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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-01
Gompers I. Due to Get Wen.

Washington. July 1.-Presidenf
Gompers, of the American Federation
of Labor, who was seriously injured
by fan from a street car Thursday
night. is considerably improved. anG
his physician says everything faYors
his recovery.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-01
DEATH OF DIR. SUNDERLAND.
who Married Grover Cleveland
and an Octogenarfan.

Catskill, y. Y, July 1.-Rev. DR.. By
ron Sunderland, of Washington, died
here yesterday of cerebral embolism.
Or. Sunderland was SO years of age,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-01
D..,h ar si,hop Potter, wife.

New York, July Mrs. Eliza Rog-
ers Potter. wife of the Rt. Rev. Henry
c. Potter. Protestant Episcopal bishop
of New York. died suddenly early yes
terday. Bishop Potter was at MS
wife's side when the end came.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-01
At PekIn.

Pekin. July 1.--All parts Of Pekin
occupied by British for police pur-
poses were turned over, today to the
Chinese authorities.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-01
SENATOR KYLE
SUFFERS RELAPSE

Aberdeen, S. D., July 1.-Senator
Kyle, who has been i'll the past 10
days. suffered relapse at noon today
and it is believed he cannot recover.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-01
Inheritnnel TnrI..uY.Iia-

Milwaukee, July Judge Elliott
handed down a batd of important de-
cisions Saturday biore leaving for his
vacation. The mst important to the
state is one declang the inheritance
tax law Of 1899 .Y&d
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-01

and for more than sixty years had
been an active minister OF the gospel.
For forty eight years he was pastor of
the First Presbyterian church ut
Washington, from which he retired be-
cause OF advancing years in 1898.
1t was at DIR. Sunderland's church
that President and Mrs. Cleveland had
n pew while the latter was president,
and the minister Officiated at the wed
ding ceremony when Cleveland mar
ried Miss Folsom.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-01
ECHO OF A BANK FAILURE.
Its Presidsns for a Day Marries a Girl from
LouisvflIe-

New York, July 1.-Edgar Russell
Thomas, who was president of the Sew
enth National bank for day, and Miss
Linda Lee, of Louisville, KY, were
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-01
GIvesDowis a Pine Fs3

Kokomo. lid. July lie win Of
the late Mary J. Merand has been
probated. 1t bedueaths f/the Movie
society a spleidid far1f5fn Howard
county. The Proceeds fom the farm
are to go towprd bautifying Zien
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-01
Wautoa ReckIessne.s OF Lie.

Omaha. Neb.. July Tim going.
I'm going cried Edna Jordan. an IS
year-old girl, as springing to the railing
of the barge Consort she lurehed over
aud n second later sank beneath the
muddy waters of the Missouri A
slight quarrel With her young male
ccaDI Ion En- Mcclure, who is en-
was the cause
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-01
PRAIRIE STATE POLITICS.
Alleged Combination That Names FIrer for
Vice President.

bloomington. Ills. July 1.-Fifer for
vice president-Sherman for governor.
That is the combination which. accord
ing TO report. will be sprung upon the
politicians at 4 celebration of the
Fourth OF July ht Lexington. this
county. All Illinois Is being billed
with three-sheet posters bearing the
announcement that Lawrence Y. Sher-
man. of Macomb. and the recent speak
er Of the lower house of the Illinois
legislature. would be the orator of the
day and that former Governor Joseph
W. Fifer would also deliver one of tho
principal addresses.
All other celebrations of the Fourth
in this county have been called of, and
all of the local politicians are making
preparations to attend. There may be
q three-cornered deal up for discussion,
the wiseacres say. Cullom ihhuence
made Fifer an interstate commerce
commissioner. Fifer may now be
called upon to secure Cullom's support
OF Sherman for governor. In return,
Sherman win endeavOr TO swing ILL
uOiS for Eifpr for vice president.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-01
Had to Iake q vaoatIa

Romulus. Mich. July l.
bash section foreman at this 7Yg
compelled TO take a vacat
men refused to so to work. -.
wages were adYfinced.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-01
United States IL Ahead.

London. July Athletes from the
United States won five events in the
London Athletic club meet Saturday.
A f. Duffy. of Georgetown Cd. c. col
lege. won the 100 yards run. COe. of
Pennsylvania. won the sixteen-pound
Awieght throw easily. Kraenzlein won
he long jump and beat the British
ltcord in the hurdles by 1-5 Of Sec
did
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-01
,lne. Aahnre.

July 1.-The re-
In of the Balti-
lle ashore five
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-26
The Camphor Tree.

The camphor tree (Cinnamomum
camphora) is an evergreen, member
of the laurel family, belonging to the
same genus as the tree whose bark fur
nishes the spice called cinnamon, and
is related to the bay and to the sas-
safras of the United States. Of sym
mstrical proportions, it is one of the
noblest objects in the forests of east
ern subtropical Asia. In it's native
habitat it attains gigantic dimensions,
notably in girth of trunk, some speci-
mems measuring ten to fifteen feet in
diameter. 1t is said they have been
known to reach as much as twenty
feet, and they may be sixty to over
100 feet high, and live to great age.
AS rule they rise twenty or thirty
feet without limbs, and then branch
out in all directions, becoming mass
of splendid and luxuriant foliage.
Their leaves, broadly lanceolate in
form, are of light green color,
smooth and shining above. and whit
ish or glaucous on the under surface.
Small white or greenish white flowers
are borne from February to April, and
by October ripen into berrylike, one
seeded fruits about three-eighths of an
inch in diameter.-Good Words.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-26
HE dubbed" HIS HONEY.
play is on tonight?

1t is not often that fond young
couple will repeatedly expose them
selves to the ridicule of hundreds of
people for the pleasure of a kiss, but
such is the case with young man
and young woman who part a few
moments before o'clock each morn
ing at Randolph street and Columbia
avenue, says the Philadelphia Record.
The young man is tall, handsome
fellow, who seems to think there is
no prize in the world half so fine as
the little woman who clings affection
ately to his side.
They invariably stop at the corner
,or few moments, chat before part
ing, and the sad look on both faces is
almost enough to break the ice mans
heart When it is nearly time for the
whistle to blow the young man takes
his darling tenderly in his arms and
plants on her pretty lips long, lin
gering kiss.
Numerous remarks, such as ooh,
baby" and docs you Tub your hon
ey?" are cast at the couple from the
mill windows, but do not seem to af-
feet the young mans nerve in the
least The crowd which assemblies to
watch the occurrence grows larger each
day.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-26
Tried and Convicted, Too.

Politics in the West, even more than
in the East, says the author of Life
and Sport in California;" is profess
sion. remember two men who were
candidates for the Office of district at
torney. One hdd served before; the
other was a young man conducting his
first campaign. The veteran was
speaking in small town and after
setting forth his own claims, he spoke
as follows of his opponent: 81 under
stand that Mr.. x. is in every sense a
worthy and honorable man, but l ask
you to remember that he has never
been tried-he has never been tried"
"That's sol" exclaimed voice. You
We been tried, old man, haven't you?
And convicted, too, you know!" After
due inquiry it appeared that the veter-
an had been, in deed, indicted for
horsestealing, and convicted. He was
not elected.-Youth's Companion.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-26
LAST OF THE BoLIvARs.
Death of Nephew of the Great South
American Liberator.

Death of Nephew of the Great South
American Liberator.
When we turn our eyes through the
fens of South American history and re-
call that bloody struggle for independ-
ence, we behold the shadows of many
deathless heroes, whose steps along
the corridors of time have left a trail
ing light of glory behind them. Such
cluster of noble patriots include Mi
randa, Paes, Sucre, Monagas, Bermu-
DEE, Falcon, Vargas, and Simon Boil
var, whose names will live in imper-
lshable grandeur as long as the human
heart can cherish deeds of valor and
sentiments of unalloyed patriotism.
But by far the most eminent and
foremost man of that period and the
one who infused his lofty individuality
among all his followers, was General
Simon Bolivar, who has ever since
been known as the Libertador-the
Washington of South America. And
we'll has he won such fame, as the
IDOL OF his people, the admired hero
OF Europe and America, the conqueror
OF Spain, the liberator of half CONT
nent, and the founder of five nations.
BY the strange fergiversations of
Latin-American politics, and the rival
ries and jealousies of smaller men, the
great Libertador, within two years.
after his successes, found himself an
ex1le-an outcast from the nations he
had created. In the sadness and hui
initiation of exile he passed his days,
dying at Santa Marta in 1880. A tardy
reversion of national feeling succeed
ed, and twelve years later, his remains
were brought back to Caracas, and
amid the greatest pomp he was laid to
rest in the pantheon of his native city.
The last direct relative of the Liber-
tador, bearing his family name, has
Just died in Caracas, at the extreme
age of ninety-one years. He was Don
Fernando Simon Santiago Bolivar y
Palacios, the son of Colonel Juan vi
cente Bolivar y Palacios, the only
brother of General Bolivar Ghis broth
| er being lost at sea while conducting a
| filibustering expedition during the
patriot wars). Don Fernando lived
until the time of his death in an I'M
pretentious quarter of Caracas, in a
very ordinary house, sparsely furnish
ed, which could in no particular give
an impression of the large wealth he
is reputed to have left. He was ex-
tremely infirm, feeble and palsied, re-
quiring constant attention, as his
helplessness was so complete during
the last years that his food had to be
raised to his mouth by another
Through the influence of such physical
weakness, long confinement, and the
dropping energies and faculties Of
extreme old age, his mind was natur-
ally weakened, and, as unfortunately
often occurs with the aged, this be.
clouded condition was manifest in ar
intense bitterness against all who
We're directly or remotely related Il
him.-Venezuela Herald.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-26

One OF the ma ~ striking and touch
ing incidents occurring at Buffalo was
the meeting of the president and Mrs.
Mckinley for the first time after the
assault. The dispatches report that
Mrs. Mckinley took seat at the bed
side and held the presidents hand.
The distinguished sufferer looked into
the face of his good wife and said in
low tone, "We must bear up; it will be
better for us both" With tears
streaming down her cheeks, Mrs. No
Kinley nodded assent.
There is depth of pathos in this
little incident that must appeal force
fully to those who appreciate the
strength of the ties that bind a good
good husband to good wife.
There may be some people who have
no idea of the thoughts that were pass
ing through the minds of this couple
at that moment. There are, however,
many others who can imagine what
these thoughts were. There, on the
bed OF pain, lay the strong, powerful
man. BY his side sat the frail woman,
whose physical weakness has been, for
SO many years, the subject of this hus-
bands tender solicitude. In an humble
way they began life together. Two
little graves had for them common
interest. In prosperity and adversely
they had stood together, participating
equally in the joys and sharing equally
IN the sorrows of life. The wife had
shared in the great honors that had
come to her husband, and now, when
the very summit of polictal ambition
had been reached and political honors
had become so common that the con-
venlences of quiet, domestic life were
longed for by the woman, in order, as
she often expressed it, that she might
have her husband to herself, the bull
let of an assassin had done the work
that threatened to blast the highest
ambition of this woman's life.
1--WE must bear up" said the presi-
dent; sit will be better for us BOTH"
1t matters not to what extent other
men and women have grieved it mat
tiers not how many tears other men and
woman may have shed and how much
other hearts may have ached. All of this
grief and woe could not have been so
acute as was the grief and woe which
this man and woman suppressed in
compliance with the suggestion, sit
will be better for for us BOTH"
There is nothing in all this world
more beautiful than happy marriage.
There is in all this world nothing more
inspiring, nothing more encouraging
than the devotion and love that
abounds between thousands of men
and women; devotion and love which
were exemplifed in the relations that
existed between the late president and
his wife.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-26
Pictorial Dul11or
A DESPERATE MAN.

mo, Gladys McGoogie,' he said in
his deep and earnest voice, life with
out you would be OF little use to me"
DO you mean you would take the
suicide route to escape it" the fair girl
murmured.
Yes he answered, you have
guessed it,
Revolver or rope?"
Neither"
Gas, then. or poison?"
He shook his auburn locks and
smiled at her bafiled air.
What, then, would you do"
Gladys he slowly answered, "if
you refuse my love l will take no
chance of failure. ! have determined
to let a malarious mosquito bite me, ;"
That fetched her.-Cleyeland Plain
Dealer.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-26
The Cure Tor Anarchx.


It is natural that the wanton and
brutal assassination of the president
at Buffalo should lead to discussion
of ways and means for driving anarchy
out of the United States, and it is inn
portant that the subject should be
dealt with in a broad and comprehen-
sive way. Czolgosz had no personal
animosity; he was not seeking revenge
for any wrong that the administration
had done him; he was aiming blow at
the government of which Mr.. McKin-
ley was the official head. No consider
able number of the American people
can have any sympathy with the MUIR
derer or with those who entertain his
views in regard to government
| The arbitrary governments of the
old world have tried suppression but
have not succeeded. They have lessened
anarchy just in proportion as they have
extended civil liberty and participa,
ton in the government.
Stern measures must be invoked for
the suppression and punishment of
every manifestation of the anarchistic
spirit, but beyoad this remedy there
must be education. All must be taught
that government is an absolute neces-
sity and that our form of government
is the best ever devised. Then our
| government must be made as good as
intelligence and patriotism can make
it.
While we are legislating to prevent
any manifestation of the anarchistic
spirit on American soil, we should
avoid those things which breed an
archy. Partially in government kim
dies discomfort; the exaltation of mon
ey over human rights, the fattening of
a few at the expense of the many, the
making of artificial distinctions be-
tween citizens and the lessening of the
sacredness of human life-all these in
their full development encourage the
anarchistic spirit
| We can only bring absolute security
to our public servants by making the
government SO just and so benefcent
that every citizen will be willing to
give his life if need be to preserve it to
posterity.
We shall fail to do our full duty "a
|
toward the reform of every govern
mental abuse and the enactment of
such laws as are necessary to protect
each citizen in the enjoyment of life,
liberty ann the pursuit of happiness
and to restrain every arm uplifted for
a neighbours injury.
1t is announced that Great Britian's
last war loan will be exhausted Octo-
Der IS, when it will be necessary for
that government to borrow more mon
ey in order to carry on the war in
South Africa.
1t is becoming more and more APP
parent that if Great Britain ever con-
quers the Beers it will be at price
that will stagger the British taxpayers
even though humanity maintains its
equilibrium.
Anarchy, however, is not the only
''organized in New Jersey" infamy
] that must be wiped out.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-26
SHABBY TREATMENT.

$50 your country relatives didn't
treat yop we'll when you went there
this SUMMER"
mo, indeed. 1t was shabby per-
fectly shabby! Why, we had to come
home in two weeks, instead of staying
ssx or eight as we intended"
s'You don't say!"
eyes. Why. they had their farm
house so full of summer boarders that
Frankie and Oracle and Hamie and
Willie and had to go to another place
and pay board Boston Traveller.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-26
Fun at Newport.

Charlie (owner of the Blue DeviD-
Bah Jove! Seems as though every
one in Newport is going to own an
automobile
Willie (owner of the Black Ghosta-,
Yeas, deah boy, they are Spelling the
How so?'
Willie-"Why, aftah while there
wo t be any horses to scare"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-26
President Roosevelt.

Theodore Roosevelt assumes the du-
ties OF the presidency under conditions
calculated to call out the best that is
In him, conditions which will make
more ardent his natural desire to full
hlthe expectations of his countrymen.
While he was in perfect accord with
Mr.. Mckinley in regard to public ques-
tions, his strong individuality will
doubtless cause some uncertainty I'M
til his administrative policies are de.
veloped. He enters Office more free
from political obligations than he
could have done had he received party
nomination after a long contest Mr..
Roosevelt has a high conception of civic
virtue and his opponents will probably
find more to criticize in his doctrine
than in his methods. There will be no
disposition to PREJUDICE him, but an
earnest wish that the governmental
policies for which he and his party
stand may be tested upon their merits.
While waiting for a subsidy to
strengthen their tottering little indus
try the ship owners are organizing a
trust with something like $3.50, 900, 900
capital. 1t would seem to the unpre-
JUDGED observer that these infant in
dustries had reached the knickerbock-
er stage, at least.
Two men in Jail on the charge of
completely in the murder of Governor
Goebel engaged in desperate fight
over small sum of money. These
are the men pointed to by the defenders
OF that bloody crime as incapable of
such violation of law.
j. Pierpont Morgan announces that
ne will let his employees hold steel
stock if they have the money to pay
for it. This is reassuring to those who
had an idea they might have to suffo-
cate when Mr.. Morgan succeeds in
promoting an atmospheric trust.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-26
Their Second Meeting.

When Miss Swagger met Mr.. Sap
hedde at the seaside she thought he
was millionaire and he permitted
her to think SO, although he was an
humble clerk in a hotel at Skwedunk.
On her return home, some weeks after
his departure, it SO happened that she
stopped over night at the Skwedunk
hotel. Her meeting with Mr.. Saphedde
was embarrassing to her until she said,
20, you didn't tell me you were hotel
proprietor" NO. he said, airily, 81
own several hotels over the country,
but did not think they were hardly
worth mentioning. Ohio State Jour-
nal.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-26
QUICK WORK.

"You," said the angry customer to
the clerk, said this cloth was fast
color, and it faded out within two
months after it was made up
''Well, madam" replied the clerk, "T
don't think you ought to have expected
it to fade any faster than that
Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-26
Very Suspicious.

Dung Wife-"How strange IT !.
whe a man gets married all his
friend become invalids.
Youn Hubby-'I don't under.2ssnd,
There arSpone of my friepnds inva.
lids
Young Witt hen now it is You
have to sit up with sick one every
night2"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-26
In the Far West.

"How do you feel?" asked the lead
er of the mob, after the tar and feathers
had been applied in liberal doses.
ooh, feel like bird!" smiled the
transformer, glancing at the feathers.
For such wit they allowed him to
write home and tell the folks he was
leaving town by the all-rail route
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-26
IMPARTIAL.

TEST never see Miss Spinner out
wheeling that Mr.. Wheeler and Mr..
Sprockett are not with her"
"Jess-"Yes, she's got them both on
her string. The girls are calling her
Miss Tandem But she rides an
individual wheel" yes, but she's a
bicycle maid for two philadelphia
Press
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-26
Careless John.

81 brought this milk back" said the
angry patron to the milk dealer. ITS
three-fourths water
John said the nilkman, sternly,
to his son, who was standing near,
"uld you give the cows drink before
you MIXED 'em this morning ?"-Ohio
State Journal.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-26
Quick Sales Expected.

Stubb-'I see the Younger brothers
are going to sell tombstones."
Hope to goodness I'm not
around when they start to create a
market"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-26
A Pig.

Willie Williams" Mammal"
His Mother-'Well, Willie?"
Willie Williams "Sister Harriet is
pig! She wants the biggest peach Of
those two you gave us, and want that
for myself! "-Brooklyn Eagle.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-26
Great Prosperity.

Stranger-"Are the farmers thrifty
down here?"
Crawfoot-"Thrifty amt no name
for it! Why, they put their scare
crows on the railroad track, swear
they are hired men an then recover
damages for loss of service
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-26
Natural Inference.

stubb-"our foreign cousin is get
ting more Americanized every day
Penn-"Ah?"
stubb-"Yes; every time he passed
a well-paved block in Chicago ha asl,aa
which city alderman lived there.-Er
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-26

There is considerable demand for
bicycles in Japan, and some automo-
biles have been recently imported.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-26
Credit Where pne.

You have been very successful this
year." said the theatrical anagsr ,,
friend. e - :
Yes" replied the manager. u
thank my lucky stars for that,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-26

Anarchy, however, is not the only
"organized in New Jersey" infam =
that must be wiped out.