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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-01-11

White Il Vail have ira lei the Judd
farm Of 800 acres west of town for u
stock of hardware atTingley AMI a gen.
eral store, store building and residence
at Beaconsfield. j. E. Vail and j. s..
Brown are at Beaconsfield now invoic.
ing the Is. The hardware will prob.
ably be brought. to Garden Grove and
consolidated with that Of the White
Hardware Oo.--Garden Grove Express.
About noon of Tuesday the house
occupied by r. B. Lowell, owned by
Mrs. David Dancer, was burned and
entirely destroyed with all its contents
Mrs. Lowell was at ConwAy's. her hus.
band at the timber and the children at
school, so no one knows how the fire
started. The, house was about 1926
story and a half high, with an addition
one story high, and was worth about
$500. There was some insurance. The
family lost everything they had in the
way of furniture and clothing except
what they had upon their persons, and
are left in condition that makes it
very desirable, in fact imperatively
necessary, that they should be helped
and at once. A paper will be circulated
for the purpose of giving all the oppor.
tunity ofdoing what they, can in this
and we feel sure it will meet
with liberal esponse.-Lamom Pa.
triot.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-01-11

One of the curious dealings of the
United States General Postof1ice came
into w. G. Jeffrey's hands Tuesday. Six.
teen years ago last Nay, "Bid," then in
Council Bluffs, received letter post.
marked plainly, "Sheridan, Montana,
May 20, 1884," It was addressed to
Mr.. William Jeffrey, at Omaha, and had
been forwarded to him at c. b. by par
ties who knew him. On opening it, he
found it was not from any person he
knew, and could not be for him. En-
iorsing it "This letter don't belong to
me. never lived in Omaha. have
correspondents in Montana, but not
this party" he returned to the T. o.
1t went to the dead letter office, was
sealed again With its official seal, endors-
ed by various hands with directions
here and there, stamped twice more at
Omaha and twice at Council Bluffs, yell
low labeled, time stained and irayed.
And Tuesday this letter returned to him.
1t came from the dead letter Office to
HIM at Creston, and was thence forward
ed to him at Osceola. No human being
knows where it has been all this time,
or why it is returned. And he will now
keep it. Here is the entire missiye, evi.
IDENTIFY meant for some other railroad
man, but he knows neither the man nor
the writer. On one side of small, torn
sheet, is girls writing apparently:
"DearU ncle: We have not heard from
you in some time. Aunt Mary is almost
sick worrying about it. Uncle, can you
send the passes? Ii you can, send them
right away. Father wants to go away
from here, and wants to know what VIZ
are going to do. 1t is so dull here there
is nothing going on here. Rob has gone
away already. lam going to send Johr
q letter day after to.morrew. Pleas.
ans. soon. Your niece, Beckie.
"Aunt Mary" next took hand. Or
the other side of this she wrote: s'Sher
idan, May 10, lSS4.-Will why dom
you write and are you ever going to sent
for me if you are not ! wish you would
write and tell me one way or the other
thought you intended to send for M
when you got Paid But | have not hear
from you Since if you don't want me t
send for me let me know as soon as yo
can for must do something will no
stay here much longer knew as mucl
month ago about going as l do no,
write soon Mary" And these are tn
letters that have been going up an
down the United States for sixteen year
almost. Aunt Mary and Beckie neve
got a reply sceola Democrat.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-01-11
Brave Men FAN


Victims to stomach, liver and kidney
troubles as we'll as women, and all feel
the result in loss Of appetite, poisons in
the blood, backache, nervousness. head
ache and tired, listless rundown feeling.
But there's no need to feel like that.
Listen to ]. w. Gardner, Idayille, Ind.
He says: electric Bitters are just the
thing for man when he is run down,
and don't care whether he lives or dies.
1t did more to give me new strength and
good appetite than anything l could
take. can now eat anything and have
new lease on life" Only so cents at
l.. Van Werden's drug store. Every
bottle guaranteed.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-01-11

ton for a cattle anch,-iineville Tri.
bune.
Rev james B. Tins, Alckchi G., ecotah a.
tton, ]. T., says OF Beggs' Blood uritier, the
great blood remedy and system regeneration:
Bothinyself and wife were entirely cured OF
bad cases of scrofula by it," guaranteed
remedy, st Ring merit. McGrath & Still
Woodland. ~ !.
What might have been very seri
Gus affair had it taken different turn
occurred Friday afternoon at the home
of Mr.. ii. R. Harder. 1t happened as
follows: A barrel containing set of
dishes sent to his mother. asa present
by d. o. Harder had been snnpacked,
and the packing material laid at the
door against the house, Intending to
take it to the BARNARD presently. The
little daughter, Jessie, three years old,
procured match and for fun. set fire
to this material, Seeing it blaze ur,
she repaired to the inside Of the house
and asked for water to put out the fire,
and thus the family became aware of the
blaze, which was quickly extinguished.
The weatherr,boarding was burned near.
ly thronLh, and The window sill eiarred
la ily.-lanlUni Patriot
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-01-11

Archbishop Corrigan has transmitted
to the clergy Of his diocese a do cree
fTeni the vatican bearing Upon the cee.s
bration of the jubilee Of tie holy wear.
One effect of the decree will begto make
difficult the n,aIiiage Of II Catholic 10 d
Protestant by priest in 1900. Mixe,i
marriages as they IRE commonly termed,
are custom .rily 'ailuwe,i only by ,iispen.
sation of the bishop, but FOR holy year
this power is suspended. In the cir6 uis e
Archbishop Corrigan says the pope sus.
ponds the special features to ordinaries
of.the dioceses, SO that at this season.
particularly, Rome should be. the great,
fountain ofmercy and spiritual favors
for Catholics of the entire world.
This is understood in the Catholic cir.s
cles to mean that only by applying d.
rectsto Rome shall dislensations be
granted during the year 1900.
Millions Given Away.
IL is Certainly gratifying toihe public
to know of one concern in the land Who
are not afraid to be generous to the
ne My and suffering. The prprietols of
DIR. Kings New Discovery Tor Consunlp.
ton, Coughs and Colds 'haye given
away oyer ten million trial bot ties Of this
great medicine and have the satisfaction
OF knowing it has absolutely cured
thousands of hopeless casrs Asthma,
Bronchitis, Hoarseness and all diseases
of the throat, chest'and lungs are surely
cured by it. Call on l.. Van Werden
Druggist, and get free trial bottle.
Regular size 80 cents ST.. Every bottle
guaranteed or price refunded
y
The man who wrote the following has
evidently been through the mill. Listen
to what says Of the defeat ed candidate
"a defeated candidate is Of few DAYS
and full of prunes In infancy he is full
of collie and catnip tea, and in old age
he il full of cuss words and bad whisky.
In his youth his mother taketh him
across her knee and sweeteneth his life
with her slipper, and when he is a man
grown the sheriff pursu.th him through
the allies and all the days Of his life.
lie spreadeth like bay tree. He getteth
into office and his friends get around
him like flies to !, sugar barrel. lie
swelleth with vanity. He cutteth much
ice for time, but lie is hewn at the
next convention and is cast into the
salt box; and his name is boomers.
Out of office and out friends, he soon.
goeth busted. He lieth down beside the
still waters of the COW pasture; he
goeth to sleep and a neighbours goat
eateth his last shirt from his back. He
dieth out of the world and goeth where
it is warm enough without clothes, and
the last end Of that man was worse than
the first.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-01-11

P.J Els ex prominent attorney OF Golden
City, Mo-. writes: II was troubled for years
with piles: one box Baggs German Save cur
ed me-" It has cured thousands, after surgi.
cal operations and all other remedies had fail
ed: 1t is guaranteed to cure. McGrath 4
Still, Woodland ss573
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-01-11

Seasoned native lumber, dimension
stuff AMI bridge plank, material f.1
barns and barn frames always on hand.
f. d. CLOSE.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-01-11

Cleanses and renovates the system, cures
dyspepsia and liver troubles,-makes new,
rich blood,-Beggs' Blood Purifier. Cured
me of bad case Of blood dtsorder.-John
Wisener, Chippewa Falls, Wis. McGrath &
Still Woodland,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-01-11
RED Hot From the Gun

Was the ball that hit G. B. Steadman
of Newark, Mich, in the Civil War.
1t caused horrible Ulcers that no treat
ment helped for 20 years. Then Buck.
lens Arnica salve cured him. Cures
Cuts, Bruises, Burns, Boils, Felons,
Corns, Skin Eruptions. Best Pile cure
on earth. Sold by L. Van Werden
Druggist.
Money to Loan on improved farms at
9. Z and 8 per cent. interest for 5, q to 10
yearstime. F. vARaA 4 Son.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-01-11

Syrup: it cured me Of throat and lung trou.
Bile Of many years standing. Mrs. J. Brem
EN-, Rifle. Colo. Cures coughs colds, asthma,
bron chitis, la grippe, pneumonia. whOoping
&C ug ID, Group and consumption. McGrath &
Still. Woodland
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-01-11

I. b. Adair, of Woodland, Decatur
county, had a thrilling experience a
week or two ago at the mines near
Joplin, Mo. He and his brother Jesse
are operating mine down there and
Tom went over to Jesse's one evening to
see him on business, and it being We'd
nesday night proposed that they 60 to
prayer meeting, Jesse is preacher of
no small repute in that region) but Tom
said he would 20 to his boarding place
as he would have to work hard the next
day, so he started but had not gone far
when the earth seemed to swallow him.
After falling what he thought to be
about four hundred feet he struck a
slope and slid down to the bottom
where he landed about knee deep in
mud and water. He had fallen into an
old unused shaft about forty feet deep.
How he spent the night may be i'm.
agined. Next morning, as he did not
appear at the works, search was
instituted and finally he was discovered
and hauled out; -eesseeaaping with a few
slight bruises.
[. MORAL: Always attend prayer meet.
Tribune.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-01-11
Working Mont and Dav

The busiest and mightiest little thing
that ever was made is DR.. Kings New
Life Pills. Every pill is a sugar. coated
globule of health, that changes weakness
into strength, listlessness into energy,
brain.fag into mental power. They're
wonderful in building up the health.
Only rs cents per box. Sold by l.. Van
Werden.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-01-11
FROM Our NEIGHBOURS.
Some Very Interesting Articles which we Clip
from our Exchanges.

s.W. Wallace, Of the Wallace hotel,
took the the train Tuesday morning for
Western Oklahoma where lie will spend
a few days or weeks looking for a locu.
ton fora cattle ranch.-i.ineville Tri.
bune.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-04
SURRENDERED TO GEN. YOUNG
nounce Insurrection aud Take
Oath of Allegiance.

Washington. Dec g-Thc War Depart
mcrt to-day rcc,ivcd the following dis
plteh telling OF hc voluntary surrender
Of a largc number ~ iusurrcctos 60 Gen.
Young ai Santa Maria. Tho omission la
thc telegram comes ~ faulty transmis ion
or an Inability 20 plausioiy dccipher thc
missing words:
"Nialacanau. Manila -Adiutant General
Washington Two thousand one hundred
ana eighty Katipuntu insurrcctos whom
Couslquo enrolled tbolomem came from
mountains and surrendered 60 Con. sam
uel b. NJ Young to-day at Santa Maria.
rhey rcnouuced insurrccuon and sworc
allegiance 70 the United states. Tho oath
was administered by che padre priesD at
the church with impressive religious cerc-
monies Gen Young attributes the SUR
render 20 the Presidents reelection and
Vigorous prosecution ~ thc war. Although
no rifles surrendered this Is important
Is indicating a reaction amoug the poo-
ple Moyatac columns under
sam5r Pauay. commenced operations.
TVcnty-ciehth Regiment United States
Volunteer Infantry eocs TO Mhudanao.
Macarthur.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-04
STORY OF AWFUL SLAUGHTER.
Governor of shan - said 20 Have
Have Becn the Author of Most
Atroc1ous OnfrnEe~.

Berlin. Dec 3-A special dispatch from
China 10 the Volks Zeltung reports "a
fearful mission slaughter in the province
OF shan S. The first victims. The disc
patch says. were a Catholic hlshop and
his coadjutors and four European priests.
Fr1uclsclus. Italians and French.
The governor invited them 90 his house
for befbor prateoton. but on arrival ihsir
hands were uod Then the governor him-
SELF poignarIed them an Next the ro-
ernor went TO che bishops residence with
q number of soldiers and seized stX Mar
settles sisters. Ho promised them money
and distinguished husbands " they would
renouncc Christianity. which oner they
unanimously rejected Thereupon Tho
governor poiguaried them and also q
number of Chinese priests. thirty Chinese
sisters and two hundred orphans from 3
20 l6 years of age
Fifteen semluarists WHO had hidden
themselves in clsteru. were, the dis
patch says. tied 20 stakes ana forced 20
drink the blood of the nrs, victims They
were then killed
a Chinese priest ana two Christians
who attempted to escape were caught and
PUT in a small hut. where they were
burned.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-04
cation Of resignation to be- made in the

cation of a resignation 20 be- made IN the
future.
THE Speaker stated That iu4smuch as
objection had been made. Air Conuor
would step aside until the protest had
been disposed of.
The Speaker announced the appdlnt-
mcnt ot Mr. Babeoek of Wisconsin on
tHe Committee ou Ways ana Meuns 10
succeed Mr. poluy,r.
Tho Speaker appointed Me-srs Payne.
Republican. or Nsw York. Gro-Neuor RE-
publican. of Ohio. aud Richardson. pem-
octat Cf Tennessee. a. Iatn the Commit
.ec Of t1e Serate to RaIt ou the Prcsl-
dent The clerk OF the House also was
directed To give similar notice a. the
senate at.cr which recess was taken
until o'clock ON re4s-emhliug Mr
PAYNE announced the President would
communicate Immediately ln wrlflur
Vhcr,urou Ma prUden. ONE OF the
Fresidouts secretaries. announced enc
message WHICH, hy ihe direction of the
speaker. was Immediately laid before the
House. The reading 81 tho message was
hours aud ten minutes There were no
demonstrations during the reading
The deaths of the latc Rcpresentative
Hoenccksr ot Delaware the late Repre-
sentative Daiy OF New jersey. tine late
Senator Gear OF Iowa and the bate Senl-
tor Davis OF MiuureotA. wore announced
and after fhe adoption of resolutions ~
ruerct the House. as further mark ui
respect 90 the memory OF the deceased
statesmen. ne f.-p g.. IN. adjourned.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-04
nnIrIsn rnEss COMMENTS.
How London Editors negard Presi-
dent McINinIey'- message.


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The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-04
CONGRESS- CONVENED
READING OF THE MESSAGE THE
sTNATE's CHIEF BUSINESS.
WAS CAREFULLY FOLLOWED.
srNATE CHAMBER FRA AGRANr
WITS FLORAL PIECES.

oath Of omcc Administered 10 the
N~v senator From Ncrmont. al
iinm =. DininEham-senate Ad-
t,urns AT the Close of the Mes
.nae.s Heading a~ Mark of Re-
.prct 60 the Memory of the Late
..nntnr Davis and senator Genr.
.r.ngton. Dec. SIN the Senate to-
IS, sna work of the short session 81 the
+ sixth Congress was successfully
..HtI.
original purpose OF The Senate TO
announce the death Of Senators Gear Of
l, and Davis Of Minnesota immediate
rer assembling and then 60 adjourn
s. a receive the message Of che Prcsi-
s.. to-morrow was put aside IN ouder 90
oae day iu q session when that much
in may De- IL immense importance.
t.l. from the reading OF the message
f tf- administration OF che oath OF
cn to william =. Dillingham;. the new
tu- from Vermont who succeeds tho
Justice S Morrill, no important busi-
was transacted The other new mem
l OK the body. N-Representauvc
jonathan T.. Dolliver. who succeeds tho
senator Gear of Iowa. was present
IHa wild be sworn in tomorrow.
r. scene lu tho Senate chamber Wa
unusually brilliant From tle ceiling ,he
rHaml.r was hathcd tn a subdund hu,
ls..'y light and the afr was heavy with
Gselauec OF magnificent floral pieces
An.r President PRO Tenn. Frye brought
down u.- eayel at u o'clock dcclaring th.
& ar opened tho venerable Ind chap
IAN Hov AIR. Mlburn. invoked divin,
l.s.rr. paying tribute 10 the memory
al Too late Senators Gear and Davis Mr
Proctor VermouO presented Mr piIinr
iaus credentials ana che latter was ad.
min stored the oath by President PRO
Tom Frye
u. House WAS then notified that the
Senate was ready Co proceed TO husiuts
-ui uators Hoar and Cockreh were ap
r.el 90 Join representatives of 90
If.u.. formally informing the Presiien
t1. Congress was iu session, the usn'.
solution d1lug y O'Clock nor each "h.
Is t.. hour ~ m,cliuE was adopted 1n'
q -...ss OF forty w uutes taken % ava.
-.urn of the committee sent 90 Wal'
t .u. President
.r -.cuuEeutng communication IRON
s.. House gave notice q was ready for
1tr.ss Mr Hoar. for the aommittee
t.1 reported that tho President had eN-
d his pleasure that Congress was
ONO more SO session. and that he would
communicate with % forthwith.
instantly Maf Pruden. assistant secre-
t... tl tho President. was recognized, and
o. ..rtad tbs awaited esnre 81 tIe
I...atrt Secretary Bennett OF tire sem
~. h.-ln 90 once Co read the document,
reading being carefully fohowed auo
anyus one hour and hfty-four min
t.
M- Allison OF Iowa then announced
Senator Gears death and offered the us
tt resolution ~ iorrow
-.u4tor Nelson of Minnesota. who had
f.t iust returned from the funeral Of his
colleague Senator Cushman X. Davis. an
raan.el formally the death Of senator
la.-
Ide senate thcn. ~ 3.45 q. m, upon mo-
'.u ot MI All on, as an additional mark
~ respect for the memory of Senator
G.lr and senator Davis. adjourned
The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-04
OPENING OF PARLIAMENT.
n Was Formal AGair of Little
pnbIIr Interest.

London. Dec. 3-The opening Of the ln-
iual session of the Fifteenth Parliament
of queen Victoria occurred a' O'Clock
this afternoon. n was formal affair and
or little public interest a small crowd
assembled to see the "beefeaters who car.
rici on, the usual scarch FOR possible con-
splrators IN she vaults beneath the houses
AIRY ceremonial. and with tho customary
result There was likewise the usual
conn ctltlou ~ zesIour memhcrs of iar-
lament 90 he FIRST on the scene. one ar
rlyiug ut midulgh'
In thc Houas of Commons William
Court Gully had no opposition FOR re-
election o. q thirl term ~ speaker.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-04
TO CONVENE TO-DAY.
Many Delegates 90 southern Indus
trial Convention at Chattanooga.

Many Delegates 10 southern Indus
trial Convention at Chnttanoogn.
New Orleans. Dec 3-rhe Sou hern In
dustrial convention will meet herr to-
morrow, and several hundred delegates
are expected including those from Ruf-
falo Philadelphia. Pittsburg and almost
every city Of importance. The Georgia
dclesatiou. headed by ex-senator John B
Gordon. viii arrive tomorrow morning
TcXas and Alabama gave especially
strong delegations GOV. Heard IS here
from BATON Rouge to deliver tho well
come address.
Tho Nicaragua canal cotton factories.
textile education. Improvement OF CUR
ports. compulsory arbitration deepening
Of the mouth Of the Mississippi rlvcr.
railroads and other subjects will be- d.
yiied up among the delegates from ill
states and zach subiec, viii be- acted upon
separately.
LAZY visitors will bc entertained by tn
local Council Of Women.
The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-04
a.ronGrA's DELacArioN oN HAND
tIver and Harbor Committee shll
M.rI.ing ON Us mn.

Washington Dec. 3-All the members
Of the Georgia delegation. excepting Rep
resen.auve Bartlett were AZ the capitol
to-day when Congress convened. Mr.
Bartlett ls expected here in few days.
senator Bacon and CLAY and Represcn-
,ative Livingstone. We're recipients Of
beautiful floral remembrlnces from their
friends.
Representative Lester says the River
and Uarhor Committee is sul at work
ou its biu and expects Go have 81 ready
FOR presentation to the House ~ an early
date. He Is not prepared at this time Co
STATE what amount the committee s. likely
to give un behalf ~ the proposed improve
msnt OF Savannah harhor lt is known,
however. that the members of the COM
uitfcc are favorably Inclined Go give Sa-
vaunah ample facilities for her commerce,
and. Boa view of thc fact thar the Board
~ Engineers who recently tisa'ed
the subject has reported favorab.y the
fun estimate for fhe projects. liberal ap-
sropriafion may Doe expected. II o. pos
-Ibie that thf committee may not he pre-
pared to grant che full amount estimated
Ia the pending bin hut 90 may conclude
to adoni what is known ns the cpntinu-
ne contract system. which would pro-
vide on annual appropriation for he work
until the project is completed. This
teould take IL out of the river aud harhor
brf ana transfer it to the sunary civil
tuproprIat.on hnl. in which aN tho im-
uroyem,nts az the great rivers and hnr-
bors OF the country are now provided Tor.