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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-13

Reading between the lines Of the
Presldent's message, Americans learn
that they are in for four years of i'm.
perialism and trustism.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-13

The people at the last election. de-.
clared in favor Of big standing army
and Mckinley and his congress will
take them at their word. More taxes!
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-13

The census returns Of Texas present
.sme curious facts. For instance, Bail
lydnty has but four residents; Cock
has twenty-five; Andrews has thirty
en; Lynn has SEVENTEEN, and Daw-
has thirty-six. twenty-five other
ties have populations Of less than
O6jeach. Some counties have no rum
ling stream within their borders, sothe
hundreds Of miles from railroad,
pthers are almost wholly inhabited
eifie dogs, jack rabbits and rattle
Tom Green county, the largest
state, Is larger than the whole
y Ohio, and has bnt 6,aA inhabit.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-13
o. f. HULL, Publisher
Iowa ranks fourth in railway mileage.
Illinois comes first, then Pennsylvania,
next is Texas and then Peerless Iowa.

Gov. Lind, of Minnesota, has asappoint.
ed Charles A. Towne to fill the vacancy
caused by the death Of Senator Davis.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-13

For Oklahoma real estate, write or
call on G. B. Jordan. Enid, O. T.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-13

The end of the war is now promised
but it has been promised in every morn.
ing bulletin for some two years or so.
The silver star., 1900-08-17
FIFTEEN KILLED
IN A COLLISION

Slarington- Pa. Aug l2.-Fif;een
persons were instantly killed and nine
Others were fatally injured tonight
east Of this city. a passenger train on
the Lehlgh and New England railroad
crashing into an omnibus containing
twenty-five persons
All the dead and injured people We're
in the omnibus. But one of the cccu-
pants escaped injury.
All are Pennsylvanians- The party
was returning TO Slafington from a
funeral The dead and injured were
nearly all relatives Of Sophia Schoefer,
whose ob-eguie> they had attended.
The accident occurred At ) O'Clock. at
a sharp curve The train WIS a spe-
cial and was running at lively rate
The omnibus came along at a good
rate Of speed. the occupants uncon-
scious Of any impending danger. As
the bus swung around the curve the en-
gine came in sight.
Ii was too late 10 stop either the ON
nibus or the train. and as the driver Of
the former whipped UP the four horses
to cross the track ahead of the train
the latter crashed into its middle.
The occupants were thrown in all di-
rections. bruised and bleeding. The
fifteen dead were Killed outright
No watchman is employed TO warn
teams or pedestrians of any approach
ing train. and those living In the vicin-
ity state that IL is impossible 10 hear
an approaching train. The horses draw
ing the bus escaped unhurt-
The silver star., 1900-08-17
Terrible H.a, In New York.

New York. Aug. 12.-Death reaped
a harvest yesterday from New York's
humidity At least thirty-three per-
sons died in this city and vicinity.
thirty Of them from prostrations and
three children from falling from fire
escapes on which they had crowded to
get some relief from the iorturing heat
Since August 9Th. when the tempera-
ture was nincfy-one degrees. the condi-
tions have been growing worse All in
all, II the hottest continuous weather
New York has ever had. Forecaster
Emery said to-day that II surpassed In
the aggregate the record OF the 1896
hot spell. All local weather records for
this year were broken in the most un-
comfortable way. The thermometer
reached ninefy-five at 2 p. m. and reg
istered the same figures an hour later
This was the official record taken In
the bureau. high above the street, and
is many degrees cooler than the tenn
perature the people were subjected to
on the streets.
thunder shower to-day brought a
lower temperature and much needed
relief from the heat.
The silver star., 1900-08-17
CHINA WANTS PEACE
BUT MUST ACT FIRST.

Washington. Aug. l2--lndicAtions Of
the desires OF China for peaceful ses-
tlement Of her present difficulties hare
been multiplying for several days Of
fetal evidence OF that desire WAS pre-
sented 10 the Department Of State to-
day. Ii was In the form of an eiies
promulgated By the emperor. Kwang
Hsu- appointing Earl Ii Hung Chang
as envoy plenipotentiary to negotiate
with the powers for an immediate
cessation of hos'iIiriex.- pending q SO
luton OF the problems which have
grown out of the anti-foreign uprising
in the empire.
Earl Ii Is 10 act directly for the En-
peror anil a fair inference is that what
ever terms of settlement ne may reach
with the powers will BE- approved by
the imperial government
Tonight Secretary .Adee. by direction
Of President Mckinley. presented 10
Minister WI for transmission TO his
government the reply Of the United
States to the imperial edici appointing
IA Hung Chang envoy 10 negotiate
The silver star., 1900-08-17
Fifty sunk ON Torpedo boat.

Paris. Aug. 12.-During maneuvers
OF the French feet OF Cape st. VIM
cent. last night. collision occurred be-
tween the first-class battleship Bren-
Fournier. commander OF the feet, and
the torpedo boat destroyer France.
The France sank Immediately. and
only portion OF the crew. consisting
OF four officers AMI fifty-eight men.
Were saved.
II Is believed that no fewer than fif-
ty were lost. Details are meagre. The
accident was due to the fact that the
France. which was recent addition
to the French navy. turned TO the right
when ordered to the left.
The silver star., 1900-08-17

The unfortunates who suffer from
nay fevtr are now dragging out a
vretched existence at their homes or
flying to places where they can fnd
immunity from this annoying ailment
All such will ind CLEAN Of hope In
the announcement made by DR.. II. II.
Curtis In the Medical News. DR.. Cur
tbs found that two girls employed In .
drug store. handling ipecac. were rem
dered immune from "ipecac cold" by
taking doses Of the tincture. This led
him TO try the effect OF hypodermlc In
jections Of the extract OF roses upon a
lady who could not even pass florists
shop without taking rose cold" with
the result Of effecting premansit
cure. He then experimental In 4 SINH
lar manner upon patients suffering
from ragweed. golden rod. and lily OF
the valley. with like success. This
like cures like" remedy is \ simple
one and worth trial.
The silver star., 1900-08-17

wssh The powers for . cessation Of hos
slss5ez
TIE reply in eject IS = reiteration
of sh< demands ycevsously made BY the
United States upon China coupled with
q vigorous intinaricn that no negooA-
t.cus viii be entered into until the Chi
rese government shall have compiled
with those demands
This government. inspired by . de-
termination to effect the rescue Of the
lexafioners be<iezed In Pekin- takes ad-
vantage In the reply to the edict, to
reIterate the demands previously made
to China. These demands were first
made by the President July 23rd. and
subsequently were reiterated sub
stantially by Acting Secretary Adee. by
direction Of the President.
The demands for the protection Of the
minister's for free communication be-
tween them and their respective gov
ernmenfs. and for the restoration OF or
der in China, form the keynote Of the
memorandum forwarded to the imper-
ial government by the President
The silver star., 1900-08-17

A body Of scientists recently dis
cussed the age at which child Is
most interesting. The general opin-
ion finally fixed on two Year, as the
time when the unfolding from baby
hood 10 childhood exhibits the mos.
constant and pleasant surprises. In
connection with this scientific opin-
ion, II Ia notable that photographers
regard two years as the worst age to
take . "time-exposure" picture A
younger child VIII. TO an extent, stay
put" and no can be photographed: a
child above that age respects such d.
rections as. Keep still for Just q
minute" The little 2-year-old has all
the alertness and activity OF youth
without being able 10 see the wis
dom Of listening to the artists re-
quests.
The silver star., 1900-08-17
Dynmmlter. Arres,es,

81. Louis. Aug. 12.-Mnurice Brennan.
Fred T.. Northway and james
Schwartz. formerly employees OF the st.
Louis TraDsist Company. were arrest.
ed today on the charge Of dynamiting
the conduit Of the Olive street cable
line last night. Brennan and North
way have confessed and have Implicat-
ed Schwartz.
The Central Trndes and Labor Union
to-day decided not to revoke the boy
colt which Inns been operative In consc-
quence OF the street railway strike.
while the strike OF the East st. Louis.
Illinois. electric railway was declared
on by unanimous vote Of the EN-.
ployes.
The silver star., 1900-08-17
Killed ny S.lshtnlnx.

New York. Aug. 12.--Nine persons
who sought shelter under trees In the
woods In the Bronx section, during n
storm. this evening. were struck by
lightning. They were James Brown. n
Hungarian tailor Of this city; his wife
and nve children, and Bertha L.ascho-
wits and Bertha Silvermnn. They were
taken to Fordhnm hospital.
-Four persons were killed in BROOKLYN
nnd two others stand little chance Of
recovering from injuries received.
The silver star., 1900-08-17

An important agreement has been
concluded between the seven principal
French railway companies and the Belt
railway Of Paris. By which the condi-
tionz have been fixed for accepting We
aiclez 0. all kinds as ordinary baggage.
The tsrt Of the agreement Is as fol-
lows: The following will be accepted
As bszgzss Of all kinds. especially tha,
their Dimensions are such tha. they
may De easily put into the baggage car
namely, motorcycles. automobile tricy-
cles and automobile carriages; when
1rpack.t their weight is not TO e1-
ceet 80 pounds; when packed IN
boxes II. weight Is limited TO 22l
oo1nss-
The silver star., 1900-08-17

A lady o. Cincinnati has been pol
soned by the ink used on typewriter
rfbbon. Her fingers were stained By
II, and IN trying TO break small
blister on her lip she placed the
a slight pain in her face. This was
followed in short time By violent
swelling. The pain became almost
unbearable. and her lip sEelled and
turned black. In spite Of the best
medical skill she grew rapidly worse
and died in grea, agony.
The silver star., 1900-08-17

The South American countries used
TO Be dismissed with a few lines in the
old zrsphies. but now they keep
the Etatistieians very busy. A train-
ing-ship, carrying forty boys who Will
one day be officers In the navy Of the
Argentine Republic. visited this coun-
try last month Within the memory
Of living men. the Argentine Republic
had no naTy-indeed. there was no
Argentine Republic. II il not righ, To
gauge the worth o. nation by the
number Of iS ~ar-ships. but let us re-
joice that our sisters at the south are
setting up nsvies. The action indi-
easss that they have something al
stake.
The silver star., 1900-08-17

Prince oukthomsky sent his cele
brsted collections Of bronze Monsoi
Idols 10 the Russian Asiatic section OF
the Paris exhibition. They remained
on view for q time. but some Of the
ngurss shocked even Paris ideas OF de. +.
csncy and complaints began to come
In. Having been accepted. the exhib.
Il could not very we'll bs returned. 30
The officials picked out the worst
specimens, packed them m q box Of
Asiatie appearance and have placed
this IN conspicuous position with the
latsl "MonSol IDOLS
The silver star., 1900-08-17
Advocate. i,lx s..nalns Army.

Chicago. Aug. 12.-GenernI Joseph
Wheeler made strong picn for the
standing army In his convocation nd.
dress at the University Of Chicago. He
declared that the most certain way to
avoid the AesolntiOn nnd the horrors Of
war was to he constantly ready with
men and arms for every emergency:
that the only security for peace was TO
Ike always prepared and ready to en-.
gage In war.
AZ the close Of the address General
Wheeler was cheered by the students,
many Of whom are from the southern
states. and when the University hand
struck up the tune Of "Dixie' the en-.
thusiasm rose TO = high pitch.
The silver star., 1900-08-17
That pepsi.s. xes,ss...s.

Topeka, Kans.. Aug. 12.-Kansss
Populists and Democrats are combln.
Ing tO make the Bryan rOpulist notjii.
cation At Topeka. August 28rd, one OF
the biggest political events that has
ever taken place In Kansas. Besides n.
NJ. Patterson. who will make the mott.
flcation speech. Webster Davis and j.
b. Weaver will address the crowds.
John w. Breidenthal. Populist.D Demo.
cratic nominee for governor, predicts
that 10000 Kansans will come 10 ths
meeting.
The silver star., 1900-08-17
Ru.sisns May Hold Msneh.r...

London. Aug. ia special from ~.
Petersburg attributes 10 Russia the In
tentI0n 10 MI Mnnchurin with troops
and not TO let go that territory when
the present ebullitI0n In over. The Rus.
sian war office expects 10 have 49,.
90 men and 242 guns In Siberia by the
end Of September.
The total number Of allies In the
province Of Pei Chi Ii In $4,000. witt,
ia guns. The total August 3Oth will
he 5000. with 80 guns.
The silver star., 1900-08-17

A bolt Of lightning entered the house
u John Ethbriczs. near Charlotte. y
g. and killed two Of his daughters. a
they were sieeping in each other :
lrns- Il also set FIRE TO the house
causing its destruction. Only sho--
lime previous one OF the girls dreamed
that the house ~4 destroyed By light
ning. aad tSo OF the family -sE
killed.
The silver star., 1900-08-17

Gernany's official catalogue to- the
Paris Exposition Is printed in a ne1
type. the inventor 0. which is said 70
be the Kaiser himself The letters
are the ordinary Roman letters with
Gothic decorations The intention L
to substitute the new alphabet for the
present German type, and 10 accom-
plish this obiec; fonts Of the nsz
type will be offered - German print
ing establishments st ye-y low prices
The silver star., 1900-08-17

New York. Aug. 10-Bob Fitxsirn.
mons. ex-chnmplon pugilIst Of the
world. met Gus Rubin. the Akron ri.
ant, tonight before the Twentieth
Century Club ut Madison Square Oar.
den. nnd won by knocking the Ohioan
down md out In the sixth round.
The silver star., 1900-08-17

The var against municipal disfg
nrat.on and untidinsss is fruitful IL
expressive sayings- a recent remaTs
10 worth recording There may b.
sueA . thing zz aesthetic disorder bG.
there ts 10 such thing as artistic dirt
The silver star., 1900-08-17
SILVER STAR
OUnaAshsA Weskiy.,
~ u pD VIII. D1tess 81 ~
noLoaH2 ooLoRApo
Tuns: ~ - ysas.

The mcs; costly collection Of rars
postage stamps ~as lately sold l.
Brighton. England. BY Mr. Castle. ths
vice-presidenr o. the London Philate.
ic Society. The collection brough,
1lso.oeo.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-10-11

10 u, 900 inhabitants. In this class
Trenton leads with 73, 307 people, and
Broekton. Mass is the thirty ninth
with 40, 063. Several of these will also
doubtless pass the 1000 limit in the
next decade, most probably Trenton
and Bridgeport, If not Oakland, Law
renee and New Bfdford. The cities al
most certain to pass the 100, 600 mark in
1910 are Lowell, Camridge, Portland,
Ore, Atlanta. Grand Rapids, Reading,
Camden, Dayton, Hartford, Whining
ton, Del, Trenton and BridgeL ort.
And the fact that the large towns Of
st. Joseph and Los Angeles could
double their population in ten years
shows that many Others are easily
within reach of the goal,
There are GA cities having upward Of
25, 600 people and ,sS than 10000
Salem, Mass, standing rst in this
class, with 80. $50 paop.e. and Easton
last, with 25, 23S. ali told, then, there
are 154 cities in the Union having
25, 900 inhabitants and upward to
Greater New York, with its 3, 437, 202,
including Brooklyn in the running
numbers, however, as separate
municipality. In the final cleaning
up" after poss BILE corrections are
made, it is almost certain that the
number Mill exceed 160 of all classes.
There we're 20 cities large enough by
the census Of 1890 to warrant the ex-
peotaticn that they would pass the
IS, 900 limit in 1900, some Of which yet
may turn up 10 the category Of lead
ing cities. :" 1t is always possible that
some have heen missed IN making up
the bulletins, or overlooked by the re-
porter. ,Anyhow, there are the two
towns Of Seattle and Tacoma yet to
appear.
THE GREAT GAINS.
The greatest aggregate gains shown
in the foregoing tabulatiun are as fol-
lows: Los Angeles, 52,0S4; Sc Joseph,
so, Sos; Memphis, 81, s25; Butte, 10, TAT
"a most remarkable growth, nearly
trebilng its population since 1890;
South Omaha, IL, 938-still more re-
markable, because it mo. Q than trebled
it's population; Waterbury, 17,212;
Houston, 17.076: Spokane, 16, 926 ;
San Antonio, l5,64S; Johnstown, IA, 131
Chester, ID, 1852; McKeesport, ID, 1856,
and Easton, 10.757. 1t will be noted
that the Pennsylvania towns are right
up with the procession. Among the
thrifty Texas towns Houston appears
to be drawing to the front, although
San Antonio still leads it in total pop
ulation. Dallas gained only 4,571, and
fell from iiret place to third in the list
Of Texas cities.
The springing up of Spokane from
$50 people 20 years ago into an opulent
city of 36, S4S people is vivid marker
Of Pacific coast progress. Twenty years
ago Los Angeles was small town OF
II, 1888 people. The quadrupling of our
towns Of YOUNGSTOWN and McKeesport is
hardly less remarkable, and the growth
of several other Eastern cities is fully
equal TO that of any FAMED. The
growth of towns is not confined to any
particular section Of the Union, as the
present census is conclusively demon.
strating.
The next census bulletins to be issued
will be the population of States by
counties. L. j. p.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-10-11
WANT CITY REPORTS,
Information About Wilmington Desire
by Reform Club.

Information About Wilmington Desired
by Reform Club.
The Reform Club of New York has
written to Wilmington man asking
for literature concerning Wilmington.
"Our library says the communica-
ton, which is signed by Milo B. Malt
bic, the secretary, is already the best
working library uroh city government
in the United States, and is frequented
by students of municipal problems from
every Fart of the country. We have
experienced some difficulty, however,
in obtaining reports and documents
relating to Wilmington, and the library
is not as complete In this direction as
in others.
MAY We not depe d upon you,
therefore. to secure from the city
officials or elsewhere such reports,
documents and works, as we do not
possess? The library only contains the
fol owing: Reports of the departments
1895, '97; report Of Water Department,
1895.
please bear in mind we wish every
thing relating to city affairs in the
widest sense, and that you will be
d ing favor MT only to the Reform
Club. but to the many persons using
the library and your city as WE'LL"
Many of the desired reports will be
sent.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-10-11

fulfill our engagements to let the people
of Cuba be fies and independent? In
the light Of what Mckinley il doing
in the Philippines do you feel certain
that Cuban liberty will be safe In his
hands If you re-elect himP
Senator Beveridge has already
spoken IN favor OF trampling under
foot all our solemn declarations touch
ing Cuba. Do you feel certain that
your own liberties will be safe In
MoKinley's hands?
"No nation can remain an empire on
the islands and republic on the
mainland. II we violate the principles
on which we were founded, the priu
ciples by which we have grown rich
aud great among the nations Of the
earth we will commence our own un :.
doing snd go to our ruin by the same
route which oil empires have travelled.
lin this campaign William j. Bryan
is the candidate not merely of the
Democratic party. He represents all
that is best in American history and
all that is noblest in American life.
He is the candidate who stands for the
aspirations OF humanity the world
around. The chance for free govern
ment will be better in every country il
Bryan is elected President of the
United States" [Cheers for Bryan
and Ford,
The vice presidents of the meeting
were Messrs. w. A. Q. Hardcastle,
Wilson T. Lavender, Reuben Ford,
William W. BledGet. David Reese.
George Q. Rothwel, G. F. Brown,
Michael Riley, j. W. Spruance, Martin
Daugherty and John H. Sehl.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-10-11
EDEN LODGE, |. 0. 0. E.
New officers Installed by Deputy Grass
Master Lewis NJ. stockwell.

New officers Installed by Deputy Grass
Master Lewis NJ. stockwcll.
The new officers of Eden Lodge, No.
34,'I. .. OF, were installed Thursday
by Deputy Grand Master lewis M.
Stockwell, as follows: N. g., @. p.
Alexander; V. G., @. II. Collins: Re-
cording Secretary, David I. OTIS Per-
manent Secretary, J. M. Whitford II.
S. N. G., q. A. Cook; L. s. N. g.,
ID. Vance Thomas; r. s. V. g., F. I.
Green; L. S. V. g., DIR. Hallett; l.
G.. Charles J.. Reed; o. g., A. 8.
Taylor; Conductor, j. f. Davis;
Warden, Lewis Lee; Chaplain, T. q.
John S. Grohe; R. s. Supporter,
Harry Hurff; L. s. Supporter, George
Harrington.
Delinquent Committee-P. g. O. O.
Lednum, P. G. j. M. Whitford, p. g.
II. e. Murdoch, A. Bacharach, John
Ii. Clark.
Finance Committee-rP. g. John 8.
Grohe, P. G. Il. L. Peacock, T. @.
G. s.. Woodward. =,
Widows and Orphans Committse-P.
G. b. F. Shakespeare, p. G. p. j.
Isaac, James II. Wright.
Board of Managers of Entertainment
Room-N. G. @. p. Alexander, DIR. II.
A. Lawton, John II. Butz.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-10-11
ESUS FIGURES OF CITIES
. Returns Show Some Inter-
esting Comparisons.
)CITIES OF MORE THAN $4,000
InsylvanIa Leads in This
Respect.
angeles, st. Joseph, Memphis and
e Show the Greatest Gains Over tho
BUS of 1s9O-The Wonderful showing
&pokane-Features of the Census. ''

14jngton Correspondence Philadelphia Ledger
Washington, Oct. g. Since the Public
dRer's tabulation of population sta
Itins of the leading oities, the Census
lxbau has announced the figures for
additional towns, and on Saturday
II ave out the information that the
Il q places having %, coo inhabitants
bwards was now complete, except
points, one of which has been
bulletined, and is included in
Moving table. No more bulletins
|1<Ipg to this subject will be issued,
2 be- population Of the lesser towns
q }|robably not be given out until
4 0Hicial compendium relating to
~ ption is printed. When this viii
{ N get unknown to the census officials
etlnelyes. The two towns yet remain
& 70 be announced are Seattle and
looma, in the State of Washington
~ {ollowing tsbulation Of additional
Iie5, minus these two, now completes
HIT Of cities having 5000 people
a 0NEards:
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-10-11

The monthly meeting of the Trustees
of the Delaware Stale Hospital for the
Insane was he'd Thursday morning at
office of Superin endent William ii.
Hancker, The amount received for
board of patients for the month OF
September was 1886. C6e, The popu-
lation Oct Dor lst was 1S9 males, and
l29 fema es, total of 31S. There we're
2 ,eaths, ID were admitted during the
month. Twenry-four we're discharged,
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-10-11

A few days ago Clifford Greenman
rer eised box of cigars from Capt.
Abe t N. Foreman of this city, who is
now in the Philippines. Capt Fore
man also wrote letter at tout the
same tine stating thai he was in good
haathh. Taere il NJ pr sp ct oi his
being sent 10 ChiNa, Judging from the
tenor of his lettsa
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-10-11

Aquilla j.. Humphrey has been sp-
PORTED captain of the Baltimore
Detective Department Mr.. Humphrey
and Todd B. Hall had close race for
the appointment, and both were recon-
meuded by many prominent Balti-
mcreans. Mr.. Todd has frequently
address ID the Wilmington Y. NJ. o. A.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-10-11

Joseph Brooks, a farmer Of near
Porter's station, sustained fracture
Of the leg the other day while at work
in a corn field. His injury was dressed
by DR.. w. L. Skinner. Mr.. Brooks is
about 10 years of age and is the father
of W. X. Brooks, who has been one of
the tipstaves In the county court.