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REASON 2. Because If the people
want to make good the reforms
which they Will show themselves
in search of when they have
elected Robert A. Smith they
must give him council that will
cooperate with him.
The election of mayor is far from be.
ing the whole thing, or even the i'm
portant thing in this contest. The hands
of the mayor must be upheld. Robert A.
Smith will, of course, be elected mayor.
What is the use Of electing him If his
hands are to be tied from the outset?
Give him fair show. When he was in
Office last time the people tied him up
with &. rotten council and a bitter parti-
san and unscrupulous comptroller, with
the result that every act of his was mis-
represented and thwarted, the people de-
ceived and all our present troubles were
brought upon US.
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REASON 5. Because the nomina-
tions made by the Democracy are
SO uniformly excellent.
Read the list of assembly nominations
over, and see whether it does not recall
the best antecedents of the public life of
the community. Every man there named
is a courageous advocate of public de-
cency and independence. No man among
the number is approachable for evil
They are all men of character, not only
in their immediate communities but
known to be such throughout the entire
community. What the assembly nomina-
tions are those for the board of aldermen
are in equal measure. The Democracy
has entered this contest to win, and it
has accordingly put its best men for
ward. If the people are anxious to put
an end to the reign of corruption and i'm
morality, they must send a big majority
of Democrats to the council.
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-04-23
FRENCH COUNT ARRESTED.
Charged With the Crime OF Forgery
at Quebec.

CHICAGO, April 22-N. E. L. Comte
de Coulose Lautrec was arrested at the
Auditorium hotel by three policemen on
a charge of forgery. 1t is charged that
the count visited Quebec, Can, two
weeks ago and forged papers to secure
money.
Lautrec is a Frenchman. His marriage
occurred eight months ago in Paris.
Countess Lautrec is said to be the daugh-
ter of the Countess d'Intreville, one of
the wealthiest women in Paris. She was
with her husband when he was arrested,
and broke down when she realized what
was taking place. She returned to the
house of her friends.
The prisoner denies that he is guilty of
any charge, and says that he does not
even know what the charge is
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-04-23

OF an interruption Of the long line of COM
munications, together with the unsettled
state Of the country in cur rear and the
guerrilla tactics of the enemy. 1t is OBJ
Vlous that until our flaEks are cleared
and 10 longer menaced, no forward move
ment is possible without incurring the
gravest risk.
THE most pressing need is a further
supply of horses. Gen. Hamilton has
availed himself of the services of the
pushmen to scour the country III all di-
rections, buying horses from farmers who
have surrendered, ard driving in animals
found on unoccupied farms. Horse raid
ing is dangerous work, but the bushnlen
are more than a match for the Rnersv
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-04-23
SOUTH AFRICA's FUTURE.

Sir Alfred Miner Declares His Po-
sitiOn on the Question.
CAPE TOWN, April 22-Sir Alfred Mil
ner, replying today to a deputation of the
Guild Of Loyal Women of South Africa,
who are sending an address to the queen,
said:-
AN attempt is being made to confuse
mems minds by saying that in the future
there will be two parties here in South
Africa. Speaking as an imperialist, can
only say that it is an essential part Of
my political creed that South Africa
should be governed in the interest and by
the agency of the people who have mads
il their home''
He deprecated the intolerant speech and
the mania of suspicion now rampant.
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TO HEAD OFF THE RELIEF.
Three Divisions of Beers Between
Brabant's Forces and Wepener.

MASERU, Basutoland, Saturday, April
q (evening).-Four Boer guns have been
hard at work all day on Col. Dalgety' s
position The British guns have replied
at intervals.
sions, two being in positions to repel the
relief columns, the distant roar of whose
artillery is audible.
Gen. Brabant's relief force is reported
to be today in the neighborhood of Bush
mans Kop, twenty miles from Wepener.
The Basutos are posted on the border
for defensive purposes. They are behav-
ing in orderly fashion, but are showing
the most intense interest in the outcome
of the developments of the next twenty
four hours.
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WANTED TO Play HERO.
Kansas Man Gets Eighteen Years
for Being Ambitious.

ATCHISON, Kas., April PIN the dis
trict court Thomas c. Woerman pleaded
guilty to the charge of burning the costly
residence of ]. G. Fax, a. prominent citi-
zen, and was sentenced to serve eighteen
years in the penitentiary. He admitted
the Fox family had been very good to
him, and that he set fire to the house
in order to play the part Of a hero by
rescuing the family and thereby make
his employer feel that his Kindness had
been bestowed worthily. After Woer-
man had been sentenced hessaid:
Il pleaded guilty because ] hated to
face the members of the Fox family, who
had been SO kind to me"
Woerman was reader Of cheap now
els.
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THE BRITISH Oh Thu PLAINS
REPORTED THAT THEY HAVE
FAIRLY OPEN COUNTRY
TO WEPENER
LIVELY FOR COL. DALGETY
The Colonel HeIiOgraphs That Three
Hundred Shells Were Sent His
Way without Much Dam
age Being Done.

MASERU, Basutoland, April 22-Gen.
Brabants advance guard reached Bush
mans Kop last evening. The Beers held
strong position there with two guns
The engagement opened at sunrise with
heavy rife fire. At $50 a. m. cannonad-
ing began, and continued for several
hours.
Gen. Brabant's forces are on the plains,
and have fairly open country all the way
to Wepener
Evidently the Beers attacked Col Dali
getty today Col Dalgety heliographs:
All well. Beers fired 300 shells yester-
day without doing much damage"
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ALABAMA DEMOCRATS.
Still Interested in the Contest for
GubernatoriaI Nomination.

MONTGOMERY, Ala, April o. : The
race for the Democratic nomination for
governor is still a matter of conjecture
Returns have been received from forty
nine of the sixty counties voting a week
ago, but these do not furnish any can
didate with a sufficient number to insure
his election.
From the returns received it appears
that 142 delegates have been instructed
for Col j. Sanford, &c for Mr.. Walter,
81 for Gen. Shelly, and Al for Congress
man Stallings. Fourteen counties, with a
total of los delegates, send uninstructed
delegations This leaves a total of ninety
delegates yet to be heard from. These
delegates are to come largely from West
Alabama
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senator Depew,s birthday.

NEW YORK, April Ex-senator Chaun-
cey NJ. Depew celebrated his siXty-sixth
birthday todnight by eating dinner with
the members of the Montauk club in
Brooklyn. The occasion was the ninth
annual dinner in the senator's honor
at the club John Nj. Ryder presided
over the banquet. Covers were laid for
over 200 persons. Senator Depew was
greeted with loud applause.
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AGED BISHOP IS DEAD
DISTINGUISHED CATHOLIC PRE-
LATE PASSES AWAY.

ERIE, Pa. April 22-Right Rev. Bishop
Tobias Mullen died tonight at 9:45 o'clock,
and the funeral will occur on Thursday.
The bishop was stricken with paralysis
May 19, 1897, and never recovered from
the attack. He was eighty-two years Old
and had labored in this diocese for fifty
years, thirty-three of which was as
bishop.
The priests of the entire diocese, 159 in
number, all the bishops of this province,
Cardinal Gibbons the papal delegate
Archbishop Martinelli, and many other
noted Catholic church dignitaries viii
probably attend the funeral
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SENATOR HANNA's STATE.
Ohio Will Select It's Delegates to
Philadelphia Tuesday.

COLUMBUS, O., April 22,-The Rerub-
ican convention will be held next Tues
day and Wednesday for the nomination OF
a. state ticket and the selection OF Gele-
gates-at-large to Philadelphia. 1t is be-
lieved that the legates-at-large will pe
Senators Hanna and Foraker, Gov. Nash
and Congressman Dick.
Senator Hanna expressed his desire for
some one to be selected, but as there
would be a contest for the place in the
event Of Hanna's declination being ac-
cepted, it is thought that he will be
drafted in the interest of harmony
The platform has been outlined by the
Ohio Republicans in Washington, and it
is thought that the committee on resolu-
tions will have very little to do in the
work of revision.
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AS SEEN IN LONDON.
How the War News Is Summarized
in England.

LONDON, April %, a. NIT is quite
probable that by this time Gen Sir Henry
Rundle has fought decisive battle with
the Beers. He entrenched himself Satur-
Gay to await the arrival of Gen. Camp
bell with the Sixteenth brigade. Thar
commander arrived Saturday evening.
nd news may therefore be expected at
any moment 1t is still impossible to
ascertain the position of affairs at Bloom.
tonteln or to learn when the long ex,
pected advance northward will begin.
Inc dispatches conflict regarding the
state of the preparations. For instance
the Bloemfontein correspondent of the
Daily Chronicle says that the troops have
Deen supplied with winter clothing and
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DIFFICULTIES OF ROBERTS.
: BlOemfOntein Dispatch Tells
What He Is EncOuntering.

LONDON, April 23-The Standard pub
fishes long dispatch from Bloemfontein,
dated Saturday, April q, which explain
the numerous difficulties encountered by
Lord Roberts in preparing for the ad.
vance to Pretoria. The correspondent
says:
'"Fhe transport difficulties are enhanc-
ed by the rainy weather and by the ne
cessity of providing for the needs of the
army for weeks, perhaps months, in case
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-04-23
ST. LOUIS COUNTY FIRES.
Reports Lacking Details Tell of
Damage on Ranges.


Damage on Ranges.
DULUTH, Mimi, April 2-(SpeciaL)-
Forest fires are burning briskly in many
parts of st. Louis county. If the wind
should increase and rain does not come
soon to quench the f1ames considerable
damage will be done. Tonight janger-
ous-looking forest fire is burning within
a few miles Of the central part Of Du-
luth 1t is just back of that part of the
city known as Lakeside, near Comstoci1
avenue. Many people live there, most
of them of the poorer class, who have
their own small homes on clealings made
by them. AT this time 1t looks as though
these homes Will be wiped out if he
elements do not interfere to save them.
From the ranges reports Of fierce ires
are coming in, but all are more or less
meager. Several camps have been burn
ed, and near the Mahoning mine, at Hfb-
bing, a wood yard has been destroyed.
For a time Hibbing was threatened, but
the danger seems to have passed for the
present Considerable standing pine has
been destroyed.
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BULLETIN OF
IMPORTANT NEWS OF THE DAY
Weather Forecast for st. Paul.
Fair; Warmer.

Weather Forecast for st. Paul.
Fair; Warmer
1-Brabant's Men Fighting.
2-Westminster Wants Shedd.
Capital and Its Use.
Palm Garden Episode.
Changes in Creed.
8-MinneaDOIis Matters.
Northwest News.
Programme of Congress.
4-EditOrial.
Washington Gossip.
Local Political News.
5-SpOrting Page.
SIaughtercng the FiIipinOs.
G-PopuIar Wants.
7-Markets of the World.
s-The Ships Adventure.
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BRYAN's GOOD OFFICES
VIII he Sought to strafghten Out a
Fusion kiEk.


TOPEKA, Kan, April 22-While w. ].
Bryan is in Wichita next week his good
offices will, it is said be sought to settle
differences existing between the Populists
and Democrats in the Sixth and Seventh
districts, where fusion is split wide open
on account of the attitude of rival nomi-
nees for congress. The fusion politicians
are very much concerned by the situa-
ton of these districts, and they also look
forward to the Third district Democratic
and Populist conventions set for May 2l
with much alarm, for If a Democrat be
not given the united nomination in that
district, a split will, it Is predicted, be
inevitable between the two state conven-
tions to be held later at Fort Scott
The Third district is now represented in
congress by E. R. Ridgely, Populist Mr.
Bryan is booked to speak at Wichita on
Tuesday.
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tee. The state committee over two
months ago named a subcommittee COM
posed of Chairman Hernly, Secretary
Bigler and Committeeman Goodrich, of
the Eighth, and Mofhtt of the Sixth dis
trict, to outline the platform. But LITTLE
is known of what the platform will be
except based solely on surmise.
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GERMANY STILL FRIENDLY.
But Unwilling to Make Move at
This Time.

BERLIN, April %. = The semi-official
Berliner Post published an inspired ar
ticle in which ii is stated that the senti-
ment regarding the Beers still remains
friendly throughout Germany, but that
the government sees no reason why the
Boer peace delegation should come to
Berlin, since no good could be gained
from such a visit, Germany being unable
10 render the slightest service, either in
friendly offices to both sides or in inter-
mediation, so long as Great Britain re-
mains determined to reject both.
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-04-23
cold ana silver Coinage.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 21.-The super
intendent of the United States mint here
has forwarded to the director Of the mint
at Washington a report showing that the
gold and silver product of California for
the calendar year, 1899, amounted to Sl5,--
S40,O43 of which $15,3S6,OS1 was gold and
S504,012 silver.
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WILL PAY THE PRICE.

Massachusetts Delegates to Kansas
City Arranging Their Plans.
BOSTON, April %. = Nineteen of the
thirty delegates from this state to the
Democratic convention today met in this
city with the alternates and members Of
the state committee to arrange for the
trip to Kansas City. George Fred Will
Jams has been elected permanent chair
man of the delegation. Information from
other New England states was to the
effect that their delegations would &C
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-04-23
NO Loss OF LIFE. :
Sensational Reports Are Denied
Property Loss Heavy.

WINNIPEG, Man, April 22.-(Speclal0
The sensational reports sent out of loss
of life along the Minnesota Manitoba
boundary, in the Lake of the Woods dis
trict, are untrue. Thousands of acres OF
timber are still burning, and will till
rains come.
Buchanan's tie camp lost $4,000 and
Kieths $6,OOO The men had miraculous
escapes, but got out alive. Only six
horses living out of hundreds dead. Fires
are travelling north.
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BoERs WE'LL ENrRENcHED.
British Capture a Free State Flag
Near DewetsdOrp.

WATKERSTROOM, near Dewetsdorp
Saturday, April 21-Fighting was con-
tinued today, mainly with artillery. The
yeomanry and mounted infantry pushed
forward on the right flank and were sub
tected TO shelling and heavy rifle fire.
The Royal Irish rifles captured a Free
State flag. The Beers are we'll entrench-
ed and hold their ground tenaciously
The British casualties have been light.
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-04-23
INDIANA FORECAST.

ready on the Ground.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, April 22.-The
Republican state convention will be held
Wednesday and Thursday, and already
the hotels are filled with candidates and
boomers. The delegates-at-large to the
national convention will be Senator's
Fairbanks, Beveridge, Gov. Mount and
Chairman Hernly, Of the state commit
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-05-24
Mixed Emotions.

To illustrate the feeling of ireland
toward the predominant partner, an
actor VINO has lately been touring, tells
the story of an old waiter in Dub
lin hotel. when are you going to
get home rule in Ireland, John?" was
the question. See We here, SORT" said
the old man, "the only way We'll get
home rule for ould Ireland will be ii
France-an' Russia-an' Germany-an'
Austria-an' maybe Italy-if they
would all join together to give those
blaygiards of English rare good hid
ing. That's the only way Well get
home rule, anyway" Then, as he
looked cautiously round, a twinkle of
cunning and smile of courtesy were
added to his expression. And the
whole lot of 'em showed together could
MT do it," he said "Oh-it's the grand
navy we've got" London
Chronicle.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-05-24
Claims y Big slice o, Land.

A paper Of international Importance
has been received from London from
Mr.. j. r. Leese of Monterey, Cal. 1t
is the original grant from the Mexi-
can government, made in 1863 to J..
r. Leese and others of $4,000, 900 acres
of land in Lower California for col
onizing purposes. At the time the
grant was made Mexico WIS in state
of war and Leese's associates found it
difficult to induce colonists 20 go
there. A further contract was made
with the Mexican government by
which Leese paid 100000 for the land
upon the condition that if he failed
to colonize because of the war the
government was to return $4,000 of
the amount. This amount has never
been paid. ]. r. Leese received deed
from his father, assigning one-eighth
of the entire 100000 acres. and it is
this as we'll as the $5O,0O0.OOO for
which he is fighting. He intends to
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-05-24
STARVED TO DEATH.
SAD END OF AN AMBITIOUS
YOUNG WOMAN.
Blanche Burney, an American Girl Who
Wanted to Be an Actress, Dies
Result of Starvation-A Vain Effort
for Fame.

After vain effort to gain fame and
fortune on the stage, Blanche Burney,
a beautiful American girl, starved to
death in Paris recently. She was a
New York girl, and went to Paris for
the purpose of studying acting, for
which there are so many good oppor-
tunities in the French metropolis She
learned French very we'll, and cher
ished some hopes of obtaining an en-
gagement on the Partisan stage, but
failed after many heart-breaking at
tempts.
Finally the time came when the
money which she originally had for
tuition was all spent and she found
herself penniless. Too proud to ap-
peal for aid to her American friends,
Miss Burney eked out a scanty exis-
tence by copying manuscript for the
theatrical people. She lived for a long
time with another American girl, an
art student, who was as poor as her
self. They resided on the top floor of
an old house in the Latin quarter, and
the food upon which the two girls
lived would hardly have suf1iced for a
child. At last the American friends
of the artist girl took her away, and
Miss Burney was left alone to starve
and pine away her young life. At the
end of two years her sufferings unbal-
anced her mind, and some charitable
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-05-24
Flow Certain Places Became Known as
They Are Now Called.

many fthe names on the map OF
South Africa are written in blood, as
all the world in general and the Brit
ish empire in particular very we'll
know. Now that the world is getting
so we'll filled up men and women do
not easily give their names to new
towns and countries, and heroes and
celebrities nowadays have to be con-
tent, as rule, to godfather avenues
and streets. But during the South At
rican war there have been certain
names that have occurred again and
again-such names as Kimberley,
Frere, Colenso, Ladysmith, Molento
Harrismith-which are serving to
commemorate the fame of different
empire builders of Great Britain of
recent times.
Only two of that group Of great men
which have given their names to deco
rate the map Of South Africa, however,
are alive today. The one is Cecil
Rhodes, of Rhodesia, and the other is
the Earl of Kimberley who at the
time Of the discovery of the famous
diamond mines which have been
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-05-24
BUNCH OF KEYS.

From the pitch black interior Of the
freight elevator Mollie Carton re-
viewed the situation.
1t was worth reviewing, being. as
situations go, unique.
In the first place, no young woman
OF sound mind sits in a freight ele-
vator at midnight attired in a dinner
gown as mere pastime. Add to this
the fact that the painfully new and
propelled were being pulled upon
by the clerk from the neighboring
drug store-awakened from a sound
sleep for the purpose-and it will
readily be seen that something I'M
usual had happened in the Carton
family.
At that moment when the drug
clerk was pulling Mollie with infinite
pains toward the fifth floor. rear, OF
the apartment building in which the
Cartons had the pleasure Of residing,
Mrs. Carton sat wringing her hands
and calling upon heaven to save her
child upon the front stairs. To be ex-
act, it was upon the first step of the
fourth flight of stairs she sat. Which
should make it evident to everybody
that she was conducting her lamenta-
ton just outside her own door. She
sat outside not from choice, but be-
cause she couldn't help herself.
In short, she was locked out. And
SO was Mollie.
So was the drug clerk. for that mat
ter, but the fifth apartment in the
"Brunhilda," not being his abiding
place, he did not take it to heart as
Mrs. Carton did. Having known the
Cartons for only twenty minutes, his
interest in the matter was as yet
quasi-professional.
But perhaps it would be better to
begin at the beginning.
Be it known, then, that Mrs. Carton
and her daughter had been giving
little dinner that evening. The guests
had stopped on rather late, and the
janitor, after the manner Of his kind
having put the lights out early, Mol
lie stepped into the hall to light the
gas, that her friends might find thel1
way down the winding stairs in com
fort. Mrs. Carton followed her. and
together they sped the parting diners
While they were thus engrossed, the
door-lheir own treacherous front
door-impelled by slight draft, or by
what somebody has called the total
depravity of inanimate things, clicked
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-05-24
A TICKLE GIRL
Changed Lovers on Way to Wedding
and Was Married.

Nathan Lermond, truly energetic
young civil engineer of Boston, in
terrupted his sweetheart's marriage TO
another man, drove her to the min
ister's in his rivals sleigh and mar
ried her. The disappointed sutton,
Phineas Sawyer tried to drown him
self in water butt and is very ILL.,
The tickle young woman who started
to the minister's with one admirer, ar
rived there with another and wed him
was Miss Winnie Meyers, a charming
girl of l9 years. Her family, like Ler-
mond's, is prominent socially here:
Lermond's is rich. The two young
Ricker's Institute and pledged their
love. After being graduated Lermond
went to Boston to practice his pro-
fession; Miss Winnie went to Linens,
town near here, to teach school.
There she boarded at Frederick Saw
yer's house, and his son, Phineas, it
seems, made her forget her vows to
the civil engineer, who was hoping to
soon claim her as his wife. At any
rate, Miss Winnie wrote to Lermond.
II do not feel that love you as once
l did Another man has won me and
on Thursday afternoon | am going to
marry Phineas Sawyer" Lermond
got this letter on Wednesday. He
took the first train out of Boston, ar
rived here at noon, Thursday, hitched
a fast horse to sleigh and drove like
mailman, or a man of action, to
Linens, IL miles away. Arrived there
the truly ardent Lermond found Miss
Winnie and Phineas in sleigh about
to start from the Sawyer house to De
married. When she saw Lermond
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-05-24

met are 81 by Az feet, with height
of about feet The bottom side walls
and the ceilings are lined with rec
tangular plate glass mirrors. between
which are narrow wooden strips with
porcelain sockets for the incandescent
lamps. In the lower half of the cab
met there are GO lamps, and in the up
per there are 36. The cabinet is care
fully insulated to prevent the radia-
ton of heat. The door Of the cabinet
is in two parts, the lower one being
lined with mirrors on the inside and
the top one formed of clear glass. The
temperature varies from no to 40 de-
grees Fahrenheit, says the Western
Electrician. The electric light bath is
used for the treatment of nervous dis
eases, Byight's disease and fatty de-
generation of the heart There are on
ly two similar baths in tn country.