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The Lamar register., 1900-07-18

Work is being pushed on the sugar
factory at Rocky Ford, and two
shifts containing total of 400 men
are working on it. 1t promises tc
be ready in time for the crop.
The Lamar register., 1900-07-18

Holly is making Preparations r
have a Harvest Home Festival thi,
fall after the crops are harvested. Il
is a good thing il pushed, and some
thing Lamar should have been hold,
ing each fall for several years past
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-16

Red herring are said, like roast
pork, to have been discovered by &C
cident. In the days of King John,
so the tale goes, a Yarmouth fisher;
man hung up some sailed herrings in,
his hut and forgot all about them.
They hung where they were exposed
to the smoke of his wood fire, and
when he one day CHANGED to notice
them he was attracted by their strange
appearance and sampled one of them.
The taste pleased him and accordingly
he hurried to present the rest to King
John, who was then near Norwich. BY
the king they were esteemed such
dainty that he at once expressed his
intention of granting charter of in
corporation to the town from whence
they came. Only one portion of this
interesting tradition is known to be
actual fact, and that is that the first
charter of Yarmouth was granted by
King John.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-16

but doubtless very Objectionable GUS
toms. The national feeling is weak in
XChina. but the feeling for ancient GUS
it1ms. the feeling which we call con-
science, bigotry or fanaticism, accord
f1ngl to the way it affects us. is exceed
Ing ~ strong.
YIN the south of China the people
grow rich through trade or service
with foreign DEVILS and they have
learned the tolerance which commerce
always brings. In, the north bieotrv
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-16

OF that ill-starred Duchess d'AIencor
who lost her life at the Charity Bazaar
fire. She was a daughter of the Dnks
Macmillan of Bavaria and a siste,
OF the late Empress Of Austria
1t SO happens mat the Duke de van.
dome is the husband of Prince Albert,s
elder sister, Princess Henrietta
Hence it was not strange that the
young people should meet at the home
OF the duke and duchess.
The duchess took deep interest n
her brothers affair. and contriyed
many secret meetings for the sweet
hearts. Knowing how furious her
uncle, King Leopold, would De she
kept her counsel.
There was a great fuss in the Bel
gian court. King Leopold stormed
Prince Albert stood firm. He meant
to marry the girl he loved; and be-
sides, he said Princess Elizabeth
would be a wife fit for an emperor.
In the end love triumphed over diplo-
macy and marriage will be the re-
suit
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-16
Germanys Near Problem.

] Consul Pitcairn reports that the Ger
man naval authorities at Kiel have
been compelled to buy canned and pre-
served meats in foreign markets in or
3der to provision their China fleet. Ger
man stock raisers and packers cannot
even supply the home demand, and
they can do nothing toward provision
ling the German fleet in an emergency.
Yet the Agrarian element in the
Reichstag has compelled the passage
of meat exclusion act intended to
keep the meats of the United States
and other countries out of Germany.
Though the law has not yet gone into
effect, it is already causing much in
convenience to the commissaw depart
iment at Kiel. as all the available
lcanned meats in the German market
have been taken up in anticipation OF
the shortage that will follow the
operation Of the law.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-16
Kruger the .LSsrxe.

The world will watch with great in
terest to see what Great Britain will
DO in case, as now appears not impos-
slble, it receives the surrender OF
President Kruger. The rumor that the
president is meditating surrender
but wishes to know first what England
proposes to do with him, may be pre-
mature. but it is certain that if he is
taken the question of his ultimate
disposition will have to be met. Tho
ground upon which Napoleon was sent
to st. Helena was that he was pub.
lie enemy and menace to the peace
OF nations. In order to keep him in
restraint in Europe it would have beer
necessary to imprison him and so he
was placed in tolerable comfort on ths
remote island. The same plea car
hardly be urged in the case of Kruger
who has waged war with but one
foe.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-16

James Russell Lowell studied law
and took an Office, but never had a
case at court. The Rev. Edward Ever
EFT Hale sometimes tells, however, the
story of Lowell's first client. The
poet had laid aside his law book for
the nonce and was polishing off a
sonnet, when the door opened and a
strange man appeared, with a look of
doubt or trouble in his eyes. Low
ell hastily hid the sonnet in pocket.
sprang up with all the alacrity of
courtesy he could command, offered
a chair to the visitor, took his hat
and put it on the table with as much
reverence as if it We're q retainer.
brew up a chair opposite, pulled out
brand new note book. and waving
mis- pencil in soft. inviting, confiden-
tial way, began: "Well, sir, am all
ready to take notes of your case.
Please tell me everything, even the
most trivial circumstances The
stranger stared at him with open
mouth for a minute, then grinned
most amicably. as he answered: "I'm
the painter of your sign, sir, come
to get my little BILL"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-16

More potent toward immediate
trouble has been the invasion of rail-
way and mining engineers who wan
der about the country often reckless of
native customs or prejudices, asking
nobody's leave and needing nobody's
objections. The Chinese do not want
railroads. Still less will they consent
to have them run through their grand
fathers graves, and almost every foot
of land is somebody's graveyard. They
do not like mines, least Of all those
conducted by foreign devils in sacred
hills, and they are incensed when ore
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-16

This touches the third and most d.
rect cause of the present outbreak. The
breaking up of China, the partition
among European nations, has been
freely discussed throughout the civil1
lied world, not to the pleasure or edifi-
cation of the Chinese. Spheres of in
11uence have been freely laid out on
paper by men who do not know that
the true meaning Of sphere of inau-
ence' is simply center of trouble
China Is weak. but Cinnamon are
strong, and the future of the tropical
Orient lies in their hands. Even in
Siberia the Chinese gain foothold fast
er than Russian influence spreads in
China. China cannot be conquered,
nor divided, nor retained by outside
powers if it is once awakened and
united. Some men foresee the forma-
ton of two strong MISUNDERSTANDING
and China-instead of one nation, head
less and irresponsible. Some concede
Tartar Manchuria to Russia, in which
case Japan will take Korea, which she
does not want save as part of the
strategy Of nations. This, japanese
gentlemen freely concede, but it is felt
Japan will have to do it, as they have
already taken the Improbable island
of Formosa.
L may sum up public opinion as it
reaches me in these propositions:
L. The foreign powers must protect
their own legations and citizens
against official weakness and local IA
naticism. This they are doing, Shout
der to shoulder fact of which the
people of Japan seem very proud.
"2. The foreign powers must not
make this an excuse for the partition
of China. This is thing impossible,
and China once aroused not all Eu-
rope could furnish the men to conquer
the country or to hold it in check.
"3. The European powers, as Lord
Salisbury has distinctly pointed out,
cannot guarantee the interests of syn
dicates doing business under Chinese
jurisdiction. They can protect their
citizens under ordinary conditions, but
they cannot foster enterprises by a
show of force.
'"4. 1t is for the general interest of
the world to hold China together, to
strengthen her government SO that it
can maintain order at home and dig
nifty abroad or to treat Chinese people
wherever they go just as people Of 9TH
err nations should be treated. 1t does
not, for example, help our own trade
Or relations with China to subject her
people to statutes which apply to imm1-
grants or travellers from no other ma
ton.
"There is no desire in Japan for war
with Russia or any other nation. There
is feeling that Japan will not again
be made a cat's-paw of any European
combination. If Russia seizes Man
churia Japan will feel it her duty to
take Korea, a weak, irresponsible, and
badly governed neighbor. Every one
hopes that the flames of war will be
confined to the region where they have
been kindled.'
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-16

niord university, writing us
II Shigua. Japan. says:
The outbreak is the expression of
dissatisfaction which has been grow
Ing long time in the north of China,
which has relations with the outside
world very different from the trading
Sand wandering people of the southern
parts. The first source of trouble and
perhaps the least, is found in the work
OF Christian missionaries. Wisely or
unIwisely, some of these put themselves
in direct opposition to time honored,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-16

is knocked off from the tombs of tenn
pies.
Everywhere are found agents of
syndicates eager to secure concessions,
often doing nothing with them save to
hold them for future speculation. The
European nations forget sometimes
that jurisdiction and ownership are
two different things. Jurisdiction is
costly, and unless it is in full accord
with the will and the customs of the
people over whom it is exercised it is
INEFFECTIVE and improbable.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-16
One Sunday the minister of a small

One Sunday the minister of small
northern country parish church had
the misfortune to forget his sermon,
and did not discover his loss till he
reached the church. Suddenly an idea
struck him. He sent for John, the
beadle, and instructed him to give out
the one hundred and ninteenth Psalm
Containing one hundred and seventy.
six verses), while he hurried home for
his sermon. On his journey back TIC
church he saw the faithful beadle
standing at the church door, waving
his arms and urging him to hurry.
On reaching the door he exclaimed,
Are they all singing yet, John?"
cay, SIR replied John, they're at
it yet, but they're cheepin' like spar
ries.''
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-16
Soldier Clothes for the Jams.

The Japanese government. through
an agent, has just made very large
purchases of shoes. cloth and iron for
the Japanese army, in st. Louis. Mo.
Said the agent: "Our men will wear
American shoes and boots into China
and when they reach Pekin will hang
American shirts on the walls to dry"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-16

The smartness of childhood fire..
quently becomes the impertinence Of
youth.
1t is easier to love poor girl
than a rich one because there is less
competition.
Fortunate is the liar who 1oses
his reputation.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-16
Paris. Now Fire Motor.

The new motor fire engine Of the
Paris municipality is doing excellent
work. It carries six men. and travels
at the rate Of thirteen miles an hour.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-16

Paris was the scene of the courtship,
which was pursued without difficulty.
owing to mutual family relationships.
The Duke de Vendome is the Princess
Elizabeth's first cousin. He is the son
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-16

Last year forty-one lives were lost
In the Colorado coal mines This il
one for each 173 miners employed
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-16
what Blrmingbam manufactur.a.

What Birmingham Manufactures.
Birmingham, England, turns out
every week 3oo,ooo,ooO buttons, 1000
miles of wire of different sizes, five
tons of hairpins, 500 tons of nuts and
10000 pairs of spectacles.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-16

The Peruvians have admirable pub.
lie roads. One is 1,50O miles long.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-16

Aye. the angels Of God are on the
street, and in the day when the crowns
of heaven are distributed some of the
brightest of them will be given to those
men who were faithful to God and
faithful to the souls of others amid the
marts of business, proving themselves
the heroes of the street. Mighty were
their temptations, mighty was their
deliverance, and mighty shall be their
triumph.
Hollowness of Society.
Again, in all these cities am i'm
pressed with the fact that life is full
of pretension and sham. What SUBJ
terfuge, what double dealing, what
two facedness! Do all people who wish
you good morning really hope for you
a happy day? Do all the people who
shake hands love each other? Are all
those anxious about your health who
inquire concerning it? Do all want to
see you who ask you to call? Does
all the world know half as much as it
pretends to know? Is there not many
wretched stock of goods with brill
liant store window? Passing up and
down the streets to your business and
your work, are you not impressed with
the fact that society is hollow and that
there are subterfuges and pretensions?
oh, how many there are who swagger
and strut and how few people who
are natural and walk? While tops
shipper and fools smoker and simple
tons giggle, how few people are nat
ural and laugh! I say these things
not to create in you incredulity or mis-
anthrophy. nor do forget there are
thousands Of people great deal bet
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1900-05-31
tunity to head off Neely's attempt
to escape punishment on a tech-

tunity to head off Neely's attempt
to escape punishment on tech
nlcality.
The house committee on insu-
lar affairs has favorably reported
a resolution offered by Represen-
tative Hay, of Va, calling on.
the postmaster general for copies
of reports made by Mr.. Rathbone,
who has just been suspended
from the Office of director of posts
in Cuba. as a result of the inves-
tigation now being made of Gu
ban postal affairs. The post
master general says he will glad
~ furnish the information called
for.
Senator Spooner made a mo-
table speech this week in favor of
his bill authorizing the president,
until farther legislation by con-
gress. to govern the Philippines.
which is the unfinished business
of the senate which by almost a
party vote the senate refused to
lay aside to take up the Nicar-
auga canal bill. hMft. Mr. Spooner
who, it will be remembered, was
against the permanent reten-
ton of the Philippines by the
United States, said we had be-
come trustees under God Of the
Philippines. and could not relin-
quish that trusteeship without
forfeiting the respect of the
world.
The house this week passed,
with only handful of opposition
votes, the bill making eight
hours a days work on all govern
ment contracts; also the bill reg
ulating the sale of convict made
goods. The chances for getting
action upon either of these bills
by the senate at this session are
not particularly u bright, now that
it is practically settled that ad-
journment will take place early
in June. The house resolution
provides for adjournment on the
9th, but it is probable the senate
will amend it and extend the
session few days later than
that date,
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1900-05-31

his methods in politics clean, whole
some and inspiring. He is not violent
or meteoric, but steady, safe and reli-
able at all times and in all places. He
has in every position of trust and re.
sponsibility in which he has been
placed demonstrated marked executive
ability and sound judgment. He has
always been an ardent republican,
though liberal toward those who diff
fered, believing in free thought and
free speech.
He is q student OF public and econom-
ic questions, and, coming from the peo-
pie q self made man. has always been
in sympathy with the people in the
hardships borne and struggles for bet
ter things. He is opposed to the ABB
sorption or control of labor products or
markets by monopolies and trusts.
Upon the financial question he was
never believer in nor advocate OF the
free and unlimited coinage of silver.
In common with many other republi-
cans he was In 1895 and before an earn
est supporter of the doctrine Of bimet.
allism as then understood and adyoca-
ted and vigorously opposed to the sin
gle gold standard. An ardent admirer
of William Mckinley. he believed that
II elected he would be able to accom-
plish a return to bimetallism under
the terms of the ST. Louis platform.
| The election of Mckinley followed
by restoration OF confidence and the
return of prosperity. CONVINCED him
that the existing gold standard was
not the cause of the preceding panic
and hard times. Realizing that the
uncertainty as to the probable course
of the country upon the money ques-
tion had been the the main cause OF
the trouble, hs became an ardent sup
porter of the existing gold standard,
and in 1898 was instrumental in the
| adoption OF the resolution to that effect
in the republican state platform.
Mr.. Herreid is man who has the
confidence OF all who know him and
who can be relied upon to bring TO the
discharge OF any trust reposed in it1,
sound judgment. strict honesty of pur-
pose and answering integrity He is
loyal to the people and to his state.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1900-05-31

y Brief ss.lcteh of the Career of Chas. N
Herreid. of Eureka. i
Sioux City Journals Charles n n.
Herreid of Eureka, the Snes.,ii ii1ssa=fe.
governor, was born October 20, 1857,
in the state OF Wisconsin. His father
was farmer and one Of the pioneers
OF the state. Asa azsttittiis den - n=@EETEs.r-
reid spent about three years at the
Gayville university. lie readiiawiin il il
an office one year, and having finished
the two years coarse in 1882 graduated
in the law department Of the State
University of Wisconsin.
Mr.. Herreid in 1882 was married to
Miss Jeanette Slye. and during the
following year came to Dakota and set
tied in MCPHERSON county. where he
has continued to reside 20 the present
time with his family Consisting OF
wife and two children-G Grace Mae, is
years OF age, and Roscoe Conkling, II
years., and been engaged in the prac
tice of the law with success. He has
held the Offices of states attorney and
Judge Of the court. He has served the
state we'll and faithfully as a member
OF the board of trustees of the state
university, and later as a member OF
the board of regents of education,
He became first generally and most
fsvorably known to the people of the
state by his splendid and enviable re-
cord as lieutenant governor. to which
Office he. was elected as q republican in
1892 and again in 1894. AS president
of The state senate in 1898 and 1895 he
displayed in a marked manner his fit
ness and capacity to deal with public
affairs. His fairness and candor as
we'll IS his evident comprehension of
and purpose to decide all questions
without bias or prejudice in conform
itY with the rules of the senate, we're
we'll recognized and understood by all
men OF all political parties, and SO we'll
/ did he succeed In the task that no ap-
peal was eyer taken from any Of his
rulings at either session Of the legisla-
ture 1t is said that no other pres
ident OF q state senate in the United
States has eyer made a similar record.
In 1898 he was chosen chairman OF
the republican state committee, aud
in that capacity conducted and man
aged the great campaigns OF that and
the following year. Since 1893 he has
been acting member Of the national re.
publican committee.
4 His habit OF mind is such as to make
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1900-05-31

far greater than the eanings of
the corporations.
The whole statement that the
federal taxes are framed in the
interests of the rich and against
the poor is directly coatradicted
by the facts. Seattle .'Post-In-
telligencer.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1900-05-31
WHO PAYS THE TAXI
Customs and Internal lmposts FalI
Lightly Upon the Poor.

The Bryauites say that the
present federal taxation throws
its burden entirely upon the poor
aud practically exempts the rich.
This is one of the minor misrep-
reservations of existing condl-
tions which every intelligent man
knows to be false. It is only in
tended, Of course, 10 influence
those who are too ignorant to
know or mentally too sluggish to
think. With the exception of
the import duties upon sugar and
tea, which, in the individual case,
amount to a sum too Insignificant
to be considered seriously, the fed
eral system of taxation does not
touch the poor man at all. It is
entirely optional with him wether
he contributes cent to the sup
port of the Federal Government.
With the exceptions noted, not a.
dollars worth of imported articles
upon which Tariff duties are lev
s led is used by the poor man, OF
the man of moderate means, in
this country. Custom :sense col
leetions affect him no al all.
As,far as Internal i=Tsve,ffssse tax.
alton is concerned, all the poor
man is called upon to pay lndl-
rect rsettl llys==iss=ttlaat-la upon beer, spirits
and tobacco. Substantial IN
creases in tie tssas.Ssse.ss=11pan- beer
and tobacco were imposed by the
present war rtyenue tax. Yet
the retail price to the consumer
lls.aas renamed unchanged. What
ever is paid by consumer OF either
beer, spirits or tobacco is practi-
cally a voluntary tax, for it can
hardly be pretended that any of
these articles are necessary. No
man would suffer health comfort
or morals if he refrained entirely
from their use. No objects could
be more legimately burdeued with
heavy taxation than these, and it
is insulting to the poor men OF
the country to intimate that they
are clamoring for a reduction OF
taxation on such articles.
The stamp tax affect the really
poor not at all. When man is
carving bank account, or is
engaging in real estate trans
actions, or in buying or selling
stocks and bonds, he is, according
to Demo-P Populistic logic, mem.
ber of the capitalistic class. The
average wage Garner is not in the
habit of using the telegraph lines
very often, neither does he do
much shipping of freight. The
stamp taxes rest almost entirely
upon the commercial community
and the heaviest revenue derived
from them is on transactions il
in which the size Of the tax IN
creases with the magnitude Of tht
transactions involved. Ths
great corporations Of the coutryr
have contributed more to the gen
eral Government under the stamp
taxation, ten times over, than al
the wage earners collectively
Yet the earnings OF the wag'
earners. ID the aggregate, ar
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1900-05-31
REPUBLICAN, TICKET,

STATE.
For Congress
CHAs. H. BURKE.
e. w. MARTIN.
For Governor
CHAs. N. HERREID.
For Lieutenant Governor
G. w. SNOW.
For Secretary OF State
o. G. BERG.
For Treasurer
JOHN SCHAsfBER.
For Auditor
]. d. REEVES.
Attorney General
JOHN L. PYLE.
For Supt. OF Public Instruction
E. E. COLLINS.
For Land Commissioner
DAVID EASTMAN.
For Railway Commissioner
FRANK LECoCQ.