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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-10-24
BoERs SURE TO RETALIATE.
kitchener's Bloodthirstiness Will Brlnc
About Horrible Reprisals.

About Horrible Reprisals.
New York, Oct. pa London Times
special to the New York Times says:
referring to the fresh outbreak of
Anglophobia in Vienna a corresponds
ent in the Austrian capital quotes the
especially influential organ, the Vat
erland, which publishes an article
headed "Lord Kitchener as a Hang
man." Tt says the commander-in-
chief of the British forces in South
Africa, in despair of being able to
conquer the Beers by honest war, has
for a long time had recourse to bru-
tality. His blood hirstiness was
formerly restrained by the British
government, but it now appears that
a free hand has been given to him.
The sanguinary seed sown by the
British commander will product a
harvest of blood and none can blame
the Boer leaders if they have re-
course TO a terrible retribution.
New York, Oct 22.-Sir Thomas Lip
ton will not be challenger for the
Americas cup next year. In an inter
view Sir Thomas absolutely denied
that he had any intention of building
new boat to compete for the cup
next year. Sir Thomas says he is not
DESTROYS of holding a monopoly in
the matter of challenging for the
Americas cup. II propose to wait
for reasonable time after I get
back to the other side," said he, and
see If any of the other British SPORTS
men desire to enter challenge" Sir
Thomas stated, however, that he ulti-
mately intends to have another try
for the cup.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-10-24
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HOld-uD at Fort Dndra

Fort Dodge, Oct. 19.--Two masked
robbers entered the saloon of Dave
Fitzgerald five minutes before clos
ing time. Both held large revolvers,
and compelled seven patrons to line
up with their faces toward the wall.
while one man leaped over the bar
and secured the contents of the
secured the contents of the money
drawer, amounting to $40. The tail
man then leaped from behind the
counter and both men backed out the
front door. The whole affair was
over in two minutes. and no clue left
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-10-24
Getting Ready for the Ei~ De.,

Burlington, Oct. 17.-Articles Of In
corporation of the Chicago, BurIine-
ton d Quincy Railway company have
been filed here. The capital stock is
$1,oooooo,ooo. The object is to ac
quire lines and property OF the Bur-
lingten system composed Of the Chi
cago, Burlington 6 Quincy Railroad
company of Illinois and numerous
other roads and branches in western
states and combine them under one
management. The ultimate object is
not given out, but it is thought the
intention is to turn the consolidation
over to the Morgan-Hill syndicate.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-10-24
sChLEY COUKT OFF INpU1Rs

Washington, Oct. 22.-Lieutena,.y B.
w. Wells, Jr., who was the flag lieu
tenant of Admiral Schley while the
latter was in command of the flying
squadron, occupied practically the
entire time of the Schley court of
inquiry yesterday. On his direct ex-
animation he continued his narrative
OF the Cuban campaign. Lieutenant
Wells was under cross elimination
for about two and half hours,
largely at the hands of Mr.. Hanna,
whose questions were directed main
ly to the dispatches received and
sent by Admiral Schley, then com
modore. While this line of investiga-
ton was being exploited, Mr.. Rayner,
speaking for Admiral Schley, said
that the admiral was willing to adj
nit that he had received the ''Dear
Schley" letter on the Dupont, which
arrived at Cienfuegos on May %, but
he added that no duplicate of this
dispatch had ever been received by
Admiral Schley. He also said that
the admiral admitted the receipt OF
two copies OF No. s, Admiral Samp-
sons dispatch saying that the Span
ish fleet was probably at Santiago,
and telling Commodore Schley ''if
satisfied that it thc Spanish fieet)
is not at Cienfuegos to proceed with
all dispatch to Santiago" one of
these being received by the Hawk
May 20 and the other by the Marble
head May "a. Lieutenant Wells was
still on the stand when the court adj
iourned for the day and will con
tinue his testimony.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-10-24
MARRIAGE is A CONSIDERATIONS.
Agreem ent of Third Party as lnducement
~, ,,.ri... II Il

to Marriage Can BE Enforced.
Des Moines, Oct. 21.-Ihe supreme
court, by affirming the case, Amy l..
Wright VS.. e. III. Wright, appealed
from .Oteumwa, declares that the
agreement of third person, not a
party to a marriage, made as an
inducement to said marriage, can be
enforced in law
Defendant, wealthy farmer,
agreed in advance of the wedding
that his son should marry her and
support her child; that in event of
his son failing TO provide for them
property he would guarantee COM
Portable home for them for five years.
The marriage accordingly took
place and the son of e. II. Bright
lived with plaintiff and child for two
years, at which time he deserted her.
The plaintiff then asked the defend
ant to support herself and child, as
agreed. He refused to comply with
the request, setting up as defense
that any contract is invalid as against
public policy and that in this case
there was lack OF consideration.
The lower court gave verdict Of
$3.50, which was at the rate of IS per
week. The plaintiff had asked for
81 per week.
In affirming the lower court. the
supreme court says the promise of
a third party, as an inducement to
two others to marry, is not contrary
to public policy and that the mar
rage itself constituted valuable
consideration,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-10-24
Death of Rear Admiral .unce.

Hartford, Conn.,, Oct. 21.-Rear
Admiral Francis M. Bunce, United
States navy (retired), died Saturday
at his home here. Admiral Bunce's
death, while sudden, was not entirely
unexpected, and his family had been
warned to expect the worst. Last
May cancer of the tongue developed
and an operation in Boston resulted
in the removal of the admiral's
tongue. In September the disease
attacked the throat and the patient
grew weaker from time to time, fight
ing hopeless battle with the cour-
age which has always characterized
the man. Two weeks ago he took to
his bed and has been practically
confined there ever since.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-10-24
CHICAGO PosTorFIoE ROBBED.
Thieves Drill Into Vault and Get SIG,
OOn

600 in Stamps.
Chicago, Oct ga sensational rob
berry which melted the perpetrators
$74,616 in stamps was discovered here
yesterday when the wholesale stamp
department. of the postoffice was
opened for business.
y rapid investigation developed the
fact that the burglars had crawled
under the flooring for about 300 feet,
bored hole in the bottom of the
vault secured the stamps and escaped,
carrying their booty in a wagon.
The work of forming an entrance
to the vault had evidently been going
forward with the greatest patience
for many days. 1t is believed, how
ever, that the intention of the thieves
had been to enter the cashiers vault
in which there were $35, 900 in money
and stamps valued at hundreds of
thousands of dollars. The bottom of
the vault is of steel, half an inch
thick. In this ninety-seven holes were
bored until a space eighteen inches
square-iust enough to allow the en-
trance of a mans body.-had been so
weakened that it was possible to taSSe
out the whole plate with little diff
Guilty. A dry goods box stood over
the hole thus made and concealed the
work of the robbers while it was in
progress. When discovered the finger
marks of one off the burglars were
still discernible on the dust of the box
which he had pushed to one side
So carefully had the job been plan
ned that men working in other parts
of the building had not the slightest
mixing of the daring robbery being
worked almost under their noses.
The robbers drove up to the south
east corner of the postoflice building
in wagon, the tracks of which could
be seen plainly today. The building
is temporary affair and the men
had only to open a little door to adj
init themselves under the flooring. To
reach the vault it was necessary to
crawl about 300 feet over odds and
ends of boards which Uttered the way
The route evidently had been care
fully studied. for a. detective who
went under without knowledge of To-
cations became lost and was nearly
overcome by the foul doors before
assistance reached him.
OF the $74,610sin stamps taken, $4.-
u. were in postage due" stamps and
$4,000 special delivery stamps. So the
convertible stamps amounted to S67,-
s2S, but of these S4,s2S were PAN
American stamps of eight and ten
cent denominations.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-10-24
Arrested for Alleged Murder.

Charlton, Oct. 21.-The officers have
arrested Lee Whitloch for the murder
of Joseph Buchanan, the hermit who
was found in his cabin with his head
cut open and bloody AK lying by
his side. Whitloch formerly worked
for Buchanan and was familiar with
his habits. He talked a great deal
after his arrest, which led to the sus-
picion. of another party as implicated
and they went out last evening to ar
rest him.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-10-24
SERIOUS ERROR OF SOMEBODY.
johnson County Republicans without an
Election Ticket.

Election Ticket
Iowa City, Oct. 21.-Consternation
was caused in political circles when
County Auditor Hogan stated that
the certificates of nomination of the
republican candidates for county Off
GERS had not been filed, and that the
limit of time for filing had expired.
Attorneys have expressed an opinion
to the effect that there is no remedy,
while others are still hopeful that
the difficulty may be overcome.
Euclid Sanders, chairman, and E..
B. Wilson, secretary, of the county
convention, certified to the nomina-
ton of candidate for representative
and claim they are positive that the
other officers names were included
in the certificate.
1t is an unfortunate blunder. and
at present it is impossible to deter
mine who is in error.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-10-24

London. Oct. 17.-so many and so
scandalous have been the duels on
the continent of late that Prince AL
phonse of Bourbon, grandson Of
Charles ~ of Spain and brother Of
Don Carlos, the pretender to the
Spanish throne, has interested him
self in a movement to put stop to,
the custom. Prince Carl of Loewen.
stein and many other high officials
of varied creeds, politics and nation
alities are associated with him in
this undertaking, and call has Just
been issued for meeting to be held
in Leipsic on October 49,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-10-24

Fort Dodge, Oct. 22.-Eddie Caller
back, son of James Gallenback, a
prominent farmer living near Clare,
not far from Fort Dodge, was fatally
shot by the accidental discharge of a
shot gun. The boy slipped as he was
going home and fell, both barrels of
the gun being discharged. The shot
entered the body under the arm pit
and death was almost instantaneous.
The parents are Frustrated by the
shock
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-10-24

Alta, Oct. 19.-Two weeks ago the
13-year-old son of Thomas Biglin ran
away and he has been brought home
corpse, having been found in the
Mississippi river after floating for
perhaps week. He ran away be-
cause he had been led to believe by
novel reading that such action was
necessary to become a hero.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-10-24

Dubuque, Oct. 22-Contracts have
been signed by the Dubuque Retail
ers' association and the Dubuque
Business Mems league on one side
and Harvey Chalmers & Sons on the
other, whereby the latter agree to
establish pearl button factory in
this city and to employ $50 men 800
days a year for period of not less
than five years. The Harvey Chal-
mers & Sons own and operate at
Amsterdam, N. Y, the largest pearl
button factory in this country.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-10-24
Prisoner Wanted to Die.

Waterloo, Oct. 19.-A man giving
his name as Parker and Iowa Falls as
his home cut fve-inch cash in his
throat in the city prison. He is in
the emergency hospital and has q
chance to live.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-10-24
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Miller Piilsbury Dead.

Minneapolis, Oct. 19.-John S. Pills
bury, former governor of Minnesota
and one of the states foremost citi-
zens, died yesterday of Bright's dis
ease. His illness was comparatively
brief, owing to his advanced age. He
was over 10 years of age. He was a
member of the famous family of -four
millers and in spite of numerous ben
efactions leaves larne fortune
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-10-24
Mira, Conger Goes TO China.

Des Moines, Oct. 1s.-Mrs. Edwin II.
Conger, wife of the minister to China,
left Des Moines today en- route to
San Francisco, from which place she
will sail on Monday on the steamship
American Maru for China.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-10-24
Bank at Rudd Robbed of s1,5oC

Mason City, Oct. 16.-1he safe of
the bank at Rudd was blown open
by dynamite and the robbers secured
fifteen hundred dollars in currency
They facilitated their escape by a
hand car and took to the woods Just
east of Nora Junction. Rudd is
small town in Floyd county, sixteen
miles cast of this city.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-10-24
DUMONT MAKES THE TRIP
He Rounds the Eiffel Tour With His
AirShip.

Paris, Oct. 21.-M. Santos-Dumont,
who has made several unsuccessful
attempts with his airship to win the
100000 francs offered by Mr.. Deutsch
for successful aerial machine, tried
again Saturday at ST. Cloud.
He started at 2:42 p. NJ, rose $50
yards and then pointed for the Eiffel
tower, the balloon going in straight
line. 1t was seen through field
glasses to arrive at the tower and
round it. The time up to that point,
with the wind in the balloons favor,
was eight minutes and forty-five sec
onds. 1t returned against the wind
and made slower Roadway but still
kept in the true direction for ST.
Cloud, which it reached in the total
OF Twenty-Five minutes and fifteen
seconds. But instead of descending
Immediately, Santos-Dumont made a
broad sweep over the Aero club
grounds, with the result that anoth-
er minute and twenty-five seconds
were consumed before the workmen
seized the guide rope. Thus, tech
nically, Santos-Dumont exceeded the
time limit by forty seconds.
Santos-Dumont claims he won the
prize because he reached the park
within the time and that the original
rules governing the contest made no
mention of having touched the
ground within the thirty minutes.
The dispute is due to the action of
the committee, which, some time ago,
modified the terms of the contest by
inserting the latter stipulation. San
tos-Dumont at the time protested and
declared today that he considered
that he had won the prize and would
not try again,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-10-24
The State Epworth League conye,
ton will be held at Hampton Moved
Der 81 to a. III
Woman Burned to death.

Cedar Falls, Oct. 1s.-Fire, started
by gasoline stove, burned Mrs. Bro
der Anderson to death and destroyed
the residence. An effort was made to
rescue the woman, but she was hem
med in by flames and could not be
reached.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-10-24
Bakers strike Verv crave.

Paris, Oct. ia dispatch from
Rome, which the government censor
would not pass and which had to be
mailed to the frontier, describes the
strike of the bakers as a grave af-
fair. The people of Florence and
Milan are in need Of bread. The gov
eminent is supplying the master bak-
ers with men from the public service,
but their output is not at all adequate
to the demand.
Dr.. Presley NJ. Rixey, Mrs. McKin-
ley's physician, has been in the navy
twenty-seven years. He holds the
rank of medical inspector.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-10-24

The sculptor isn't the man who
cuts no figure-in the world.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-10-24
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Wanted to BE II Hero,

The people who indulge in sour
grapes deserve to look seedy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-24
AIanx Taxes.

In the matter of taxation the Isle of
Man is unique. There is no income tax.
no succession duties chargeable against
the estates of deceased persons, no
highway or turnpike tolls. Roads are
maintained by the revenue from two
sources-a small tax upon every wheel
and shod hoof and levy upon every
male inha bitant, who must give days
work on the road or its equivalent in
cash. There are no stamp duties on
receipts, checks, promissory notes, ETC.;
in fact, stamps are used only for post
age.-London Standard.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-24

In the barks of our forest trees are
contained a multitude of latent buds.
which are developed and grow under
certain favorable conditions. Some
trees possess this property in a remark
able degree. and often. when the other
parts are killed down by frost, the
property of pushing out these latent
buds into growth preserves the life OF
the plant. These buds. having once
begun to grow, adhere TO the woody
layer at their base and push out their
points through the back toward the
light.
The buds then unfold and develop
leaves, which elaborate the sap carried
up the small shoot. Once elaborated il
descends by the bark, when it reaches
the base or inner bark. Here it is ar
rested, so to speak, and deposited be-
tween the outside and inner layer OF
bark, as can be learned on examining
specimens on the trees in the woods
almost anywhere.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-24
who's Gambetta4

"Your improvised chiefs of the ma
tional defense are simply so many
knights of the pavement - (chevaliers
du pave), said Bismarck to Jules Favre
at their interview at Ferrieres a fort
night after the fall of the second empire.
Bismarck was not absolutely within the
truth, though he was very near TO 1t,
but in this instance he refia~ ted the feel
ings of the courts of F. spe with regard
TO the men who .,e now complacently
term 1.-THE <1driders of the third repub-
lie" Europe had heard of Jules Favre
himself, of Jules Simon, of GARNER
Page, of Eugene Pelletan (the father of
Camille Pelletan), but Gambetta, Pr
card, Ferry, Glais-Bizoin and half doz-
en- others. who suddenly professed to
pick up the sword that had fallen pow
erless from the hands of the marshals of
France, in order 10 stem the tide of for
eign invasion, they did not know. 1t is
doubtful whether the French them
selves, outside of Paris, knew much
about their self elected would be saviors.
When on the 9th of September, 1870,
Victor Hugo, his son and daughter,
Nine. Drouais, and several friends left
Brussels for Paris. where the poet ex-
pected trlumphal welcome, their train
was brought to stop at Maubeuge by
the side of another containing part of
Vinoy's army that had escaped the dis
aster of Sedan. Men and horses were
huddled pellmell in cattle trucks, the
men silent and depressed, brooding over
their unexpected and blastlike defeat.
Hugo tried to cheer them. He leaned
out Of his carriage and shouted: "Vive
la Francel Vive la republiquer' but
there was no response, not even when
Mime. Drouais told the men who was
speaking to them. On the platform,
though, just as the train moved once
more, franc tireur waived his kept and
yelled: ''Vive la republiquel Vive
Gambetta ~ who's Gambetta? 1 do
not know Gambetta, remarked the poet
to NJ. Antouin Proust, who was seated
by his side. -Fortnightly Review.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-24
RAVE YOU NeuRALeIAf
Something About That hiaddeninE IN THAT
Flesh LIS Heir To.

Flesh Is hcir 10.
Though it may appear strange to us
who think we are familiar with the
commoner forms of neuralgia, or nerve
pain, such as toothache, headache and
the like, it is not easy always to say
whether the pain we are suffering be
really a neuralgia pure and simple.
In point of fact, neuralgia is a name
for a condition rather than a disease.
and only implies that in the course OF
the nerve in question there is pain that
is not caused by any disease of the parts
supplied by that nerve or of the nerve
itself
The causes of neuralgia, then, are to
be found in conditions outside of the
trouble itself. For instance, there may
be tumor pressing upon the nerve and
continually irritating it. In the same
way foreign bodies, such as bullets, may
set up a persistent neuralgia. Ends of
nerves, by becoming involved in the
contraction of a scar, may become sniff
oientIy compressed 10 give rise 10 I'M
are neae nerves, or follow their course
through long. bony canals. become suffi
GENTLY distended TO irritate the nerve.
Or there may be poison in the blood,
like malaria, arsenic or lead, which, by
lowering the general vitality of the
body, contributes to general nerve
weakness and irritability.
In large proportion of cases the real
cause of neuralgia is so general as to be
quite obscure. The exciting cause-or
occasion-of single attack of neural
gia is usually getting chilled or over
exercising the part subject to the COM
plant.
AS many of us know by experience,
the course of an attack of neuralgia is
extremely varied. The pain may be con-
tinuous, remittent or intermittent, tenn
porary or persistent, located at one spot
or diffused over large area, and may
be shooting, aching or burning in char
acter.
BY way of treatment we may use To-
cally any good liniment, blistering, hot
lamentations or electricity. Iron and
quinine are of the greatest value inter
nally, especially where the system is
run down or there is a malarial faint
in the blood. AntiIheumatics must, of
course, be resorted To in cases of a rheu-
matte origin. In these latter cases there
is nothing like absolute rest apd regular
and nourishing diet.
Morphine or other opiates should be
used but sparingly in neuralgia, and
never in cases of debility or old age
Youths Companion.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-24
An Indian Taboo.

The penalty for violating, even I'M
Willingly, the taboo of gems is a visi-
tation of sores. livid spots, inflammation
of the eyes and even blindness. The
In-shtasunda, or thunder gems, do not
touch reptiles, toads or beetles. Some
years ago the vegetable garden of the
Omaha mission was visited by the pota-
to bug. The good missionaries in charge
engaged the children in the work of ex-
termination by Offering a bounty of 8
cents quart, solid measure, for de-
funct bngs. As the extinction of the
species became imminent, some of the
young wits adulterated their bugs by
the addition of spurious beetles. About
this time one of the little girls became
suddenly covered with sores. Her par
ents, hearing of it, came in consterna-
ton to the mission. She belonged to the
thunder gems, and the child's bug in
come ceased at once. She had unwit-
tingly been carrying on traffic in her
taboo. Alice Q. Fletcher in Century.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-24
Pan-AmeriCan
EXPOSITION and
Niagara Falls.

Effective October 5, round trip
tickets to Buffalo and return will be
sold every Tuesday. Thursday and
Saturday in October at the above ex-
tremely low rate, Sgood for continu-
Gus passage going and RETURNING, and
to be good in coaches only. Return
limi; on tickets sold on Tuesday,
leaving Buffalo up to midnight of
Sunday following date of sale; on
tickets sold on Thursday. up to mid
night of Tuesday following date of
sale; on tickets sold on Saturday, up
to midnight of Thursday following
date of sale.
Call on or write Agents big Four"
for full Information, time of trains,
circulars of the exposition, etc.
WARREN ]. LYNCH. W. p DEPPE,
Gen Pass. & Tiki. Agt. Asst. G. P. & T. A.
Cincinnati, o.