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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-04-19
NO DECREASE IN TAXES.
Congress Will Make No Attempt to Re-
duce Taxation This Year.

Congress Will Make No Attempt to Re-
dace Taxation This Year.
New York, April 1.-THE Tribune's
Washington special says:
Information acquired as a result of
inquiries among leading and infuen-
tial members of the majority in con-
gress in the course of the last week
does not Justify or encourage the belief
that any serious effort to reduce taxa
ton will be made at the present ses-
sion. tits barely possible such effort
might be made as regards a few
articles of taxation if it could be con-
fined to them alone, but even that
would not be probable in view of the
approaching presidential campaign
and election. 1t is the general desire
of the leaders of both great political
parties to bring the session to an end
as early as practicable.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-04-19
Beers Enter Protest.

LONDON, April H. 1T is learned that
the Boer governments have formally
notified Portugal that they consider
the shipping of British troops and mu-
nitions Of war to Rhodesia, by way of
Biera, Portuguese, East Africa, to be
tantamount to hostile action. This,
however, will not stop General Car
rington's force from entering Rhodesia.
Whether or not the Beers will make
reprisals upon Portugal REMAINS to be
seen, although the best informed peo-
pie here are inclined to the belief that
the Beers are not likely to back up
bring them into hostilities with still
another power
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-04-19

Queen Victoria went to London son
the 9Th of March for a few days stay
ct buckingham Palace, and her ar
rival was made the occasion of popu-
lar demonstration OF welcome and re-
1oicing. Moved perhaps by the spec
aal bravery shown by the Irish regl-
ments In South Africa, the Queen gave
directions that the shamrock should be
worn by the Irish regiments ON St
Patrick's day; and she has announced
her purpose to make a visit ito ireland,
for the first time since 1861.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-04-19
NAMES ON SALOON PETITION.
Nay BE Withdrawn During Canvass b
Board OF Supervisors.


Dies MONIES, April 16.-The supreme
court held the Fayette county saloon
petition insufficient, sustaining the de-
cision of Judge Fellows. The court
also decided three important mooted
points az to the suficiency Of petitions
Of this character and their treatment
by the courts, as follows:
First-That the signers have right
to withdraw their names from the
petition until the supervisors declare
the petition sufficient or not sufficient,
not being barred from withdrawing
at any time prior to the end of the ten
days the board spends canvassing the
petition.
Second-That this class of cases may
be tried to the court and not to a jury.
Third-That it is the duty of the
county attorney to appear against the
petitions in whatever contest in court
over their suffciency.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-04-19
ssrious Fire at osceola.

OscEoLA, April ia destructive
fire occurred here at an early hour.
The total loss is estimated az some
thing over $4,000 with insurance Of
$4,000. The Dogue block, one of the
best in town, was entirely destroyed,
together with the various stocks of
goods in the building. The loss on
the Dogue block, including stock OF
goods, fixtures, etc, will exceed S1s,-
600, the insurance on which was So
600. The flames were first discovered
in this building about 1880 in the
morning. Adjoining buildings were
damaged to the amount Of $4,000 be-
fore the fire was under control. In
surance on the damaged buildings is
81 900. Following is q list Of the
losses; j. b. Dogue, building, Sc, 600;
Qsceola Sentinel, "a 900; "A. Z. Mel ar
"a - ~ Z: johnson estes,
~. COO
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-04-19

A little boy in Ohio, cast adrift on
the world by the sudden death of
father and mother, was found by the
wayside praying for protection from
1.-The hardships seemingly imposed upon
his youth. The gentleman who thus
discovered him, millionaire brewer,
took him home and installed him as
one OF his own. Though not a church.
goer, he figured that there could not
4 be much bad in boy who would thus
show his faith in Providence and final
~ he became convinced himself that
he was simply an instrument Of Provi-
dence used in answer to child's faith.
He lately sold out his business and
Is now devoting his life and fortune
ito the rescue of other orphaned ones.
Little occurrences of this nature do
not find much space for recital in the
\ newspapers, but whenever they do get
Into print they present convincing
argument that the world is not so bad
as might be judged from reading an
issue Of one of our metropolitan pa
! pcrs. II newspapers would give pref
erence to the good deeds of mankind
there would be little room left for
criminal and stock gambling reports.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-04-19


"Curbstone religion" as exemplifiea
oy the Salvation Army, has recently
observed fits twentieth anniversary in
America. In marked degree this or
ganfzatfon has carried out the theory
of practical application. A Salvation
Afmy lass will go into any home where
her services are needed and do the
next thing" One OF them recently
carried-a hut child into its tenement
home. Staying to help the mother. she
offered to cook dinner. When the hun
cry man OF the family returned to en-
Joy the novelty OF a carefully prepared
meal, he announced his approval by
saying to his wife: IF that's the kind
Of thing you learn at church, you may
go to meeting all rant" a per-
mission hithn lpyou sf,ll
,su gnefto persistently j. sed.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-04-19
The Texas antitrust ls.w. which

The Texas antitrust law, which lis
generally recognized as one of thu
most stringent OF its kind, has been
sustained by the Supreme court of the
United States, in the case Of the Wa
ters-P Pierce Oil company. This COM
pany. which is alleged to be & member
of the Standard Oil trust, was charged
with violating the Texas laws against
: the restraint Of trade. The court held
that the company in question, which
was organized outside of Texas, ac-
cepted the restrictive laws of that state
as conditions Of the permit by which it
was admitted to do business, and was
therefore bound by them.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-04-19
TORNADO AT HAMBURG.

Residences and Barns BADLY Wrecked,
but No One HURT.
HAMBURG, April IA tornado did
considerable damage in the north part
of town yesterday, completely wreck
ing Fred Johnson's sheds. corn cribs
and wind mills His stock was CON
siderably injured by flying missiles
and his house was removed from it's
foundation. The residence of Lark
Miller and John Crane We're complete
wrecks. Sllt mo one was erisusly in
jured. There'was cor siderable damage
done to other property in the destruc-
ton of small buildings, etc.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-04-19
RECRUITING STATION TAKEN.

H. / - r.
Americans XIII Fifty-three and Capture
Forty-four Filipinos.
MANILA. April II. Captain Dodd
with 9 s91aaro9 ct thirty cavalry re-
Gently surrounded . village in bangn0t
province and surprised two hundred
Insurgents living in barracks, appar
emily recruiting station for the prov
ince. The enemy lost SO killed and "A
prisoners. The village was burned.
One American was wounded.
MANILA, April IS. -Gen. Young re-.
ports that 300 insurgent rifemen and
Bolomen attacked the American gar
rison at Batoc, province of North lii
cos, but were repulsed, losing LOG men.
The Americans had no casualties.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-04-19
he tenement house committee OF

The tenement house committee OF
The No6u <-dIsr 1s.ffe15r clubs, having
effected great improvements in the
housing Of the New York poor, now
presents some figures which must APP
peal even to- the greediest of capital
lists. Buildings erected on sanitary
principles, with plenty OF light and
air. water, heating facilities and other
conveniences, are paying dividends of
from twelve to fifteen per cent, while
the squalid and unhealthy dwellings
beside them can hardly be forced to
yield five and six per cent. In one
tenement house the average rent of
rooms is eighty-five cents week,
and the room has at least one window
with clear sunlight. For every tenant
there is running water and steam heat,
together with free bath and laundry
privileges in the basement. This
building has never paid less than 10
per cent, while the dilapidated and I'M
comfortable houses which adioin it
bay only per cent. Here is some
thing for the landlords to think about.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-04-19
BYERs IS OUT OF THE RACE.
situation In the Ninth District is Con
siderably Altered,


siderably Altered.
LOGAN, April I'LL, w. Byers has
withdrawn from the congressional
Contest in the Ninth district. The
cause of the withdrawal Of ex-Speaker
Byers is purely local considerations in
Shelby county and out of respect for
his friendship to Judge Macy, his fell
low townsman The candidates who
are asking for the republican nomina-
ton for congressman from this district
are Hon. L. d. Swan, of Atlantic;
Judge Macy of Shelby; exc Congressman
A. i. Hager, of Greenfield, and Judge
Walter I. Smith, of Council Bluffs.
Others have been mentioned, but these
four seem to be the only ones who are
actively in the field and asking for
support.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-04-19
james russell for Boies.

ALBANY, N. Y. April H. The Times
Union says. Games j. Russell, Of
New York, formerly democratic leader
of the Iowa house of representatives,
when asked whom he thought would
be nominated at the Kansas City con-.
vention, said: Out of eight different
gentlemen whose names have been
suggested for the nomination for pres
ident, my own notion is that Horace
Boies, the ex-governor of Iowa, is the
STRONGEST sn
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-04-19

The so-called ..spooner bill, I" which
mas been reported to the senate by the
committee on the Philippines, is pro-
yisional measure which puts the adj
,ninistration Of the islands wholly in
the hands Of the president until fur
ther action by congress. The authors
ty conveyed is practically the same as
that under which the president has
administered affairs in Hawaii, and the
bill issclosely modelled upon the act Of
1903, which gave President Jefferson
temporary authority over the territory
included in the Louisiana purchase.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-04-19
IN SOUTH AFRICA.

Report That Beers Are Preparing to
Remove to North.
LONDON, April 1.-THE Bloemfon-
TEN correspondent of the Daily News,
telegraphing Saturday, says:
president Kruger attended con-
ference of the Boer commandments at
Brandfort on Thursday. 1t is believed
that a decision was reached to with
draw the Transyaal forces to the north
of Vet river, preparatory tosa general
retirement across the Yaal river. if
hard pressed, leaving the Free Skaters
to their own resources
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-04-19
LIONS LED BY ASSES.
London Leader Thinks This is the Case
at BlOemfnnfain.

London Leader Thinks This is the Case
at l3loemfontein.
LONDON, April ! 1.-THE Leader says:
Reports from Boer as well as from
British sources are to the effect that
our losses near the Bloemfontein rail-
way are truly lamentable. They show
distinctly a lack of care and leading.
In the face of surprises we seemed ut
.terly without resources and relied only
on pluck. That is a safe card in play,
but q costly one. Lions led by asses
was the old description of the British
army, but we thought we had learned
something of late years in commits
stoned ranks. What light does this
war throw upon that possibility?"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-04-19
Grent ships for the Pacific.

President Hill Of the Great Northern
Railroad says that for his proposed
transpacific steamship line he has or
dered vessels that will carry 10000
tons, or q measurement capacity OF
over $4,000 tons. In other words. he
Will have IN operation, eighteen
mouths hence, vessels equal In carry
ing capacity to the Campanta and the
aLucania combined. The deck room 81
y = reesel win amount to oyer fye
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-04-19
situation around Elandslaa gte.

LONDON, April ] ga special dispatch
from Elandslaagte, dated Wednesday,
says: Fighting was renewed beyond.
Elandslaagte this afternoon. The
Beers steadily advanced upon the Brit
ish positions. There was continuous
rlhe hfe ana an, me boer pig guns ). were m
and after two hours of fighting the
Beers were checked. .
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-04-19
DECIDES AGAINST CLARE.

Senate Committee on Privileges Declares
His Seat Vacant.
WASHINGTON, April 1.-THE senate
committee on privileges and elections
decided unanimously in favor of un-
seating Clark of Montana. The report
declares the seat Of Clark vacant but
does not expel.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-04-19

There is practically coal famine
In Europe, mainly due to labor trou-
bles in France, Germany, Saxony ana
Austria. The consequent stoppage of
mining has resulted In an increased
demand for foreign coal, with vastly
Increased importation from America,
The London Statist, in calling atten-
lion to the immense coal area 2t The
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-04-19
HARRISON IS NOT a CANDIDATE
Refuses to Accept Democratic Nomina-
tIon for Governor OF Illinois.

Refuses to Accept Democratic Nomina-
tion for Governor OF Illinois.
CHICAGO, April 16. Mayor Carter
Harrison has come out unequivocally
in opposition to his nomination by the
democratic state convention for the.
sgovernorship of Illinois and given his
reasons at length. In giving his rea-.
sons, Mayor Harrison said that in case
he should be elected he would have to
take his seat as governor in January
of next year and the city of Chicago
would be without a mayor. It would
rest with the council to select my sue
cessor," he said, land do not believe
the people who elected me to the may
orally wish to leave the election of the
next mayor to the present lrepubliears
city council. =
END OF A DRINKING CARoUsAL.
Prominent Chicago Capitalist Mortally
Wounded.
CIIIcAGo, April 16.-Rufus Wright, a
millionaire, and treasurer Of the firm
Of Morgan & Wright, bicycle tire man
dfacturers, is lying at the point of
leath in the Leland hotel, shot through
the neck by a bullet from the revolver
of Mrs. Louisa Lottridge. of Pawpaw,
Mich. The shooting occurred in the
apartments occupied by the woman.
Mrs. Lottridge was placed under
arrest. A friend who had spent sew
eral hours with her previous to the
shooting was also arrested. She gives
her name as Mrs. Ida Koss.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-04-19
THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1900

Now that the name OF Michigan
! town has been changed to "Cronje,,
At becomes really imperative that AM
orleans should begin to practice on the
4 correct pronunciation Of the word
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-04-19

Auditor of State Frank Merriam is
at Colorado Springs and the depart
lnent at the capitol is IN receipt of a
long letter from him Conveying the
intelligence that he is getting along
nicely.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-04-19
SHIPPERS MUST PAY TAX.
Decision as to Use of stamps ON Express
Packages.

DectStOn AS to Use OF stamps OH Express T.
Packages.
i WASHINGTON, April II. The supreme
court has decided the case involving
the stamp act as it applies to express
packages. the question involved being.
whether the shipper or carrier shall
pay internal revenue charges on pack
ages. The opinion was handed down
by Justice White and was favorable to
the express companies. There were
two cases before the court involving
the question at issue, but the opinion
is based upon the case of the American
Express Company VS.. Attorney General
Maynard, of the state of Michigan.
The case came to the supreme court
from decision of the state supreme
court Of Michigan. which decision was
adverse to the claims Of the express
companies. The opinion just rendered
reversed this opinion.
EMPEROR OR IsIPosTORe
China man Arrested Mt wuchang Says II es
Is the Emperor.
VICTORIA, b. G., April 1T he
. : = .F1ff
steamer Rio Jun Maru, which has just
arrived here from the Orient, brings q
strange story of a Chinaman who was
arrested at Wnchang. After lying in
jail and being beaten he proclaimed
himself to be the emperor. He claimed
lhe had escaped from the palace, where
he had been imprisoned by the empress
dowager, and had since been travelling;
incognito. He possessed documents.
bearing the seal of the court Of Picking,
Identifying him as the emperor.
Captured Eleven Gums.
I: PREToRIA, April 10 III IL officially
announced here that at the Bloemfon-
TEN waterworks the republican forcea
captured eleven D ficers and seq men.
with eleven gnns, two amInuni tion
- frxSTSn ~ n
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-04-19

1t is roughly estimated at the audi
tors office that the legislative session
thisyear, including salaries of of mem
bers and employees, printing, and all
charges properly to be made to that
account, cost about $135,Oo0 This is a
little more than the session of two
years ago, because the late session was
a few days longer, covering eighty
eight days
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-06-10
BURNED A HUNDRED YEARS.
Colorado Mountain whol Perpetual Fire
 Cannot Be Quenched.


 For 100 years and perhaps much longer a mountain in Colorado has been on fire. It is situated but short distance west of Newcastle, and the shadow of it's smoke envelopes the town at o'clock every evening. The people of the region have become so accustomed to it that they pay little or no attention to the phenomenon. To the stranger whereabouts, however, the glittering patches of deep red fire, where it breaks out on the side of the mountain and is exposed to view. there is nothing in all the state quite it's equal. The fire is fed by a big vein of coal which the mountain contains. Just how the coal became ignited is not known. The oldest resident says 1t was on fire when he came and the Ute Indians, who once lived there, say 1t was burning many years before the first white man crossed the continen- tai divide. The sufposition is that the coal was ignited by forest fire at an early date in the present century. It has smoldered and steadily burned un- til this day. At night when the moon is dark is the best time to see the fire. Then it is that it resembles the re- gions of inferno as given us in the word painting of Dante. The earth covering the coal is ioosencd by the heat aud falls away, exposing the sheet of fire. The escaping gas probably as- sists in stripping off the rocks and dirt and wherever the vein of coal ap- breaches the surface the fire can be seen. The first fire I saw was fully fifty feet square, It had a peculiar red tint, while the burning gas coming up at the base of the coal vein added a bright color to the scene. In many places the surface of the mountain has sunk, showing where the fire has burned ont it's course. Efforts have been made to extinguish the fire Some time ago a company which owns { large amount of coal land constructed ditch from a point several miles above the mountain, into which it suc- eeeded in turning the water which goes to form Elk creek. Previously a shaft had been sunk in the mountain, and into this shaft the water was permitted to flow. The shaft was soon filled, but the fire was above the level of the water, and the effort was a failure.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-06-10
An Old parisian randmark.

One of the old Parisian landmarks which will soon be leyeled to the ground is the historic mansion once occupied by Queen Hortense. Queen Hortense was so unhappy in her mar siage to Louis Bonaparte that she spent but little of her time in the royal palace at the capital in Holland. She resided chiefly in Paris, at No. IT, in the Rue La Fitte, where she occupied the mansion which has since been redolent with the memories of her life. Of re- cent years it las been the residence of the Turkish ambassador, but every body knows it as the old home of Queen Hortense. Here the royal youth who subsequently became Napoleon III. of France spent much of his early life. The front of the mansion has never been considered specially beautiful, but on the interior there are still many traces of the glory which once belonged to the mansion in former days. The old building, with the grounds adja- cent. will be destroyed to make room for another street which is now being orened in the French capital.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-06-10

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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-06-10
nreun,ennam. .anner.

Medmenham Abbey, Bucks, England. standing on ground which Danish tra- dition has made it's own, and almost washed by the Thames, is in the mar ket, after being restored at cost of s10,000. Little real trace had re- mained of the old monastic house, founded by the Cistercians in 1900, and the picturesque remains were those of manor of the Duffields, who held .he property from the time of the dis solution till ITS. In the middle of that century a set of pseudo Fran eiseans' came into occupation of the abbey, an order whose rites and cere- monies would have mortified the old Cistereian tenants. Baeehic revelry, devil- worship and other practices were aseribed to the bloods of the days who forefathered at Medmenham, with Sir Francis Dashwnod as their presiding genius. The story goes that one night, in the midst of the monks , orgies, the party were overwhelmed with ter- TOT at the apparition of huge ape, which had been lowered down thC chimney. For once, they thought the object of their attentions had appeared ip person, and the meetings came to a sudden end. The notorious Wilkes was eue of them.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-06-10
THE DAYS OF oUILL PENS.
An Accomplished schooimaster's Won
 derfui Effects in Fiourishes.


 The art of cutting quill by adept "quill-drivers" was dying when I first began schooling, Says Notes and Quer- ies. Steel pens had been known for some time, but were not in general use. The goose quill pen died hard death as commonly writing tool. My first sehoolmaster was q first-rate hand at cutting a quill, and he could use it with wonderful effects in fiourishes. 1t was his boast that he could fill the first page of a lads school book with name, age, date and fiourishes-in which were depicted wonderful swans and other birds-in such fashion that none but experts like himself could tell where the quill pen was taken from the paper for a fresh dip. My last master could neither cut quill nor use one with ad- vantage. Quills as pens remained in use in some houses as the only writ ing tool up to a dozen or twenty years ago. Those who can cut decent writing quill are now few. People uoeu lO dSh lOI d Qditt pehs oA O quil..e when they wanted q pen, and both steel and quill were always called pens, buyers asking for fine or other @nibss or 'nebss Nowadays nearly all ask for tnibs' when they require pens. The word pen has almost dropped out of usage, except to express the pen and holder combined. Persons in- variably ask for box of 'nibs,' ap- bearing to lose sight of the fact that nib" or "neb" is point and that the points of pens alone are not to be had. One would think that in these days of much schooling teaeers would define "pen" from point or nib" but, they, too, ask for "nibs9 when they mean "pens" Children only know a pen as a holder and pen combined. They ask for @nibs', or pen nibs,'' and asked if they do not mean "pens," the reply isi No, nibs!'