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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-01-17

"No trusts in this country" Oh, no,
of course not. We merely imagine that
we are to-day paying trust prices, that
competition is disappearing, that every
morning's paper has new combinations
to report. Unless some remedy is APP
Piled the danger is that many of our in
dustries will meet the fate of the patient
whom bogus doctor confidently de.
clared to even nimaeine that he was ILL,
until it became too late to do anything
for him, because, as his friend reported,
the imagined he was dead and 30 we
buried him."
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-01-17
WHAT HAS BECOME OF HIM?

What has become of the old fashioned
man who wore paper collar, and who
brought the printers a jug Of cider when
he came to town at this season of the
year, and who later on, about hog kill
ing time brought the editors family
enough liver and tenderloin to last them
week? It was this same old-fashioned
man who drank sassafras tea in the
spring to thin his blood, and who wore
suspenders which he called "galluses, !"
knit from wool grown on the backs Of
his own sheep. He was the man who
owned the long muzzle loading rifle that
had a hole bored in the stock to keep
tallow in to moisten his ''patches" with,
and he got up at 4 o'clock IN the morn
ing and went out to ''roost'' wild
turkeys. This same old-fashioned man
gathered enough hickory nuts every
fall to make wagon load and brought
them to town and exchanged them for
his winter supplies. He pinned his
weather Demonstrations to the goose
bone and the corn husks, and his faith
therein was generally justified, He
weaned his calves and planted his po-
tatoes according to the complexion Of
the moon, and he remembered Peter
Cartwright and most of his doings. He
lived in settlement and his girls 'set
up" in the kitchen with the young men
who "shyed" around them. He carried
his money in weasel.skin purse and
paid dollar rand q half in advance 70,
his couptry S11iiYsd al ovei
Illinois and his name was legion, but he
lis gone and little is now known of either
himself or his family. - Washington. Ia.
i Press
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-01-17
ABSClUTENP pure
aoyA. e.k!so eewosa CO., NEW yoax

he hovered with parental love and solic-
itude. lives to honor his name and
carry its mission of instruction in useful
avocations on to future generations
when its founders other claims to re-
membrance have faded from memory.
Chicago owes much to Phillip D. Ar
mour, but its greatest debt. the one
where the obligation will grow in magni.
tude and luster with years, is for the
foundation, development and endow.
ment of the institute.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-01-17

According to the latest ceasus the in
habitants Of atha Russian empire mum.
ber l36, ,oOo, ,Oo0y This is 4 gain Of 81 per
cent. since 1850, taking into account
the people acquired by annexation as
we'll as those added through the excess
of births over deaths. In the same per-
iod, however, the United States have
gained, exclusive Of annexations, 40
per cent.-by far the largest gain Of any
power in the worle., 81
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-01-17

The decennial census Of the United
Kingdom will be taking during the com.
ing spring, beginning March 81. Ac-
cording to the advance estimates issued
by the British Registar General, the
population Of the United Kingdom
should be Al, ,297 .OO0,-a total increase
of 3,193 900, of {. 40 per cent, since 1891.
This estimate foreshadows decline in
the rate of increase.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-01-17

Those who watch the course Of prices
are aware that the trusts are at it again.
Lead, steel, glass, galvanized iron and
wrought iron pipes are either advanced
OF else are arbitrarily held at exorbitant
prices by the great combinations CON
trolling their production, and are ex.
amples Of the tribute levied upon the in
dustries and the people Of this country
by trusts which derive their power to
levy tribute from the protective duties
in our tariff.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-01-17

The Galveston News Of January con-
tains. synopsis of the commerce Of that
port for the year 1900. and shows that,
in spite of the unprecedented hurricane
Of last September, business is being con-
Quoted on greater scale than ever be-
fore. The months of October, Novem-
her and December, 1900, show an in
crease in valuations Of exports over the
corresponding months of 1899. The re-
sumption Of business on such scale
would have been impossible il Galveston
rad esbeens - most sccessihls and
sscc6aomical port for M enormous trsf.
S3n ssi5 q SS.sae--l.33 81. 81 III z55 =
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-01-17
THE PASSING OF. ARMOUR.

Chicago Times Herald: At the age of
6S Philip D. Armour, that marvellous hn-
mann embodiment of the bold, ceaseless,
untiring, progressive spirit Of modern
life as exemplified in the history Of Chi.
cago, is dead. For nearly forty years
this name has been identified with the
record Of our city's advance along the
lines that has made it one of the great
est industrial centers of the continent,
and during the last quarter Of a century
this name has been at the head of the
one business with which the name of
our city is associated throughout the
world.
Mr.. Armour was indeed one of those
captains ofindustry" who achieve po-
sition, power and fame by the sheer
force of natural ability and indomitable
energy. He was an electric dynamo of
flesh and blood. The secret of his sue
cess was organization, but the lever was
work. Throughout the great establish.
ments wherein we carried on the largest
pork packing. dressed meat and pro.
vision business of the world he set an ex-
ample Of personal daily industry that
was infectious. He surrounded himself
with lieutenants into whose lives he in.
stilled the nervous force of his own
powerful dynamic nature.
The result was business organization
that extended its trade and distributed
its products to every quarter of the
globe.
Boldness and broadness, we should
say, were the typical characteristics of
Mr.. Armour. He did things in large
way. When he went outside the limits
of legitimate business and ventured into
the fields of speculation in grain or pro.
visions it was always on large scale,
and when he 80 ventured he employed
all the resources of a general to insure
success.
Mr.. Armour rejoiced as strong man
in his race for wealth. He delighted in
the struggle and could not be seduced
from its cares, excitement and victories.
He achieved riches beyond the ready
comprehension Of the multitude. But
he might have died as the fool dieth had
he not possessed heart that through
all the stress and selfishness and scar ol
business never grew callous or indiffer-
ent to the needs and calls Of humanity.
We are not permitted, nor is anyone
qualified, to attempt an enumeration ol
the private benefactions of Mr.. Armour.
They were as incessant as were the de-
mands upon his generosity. But there
is one monument to his sympathy fol
his fellows that will survive long after
the boast of his business sagacity and
success has faded from the minds o1
men. The Armour Institute Of Tech
nology, into which he poured money
like water from an exhaustless we'll, and
over whose inception and development
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-01-17

M. l.. Temple. of Osceola, will be q
candidate for governor to succeed Leslie
M. Shaw. according to report current
at Dcs Moines. 1t is said that his can.
didacy has been advanced quietly by
friends for the past few days, and that
in the event of an opinion by the SUI
preme court next week sustai ming Judge
Dewey and knocking out the Titus
amendment, as is generally expected, it
willsbe announced and active work be-
gun.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-01-17

Tom Reed ia out of politics, but that
does not hinder him from telling. Re-
Gently he was in Washington and meet.
ing some of his old friends propounded
the following conundrum: IF the
United States can kill 10000 Filipinos in
10 months and call it benevolent assimi-
Slation, how many did Spain have to kill
In 800 years to warrant the United States
in designating Spanish rule as barbar-
ism. q
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-01-17
Subscription Rates:

There we're more failures reported for
1900 than for thes preceding year and
for greater amounts, as shown by the
commercial agencies. 1913 failures with
liabilities $l27 ,1s4 1896. This will hardly
substantiate the much yaunted claims of
increased and increasing prosperity.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-01-17

II can be said, and truly said, Of Han
mas infamous subsidy bill that there
meyer was bill before the American
congress that proposes to take SO much
of the public money in one grab and
give it to 90 few persons.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-01-17
TARIFF AND TRUSTS.

Henry w. Lamb, president OF the New
England Free Trade league, declares
that protection and foreign markets"
and protection and trusts" are subjects
very closely allied. Not only do pro.
-tscted trusts prey upon consumers and
sharass producers in our home market,
but they put . brake upon those who
would increase the export trade, which
our people have recently come to regard
With great pride and are beginning to
consider necessary to American prosper
ity. This drag upon the wheels is felt
even now, when we are upon grades
made casey by the great prosperity Of
other nations; but it will be more keenly
felt whom the uphill work begins, when
some check to the present worldwide
commercial and industrial activity oc-
ours, or, for any reason, our exported
products have to face drop in prices
abroad.
Then it will be seen that it is espec-
tally the projected trusts, those that owe
their existence to the protective tariff,
which will place the most serious the
same protection which enables our trusts
to tax our exports trade is also giving
other countries strong inducement
and . ready excuse for trying to bar it
out altogether. Some of them are al
ready initiating Us by increasing their
tariff duties to prohibitory rates. or by
kindred vexatious enactments. and
strong pressure is exerted upon other
governments to follow the same bad ex.
ample.
But producers Of export are not the
only or even the chief suierers. All our
producers are subject to the dictation
and all our consumers to the extortion
Of the protected trusts; and itiscontrary
/ to justice and common sense that all
should have to wait Tor relief until :
part choose TO bear & no longer.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-01-17

While New York state leads all others
in point Of population, 1t is seventh in
railroad mileage. Illinois, the third
commonwealth in population, is the
greatest railroad state, with nearly il, GOO
miles Of track. Pennsylvania is second
both in population md in railroad mile.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-01-17

A dispatch from Puerto Real, near |
Cadiz, where Admiral Cervera is lying
ill, says his condition has grown worse
and that his recovery is almost hope.
loee
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1901-01-05
State Teachers Association.

There were over '0) teachers in at
tendance or tiIc safe Teachers ASSOC
Citations contention held in jefferson
CITY. They We're rendered a reception
by Gov. and airs. Stephens. The assoc
citation will meet in jefferson Citv
next year. W. :. Dcarmont. of Cape
Glrardeau normal was elected pres
idnet: Supt. tnGerw ocd. Kansas Citv,
first v~ice-presIdrnt: j. \. Whitfred,
Moherly. second vice-president: J. ID.
Eiiitf. Joplin, third vicc-prcsident;
SuEt. Stephens. Carthage. secretary;
u. l.. Roberts, Kansas City, treasurer;
w. j. Hawkins. railroad secretary.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1901-01-05
InSor 4YearSan Independence Is Assured

II you take up your homes
in Western Canada. the
land Of plenty. Illus
;rated pamphlets. giving
experiences of farmers
no have become wealthy
in growing wheat, reports
Of delegates, etc, and full
information as to reduced
railway rates can be had
GU application TO the
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1901-01-05

The Southern Methodist ministers
of st. Louis recently adopted the fol-
lowing:
Resolved. BY the preachers meeting of
the st. Louis district of the Methodist
Episcopal church. south. That We do here
by respectfully request Hon. 4. NJ. Dock
cry. the incoming governor of Missouri. to
appoint at an early day a new excise
Commissioner and a new board of police
commissioners for the city of St. LOUIS
Who are in no wise allied with the liquor
interest"
The resolution was adopted by n
vote of sixteen to one. the minister
who dissented saying that he did SO
because he had not sufficient infor-
nation for such a resolution.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1901-01-05
ST. Joseph German Paper Sold.

Adolph S%chrader, park commission
or. and one of the most prominent
residents of St. Joseph, has pur-
chased the Nolksblatt, a German
daily newspaper published there.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1901-01-05
Death of +. W. Rauchens.ein.

F. W. Raurhenstein. editor of the
Clayton Waterman, and prominent in
republican politics in St. Louis coun-
ty, died a few DAYS ago
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1901-01-05
Found Dead on n Railroad Track.

Henry c. Payne. a w~ell-known citi-
was found dead upon the Missouri
Pacific tracks in that town. The head
was almost Severd.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1901-01-05
A VandnIia Pioneer.

". o. Ellis. one of the pioneers of
V~andalia, died recently. aged SIS. lie
was one of the founders and promo.
tiers of the city of Nandal!a.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1901-01-05
Never in Cars or a Bank.

Eighty years old and never rode on
the ears. This is SAID of Newton Ber-
~, farmer, who died near Mexico. 1t
is also said that he never was inside
of a banking institution.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1901-01-05
MISSOURI A NEWS,
Recent Deaths.
F. N. Mcdonald. Z prominent Au-
cnIrfX farrter- nnetI IL


F. n. Mcdonald. Z prominent Au-
drain county farmer, aged II.
Joseph L. Hart. aged 81. a vet =
CT IL" civil war and d pioneer cii zen
IF Macon county.
Ms. Nary Lander. aged s.. 1T her
home in MEXICO. 1t is claimed that
with Mrs. Lander dies the las; Pc
soHal acGuaiIt22cc Of Nancy Hanks
Li-coln. T.other OF abraham Liu.nin.
Mrs. Lander was corn in Indiana. but
al tie age of three years her parents,
NJ: and Mrs. Rude. moved to I!erlin
county. Ky, and near the old log
calm IN which Abraham Lincoln was
bon. Mrs. Lander recently. in relat-
inr her rec0llSct.o:S of Marcy Hanks
L.."i!=, tod o: having had 4 uar-
rei with TIE mother OF the war pre-
dent. She siIu tIat Mrs. Lincoln had
heen At fac Ruuc home rather late.
dryin~ II pics. ard decided to spend
he night there. She was placed in
led with Ms. Lander. bat a qulrre!
c::SuSG. and they parted compauv rs
led mates before morning. Mrs. Lin
coin was the mother of two children
at that time.
Mrs. CIala Albert. wife of l.. ]
ALERT. cashier OF the Sturdevant
bank, at Cape Girardeau, after a lin
Sering illness.
Henry Tinherser. aged 20. one of
the oldest merchants of Boonyille. of
pneumonia.
A. II. Danforth. one of the wealth.
est and most influential citizens Of
Charleston, at the age of IS. Mr.. Dam
forth was president of the Charleston
bank.
Moses b. Smart. one of the oldest
pioneer citizens of Galloway county,
at his home northeast of Fulton, of
dropsical complication. Mr.. Smart
was born in Louisville. KY. April %,
1920. and in 1925 located in Galloway
with his parents, and it is said he had
never been out of the county since
that time.
IL. +. Guerran1, Il prominent citizen
of New Franklin, aged IS.
Henry knipp. a prominen; Sedalia
business man, from heart failure.
Mr.. l.. Shepherd, a well-kEown rail.
road man,, from typhoid-maiaria.
What Prosecuting Officers Want.
At 4 meeting of the prosecuting Of
iicers of Missouri, held in st. Louis,
a resolution was adopted to rccom-
mined TO the legislature the passage Of
laws
Making kidnapping a capital crime.
Making it a felony to strip women
on the street.
Providing for compulsory arbitra-
ton of all differences between or
porations and employees. with penal
ties or Noncompliance.
AboliShin% the Office of prosecuting
attorney AID creating the office of
attorney.
For constitutional provision for
aGo!iShing he grand jury.
Making it burglary in the second
to break ana enter a building
to steal fixtures and lead pine.
For constitutional amendment that
viii secure III" ~iralicnablc right of To-
cal sclf-"or"rrment to every conf
munily of this state and provide
proper penalties for its Infringement.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1901-01-05

onfisting of CUTIcuRA Soar Csc. to cleanse the skin of crrsts suC
and soften the ;hickened cuucle. CUTIrUYA OTyrvF.7I zoe \
Instantly allay itching, Inflammation. and irritation, ard -ort,Ec IA
eai and CUTICUEA IsEsoLvENT l50c), to cool ard cleanse nc EI~oT
EtSdLEsETls often suficmn; to cure the most torturins. Gisfrr-ip-.
ching, burning, and scaly skin. scalp, and blood .uzao-7 Nj - - -;
"1ea I'll else fails. Sold throughout tho y-r~.-.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1901-01-05
Fire ut Webster Groves.

The residence OF Selma Watson. in
the southern part of Webster Groves,
St. Louis county, was destroyed by
tire. Part of the contents were saved.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1901-01-05

Superintendent of Immigration. Department Of
Interior, Ottawa, Canada, or address the Under
signed. who will mail you aliases, pamphlets. etc.
free of cost. +. PEDLEY, supt: Of immigration.
ottawa. Canada. or TO C. j: BROCGHTON. 123
Monadnock Blk, Chicago. and J. 3. CRAWFORD. IA
West 9Th Street. Kansas City, Mo-; K. T. HOLMES,
The bates. Indianapolis. Ind.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1901-01-05

No other medicine in the world has received such widespread
and unqualified endorsement.
No other medicine has such a record of cures of female troubles
or such hosts of grateful friends.
Do not be persuaded that any other medicine is just as good.
Any dealer who asks you to buy something else when you go into
his store purposey to buy Lydia E. Pnkhams Vegetable Compound,
has no interest in your case. He is merely trying to sell you some
thing on which he can make a larger profit. He does not care
whether you get well or not, so long as he can make a little more
money out of your sickness. If he wished you well he would
without hesitation hand you the medicine you ask for, and which he
knows is the best womans medicine in the world.
Follow the record Of this medicine, and remember that these
thousands of cures of women whose letters are constantly printed
in this paper were not brought about by " something else" but by
Lydia e. PinkkaM's Vegetable COMPOUND,
The Great W0nan's Remedy for W0naan's Ills.
Those women who refuse to accept anything else are rewarded
a hundred thousand times, for they get what they want - a cure.
Mora -S Stick to the medicine that you know is Best.
When a medicine has been successful in restoring
to health more than a million women, you cannot
we'll say without trying it, 81 do not believe it will
help me- If you are i'll. do not hesitate to get a bot
tie of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound at
once, and write Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass, for
special advice. 1t is free and helpful.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-06-15
News from All Parts of the World
Carefully Selected from the
Press kilograms.
A Weekly Digest Of the Most Important
Facts and Happenings for Busy
Readers.

A corporation has been organized in
San Francisco to go in search Of the lost
gallcon, the famous treasure ship suppos-
ed TO be lying on the bottom of the Pa.
si6c with S20,0OO.OOO gold and jewels Ia
Ser hold. Ii Is the Treasure Trove
wrecking Company. The incorporators
have q secret map with a red cross to
mark the spot where the ship lies. and
they get their information from james
4. Dempsey, an experienced diver and a
veteran Of the Mexican War. 1t was
while in Mexico that Dempsey stumbled
on what he believes to be important Sc.
crets relative TO the location Of the sunk.
en- ship. He processes TO have verified
this information and knows the exact
coral reef In the South Seas that sur
rounds the treasure. The corporation will
buy schooner and the expedition is ex.
pected to start about Aug. / with full
board of directors on board and all the
modern appliances for pulling Ncp
tunes teeth.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-06-15
srUMBLEs ONTO A FORTUNE.
New Haven Man Finds Quarter Of . Million
In an Old Trunk.

New Haven Man Finds Quarter Of Million
In an Old Trunk.
William Warner, q travelling man Of
New Haven, Conn.,, has just unearthed
a fortune in a peculiar fashion. While
rummaging through an old hair-cioth
trunk, the property Of a relative, he
found a packet of letters. Thinking
them bunch Of sentimental efusions.
the work of his father. Warner stuffed
them into his grip and packed up his sam
pie cases for a trip. While seated in the
smoker he united the package and great
was his surprise on finding the docu.
ments TO be bonds Of an early issue Of the
New York, New Haven and Hartford
Railroad, with great parcels Of stock Of
both the Adams and United States Ex-
press Companies. Arriving In Hartford
Warner hnstened to a brokerage firm,
where he found he had some $4,000 of
accrued interest coming to him, as well
as property valued Mt $25O,OO0.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-06-15
SOAP ADVERTISING.

Story ON Herself Told by o United
States Senator'S Wife.
The exceedingly handsome wife Of q
certain Senator Is going about these
days doing what only the hundredth
woman would ever think Of doing. She
Is telling a story on herself. Not very
long ago woman Of fashion gave a
very elaborate luncheon. As the Sen.
atOr's wife seated herself and drew of
her gloves she noticed that beside her
sat stout and elderly person, obvious.
ly wealthy. obviously dressed by a
provincial modiste after cut paper
pattern, and just rs obviously unused
to the ways Of polite society. She
seemed not to know any one present.
Indeed, she presently turned to the Sen.
atOr's wife and confessed 1t.
II guess yours Is the only face here
l know except Emily's there" indicat-
ing the hostess. "She's my niece. But
l knew you the minute ! set eyes on
you. ! says to myself, There's Mrs.
Senator Blank ana l know it,"
perhaps you'd seen me somewhere
before" said the Senator's wife, graci-
Ously. II think you are from my hus-
bands State, are you notY"
| Yes, ! am" admitted the stranger,
but amt ever seen YOU before"
my picture In the magazine, then?''
said the Senator's wife. who had up
peared in the public prints frequently
of late.
"That's It," answered the other,
eagerly. "That's just how ! come to
know you as soon as ! saw you. I've
been seeing you In the backs of maya
gines for months, and, say, want to
ask you, confidential like, is that soap
you advertise as good as it's represent.
ed to beY-WashingtOn Post.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-06-15
ITEMS OF INTEREST

The finest livery stables in Chicago
are those of the Erie Livery, 100 to POI
Erie street, and 16S to 10 Ontario
street. The proprietor, Mr.. william A.
Hinkins, is one of the best known and
best liked horsemen in the country.
He has recently purchased and has
subject to call the finest imperials,
French leather heads, victorlas and
landau carriages in Chicago.
His broughams, coupes and hanson
cabs are the best.
His horses are first.class, with rub
Der shoes; they never slip.
His drivers are we'll dressed, sober,
courteous and reliable.
Telephone 1910 North.