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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-28

| SHERIFF JONES landed Bus Gala
CHER in the Dickinson county Jail after
a clever tracing of stolen property.
Recently fifteen head of cattle disa-
oeared from pasture south of Terril.
Sheriff Jones was notified, and setting
about it at once, soon found that the
cattle were shipped from Montgomery,
twenty miles northwest of Terril, by a
party signing his name as Gallagher
He secured his description and identi-
fed him as farmer living six miles
west of Milford. Deputies were set to
watch all trains coming from Chicago,
and as Gallagher stepped off the train
at Milford he was taken into custody.
Sheriff Jones was notified and went
to Milford, where he found his man
with $225 in his pocket and with way
bills, shipping contracts, etc.. care
fully pinned around his leg under his
clothing. At this point the prisoner
gave up and acknowledged the whole
deed.
CLINTON has an unusual case of al
legged insanity, where man claims to-
be insane and asks to be restrained
The man gives the name of jerome w.
Eighmey and claims Henderson county,
Illinois, as his home. He says that he
has an almost uncomfortable desire to
kill somebody and fears that he will
take life if he remains at large. He
called upon the sheriff and asked to
be locked up. The sheriff heard his
story and placed him in the county
Jail. Later the commissioners of in
sanity had a hearing and on the mans
statement adjudged him insane He
is now in Jail awaiting a determine
ton whether he will be sent to indie
pendence or turned over to the author
tiles in Illinois. He says that when
walking along the street he feels a
desire to kill persons he meets. He
says he has been in a hospital for the
insane in Illinois. from which he was
discharged. On all other subjects he
seems to be perfectly sane.
A TERRIBLE accident happened near
l. OIab u 1CN 0dyo dSO, III WHICH hoy
Petersmier was killed by falling on the
tines of pitchfork. He was playing
with another child, sliding off a hay
stack, against which pitchforls was
leaning, tines upward Young Peters
mier struck the fork in sliding from
the stack. one tine entering the side
near the lower rib and the other under
the arm. The boy managed to draw
out the tines and crawled off a little
distance from the stack. The cries of
the other child summoned the father,
who arrived just in time to see his son
expire.
HARvEY's confectionery. Humphrey Is
grocery and Saling's livery barn, at
Creston, We're burned. The loss was
$4,000; insurance, $4,000. The fire
was of incendiary origin. One horse
was cremated. The families of James
Sailing, Geo. Strickland and Mrs. Turner
lost their household goods and had
narrow escapes.
PROF. o. II. BAKER, of Indianola, has
been appointed consul at Sydney, New
South Wales. Prof. Baker, who has
been resident of Indianola for many
years, was formerly consul at Copen-
hagen.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-28

When boy thinks he knows more
than his father it is about time fol-
him to begin to pay board.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-28

In Tfo1l 81, was designed Tor steam pro-
pnlsion, and could be easily controlled
by the driver. The description was
followed by prophecy that eff his in
vention should reach its expected per-
fiction" it's economical character
would doubtless lead to universal
patronage" The expected perfection
is not yet; but "a man named Quincy"
deserves to be remembered.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-28
Monocacy Was Fired Upon.

LONDON, June l3.-The United States
gunboat Monocacy was two miles up
the PEG Ho river when the interna-
tional fleets began the bombardment
of the Taku forts. According to the
Shanghai correspondent of the Daily
Express, she was shot through the
bows. The correspondent says that
Chinese rifiemen on both banks of the
river attacked her. but unsuccessfully.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-28
Sensational German Statement.

BERLIN, June ga sensation has
been caused by declaration of Herr
Mertel, a member of the reichstag and
editor-in-chief of the Deutsches Tages
Zeitung, the agrarian organ, who in
the course of political speech at
Ebernburg said: "Our next war will
be naval and against England. OF
this we have been quietly assured by
the government. and it was because of
this assurance that the agrarians voted
for the naval BILL
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-28

Unstrong-"Did he prove to be a
strong candidate?" mo, the second
assessment broke him. -
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-28
A single fact outweighs thousand

1t is now over five years since Lord
Roberts was created a field marshal and
reached the highest rank in the Brit
ish army. He is now in the forty-ninth
began in 1851, when in his twentieth
year.
Golden and diamond weddings were
celebrated by GA couples in Prussia
in 1899, and the state distributed jubi-
lee medals to each husband and wife
In Berlin and the provinces of Brad
enburg the humber of these couples
was lis.
Many mans sha
due to his 4eglige1
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-28

The state Sunday school conventioi
1t Creston closed with an inspiring
conservation service. The rallying
ong of 'Espilon" was adopted as the
tate song. Secretary Preston's re-
port shows SAL schools; 5s.254 officers
ind teachers, and 399,355 scholars,
otol 57,6O5.
| AT it's recent session at Des Moines
he national music teachers convention
elected the following officers: Presi-
lent, Arthur l.. Manchester, Camden,
New Jersey; president, DIR. M. L..
Bartlett, Des Moines; secretary, Thos.
A. Beckett, Philadelphia; treasurer,
t. A. Fowler, New Haven, Conn.
DURING terrific thunder storm at
Sioux City lightning killed boy
named Clarence Whistler and set fire to
barn in which were number of
valuable breeding horses, all of which
we're burned Young Whistler had
zone into the barn to seek shelter
from the storm and while there he was
Killed by the lightning stroke that set
The barn on fire. The horses burned
we're valued at $4,000. One of them,
Grand Sultan, was alone considered
worth $4,000, being high grade trot-
ting stallion with record of 2:1O4.
The horses were the property of w. P.
aeefe.
JAMES PETERS, or Phea-Pa- Ha, an
Indian on the Sac and Fox reservation
IN Tama county, has commenced suit
in the federal court in Cedar Rapids
against Indian Agent w. G. Malin and
G. w. Nellis, the superintendent of the
Indian boarding and training school at
Toledo, in which he asks for SIS, 0GO for
wrongful, illegal and unjust arrest
and prosecution. He claims that he
has never been a citizen of the United
States, but that last fall he was ar
rested and indicted by the Tama coun-
ty grand jury for enticing an Indian
child away from the reservation. He
also states that on trial he was acquit-
ted and completely exonerated. There
is another case of similar nature
pending and the result is awaited
with considerable interest.
The Cedar Rapids police are trying
to locate a CRATER giving the name of
G. w. Freeman of Des Moines, who
film fammed a young Bohemian out of
s21 in room at the Arcade hotel.
The young man had just come in from
work on the Milwaukee near Paralta
and met Freeman on the street. The
confidence man induced the stranger
to go to the hotel, and while there
persuaded him into giving up the $s1
as loan, to be paid back as soon as
the swindler could get to the telegraph
Office. The fellows who were playing
cards ~ ESsrman left one by one
and seeman said he was going
X aph office. The young
Sassassss he saw Free
duck and ~ then ne rec
4 A.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-28

A correspondent of the Troy Times
has been making big eyes-as we'll he
might-over copy of the Boston
Athenaeum Of April is. 1928, which
contained katpre. copied II om q
S; ~ !
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-28

1t takes a very interesting woman
to make talk about her servant girls
worth hearing.
Twelve dollars and thirty cents is
The annual allowance of 1861 pension
ers of the state of South Carolina.
Charles Haddon Sturgeon, the non
conformist preacher, was a great pun
ster. One DAY, while an invalid at
Mentone, he was walking by the sea-
shore at q time when the Mediterran-
can was raging furiously. Suddenly
he interrupted the conversation and
1nu2tunu1niY lat are the wild waves
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-28

FENCE which his Proposals set--at
Work will never lose their power.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-11-30
Probate Court.

In the estate of Harriet Swank, Of
Sugar Creek township, inventory, ap-
praisement and sale bill has been filed.
n the estate of Charles Dansizen. of
Canton. a petition for the sale of real
estate has been filed.
The will has been filed for probate
in the estate of Frederick Wielandt, Of
Canton.
the estate of Cclestine Vesseriat, of
Louisville, final action has been filed.
In the guardianship OF Ethel May
Howell. of Alliance, appointment Of
Wards real estate has been ordered.
An application has been made to as
sess damages in the ease of the city
of Canton VS.. Mary Bouman ct al.
Trial to jury. Verdict for defendants
rendered. Verdict affirmed. This was
an action to fix damages resulting from
the Improvement of North Cherry street
and the matter was practically settled
out of court. Mary Bauman was al
lowed $425 and Philip Tisch, $500,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-11-30
ENGINEER LANE
OF the Valley Railway, In Town
Thursday--.Talks of the
New B. & @. Line.

Ed. G. Lane, of Cleveland, civil en-
gineer of the Valley railway, spent
Thanksgiving day with relatives in
Canton. When asked about the propos-
ed new line to be built by the b. & o.
company, he said that he was not ad-
vised as to the intentions of the com
pany, but that some one was putting
considerable money into the project
Mr.. Lane located the line several
years ago, when it was first projected,
and he is thoroughly familiar with the
route. He is not, however, in any way
connected with the present survey, nor
would he say that b. & o. money alone
was back of the scheme.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-11-30
SWINDLED BY A
CLEVER SCHEME.
Railroad Men UnknOwingly
w Sign a Contract.
THEIR WAGES GARNISHEED.
Four Hundred Employees Of the Lake
Shore, at Youngstown, Lose $40,
Each--Bunco Steerer just
Wanted Their Names.

Youngstown, Nov. 29.-About 400
employees of the Lake Shore railroad,
40 of them residing here, assert that
they were held up by a clever scheme,
which was worked along the line re-
Gently and which has just come to
light.
A smooth individual circulated among
the employees, stating their names had
Blodgett, and he explained that he was
getting up company directory and
biography. From each he solicited a
photograph and brief write-up, also a
subscription for the work which he said
would be cheap at Sic. Some Of the
men signed, while others refused. When
they refused he said that he wanted
their name, and they attached their
signature to what appeared to be a
blank slip of paper. Later on those
who had signed received a copy of the
book with a bill for SIS. Those who had
not subscribed refused to receive the
book.
1t was not until the arrival of the
pay car here that the employees learned
that they had been caught. When they
applied for their pay they were notified
that it had been garnisheed in Chicago,
and that about 400 were in the same
predieament. They now assert that the
blank slip which they signed was in
fact a cleverly folded contract. When
one Of them objected in the pay car the
cashier said: You need not kick so
hard. / am in the same boat. can't
draw my pay" The men placed their
cases in the hands Of City Solicitor
Conroy, but upon his advice the entire
matter was placed in the charge of the
counsel for the company in Cleveland,
who is looking after similar cases there.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-11-30
ECONOMIC LEAGUE
Held an Interesting Meeting
Wednesday Night-S0me
Good Papers Read.

The Economic league held a meeting
at the assembly hail Wednesday night.
The attendance was not large, but con-
siderable interest was manifested.
N. A. Earnst read a paper on, What
is a trust?" He was followed by Joseph
M. Blake, on "The extent of trusts"
Frank Kessier then read q paper on
"The evils OF trusts" The speakers
were limited 10 minutes. They brought
out many interesting points, some of
which were quite original.
At the conclusion of the papers, a
general discussion followed, in which
Rev. c. Il. Manchestcr, James Sterling,
II. X. Turnbull. w. III. Miller and Mayor
j. III. Robertson took part.
w. A. Lynch, president of the league,
presided and stated that though he had
been student of the trust question
for some time the papers and discussion
following had evolved some practical
ideas that were new to him.
The next meeting win be held In two
weeks.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-11-30
ROYAL BAKING POWDER co., 100 WILLIAM ST., YORK.

ance and while separating the two dogs,
punched the strange dog few times
with his umbrella. At this juncture
two men came rapidly from the oppo-
site side of the street and walking up
to the professional man demanded in no
pleasant tone an explanation for his
punching their canine. The explana-
ton offered by the professional man, 1t
seems, did not satisfy them and as a re-
suit words passed between them that
were not complimentary to either party.
All three became angry and it looked
for a few moments as though some
thing serious might happen. However,
while one of the yellow dogs friends
was hunting up large stone in which
to do up the professional man, he turned
and walked up the street, thereby
ayerting further trouble
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-11-30
TESTIMONY RULED OUT
That Might Have Had a Great
Deal TO Do With the
Verdict.

News Democrat Leased Wire Service
Dayton, Nov. 28.-In the trial of
Walter Easton, for the murder of Thos.
McGraw this morning, Mrs. Easton
went on the stand and admitted i'm
proper relations with McGraw a week
prior to the killing. On the night of the
killing she said McGraw leaned over
her shoulder and made a proposition
to her as she sat at the window of her
house. They heard stir In the bushes
and saw Easton coming. McGraw ran
out the door and Easton shot him. The
court ruled out this testimony because
no previous testimony had been given
showing the state of Easton's mind or
that Easton had known of the improper
conduct of his wife and McGraw.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-11-30

st. Paul would be taken on that train.
A few years ago a sleeper was hauled
on fast mail train which left Omaha
at dusk and was in Chicago at day
break. The passenger who wanted to
ride east on this train was compelled
to engage his berth several days in
advance. Everything, upstairs and
down, was taken on every trip, nothing
but the sleeper and mail cars being
hauled.
-Four or five years ago the superinten-
dent OF railway mail service in Chicago
received a telegram from the general
superintendent at Washington telling
him to take e0care of foreign dignitary
who was crossing the continent and
wouldn't ride on anything but a mail
train, and a fast one at that. He had
got in touch with the officials Of the
government and they fixed him UP.
For some of the trains of the trans
continental route it required three
things for man to set foot on
them. First, 1t was necessary to have
a special permit from division super
intendent Of the railway main service;
second, special permit from the OFF,
cials of the roads over which the train
passed was required, and, third, first
class transportation had to be purchas-
ed. When the foreigner turned up in
Chicago he was tucked away among the
mail bags, from which position he was
given an idea Of expediting mails n
America. Most of the time only his
heels were visible, and when the engi-
neer gave full rein to his iron steed and
began sailing around the curves in his
accustomed style the boys were COM
PEELED to dig for their eccentric passen-
ger, who was dragged out from under
a ton of "black strap" Later when the
Britisher got used to the turmoil a bed
on the distributing tG BILE was made up
for him, and in the morning the clerks
shared their lunches Of hard boiled eggs
and "sinkers" with their distinguished
fellow traveller. ,..
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-11-30
TIE ASSIGNMENT
For Common Pleas Court For
the Week Beginning
December 3.

Fourteen cases have been assigned
presiding, for next week. Monday
morning, after hearing the motion
docket, the hearing of case of Kreyers
administrators VS.. the c., l.. & w. Rail-
way company will be resumed.
In Judge Amblers room, IL cases
have been set for hearing, covering
each day of the week except Saturday.
The assignment follows;
Monday, December 3 ....
Hearing motion docket. Kreyers ad-
ministrator VS.. c., l.. q w. X. X. Co;
White VS.. Essig, ct al; Cunningham
Bros. VS.. Ohio River & Lake Erie II. f.
Co. ct al.
ROOM NO. 1-JUDGE MCCARTHY.
Tuesday December A.
Roman Catholic st. Peters Aid So
ciety, Canton, VS.. Mock ct al; Koehler
VS.. Mossholder ct al.
Wednesday, December B.
t1OuWlB VS.. l>dNuITe cldSS
Speciality company ct al; Poorman VS..
Pccrman's executors.
Thursday, December g.
Fife VS.. City of Canton; Fife VS.. City
of Canton: Sands & Co. VS.. human.
Friday December T.
Carnes VS.. Longsdorf ct al; Com
mercial Mutual Insurance Co. vsRhine;
Green VS.. City of Canton. .-
ROOM NO. JUDGE AMBLER.
Monday, December g.
Hearing motion docket Alsop trus-
| tees VS., Canton Stoneware Co. ct al.
| Tuesday, December A.
Bowers vs.. Pennsylvania Co.; Gurski
| ct al VS.. Gursk ct al r. ..
Wednesday, December g.
Ohio ex rel Barnett We. Middaugh
| German VS.. German: Allott VS.. Vain
! wright's executors.
Thursday, December G.
Scranton Bros. & Cole VS.. Hamlin;
Miller VS.. Michler; Myers VS.. Shock
| Bros.
| Friday, December T.
| Ream vs. Building & Lumber Co. ,et
al; Roger VS.. Anstine; Ohio ex rel
Jampson VS. Iyarmon.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-11-30

Fast mail trains have queer fasci-
nation :or many travellers, and to ride
on these trains people have been known
to put themselves out more than for the
finest passenger trains now on the rails.
Most of these trains leave at the up-
seasonable hour of 3 a. m, but people
get out of bed at hours when slumbPr
10 the soundest. ride four or five miles
on an owl car and finally find the coach
attached to a train which is about TO
20 scudding over the country at a mile
a minute clip.
Some of these trains carry sleepers,
in which berths may be taken early in
the evening, the car standing in the
yard or under a train shed In ear shot
of half dozen switching engines,
which go putting and changing about
the yards and sheds the whole of the
night. notwithstanding this fact hun
dreds of persons who could just as we'll
ride on other trains pick their way to
the car and restlessly lie three to Ave
bours for the sake of being jerked
across the state in one of Uncle Sans
flyers The trains on which they are
particularly anxious to ride, however,
are those which do not carry passengers
for love or money.
Not long since one of the st, Paul
roads which runs a fast train every
night -at 9.66 attached a coach and
sleeper and began taking passengers,
Notwithstanding the fact that the same
road operates a splendid train leaving
only few minutes after the mail the
cars OF the lattsr were crowded. and the
company was forced to announce that
only passengers fps Milwspkss end
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-11-30
FLETCHER RETIRES.
Former Bridge Contractor Was
Well Known In Local
Railroad Circles.

w. H. Fletcher, a former bridge gu
peryisor Of the p, Ft. w. g. c., has re-
tired from actual work. having just left
the Chicago and Northwestern railroad,
on which line he has been bridge in
spector for 15 years, while in that capac-
ity having been In charge Of over $500
miles of track.
Mr.. Fletcher is well known in local
railway circles, having been connected
in an official capacity with the building
of nearly all the steel bridges on the
Fort Wayne.
Mr.. Fletcher belongs to a family of
railroaders, being a brother Of T. j.
Fletcher, formerly of the Panhandle,
and John F., formerly Of the Fort
Wayne, (both deceased.) and James
r. Fletcher, now connected with the
Grand Rapids and Indiana, while a
son, George /. Fletcher Is an engineer
on the r. Ft. w. & c.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-11-30
Seiler-EckingeE.

Miss Louise Seller and William Eek
inger were united In marriage Wednes-
day at st. Johns Catholic church. Rev.
Father Mcclure officiating. Miss Lis-
xie Fryberger acted as bridesmaid, and
Mr.. John Seller, of Akron, as best man.
After the ceremony the bridal party
went to Akron, where they wil visit
friends and relatives. Mrs. Eckinger
received many beautiful and costly
presents.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-11-30
Room For Comparison.

No traveller down the Ohio river fails
to notice the striking difference present.
ed by life and industry on the north and
south side-the evidences of growth and
progress are careful husbandry on the
one side contrasting with those of stag
nation and tariftIessness too often to
be observed on the other. And this is
little less true of the present than OF
the slavery time. Nevertheless, Ken
lucky appears by the census to have
grown in population at q higher rate
during the last decade than Ohio.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-11-30
Punched Another MINIS Dog.

While walking up the west side Of
North Market street with o friend,
about o'clock "Wednesday evening, a
Nsws-pemocrat reporer witnessed an
ipcidept which at first was quite anus
tng, but which later became decidedly
serlous, When in front OF the Folwell
building q prominent professional man
was Feen going In the same direction
bpt % the opposite sile af the street.
Just a. be was cross'n& Fifth street
. eisrge yellow dog JUMPED upon mis- bird
Aee and forced n AKht. The pFpfes-
slenas mAs faA~hss ~ Als dAg'A assist