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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-18
MRS. CoNGER DENIES 1T
Writes q New York Paper She Had No
Part In the Looting at Peking.

Hrltes New 4 ork PAper Sho Had NO
Part In the Looting at Picking.
New York, July 13.-Sarah Pike
Conger, wife of Minister Conger. has
forced the New York Evening jour
nal to publish her letter denying
charges of looting in China made
against her. On June 26 the paper
published cablegram charging Mrs.
Conger and Lady Mcdonald with or
dering store rooms in the Picking
palace broken open. Mrs. Conger at
the time of publication was IN Bos-
ton.
When her attention was called to
the story she wrote a personal let
ter branding the charge as absolute
ly false, and demanding prominent
place in the paper for her denial.
Her letter was entirely ignored. Mrs.
Conger, after waiting. wrote again
and receiving no attention, brought
a libel suit for $4,000 damages. The
papers were served yesterday, and
in the most prominent place at the
top of the page, with big headlines.
the paper publishes her letter of
July 20 with profuse apology, end
ing with an insinuation that the arti-
Gle referred to did Mrs. Conger a
great injustice.
This is all Mrs. Conger desired.
She will withdraw her suit. Mrs. Con-
gers letter says in part:
The article thus concludes: Sir
Claude refused to discuss the report
that It was the wife of the Ameri-
can minister who had caused the
store room to be broken OPEN This
is a subtle and most unfair way Of
charging me with luoting, or at least
of leaving as the only inference thai
I was the person who caused the
store room to be broken open. This
charge IS absolutely false. was not
of the party, and knew nothing what
ever of the affair, and was not in the
remotest degree responsible for it.
Moreover, it was we'll known TO all
at the legations that / was opposed
to footing in any form.
(Signe6 Sarah Pike Conger."
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-18
Game in Northern Iowa.

Humboldt, July 16.-The game pros
poets for Humboldt's vicinity, which
could speak for all northern Iowa.
are the best in years at present, as
the following summaries will show:
Quail are even more numerous this
year than last, which was an I'M
common year. The young quail are
out now and seem to be hardy little
fellows, while their call is heard
everywhere. 1t is hard to tell just
now what the size of the chicken
crop will be, the birds keeping in
out of sight, but it will undoubtedly
be good. The wild ducks are nesting
in this vicinity, which greatly en-
courages the sportsmen and shows
what vital point the law prohibit
ing spring shooting of ducks is.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-18

A patriotic New Yorker, member
OF the Sons Of the Revolution. is pre-
pairing to give to each Of the public
school buildings Of New York city, a
copy Of colossal size, Of the famous
Houdon bust Of Washington. The
model made by Wilson Macdonald,
one of the Oldest sculptors in America,
has already been accepted. The pub
tic spirited donor believes that love of
country should be taught in the schools
and that there is no better way OF
teaching it than by keeping the men,
DRY Of the greatest patriots fresh in
the minds OF the pupils. Naturally the
Father Of his country comes first.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-18

Tradition asserts that the Queen OF
Sheba gave Solomon an intricately
pierced stone to thread. He solved the
problem by forcing worm, dragging a
thread, to crawl through the winding
passage. The modern version is on
a manified scale. To test the right Of
Chicago to call itself a seaport, the
steamer Northman, loaded with west
ern grain. timber and machinery. has
made the voyage from Chicago to
Hamburg by way OF the Great Lakes
and the Welland canal. The white
thread Of her wake can harly fail to
weave new nd important pattern into
the maritime commerce OF nations.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-18
NEWS In GENERAL
WILSON ON THE DRouTH.
Says He Thinks Hot Weather Has Not
DAMAGED Corr. p.

Says He Thinks Hot Weather Has Not
Damaged Corn.
New York, July 16.-Secretary of
Agriculture Wilson hopes that the
corn crop of the western states has
not yet been ruined by the drouth,
says a Washington dispatch to the
Herald. He is disposed to believe that
the reports as to the damage have
been exaggerated. He is quoted as
follows: Il do not regard the corn
crop as seriously damaged, notwith-
standing the reports from the west
ern states. On July / the condition
of the corn crop was more promising
than on the same date last year, and
even if the press reports are not exag-
gerated, although 1 am inclined to
think that they overstate the real
conditions, there is not, as vet, cause
for genuine alarm.
Throughout the area of the great
corn crop the drouth has not been
severe enough to seriously affect that
crop. Hd } weather is not damaging
to corn at this season. In fact, high
temperature at this season is one of
the requisites of corn development,
and so / think we had better wait
awhile before we say the corn crop is
ruined.
For myself, think that we shall
have plenty of corn in this country.
The reports from Kansas and Ne
braska are of course discouraging,
but the crop in those states is not
great, except in the eastern portions.
The great corn belt of this country is
east of the Missouri river and west
of the Ohio.
II have not yet seen anything to in
dictate that there has been a large
amount of damage done in this area
OF country am going to wait,
therefore, until I hear whether the
drouth has been disastrous in Iowa.
Illinois, Missouri, Indiana, Michigan
and Wisconsin before I become really
alarmed"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-18
TARs GET PRIZE MONEY.
Proceeds of Sale OF British stea amer
Adula Ordered Distributed


Adula Ordered Distributed.
Mt. Arey, Ca, July 15.-Judge spier
of the United States circuit court
handed down his decree distributing
the money arising from the capture
of the British steamship Adula during
the Spanish war. Judge Spier con-
siderably reduced the allowances for
the officers, made by the court to
whom the question had been referred.
and has ordered that the sum of $4O,-
900 paid into the treasury of the
United States be distributed as prize
money.
The Adula was owned by the Atlas
steamship company and chartered to
Spaniard, Don Jose Soils. The cap
ture was made by the Marblehead.
Commander McCalla, while the Adula
was attempting to run the blockade
at Guantanamo bay during the Span
lsh-American war. The amount real
lied on the stipulation given by the
owners for the Adula was $50 900, and
this sum, less the costs-and expenses
OF keeping the ship, expense Of litiga-
ton, insurance, losses from salvage
and the like, was distributed, one
half to the Uuited States and one
half to the officers and enlisted men
~ the navy entitled to the prize
-roney * r.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-18
Bloody Conflict in Austria,

london, July 16.-"More than 100
persons, including troops and police,
were wounded yesterday in an en-
counter at Lemberg," says the Vienna
correspondent of the Daily Express,
growing out of an attempt by the
police to stop street parades held in
demonstration in behalf of the unem-
ployed. The mob threw up barri-
cades and defed the police. The
troops were called in and charged
again and again, using bayonets and
bullets. Ultimately the demonstrat
ors were dislodged. Lemberg il
strongly guarded by troops, but il
is reported that the mob is prepar.
ing for another fight during the
night"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-18
MEN GENERALLY WENT OUT.
Omcials of the Amalgamated Associat ton

arc IN control,
Pittsburg, Pa, July 16.-Reports re-
ceived from all sources connected
with the great strike of the steel
workers indicate that the members
of the Amalgamated association have
matters well in hand and that the
strike order has been generally obey
ed. kilograms from various points
where the mills of the American Tin
Plate company, the American Steel
Hoop company and the American
Sheet Steel company are located told
of the shutting down of these plants
in large numbers. In many cases the
plants had been shut down by the
first strike order, which affected the
steel and the hoop companies only.
The last order brought out all of the
union plants of the American Tin
Plate company with the single excep-
ton of the New Mill in Monessen,
which is still running. At the Anal
gamated association headquarters it
was stated that the figures given out
Saturday night regarding the num-
Der of men who would be actually
idle in the mills Of the three com
panies had been proved correct. This
number was placed at $4,000.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-18
THE NEWS In IOWA
1RREGuLAR1TY Is CHARGED.
Supreme Officers of Modern brotherhood
to BE Investigated,

Supreme Officers of Modern brotherhood
to BE Investigated.
Sioux City, July 16.-A special ses-
sion of the supreme lodge of the Mod
ern Brotherhood of America, an
Iowa fraternal insurance organiza-
ton, is to be held in Sioux City in
October to investigate number of
charges of misconduct against GER
tain supreme officers. There is a
deficit of $4,000 in the general fund
of the order, from which operating
expenses are paid. The supreme sec
rotary has filed accusations charging
other head officers, President Z. B.
Hanley of Upton, among them, with
causing this deficit by eXtravagant
ard wrongful expenditures; usurpa-
ton of power is also charged. Local
members of the order have little to
say about the trouble. Friends of
President Hanley say that his skirts
will be fully cleared and that spite
prompted the accusation. The Mod
ern Brotherhood has had a rapid
growth since its organization a few
years ago, and it is one of the states
leading fraternal orders.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-18
DEMANDS NATIONAL UNIVERSITY.
National Editorial Association Takes a
Stand for One.

National Editorial Association Takes a
Stand for One.
Detroit, Mich, July 12.-Despite
strong opposition on the part of
those opposed to a national univer-
sity, the National Educational assoc
citation yesterday accepted resolu-
ton reafirming it's former declara-
ton in favor of such university.
The resolution, which was offered by
President Jesse of the University Of
Missouri, read: "Resolved, that this
association hereby reaffirms it's form
er declaration in favor of the estab-
lishment by the national government
of national university, devoted not
to collegiate, but to a true university
education"
DR.. Butler of New York moved that
it be laid on the table, but was voted
down overwhelmingly, and the orig
inal resolution adopted. The report
of the committee on nominations
which named VIM. N. Beardshear of
Iowa college for president and C. NJ.
Reyes of Hartford, Conn.,, for treas
urer, was adopted, and DIR. Beard-
shear was led to the platform, where
he made brief talk. "All for one
and one for all,'' he said, would be
his sentiment of the associa ton.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-18
LETTER FROM PAT GROVE.
st. Joseph Attorney Said to Have Re-
ceiyed One Recently.

Kansas City, July ia special to
the Star from St. Joseph, Mo-, says:
A. w. Brewster, an attorney of this
city, has received draft for $3.50.
sent to him by "Pat" Grow from Jo-
hannesburg, South Africa. The
amount was sent to the lawyer to pay
an attorney fee Grove had been owing
number of years.
Groves name has been connected
by allegation with the kidnapping in
Omaha of the young son of Edward
Cudahy, the packer, who paid ran
som of $4,000 in gold to recover his
boy.
Several years ago Grove was under
arrest in St. Joseph on the charge of
train robbery. He employed Brew
ster, who is state senator. to de-
fend him. The charge was finally dis
missed, as the case was not strong
one.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-18

Eugene Fields first poem was dis.
covered recently in the possession Of
Edgar White, court stenographer at
Macon, Mo. It is entitled "Bucephalus
a Ttail," and is believed to have been
written by the author in 1871. when
he was student in the state univer-
sity. II. w. Burke, a st. Joseph jus
tice OF the peace. who worked with
Field on the old st. Joseph Gazette
has pronounced the poem genuine.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-18

Paul wayland Bartlett, the sculptor
who has established his studio in one
OF the eastern suburbs Of Washington
has received letter. from the French
government accepting his statue Of La
Ifayette, which ia the gift to France Of
700 900 American school children
4 4. Bartlett's design was the success
xul one before the American jury. and
he was required by the French gov
ernment TO erect his statue in plaster
ION the site allotted for 1t in the court
az the Louvre, where the French jury
l5Anally passed ON 1t.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-18
IN the Gold Country.

Seattle, Wash, July 13.-The stcaln-
err City of Seattle has arrived from
Lynn canal with Klondike treasure
cargo of 100000, all save 100000 CON
signed by the Canadian Bank of c om-
merce to the United States ASSAY Of
| fec in this city William Waechter.
a cattle trader, and Mr.. Lee. a
miner, had $4,000 ia dust. The Klon-
dixie crowd left Dawson June 20. Al
that time nearly every producing
Gain in the district was being work
ed, and the government had 500 men
employed in the construction OF + ,ads
to the greatest gold producing
streams in the district. About 1,lOU
people are said to have left The Kion-
.diFe for Nome and the Kcyokuk since
the river opened.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-18
WAS IN TERRIBLE AGONY.
Waterloo Man Slides From Load of Ha,
Onto a Pitchfork.

Waterloo, July 15.-Chas. thinner
man, who is employed at making hay
on Ad Rebers' farm southwest of
this city, met with a serious acct
dent. He was sliding down from a
load of hay against which fork,
been set up, tines downward. Mr..
Zimmerman came spuarely down
upon the upright handle of the fork,
the end of the handle penetrating his
body little in front of the rectum
and cutting terrible cash upward
toward the abdomen. He remained
suspended on the end of the fork
handle until his fellow workmen res
cued him from his position. The
wound was dressed by a surgeon and
the young man is now resting quite
easily.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-18

An Indianapolis correspondent calls
attention to the part played by the
telephone in recent divorce case at
Noblesville. Ind. A Mrs. Maggie brought
suit for divorce. On the day appointed
Tor tha tria1nhar attorney, Mr.. Fippas<
~ nue atteRu, am uar1ea fh8
1Spblb sville judge and explained the
ssircuhl atepces Z suggesting that the
case be tried by telephone. The Judge
consented the witnesses were sworn,
and in answer to questions asked them
~ Mr.. Fippen. thirty miles away, sub
mitted their testimony to the Judge,
after which Mr.. Fippen delivered his,
argument, talking into the judges ear
BY telephone. The divorce was grant
ID.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-18
TARRED AND FEATHERED.
Laurens Wife Beater Taken From Jail
by Mob.

Laurens, July 16.-A mob of about
forty indignant citizens called at the
city Jail during the absence of the
night Waterman and marshal and
broke into the steel cage where A. I.
Pulls was confined on the charge of
choking and beating his wife. The
mob took the prisoner out to the
Rock Island and Northwestern rail-
way crossing, and there applied a
coat of tar and feathers and ordered
the man to leave the country.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-18
CARRIES rowDEK FROM A FIRE.
Daring Deed of Fireman at Clear Lake
Loss Is About $4,000.

Clear Lake, July l2.-Fire which
was discovered in the shoe store of
w. II. Bromley at 1880 a. m. totally
destroyed four business buildings and
sssSAsSh of their contents, the losses in
All "ehing nearly t$4n coo. The fire
ragged for ire hours, being famed by
"a strong east wind. When the fire
was at its highest, Fire Marshall Jo-
seph Hayden and Captain Perley
Goodwin took from the basement Of
one of the burning buildings $50
pounds of gunpowder. A moment
after they had left the burning build
ing with the powder fve-pound sack
which they had overlooked exploded.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-18

The Pullman company is arranging
TO establish pension system for its
entire force of employees, numbering
between 10000 and $4,000 persons Six
ty years will be made the limit OF SER
vice. For each year an allowance of
4 per cent OF the average monthly pay
for the last ten months is to be given.
Thus, employees who have been with
the company forty years. receiving
$50 month. would get 40 per cent Of
$50, or $40 month.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-18
Robbed and Assaulted nv r.. nm.

Council Bluffs, July 18Th. j. Van
Hee, who was beating his way to Cali
fornia, was brought from Hillsdale
and taken to st. Demands hospital.
BE was suffering from shot through
the groin and other injuries, which
may prove fatal. The shooting was
done by one of two men who were
beating their way in the same car
and who attempted to rob him of his
money and did succeed in securing his
watch and chain. Van Hee is a
Frenchman by birth and says he has
no relatives in this country.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-18
Dubuuue Bonds ILLEGAL

Dubuque, July 15.-It is stated that
through the neglect of Mayor Duffy
to sign the resolution adopted by
the city council in 1897, authorizing
the refunding of $32o,ooo regular city
bonds, the issue is void, and trouble
for the city is likely to come up. The
bonds have been offered in the east,
and there the omission was discov-
cred. The old bonds bore z and 8 per
cent interest, and the new issue S per
cent. The question is whether the
bonds must bear the old rate of inter-
est, or the city be allowed to issue
new bonds. This is new legal ques-
ton likely to prove yexatious.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-18
Day of Prayer ordered

Jefferson City, Mo-, July 16.-No
rain has fallen here and IN different
parts of the state since April IL,
and crops of all kinds except wheat,
are almost complete failures. Gov
ernor Dockery, who had received
many requests to issue a proclama-
ton calling upon the people to OBJ
serve q certain day in fasting and
prayer that the drouth might be
broken, today set apart Sunday, July
81, on which "the people are request
ed to assemble at their usual places
of worship to invoke the blessings
of Almighty Cod
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-18
OVER ONE THOUSAND LEpERs.
Gathering Material on Which to Ba
Recon- mendation ror Segregation.

Gatherlng Material ON Which to Base
Recommendation Tor Segregation.
Washington, July 13.-The surgeon
general of the marine hospital SER
vice is not ready to publish the re-
suits thus far obtained under his di-
rection in the attempt to enumerate
the known cases of leprosy in the
United States, for the returns are
far from complete. But sufficient ma
terial has already been secured by
the experts who have been investigat.
ing for the last two years to indicate
that there are at least 1000 lepers
in this country, most of them i1nmi-
grants from abroad, and to warrant
strong recommendations to congress
for their segregation.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-18
Drowning at Lake View.

Lake View, July 16.-At the picnic
here young man by the name of
Nels Sorenson, of Audubon, about 35
years of age, was drowned. He and
two others were out in a row boat
and were very much under the influ-
ence of liquor when the boat cap
sized. Mr.. Sorensen not being to
swim went down while the other two
men drifted around for some time be-
fore they were discovered, and picked
up by the large steamer of Lawrence
& Co. They were also very nearly.
drowned. -
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-18
Chinch Bugs at Iowa Falls.

Iowa Falls, July 16.-The appear
ance of the dreaded chinch bug in
this section has added to the troubles
of the farmer, who at present is bad
ly worried over the continued hot
weather that is having bad effect
on crops in many localities. The bug
has but as yet made it's appearance in
isolated spots, but fear of it's spread
ing and becoming general in this To-
cality has made many apprehensive
of full crops of small grain. The bug
was first discovered in fields near
Eagle City, south of this CITY.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-18
STATE LEVY Is HIGHER.
1t Is Fixed at 80 Mills by the Members
of the Executive Council

Des Moines, July 15.-The execu-
tive council fixed the state levy for
the tax of 1901 at two and seven
tenths mills, one-tenth of mill high
er than last year. The levy of one
tenth of mill for support of the
State university and one-tenth of a
mill for the support of the College of
Agriculture and Mechanic Arts was
settled the same as last year, making
the total state levy two and nine
tenths mills. The additional one
tenth mill is necessary this year be-
cause the last legislature increased
the amount of appropriations from
81, 100000 to $1,5OO,OOO.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-18
BOY is BURNED TO DEATH.
Perished In His Home While Fighting
the Flames.

Cedar Rapids, July 12.-Willie Gard
ner, is years of age, was fatally
burned in fire which destroyed the
house of his parents and most of the
contents. He was awakened by the
blaze from burning lamp about
o'clock and continued fighting the
flames until after the arrival of the
fire department. Then it was discov-
cred that there was hardly an I'M
burned piece of skin anywhere on his
BODY, He died in few hours.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-18

The search for frozen birds In New
York city cold storage house, made by
The state game Inspector. il ended. and
II appears that in its course nearly 49,
900 birds, were discovered, all Of
which, 1t is alleged. were killed out o,
season. Criminal and civil actions are
to be brought at once against several
persons.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-18

London, Jnly 16.-The war office has
received the following dispatch from
Lord Kitchener, dated at Pretoria:
"Broadwood's brigade surprised
Reitsz. capturing Steyn's brother
and others. Steyn himself escaped in
his shirt sleeves, with one other man
only. The so-called Orange River
government and papers were cap
ltured."
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-18
smallpox Quarantine Raised.

Cedar Rapids, July 12.-The board
of health has raised the smallpox
quarantine. Stringent regulations
have been in force since June Is, but
are no longer necessary.
Duelists in Russia usYG1ly break
fast together before gting cuv to
fight.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-18
Two In y Fatal Runaway.

Pulaski, July 15.-Peter Sommer
and wife, living three and one-half
miles north of town, drove to town
to do some trading. When returning
home, about half mile north Of
town, their team became frightened
and ran away, throwing them both
out and killing Mrs. Sommer almost
instantly. Mr.. Sommer is seriously
injured. At this writing it is not
known whether his injuries are fatal
or not.
Hill Admits His Candidacy.
New York, July Ex-senator David
B. Hill has confided to his intimate
friends his intention to try for the
democratic nomination for the presi-
dency in 1904.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-18

e "A. T. Grinnel Of Burlington, de-
Fes that over three million doses Of
pm are sold at Vermont every.
No habitual narcotic users His
were the result Of an omcial
klnaxipn.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-18

The Cunmins forces claim Mar
shall's 25 delegates, besides scatter
ing delegates among the other unin-
structed delegations, but the opposi-
ton concede but Is of the Marshall
delegation.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-18
(Georgia Agricultural works

Georgia Agricultural works at
lley has Just shipped to far
eece complete ginning outfit,
Ming Of q 60-saw Centennial cot
lin, feeder and condenser. This is
the first installment of several gin
btnts to be shipped to Greece and
gr foreign countries.