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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-28
PEACE TERMS ARRANGED
Prominent FiIipinos Draw Up a
Schedule of Terms.

MANILA, June 22.-Two hundred
Filipinos met yesterday in Manila to
determine honorable and decorous
methods for securing peace. The re-
suits were submitted to General Mac
Arthur, who accepted them. The
leaders of the meeting will use their
influence to induce Aguinaldo to accept
the arrangements. If they are sue
cessful, as they hope to be, they be-
lieve Aguinaldo will issue orders In
conjunction with amnesty for cessa-
ton of hostilitles. The meeting,
which was the first of the kind since
the days of the Filipino congress, was
composed of the distinctly revolution.
airy element. Thirty political prison
ers were released from Jail in order to
attend. The terms follow:
First-Amnesty.
Second-The return by the Ameri-
cans to the Filipinos of confiscated
property.
Third-Emplovment of the revolu-
tionary generals in the navy.
Fourth-The application of the Fill
pino revenues to succor needy Filipino
soldiers.
Fifth-A guarantee to the Filipinos
of the exercise of personal rights
accorded to Americans by their con-
stitution.
Sixth--Establishme of civil govern
ment at Manila and in the provinces
Seyenth-Expulsion of the friars.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-28
FIGHT THE CHINESE ARMY.
Contest in orient No Longer Confined to
the Boxers.

Contest in Orient No Longer Confined to
the Boxers.
WASHINGTON, June 24.-The follow
ing cablegram from Admiral Kempff
was received late yesterday afternoon
ut the navy department.:
''CHE Foo, June 23.-Proclamation
issued goth: The admirals and senior
naval officers of the allied powers in
China desire in the name of their gov
ernments to let it be known to all vice.
roys and the authorities of coast and
river provinces and cities in China that
they intend to use armed force only
against the Boxers and those people
who oppose them in the march to
Picking for the rescue of their fellow
countrymen."
Admiral Kempff's message is of i'm
portance, as showing the present atti-
tude of the powers represented in Chi
nese waters. 1t indicates that for the
present at least they are operating in
harmony for the release of the foreign
ers who are confined in the Chinese
capital, and that they are taking ac-
tive steps by means of proclamation
to have this fact become known to the
peaceably inclined Chinese. Officials
here interpret the proclamation as a
conciliatory measure and believe it
calculated to restore the confidence of
the Chinese people in the pacific inten-
tions of the powers.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-28
HARD FIGHTING AT TEN TsIN.
Four Thousand Foreigners Oppose I'm
counted Chinese.

Four thousand Foreigners Oppose I'm
counted Chinese.
LONDON, June 23.-The silence Of
Picking continues unbroken. Foul
thousand men of the allied force.
were having sharp defensive fighting
at Tien Tsin Tuesday and Wednesday
with a prospect of being reinforced
Thursday. This is the situation il
China as set forth in the British gov
eminent dispatches. Eight hundred
Americans are taking part in the
fighting at Tien Tsin, says the Shang
hal correspondent of the Daily Elk
press, "and they apparently form q
part of a supplementary force, arriv
ing with Germans and British, afte,
the conflict started. 1t is impossible
to estimate the number of the Chinese
there, but they had a surprising mum
Der of guns"
This information appears to have
been brought by the United States
gunboat Nashville to Chez Foo and tell
egraphed thence to Shanghai.
A special from Shanghai says thai
it is reported from Japanese source.
that 1900 foreigners have been mas
sacred at Tien Tsin.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-28
THE WORST IS YET FEARED.
Picking situation is More Gloomy Thar
Ever.

Picking Situation is More Gloomy Than
LONDON, June ga dispatch from
Shanghai says:
Foreign officials here are inclined
to believe that the worst has happened
to the legations at Peking and to Ad-
miral Seymour as well. Even if the
legations were safe on June 10, there
is no guarantee that they are safe now
The situation in fact, grows more and
more gloomy. The entire absence of
reliable news from the capital seems
to justify the worst construction that
can be put upon it.
"Bad news comes from Nan King,
where the unrest has been growing
hourly. Vicercy Liu Kin Yih has tele-
graphed the british authorities that
he has ordered the five Chinese cruis-
ers which have been lying off the har-
Dor here to proceed to Nan King.
"a careful estimate of the number
and armament of the Chinese troops
around Peking puts the total at 360,-
900, and it is calculated that these
troops possess 227 centimetre Creusot
guns, 1s Krupps and $50 Maxims.
Their supply of ammunition is prac-
tically inexhaustible. 1t has been
mainly supplied by German firm at
Carlowitz. Fully three-fourths of tho
Chinese forces are badly drilled, wholly
undisciplined and quite unfamiliar
with modern weapons. !"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-28
THE RELIEF ATTEMPT FAILS.
Foreign Forces Blocked by Chinese witt
Artillery.

4 #
LONDON, June 25.-The only dis
patches from China last night are those
which give further details of the re-
pulse of Thursdays attempt to relieve
Tien Tsin. According to dispatch
from Che Foo, hordes of Chinese, with
well posted artillery, block the way of
the American and Russian forces. The
guns of the allies could make no i'm
preston, and it was found impossible
to shift the enemy's position. Moth
ing could be done except to fall back,
and this was accomplished in good
order. 1t was ascertained that the
foreigners in Tien Tsin were making a
gallant defense. The French conces-
sion buildings had been vigorously at
tackled by fire, and in all probability
have been reduced to ashes. After the
forces retired, an armored train at
tempted to reconnoiter, but was de-
rallied. More troops are arriving at
Taku, and another attempt at relief,
with force of much greaterstrength,
was to have been made last Saturday
night.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-28

The old cherry tree under which Ed
gar Allan Poe used to sit, and in whose
shade he is known to have written at
least part of "The Raven" is to be cut
down. 1t stands in the suburb of New
York called Fordham, near the little
house in which Poe lived. and which IS
known as the Poe Cottage" There
are to be street improvements made i'm
the neighborhood, and the cherry tree
is in the way. Wood choppers have
the contract for cutting it down, and
it will soon be laid low. DR.. E. ].
Chauvet is the owner of the tree. and
he may have it reserved in the form
ST many relics, or move it bodily to
some other spot. The tree has been
dead for years, but it still stands.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-28
NEW NOTE TO THE TURK
Mr.. Griscom Insists on Prompt Re.
ply to the American Demand.

CoNsTANrINoPLE, June 26.-Lloyd G..
Griscom, United States charge DAT
flares, has presented fresh note to
the Ottoman government insisting
upon an immediate reply to the de-
mand of the United States for set
Element of the indemnity in connection
with the losses of Americans at the
time of the Armenian massacres.
Although vigorously phrased, the note
is not an ultimatum. tbs said, how
ever, to have been disagreeable sur
prise to the porte, testlfying, as it
does, to the intention of the United
State: government to pursue this mat
ter of indemnity to the end.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-28
SLAIN BY NAKED MANIAC.
James Fitxsimmons Dead, and Tire.
Others Injured.

James EltxsAmmOns Dead, and Three
Others Injured
CEDAR RAPIDS, June 26.-Charles
Mefford, maniac, at 5 o'clock q. m.
killed James Fitzsimmons, fatally in
jured John Drake, seriously and pos
sibly fatally injured Mrs, James Fitz-
simmons and then ended his own life.
Mefford was s6 years old and had been
insane for number of years. Two
years ago he was in the Independence
asylum for a short time, but escaped
and was never returned. He was not
generally considered dangerous Sat-
urday night about ten o'clock, while
clad in nothing but a shirt, he darted
out of his home, raving maniac. He
was seen two or three times between
then and midnight, but the police
failed to find him. Shortly before
O'Clock Reginald Andrews, the jani-
tor at the Old Ladies' Home was awalS-
ened by crashing glass. The next
moment Mefford stood before him,
stark naked, swinging neck yoke.
He warned Andrews that his time had
come and swung the neck yoke in
an effort to brain him. The latter
lodged and grabbed the weapon, threw
! Mefford on the bed and choked him
until he begged for mercy. Then An
drews agreed to give him bath, a
suit of clothes and some breakfast,
which apparently satisfied him. Rush
ing through the house, Andrews locked
| the twelve or fourteen old ladies in
their rooms, notified the police by tele-
phone, and then ran across the street
| to the home of Joseph Drake for as
| sistance. Drake dressed, picked up a
revolver, and they started out. AS
they did so Mefford, carrying an AK,
was seen to plunge through window
in the home of James Fitzsimmons,
about $50 yards away. AS he entered
the room Mrs. Fitzsimmons uttered a
scream. Mefford swung the ak and
brought it down toward her head.
Her uplifted arm saved her life; the
arm was broken in two places and she
sustained serious scalp wound. Mr..
Fitzsimmons hurried to the aid of his
wife and his skull was crushed with
the AK, death resulting Immediately.
The maniac then rushed into the room
of Miss Katie, who escaped with few
scalp wounds. Starting down stairs
he was met by Drake who snapped his
revolver four times at the madman,
each time upon an empty shell. Milf
ford grabbed the revolver, ran a few
blocks and killed himself with the one
load the revolver contained.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-28
AMBUSHEDN NEAR TEN TSIN
American Force Loses Four Killed
and Seven Wounded.


WASHINGTON, June 2e.-The navy
department received from Rear Ad-
miral Kempff telegram giving the
first definite news of the shedding OF
American blood on Chinese soil. The
department issued the following bulle-
tin:
"a telegram from Admiral Kempff,
dated CheFoo, June "a, says:
In ambuscade near Tien Tsin on
21st, four of Wiler's command killed
and seven wounded. Names will be
furnished as soon as received. Force
of 1000 going to relieve Tien Tsin to-
day. KEMPFF.'
'.The secretary of the navy has or
dered Admiral Remey to. go with the
Brooklyn to TalSu and to tender Gen
eral Macarthur conveyance of any
army troops which the Brooklyn can
carry
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-28

Many years ago New Hampshire
physician was stunned by the prema-
ture discharge of blast. He related
afterward the fact that in the moment
of the explosion he had time for the
swift passage of three thoughts
through his mind: II am dead man!
What will become of my family? We
are all in the hands of God!" Curl
ously enough, the prince of Wales
made use of this last impressive SEN
tence on his first public appearance in
England after the recent attempt at
his assassination: 1--WE are all in the
hands of God!" What if the conscious
ness of helpless dependence which men
feel in crisis of extreme physical
danger could become habitual at
titude of trust, and thus a fountain OF
joy?
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-28

"one-fourth of the lawyers" said
Governor Shaw of Iowa, recently, "can
try case no better today than when
they began" There are also women
who can cook no better than on the
day they were married, and are told so
three times a day." What commence
ment Grafton could better set forth, in
co-educational terms, the common
principle of failure? Not to advance,
as Lord Bacon insisted long ago, is
simply to go back.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-28
AMERICANS ARE AMnUsHEp.
When Reinforced They Were Unable
niaIor1pa E,o,,v

When Reinforced They Were Unable t.
Dislodge Enemy.
WASHINGTON, June 25.-The war de.
partment has the following from Gen.
eral Macarthur:
"MAN1I.A, June ga detachment
of four officers and hundred men OF
the Fortieth infantry left Taga Yam
on the 18th, on a reconnaissance up the
Taga Van river and We're ambushed
by insurgents in a strong position.
Fifty men We're sent to reinforce them
from Taga Yam. They could not take
the position and the troops withdrew
to coast post. Our casualties were
seven killed, eleven wounded and one
missing"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-28
WHEAT FAILURE A CALAMITY.

Crop Situa ton in Minnesota and Dakota,
the Worst Ever Known.
CHICAGO, June 23.-The Times Her
aid publishes a crop report preparee
by Snow, the crop expert, who ha,
just completed two weeks trip
through the states of Minnesota, North
and South Dakota. He declares the
situation national calamity and
claims the wheat failure the worst
ever known. He estimates the Dako
tas as promising only eo,ooo,ooo each
and Minnesota 35,00O,Ooo bushels, a
total of 75,0oo,ooo, against 10000, 0oC
last year and a95,ooo,ooo bushels in
1898,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-28
CONGER SAFE AT PICKING.
Director of Telegraph Reports That
Legation is Burned,

New YORK, June 16.-A New York
World London special dispatch says,
"Our legation is burned, but Conger
is safe.'
A Shanghai correspondent says:
"Sheng, director of telegraph, de-
clares that information received today,
June 90, is that the foreigners at Pels-
ing were safe Wednesday, but that all
legations have been burned except the
British, Austrian and Belgian" A
Shanghai dispatch dated yesterday
says. 'Sheng says he has news from
Picking by courier to Shanting that
the foreign ministers at Picking are de-
handing their passports, and that the
Tsung Ii Yamen is disposed to comply
with their requests"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-28

The Baltimore American says: What
is probably the oldest family Bible in
this country, and without doubt the
Oldest Dutch Bible, is in the possession
OF Capt. George w. Wood, 100 Eutaw
place. 1t is almost three hundred
years old. and has been in his family
for nearly that length of time. In all
probability it was purchased by one of
his ancestors soon after it came from
the press. for it was brought to this
country in 1880.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-28
Butler is Pressing His Advance.

LONDON, Jnne 23.-General Butler is
pressing his advance. On Wednesday
he followed. the Johannesburg railway
to Paardelsop, thirty-oue miles from
st. Anderton. About 300 Beers, singly
or in small parties, have surrendered.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-28
rowNE IS WILLING TO QUIT.

Will Leave Race for vice-President If
Not Wanted.
AUSTIN, Texas June 25.-Charles A.
Towne, the populist nominee for vice
president, has written a letter to Ma
jor George A. Walton, of this city, in
which he gives the inference that if he
is not the choice of the democratic
party for vice president he will with
draw. Mr.. Towne in his letter says.
"My friends know that no personal
consideration would influence me to
stand in the way of success of the par
ty for which we are contending."
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-28
FORCES ENTER TEN rs1N.

international Troops Enter the City,
Sustaining Slight Loss.
CHE Foo, June 26.-Rear Admiral
Kempff reports by japanese torpedo
boat that the combined forces entered
Tien Tsin on Saturday, June %, sus-
tanning small loss. They started on
Sunday to relieve the force which left
Tien Tsin on June 10. and which is be-
lieved to be surrounded near Pekinp.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-28
WAR AT TEN TslN. )
Foreign Concessions Nearly All Burned

Foreign Concessions Nearly All Burned
American Consulate Raced.
CHE Foo, June eat is officially re-
ported that the bombardment at Tien
Tsin, China, with large guns, continues
incessantly. The foreign concessions
are nearly all burned. The American
consulate has been RACED to the ground.
The Russians are occupying the rail-
road station, but are hard pressed.
Reinforcements are urgently needed.
Casualties are heavy. The railroad is
open half way to Talzu.
New YORK, June 23.-Secretary
Leonard of the Methodist Foreign
Missionary society has received the
following cablegram:
CHE Foo, June 22.-Tien Tsin bonn
barded. Pekin is very serious Hop
kins, Brown, King saved. Gunboat."
The three men mentioned are mis-
slonaries. Secretary Leonard infers
that the remaining twenty-four mis-
sionaries in Tien Tsin, among them
many women, have been murdered by
the Boxers.
Ii Hung Changes Appeal.
A special dispatch from Vienna says:
Iii Hung Chang has wired the war;
ious Chinese legations in Europe di-
recting them to inform the govern
ments to WHICH they are accredited,
that he is called to Peking by the en-
press to act as intermediary between
China and the powers to negotiate a
settlement of the points at issue; and
he instructs them to beg the powers
to facilitate his mission by ceasing to
send troops to China"
sheng, director-general of tele-
grams, wires from Shanghai to the
Chinese legations in Europe that the
foreign legations in Picking are safe.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-28

There has been special issue Of
war stamps from the Melbourne post
Office for the benefit of the local patri-
otto fund. There We're only two de-
nominations, the penny and the two
penny. the former selling at shilling
and the latter at form. They were
all practically sold in advance, $500
being realized. The designs were
agreeably artistic, and represented
colonial troops at the front.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-28
THURSDAY, JUNE % 1900

Vesuvius is becoming more and more
active, and those who live around 1t
are greatly alarmed. Experts are in
clined to consider that there is no i'm
mediate danger. The station of the
cable road which leads to it's summit
has been destroyed Four English
travellers, who were making the as
cent of the volcano, ventured too far
and were overtaken hy the lava and
seriously burned.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-28
win Remove Troop. From Cuba.

WASHINGTON, June 26.-As soon as
Secretary Root returns to the city
next week final arrangements will be
made for the withdrawal of as many
troops as can be spared from Cuba.
General Wood reports that the cleo.
tons passed off quietly and that affairs
have generally become tranquil, with
no indication of future trouble.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-28

The recent postal frauds in Havana
emphasize, by the law of contraries.
the marvellous reach and honesty of
the mail system throughout the world.
An Ohio soldier, lately returned from
the philippines, displays little jar of
tam addressed to him in Manila. 1t
received the postmarks of San Fran
cisco. Honolulu, Guam and Manila; and
then. after a brief pause, recontinued
it's long chase Iloilo, Negroes, Jolo,
and back to Manila; Hongkong, Yo-
kohama, San Francisco again; and
finally that of the Ohio village in
which it was properly delivered.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-28

new bible has been published in
London in which the New Testament
precedes the Old.
BourlSe Cochran became so much in
terested in the cause of negro edu-
cation on his recent visit south that
he has contributed $500 to the work of
the Tuslsegee (Ala.) Normal and In
dustrial Institute.
A Frenchwom makes her toilette
mt night as carefully as if she were
going to reception, instead of to
bed. Whether she be old or young, a
well-bred daughter of France brushes
and arranges her hair, cleans her
teeth, rinses her mouth with some
pleasant antiseptic wash, dons berib-
boned and lace frilled night dress and
prepares herself for sleep with She
care and deliberation of a girl attir-
Ing for her first ball.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-28
German Minister is Safe.

BERLIN, June 25.-The Chinese min
ister here has informed the foreign Of
fee that the German minister at Pek-
ing. Won Kettler, who was reported
killed by the Boxers, is safe and well.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-28
COUNT MURAvlEFF DEAD.
Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sud-
denly Passes Away

Nusslan Minister of Foreign Affairs Sud-
denly Passes Away.
ST.. PETERSBURG, June 23.-Count
Michael Muravieff, Russian minister
OF foreign affairs, died suddenly
Thursday. He had just finished his
morning cup of coffee and had ordered
his lunch, when he fell in an apoplectic
fit and expired in few minutes.
Count Muravieff secured for his
name immortal memory by his pro-
posals for universal peace, which re-
suited in the peace conference of the
nations that met at The Hague on the
Ill of the car a year ago. He was a
cian, but he was greater as
5lomacy, and the trains of
FENCE which his Proposals set--att-
Work will never lose their power.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-28
A Native Uprising,

BATHURST, West Africa, June e1.-A
native uprising has occurred in Gambia
colony, and two British commissioners
and six members of the police were
killed at Sannlanndi, on the south
bank of the Gambia river, by Maidon-
goes
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-28

Editorials and communications
Astounding in the daily press indicate
that one unsettled problem which the
pin6teenth century will bequeath to
thes twentieth is presented in compact
form as follows: What is the best
way to make a strawberry shortcake?
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-28

For the last thirty years in Denmark
the party of the left has had major
ity in the chamber. while the king
has retained in power ministry Of
the right.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-28

Some weeks ago a den of foxes was
discovered on the bank of the Miami
river near Redbank, by three boys,
John Bal yewis shumate and boy
named Lloyd. Young Lloyd took two
of them to his fathers place near Red
bank. They were fastened to ken
mel with stout cords attached to COL
lars. 1t is stated that persons in the
vicinity frequently heard the old
foxes bark at night, and on Saturday
night last Farmer Lloyd, hearing a
commotion in the barnyard, went out
and saw the parent foxes scurry away.
He then went to the kennel and found
that the cords which had confined the
Young animals had been chewed in
twain and the little ones were miss
ing. 1t is the supposition that the
parent animals released their young
and carried them away in their
mouths. as cat does her kittens.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-28

Diamonds have been found in the
Upper Mazaruni district British Gui-
ana. Such as were taken to Demerara
passed through the apartment of
mines. They Y 1e near " all small.
u1n6reauununre picked up by liner pro-
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-28

LONDON, June 21.-A Cape Town dis.
patch says Kitchener had narrow
escape from capture in an engagement
at Leeuw Spruit on the 14th. He was
sleeping in a repair train when it was
attacked Many engineers We're cap.
tured. Kitchener's sleeping car was al
koples station when the Beers under
DeWet suddenly opened rifle tire.s
Kitchener managed to reach his horse
and gllloped to Rhenoster, two miles
distant The Beers numbered nine
hundred, with three guns. They
burned the culvert. which had Just
been rebuilt, and destroyed the train
The child who respects his parents
will respect the laws of the land.
Rich Cinnamon pay no wages ts
their servants, for the reason that TIN,
employe of the rich man can make
more than triple the ordinary wage,
in perquisites.
Don't count your chickens until tlsel
are in the coop.
Mrs. Ellen Titlin Cook. who died al
the age of So, at Chillicothe. o.. TIN,
other day. was the last survivor of tin
family of Ohio's first governor Ed
ward Titfin.
All the soap nsed in Paraguay il
e of cocSapi1. ,
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