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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-03-22

a bill recently passed by the Ohio
legislature provides that in the alb
'sence Of contract agreement, women
shall be paid the same wages as men.
In the attempt to enforce similar
law in Kansas last year many women
lost good positions. Wages, in the
case Of both men and women, are reg
ulated by something more powerful
than legislation: to-wit. conspicuous
effectiveness.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-03-22
2. =. HUH Fubllsh.r.

Is scientist says the earth is shrink
Ing at the rate OF three inches a year.
{ This may account for the anxiety Of
some people to get possession Of it be.
fore 1t dwindles away.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-03-22
/. An inherited opinion.

Mrs. Gay-Well, suppose / was co.
quette! There's no great harm in q
girl flirting little before she's mar
ried. The Colonel-Do you teach yoaI
daughter that? Mrs. Gay Why. no;,
it isn't necessary! Puck.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-03-22

pit IN their administl alton the town
council seemed to have acted harmoni-
ously with the church authorities down
to the disruption In 1s43. Dundee
journal.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-03-22

That few amen have self-conAdence
sneush r. argue With ! pretty woman
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-03-22

The census enumerator's lot is not
" holly happy, even in his and our own
land; but compared with that of his
brother official in Puerto Rico, it is an
enyiable one There he not infre-
quently has to invent or evolve Chris
tian names for those who never had
any, or. who have forgotten them, If
they ever had And fancy his perplex-
ity when, after asking a woman her
age. he is told that so many years have
elapsed Ssince she was pretty"-her
particular age when her beauty was
conspicuous being matter of mere
conjecture. When the same query is
propounded to man, it is usually fol-
lowed by perplexed grin. The omni-
on these occasions, and beholding him,
the relieved native will cheerfully aver,
as he points toward him, that he was
as tall as that boy at the time of the
San Filipe hurricanep" Thus it hap
pens that in striving to attain approx
mate correctness in statements of ages,
the word aabout' is in frequent use in
the census records Of Puerto Rico.
4 Columbus last descendant, the duke
Of Yeragua, complains that the Ameri-
cans did not behave in a gentlemanly
fashion during the recent war. The
duke is right. Nothing more rude and
insolent than Dewey sSconduct at Man
lila bay has been chronicled in the
annals Of society etiquette, while such
behavior as that of Schley at Santa
go would have been out of place in any
drawing room. But then, how could
the duke expect briny tars, coarse,
sburly gunners, husky rough riders and
people Of such patterns to observe the
Chesterfeldian graces?
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-03-22

Time ID different from money In thiA
there Is always enough Of It to 50
around.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-03-22

Steps are being taken to preserve the
famous Calaveras grove of big trees,
which will probably pass into the
hands hands Of a large lumber firm which
has secured an option on this famous.
Callfornia grove. 1t is the intentionI/
the new :possessors to build larg OF
mills in Calaveras county<ss saw
Will then turn all of to- ana they
which have been - large trees
points of interest," naae one OF the
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-03-22

taken to save them. Various clubs and
associations in California are doing
their best to save the great trees, which
are famous all over the world. 1t is
urged that a national park such as has
been established in Mariposa and Tu-
lare counties would be most desirable
at this point.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-03-22

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Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1900-06-21
For Shooters and Fishermen.

The new 1900 edition of ssShooting and
Fishing Along the Line of the Great North
ern Railway is without an equal amongst
books of this class. It is handsomely bound
in colored covers, of new and attractive,
design. 1t is printed on fine plate paper.
in two colors, is beautifully illustrated
with photographs reproduced in half-tone,
and is in all respects magnificent speci-
men of the printers art.
Complete information is given about all
sorts and conditions of sport, from lion and
grizzly bear to cotton tails,'' and includ-
ing every fish that swims in the many lakes
and rivers of the wide Northwestern states.
All the little details of lakes, boats, bait,
distances, etc., have been carefully com
piled by practical sportsmen, and will be,
found q great convenience to anyone plan
ming trip. Anew map of Minnesota in.
three colors is bound into each book.
The hunter OF fisherman who is the for
tunate possesser of this encyclopedias OF,
sport in the Northwest needs no further
guide to tell him where to 60 a-fshing or
shooting. By mail for two cents from F. l.
Whitney, General Passenger Agent, St.
Paul Mimi H..
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1900-06-21
DROVE OFF THE BOERS.
zen. Knox Attacked Mt Zand Rivcr
by Eight Hundred Burghers
with Three Guns

London, June ia belated dispatch
from Lord Roberts, sent from Pretoria
under date of June 16, gives an Off.
cial version of an attack on British
post at Zand river, June 16, by 500
Beers, with three guns. 1t says that
Gen. Knox, with mixed force, drove
of the Beers, who left four dead and
four prisoners on the field. The Brit
ish loss was Maj. Seymour and two
men killed and nine wounded.
A rumor at Cape Town that Lord
Roberts is about to seize the Delagoa
bay railroad at a strong strategic point
and the announcement of the compile.
ton of the new Cape cabinet consti.
tute the only other news from South
Africa. -. ... ....
Cape Town, June 19.-The new cab.
met has been officially announced. Sir
J. Gordon Sprigg is premier and treas.
urer; j. j. Graham is colonial secretary:
Mr.. Rose-Innes attorney general;
Smartt, department of public works;
Sir Peter Faure, agriculture, and Frost,
without portfolio.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1900-06-21

Gen. Macabulos, the most important
and last Filipino leader in Tarlac and
Pangasenan, surrendered with eight
officers and 1874 men to the Americans.
Seven American artists have re-
ceived awards at the Paris exposition.
as Anxiety is aroused in Washington.
over the silence of Admiral Kempff and
Minister Conger. The Ninth regiment
has been ordered from Manilato China.
The Chinese are said to have killed the.
German minister and burned all the le-
cations at Picking. .,s.s
Lord Roberts believes the end Of the
war is near and is reducing his forces,
the Natal volunteers having been sent
home. President steyn says that the
Orange Free State still exists. The
Boer capital has been moved to Atk-
maar.
AS a result of a weeks scouting in the
Philippines GO Fiipinos, were killed, 200
were captured, and 300 rifles, with 3D.
600 rounds of ammunition, were sur
rendered. Three Americans were
killed. 0 tis i;
A French astronomer discovered
spots on the sun and predicts excessive
heat in July. August and September.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1900-06-21
MINOR NEWS ITEMS.

Germans naturalized' in America are
in Gisfavor in the fatherland.
To-day and hereafter you can send a
letter to Hawaii for two cents.
Carleton college at Mortified, Mimi,
has received $4,000 from DR.. d. K.
Pearsons, of Chicago.
The wall paper trust, one of the
earliest and best known of the combi-
nations, has asked for receiver.
Since January ia national banks
have been organized. On June there
were 1854 national banks in the coun-
try.
Reports to the department of agri-
culture show a total decrease of SIS ,24O.-
900 III the acreage of wheat sown in the
fall.
Four ship loads of American Chris
tian. Endeavorers, 5000 in all, will at
tend the convention in London from
July IA to IS.
The oldest living ex-senator of the
United States, james w. Bradbury. Of
Maine, has just turned his ninety
eighth birthday.
Mrs. Kruger said in an interview that
she had s. relatives in the field in the
Boer war-four sons, six sons-in-Iaw
and 43 grandsons.
With the death of Mrs. T. NJ. Key
worth at Lincoln, England, at the age
OF 80 years, the line of John Bunyan's
descendants becomes extinct.
No state except Rhode Island and
Mississippi requires more than I. one
years residence for citizens. In Min
nesota only four months are required.
In fulfillment of a plan laid out by
the late Lieut.. Col. James, D. Mlley,
United States volunteers, an American
library has been established in Manila.
An=o ordinary sight in Manila is a Fill
pino market or washerwoman smoking
a large cigar and clothed in low
necked gown, with flowing sleeves and
a handsomely embroidered silk scarf.
President Eliot, OF, Harvard, has re.
ceived from several Harvard alumni
now serving in the Philippines d large
and valuable collection Of native arms.
ornaments and manuscripts for the
university museum.
Patrick Sharkey, who died at the age
Of SO in East G mbridg sc, Mass, was. the,
last survivor Of the four organizers of
the Father Mathew Temperance soci-
ETY., the Oldest association Of its kind
among the laity Of the Roman Catholic
church. .aa & a:a5 ~
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1900-06-21
torpedo boat from Taku has brought
the following: 8

torpedo boat from Taku has brought
the following: .5s
The Chinese laid torpedoes in the Taku
skwan. The foreign commanders assem-
hbled on the Russian flagship and adj
gdressed8an ultimatum to the commanders
or the Iaku forts, summoning them to
Withdraw their troops before two o'clock
June l7.s At one a. M, June II, the guns
Of the forts opened fire, to which the Rus
sian, British, French and Japanese war
ships replied. The bombardment lasted
seven hours. Two British ships in the
river between the forts are reported to
have been sunk. -
The telegraph. line and railroad be-
tween Tien-Tsin and Taku were de-
stroyed. Communication by water is also
threatened, a9&
French Missions Burned.
Paris, June 19.-The French consul
general in South China, who was in
structed to send into Tonquin all the
French citizens at Yunnan-Sen, cables
from the latter place, under date Of
Thursday, June Il, that he had been
prevented from leaving with his COM
panions by the viceroy, and that his
house and all the missions have been
burned. He adds that everything, in
Guiding their clothes, had been stolen
and that they are practically prison
ers.
The foregoing is the situation re-
ferred to by the French minister of for
-eign affairs, NJ. Delcasse, in his speech
of June II.
Japanese Warship at Chefoo.
The admiralty Office has received the
following official dispatch from Che.
foo, under Monday date:
THE Japanese man-of-war Teyashi (?)
has just arrived from Taku. She reports
that the commander-in-chief and troops
are back at Tien-Tsin."
Troops Ordered from India.
Simla, June 19.-In consequence of
the gravity of the Chinese situation
the Seventh Bengal infantry has been
ordered to proceed to Hong-Kong.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1900-06-21
LATER.

! Atyphoon delayed the embarking OF
troops at Manila for China.
Russia has demanded 80, 600, 900 taels
indemnity for the damage done to Chi
nese railroads in which Russians are
interested. {5'as &5,#ss
The navy department has been in
formed by Admiral Kempff that the
Tahu forts fired on the foreign ships
and after a brief engagement surren-
dered Shanghai is to the front again
with the statement that the Taku forts
have been occupied by the interna-
tional troops. According to Chifu
special the seventeen forts opened fire
upon the warships, whereupon the
feet replied in kind and silenced the
Chinese guns. and the internatlona al
forces subsequently landed and seized
the forts.
The national republican congress
sional committee opened its headquar-
ters IN the Auditorium hotelin Chicago.
The thirty-fourth annual convention
of the Master Car Builders association
of the United States began at Sara
toga. n. Y, the 18th.
The mill of the Commonwealth Min
ing company at Pearce. Ariz., was de-
stroyed by fire, causing loss of $780,
900. 20, @
The dynamite fend was abroad again
in St. Louis. and in one night five cars
were more or less injured.
Fire at Bloomington, I'LL, destroyed
over 100000 worth of property in the
business center. yh,
Herman Hearmeyer. of Cincinnati,
while beating his wife and daughter,
was shot and killed by his ls-year-old
son. sr-' asy..ss-g.frg.s.s4a i. rz&
Fifteen hundred recruits for the re-
gular army in the Philippines are now
being enlisted and assembled in New
York harbor and Columbus Barracks,
Ohio. to sail on the Transport Buford
and Kilpatric about the first of No
vember next, to take the place of en-
listed men whose terms of servive will
expire this year. 5 S4ss
The attorney general has assigned
the judges of the district court for the
district of Alaska as follows: Melville
c. Brown, district No. l, to reside at
at Juneau: Arthur H. Noyes, district
No. 2, to reside at St. Michaels; James
w. Wickersham, district No. 8. to re-
side at Eagle City.
The 500th anniversary of the birth
of John Gutenberg, the inventor of
movable type. was celebrated in Ber-
lin by an immense gathering of print
ers and type founders in the Circus
Schumann.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1900-06-21

Miss Susan Wymar, teacher in the Rich
mond school, Chicago, ILL.,, writes the fol-.
lowing letter to DR.. Hartman regarding.
Pe-ru-na. She says: "Only those who have
suffered as have, can know what blessing
it is to be able to find relief in Pe-ru-na.
This has been my experience. A friend in
need is a friend indeed, and every bottle of.
Pe.ru-na I ever bought proved good friend
to me. Susan Wymar.
Mrs. Margaretha Dauben, 1914 North Su-
perior St., Racine City, Wis, writes: II
feel so well and good and happy now that.
pen cannot describe it. Pe-ru-na is every
thing to me: have taken several bottles.
Of Pe:ru-na for female complaint I am in
Pe-ru-na has no equal in all Of the irregu-
larities and emergencies peculiar to women
caused by pelvic catarrh. /
Address DR.. Hartman, Columbus, o., for
. free book for women only.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1900-06-21
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

Ohio democrats instructed their del
egates to the Kansas City convention
to vote for the denomination of w. J.
Bryan for president and nominated II.
H. McFadden for secretary of state.
Mrs. Gardindo, the Oldest of the Mis-
sion Indians of California, died at San
Diego, aged 40 years.
Iowa prohibitionists have nominated
a state ticket headed by S. D. Pills
bury, of Wright county, for secretary
of state.
BY the action of the democratic
state conventions in California, Mis-
souri,, Kentucky, Georgia and Yer
mont w. j. Bryan is assured of the
nominatio for president on the dem
ocratic ticket. . ,
Vermont democrats nominated John
II. Senter, of Montpelier, for governor.
The republicans unanimously renom-
mated w. P. Hepburn for congress in
the Eighth Iowa district and +. L.
Hamilton in the Fourth district of
Michigan.
Georgia democrats have nominated
Allen D. Gambler for governor.
Admiral Dewey says he is not a can
didate for the vice presidency and
would decline the honor were it prof
fered him.
The Missouri prohibitionists have
nominated Charles E. Stokes, of Mex
leo, for governor.
John Henry Hoffecker, congressman
from Delaware, dropped dead at his
home in Smyrna:
Kentucky republicans will hold their
state convention in Louisville July II.
Andrew Popp died in Minneapolis,
Mimi, at the age of 100 years month
and II DAYS --- - - :. =
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1900-06-21

=. A. Medley, saloon keeper near
Louisville, Ill, killed Matthew Kinna-
mon and shot his own wife. The
cause was jealousy.
Arnold Feldstein, q New Y ork bank
rupt, lost $164.254 at roulette.
All negotiations for settlement of
the ST. Louis strike are off and labor
officials will fight to win if it takes
five years. Strikers beat several
women for riding on street cars and
one car was blown up.
i, b Four gold seekers were murdered
in mining camp at Norfon's Bay,
Alaska.
Fire at Leadville, Col, destroyed the
home for friendless children and four
children perished in the flames.
The large auditorium in Des Moines,
Ia, used for convention hall and only
constructed a year ago at cost of
$4,000, was destroyed by fire.
An order has been issued quarantine
ing the state of California on account
of the alleged bubonic plague.
Six thousand Indians are starving on
the ella reservation in Arizona because
of failure of crops.
Fire destroyed the business center
and most of the dwelling houses in Mos
cow, N. Y.
The elections in Cuba were extremely
peaceable, not gunshot being fired in
the island. Gen. Rodriguez was elected
mayor of Havana.
Census enumerators found in Leaven-
worth the oldest person in Kansas,
Mrs. Kittie Williams, aged ia years.
The big Union grain elevator in Kan
sas City was burned, the loss being
100000. a III
4 Three men we're killed and IA persons
were injured by an explosion of pow
der in Philadelphia.
The war department reports that
the customs receipts in Cuba for the
first four months of 1900 were S., 414,-
963, an increase of $96o,s11 over the
same months in 1890. ....-..
Exports for the fiscal year will be
$15O,00O,O 600 greater than ever before,
the increase being chiefly in manu-
features.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1900-06-21
FOREIGN.

The Chinese were intrenching at
Picking to resist the advances of the
international columns. Guns were
trained over the American mission and
the British legation. DR.. Edna G. Ter
ry, of Boston, Methodist missionary,
was murdered at TsungHua. The en-
press dowager has withdrawn her OBJ
lection to the landing of foreign troops.
Fire destroyed the city hall at b.
gotta, Colombia, and 36 persons lost
their lives. .... ..-..-4..
The English lines of communication
were restored through the defeat of
Gen. DeWet by forces under Methuen
and Kitchener. Lord Roberts attacked
the Boer forces under Gen. Botha a
few miles from Pretoria, but was I'M
able to dislodge them. .
The National Bank of Mexico de-
clared a dividend of II per cent. on
the business done last year.
Shanghai sends reports of the muir
der of a foreign minister and the burn
ing of the Japanese legation in Picking.
Chinese troops were determined to re-
sist the advance of the relief force and
Japan threatened war
War between Russia and Japan
seems now only a question of a short
time and the cars forbearance
More than 100000 famine sufferers
in India are receiving relief.
Lord Roberts drove back the Beers
eastof Pretoria, but they took a strong
er position without loss. Roberts is
now enabled to cooperate with the
army. in Natal. ne
Mrs. w. E.. Gladstone. widow Of the
noted English statesman, died at Ha-
warden castle, London. aged So years.
The British ship Sierra Nevada was
wrecked near Port Philip, b. c., and Is
OF the crew, including Capt. Scott, were
drowned.
The news from China is distinctly
confused, but the general trend indi-
Gates that the gravity Of the situa-
ton has, in no way diminished. The
Boxers have killed, up to the present,
l,764 Chinese Christians.
Turkey is still silent as to, the in
demnity claims Of the United States.
London has received word Of Boer
activity in the Orange River colony
under the leadership Of Steyn. The
surrender Of Klerksdorp gives the
English a strategic position Of inn
portance. Gen. Botha continues his
retreat to the eastward, keeping the
British at distance. 2.', 81.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1900-06-21
His HOnOr's Joke.

Sam Bedford relates good joke that oc-
Cured at Calhoon this week in Judge Owens
court. A case was. on trial, and the Judge
was being worried by young man who
kept moving about in the rear Of the court:
room, lifting chairs and looking under
benches.
"Young man. Judge Owen called, "you
are ar; making great deal of unnecessary noise.
What are you about?"
"Your honor" replied the man, IT have,
lost my overcoat and am trying to find it."
Z, ,"Well, : said the Judge, "people often lose
whole suits in here without making all that
disturbance. "-Owensboro Inquirer.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1900-06-21
Chief pies.

Paris, June ia dispatch from the
French Congo district announces that
Chief Samory, who for long time
was the most redoubtable opponent of
the French in West Africa, and who
was captured in 1898 by French en-
petition. has just died at Libreville,
where he was transported after his
capture.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1900-06-21
Garcia Arrcste6

Santo Domingo, June 19.-In the
northern part of the republic of Santo
Domingo many arrests have been
made, including Nollo. Garcia and 9TH
er leaders of the former governments
party.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1900-06-21
A Dark Secret.

Foreigner = How are your senators
elected?
American-None of them will tell
Puck.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1900-06-21
The Parsons Revenge.

It had been the custom of an Atchison
man all his life to time his preacher at
church, and when the preacher had talked 80
minutes the Atchison man thought it long
enough and got up and walked out. He
died recently, and the preacher took ad-
vantage of the fact that the knocker of his
sermons couldn't get away, and preached a.
Funeral sermon lasting an hour and Is min
utes.-Atchison Globe