details of the capture of
the Tartar city and the rescue of the
legations, received here during the
night, show that the American troops
were the first to raise their flag on the
walls. The first man up was Musician
Titus, of company L, Fourteenth Unit
ed States infantry. He scaled the
walls by means of a rope, and the 9TH
erS followed.
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Washington, Aug. 22.-The census Of
flee Tuesday made public the census re-
turns for St. Paul and Minneapolis,
MINI. The population of st. Paul is
163,632, an increase over 1890 of 80, ,476,
or 22.s9 per cent. The population Of
Minneapolis is 2o2,71s, an increase over
1890 of 37,9s0. or 1905 per cent.
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Two Killed.

Tazewell, Va, Aug. 23.-A disastrous
wreck at Maxwell, six miles from here
on the Clinch Valley division of the
Norfolk &, Western, occurred Monday,
resulting in the death of two men
and the wounding of seven others.
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E.caDe of EmnreHN COnfirmed,

Washington, Aug. 22.-Ihe govern
ment has received positive confirma-
ton from official Chinese sources of the
departure of the emperor and empress
dowager from Peking. They went
westward. but the point at which they
are now located was not given.
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Renley'x Dispatcl, .

Admiral Remey's dispatch is as fol-
lows:
"Taku. Aug. 17-Just received telegram
from Tientsin. dated 10th, ten p. M: Pc
King was captured on August Is. Foreign
legations are safe. Details follow shortly
'REMlCE'
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-07-05
Man and Bird in Collision.

A dove winging It's fight over the
tracks of the Southern Railway near
Juliet, in Georgia, colli9ed with pas
senger train going inlthe opposite di-
rection at high rate of speed. The
birds hSdy plunged through the glass
windoW8pf the cabM Its beak, sharp
as 81 ~ - : g!Esa
surgeon say it destroyed the engineers
sight temporarily, and possibly per-
manently. The dove was killed by the
sudden contact with the cab window.
Its quivering body fell on the iron
floor of the cab, after striking the en-
gineer, and was picked up by the fire
man. So great was the momentum of
the train and the doves body that the
glass window was not smashed by the
blow of the collision. The hole through
which the bird was hurled was clean
cut, like that made by a bullet fired
through glass.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-07-05
The Wounded in Battle

An army loses far more of Its
strength through it's wounded than
through it's killed. There are four or
five wounded to one killed, and the
dead men give no trouble, while the
wounded require an immense number
of non-combatants to attend them. A
great many of the wounded return to
duty but, as a rule, more than half of
them take no further part in the war.
Probably the same thing is occurring
out in Africa now as occurred in pre-
vious wars, for the effects Of the new
weapons do not seem to differ greatly
from those of the old. In that case
it is easy to calculate what generals
lose by having so many men wounded.
If they fight battle in which 100 are
killed and wounded, the probabilities
are that twenty would die on the field,
twelve of the wounded would die later
on, twenty-one would be invalided
home, while forty-seven would return,
cured, to duty. These are the averages
for big battles in which there are sew
eEal thousand casualties.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-07-05
SHIPS WITH AIR JACKETS.
They Reduce Friction and Rende
Greater Spead PossIhIa.

They Reduce Friction and Render
Greater Speed Possible.
The air jacket for ships is the latest
thing out. 1t is the invention of a
Scotchman, and, it is claimed, greatly
reduces the skin friction" and as
consequence enables a higher speed to
be attained. The "aspirator," as the
machine is called which supplies the
air, is described as being self-acting
and without any moving parts. 1t is
V-shaped air channel which passes
down the vessels stem as far as the
keel, and in most cases goes a certain
distance along the keel. This chan
mel may be either inside or outside the
vessel, and is provided with certain
protected openings or ports construct
ed in such way that the water rush
ing past them produces a minus pres
sure within them and consequently
draws out continuous stream of air,
which, passing along the submerged
surface of the ship, cuts off the imme-
date contact with the water, and,
therefore, the water friction. , 1t is the
claim of the inventor that by means of
his process steamer makes her voy-
age in continuous air jacket. The
air, of course, ultimately rises to the
surface of the water, but if the ship
be going at fair degree of speed she
will pass her whole length through the
air current before it escapes. 1t is
said that in the experiments made
with steamships on the Tay there was
an increase of speed amounting to
from 81 to 26 per cent of the ordinary
speed of the ship, and it was noted
that the greater percentage of increase
was in ships that had the greater
speed to begin with.-Chicago Chron-
ic1e
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-07-05

In the house of lords he sits with
his hat tilted over his eyebrows, his
'1ody buried in a long, dark colored
coat with deep pockets, and one leg
thrown over the other, revealing a
stretch of drab stocking, invariably on
the point of coming down. His hair
and beard have grown wholly gray
Unlike Lord Salisbury, who never uses
note, the duke, on rising, drags a
roll of manuscript from an inside
pocket, adjusts his eyeglasses, and,
standing in a loose attitude, drones out
his speech. Many parliamentarians
make an effective use Of the pocket
handkerchief; the Duke of Devonshire
grips his tightly under his hands
Tricks of oratory, the coming of happy
phrases, are beyond hime and what
meager success he has had in speech
making has come from his common
sense and candor.
In 1892 the duke married woman
who was already duchess-the widow
of the Duke of Manchester. The mar
riage was of the most private nature,
as the duchess son, the late Duke of
Manchester, died in the same week.
The bride and her husband had been
firm friends for over thirty years and
1t was even said that they had been
engaged before the marriage to Man
chester, but this has been denied with
positiveness.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-07-05

the court can send you to the peniten-
tiary for not less than fourteen years,
or for life, or may inflict the death
penalty?" eyes, l know all that. This
is capital case and want capital
punishment inflicted" said the prison.
er quickly. 81 am guilty and l enter
that plea. killed that man and
therefore I am guilty. "Take him
back to JAIL" said Judge Baker. The
case will be put on the call for trial
soon. Walsh is believed to be mentally
unbalanced. March 81 he shot and
killed Robert w. Gilchrist barber at
1854 West Twentysecond street, with
out cause or provocation, it is said
Just before the adjournment of court
at o'clock Judge Baker asked Walsh
to withdraw the plea, inasumuch as
all the pleas arising from the work of
the recent grand jury should go to
Judge Hutchinson on arraignments.
Walsh firmly declined ''Well, why
did you kill Gilchrist?" asked the
judge. During the Spanish-American
war I enlisted in the Second regiment
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-07-05
MINING CLAIM
For Hastoaon Bones Filed by Calfsoe.
mia ProspectOr.

.AO~-
mia Prospector.
Los Angeles (Cal.) correspondence
New York Sun: One of the most re-
markable mining claims ever filed has
recently come to light in Los Angeles.
A well-known attorney has on his ta-
Die some parts of enormous tusks of
mastodons, literally bunch of three,
found by a client in Death Valley;
and 1t was on the bones of this animal
that the claim was filed. Death Valley
Is well-known depression in the
eastern and central part of California.
In winter 1T is not a particularly at
tractive region, but in summer it is
several degrees more disagreeable than
almost any other spot on earth. The
neat which is radiated from the Rocky
mountains here is unbearable, and in
midsummer the vast sunken pit is the
home of the sand storm, and given
over to the elemental terrors. Mil
hons OF years ago this region, in all
probability, was covered with forest
growth and was frequented by large
and powerful mastodons. The valley
oHers few inducements to any but the
owners of borax mines and gold, silver
and copper prospectors. 1t so happened
that one of the latter entered the val
ley late during the present season and
wandered through the mountains look
ing for treasure or signs, when he
stumbled upon some curious bones. In
vestigation showed that they were
merely the indications Of others be-
meath the surface, which had not been
washed away, and little work re-
suited in uncovering some enormous
tusks, which could belong only to an
animal Of the elephant family. Fur
Their investigations showed that in
some way three gigantic elephants had
died and been covered up here. 1t was
impossible to take them out without
appliances, and as the prospector did
not wish to remain there, he adopted
the ingenious expedient of taking out
miners claim and having it filed
With all due ceremony, bringing one
of the tusks to Los Angeles to exhibit.
The excavations made showed that the
remains of three mastodons were lying
together undisturbed where they had
fallen ages ago. The three mastodons
thus staked out will soon be taken out
bone by bone, and mounted; and if
they prove to be perfect will be as
valuable as a good big nugget.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-07-05
High Explosives for War.

Melinite as a high explosive is not
considered by the Russians equal to
pyroxyline, and in future the latter
is to be used. In addition to the heavy
projectiles 100000 light shrapnel were
made. Melinite shells for eleven-inch
guns have not been found satisfactory,
and it is uncertain whether their con-
struction will be continued. More than
100000 has been spent on setting up
press on the principle of Ergardt, by
which working at full pressure 100000
shrapnel for three-inch quick-firing
guns can be turned out every year.
The Zlatoustovski mandatory turns
out on an average 10000 projectiles in
a year, but it is intended this year, in
order to expedite matters, that this
mandatory shall cast only the pro-
jectiles which will be worked up at
Satkinskom mandatory.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-07-05

The Duke of DeY0nShire a C0nSer-
YatiYe Conservative

Premier Salisbury has become mex
pressibly bored with his high Office,
writes a London correspondent. He
has had everything he wanted in life
except peace, and he yearns for that
He would like to potter about with
the chemical apparatus in his big la
boratory at Hatfield House, and would
rather experiment with liquefcation
OF hydrogen than control the destinies
of Europe. The only question now is
whether he can persuade himself to go
on through the weary round with the
next general election, which may come
In few weeks, or may be put off till
next spring. 1t is thought not unlike
ly that he may retire the moment the
end of the Boer war is in sight And
who comes after him? The question
is of commercial and political import
ance to the United States, and would
be highly interesting even if it were
not important. have been asking
the question of several members of
parliament, and, better yet, of press
gallery veterans, and the answer al
most invariably got around, after
some twisting and turning, the Duke
OF DeVonshlre, not because he was any
ones warm personal choice, but be-
cause there was no one else on the
Conservative side who would make 50
little trouble in party politics or in
national affairs. Even if Lord Sails
bury remains in office till the next
election, the answer remains the same
Tor unless the war department involves
the government in some new disaster
1t is believed generally that the Con-
servatives will be kept in power, al
though with a smaller majority.
The marquis became Duke of Devon
shire on the death of his father. the
seventh duke, in 1891. He is now 67.
plainness is the keynote of his life,
and the most simply furnished cham
Der in each of his houses is his. To
this quietness of life his phenomenal
health is probably due. He never was
personally attractive man; his face
is heavy, his frame lacks grace and he
has no taste in dress. One of his
greatest characteristics is faculty of
! arriving just after the hour set for
! the opening of parliament, cabinet
meeting, function or what not, and the
cadsrtc Mr. Chamberlain once raised a
laugh by referring to his grace as the
"late leader" His get up" is usually
that of the country squire.