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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-04-26
BoERs MAY USE DYNANftrE.
Threats of Blowing Up Johannesbul
Reiterated.

Threats of Blowing Up Johannesburg
Reiterated.
LONDON, April 2O.-The arrival Of
General Darlington at Beira, Portu-
guese East Africa, and the reiteration
of the report that the Beers intend to
blow up the Johannesburg mines, are
the only items of news that mark the
war cables. Weeks must elapse before
Darlington will be able to concentrate
his force on the borders of the Trans
vaal or approach MafelSing. Accord
ing to rumor in circulation at Lorenzo
Marquee, the Boer force has been sent
to intercept Darlington, but it Is not
thought to be of sufficient strength to
cause anxiety. The Natal Mercury is
responsible for renewed fears concern
ing the mines, in printing accounts
from newly arrived refugees saying
elaborate preparations for the destruc-
ton Of all johannesburg shafts has
been carried on under supervision of
the state mining engineer, who is al
legged to have requisitioned all copper
wires in town for the purpose of mals-
ing connections.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-04-26

patched at noon and reached La
Broquerie safely. Beyond that the
whole forest is a mass OF flames, and
advance is impossible, as the track Is
burned, and the retreat of the special
train seems cut off. Rescue parties are
being organized and will start for the
scene of the disaster to attempt the
rescue of the settlers and stragglers.
The fires have been burning for sew
eral days in various quarters.
The number OF people entrapped is
estimated at 500, composed chiefly Of
scattered settlers and men employed
In the lumber camps of J. A. Buchan-
an, Neil & Keith, and j. Hylan, who
had an aggregate of 300 men and $50
teams at work in the district near Vas
sar, eighty miles out and in the CEN
ter of the threatened region. The OPP
orator at Wood Ridge, ten miles this
side of Vassar. reported that the spe-
cial train bearing Buchanan and
Keith's men and railway officials had
been within four miles of Vassar and
was driven back by flames. From
stragglers who escaped it was learned
that 100 teams and all camping outfits
had been abandoned and that the men
had fed for their lives in all direc-
lions. The special train had just left
on another attempt to break through
the flames and make rescues. No word
has since been received, and the Off
Gals conclude that Wood Ridge is
burned and the train entrapped. The
forest along the track is dense.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-04-26
DISCUSSES THE ROAST.
what the Papers Think of Roberts's
Crlticlsm Of Butler


Crltlclsm OF Butler
LONDON, April 19.-Lord Roberts's
criticisms Of Butler, Warren and Col.
Thorneycroft continues the topic OF
acute interest. All the papers COM
ment at length on the structures of the
British commander-in-chief in South
Africa. They are praising Roberts for
his frankness and specializing upon
what the publication of his dispatches
at the present moment portends.
Some of them maintain there is moth
ing left for Butler but to resign. The
st. James Gazette is particularly
scathing. Referring to Buffers report,
it'says: "Never before in the history
of our armies did it happen that gen
erals scribbled their confessions Of
failure and defeat and of useless deaths
of men and of discredit to the flag in q
manner which suggests the careful Sc
lection from the forced popularity of
the funny man. the slangy chatter of
the horsey woman and the gable of
the smoking room late in the evening""
The Globe declares: "a more pitlable
record of indecision in plan and con-
fusion in execution we seldom read,"
and adds what little reputation. Butler
had left has been scattered to the
winds.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-04-26
PLANNED TO KILL DEWEY.
Man with Murderous Mania Sent t,
an Asylum.

NASu Win MurdorOuS Mania Sent to
an Asylum.
Macon, Ca, April Pap. A. Sum-
mey, an ex-confederate soldier, was
sent to the state asylum at Milledge-
vile Monday. In the course of an in
vestigation into his condition it was
ascertained that his mind had been
wrong for two years, and that his
mania had been to kill somebody Of
prominence. When he saw the an
nouncement that Admiral Dewey was
coming to Macon on March % 1t oc-
Cured to him that this would afford
him the opportunity Of his life, and
he made his plans to assassinate the
admiral in this city. But on the morn
ing before the admiral and Mrs. Dewey
arrived, Mr.. Summey had one of his
lucid periods. He says he fully real
lied what he had been planning to do,
end fearing that he might again be-
come deranged while the admiral was
here, he Immediately left for the coun-
try, remaining there several days.
When he again lost control of his
mental faculties his mania directed
itself against some other public man,
but having no opportunity to kill any
body of national consequence he made
no definite plans. He was preparing
to kill himself when arrested.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-04-26
United state, ~. a Refue,.

London, April 24.-The Croton IN.
Y.) strike calls forth many expressions
of opinion from London papers. The
Speaker deals with it lengthily as, per-
haps, the first outbreak of the long
predicted war between labor and capt.
tai the world over, and says it believes
the United States will eventually be
compelled to adopt more severe restric-
tions on immigration and strengthen
its available forces for the Immediate
suppression of incipient instructions"
adding: America, to remain as she is,
must cease to be the refuge of desti-
tute mankind"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-04-26
Fire Bugs idea Of Gratitude.

Atchison, Kan, April 24.-In the
District court Thomas C. Woerman
pleaded guilty to the charge of burn
ing the costly residence of j. c. Fox,
a prominent citizen, and was sentenced
to serve eighteen years in the peniten-
tiary. 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 hero by rescuing the
family and thereby make his employer
feel that his kindness had been be-
slowed worthily. After Woerman had
been sentenced he said: "F pleaded
guilty because hated to face the
members of the Fox family, who had
been so kind to me-" Woerman was
a reader of cheap novels.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-04-26
Ours Not the Only World.


Backed up by the teachings of your
Bible, just look through the telescope
some bright night and see how many
worlds there are and reflect that all
you have seen, compared with the
number of worlds in existence, are less
than the fingers of your right hand as
compared with all the fingers of the
human race. How foolish, then, for us
to think that ours is the only world
MT Tor us to stay in. l think that all
the stars are inhabited and by beings
like the human race in feelings and
sentiments, and the differences in
lung respiration and heart beat and
physical conformation, their physical
conformation fit for the climate Of
their world and our physical confor-
nation fit for the climate of our
world. So we shall feel at home in
any of the stellar neighborhoods, our
physical limitations having ceased.
One of our first realizations in get
ting out of this world, think, will be
that in this world we were very much
,pent up and had cramped apartments
and were kept on the limits. The most
even of our small world, is water, and
the water says. to the human race.
Don't come here or you will drown"
A few thousand feet up the atmos-
phere is uninhabitable, and the atmos-
phere says to the human race, Don't
come up here or Won cannot breathe. I"
A few miles down the earth is fur
mace of fire. and the fire says. "Dop,t
come here or you will burn I" The
lesysFns q t1e mountains are full Of
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-04-26
For Pass,ue Boeu, Cbeok..

Chicago, April 24.-C. o. Charleston,
at one time Nebraska politician, was
arrested here by Detectives Ruggie and
Flynn on a charge Of having passed
several worthless checks. Charleston
lives at Evanston, Ill. The police say
they have the man who by his clever
talk and fashionable appearance has
been victimizing numerous persons in
Chicago. Charleston has been identified
by one victim, and according to the po-
lice has confessed to having passed
checks on seven others.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-04-26
DALGETTY's CASUALTIES.
He Reports Twenty Killed in Recel
EngagementA.

He Reports Twenty Killed in Recent
Engagements.
MAsERu, April 19.-col. Dalgetty's
casualties since he has been besieged
at Wepener are twenty killed and one
hundred wounded. The Boer losses
are reported to have been considerably
heavier. After the night of the attack
Of April 18th the dead were left on the
field, where they still lie unburied.
There is conflict of opinion among
the leaders. Some want to attack
again while others refuse to do SO.
Desultory cannon firing and 'ssniping''
continues. The Caledon is rising,
which alarms the Beers, as they are
now on both sides of the river, and
might be cut off if the stream was to
become flooded: Five Boer guns are
believed to be disabled.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-04-26
Makers Of Bottles, to Meet.

Pittsburg, Pa, April PA call has
been issued for meeting of the West
ern Flint Glass Bottle Manufacturers
association in Pittsburg on April 25.
Manufacturers from all over the coun-
try have been invited to attend and the
matter of consolidating the eastern and
western associations will be acted
upon. The discrimination in freight
rates between small lots and car loads
will also come up for consideration, as
will the wage question. The matter of
competing with non-union firms will
also be considered.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-04-26
GEN. CHERMs1DE.

tact with the Beers near De Vets
dorp at noon. The fighting continued
until dark, and was principally carried
on by the artillery, which temporarily
silenced two of the Boers' guns. The
British command the hills for miles
around the Beers. who are reported to
hold strong positions, but are probably
retiring. The casualties on the Brit
ish side were slight and most of them
occurred among the yeomanry and
mounted infantry. The firing was at
long range. None of the British troops
were killed
London, April 21.-Pretoria reports
that Maj.-Gen. Schalkburger has been
gazetted as vice-president in success
sion to the late Gen. Joubert, and Gen.
Louis Botha has been gazetted as act
ing commandant-general, succeeding
Gen. Joubert in command of the
Transvaal forces.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-04-26
ASK FOR INSTRUCTIONS.

Ambassadors Consider the Situation 1T
Constantinople Very Important.
LONDON, April 20.-The Constansti-
nople correspondent of the Standard
says:
All the embassies have applied to
their governments for instructions in
case extreme measures become neces-
sary on the question of import duties.
All the ambassadors and foreign en-
voys are now working in trustworthy
unity. The Americans had hitherto
been apathetic, but now they are man
ifesting. an inclination to put 10 .
word, ALSO"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-04-26
Mississippi Levees.

The levees on both sides OF the Mis-
sissippi are Of sufficient extent that if
they were built in straight line they
would be about 1900 miles long, or long
enough to stretch the greater part Of
the distance between New York and
New Orleans. They would form a
bank Of earth about So feet wide at the
base, eight feet wide at the top and
Is or IA feet high. The Chinese wall
would lose its reputation O. q wonder
In comparison with them, and they
tays cost many millions Of dollars.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-04-26
Destitute Georgian. in Cuba.

A colony of 1000 Americans went
from Georgia to place called La
Gloria in Cuba. and there is already
much distress among them. They have
been compelled to go to the planta-
tons in the interior and work for
whatever wages were offered them.
The colonists' titles are said to be of
doubtful value, and the United States
government is asked to furnish trans
portation back to this country for the
destitute.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-04-26
TURKEY MUST PAY Loss.

Ultimatum May BE Delivered Soon by
Uncle Sam.
NEW YORK, April 19.-The Tribune's
Washington special says:
sThe United States charge d. affaires
ut Constantinople will be directed to
inform the sultan that this govern
ment must insist on the payment with
out further delay of $1oO, 900 indemnity
for outrages on American missionaries
and destruction of their property, un-
less prompt action on the sultan's part
anticipates the ultimatum and the
debt is discharged before resort is
made to drastic measures"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-04-26
Americ. Leads the World.

The United States is now the worlds
greatest producer and exporter Of
meats, which form one of the most i'm
portant features of the export trade.
In 1887 the total expectation of pro-
visions and live animals was $1O2. TIA. :
go, and in 1899 their total value was
$207, 105.637, having thus doubled
meantime, and forming in 1899 17.2
per cent Of the total exports OF that
year.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-04-26
Ratifles tho Reciprocity Pact.

Kingston, Jamaica, April 24.-The
Trinidad legislature has formally rati-
fed the second reciprocity treaty with
the United States. The merchants are
hostile to this, preferring reciprocal
treaty relations with Canada. Antigua
is so crippled financially that Mr..
Chamberlain, the British secretary of
state for the colonies. says the island
will be unable to incur the loss Of rev.
enue involved In the proposed treaty
with the United States.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-04-26
FIRE TRAPS 500 PEOPLE.

Scores of People Believed to Have
Perished In Manitoba.
Winnipeg. Man, April 23.-Exten-
sive fires are raging along the line Of
the Southeastern railway southeast Of
this city. All the country from La
Broquerie, about fifty miles down the
line, to Warren. Mimi, distance Of
seventy-five miles. is known to be
threatened by the fire. which is sweep
ing the forest in all directions, famed
by strong 'easterly wind.
A rescue train with a strong force
OF men. doctors and supplies was dis
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-04-26
GENTLE TIP TO THE SULTAN.

He is Told to Remember the Fate of
Spain.
LONDON, April l9.-The Vienna cor
respondent of the Times says:
SPY further resistance to the claims
of the United States the sultan will
expose himself to grave consequences
which he probably has not foreseen.
The United States government is not
accustomed to indulge in empty
threats. If the sultan for a moment
supposes he would ind protection from
any European power, let him remem-
Der Spain"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-04-26
TEN PERSONS INDICTED.
Charged With Completely In the Murder

ShaESeu WIN COupHclCy IN the MURDER
of Governor Goebel.
FRANKFORT, Ky, April 1o.-The
franklin county grand jury has re-
turned indictments against ten per-
sons, charging them with completely
in the murder of William Goebel. The
principals named are Henry E. Yout-
sey, E. S. Howard, Boyd Howard.
Harland Whitaker and '.Tallow Dick"
Coombs (col ored). Those indicted as
accessories before the fact are Secre-
tary of State Caleb Powers, CAPITA in
John Il. Powers, ex-Secretary of State
Charles Finley, w. II. Culton, and Z.
Wharton Golden. In the indictments,
relating to the alleged accessories,
three other men are indirectly referred
to as accessories, though no indict-
ments were reported against them.
They are Governor w. S. Taylor,
Green Golden and Captain John Davis.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-04-26

On some of the japanese railroads
terra Gotta sleepers are used. They
are far mo e durable than those of
wood. and thus amply repay for in
crease of cost.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-04-26
Last year the American people CON.
sumed 1000, 900 tons of sugar, of which
1886, 900 tons were made by the sugar
MILLIONS for baseball.

A million of dollars are spent every
year for baseball, but large as this is,
it cannot equal the amount spent in
search of health. We urge those who
have spent much and lost hope to try
Hostetter's Stomach Bittera It
strengthens the stomach, makes diges-
ton easy, and cures dyspepsia, con-
stipation, billousness and weak
kidneys.
The Idaho prohibitionists want to
.enrd AIiSs rnnnda WAY To CON cerasa
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-04-26

would cry, realizing what pain he was In.
His pitiful waillng was heart-rending. I
had about given up hope Of saving him
when was urged to give him Hoods Sarsa-
parilla, all other treatment having failed.
washed the sores with Hoods Medicated
Soap, applied Hoods Olive Ointment and
gave him Hoods Sarsaparilla. The child
seemed to get better every day, and very
soon the change was quite noticeable. The
discharge grew less, Inflammation went
down, the skin took on a healthy color, and
the raw flesh began to scale over and thin
skin formed as the scales dropped on.
Less than two bottles Of Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla, aided by Hoods Medicated Soap and
Hoods Olive Ointment, accomplished this
wonderful cure. I cannot praise these
medicines half enough" Mrs. GuERMor,
81 Myrtle ST., Rochester. n. Y.
The above testimonial is very much con-
densed from Mrs. Guerinot's letter. As
many mothers will be interested in reading
the full letter, we will send 1t to anyone
who sends request Of US on postal card,
Mention this paper.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-04-26
BASEBALL SCORES.

National League.
At Cincinnati
Cincinnati -. 80 0 o o o o 2 1 AZ,
Chicago .....1 l 0 g. o 1 0-6
At st. Louis
St. Louis .........o 2 1 0 o 1-e
Pittsburg -. 80 0 1 0 1 o o o s-5.
American League.
At Chicago
Chicago -. 80 2 0 o 10 1 0 Is
milwaukee, ..>9 9 Q 3 o o Q p "a
At Kansas CITY
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-04-26
u Moftes.'s Tears.
Would Cry Every T,me Washed
My Baby"

" When hs
was3months
old, first fes-
tiers and then
large boils
broke out on
my b a b y
neck. The
sores spread
dow n his
back until 1t
b became a
mass Of raw
flesh. When
I " q s b ed
ana pow
dered him +
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-04-26

:.Cures Colds, Coughs. Sore Throat, Group, In.
tluenza. Whooping Cough, Bronchitis and Asthma.
A certain cure ior Consumption In first stages.
and sure relief in advanced stages. Use at once.
You will see the excellent effect after taking the
first dose. Sold by dealers everywhere. Large
bottles 26 cents ard so nanta.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-04-26

Only Hail Liberated.
The unfortunate thing now is that so
many Christians are only half liber-
ated They have been raised from the
death and burial of sin into spiritual
life, but they yet have the graveclothes
on them. They are, like Lazarus, hob
bling up the stairs of the tomb bound
hand and foot, and the object of this
sermon is to help free their body and
free their souls, and shall try to obey
the Masters command that comes to
me and comes to every minister of re-
ligion, Loose him. and let him go!'
Many are bound hand and foot by
religious creeds. Let no man misinter-
pref me as antagonizing creeds. have
eight or ten of thema creed about
religion, a creed about art, a creed
about social life q creed about govern
iEaent. and~s0 on. "A creed il somethAns
Gilpin observer., 1900-11-15
Toe Lcfe Mavor .Sfronf.

William L. Strong was born in Ohio
in 1921 and went to New York when a
young man. He found employment
with different firms until January l.
1870, when he organized the firm of
William l.. Strong & Co. The firm
grew to be one of the prominent busi-
ness houses in the city He also inter-
ested himself in banking matters and
was president of the Central National
Bank. Mr.. Strong took an active in
terest in politics, and was one of the
leaders of the reform movement in
that city, and was elected mayor on
the Republican-Citizen Union ticket
in 1894. He was the last mayor of
the old city of New York before con-
solidation with Brooklyn and the other
boroughs composing the present city OF
New York.
At the time of his death Mr., Strong
was a member of a number of socie-
ties, including the Ohio Society. Amer
lean Fine Arts Society, American Mu-
scum of Natural History, Metropolitan
Museum Association and American Ge-
ographical Society. At mass meeting
in Madison Square Garden in 1894
non-partisan committee of seventy was
appointed to organize the opposition
to Tammany Hall, to frame platform
and select candidates for office, and it
was this committee that selected Mr..
Strong to run for mayor on the reform
platform. The nomination was accept
ed and the candidate entered into the
campaign with vigor and determina-
tlon. His opponent was Hugh ]. Grant
Gilpin observer., 1900-11-15
Keen Scnse of Smell.

The sense of smell. so notably devel-
oped in savages and some of the lower
animals. is not ordinarily very acute
among civilized people. An extraor-
dinary exception has been brought to
notice by Dir. Bett, Il German observer.
In one of his male friends the sense is
so keen that acuuaintances are at once
recognized by their personal odor Mt II
distance of several PAGES. and the man
nlakS no mistakes even when securely
blindfoldcd. The faculty is not keener
iE the bloOdh6undS. This individual
asserts that every family has its char
acteristic odor and that members of
tile family are to he distinguished by
the degree of the odor.
Gilpin observer., 1900-11-15
HOLDER REQUIRES NO TIP.

used for It's construction and the arms
are formed to spread the coat out and
expose the armholes, holding the coat
in this position as long as the pres
sure is downward, but folding together
and withdrawing themselves from the
back as soon as the wearer of the coat
straightens himself up and relieves
the weight on the spring arms. The
mechanism is very simple and as the
arms are pivoted on the wall support
the device can be folded against the
wall when in use and can also be used
as an ordinary coat and hat rack.
Gilpin observer., 1900-11-15
CHICAGO WOMAN.
South Side Club Members Criticise wo-
mems Gait.

| SOutn SluO OiuD rhehnDcrs CEitAcibo WV
mems Gait.
"Why do club and society women
walk ungracefully?" was asked of the
Chicago South Side club, says the Chi
cago Record, and some of the answers
| We're:
Because they initiate; they do not
try to be natural"
Because they are nervous"
because they think more of gown
ing the body than they do of caring
for it,
"Only one woman in twenty-five
walks we'll" said Miss Susanne Co
croft of the university extension of
physical culture. They stand at such
dreadful angles"
only one woman in fifty, and it is
because they do not know how to wear
their corscts; they cannot adjust them
to their FORMS" came from Mrs. Frank
l.. Gordon.
''Only ore woman in ten" said Mrs.
FreuericS l.. Fake. Women, espe-
cially cluD and society women, initiate
so. They burlesque the artistic
They can't all walk like Mrs. Pot
ter Palmer: why. she just gldes.'
whispered Il pretty girl with auburn
hair.
neI re careless. sometimes L tllnk
they're almost lazy: they think they
are more comfortable if they walk
with sunkcn chests and stomachs
thrown out" was put by Miss Bessie
Case.
''Women-nearly all of them wear
impossible shoes. and walk on their
heels" declared Mrs. John ID. Sher-
man.
Il think it does not make so very
much difference how Il woman walks"
spoke up Mrs. Calvin Case. 1T is
what sne does with her hands and
brain that counts"
Miss Cocroft continued: "Chicago
women don't use the right muscles in
walking. 1t seems as if they are pro-
PEELED by n windmill gestures with the
arms. Their necks are craned, their
chins extended" and then she went on
explaining in detail the golf or kan
garoo walk adopted by the young Chi
cago women.
School teachers were held up for crit
cism by the speaker. '''rhey stand be
fore the children teaching them physi-
ology. all the VILE their own posi-
tons are those of the deformed. There
is no grace in tneir bearing and they
are violating all the laws they are tell
ing the children to obey"