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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-12-17
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Face THE WORLD ALONE
Boys Who Leave Home Comforts
for Hardship and Misery.

The Search for Missing Persons
One of the Greatest Tasks of
the PoIicc-The Need of n Proper
PInce in the District to Temporar-
lily Cnrc for Youthful Wanderers.
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The marriage OF Miss Ethel Theresa
Camp. daughter Of Mr. and Mrs. Norman
n. Camp. to Mr.. Emil Hugh. of Rerne,
Switzerland. will take place December 81
Shortly after the ceremony the couple
Will sail for the Mediterranean. and later
go to the home of the groom, who is s
well known lawyer of Berne.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-12-17

Senator Depews announcement Satur-
day evening to his dinner guests of the
engagement of his niece. Miss Paulding,
to Lieut.. John Edie. U. s. N, was not
what might by any means be termed a
surprise TO those of the company who re-
sided in Washington last winter. and who
could not help but see that the lieutenant
was devoted in his attentions to the SEN
ators niece. True, the engagement was
formally denied last season, but the
friends of both anticipated just such
happy ending to the pretty romance.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-12-17

Mrs. Martin. wife OF Senator Martin. OF
virginia. will give tea at the Gordon
January 2. to present her sister. Miss Day.
to Capital society.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-12-17
Select Now.

REMEMBER YOUR GOOD RESOLUTION
NOT TO WAIT UNTIL THE LAST FEW DAYS
BEFORE CHRISTMAS. CONE NOW. AND
GET BETTER ATTENTION. WE WILL
LAY ASIDE ANYTHING YOU WISH.
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According to a New York journal, the
engagement OF Miss Vivian Sartoris to Mr..
Timothy Nichols. OF New York. while not
formally announced, is tacitly acknowl-
edged by both families. The further
statement is made that the attachment
dates from two years ago. when they met
at the international yacht race. and that
the engagement will be announced as soon
as the wedding day is fixed.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-11
HOPE FOR UNITED ACTION.
England Believes an Understanding /
Now In Sight.


London, Oct. s.-Thanks to Ger
many's withdrawal of her first note
and the substitution for it of COM
promise. there is a general impress
sion in England that basis OF unir-
ed action by the powers is now in
sight. That such satisfactory stage
has been reached through Lori Sails,
bury's following Americas lead is
ignored by the English papers, which
have not yet grasped the fact that
the present German action is direct
consequence of Lord Salisbury's re-
fusai to become party to the sug-
gestion that the surrender of the
guilty Chinese officials must be pre-
cedent to the peace negotiations.
Great Britain, it is farely safe to say,
will now never formally answer Ger
many's first note, but her informal
answer, as cabled by the Associated
Press. had perhaps greater effect
on the negotiations than any recent
circumstance, besides making the con-
tinental plan for working independ-
emily of the United States unfeasible.
1t can now be announced that the
information of the Associated Press
on this subject. which was so disbe-
lieved at the time on the continent,
and which was the subject of so
many denials, was secured direct from
the British. government and it was
even more official than the. official
equivocations which, in the interests
OF international harmony. We're issued
subsequent to the dispatch of the AS
SOciated Press
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-11
Bagged a Burglar.

Goldfeld, Oct. st. R. Beveridge,
a farmer living three miles south of
Goldfield, bagged a burglar. He heard
some one in his room, and uncon-
sciously reaching out an arm, his hand
came in contact with coat collar
that had man in it. The man
sprang away, but Beveridge held his
grip and was pulled out of bed. The
burglar struck Beveridge a couple OF
times with his fist, but the latter
managed to strike the former with
a chair and knocked him down. The
burglar made an attempt to jump
through the window, but Beveridge
caught him by one leg and held him
until the hired man came, and they
managed to tie the intruder and sent
for the sheriff, who took him to
Clarion, where he will be brought he.
fore the grand jury which is in ses-
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-11
sHEnlFr TO MARCHING MEN.

i ~ r. .l9
y" More Columns of Miners Will be
Permitted to Parade In Body.
Shenandoah, Oct. 9.-President
Mitchell issued call for convention
of mine workers of the three districts
comprising the anthracite field, to
meet in Scranton.
Indications are coming to the sur
face that hasty action will not likely
be reached on the wage question by
the convention and that recesses will
be taken pending conference of
committees with the operators. These
conferences will be requested with the
purpose of obtaining clear UNDER
standing as to the permanency of in
creased pay, if accepted, and also to
ascertain the operators views on the
proportion of the increase to be re-
spectively allowed the miners and
mine laborers.
Sheriff Harvey of Luzerne county
through President Mitchell has issued
his ultimatlm to marching strikers.
He says he has been lenient with
them heretofore but that they must
now refrain from marching or take
the consequences. Presiden. Mitchell
assured him he would endeavor to
have the men preserve the peace.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-11
CONFERENCE ONIH[ STRIKE
officers, Of the United Mineworkers,
Hold a Meeting.
TALK OF JOINT CONVENTION.
No Understanding ~ to How Long the
Higher Wages win Last, ana Prcsi-
dent Mitchell Would Like Statements
of Assurance on This Point.

Hazleton, Pa, Oct. Officers of the
United Mine Workers of America held
here a conference which is believed to
mark the beginning of the end of the
antracite coal miners strike. Those
present besides President Mitchell.
were Fred Dilcher of Ohio, member
OF the executive board, and Presidents
I. D. Nichols of district No. / (Lack-
awanna and Wyoming Valleys; James
Duffy, district No. z Iehigh Valley;
John ,Fahey, district (Schuylkill
valley). Although no information
was given out, it is known that the
question of issuing a call for joint
convention was the principal matter
discussed. The coming convention will
be held at Scranton unless something
unforeseen should arise between now
and the time of issuing the CALL Be
sides taking up the matter of con-
vention call it is understood that the
question of representation was also
considered. The three district presi-
dents made full reports as to the con-
ditions as they now exist in the re-
spective districts.
Most of the mine-owners who have.
granted the wage concession do not
specify in their notices how long this
advance shall remain in force, and it il
not unlikely that an attempt will be
made by the miners to open negotia-
tions with the operators looking to,
ward an understanding in the matter.
President Mitchell and the other labor
leaders are strong advocates of an an
nual wage scale arrangement similar
to that in force in the bituminous coal
fields. The operators in those regions
meet their employees each. year and fix
the wage scale. If this proposition and
that relating to the abolition Of the
sliding scale are brought before the
convention and negotiations with the
mine-owners are opened it might con-
siderably delay the settlement of the
strike.
1t was learned that Sheriff Harvey
has reached the limit Of his patience
in regard to the marching Of large
bodies of men and that the marchers
must obey his request to remain within
the pale of the law or take the conse-
quences. A carload of the Sheriff's dep
uties, fully armed. lies in the Lehigh
Valley railroad yards ready to start at
a moments notice.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-11
THE NEWS IN IOWA
CROP RECORDS ALL BROKEN.

Rnenomenal Harvest of Cereals In
Iowa his Year.
& Des Moines, Oct. 9.-The year 1900
will be remembered. as the most SEN
sational in the agricultural history OF
Iowa. All previous records have been
broken and a new mark set.
Director Sage of the Iowa weather
and crop service has issued prelim-
mary estimate of the cron yields for
the year. This estimate which is sub
ject to revision when the final esti-
mate is made, December i, shows that
the total of all cereals for the year
is 531 $4,000 bushels. This is 100000
bushels in excess of the average for
the last ten years.
The estimates are compiled from re-
ports received from farmer correspon-
dents in nearly every township in the
state. The estimate on the corn says:
This gives total of 353,365,060 BUSH
els, a figure probably less than the
actual yield, but, withal, one of the
most sensational ever announced by
the service. The average yield is three
bushels in excess of the highest aver
age in any year for the past ten years.
The nearest approach was in 1896,
when the average per acre was
thirty-nine bushels. The 1900 aver
age is about nine bushels in excess of
the average yield per acre for the past
ten years, which was 1922 bushels.
But the enormity of the figure for
1900 is the more apparent when totals
are used. The 1900 corn crop is 49,
100000 bushels in excess of the biggest
previous corn yield in the history Of
the state-in 1891. when the total yield
was 5,O31, sos bushels. The average
yield in the past ten years was 1884,
664,170, or 10o,7OO,s9 bushels less than
the yield for 1900.
Corn is not the only crop that shows
an increase. The wheat yield has
gained about 100000 bushels over
last year. Oats and flax show slight
decrease. AS compared with last year,
the corn crop shows gain of a.
100000 bushels.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-11
NEWS in GENERAL
WILL SEAT THE EMPEROR.
Powers agree That Kwang Hsu Must
10 Restored to Power,

Powers agree That Kwang Hsu Must
10 Restored to Power.
Washington, Oct. s.-Restora tion
of the Emperor Kwang Hsu to
power at Pekin and deposition of
the empress dowager from all au-
thority over the government of China
is the tacit though not avowed policy
of the powers.
Up to this time the various govern
ments interested in the Chinese prob
lem have carefully avoided express
sions of opinion as to the fate of the
empress. They have neither threaten
ed her with punishment nor promis-
ed her protection. Such inquiries as
have been made on this score by the
Chinese ENJOYS in Europe and this
country have been evaded.
But there is tacit agreement
among the powers as to their policy,
and this policy is to gev the emperor
out from under the clutches of the
empress, restore him to power, up
hold him with foreign bayonets and
guns till he can stand alone, induce
him to issue an edict deposing the en-
press, surround him with able and
progressive advisers, both Chinese and
foreign, and through this agency
place the empire on the path of peace
and progress.
1t is as yet impossible to say how
good are the chances of success with
this most promising and comprehen-
sive plan. The greatest difficulty is
anticipated in securing possession of
the person of the emperor. He is
virtually prisoner in the hands of
the empress, and she is apparently
disposed to hold tight to him as a
valuable asset in her business.
But the powers have the co-opera-
ton OF some of the ablest men in
China, and through them an effort
is being made to set up plan which
will bring Kwang Hsu to Picking
without the empress.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-11
Peculiar Liquor Gases.

Sioux City, Oct. 6.-Judge Wake
field has returned from Onawa, where
he listened to the evidence in two
peculiar injunction cases. Mrs. I. n.
Holman lives on what is known as
Holman's island, in the Missouri river.
Formerly this was small peninsula,
but the tickle Missouri cut through
the neck and left the piece of land
stranded. For some time liquor has
been sold from barges moored to the
south side of the island. Mrs. Hol-
man now asks that the nuisance be
abated. The defendants allege, how,
ever, that they are doing business in
the state of Nebraska and are not
subject to the injunction statute of
Iowa. They do not attempt to show
that they have not been selling liquor.
The peculiar actions or the Missouri
channel are responsible for the mix
up. Written arguments are to be
submitted to Judge Wakefield before
he renders his decision.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-11
GAMBLERS BOLDLY ROBBED.
Held Up at Sioux City by Masked
Dasneradoes

Sioux City, Oct. s.-Two masked
robbers walked into the Morgan
gambling house, over Ali Fourth
street, shortly after S o'clock
a. M, marched the manager and
three other inmates into corner,
made them put their hands up against
the wall and then took every dollar
they could find, something in excess
of 5000. This done, they marched the
four men into the back room, locked
them in and made their escape. With
in twenty minutes later the police
We're notified, but the robbers had
made good their disappearance, and a
thorough hunt for them failed to re
suit in their capture.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-11
TORNADO IN eornER STATE.
Two Persons Killed, Eight Injure
and Property Damaged

and Property Damaged
Duluth, Mimi. Oct. S.-One of the
hercest tornadoes that ever visited
northern Minnesota and parts of wis.
consn struck the edge of the Mesaba
range town Biwabik Saturday after
noon, killing two persons and iniur-
ing. eight. and doing damage variously
estlmated at from 100000 to $4,000.
The dead are John Moriarity, crushed
by falling wall, and Mrs. John Nor
1arlty. blown against a tree and head
crushed. The names of the injured can
not be obtained. The principal dam
age consists of the destruction of
smart houses, dwellings and business
houses. The Austrian settlement of
blwablk suffered severely. Twenty
houses We're blown down within
short distance.
Biwabik, Mimi, Oct. s-The lorna.
do which ragged in this vicinity satur-
day evening was the most violent
ever experienced hereabouts. The
storm cleaved n pathway of 1900 feet
in width through the northwest o.
the township, wrecking, the buildings
struck. The shaft houses and build.
lngs of three mines which stood in
the path of the storm were reduced
to lSindling wood. The property loss
is estimated from $4,000 to 100000
and the fatalities number nine, with
score or more injured, some severe
~, others only slightly. The storm
swept in northwesterly direction
after leaving here and struck little
Finnish settlement near Pike Lake,
where number of buildings wera
wrecked, in one of which an entire
family, consisting of husband. vito
and four children, were instantly kill
ed. So far their names have not been
obtained. 1t is believed that when
the more remote districts are heard
from further casualties may be re-
ported.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-11
DEATH OF JOHN BRENNAN.
A Leading Irish-American of sio <
City Passes Away.

City Passes Away.
Sioux City, Oct. 6.-John Brennan,
an. Irishman of national reputation,
died suddenly at his home in this city
yesterday. Although he had not been
feeling well during the last few days,
it was thought he was regaining
strength. He had eaten his breakfast
and intended to go down town TO
witness the carnival festivities, as he
had done each day during the week.
He walked from the dining room into
another room, where his wife found
him few minutes later sitting in a
chair, dying. Mr.. Brennan had been
troubled with heart trouble for some
time. Deceased immigrated to the
United States, worked as a farm
hand, porter, railroad grader and OK
team driver. In 1869 he became IL
newspaper reporter on a Sioux City
paper. He left the democracy because
of the free trade issue. He was man
of national prominence in the repub-
lican campaign of 1884, campaigning
with James G. Blaine. In 1889 he de-
clined the appointment of minister "a
Spain, tenNa>2ed him by James q
Blaine, who Vas secretary. of state at
that time. In the H. Issnll ad
become successful law las
a man of wonderful eloqG The
last few years he has been gagged
in literary work as editor of the
Northwestern Catholic.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-11
CHINEsE FLEET wARLIKR.
Tries to Attack the Russian Armored
Cruiser, Rurik. n

Cruiser, Rurlk. II
London, Oct. ct is reported in
st. Petersburg, according to the cor
respondent of the Times at the Rus
sian capital, that the Chinese feet in
Formosa strait attempted to engage
the Russian armored cruiser Rurik,
but the latter's speed frustrated the
plan.
The correspondent says it is prob.
able that the allied squadrons will
force the Chinese fleet to capitulate,
or will destroy it.
Shanghai kilograms announce that
the imperial edict dated September
30, ordering the court to be removed
to Sing Nan, was issued owing to the
famine at Tai Yuan Flu, capital Of
the province of Shan ST. They also
express the opinion that the object
of the recent edicts regarding the
degradation of Chinese personages
of high rank is merely to gain time
and enable China to be in a better
position to defy the powers, as the
new capital will be virtually inacces.
sible from the coast.
The Shanghai correspondent of the
Morning Post, discussing this aspect
of the case, remarks:
"The German troops have no means
OF transport, and any attempt to fol
low the Chinese court would therefore
be quite futile"
He says that the Chinese firmly be-
lieye in the existence of Russo
German agreement. under which Rus.
STA will take all the territory north
OF the great wall, and Germany the
provinces of Chi III and Shan Tung.
The Times representative at shang-
hal says:
1T is believed here that highly in
MANDATORY edicts are being issued
secretly, and that the recent public
edicts are only intended to hoodwinE
the powers" s
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-11
T1E-uP OF LArr1mEk MINES.
Miner. Quit at Two collerle. of calvl

Miners Quit at Two Collerles of Calvin,
Pardee 8 Co.
Hazleton, Pa, Oct. 8.-Nearly 1000
strikers. with SO women and girls,
marched into Lattimer early in the
morning and completely tied up the
two collieries of Calvin Pardee & Co.,
located at that place. It was the great
the present strike.
The crowd was made up Of strikers
from McAdoo, Audenreid, Evansville,
and Hazleton. on the south side. and
from HARDWOOD, Jeddo, Freeland. and
Upper Lehigh on the north side Wom-
en- and girls came from the now fa-
nous borough Of McAdoo Sheriff
Harvey and handful of deputies were
at Lattimer when the strikers arrived
and they kept the strikers constantly
on the move. There was no disturb
ance at any time, the men and women
being well behaved. 1t was the most
exciting day that Lattimer has had
since the tragedy Of three years ago.
The strikers from the south side con-
centrated on the back road to the
place. They had left their homes at
midnight. The women, including.
Mother Jones, were conveyed in
wagons, while the men walked.
1t was a little before o'clock when
the 1000 south side men entered Lat
timer, headed by a fife and drum corps,
and the women. The leader of the
women, who was pretty Polish girl.
carried a large American flag. They
marched and countermarched on the
Lattimer public road until a. NJ.
when the whistle blew for the Starting
of work at the collieries.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-11
UNITY IS NOW COMPLETES.
United States and Germany Said I
Have Reached an Agreement

onaIeu STATES ana Germany Said to
Have Reached AN Agreement
Washington, Oct. 5.-The United
States government has taken another
decisive step in the development of
the Chinese situation in note de-
livered by Secretary Hay to the Ger
man charge d'affairs. Baron Specls
Won Sternberg. In the note favor
able action by this government on
Germany's latest suggestion concern
ing punishment of Chinese criminals
is expressed and the announcement
is made that the United States has
alheady sent instructions to Minister
Conger along the lines indicated. The
instructions to Conger are he shall
learn the Chinese offenders who are
to be punished; whether the punish,
ment to be administered is adequate
to their offenses and whether the
punishments will actually be admin
istered.
The American note is considered
the most important in the establish
ment of complete unity of action be,
tween the United States and Ger
many.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-11
1NeRATlruDE OF A GIRL.
Placed strychnine in the Food of Her
Employers Family


Ottumwa, Oct. 5.-A twelve-year-old
colored girl of this city placed a large
quantity of strychnine in a jar of
club house cheese with the intention
to kill her employers family, and
now shows no repentance of the deed.
Emerald Hamilton has been in the
employ of w. L. Sargent, prominent
druggist of this city, for cur months.
She was charged with larceny and
confessed. She was discharged, but
before she left the house managed TO
place fifteen. grains of strychinine,
which had been used to poison rats,
in jar of club house cheese. The
Sargent family partook of the cheese
for supper, but Mr.. Sargent's techni-
cal knowledge showed him at once
that the food had strychnine in it.
He promptly prepared emetics and
gave it to the others, with the result
that all recovered. The girl confessed
her guilt and was taken to the re-
form school,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-11
IMPERIAL COURT MOVES.
Changes Its Place of Abode to Safer
lluarIers

quarters.
Washington, Oct. 9.-The effort to
induce the Chinese imperial court to
return to Picking has failed, after a
weeks persistent effort on the part
of the powers. News to that effect
was brought to the state department.
by the Chinese minister, who received
it in a message via St. Petersburg
from Viceroys Liu Kuan Yih and
Chang Chin Tunk, unde- date of Oc-
tober 4. An important feature of the
message. is the confession that the
court is restrained by fear of the al
lied forces from returning to Picking.
The movement takes the emperor and
empress dowager about 300 miles fur
ther away from Picking, though ac-
cording to statements contained in
the message, by reason of direct tele-
graphic communication with Shang-
hal, the court will practically be
nearer for purposes of negotiation
with the outside world than it was at
TAI Yuen
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-11
suicide Of a Young FARMER.

Ottumwa, Oct. 4.-Frank Grant, a
young farmer about six miles south Of
Florida. in Davis county, was found
in the NOW of his barn with his throat
cut from ear to ear His young son,
about years of age, found his father
with the gaping wound in his neck,
and raising an outcry, attracted the
occupants of the house. No motive
is known, except that Mr.. Grants wife
had been i'll for number of weeks,
and it may be that he brooded over
her condition until his mind became
unbalanced.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-11
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$4,000 Sionx City Fire.

Sioux City, Oct. 9.-Twelve thous-
and dollars worth of hay, barns and
pens belonging to the Sioux City
Stock Yards company burned Sun
day. There WAS great excitement
here, for the whole property of the
company was threatened, together
with thousands of head of live stock.
Luckily many stockmen happened
the yards and got all the stock out
except one steer, which persisted. The
property was fully insured and will
be rebuilt on more extensive plan.
The origin of the are is unknown.