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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-01-18
noKp SALISBURY REPLIES
To Ambassador Cboate's Protest Again
SnIznre of Arnerican HnasaI

To Ambassador Cboate's Protest Agalnss
Seizure of American Vessel.
New YORK, Jan. II. The journal
and Advertisers Washington special
says: The essential points in the ten
tative answer of Lord Salisbury to the
demand made on him by Ambassador
Choate for a declaration of their policy
and a concession of liability in the
matter of the seizures of American
-four, are:
First-Great Britain Offers to pay indemnity
-four was seized by British cruisSrs near Della
goa bay, the extent of the claimsNto be deter
mined by a commission.
Second--Great Britain will not dArlare corn
meal and flour contraband when the prof is not
positive that the foodstuTs were intenAed for
the camp of the enemy.
Third Great Britain contends that sheASas
not violated the rights of neutral power by tia
seizure of this corn meal and flour. but that, on
has the right TO seize food supplies absolutely
necessary for the maintenance of her soldiers
and sailors in time of war, her right being ~
]ect to the equities of indemnity.
The attitude of this government
the three propositions submitted
justification by Lord Salisbury Is b.
follows:
The United States accepts Great Bkitain,s
offer to pay American citizens their interest in
the face value of the cargoes, with Reasonable
profit.
Great Britain's plea in justification IL regard.
ed as inadequate and evasive, in that Id avoids 8
| general declaration as to whether Jbrn meal
&nH hour are contraband OF war but the answer
is r2lsonaoly Sufficient, as 1t declares that the
pe&ss nrtieles named on vessels are Mot contra
band ssass. they are destined for thes camp Of
the enc @HEsSSs that was the one important con-
tention sssEHssse department.
az.-ssS 5.3fsS..ssSa tfe United States
eli 4 as military pecessltyl0r the sup
. 2 British erplv and navy, and that
% nee ssity justified act OF seizure with.
sgout pres l1ice TO any Of ot4ier il rernational
auest tic involved
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-01-18
scares Them to Death.

An ingenious gentleman has devised
an instrument which he thinks will be
of great assistance to white soldiers in
their eombats with native tribes. 1t
is big wooden tube, with piece of
perforated raw hide stretched over the
opening; when blown it makes noise
which can be compared with nothing
on earth, and is calculated to make the
savage anxious to depart for the
happy hunting ground, or whatever
may be his idea of future existence,
without further delay.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-01-18
England.s answer salts factor,

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.-At meeting
Secretary Hay read reply of the
British government to our represent
ations regarding the -four seizures at
Delagoa Bay, Members of the cabinet
said after the meeting that the British
answer was entirely satisfactory to
as government
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-01-18
Col. Bryan starts East.

Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 15.-William j.
Bryan started east last night to be alb
sent at least six weeks. He will Jour
ney as far as Maine-his first visit ia
that section since his campaign OF four
years ago.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-01-18
Believed to BE Behind Boer Lines.

LONDON, Jan. 13.-General Buffers
twenty-eight words announcing his
forward movement of Thursday is in
terpreted as meaning that he has
passed around the western end of the,
Boer lines at Colenso and is now sew.
eral miles behind them, and within
fous teen miles of General Whites out
posts at Ladysmith.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-01-18
Denies the Santa Fe Story,

Chicago, Jan. 15.-J. M. Barr, third
vice president of the Atchison, Topeka
& Santa Fee Railroad company, denies
the reports published yesterday that
his company had decided to advance,
the wages Of all its employees.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-01-18

The price for good army mule has
gone UP because the people in Europe
and America are paying war tax to
buy mules. Next fall the campaign
orator will tell you that Mckinley
raised the price of mule flesh. Pitts
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-01-18
Republ,can PARTY Committed.

The Atlanta Constitution is ncsS at
all dismayed by the fact that several
Democrats voted with the Republicans
on the currency bill: Several Demo
Gratis voted for the currency bill; but
they were men who had iaained Under
the Bucknerism of p 40 ana
came from ulich
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-01-18

lSfay: " % i'lS'0n ''A' IS moved
THE Morgan resolution introduced
by Senator Morgan in the Senate on
Monday, December IS, to prohibit the
illegitimate control of interstate o1m-
merce by corporations) is a direct
challenge to the administration to
show it's hand on the trust issue, and
before the session is half over it -.ll
have to do so. Its hypocritical pre-
tension that the Sherman act furnishes
all the protection needed by the peo-
pie against the robber trusts falls fiat
before incontrovertible evidence flat
wherever they are knocked on the
head by the courts they have onlre to
reors"nize in New Jersey and resume
their vicious courses with none to
modest or make afraid" That, of
course, is what the administration and
the Republican leaders most desire:
but they dare not admit it openly.
They are in the same position regard
ing the trusts this year that they were
in relation to the issue of bimetallism
in 1896. They realize the political dan
ger OF being positively identified with
the monopolies upon which they rely
for financial support and whose will
ing slaves they are. So it is prudent
that they should pose as opponents OF
trusts. But should the test co,,e it
will be found that wild horses could
not drag them into doing anything
that would actually tie the hands of or
even injure the feelings of their mas
ters.''
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-01-18
Par1ia mont Is Summoned.

LONDON. Jan. 15.-The queen has
proclaimed the meeting of parliament
FOR January 80.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-01-18
FRENcH's LOSS GROWS.
The Total Now Reaches One Hundred
and Sixty-One.

LONDON, Jan. 11.-Gen. French re-
ports the situation at Colesburg prac-
tically unchanged. The casualties of
the Suffolks were: killed, Colonel
Watson, three lieutenants and % men;
missing, three captains. three lieuten-
ants and 1O7 men; wounded. II men.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-01-18
One worse Thing,

Dolly Gould any one be worse than
man who will be spooney in spite
sof all you can do? Polly Yes-on
who won t. life.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-01-18
No Reform Ia Possible.

Pittsburg Post: No reform in Ameri-
can politics that is worth considering
will come from the prohibition of fed
eral officeholders participating in ma
tional or state conventions. If toy do
not attend their agents and substitutes
will. Mr.. Cleveland tried to work a
reform of this kind, but it amounted to
nothing. If the ofiiceholders did not
go the substitutes they selected did.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-01-18

The Paoli (Ind.) News exclaims:
Woe, woe to our land.. In the light
of recent events, there is more neces-
sity for crying. CIV boa! Z,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-01-18
cEPUBLlcANTRUsT HYPOCRISY

There is no parent so devoted to its
own offspring as the Republican PAL
ty is to trusts, indeed the latter.
grown great and domineering by what
they have been fed upon, have assum-
ed the position of masters. The adj
m'nistration utters feeble protest like
henpeoled victim on occasion, or
ejaculatesta hypocritical croak of dis
~, but it not loosen the clutch
y IT'D Anent the impossi-
OF tPRepublican party spear
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-01-18


without impure suggestion, he is either
in his heart or in his life. libertine.
The Old Testament description of
wickedness, uncleanliness of all sorts.
is purposely and righteously disgust
Ing account, instead of the Byronic and
the Partisan vernacular which makes
sin attractive instead of appalling.
When those old prophets point you to
lazaretto, you understand it is a
lazaretto. When man having begun
to do right falls back into wickedness
and gives up his integrity, the Bible
does not say he was overcome by the
destinations of the festive board, or
that he surrendered to convivialities,
or that he became little fast in his
habits. will tell you what the Bible
says: "The dog is turned to his own
vomit again, and the SOW that was
washed to her wallowing in the mire."
No gliding of iniquity. No garlands on
death's-head. No pounding away with
silver mallet at iniquity when it
needs an iron sledge hammer.
can easily understand how people.
brooding over the description Of I'M
cleanness in the Bible may get morbid
in mind until they are as full of it as
the wings and beak and the nostril and
the claw of a buzzard is full Of the
odors of carcass; but what is wanted
is not that the Bible be disinfected,
but that you, the critic, have your
mind and heart washed with carbolic
acid.
course that a man n s not like
this book. and who Is as to its
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-01-18

great churcheS-the Protestant church
OF England, the Greek church of st.
Petersburg, and the Romish church of
Italy.
It is a plain matter of history that
I peninsula OF Sinai and was by ropes
lifted over the wall into the convent,
that being the only mode of admission,
and that he saw there in the waste
basket for kindling the fires, manu-
script Of the Holy Scriptures. That
night he copied many of the passages
OF that Bible, but it was not until fif-
teen years had passed of earnest en-
treaty and prayer and coaxing and pur-
chase on his part that that copy of the
Holy Scriptures was put in the hand Of
the emperor of Russia-that one copy
J; 30 marvelously protected.
ss Do You not know that the catalogue
OF the books Of the Old and New
Z Testaments as we have it. is the same
catalogue that has been coming on
down through the ages? Thirty nine
books OF the Old Testament thousands
OF years ago. Thirty-nine now. Tween
ty-seven books Of the New Testament
LOGO years ago. Twenty-seyen books
OF the New Testament now. Marcion,
for wickedness, was turned out of the
church In the second century. and in
his assault on the Bible and Christian
lty, he incidentally gives catalogue
OF the books Of the Bible that cata-
logue CORE ponding exactly with Ours
testimony given by the enemy Of the
Bible and the enemy Of Christianity.
The catalogue now Just like the cata-
r1og3le then. Assaulted and spit on
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-01-18


Profit on Union Pacihc-Pay-
ments Of s33,0O0,00O in part dis
trtbuted among the United
States repositories by National
City bank, but the greater part
retained by the National City
bank on deposit. Observation-Disclosures S5o, 900
Profit on financing" the pay
ment of the $40. 900. 900 Indemnity
TO to spain.estimated -. 100000
Profit on custom house deal-in-
terest on 900 for $50 days,
at 6 per cent. $96,337; rent from
United states treasury depart
ment for $50 days at per cent,
S64,2z4; city taxes saved for $50
days, $4,000 ;........;...... lss.5sl
Annual interest on internal rev.
enue receipts and other govern
ment deposits in the City bank.
now $lI.O00.O0O, an increase OF
100000 since Dec. 2, when the
last report of the bank was
p, published ...;......:..... :........ 1.Oco. 900
tional City bank from govern.
ment favors shown since Secre-
tary Gage entered the cabinet .Seo 3s7
Capital stock Of the National CITY
bank. s1,000.000; percentage OF
profit from government favors
on the capital. ner cert - 1856
So great have the Standard Oil trust
and the governments favors made the
National City bank that the stock.
holders increased the stock tenfold-
$4,000, 000.-New York World.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-04-19

against Lincoln's life, served in the
House during the reconstruction period,
and afterward was minister to japan,
post which he held a dozen years, until
he was recalled by President Cleveland
in 1885, since which time the general
public seldom saw his name. 1t was dur
ing his service in Congress that the great
er part Of Bingham's reputation was won.
His principal claim to remembrance was
through his connection with the impeach-
ment Of President johnson. He was one
of the managers of the prosecution, and
associated with him were Thaddeus Ste
vens of Pennsylvania, George 5. Bout
well and Benjamin f. Butler Of Massa-
chusetts, Thomas Williams of Pennsylva-
MIA and John A. Logan Of Illinois. Ring
ham was a man of ability, public spirit
and courage. He was one of the worthi-
est and most prominent members of the
Ohio delegation at time when that
State had particularly strong repre-
sentation in both branches of Congress,
including Sherman, Wade, Schenck,
Hayes, Garfield and others.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-04-19

uouss Favors ths Eleetion of oono1oru
By the People.
Friday the House o. Representatives
rejected, almost BY common consent. .
joint resolution for a constitutional
amendment TO leave Il optional with
State Legislatures to elect Senators or
have them elected by the people. and
adopted, by vote of $40 to Is, one pro-
viding that Senators shall be elected By
q direct vote Of the people. 1t Ii easy
to read the opinion Of Representatives
concerning the present method OF cleo
ton. There are members of the Senate
who have on different occasions declared
themselves in favor of the election Of
Senators by the popular vote, and con-
stitutional amendments to that effect
have been introduced and debated learn
edly, but then have been shelved.
1t Is probable that il such q constitu-
tional amendment as the one mentioned
were submitted to the States, three
fourths of them would ratify it. While
the Legislatures in many instances would
be reluctant to deprive themselves Of the
power they enjoy now, power which
Of them have not misused, the
pressure of public opinion would force
them to ratify the amendment. Where
voters have given the subject any
thought, especially in States where Leg
islatures have misbehaved, they generally
prefer the direct election method.
The majority report offered by Corliss
(Rep., Mich) gives the people of each
State the choice of electing their two
Senators either by the Legislature or by
a direct popular vote. The minority re-
port offered by Rucker Dem., Mo- leaves
no option, but requires the Senators to be
chosen by the direct vote of the people
in each State. The Democrats, with the
aid of number of Republicans, substi-
tuted the minority report for that of the
majority by a vote of 135 to 30. The
House then adopted the resolution. The
vote on the constitutional amendment
was 24O TO 10
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WAR NEWS IN BRIEF.


London is beginning to ccnsure Butler
for mysterious inactivity.
The Boer force at Kroonstadt Is esti-
mated to be at least 10000.
Russia declines now or in the future to
interfere in the Boer war.
Latest news Is that the Beers have
about 10000 men Of all sorts still under
arms.
All London and Paris papers pay trib-
ute to Joubert's ability and courage.
There are about 10000 Beers guard
ing the nine passes over the Drakenberg
range.
Tie military authorities have discov-
cred in a Free State Government chest
realizable securities worth $2,5O0,OO0.
At the end of March the Beers had
captured 3,456 British officers and men.
The Boer prisoners are estimated at
5000.
The reorganization of the British army
In the field in South Africa gives an effec-
tive fighting total Of about 175, 0oO men
and $3.50 gums.
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WORLD WIDE TRUST.
GREAT COMBINATION ~ FARM
Frs IS PROJECTED.
International Plan to Reduce Wheat
Output and Force Price Up 70 One
Dollar Bushel-spring Trade IL At
fected by Weather.

An the farmers of the world in sort
of international trust or agreement to re-
strict the production of wheat and raise
prices is the plan which 1t is hoped to
carry into effect at the international ag-
ricultural conference, to be held in Paris
July GIG. 1t is proposed to ask the
farmers of the world to reduce their
wheat output by 20 per cent and not to
sell bushel for less than 81. j. G. Han
ley of st. Paul, executive agent OF the
Farmers Alliance and Industrial Union,
the National Cotton Growers Associa-
ton, the Farmers Federation of the Mis-
sissippi Valley, and the National Grain
Growers Association, is the chief pro-
moter of the international agricultural
trust in America. Prof. G. Rutland of
the University of Fribourg, Switzerland,
is the chief promoter of the plan in Eu-
rome.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-04-19
LIABLE TO COURTMARTIAL.
Gen. Funston Charged with HanGins
EiIipinos without Trial.

Gen. Funston Charged with Hanging
EiIipinos without Trial.
An interesting topic Of conversation in
army circles at Manila is the investiga-
ton Of Brig. Gen. Frederick Funston's
execution of two Filipinos and the posi-
bility of court@nartial resulting there
from. The story is that the Filipinos
captured three Macabebe scouts who
were crossing the country near San Isl
dro and were preparing to kill them when
one Of the Macabebes escaped and found
Gen. Funston with scouting party near.
This man guided the Americans to the
rescue of his companions, and when the
troops approached the Filipinos fled, leav-
ing the Macabebes. Several of the Fill
pinos were shot and Gen. Funston cap
tured two Of them, took them to the VIII
lage square and hanged them without
trial, as a warning to the Filipinos. The
present method Of warfare and instances
of the mutilation Of prisoners have in
censed the American soldiers to such a
degree that they feel justified in making
reprisals, which has been done on several
occasions recently.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-04-19
MANY FAVOR REVISION.
Prominent Presbyterians Are Earnest
1y Discussing 1t.

Prominent Presbyterians Are Earnest
~ Discussing 1t.
Following closely upon the withdrawal
of the Rev. DR.. Newell Dwight Hills
from the Presbyterian Church, move.
ment for the revision Of the Westminster
confession of faith. has taken shape, and
the indications now are that a vigorous
fight for a new creed will be made at the
meeting Of the General Assembly Of the
church in st. Louis next month. Minis
tiers prominent in the denomination, and
who are usually classed among the con-
servatives, have joined the progressive
element, and radical revision of the ar
ticles Of faith seems to be the only out
come Of the agitation.
The question is separate and distinct
from what is known as the higher crit
icism," and has already overshadowed
the controversy started by DR.. Briggs
and continued by Prof. McGiffert. Men
who stand firm as to the inspiration Of
the Bible do not hesitate to condemn the
doctrines contained in the confession of
faith
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-04-19
MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Chicago-Cattle, common to prime,
$500 to 5000; hogs, shipping gradese,
$500 TO 500; sheep, fair TO choice, $500
to $6.75; wheat, No. red. &c to CSC;
corn, No. 2, 39c to 41c; oats, No. 2, 24c
to Doc; rye, No. 2, soc to 57c; butter,
choice creamery, lie to lyc; eggs, fresh.
lie to 12c; potatoes. choice, zoe to 35c
per bushel.
Indianapolis-Cattle, shipping, $500 to
$500; hogs, choice light, $500 to 50. rs;
sheep, common to prime, $500 to $500;
wheat, No. 2, re to 73c; corn, No. 2
white, Ale to 42c; oats, No = white.
Doc to 30c.
St. Louis-Cattle, 1926 to 5000; hogs,
$500 to $5.75; sheep, $500 to $3.50;
wheat, No. 2, re to 74c; corn, No. z
yellow, 39c to Ale; oats, No. 2, 25c to
&c; rye, No. 2, 55c to SIC.
Cincinnati-Cattle, $3.50 to 5000; hogs.
$500 to $5.75; sheep, $3.50 to $6.25:
wheat, No. 2, 73c TO Zoe; corn, No. 2
mixed, 43c to 44c; oats, No. mixed. nc
to 29c; rye, No. 2, Gle to &c.
Detroit-Cattle. $3.50 to 5000; nogs,
$500 to $5.75; sheep, $500 to $6.25:
wheat, No. 2. &c to 74c; corn, No. 2
yellow. Ale to 42c; oats, No. 2 white, 2Sc
to 29c; rye. SOC to tic.
Toledo-Wheat. No. 2 mixed. re to
lac; corn. No. mixed, 40c to 42c; oats,
No. mixed. 25c to BIC; rye. No. 2. SIC
to soc; clover seed, old, $3.50 to $500.
Milwaukee-Wheat. No. 2 northern.
66c to Csc; corn, No. 3, 39c to 41c; oats,
No. white. &c to 29c: rye. No. z. 5Sc
to Coo; barley, No. 2, 44c to 46c; pork.
mess $12.75 to $13.25.
Buffalo-Cattle, good shipping steers,
$500 to $500; hogs. common to choice,
1925 to 5000; sheep. fair to choice, $500
to 500; lambs. common to extra. $3.50
to $3.50.
New York-Cattle, s3.25 to $500: hogs,
$500 to $500; sheep. $500 to $6.75;
wheat, No. 2 red. TIC to 7Sc; corn. No. 2.
47c to 49c; oats, No. white, Bic to 33c:
butter, creamery, tic to &c; eggs. west
ern, 12c to 14c.
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This and That.

The postal appropriation carries S1l5.-
100000.
A marked increase in the number OF
ieft-handcd persons is noted by Wash
ington physician.
A hotel exclusively for women is 10 he
built in New York by the Woman's Ho-
tel Company, chartered with S4UOOOO
capital.
Last year the American people ate
2,OOO,OOO tons of sugar. or this the
American Sugar Refining Company. 9TH
erwise known as the trust, made 1885,
600 tons.
Lieut.. Batson will organize the Native
Philippine Battalions.
The surplus revenues of the year are
likely to be $G0,O0O.OOO.
Hawaii coins are to be received ut
face value for all public dues.
The cable company has sent IN n hill
for Dewey's cutting at Manila Bay.
A bill to permit Indian Territory cities
TO issue bonds will be introduced in Con-
gress.
The announcement is made that Line
of steamers will soon commence running
on the Dead Sea, the first of the feet
having already been purchased.
Senator Lindsay of Kentucky is about
to enter upon the practice of law in New
York City.
The President has appointed former
Senator Henderson of Nebraska chair
man OF the Board of Visitors to the
United States Military Academy.
The grippe Is prevalent in this city.
There were no less than seventeen deaths
from that disease in one recent week.
according to the district health officer.
The summer cruises of the naval mi
litia companies Of the lake ports have
been arranged. The Michigan will be
the ship used and June % will see the
start Of her voyage. Each orranizafie,
will be out for one week.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-04-19

rl.. E 4: = 2. !. u-....s Gre.

- I.
Pans Yield - on IN unnnmeA Creek
Flowing Into the Yukon.
J. Nj Rice arrived az vancouver. y. u.
from Skaguay. bringing news Of . very
rich gold lind In Alaska. The new creek
IL as yet unnamed. 1t joins the Yukon
at White Horse Rapids. rising. In Ameri-
can territory. A few days ago two men
came down to the new town Of Close
leigh at White Horse with two sacks OF
nuggets. being the picked specimens from
the results of about three months or
work. They said thar though the wealth
er had been cold and the snow deep. their
party of seven had done exceedingly well
during the last three months. Pans tax
EN- out yielded as much as ". They went
back next day to the diggings. about
twenty miles up the stream from Yukon.
A couple Of days later nearly all OF the
800 men working at railway construction
for the White Pass people went on the
stampede; locations were being taken up
rapidly when Rice left to come out