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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-07

father of Mrs Burt, and Edna Delosh,
% years old, handsome girl of re-
spectacle family, employed in the
Burt household, besides one or two
others. The other members of the
family present besides Mrs. Burt and
Mr.. Briggs at the time of the tragedy
We're Harry Burt, the youngest son,
AGED 10, ana Mary harvey, .11so dpouL
Aof age, and emplo
light housem--.,>
Suddenly there came loud, sharp
rap at the front door. Mrs. Burt
started for the door, but her son,
Harry, ran ahead of her, undid the
fastenings, and threw the door wide
open. Standing there was the figure
of a tall, stoop-shouldered man with
wide-brimmed felt hat slouched down
over his forehead, and his features,
from the eyes down, concealed by
the heavy folds of wide, red silk
handkerchief. In his right hand and
pointed straight at the boys head he
held revolver. Without uttering
word or sound the masked man
walked up to Mrs. Burt, pointed the
pistol at her, and fired. The bullet
grazed her chest, just over her heart
and passed through the fleshy part of
her left arm. She staggered, but did
not fall. The assassin then held the
muzzle of the pistol within six inches
of her face, but the woman dashed it
aside just in time. 1t exploded and
the ball was buried in the wall of the
room. At this her assailant struck
her heavily over the head with the
boy and girl meanwhile had made
their escape. Mrs. Burt staggered to
her feet and ran out the front door.
Mr.. Burt, who was at Potsdam.
heard of the affair and hurried home
to find his wife dead in the house of
a neighbor and her father in his own
home at deaths door. In few days
old man Briggs died of his wound
When asked whether there was any
one whom he might suspect of the
crime, Burt named Morris ]. Savage,
who had come to the Burt horne about
a fortnight before, and who, when
Burt flung him out into the street,
had said: "I'll get even with you for
this"
Savage was arrested, but SO COM
pletely proved an alibi that he was
released. At this stage of the game
District Attorney Hale took hold of
the affair and followed it up with
Sherlock Holmes methods to a solu-
ton.
With the fact to start from that
Mrs. Burt. was undeniably the in
tended victim, and the very reasona-
BILE theory that the assassin knew that
it was she who usually answered at
the door. Mr.. Hale started to work.
Very early in his cautious Inquiries,
Mr.. Hale began to get glimpses of a
mysterious shadowy figure seen on
the road between Potsdam and Mr..
Burt's house on the evening of the
crime. The crime was committed at
o'clock. Between $3.50 and o'clock
the figure was seen twice, and then
he was going toward the Burt house.
Between Z and $3.50 o'clock he was
seen four times between Burt's house
and Potsdam.
Thus far the figure, as he was fol-
lowed through various witnesses, had.
been seen dimly like fitting specter
by night. But at last he reached
Potsdam village itself. was skulking
darkly in shadows and obscure streets.
Then he came out full in the glare
of an electric light and there was met
by man who knew him we'll and
called him by name and that name
was Howard ". Burt.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-07
A Miniature Boomerang.

To make this miniature boomerang
.allithat is needed is sharp knife and
some heavy. card board. Cut semi
Ne, as shown in the picture, making
end Slightly broader than the 9th
TO shoot this boomerang place 1t
lnder the nail Of the forefnger OF
1T hand. Do not put it there at
enter. but place it in such = way
The larger part of the boomerang
Hard the left Then give it q Zip
he thumb Of the right hand and
boomerang will act like the ia
weapon Of the Australian saw
taking the object at which 1t is
and then returning to the per-
shot It. It will require some
actice and experiment to get
be Of the boomerang exactly
ID at the same time to place it
proper position and give 1t the
troke: This ID, Of course, q
pmerang compared With the
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-07
Our Cooking School.

Cheese Cakes.-Line little pattie
pans with a very thin layer of deli
cate pastry. Fill about half full with
ounce jelly, then fill the remaining
space with cake batter. Bake about
twenty minutes. When done, turn
them out and dip the top in soft FROST
ing. No. Prepare in the same way,
and half fill with strawberry preserve
Cover with cake batter, bake, and
when cold cover with thick whipped
cream, tinged pink with color paste.
Recipe for Supper Cake-Dry three
pounds of flour, rub it into three
ounces of butter and two ounces of
lard. Add little salt, powdered gin
ger and cinnamon. Set quarters
of an ounce of yeast in basin with a
teaspoonful of brown sugar, and work
with spoon until it becomes liquid.
Slightly warm half pint OF new milk
and add to the yeast. Beat two eggs
to a good froth. Make hole in the
center of the -four, pour in the yeast,
and let it work for ten minutes. Then
work in all the -four =. it leaves the
hands clea2&etting it with the
,beaten eges leni1 ss..--. Set the
place it in warmed basin, work into
1t half a pound of cleaned eurrants
and five ounces of moist sugar. Knead
up till we'll mixed. place in tin and
bake for nearly two hours. If pre-
ha l>o ixyi1a
four fiat cakes and baked on tin.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-07
Negro Killed on a Train.

A number Of white men shot and
killed Morgan Boone, negro, on a
Kentucky excursion train few days
ago. Boone; who had been drinking,
brandished revolver and threatened
any one who attempted to intercept
him as he passed through the train.
One man attempted to rise, but was
felled with coupling pin. AS his cry
rang out dozen men fired volley
at Boone and then threw his body into
a swamp near. the track.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-07
Chicken. Know tho Engine whistle.

A curious spectacle is afforded trav-
elers on the Monon railroad at Monon,
Ind, the junction of the main Haze and
the Indianapolis division. Two OF the
through trains, carrying dining cars,
meet there. and the dining cars are set
out. The cooks clean their kitchens,
throwing the refuse out, and the
chickens in the neighborhood come
and feed on the scraps. There is not
a chicken within half mile that does
not recognize the whistles Of the en-
gines pulling the passenger trains,
and when they are sounded for the
station it is the signal for the chick
ems to run, flying over fences, and
hustling pell-mell to get on the ground
for the feast.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-07
Murder and Suicide.

Sidney R. Powers. veteran of
civil war, shot and killed his d.
wife and then committed
Elgin, Ill. Mrs. Powers q
when Powers forced his "
building. qgarreled with hdl
out and sent = bullet into I
Then he>killed himaelt.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-07
Severe Rebuke.

"Are you the manager of this store.
sir?" 81 am one of the managers. Is
there anything can" 81 want to
know if you teach your clerks to in
suit customers!'' Has one of our
clerks been insulting you?" "Yes, sir.
When asked this young woman to
show me some ear muffs she said she
hadn't any that were large enough for
me-" Miss Billhorn, did you tell him
that?" "Y-yes, sir. And it's true. We.
haven't any half big enough" Young.
woman, have told you always to tell
the truth about the goods you sell, but,
4 have never instructed you to tell
any unpleasant truths about your GUS
toners. Oh Tribune.
Wise 4 an who doesn't sacri-
nee his a the search for wtse.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-07

Bank Cashier-This check, madam,
isn't flied in.
Isn't what?"
ut has your husbands name signed
ito it, but 1t does not state how much
money you want.
"oh. is that ALI Y1ell, I'll take q,
there ID"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-07

of the tent as desired; the lower coll
lar controls the extension of the ribs.
This tent when folded. shut up or
closed ready for transportation, con-
sists simply Of the central stick with
the canvas rolled about it, in true UNI
brella fashion.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-07
|HE FLED FROM PERI.
AFTER SUFFERING BRUTAL OUT
RACES FROM NATIVE.
Edward GottfrIed, While Representing
the United States. Strung Up by tho
Thumbs by Band of Peruvian Rebels
Claims 100000 Indemnity.
IWilkesharre Pa Letter

A tale of torture and amazing out
RACES in Peru, of which Mr.. Edward
Gottfred of this city, recently our
consular agent at Trujillo was the UNI
willing hero, comes to light with the
return to his home of the victim of
the atrocities, and the lodging Of a
claim for 100000 indemnity which the
state department will press for collec-
ton.
The story related by Mr.. Gottfried
almost passes belief, but it is attested
by many prominent Peruvians, among
them some members of the govern
ment, who were eye witnesses of the
outrage, which left Mr.. Gottfried ner-
vous and physical wreck.
Mr.. Gottfried in 1898 lived at a haei-
enda near Haamachuco, about 100
miles from the coast. His family con-
sisted of himself, his wife, six children
and Miss Zollner, a German goyerness,
besides the servants
On the morning of August % band
Of rebels under Colonel Verastegui ST.
rounded the house and looted the re-
dence and outbuildings. They thet
demanded $1,000 in money ard twenty
five rifles. Mr.. Gottfried was dragged
before the rebel colonel and protested
that he was an American citizen ami
consular agent of the government
The colonel smiled sardonically anC
ordered Mr.. Gottfried to be strung W
by the thumbs and he was drawn nj
until his feet barely touched thu
ground. Then rifles were hung upol
his shoulders until the weight stretch
ed out his thumbs and his feet stoot
fatty upon the ground. IT, thuA'"'
were broken ~ sc CORDS OF tn
wrists~a,,s arawn out and the victim
of this do iiiisS. torture faj ted from
agony
He was let down and re-
times, and again subjected
ture. Not only was he susb 100
the thumbs, but his fnge
wrapped with cords so tightly
blood burst from their ends Nis
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-07

!. -. p -, ~, . and most tempting
in appearance of any, it has been i'm
pressed, such was their idea, with the
mark Of Ewes having bitten it. to warn
men from meddling with substance
possessing such noxious properties.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-07

wooden boomerangs which the Austria
lians throw with such force that they
can strike and often kill man or
animal at 200 yards, the weapon re-
turning to the hands or feet of the
person who threw it.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-07

Break, break, break,
On thy cold gray stones, o sea!
And would that my tongue could utter
Ths thoughts that arise in me.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-07

And the stately ships go on,
To their haven under the hill;
But oh for the touch of a vanished hand
And the sound OF voice that is still!
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-07

Oh we'll for the fishermans boy
That he shouts with his sister at play!
oh we'll for the sailor lad
That he sings in his boat in the bay!
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-07
FOR WOMEN ANDHOME
ITEMS OF INTEREST FOR MAIDS
AND NATIONS.

An Artistic Milliner-she Refuses to Sell
Unsightly and Unbecoming Hats-A
Tip on Summer Observation-Disclosures on
the Stage-Cooking School
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-07

Break break, break,
AT the foot of thy crags, o sea.
But the tender grace of day that is dead
viii never come back to me.
Alfred Tennyson.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-07

Adam was probably very SGcud OF
Eve till he saw the snaka.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-07

He was let down and re- ~ r
times, and again subjected
ture. Not only was he susp,
the thumbs, but his fnge5
wrapped with cords so tightly
hlood burst from their ends
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-08-11

hood mas become 4 -Jyil thing tiHs u
the .eflurtE uf the Republican uH-ry II
dignity ElnG verify the ssuVsTaiEIr-y a.
mnhouG Power hEE Ii-fftel ldUNn 10
The masses. U.hD nsciIme ruIEsciuuE u-
their power through tire wurk N isuah
men a. Lincoln. G1iIIrt, iGHriialG. 5fl1-
rism and Alu6filgy, Who n lcanrp. II
bartie and IN the councils nj the IIHfir-
have MADE our country tiie envy ID -fiIs
world The pulley d the Republican
party hHs -gune On IN advance al -fiiR
nag, CARRYING sHms Il -tifs hisssiIIssf ui
liberty 10 peoples and cnIuTr-ieE EiilD
hive never seen tire hammer an Gfu-s
and frssdum. To chHrss imperialism
no the party which WIS can-aiven NV
freemsn, wRs rucizad ny liberty Enu
grew 10 vigorous mmIhnud IN -iEt
strung msH nj personal suvEreigITry r
10 disInri history, iisIly tine truth HnL
ber-Hy the faGi thin tine iuul,meIrtE ld
the party think a falsshund II issrIs-
than the truth -fuT rEuIpaisn uIrrHn==E-
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-08-11
Mnr.y Ann l.-r in EuaEy1-

In the Police Court tins f0renGu
Alrg. Mary ann Lee HBalrrsH On -ti.-
charse N malicious injury with 4 7.
IL Bnli ar lhsT arIurney T,ift ran,-
Iilaiur WIS made Ivy =. i. 1sssin ami -tlff
bone nf contention TyaE a Chinese VIM.
which tine complainant EiIiss-d 2-aL
been taken from ms liiaee IN lziIitnl
street by MARY ann lsss. Thsrs EAE
dOulu n no tiIf ownership min Tn.
defendant WIZ Discharged. N aIg,arz
thu the Whuie timing was 4 little tHni-
3 quarrel. Mary am Izss =e,ls-cIE n
return tire l.Iau1 ana save further -rral,-
hie although size is cunvnFnsl n W..
given To Agr by 4 son q the lHte Mr.
10y
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-08-11

Those Gevouns the largest amount Of
lime worrying over thu labor situation
are not the men most severely injured
financially should the shortage Of Ia.
6or become real instead. Of apparent,
The planters are not asleep, as is evi-
senc,d in the Portuguese families sooa
90 arrive from Pennsylvania and tho
arrangements made in Porto Rio.
The American field Of labor will un-
auestIonably prove a sufficient source
u sunrIv.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-08-11

Boss bryan has not attempted to eX-
plain nor l. he likely to, why he urged
lpou Democratic Senators the ratiiicn-
ton Of the Paris treaty IN order tlGt
Do might afterward make politi al
fapltal by opposing that measure. Such
men as Bryan has shown himself to D"
20 this instance are not 70 be trusted
Nth the direction OF national affairs.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-08-11
THE OLD AND THE NEW.

The inevitable clash Of the new
American spirit inspiring the Territor..'
q Hawaii with the do order of affairs
a. exemplifed by the administration If
the Republic Of Hawaii has come and
furnishes a lively diversion from the
humdrum Of ordinary routine. lnevi-
. able, the prediction was made. ii
you'd be inevitable II was hoped that
slash would not be. the hope existing
that every department Of the Territory
should take up and create under new
conditions that aggressive. progressive
aud forceful character radically Amer
ican. which the admission of Hawaii 10
the United States foreshaIowed.
Changing conditions must Of neces'
l.v cause friction. yet this need not
:ause open tempests, provided there
existed on the part Of the old as well
A. the new an honest desire to cooper
ate with the end in view that whatever
differences might arise, the eXponer s
Of diverging opinions should not al
low themselves 10 drop 10 the undigI!-
ied level Of dealing in personalities.
officials, whether executive or judi
giaI, should be accorded the resper;
due their Office and the honesty Of
heir purpose. Such respect has been
paid those officers representing the old
regime by men who differ with them
IN Interpreting the spirit and intent q!
,he administration outlined by the Ter
iitorial law. Not only respect but sup
port have they received, not half heart
ar nor critical.
The incident of the Bar Association
FINER in which new members OF the
bench were made the subject Of ridi-
gule and coatumely brings 10 public
notice the real integrity OF purpose Of
those factors in local affairs, hereto
fore controlling factors. Words uttered
in the heat OF a-gumentariye debate
may pass uaheeded. Custom has taugE:
that this is TO be expected in the legal
battles for points. The vigorous,
square dealing opponent inspires re-
spect Equal regard for well estah-
lished custom places the individual or
individuals who while participating N
4 public social function improve that
opportunity to vent personal spite upon
az express slurring disapproyal Of Off
siaIs or invited guests. II al no otee'
lime, as charged by critics, judges have
not appreciated the dignity Of then
office, they certainly demonstrated lasl
night that they are not lacking in this
respect. They did not allow judi 'ial
srmine to be degraded by ribald rid!'
cule without protest.
Had the gentleman responding TO tho
toast, Governor Dole" told a story re-
peating the statement made by an at
torney now prominent in criticism O
the bench that he hoped Mr.. Dole woul
Be appointed Governor rather thai
Chief Justice because lawyers coul1
never get anything done with Dole III
the bench, such an act would have be Il
equally discourteous and indefensiblt
as the indignity which caused the with
5rawal Of judicial guests OF the Bar
Association. II the bench Is not mp 4
the standard desired by the bar Their
rs a time and place for it, ridicule o.
criticism. As gentlemen wen reallzi
this time and place i not at a banque
Eher judges sit as invited guests.
That advocates OF the old should b.
ready 10 impose upOn courtesy on sue
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-08-11

lt o. lust such affairs as that q che
Har Association dinner that gives
strength 20 the Oft repeated assertion.
chat there is ring On Hawaii tla.
.ey,r recognizes any authority bu. i''
own. and will not accept as honest 81
lIguIded any nan who fails to bow low
a. is beck and call.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-08-11
voR PRESIDENT,
WI. kiNLEN.
FOR vicE-PPEsiDENT,
THEO. ROOSEVELT.

strange az q may appear. It's never
t,l,ss true that the festive board o.
eu, the time nor place Co set tempcst0.
aus legal tcapots lubbllng.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-08-11

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Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-08-11

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been selsaHed 10 Hd1rn -tils 1.riiIast
than rnbin eEs hiIfe. .
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-03-10

1t was seen that 1T would be impossible
to retain any longer our advanced po-
sition in the river bed The first to SO
was the trench occupied by Corporal
Currie and his sharpshooters. AS the
water swept from bank to bank
through this post which we but few
days before had won so CALAMITY from
the enemy, the men clambered UP the
banks to the veldt and made their way
as best they could to the base. With
the flooding of this position, so rapidly
did the river rise that those occupied
by Captain FitzClarence and his squad
ron were equally untenable. AS they
We're abandoned the stream rushed by
them, with the roar of a river in flood,
while the crash Of bowlder upon bowl
der turned masses of rock into shat
tered fragments. Within an hour the
river had risen eight feet, and so I'M
expected was the flood that for the
time being it was not possible to rescue
from the rising stream the seven
FOUNDER gun, which was in position
some way down the river
WHEN IT CLEARED
AS the rain continued the wind died
down until the height Of this storm it
scarcely possessed the strength to dis
sipate the white nists which We're ris-
ing from the veldt They hung low
upon the ground, prevented from rising
by the strength of the downpour, and
making 1t difficult to see the progress
OF events in the enemy's lines From
time to time above the Kissing Of the
rain and the roar Of the rivers we
heard the angry cough of the N0rden-
feldt the shrieks of their quick firing
guns, aud the heavy and more stately
boom Of Big Ben.
From these omens, as some slight
diminution in the downpour allowed
the mists to rise from the ground we
expected to hear the sound Of explod-
ing volcys coming through the fog,
and to find that the fight had become
suddenly desperate; but the Beers lack
cd the individual courage, and, the
charge which they might have made
under cover of the tangle of the brush
wood and the bewilderment Of the fog
never took place. The area Of the
storm included the most advanced
trenches Of the Beers, and as the wind
shifted the gloomy masses of vapour,
we saw through the whirling mist and
smoke@ charged air, the Beers, rain
soaked as ourselves standing discon-
solately upon their muddy parapets
AT night, with the darkness to cover
our misfortunes, the town was busy in
fresh earthworks, in
draining those shelters from which any
further use could be obtained and in
making such amends as possible for
an occurrence almost unprecedented in
the annals of war,-London Times.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-03-10
"BoBs" AS A FIGUREHEAD.
1t Adorns an English Ship That Has
Borne His Name in Many Seas

1t Adorns an English Ship That Has
Borne His Name in Many Seac.
General Roberts, commander-in-ch
Of the British forces In South Africa
has visited nearly every port of any
size on the face of the globe as the fig
urehead of the British ship General
Roberts, which arrived from Newcastle,
N. S. W., last Wednesday. When the
vessel was ready for launching the
warriors famous march to Kandahar
was the one topic Of conversation in
England, so figurehead of the gene
raj as he then appeared was put on the
ship and she was christened General
Roberts,
Since that time the figurehead has
been in all kinds of weather, and had
its namesake been there the famous
general would have come to the conclu-
sion that the battles with the elements
were sometimes as hard as encounters
With the Afshans and Beers. When the
General Roberts left England two years
ago the figurehead was beautiful in its
new coat of paint. The ship came here
and after discharging went to Puget
Sound and loaded lumber for Cape
Town On arriving there the war had
just begun, and the General Roberts
cleared for Australia in ballast. On the
way a terrific storm was encountered
and both the Generals arms were
washed off. From Australia the Gene
raj Roberts came here and the figure
head is still minus the arms. The YES
sci loads here for Liverpool, and on her
arrival there the General will be reha-
biltated Should he have defeated the
Beers by that time the owners of the
vessel will probably put on a new fig
urehead showing the hero of the South
campaign without his side
whiskers.
Captain Y. c. Fearon, master of the
General Roberts, is great admirer of
"Bobs'' and has Kipling's lines en-
crossed and framed and hung in such
a position in the cabin that he can see
them every time he leaves his state
room.--San Francisco Call.