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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-08-08
CASUALTIES IN AN EXPLOSIONS.
Dozen Dead and More Than Two Score
Injured.


Philadelphia. Aug. GA terrific ex-
plosion in a block of six buildings
on Locust street above Tenth last
night completely wrecked five of the
structures and caused the death of
from ten to twenty or more persons.
Over two scores of others were more
or less seriously injured. Some of
those taken to the hospital will die.
1t is estimated that at least thirty
five persons were in the five build
ings when the explosion occurred,
and the exact number of dead will
probably not be known for twenty
four hours. The buildings were oc-
cupied as follows:
No. 10OS-Houseman billiard rooms.
No. 1o1o-Morris Rosenthal's second
hand clothing store, occupied by Ros-
enthal, his wife and five children.
No. 1o12-William Jones, colored:
restaurant occupied by Jones and
about fifteen boarders.
No. 1o14-George McClemmy's gro
Gerry, occupied by McClemmy, clerk
and servant grill.
No. 1016-Patrick Quigley's grocery
store, occupied by Quigley, wife, three
children and his uncle.
No. 101s-Albert Mountains gro
Gerry and meat store, occupied by
Mountain, mother, sister and clerk.
The explosion occurred about $3.50
o'clock. What exploded and how it
happened is not known at this time,
but it is believed to have been a bar
rel of gasoline in one of the grocery
stores. With the explosion of No.
1908 the front walls OF the buildings
were blown outward INTO the street,
while the floors and roofs were blown
upward and fell straight to the
ground. Almost every building in a
radius of two blocks about the scene
OF the explosion had window panes
shattered and We're otherwise dam
aged. Every building on the oppo-
site side of Locust street was more
or less wrecked, but none Of them
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-08-08
cry GROWS UP IN ONE NIGHT.
Ten Thousand People Locate ut Lawtor
With Forty Business Houses

With Forty Business Houses.
Fort Sill, o. T., Aug. "a town of
10000 people to be known as Lawton,
has grown up just outside the fort
limits within a night.
Following the close of the land
lottery at FL Reno, thousands of
homeseekers who drew blanks start
ed for the three points picked out
by the federal government for town
sites in the new country, namely,
Anadarko, Hobart and Lawton. A
majority of the people favored Law
ton, which is twenty-five miles in
land, and thousands are now camped
in and about the proposed town site
awaiting the sale of lots on August G..
Already Lawton has forty temper
airy business houses, including a
grocery firm and newspaper, and
three streets have been laid out.
Every form of gambling known on
the frontier is being run wide open.
A thousand Comanche Indians have
pitched their tents nearby.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-08-08
Invaders LOST 900 Killed.

Caracas, Venezuela, Aug. 6.-The
Venezuelan government announces
that force of invaders under Gen
eral Rangel Garbiras, including TWEEN
ty-two battalions of the Colombian
army, was repulsed by the govern
ment troops and compelled to fall
back across the frontier after TWEEN
ty-eight hours fighting July 2s and
July 30. 1t is officially asserted that
the invaders lost 900 men, the gov
eminent troops losing 300. The gov
eminent has sent re-enforcements to
the frontier.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-08-08

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An order has been given for The
erection of a monument to Jennie
Wade On the battle field Of Gettysburg.
Jennie Wade was a young Iowd wom-
an who was visiting at the Aome of
her sister in Gettysburg whe4 the bat
tie began. Her fiance was in the
Union army. and was killed. She
and her sister were in a large brick
house almost within the Union lines.
O. tRaali eEaingof the third day word
came to the house that many OF the
soldiers were suffering >sr want OF
food. and the women set aRout max
ing biscuits and bred for the soldiers.
Jennie was engaged in this task when
= musket ball went through the kitch
en-. killing the young woman.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-08-08
FURTHER FAVORS DENIED
Chinese Christians Are to Be Inn
partially Treated

Washington, Aug. 5.-The state de-
partment has received a copy of
remarkable proclamation issued by
Governor Yuan of Shan lung on June
Z, defining the relations that must
exist between the magistrates and
the Christian natives. The proclama-
ton deals with the subject in Lam
guage so energetic as to make it evil
dent that the Chinese magistrates
will not allow the missionaries to ex-
ercise the same influence as hereto
fore in local affairs or in any other
than religious matters in the future.
Governor Yuan states he has re-
ceived many reports from Chinese Of
ficials that unworthy members of
the church We're practlcing their re-
ligion simply for the protection which
it afforded them, and were lightly set
ting aside the law of the land and
seeking occasions for quarrel and
that such affairs were daily increas-
ing in numbersp
In reply to appeals to have the for
eign consuls and missionaries devise
method for checking the trouble,
Governor Yuan demands to know why
his sub-officials have not obeyed his
previous instructions requiring them
to administer exact justice without
regard to whether offenders are
Christians or not. He points out that
"the missionaries are merely preach
ers of religion. They have not au-
thority whatever to interfere in the
affairs of the Chinese people, nor any
power to exercise official functions,
as eyeryhQdv olluhL TO know"
Therefore, the governor enjoins his
magistrates to make no distinction
between church and people, to let no
one else presume to exercise his au-
thority for controlling the people.
Says he:
''The most important matter is that
justice should be done to both sides.
1t makes no difference whether the
people annoy the Christians or the
Christians annoy the people; let there
be clear distinction made between
the crooked and the straight and it
will then be impossible that any oc-
casion for interference should arise"
He concludes that should people in
suit the Christians because they prac-
tice their religion the officials must
vigorously suppress the disturbance.
while on the other hand should a
member of the church drag in his re
ligion, when his suit is one that has
nothing to do with church matters
and the missionary force himself into
the case should not hesitate to con-
trovert and reprove, as the facts Of
the case may justify, and deal with
the case according to right and rea-
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-08-08
Roers Tprn TO the Car

ST. Petersburg, Aug. 4.-Herr Van
derhoven, one of Mr.. Kruger's agents,
has arrived here, carrying letter to
the car from ex-president of Trans
vaal. 1t is not thought any attempt
to interest the car in Transvaal af-
fairs will succeed. While officials and
all classes of citizens here sympathize
with the struggling Beers, it is rec
ognized that the car has no inten-
ton of meddling with the South Afri-
can trouble.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-08-08
PEACH CROP is IN PERIL.
The Much Feared Fellows Appear In the
Fruit Belt of Michigan

ST. Joseph, Mich, Aug. 6.-Owing
to the hot weather that prevailed in
this vicinity during the month of
July the muchfeared yellows have
appeared in orchard after orchard of
the La Grange peach district, few
miles east of Benton Harbor.
The yellows was imported into this
section of the fruit belt through af-
fected nursery stock. Where com
missioners have been appointed and
made semi-annual inspections of or
chards they often found affected trees
and ordered them removed, but in
many cases the inspectors orders
were not observed by the fruit
grower and the trees remained in the
ground until entire orchards in near
by districts had been subjected to the
disease
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-08-08
KRUGER URGES FIGHTING.


President Wires His Generals Not to
Give Up the War.
London, Aug. "a dispatch from
standerton, Transvaal, dated July $,
which had been stopped by the
censor, has just been received here.
1t reads:
"Walter Kitchener met Louis Botha
and his secretary, De Wet, by APP
pointment, near Platrand, few days
ago. They brought Kruger's reply
to Botha's surrender proposal. 1t
was:
Botha, De Wet, Delarey, steyn:
Continue fighting. Alienation will be
sent when needed. Enough for the
present."
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-08-08
Cresceus' New Honors.

Columbus, o., Aug. 3.-Cresceus,
champion of the trotting turf, added
more laurels to his fame yesterday
by trotting mile in 2:o2A, reducing
by half second his week-old record
of 2:02A, made at Cleveland last Fri
day. The first half was trotted in
:59A, the first time that the distance
has been covered in less than one
minute by a trotter. The time by
quarters was :29A, 59A, 1901 and
2:o214.
Some of our anticipations are never
in any possible position to be rea-
lized.
When Ycsuvius is at her best as a
spcuter, she performs wonders. Her
longest and greatest eruption last
ed from July, 1895, to September, 1889,
and one day rock weighing thirty
tons was hurled to a height of 1900
feet.
Don't think" said the dentist,
that brushing is all your teeth need.
Besides this, you should draw bit
of very fine cotton or dental silk be-
tween them nightly. 1t is impossible,
with brush, to be certain that every
particle of food is removed from be-
.ween them, and it is necessary that
his should be done if you want to
keep them in good order and prevent
hem from decaying."
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-08-08
Nothing But Gueriilas.

New York, Aug. General Alban,
governor of Panama, has telegraph
ed this statement to the Herald rela-
tive to the present situation in Col
ombia:
''The revolutionists do not occupy
any city or place of Importance, and
are made up of guerlllas who merely
attack undefended villages and To-
calities. But at present Colombia
is being threatened by foreign inva-
sions, encouraged by the presidents
OF Venezuela, Ecuador and Nicara-
qua against the Colombian govern
ment. The government is we'll pre-
pared and will do all that is necessary
in self-defense,"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-08-08
ROOSEVELT WANTS A CLEAN FLAG
Vice President Delivers an Address at
Colorado Springs.

Colorado Springs.
Colorado Springs, Colo, Aug. a.
The principal feature of the Colorado
quarto-centennial celebration in this
city yesterday was an address by
Theodore Roosevelt, vice president of
the United States, on '"The Growth
of the West During the Last Quarter
of Century"
On his arrival. Colonel Roosevelt
was welcomed by Governor Orman
and staff, veterans, rough riders,
school children and many others. At
10 o'clock he was escorted to North
Park, where he spoke in the open air
to an assemblage of 10000 people who
gave him an enthusiastic reception
and frequently interrupted his re-
marks with applause. He spoke as
follows:
''For the sake not only of ourselves,
but of our children and our children's
children we must see that this nation
stands for strength and honesty both
at home and abroad. In our interna-
tional policy we cannot afford to rest
satisfied until all our government can
do has been done to secure fair deal
ing and equal justice as between man
and man. In the greater part which
hereafter, whether we will or not, we
must play in the world at large, let
us see to it that we neither do wrong
nor shrink from dong right because
the right is difficult; that on the
other hand we have due regard for
the honor and the interest of our
mighty nation; and that we keep I'M
sullied the renown of the flag which
beyond all others of the present time
or OF the ages of the past stands for
confident faith in the future welfare
and greatness of mankind.''
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-08-08

An atrocious murder was committed
recently at Puy-saint Gulmier, near
nt-Ferrand. France. A young
man of twenty-seven, named Jean
Baptiste Gometon, after shooting at
his father with rifle. followed him
into the street, and in the presence
OF the neighbors chopped off his head
with Ratchet. Jealousy was the
cause of the crime, as both father
and son were In love with the same,
woman.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-08-08
STRIKE NEGOTIATIONS OFF.
A Call For General Strike VIII Be Il
sued shortly.

aueu SHOrClys Il.
Pittsburg, Pa, Aug. 6. president
Shafter arrived at the Amalgamated
association headquarters yesterday
and called the newspaper men to his
presence. When asked if settlement
could have been reached in New York
lard they waived their rights at the
Painter, Lindsay and McCutcheon and
the Wellsville plants, he said:
The Amalgamated association could
have settled in New York if they
had given up these mills, but we
could not do that. just as long as
we can fight we are going to fight
for them. They are as much of US
now as any of the other lodges.
Their fight is ours and our fight is
theirs"
when will you issue the call for
a general strike?" was the next ques-
ton to the president, and his answer
was: Within week"
'Can you say how many men will
be affected?"
81 don't know" said he, show many
men the strike order will affect
"Will the board be called for any
more conferences? ?"
''No, the board has been dismissed
and will not be called unless the other
side wants peace. They have declared
war"
President Shaffer said that the
statement in the papers of his step
at Washington was true, but that
he did not see President Gompers of
the American Federation of Labor, as
he was not in town. Secretary Nor
riSon was seen. however, and he as
sured Mr.. Shaffer that the Federation
of Labor would give its official sup
port.
81 have requested President Com
pers to come to Pittsburg this week
for conference" said President
Shaffer, "and I expect him here"
1t is thought that most of the vice
presidents have left for their homes.
as only four or five of them visited
the association rooms yesterday.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-08-08

Mr.. Justice Brown Of the Supreme
court, once said, in addressing class
OF young lawyers. that verdict Of a
jury in criminal case Is a decision
not upon the question whether the
man on trial is guilty or not, but upon
the question whether he shall be pun
ished or not. An important dfstinc-
ton. 1t shows the element Of human
interest. independent Of legal subtle.
ties, which the jury system secures.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-08-08

There are six surviving governors Of
New York-Cornell. elected in 1879;
Cleveland, elected in 1882: Hill, first
elected in 1885: Morton. elected in
1884; Black, elected In 1896, and Roose-
Welt, elected in 1893. Three Of the six,
after having been governor, attained
honors in the field Of national politics
Cleveland as president, Hill as SEN
stor. and Roosevelt rs vice president
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-08-08

The Crandall toy works of Pennsyl-
vania have bought a large tract Of
lumber and mineral land in North
Georgia, short distance from Chat
tanooga. The company is having a
railroad line built through the center
of this tract. In the centre of the
tract the company will erect a town
of its own. A large factory will be
built at this point, and houses for the
workmen. The town will be built and
operated after the manner Of Pull
man, III. Surveyors are at work sur
veying branch lines OF railroad
through the tract. Coal mines will be
opened ald fuel and raw material will
be supplied in abundance to operate
one of the greatest toy concerns ir
America.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-08-08

A runaway horse IN Denver the
other day finished flight by landing
in the interior OF rapidly moving
trolley car. where he rode for nearly
. block before the vehicle could he
stopped.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-08-08
British Arm Natiyas,


London, Aug. "a correspondent
of the Daily News, whose name the
paper reserves, says:
'We have deliberately armed the
natives. I have seen scores of them
with rifles and bandoliers. Once l
travelled in train which carried two
truck loads of armed blacks in COM
plete khaki get up. They are con-
stantly to be seen, ones friends tell
one, about Kimberley and to the
north of that town. Armed kaffirs
have been allowed to attack people
on their farms in Bechuanaland, in
parts of the Transvaal and in the Vi
entity of Matching"
The coal miner. generally finds him
self in hole.
The new United States mint building
in Philadelphia cost $2,00O,000; but in
few weeks it will be able to make
enough money to pay the entire cost
of erection.
A colored couple in Charleston, S.
c., who for years kept small gro
Gerry, recently announced their inten-
ton to retire from trade. This was
the notice displayed on the door of
their store: dis am to inform de
public dat me an de old CONAN am
goin' out Of bisness. Dem dat owes
de firm may settle with me; dem dat
de firm owes may settle with de old
CONAN.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-08-08

Canoe-building is one Of the indus
tries OF kennebunkport. Me-, which
used to build great ships. and even
now launches an occasional schooner
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-08-08
Secretary wilson criticised.

Topeka, Aug. ST. ID. Coburn, state
secretary of agriculture, has given
out an interview severely criticising
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson fer
TIL latter's recent reference 10 Kansas
as an "arid region" Mr.. Cobnrn
said Mr.. Wilson had defined the corn
belt as composed of Iowa, Illinois
and Missouri. Mr.. Wilson is further
quoted as saying that Kansas and Ne
braska can never be counted upon.
The Kansas secretary presents many
facts and figures showing how, in his
estimation, Kansas and Nebraska
far overshadow the other states men,
toned in the way of corn growing.
Greatest Race of Her Career.
Newport, Aug. 5.-The Indepcnd-
ence Saturday sailed the greatest
race of her career. In stiff south
western which raised rather heavy
sea, she was beaten forty seconds
over triangular course of thirty
miles, boat for boat, by the Columbia.
AS she allowed the Columbia 81 sec
onds over that distance, she was de-
feated one minute and II seconds,
corrected time. This is better
showing than the Constitution has
made against the Columbia under
similar conditions OF wind and
weather.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-08-08

japan Is the county wnsr. the Gre
nation of corpses 4 practiced IN tho
largest scale. The custom dataa back
about 1000 years. >'''S@>
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-08-08

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Boston went out Of operation and the
mail wagon has taken their place. This
looks like step backward. 1t is prob
ably only temporary. Congress seems
to have refused to continue the ap-
preparation solely on account Of it's
unwillingness to foster a private
monopoly. Doubtless a pneumatic tube
service built and owned by the gov
eminent will yet be established and
maintained in all large cities, although
several ingenious rival contrivances
for doing the same work deserve con-
sideration before final decision is
made.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-08-08

The girl who fishes for compli-
ments should bait her hook with fiat
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-08-08
Colonies Must Foot the nm.

London, August 1.-The supple-
mentary civil service estimate asks
for e7,013,910, of which s6,5OO.OOO is
required by the colonial office as
grant in aid of the Transvaai and
Orange River colonies. Three mill
lions of this will be considered an adj
vance to the colonies, to be repaid
out of the first loans issued by them.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-08-08

A French writer, Henri Coupin. says
that the fact that, Notwithstanding
their simplicity, the songs of the birds
cannot be Initiated with musical in
etruments arises from the impossible
ity Of reproducing their peculiar
timbre. The notes OF birds, while cor
responding with our musical scale,
also include vibrations occupying the
intervals between our notes The dur
alton OF birds songs is usually very
short. two or three seconds for thushes
and chahinches, four or five seconds
for blackcaps, but from two to five
minutes for the lark. Monsieur Cou-
min remarks that while one in every
tan species Of European birds is tune
full. the proportion diminishes to only
one in q Thousand among the gor'
seously clad birds oe the tropics
Mary Clark, who had spent most OF
shar rs years III one OF the cotton mills
81 Manchester. N. H., died last week
as the result OF the extreme heat. Miss
Clark was supposedto have had little
money laid by, but superficial search
hrou9ht to light only four IS bills. In
hooking about the room q policeman al
.nicked up pair Of corsets. they were
s,spfciousIy heavy, and he ripped them
/ open and found $500. The money
4 ~ q hed 311spounds. Miss Clark had
= svs0rn the corset In the mill every day.
icing afraid to trust her savings to the
u hanks.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-08-08

The house which former President
Cleveland and family are to occupy in
birmingham. Mass, this autumn is a
farmhouse, built in 1867. Although it
has been remodeled in recent years to
suit the convenience Of summer
guests. it retains much Of its, quaint,
Snoiant charm 81 pleasap|tly sit
sellent
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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-08-08
Iowa College of Law.

Thorough 3-year law course. Ex-
penses low. Six instructors. Degree
and admission to the bar. Term opens
September 10, 1901. For special
catalogue write the secretary, P. S.
McNutt. Des Moines, Iowa.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-08-08
Great Accum ulat Ion Of Gold,

Washington, August 1.-The stock
of gold in the treasury now is the
largest in the history of the govern
ment, and is accommodating at the rate
of $4,5O0,O0O to $5,O0O,OOO month.
Yesterdays figures are $5O4,354, 297,
of which $24s,65s,69s is free gold, but
including the $15o,ooo,ooo gold reserve.
Since July 1, 1900, the stock of gold
on hand has increased about $751;
600. 900.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-08-08

Secretary G. H. Van Houten of the
state department of agriculture has
written letter to the Orange Judd
Farmers, inwhich he gives a summary
of his observations on the crops Of
the state. Mr.. Van Houten's esti-
mates are based on close observation
in his extensive travelling about Iowa.
He estimates that the yield of mer-
charitable corn for Iowa will be 40
per cent of an average crop. Pas
lures. he says, are in the worst condi-
ton they have been in since 1894.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-08-08

Virtue is its own reward, but some
few people are good because they
really like to be.
tinues to hold it's own.
Some men would like to deliver.
their own funeral orations.
A musical composition is often sold
for mere song.
In the oil district of Baku, Russia.
the flow from some of the wells runs
as high as 10000 barrels day for
each well.
The proprietors of medicine fpan-
ufactured in Topeka must have lis-
covered the elixir of life, and Are
trying to push it for all it is worth.
Here is one OF their advertised tesfi
monials from lady whom it ml e
lousy snatched from the q
death: Having suffered fiftee
from q fatal disease, ann ri
say that am now entireiyL
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-08-08

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