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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-01-18
LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS.
SENATE.

SENATE.
Des MOines Jan. 9-After some routine bus.
mess OF minor Importance the president an
nounced the reception OF the governors message
and the secretary began to read the document.
An interruption came in the way Of message
took advantage of the opportunity to move that,
iin,as.mMch as the message was to be printed,
ried by o vote Of 81 to ~. The house message
for o joint caucus to canvass the vote for gov.
ernor and lieutenant governor ut $50 was
2:30, when the senate met with the house In
joint session.
The governors message was delivered by
motion OF Prentis was ordered printed in the
journal. This dispensed with the reading OF the
document. Without transacting any business
OF Importance the house adjourned till the hour
set for the joint session.
JOINT SESSION.
The house and senate ret in joint session az
2:3O for tho purpose of canvassing the vote for
governor and lieutenant governor. The follow.
ing was the result announced: Vote for gov
ernor-Shaw, 23g,464 White, 1874, O03; Atwood,
1esi; L liz ' 1897; Kramer, ~; Heacock 4sa;
majority, q, sss. Vote for lieutenant governor
Milliman, 23ssl0 Bemis, l7s,550; Pugsly, 1925;
H l5a n, lalY; Cromer, 6; Leonard 4sS total,
majority. 49,76s The teliers 'H were Senator
Hobart, of Cherokee, and Representative Ed
wards, OF Butler. Upon the announcement Of
were declared duly elected governor AID lieu
tenant governor respectively.
SENATE.
Des Moines. Jan. l0.--Bills were introduced as
follows: By Titus, to prohibit the manufacture
OF pearl buttons in state pententiaries; by Ball,
providing for an appropriation of 100000 for the
State University, US we'll as a lesser one of SlO.
tinuance Of the present ITO mill tax for the
period OF five years; asking that the state re.
move the condition coupled to a recent grant of
property to the university; by Lewis, for the
building OF permanent roads throughout the
state the expense to be borne, half by the
hitting savings banks to receive deposits equal
to ten times their capital plus their surplus; by
Titus, joint resolution providing for such
amendment to the constitution as will provide
biennial elections. A bill relinquishing juris-
di .sd over grounds acquired by the United
loosa and CreSton was passed.
Bills to relinquish jurisdiction on grounds ut
Clinton Oskaloosa and Creston passed. A bill
TO provide for the payment of necessary add
tional help for the legislature by approprial4ng
$500 was also passed. No other business Of
importance was transacted
SENATE.
Des Moines, Jan. 1.-THE session was unin-
portant, the only action of interest being the
selection OF Senator Hartman Of Franklin
county, as president pro TEN. After the
inaugural ceremonies the senate recon-
Vened and the standing committees were an
JOINT SESSION.
The house convened at 80 and the senate ap-
pearing the two houses went into joint session.
The convention being declared legally formed,
the members proceeded to the auditorium,
where the inaugural ceremonies took place.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-01-18
Ter Cut on by a Safe.

FosEsT CITY, Jan. IA terrible acct
dent occurred at Crystal Lake, in which
brother ofC. M. Hyjerlied, the cashier
of the bank at Crystal Lake, lost one
of his legs. While assisting in unload
ing a heavy safe for the bank, the safe
fell in such way as to catch young
Hjerlied and completely sever one of
his legs from his body. When picked
UP the severed leg was at least ten
feet from the body and was cut off as
clean as though done with an axe.
Young Hjerlied lives in Wisconsin and
was on visit to his brother. At last
accounts he seemed in fair way to
pull through.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-01-18
BIsEyITIES.

The democratic members of the legis-
lature have nominated Fred White for
senator.
The committee on nlilitary affairs
in the lower house of acted
favorably on bill establish mil.
itary post at Des Moines.
An unsuccessful attempt was made
"a few days ago to rob the state
bank at Earlville. The burglars
drilled hole in the big safe, but
something occurred that frightened
them away. So rapid was their fight
that they left their tools and a guam
tity of dynamite.
The State Agricultural Society. at it's
recent meeting, adopted resolution
providing that the society join with
the sheep breeders in appealing to the
legislature to re-enact the dog law in
force some years ago. The law pro-
vided for tax on dogs to be turned
into the counties treasures and used
to reimburse farmers for the amounts
they lose by their sheep being killed
by dogs not their own.
Des Moines dispatch: The anti-saloon
league reports that it has been success
fnl during the past year in defeating
saloon petitions in about fifteen coun-
ties in tie state. This announcement
was made in the course of Superinten-
dent II. II. Abrams report at the OPEN
i'm of the annual meeting in Des
Moines. Among the counties in which
the petitions for saloons have been de-
feated, he reported. are Keoluls. Fay
cite. Cherokee, Tama. Appanoose, Ma
haslza, johnson, Boone, Wright, Sac
and Audubon.
j. A. Kleppisch. dealer in fine
queensware and china at Burlington,
assigned in favor of his credi-
tors, most of whom are eastern firms.
His liabilities amount to $4,000, and
his assets, consisting of stock and fur
nishings, will be sufficient to cover
the debts. Among the creditors are
the following Chicago firms, in
amounts ranging from s12 to $500:
Simpson, Hall & Miller, Hefter & Weyl,
Plume & Atwood Mfg. Co., vaughn's
Seed company, and D. Messenger.
The cause of the trouble was a poor
season and inroads by local depart
ment stores.
Countil Bluffs dispatch: The cor
oner's inquest over the death of Esther
Yates, the girl from Tabor, who died
as the result of the discharge of ply
sicians and the employment of the
services of a faith healer. has been COM
pleted. The jury returned verdict
to the effect that the mother of the
girl and Silas James, an Omaha faith
cure, were responsible for the death of
the girl. DIR. Ballinger testified that
he was attending the girl and she was
recovering, when her mother dis
charged him and substituted the faith
healer. The latter denies that he adj
vised the mother to discharge the reg
ular physician and that hesrendered
his services merely as minister oi,the
gospel and at the REQUEST of the
mother. He seeks to shift ali the le-
AHnalafi}ailit6 Mother.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-01-18
Russian Designs in Persia.

LONDON, Jan. 1.-THE Calcutta cor
respondent of the Daily Mail says:
''While the official statement that no
alarm is felt regarding Afghanistan is
quite true, have good reason to be-
lieve that the Indian government has
received disquieting information re-
garding Russian movements in the di-
rection Of Persia. Russia is taking
advantage of the Transvaal trouble to
strengthen her ornaments and to push
forward her outposts along the Persian
frontier, with view of ulti ate
action, design in which Germany
would probably acquiesce in considera-
ton Of receiving railway concessions. =
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-01-18
DISEASE WORSE THAN BULLETS.
Terrible Condition of the English Troops
at Ladysmitll.

Terrible Condition of the English Troops
at Ladysmith.
LONDON, Jan. 13.-The death list
from 'enteric fever and dysentery at
Ladysmith, averaging from eight to
ten daily, is considered more serious
than the 420 casualties of Saturdays
fight, as they indicate the frightful
unsanitary condition of the beleaguer-
ed town. A letter from Ladysmith.
dated December z, says that even then
80 out of $40 men in the battalion of
which the writer was member were
sick with dysentery or enteric fever,
and according to a dispatch to the
Daily Chronicle, dated January 8, the
patients and attendants in Tomb
Camp. where the hospital is, then
numbered 8. 800
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-01-18
England Must Stop shipping Mules from
the United Statea

England Must Stop shipping Mules from
the United States.
New ORLEANS, La, Jan. 1e.-An or
der was received here by the British
consul and British officer stationed
here to cease at once all purchases and
shipment of mules. There are now
three transports here awaiting cargoes
OF mules and two on the way here.
There are $500 mules in the city, half
Of them aboard ship and half waiting
shipment, and $500 on their way here
from Kansas City and st. Louis. No
explanation whatever is given of this
order, but one is promised.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-01-18
DEMANDS PUNISHMENT.
Italian Government Says Lynchers NJ,
he Adequately Punished.

italian Government Says Lynchers Must
lie Adequately Punished.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.-The italian
government has, signifed to the United
States that the persons guilty of
lynching five Italians at Talulah, La,
last spring, must be punished. Here
tofore, in the case of the lynching of
Italians, the matter has been compro-
missed by the payment of an indem-
nifty, but this does not meet the pres
ent demands of the Italian government.
AS under the existing law the trial
and prosecution of such cases are left
entirely to the state authorities, the
national government is we'll nigh help
less to meet the request Of TIL. Italian
government.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-01-18
GIVES TO pBAKE UNIVERSITY.

Former Governor Drake Adds sse,5 800
to His Donation.
Dies MONIES, Jan. 14.-Former Gov
ernor f. M. Drake, of Centerville, for
whom Drake University. Of Des Moines,
is named, has increased his donations
to that institution $4,000, which will
be used in making immediate necessary
Improvements. He says he hopes to
see the university have an endowment
of.$1 900. 900, and expects to furnish at
least one fourth of that sum.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-01-18
OPERATIONS IN PHILIPPINES.
Stubborn Battle IN Which Filipinos Are
Badly DefeRted.

MANILA, Jan. 12.-Colonel Bullard,
with the Thirty-ninth infantry, NOV
ing in three columns from Calamba
with two guns, attacked ten companies
of insurgents strongly entrenched on
the Santa Tomas road. They resisted
stubbornly, making three stands.
Twenty-four' rebels were killed and
sixty prisoners taken. The Filipinos
reiterated. carrying their wounded,
toward Lake Taal. One American
was killed and two officers slightly
wounded.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-01-18
Grimm VIII Quit.

CLEAR LAKE. Jan. 16.-Charles NJ.
Grimm, winner of the great American
handicap trophy and the worlds fair
wing shot prize, has announced his
intention of retiring from active shoot
ing and hereafter will take part in
only the bigger shoots. He assigns
his reason that the circuit no longer
offers shooter any inducements in
the way of pr esS He will devote
himself to his Nocl1 farm.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-01-18
AspHYXIATED,

Two iowa Men Killed by Gas in a New
York Hotel.
NEW YORK, Jan. 16.-Two young
men, John Woessner and George Leh-
man, German farmers from Ackley,
Iowa, on their way back to their for
mer home in Germany for visit, put
up at the ''True Blue" Second ave-
nue. hotel. One of them blew out the
gas and Woessner's dead body was
found, with Lehman in an unconscious
condition, lying beside IL. Lehman
died at the hospital.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-01-18
Boer Strength.

LONDON, Jan. 1a.-An apparently
well informed correspondent of the
Morning Post says: ..The Boer
strength, originally $4,000 men is now
heavily augmented by Cape Colonists
and the enemy's fighting forces may
be estimated fairly at 100. 600 men and
2O6 guns. The Yoers are not compelled
to guard their. Eommunicati ons. Their
rs sssss !: - plenty
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-01-18
BIackburn EIected.

FRANKFoRT, Ky, Jan. H. Roth
houses of the legislature met sin joint
session yesterday and compared the
ballots for United States senator taken
by each house separately Tuesday and
declared Blackburn elected.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-01-18
Patience Has Limits.

BHELIa, Jan. 12.-The Berlin Post,
a paper which has handled the British
seizures in very moderate way, says
that the patience of the Germans has
it's limits, and that the practice of seiz-
ing small steamers must lead to grave
concanuapcas
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-01-18
aNiwa j. Ar. carnesie's Fist.

o,.rSMwA. q. le.-Andrew Car
neg .lri obably endow Ottumwa
with a $4,000 library. The only re-
stricting proviso is that the city shall
vote $1,000 tax to maintain the in
stitution. This has been brought
about through the instrumentality of
he Ottumwa Morning Press and Col
onel Robert II. Moore, editor of the
Saturday Herald.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-01-18
Iowa Agricultural Society Election.

iowa Agr1cuItura! Society Election.
Dies MONIES, jan. 12.-The State Ag-
ricultural Society elected the following
officers: President, Robert johnson,
of Humboldt; vice-president, j. c..
Frasier, ct bloomfield; secretary,
George Fl. Van Houten. One new di-
rector, w. c. Brown, of Clarion. was
elected, and four of the old directors
were reelected. The secretary's re-
port showed $4,000 in the treasury.
A resolution was adopted urging the
i6i6latpSe ,tc 6Rale the society state
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-01-18
LOSSES WERE VERY GREAT.
British Story of Casualties in Ladysmi
Ito nIr

British Story Of Casualties In Ladysmitll
Attack.
LONDON, Jan. 1.-THE Daily Mail
says:
1--WE learn that in the attack on
Ladysmith last Saturday, January G.,
the British losses were IA officers
killed, "a wounded and over 800 non
commissioned officers and men killed
or wounded. The Boer losses, we
hear, are esti1,ated at between 1000
Anunco pied rumor is current
in the eli, b in the day, that q
battle Is ging ut Tugela river.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-01-18
WHAT DEWEY REALLY SAID.
Confident He Could Capture Spanish Nav
ard Manila In Day.

Confident He Gould Capture Spanish Navy
and Manila In a Day.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.-Responding
TO the senates resolution OF INQUIRY,
the secretary of the navy sent to the
senate Admiral Dewey's report from
Hong Kong, dated March 81, 1898, rel
alive to the capture of Manila. The
report was made in response to tele-
gram Of inquiry from the secretary.
The admiral gives in detail the names
Of the g1ailabe vessels under his COM
man4and the list of SPANS vessels
tnrother means of defense at Manila.
b stated that his own squadron was
high state of efficiency, and said
Spanish forces numbered $4,000
rs in all the islands, of which
ere in the vicinity of Manila.
- lands are in state of insur-
Detion and my informants state that
even TIN Spanish soldiers. who consti-
tute onl small part of the whole,
are disaf ected. Both the ships and
the fortsl are in need of ammunition"
To this statement he added the fol-
lowing: FL believe that am not over
confdentl in stating that witls1afe
squadron }under my command s'1esg es-
sels could be taken and .as.. 80 es of
lii's.a.ll ! u Hay. sssss
every reason to believe that ~vassE
Manila taken or even blocladed. Xs
rest of the islands would fall, either to
the insurgents or ourselves, as they
are only held through the support OF
the navy and are dependent upon
Manila for supplies. In ormation has
just reached me that there are 5000
armed rebels in camp near Manila who
are willing to assist u.s.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-01-18
Say. Kruger win Reject Young HAY

CHICAGO, Jan. 11.-A special to the
Chronicle from Washington says:
When Adelbert Hay, son of the secre-
tary of state, reaches Pretoria to as
sumo charge of the United States con-
sulate at the capital of the South AT
Eiean republic, he will be informed by
idept Kruger that he is persona
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-01-18
WIN. MussoN DEAD.

Secretary or the Grand Lodge OF Iowa
Odd Fellows Passes Away.
DIES MONIES, Jan. 12.-Wm. Musson,
secretary of the Grand Lodge of Iowa
Odd Fellows, died yesterday. His
death resulted from an operation per-
formed in the hope of saving his life
from vi1ulent attack of liver COM
plant, resulting in abscess. The oper-
alton was performed in the morning
and death came in about six hours.
He passed away without pain, and
surrounded by his entire fars.y.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-01-18
NOW IN PERMANENT QUARTERS.
State Rhetorical Department of Iowa Has
Good Accom- m ida tions.

State Historical Department of Iowa Has
Good Accommoda tions.
DIES MONIES, Jan. 13.-The state his
torical department has moved into it's
handsome new building across the
street diagonally northeast from the
state house. The build ing is not fin
ished and will not be entirely ready
for occupancy for several weeks but
room enough is ready to accommodate
the department in rough way. In
the basement large room will be
used for the newspaper files. The de-
partment has at least two papers from
every county, and they are bound in
volumes, containing from one to three
years. The current issues are also
kept. so they are valuable references.
On the first floor there is general
reading room and ladies' reception
room, the curator's Office and the gen.
eral Offices of the department, where
books and papers are given out, and
the large library room. On the second
floor is the museum and autograph
room, where the large cases contain
ing the relics and chronological and
anthropological materials are stored.
IMthis room may be found an inter-
vesting and unique collection of auto
graphs and biographical matter which
formed the foundation OF the depart
1 'l ssa e' sss: !
lSSS M 10y thai
Laws.
Dies sssTssssln. 1.-THE Iowa
Anti Saloy lie convention adopt
ed resolution Wsyoring 1.-THE passage
of law at the present session of the
legislature whie shall prohibit the
sale Or manuf ure of Intoxicating
liquors within five miles of any lof the
state institutions of learning, as law
of vital value to these institutions and
safeguard which the people of the
state demand for their children sent
out from the care of home. And we
further favor such other temperance
legislation as can be secured, pressing
the demand from year to year, until
Iowa is restored to that happy state in
which the saloon. shall be again an
outlaw" A committee on legislation
was appointed headed by H. H.
Abrams, state superintendent of the
league. Rev. Mott r. Sawyers, of Cen
terville, was elected secretary to sue
coed Rev. c. F. Williams, of Des
Moines. The other officers were re-
elected.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-01-18

DIES MONIES, Jan. 1e, 1900.
1t now seems quite likely that the
long senatorial fight. obscuring all
other considerations for members OF
the legislature, may result in the nom
ination of United States senator's in
the state conventions hereafter. Many
politicians on both sides favor this
plan, as it would greatly reduce the
expense of lengthy wrangle in the
legislature and do away with consid-
cradle amount of triclsery and the dan
ger of bribery.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-01-18
TO TAKE TO THE HILLS.

hin h,SinacS
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-04-01

Church, with interment at Maple
Grove cemetery.
Mr.. w. P. Bridge and Miss Emma
Yates Were married Tuesday by Rev.
w. H. Wiley.
John Morrison is visiting his par
ents at Tryeonnell.
Mrs. NJ. D. Orr is on the sick list
this week
Fred Richardson has accepted a po-
sition as clerk in S. n. Jackson's store
in the Second ward.
Charles Orr, who has been employed
in Baltimore for some time. has re,
turned to his home in this place, and
expects to remain and will assist his
father in experimenting the mines.
Mr.. Ed Gilhart went to Baltimore
to the hospital to be treated for stom-
ach trouble. His wife accompanied
him.
Miss Nellie Gould united with the
Baptist Chrch OF this place on last
Saturday night.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-04-01

continuous performance idea. There
fore. while Mr. Proctor will not get
the Park. 1t Is probable that by the LIST
of October he will be in position to
commence operations in the City Of
Brotherly Love. Incidentally, it may
be worth mentioning that there is abb
solutely no truth in the rumor that
Mr.. Proctor is in negotiation for a
Boston theater. He might have had
one long ago had he been so inclined,
but he very sagely believes that the
field there has about as much OF the
continuous on its hands as 1t can
stand.
OF late another very strong compel
itor to Messrs. Proctor and Keith has
sprung I'D in the firm of Hashim Bros.
These gentlemen took the once prac-
tically defunct Grand Opera House in
Philadelphia, put in continuous per-
| formance and made an enormous sum
of money out Of a theater whlcn was
frequently alluded to among the actors
as the ''morgue." Then the Messrs.
Hashin began to branch out some
what, and now it is thought that they
will succeed in securing the Boston tne-
alter on long lease. 1t this snoulo Dc
done, the house will be given over 10
continuous performance, but near
upon very good authority that even IL
thew should fail to get the Boston,
they will either lease another mouse
! in the Hub or build one. incidentally
the matter of capital will not stand IN
the way of these men, for they are
said to have unlimited backing. There
is a, rumor too, that both Mr.. PROCTOR
and the elder Hashim have been max
ing all sorts of efforts to get sultab-
" located house in Brooklyn for the
exploitation of continuous perform
ance. So far they have failed, but
when men like these go after thing
and have the capital necessary TO
,, inspire confidence on the part or the
owner of the building they may hap
pen to be after it is a pretty safe pre-
diction that they will eventually
"land"
The latest capture of the Hashims is
the Park theater, on which Mr.. Proc
tor had previously bid. Therefore the
City of Brotherly Love will have this
fall four continuous performance
theatres-the Bijou, owned by Keith;
the Park and Grand, controlled by the
Hashims, and the new structure which
will be conducted by Mr.. Proctor.
There are certain other rumors of
deals in the continuous performance
world which have not yet developed
sufficiently to warrant statement as
to their scope 1t may be said, how
ever, that no one need be surprised to
learn that certain continuous per-
Torrance manager has a gigantic plan
on foot which contemplates nothing
| less than the establishment of theaters
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-04-01
PALATINE.

PALATTNE. w. Va, March 31.-Miss
Anna Wilson, after having spent sew
eral weeks visiting friends at Grafton,
returned home Thursday.
Mr.. J. E. Dodd made business trip
to Cameron last Friday.
Miss Bessie Arnett is the guest of
her grandparents at Morgantown this
week.
w. w. Scott left last week for Mar
tinsburg, where he expected to re-
main several days on business.
E carney Richardson, son Of George
Richardson, returned from Allegheny,
Pa, Wednesday, bringing with him
his wife, nee Miss Elizabeth Jackson.
Both Mr. Richardson and wife have
been employed in the Allegheny Gen.
eraI Hospital for some time. They were
married at the First NJ E Church, Al
legheny. last Tuesday. For the pres
ent they will reside with Mr.. Rich
ardson's parents.
Mrs. B. F. Rogers has been quite
sick for the past week.
John Scott and d. d. Leonard at
tended a political gathering at King
wood on Thursday OF last week.
Grace Swindler, daughter OF the late
Job Svindler. and Joe Higginbotham,