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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-30
TAKE APPEAL TO PEOPLE
Senator's Tillman and McLaurin of
South Carolina Resign.

Columbia, S. c., May 27.-As the out
come of spirited debate between
United States Senator B. r. Tillman
and John L. McLaurin at Gaffney Sat-
urday, both of them put their resig-
nations in the hands of Governor Nc
Sweeney, to take effect November Is.
They have resigned with the under
standing that they are to go before
the people in. a joint canvass and the
sentiment of the people is to be ex-
pressed in the vote in democratic
primary to be held in November.
Tillman was reelected to the Uni
ted States senate for six years and
McLaurin has yet two years to serve.
Should Tillman be sustained McLau-
rims seat will be vacant. If McLaurin
is successful he will succeed to Till
mans long term.
McLaurin had been invited to Gaff-
ney and friends of Tillman asked him
to come too. McLaurin accused Till
man of attacking him.
The latter declared that he would
resign and meet McLaurin on the
stump. McLaurin agreed to the prop
osition. Senator Tillman later sub
mitted written proposition which
was acceptable to Senator McLaurin,
except that the latter wanted the
election to be held in October and
November instead of this summer.
McLaurin stated that this was sug-
gested by his poor health. There
were several proposals submitted be-
tween the two. Senator McLaurin
wanted the race to be confined to
Senator Tillman and himself. The
latter declared that he could not die
tate to the state democratic execu-
tive committee when the primary
should be held or how many candi-
dates there should be. The dual res
ignation as finally forwarded to Gov
ernor insolvency was accompanied
by no conditions.
Under the election in this state,
the state democratic executive com.
mittee will arrange campaign and
the candidates will speak in each of
the forty counties in the state. At
the primary election the candidates
will be voted for directly. The gem
eral assembly merely confirms the
action of the primary. The campaign
will be pitched year earlier than
expected but there are half dozen
candidates in the field. Each must
specify as to which term he is can
didate.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-30
Bullet I'm Head 20 Years.

Mason City, May 27.-Twenty-nine
years ago in hazing episode at Knox
college, S. B. Duffield, then student
of the school, but now auditor in this
county, was shot by fellow student.
The bullet, fired from 22-calibre
the left ear and lodged there. The
ball was probed for and could not be
located. Soon the wound healed and
he experienced no difficulty until &
few days ago he began to feel pain
in the locality of the wound. He con,
suited physician, who investigated
with the aid of the X-ray and discov,
cred the fattened bullet laying
against the skull bone, and extracted
it. Without the X-rays it would have
been impossible.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-30
Tho Herron-Rand weddIne.

I New York. May 2s.-News Of the
marriage of Prof. George D. Heron,
formerly Of Grinnell, Iowa, and Miss
Carrie Rand, of Burlington, Iowa, was
confirmed last night by Franklin
Wentworth and DR.. Charles Bhodie
Paterson, two of the professors clos
est friends in the city. The marriage
was performed at the home of DR..
Patterson, on West Forty-ffth street,
Manhattan, on Saturday. Rev. Will
liam Brown of Rochester officiated.
He is pastor of the Universalist
church, and is called the most liberal
minister in the stase. There were no
and their families.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-30
CAN CHARGE UsuR1ous KArEa
Supreme Court Upholds the Buildin
and Loan Assoclationa.

Supreme Court Upholds the Building
and Loan Associations.
Des Moines, May 26.-In three cases
from Des Moines the supreme court
upholds the usurious interest charges
of the building and loan associations.
The legislature in 1898 passed cura
tive act, legalizing usurious contracts
by building and loan associations and
in 1900 this act was repealed, members
expressing regret that it had ever
been passed.
Suits were at once begun on the
theory that contracts which were il
legal before the passage of the legal
ling act were rendered illegal when
it was repealed. Judge Charles A.
Bishop of the Polk county district
court held in favor of the associa-
tions, sustaining the contracts, and
the supreme court has sustained this
view. It is held that the legalizing
act had created certain vested rights,
which could be subsequently impaired
by the legislature.
This decision has the effect of pro-
tecting and making good all building
and loan contracts to the extent of IL
per CENT interest that were made
prior to the passage of the legalizing
act,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-30
MRS. m,KINLEY TAKEN HOME.
Physicians Decided She Could Make TIL,
4 Trip in Safety.

" Trip In Safety.
San Francisco, May s7.-The presi-
Dental party, after sojourn of near
ly two weeks in this city, left for
Washington few moments after 10
o'clock Saturday morning. The ply
Bicians in attendance on Mrs. McKin-
ley had announced their decision that
Mrs. Mckinley was strong enough to
endure the transcontinental journey,
ind preparations for departure were
rapidly made. She was accompanied
by the president, DR.. Rixey and .
trained nurse.
Sacramento, Cal, May 27.-After
leaving San Francisco the presidents
train ran through crowds at all sta
tions. Minute stops were made at
Pert Costa and Tracy, at each of
which places the president shook
hands with a number of people. Mrs.
Mckinley showed no ill effects from
her journey up to the time Sacrament
to was reached, and DIR. Rixey be-
lieves she will be able to stand the
trip to Washington without stopping
for rest along the route.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-30
FUNSTON ATE AN OCTOPUS.
To His Credit, He Says, should He Enter
Kansas Politics.

To His Credit, He Says, Should He Enter
Kansas Politics.
Lawrence, Kan, May 24.-Captain
Adna G. Clark, who served as captain
of Company H, of the Twentieth Kan
sas, and as head of the regimental
organization that has been main
tanned since the return. of the Kan
sans from the Philippines, sent a
message of congratulation to Gener-
al Frederick Funston on the news of
his capture of Aguinaldo. He re-
ceiyed the following letter from Fun
ston, containing the following in,
fc5s1ation:
81 did one thing, however, which I
want put to my credit in case I
should ever come back to Kansas and
try to break into politics; helped
to eat an octopus. It was tough. 1t
was the real thing, devil fish with
number of arms, each about eigh.
teen inches long, which we were for
tunate enough to get where 1t had
been left in shallow water at low
tide. / cannot recommend octopus
as steady diet"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-30
aoe. to Drake un,v.r.lty.

Nora Springs, Iowa. May 27.-Profes-
sor c. D. McGregor of the seminary
here has been elected to chair in
Drake University at Des Moines, Iowa.
This has the effect of bringing his can
didacy for the Iowa senate to close.
as it will take him out Of the forty
fourth senatorial district.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-30
Find. His Son in a Well

Hudson, May 27.-The 17-year-old
son of James Murphy, wealthy
farmer of this vicinity, who disap-
peared several weeks ago and was
thought to have been kidnapped, was
found in an old well on the farm.
He disappeared as completely as if
the earth had swallowed him and a
search of the premises failed to To-
cate him. A reward had been offered
for him.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-30
KINGS SLAYER ENDS LIFE.
Tho Assassin of King Rumbert Of Ital,
Hangs Himself.

,e Han86 dlmBelf.
Rome, May 24.-Bresci, the assas-
sin of the late King Humbert, has
committed suicide at the penitentiary
of Santo Stefani.
Bresci recently had been suffering
from extreme excitement, declared
to be from remorse.
On the wall of Bresci's cell the
word Vengeance" was scratched
with his bloody thumbnail.
Bresci's violence last week culmin-
ated in his attacking jailer, in con-
sequence of which he was placed in a
straight jacket. Later the prisoner
feigned docility in order to secure an
opportunity TO commit suicide, which
he accomplished by hanging himself
with an improvised rope attached to
the ceiling. in the earlier days of
his Imprisonment Bresci resented or
aers to keep silent and threatened to
kill himself. b
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-30
HALL WAS ExoNERATED.
The Oficer Whom Minister Conger A
cused Of COwarGice.

cused Of Cowardice.
Washington, May '25.-The report of
the court martial in the case of Capt.
Newton Hall, the United States ma
rine corps, who was charged by Min
lister Conger with cowardice in con-
nection with the defense of the lega-
tions at Picking, has just been re-
ceived at Washington. Admiral Re-
mey has promulgated the finding in
a special order which completely ex-
onerates Captain Hall from the
charges and finds the only matter of
substance sustained in the charges
is an error of Judgment in connection
with the withdrawal Of troops at a
critical moment at the Tartar wall.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-30
AGUlNALDo MAY CONE.
Desire Expressed to Spend the winte
In Washin rfon

Desire Expressed to Spend the Winter
In Washing
New York, May 27.-A,s special to the
Tribune from Washington says: Gag
uinaldo is likely to come to the Uni
ted States uext fall and spend the
winter in Washington. This informa-
ton reached the war department in
mail from Manila. He has informed
General Macarthur of his desire to
visit the United States for the pur-
pose of studying American institu-
lions and meeting American states
men, with view of being more USE
full to his own people in the fusdre."
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-30
Manila Road Ask. Damages.

Washington, D. c., May 27.-A Ma.
Mia paper received at the war depart
ment says that the Manila & Dagupan
railway has presented claim to the
authorities there of $4,000, 900 for dam.
ages sustained during the insurrection.
An agent of the road, it is stated, is
coming to Washington to present the
claim.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-30
Rush To Alaska On.

San Francisco, Cal, May 27.-The
seasons rush to the Alaskan gold fields
begins tomorrow with the sailing Of
the steamers Portland, Valencia and
Ruth. They will carry 400 miners and
will be followed by the Senator on
Tuesday and the John S. Kimball.
which sails on May 80.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-30
Forty-eight shorth orns for s15,seo.

Des Moines, May 25.-One of the
best Short-horn cattle sales of the
season was the Martin Flynn sale at
the fair grounds. There were forty
eight head sold for 1890, the aver
age per head being $32o.6O. The high
est price paid for one COW was $1,O30,
by II. F. Brown of Minneapolis, MINI.
II. w. Weise Of Sutherland, Iowa, also
paid $1,000 for a cow. There was a
big attendance at the sale and the
bidding was spirited throughout.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-30
Boy rrle. to Steal /. Trolley Car.

Boy Tries to Steal Trolley Car.
Norfolk. May 27.-James Bondurant.
aged IL, is under arrest charged with
an attempt to steal a trolley car. He
was caught in the act Of running the
big vehicle out of the barns Of the Nor
folk Railway and Light Company.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-30
cERvERA FEARS DIVISION.
spanish Admiral Thinks Spain May j

spanish Admiral Thinks Spain May Be
Broken Up.
Madrid, May 27.-Speaking before
the naval congress on the subject
whether or not Spain should be ma
val power, Admiral Cervera expressed
fears of the disintegration of Spain
into number of small states. ST do
not wish," he said, 'that the interests
of the navy should predominant at
the expense of the other interests OF
the country, hut, observing, as 1 do,
what is going on at the present day,
I am afraid Spain may become like
the Italy of the middle ages.''
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-30
uerrintt t.et. f.nthrI.

Guthrie Center, May 24.-John Her.
riott was allowed to select the six
teen delegates to the state convcn-
ton. His candidacy for governor was
endorsed with strong resolutions.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-30
Indian. Starving IN A,..t..

Indians Starving In ALASKA,
Washington, May 27.-Reports re-
ceived at the Interior Department
through ofncial sources in Alaska con-
tain stories of great restitution and
suffering among the natives OF the val
lev OF the Kushokim River.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-30
Strike OH; Fire Results.

Parkersburg, w. Va, May 27.-Ths
Six Brothers Oil Company struck
heavy flow Of oil on the G. D. Uhl farm
yesterday. The oil flowed to the top
of the derrick and the wind blew the
spray to the boilers, where 1t ignited.
The derrick, boiler-house and ma
chinery were destroyed.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-30
ar,nn.ll won state Meet.

Des Moines, May IS. -Grinnell's ath-
etes won the state field meet yester-
day. Drake was second and Ames
was third. Grinnell got AZ points,
Drake 80, Ames 26, State university
II, Cornell 9, State Normal and
Simpson 2.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-30
Find BODY In . Wen.

Cedar Falls. Iowa. May 27.Several
weeks ago James Murphy, son OF .
wealthy farmer of Hudson. disappear
ed, and was supposed to have been kid
mapped. Today his body was found
in well on the farm.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-30
Drop, Dead While re.eh,,,

Drops Dead While Teaching. \
Cedar Falls, Ia, May 27.-Miss Amy
Peterson dropped dead this morning.
while teaching in her schooIroom m
Bennington township. Apoplexy wav
the cause.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-30
NOTES FROM THE CAPITAL
Des Moines. Nav 81 1901

Des Moines, May ~, 1901.
Postoffice Inspector Stewart has re-,
turned from Foote, where he went
to examine into the accounts Of j. NJ.
Harris, the postmaster who recently
deserted the. Office and is claimed to
have gone away with Miss. Ottie Fer
man. a young lady who left there at
the same time that Harris did and
because of whom Harris had had
trouble with his wife.
Mr.. Stewart said: 81 found that
Harris accounts with the government
are straight and that there Is no
charge that we can bring against him.
The talk of issuing a warrant on a
charge of DESERVING the mails is bosh.
as the section Dies not apply to the
leaving of mails after they have been
received at postotfice. So far as the
government is concerned HIrris can
conc home.
Ellis employers are after him, how
ever, and charge him with embezzle-
ment of from $500 to $1,000 of their
funds. Harris was employed by Jay
N. Jackson Of Lorimor and p. D.
Thomas of Williamsburg to manage
q general store and was appointed
postmaster at their instance"
Governor Shaw has paroled William
Harris of Des Moines, who was SEN
tenccd in 1896 to twenty-five years in
the penitentiary for the murder of
George Frank. The petition for pa
role was signed by the court officials
who had to do with the prosecution
and by number of persons who
were acquainted with Frank. 1t is
merely suspension of sentence dur
ing good behavior and the require
ments are that Harris abstain entire
~ from the use of liquors and keep
away from bad company. The crime
Tor which Harris was sentenced oc-
CURED on the night of September o,
1896, at the corner of Sixth and Wal.
nut streets and at a time when the
streets were crowded with state fair
visitors.
A special dispatch from Union, Har-
din county, states that right of way
has been secured through that city
for distance of six miles on each
side of the town for an interurban
road, to run between Waterloo and
Des Moines. The dispatch states that
the Des Moines Inter-Urban company
is behind the railroad scheme and
that contracts for right of way are
being made in their name.
DR.. Frank C. Hoyt, superintendent
of the state hospital for the insane
at Mt. Pleasant, diea at Kansas City
on. the 21st. He expired shortly after
reaching Kansas City while on his
way home from Fort Worth, Tex,
where he had been ill for the past
month. DR.. Hoyt's wife was with him
at the time of his death. The cause
of death was a complication of dis
eases, but it is learned that tubercu.
losis was probably at the bottom of
the superintendent i'll health. -,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-30
Botha Wants Z See Dewet

Botha Wants IS See Dewet.
London, May a.. General Botha
has asked Genera4 De Wet to meet
him." says the PRETORIA correspond
'ent of the Daily ma ito discuss the
How strange it to 9ne in q
strange land.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-30
slo ux County Tor cum mins.

Rock Valley, May 24.-sioux county
convention endorsed Ed G. Brown for
railroad commissioner and Hon. A.
B. Cummins Of Des Moines for gov
ernor.
Sympathy ialike a game Of blind
mans buf- 11RY feeling for
fellow morta]
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-30

- y -
Delegate to Africa list church
conference at Harris declared
Booker T. Washingt re harm
than good.
National tax cor \bled
At Buffalo to disc (aAz
etal. stats and y
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-30
THE GuBERNAroR1AL NOMINATIONS
How the Various County Conventions
Have Gone.

Sioux City, May a7.-Republican
conventions were held in the four
counties of the Eleventh district Sat-
urday, Buena Vista, Plymouth, Ida and
Dickinson. All four named Cummins
delegations to the state convention.
Des Moines, May 2s.-Returns to
date show that the republican county
conventions thus far held have re-
suited as follows:
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-30

If a woman is good cook, a nrune
tastes good enough for anybody
inter it has passed through her
Iands.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-30

serve nOU1ce ON Lne cOllegc, point.
ing out in what respects it fails to
come up to the Iowa requirements, if
it is in any respect delinquent.
The board of control has taken
measures to keep more closely in
touch with the men in charge of the
farms at the different institutions.
Mr.. Cownie said that the board was
DESTROYS of knowing whether the
farms were being put to as good use
as was possible. A weekly report will
be required hereafter. A plat of each
farm will be kept at the board of con-
troll Office and the board will be kept
{ informed as to the crops that are be-
ing raised on each field. In this way
it will be enabled to determine wheth-
er there is proper rotation and to
see to it that nothing is left undone
to bring the farms to the highest
state of producLiveness. A careful
account of the live stock will be kept
also.
Louis Kesler. inventor of the new
steam engine that it is thought will
revolutionize the transportation of
freight, has sold an undivided one
fourth interest in his patent to G. w.
Marquardt, president of the Mar
quardt Savings bank. The considera-
tion was $4,000 and included interest
in both patents and in the model en-
gines now constructed and in the FIVE
horse power engine being built for ex-
hibition at the Pan-American expos
ition at Buffalo. Mr.. Kesler claims
that by the Kesler- Ellyson engine an
ordinary train of loaded freight cars
can be transported from New York
to San Francisco at . total cost for
power of less than SIS. It would take
but two barrels of crude oil and two
barrels of water. With the money in
vested at present the invention will
be pushed.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-30
AWFUL NINE HORROR IN WALES.


London, May 25.-An explosion oc-
Cured at the Universal colliery at
Senghenydd, in the Rhondda Valley.
The rescuers are working with the
greatest difficulty owing to lacking of
aid. Five bodies have been recovered.
The wreckage of the pit is complete,
almost precluding hope that the i'm
prisoned men can have survived.
There are seventy-eight miners mig.
rng.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-30
The state board of mesin :
liners deci&ed To ID

college of ST. Louis, who were re-
fused an examination by DR.. j. r.
Kennedy, secretary of the board, Il
short time ago. DR.. Kennedy took
the ground the college did not live up
to the course prescribed by the Iowa
law. Suit was brought TO compel
the board to admit the students to an
examination. This suit was to have
been tried in the district court, but
the action of the board disposes of
1T. 1t is supposed nothing further
will be done in the matter than to
serve a notice on the college, point.
come up to the Iowa requirements, if
it is in any respect delinquent.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-04-25
Anniversary Ball.

Fidelity Rebekah Lodge No Z, |.
O. 0. F. of Weiser have issued in
vitations for an anniversary ball to
be given at the Opera House on Fri
day night April 26th. The elabor-
ate preparations being made indicate
that it is the intention of the mem
bers to make it one of the marked
social events of the season. The
Opera House has been thoroughly
overhauled aud the floor scraped,
polished and waxed. The supper
will be served IN the hall and by and
under direct supervision of com
mittee of ladies of the order. Judg-
ing from the present and the known
ability Of the ladies who are in charge
of the general arrangements, it will
be grand success and set high
standard for future entertainments.
Friday night, the Goth
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-04-25

FOR SALE-I have full-blooded Pol
and China pigs for sale from Sl5 to 1925
each. few fine half-blooded Boar pigs
at 81. so each A fine registered boar, one
year old, that | cannot use longer in my
herd, S35. May be seen at my place, one
and half miles south Of Weiser.
NORMAN JACKSON
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-04-25

Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. William
Vansice in Weiser on the Oath inst.
girl. 81 pounds. All we'll
Be sure and attend the irrigation
meeting in Weiser next Saturday
See notice in this issue.
Mr.. William Morehead, sheep in
spector for Washington county, re-
turned Monday from an extended
trip among the focks and reports
the condition as very satisfactory
Mr.. Carl Klenschmdt, of Helena,
Montana, is in the city and will visit
The Seven Devils district. He re-
presents the Montana ore purchasing
company,
Mr. N. f. Kmball has been APP
pointed superintendent of the wool
warehouse and will have full charge
of receiving and shipping. With the
close of the wool season general
forwarding and storage business may
be established.
Second payments on Weiser Frui
Land & Investment company are
now due (April 15tb) and should bt
paid to e. Shainwald at the State
Bank. The affairs of the company
are gaining ground and it will soor
be IN shape TO open business opera
tons.
A letter received from Butte, il
answer to our inquiry regarding
John Warne, who is under arres
there for murder and outrage, develop
the fact that he is not the man o
same name known to many in thi
county, who had charge of putting il
the smelter at Cuprum, and glad W
are to know it.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-04-25
Notice.

| have the best assortment of trim
med hats and spring millinery in
Washington county And my prices
are as low as consistent with my
goods. My hats are all new and
mostly from the East. l make a
specially of custom work and my
trimming is up to date. Give me q
call before purchasing.
HATTIE SHARAI.
Vendome Block.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-04-25

FOR SALE-Two of the verv improv-
ed ranches in the state, and g miles
from Weser Well improved under
fence, ample water rights, and are offered
cheap. Parties who wish to purchase
can get full information and terms by
inquiring at Signal office. Title in both
properties perfect.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-04-25
Ball Game.

The game last Saturday between
the High School and Academy teams
resulted in victory for the High
School, The Academy nine has
excellent material, but needs con
siderable practice to make it a first
class team.