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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-06-20

which would do business at Duncan.
On the other hand a protest has come
from Texas because the location Of the
main pasture Of 100000 acres on the
Texas boundary interferes with free
intercourse of Texas people with the
new settlement and likewise rears a
wall against the people Of that state.
Secretary Root has directed that a
troop of cavalry from Fort Sill, l. T.,
be sent into the reservation to clear
them OF the lawless element that has
entered. The soldiers will probably be
kept there until the day the lands are
thrown open to settlement.
In the meantime the Kiowa Indians
have sent a representative to Wash
ington asking that the opening day be
postponed until Congress can examine
the treaty under which the act was
passed,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-06-20
McKfnley's Grin.


Il had the pleasure of shaking hands
with President Mckinley while he was
in New Orleans" said physician to a
Times-Democrat reporter, land | was
very much impressed with the way he
grabbed my hand. He is not timid
handshaker. He grabs the hand like
he meant it-eagerly, firmly, and like
he was glad to grab it. Do you know,
| Judge men in this way? I utterly de-
spise the dishrag handshake, the soft,
mushy handshake. | want to feel the
muscles of the hand contract and hard
en-. This fishy, wilted, Uriah Heap
handshake is an abomination in the
sight of men who pay enough attention
to it to reason the matter out. OF
course there are some good men who
have very light grip; but nine men
out of ten who hand you a wilted paw
are weak in the spinal column. Nc
Kinley has good grip-a good, hard
earnest hand"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-06-20

through the field, currents exactly
similar to those which reproduced the
magnetization of the wire are repro
duced in the coils Of the magnet. A
steel wire is wound in spiral grooves,
on revolving magnetic drum.
upon this wire rests two poles of an
electromagnetic connected with a mic
rophone transmitter. Any sounds such
as vocal speech, or instrumental music.
actuating the diaphram of the trans
mltter, are transferred as magnet i'm
pulses to the electromagnetic, which,
when the drum is set in motion. at
once communicates them to the re-
volving wire. The two poles of the
magnet gripping the sides of the wire
are carried along a sliding rod later
ally, until the end of the coiled wire
is reached. Thereupon a device stunts
the carrier. e., the travelling cleo
tro-magnet- on to another mechan-
ically revolving spiral, which quickly
takes the carrier back to it's original
position. The instrument is now ready
to reproduce all that the wire has re-
ceived. Connect the magnetic-carrier
to an ordinary telephone receiver, and,
travelling over the same ground as be-
fore, the poles will be actuated this
time by the magnetized wire, and will
retransmit to the receiver what they
had previously impaired to the wire.
The result is that the telephone re-
ceiver now speaks everything that had
been spoken into the microphone
transmitter. In the distributor a num-
Der of electro magnets take the place
of the second (re-transmitting) mag.
net
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-06-20

When. ne desires to commune
catf with the hotel which he has left
~ mat to which he is going the funnel
,is raised to perpendicular position,
and the wireless telegraph is set ta
work. Thus Senior Marconi by means
iof the wireless telegraph and without
leaving his automobile is able to order
This lunch at hotel thirty or more
miles distant. The first practical use
lof this adaptation is to be made on
! automobiles fitted up for use in war. A
party Of scouts might make quick
run in one OF these machines into the
snemy's country. make their observa-
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-06-20
che Pon-Amer;can Far.

The Buffalo Exposition, in most re-
spects still incomplete, will some time
be very Instructive exhibit of the
resources OF the American continent.
While as yet it is chiefly interesting
at night when it is dazzling glare
of light, made SO by the electricity
which is wired in from the Niagara
Cataract, there is really a good deal
already in place in the various build
ings, and it is stated that the last
heavy wagon with goods has passed
over the roads inside the grounds, so
that the pavements may now be built.
In two or three weeks, therefore. the
show should be worthy Of close In
srection. It is regrettable that the
management should be so far behind
land, but 1t is the common fate Of
those who visit expositions pre-
maturely to have little but trouble for
their pains.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-06-20

dates from the early part of the eight
eenth century, when by some foul
wrong the Grays, who had owned the
castle for several hundred years, were
deprived Of their ancestral possessions
by the family of Doul. Misfortune
overlook the latter, and since that
time the curse has been fulfilled in this
that no family has possessed Skibo
for more than one generation.
1t has passed through many hands,
including the Mackays, the Gordons,
the Dempsters and the Chirnsides, ILL
luck pursuing them all, until the place
was acquired by Andrew Carnegie, who
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-06-20
Travel in
X Indie
Calcutta Lottery

He who enters India by way of Cal
cutta is fortunate for, as he moves
westward. he goes from bad to good,
from the intense heat of that most dis
agreeable of cities, Calcutta, to the
cool breezes that sweep from the Ara
bian sea over the port of Bombay. In
it's situation Calcutta is unfortunate.
1t is 80 miles from the sea on the
Hoogli river, one of the many mouths
through which the Gauges pours it's
mighty flood and in consequence no
breath of cooling air reaches it. Sur
rounded by alluvial plains on which
the blazing sun beats with merciless
intensity, with it's air filled with dust
rising from every roadway, Calcutta
is a seething furnace. That any one
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-06-20
PLACE OF ETERNAL EXILE.
The Melancholy Leper Colony on the
Banks of the Mississippi.

The Melancholy Leper Colony tho
Banks of the Mississippi.
On the banks of the Mississippi river,
so miles above New Orleans, there has
existed since 1894 a place of eternal
exile. The character of the place is
little known, except to few compelled
by business to visit it, and an unin-
formed person would suppose it to be
simply a deserted plantation, though a
larger and grander one than other like
relics of the civil war to be found in
Louisiana. A deserted plantation it
was until seven years ago, but now it
is a leper colony, the only institution
of the kind in the United States.
The leper settlement proper is in
closed by high board fence, outside
of which none Of the lepers are ever
allowed; not even after death, for they
are buried in their own little cemetery
within the Enclosure. About fifteen
acres are inclosed. On three sides of
this is thick forest; on the fourth the
river. The two long rows of cottages
that were once slave quarters have
been repaired and are now the homes
of the lepers. The men occupy one
row and the women the other. Be-
tween the rows a double line of moss
covered oaks runs the entire length,
On the mems side, in the space be-
tween their cottages and the fence.
is a vegetable garden that the able
bodied among them work. On the
women's side is flower garden that
occupies much of their time. One of
the cottages on the women's size is
used as chapel The settlement 10
composed of the priest in charge. four
sisters of charity and 80 unfortunate
victims of the malady.
Life in the settlement is by no means
as terrible for the most of the lepers
as one might suppose. Many of them
are perfectly able to do good DAVIS
work. but no labor is required of them
What work they do is done of their
own free will. Many of them take a
great pride in their gardens. For re-
creation the liveliest of them play Gro
quet and even lawn tennis. while those
who are partly incapacitated carve
wooden ornaments and crochet. They
have all sorts of indoor games, and
friends keep them supplied with read
ing matter. Complaining, petulance or
rebellion against their fate is almost
unknown among these unfortunates.
They await the inevitable end with a
quiet, touching patience, treating each
other with unfailing sweetness and
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-06-20
Career of Gerome,

The career of Gerome. the famous
French painter, has been one long tri-
umph; early in life he made fame;
very soon riches began to follow; for
many years he has been probably the
wealthiest artist in the world. He is
old now, but none the less he has still
the 1.-the, active figure of boy. He
has the artists direct searching gaze,
but the brow and jaw of soldier
or Kitchener, to speak in the terms of
the day, or of Napoleon, whom he has
made his hero and celebrated over and
over again in picture and statue. He
speaks most often with the terse force
of a general at critical moment of
the battle and makes violent gestures.
Mr.. Gerome still lives in the palatial
home near Montmartre which he built
twenty years ago.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-06-20

Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock
has requested Secretary Of War Root
to send into the Kiowa, Comanche and
Apache reservations, in the Indian
Territory, a body of United States
troops to clear these reservations,
which are soon to be thrown open for
settlement Of squatters, or "sooners,"
as they are known on the frontier.
More than 1000 of these "sooners"
have entered the Wichita mountains
and taken up mineral claims. The dis
trict, which is to be divided into
homesteads of 100 acres each, is in the
Oklahoma country, and is regarded as
the most desirable farming land in the
southwest.
The department is determined that
there shall be no injustice done to the
settlers Of this new reservation, and it
pes not propose that the scenes enact
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-06-20

apparently is not superstitious, as he
assured his tenants and neighbors the
other day that he intended Skibo to
be the home of his family "for many
generations"
He is very popular in the district by
reason of the money he has brought
into the country, and is known there
as "Skibo," in the same way assmost
other territorial magnates are known
by the name of their land. rather THAI
by their patronymic
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-06-20

tions, raise their funnel, and communi-
cate the result to their headquarters,
and then start back before successful
pursuit could be organized. Several
cars fitted in this way are to be used
in the next English military maneu-
vorc
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-06-20
A Unique Proposition.

Capt Bernier, the Canadian who is
going to the North Pole, offers to take
a flag with him from every person who
gives him $500 to help his expedition.
The captain says he will take the flags
to the North Pole and when he returns
will present them to their owners when
he is on his lecturing tour. To be the
owner OF a flag that has been to the
pole will be a unique distinction, but
what is to become of each s1OO if the
flags never reach the pole?
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-06-20

sage to number. of destinations by
speaking once. The instrument de-
ponds for it's action upon the fact that
the variations of the magnetic field
of an electro-magnet are so accurately
represented by the magnetization of a
steel wire which is drawn through it,
that If the wire be again passed
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-06-20
tenderness, and never attempting to es-

tenderness, and never attempting to es-
cape.
The present is not the first institu-
ton of the kind to be established in
Louisiana; it has had two predecessors,
one in 1856, which was unsuccessful,
because of lack of proper attention, and
the other in 1873, which was failure
for the same reason. The one now be-
ing conducted is managed properly and
is as successful as any such colony
may be.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-06-20

pouring from his mouth. He had de-
veloped serious hemorrhage and he
was carried back to Schonbrunn castle,
where in less than month he had
died. In 1851 Fanny Elssler retired
from the stage, with an enormous for
tune, to palatial villa near Hamburg.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-06-20
ManY-Ton6ued telephone.

One of the most striking inventions
sTecently made is the telegraphone,
which may be described as combin-
alton of telephone and photograph.
e was devised by Mr.. Poulsen of Co.
enhagen, Denmark. The telegraphon-
& distributor, as the instrument is
alled, enables any one to send mes
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-06-20
Huge Block Of Granite.

What is stated to be the largest
Dlock OF granite ever quarried is be-
ing used In the construction OF the
Beach Head Lighthouse. It comes
from the De Lank quarries, Bodmin,
Cornwall, England, weighs l,4Os tons.
and is 6S feet long. 20 feet wide and
IA feet deep.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-06-20

t o u r ! n &
t h ro ug h
England is
carried a tall.
t u n n Ell,
which, when
not in use,
lies d o W n
fiat a l o n g
t b e 90 I.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-06-20
Che Latest Wonder

Sig. Marconi, the inventor of the
wireless telegraph, has perfected lately
an ingenious adaptation of his inven-
tion for use on automobiles. On the
roof of the motor car in which he is
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-06-20
Especial Letter.l

Nopeclal Letter.
seldom have romance and tragedy
peen more singularly blended than in
the closing career of the only son of
Napoleon l., whom French author
mas dramatized in the now familiar
tragedy of L'Aiglon. This unfortu-
nate youth is variously known in his
tory as the King of Rome, the Duke
OF Relchstadt and as Napoleon H.,
though he never sat upon the throne
OF France. When Napoleon l. was de-
feated at Waterloo he abdicated in
favor of his son and had him pro-
claimed emperor under the title of
Napo..on ii. But the powers allied
against Napoleon paid no heed to this
arrangement. The boys mother, Ma
RE Louise, daughter of the Austrian
emperor, was given the duchy of Par
ma, in northern Italy, in settlement
and her son, the young man whom the
great Napoleon would have as sue
cessor, was taken in tutelage by his
grandfather, Francis of Austria. The
title of the Duke of Reichstadt, after
small Bohemian estate, was conferred
on him and honors We're bestowed
upon him according to his princely
rank
Prince Falls Into Di.favor.
But after time the feeling toward
the young prince changed. The latter
had grown melancholy and in 1882
traces of consumption in his consti-
tuition became apparent He had
thrown up his commission as a lieu
tenant colonel in the Hungarian in
fantry and had retired to the privacy
of the castle of Schonbrunn. His fail
ure to develop any of the qualities
military or otherwise, of his father,
his aversion to society, especially to
female society, his melancholy char
acteristics and other non-lovable quail
tiles rendered him unpopular among
the members of the Austrian court
Finally his grandfather, Emperor
Francis, became estranged and there
was no attempt to conceal the fact
that his death would occasion no i'm
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-06-20
Railway Travel Not Most Dangerous.

The late Sir Edward Watkins, the
English railway magnate, once de-
clared that he had proved to his own
satisfaction that railroad travelling, ac-
cording to official statistics, was safer
than walking, driving, going up or
down stairs or even eating. He had
found, he said, that more people
choked themselves while eating than
were killed on railway lines.
An old maid is a woman who has
seen the lower of youth gone to seed.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-06-20
ROMANCE OF A DUKE.
VICTIM THE ONLY SON OF
NAPOLEON H..

Whose End Was fastened by a Love
AFFAIR with Famous Danseuse,
Fanny Elssler, Designed for That
Purpose.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-06-20
~~~~~~~~~N~e
is DONE uNa
TRYING
CONDITIONS

to breathe when the door of the apart
ment is closed The air is sitting and
night passed this way is one never
to be forgotten. This is in first-class
carriages. The poor natives travel
thlrd-class and are crowded like sar-
dimes boxed. The wonder here is that
any one can survive such a journey.
The East Indians are interesting.
Gathered from all races and lands they
are quite picturesque One may see the
unkempt natives of Thibet, the rough
Nepalese, Afghans and Beloochistans.
the fakirs, the vile holy men, smeared
with mud and ashes, excepting the beg
CARS, perhaps, the most revolving of the
spectacles of the country. Here are
women, covered from head to foot with
tawdry Jewelry, huge rings, two inches
in diameter through the nose silver
rings on every toe and armlets by the
dozen. Naked children throng the high
ways. The manners and customs are
jealousy guarded. At sunset in the
parks one sees Mohammedans praying
with their faces toward the tomb of
the prophet, and along the highway
passes the sedan chair carefully COW
cred to shield from view some Moham-
medan woman.
Women Do Mems Drudgery.
The condition of the women is an
palllng. Under the burning sun they
perform the most arduous labor They
break stone for the roadway, carry
rocks and gravel for railway embank-
ments; they take your baggage at the
! station and carry it mile, if neces-
sry, for two pennies; carry furniture
in the streets-in fact, no work is too
arduous for them. They dress in rags,
and in all present a fearful picture o.
| human wretchedness.
The natives of India are. largely of
two great branches, the Hindus and the
| Mohammedans. Among the Hindus
the caste idea still maintains itself as
| strong as ever. Almost every native
hindu you meet has his caste marks
painted upon his forehead The Mo-
hammedan is distinguished by his full
beard, which the Hindu never wears.
Inc two races live side by side, but
they do not coalesce 1t is this division
among the inhabitants of India which
has rendered it possible for the invader
to conquer and hold in subsection the
country.
Travelling in India is depressing.
There is an air of hopelessness over the
people. Poverty in its most appalling
phases meets one everywhere in the
country that prior to British domina-
ton was the treasure land of the world
Among people dependent on agrcul-
ture season of drought at once pre-
cipitates famine, and the natives look
as though the grim specter of want is
always lowering above them. There
is no mirth, no cheer. no bright, laugh
ing faces The fertile districts are
oHerpopulated, and there are few man
ufactures to come TO the relief of ag-
| riculture. The wages paid for labor
ar.S a pittance. Five rupees ($1.62) g
month is a common wage for work
men, La l9X wages, t9s -: ff ssssss
ufactures and the caste So 1eavf
the native at the lowest round Of the
iol LODI
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-06-20
DUKE OF REICHSTADT.

perial regret. At this time was laid
a romantic and tragic plot for the I'M
doing of the young man.
One day in his lonely rambles
through the forest of Schonbrunn the
Duke of Reichstadt met a beautiful
girl dressed in peasant garb. The
duke, in spite of his aversion to wom-
en-, addressed her and speedily lost his
heart to the fair young creature. He
told her of his life, of his unhappiness,
of his friendless position at court, and
found in her, apparently, sympathetic
listener. From her he learned that
she lived in a cottage on the borders
of the royal preserve and that her
uncle with whom she lived was a
game-keeper. When they parted they
were to meet in the forest the follow
ing day.
a Deep-Laid Scheme.
The young girl was Fanny Elssler,
the first danseuse of Europe at the
time, and her meeting with the duke
was in accordance with a well laid
plan. That plan contemplated the
gaining of the dukes affections After
these had been gained the true char
acter of Fanny Elssler was to be re-
vealed to the duke in ballet perform
ance which more than anything else
on earth he abhorred with the hope
that the shock to his outraged honor
would hasten the end which the impe-
rial household eagerly awaited. Fam
ny's reward for this was to be ample
After the first meeting between the
duke and Fanny the latter returned to
the cottage" This, while unpreten-
tious on the outside, was luxuriously
fitted up within and one of its in
mates at the time was Baron Won Blu
menstock, the chamberlain of the i'm
perial household. To him she re-
counted her interview with the duke
and the arrangement for the next
meeting. The baron was gratified and,
renewed the offer of a reward he had
previously made to Fanny and which
was to consist of an estate and cas-
tie on the Danube.
The meetings between Fanny and
the duke were frequent after this, the
latter falling hopeless captive to his
enslaver. His spirits revived, the pal
lor left his cheeks and he seemed in
a fair way toward complete bodily and
mental recuperation. One day Fanny
alluded to the ballet. The duke felt
disguised and could not find words
sweeping enough to condemn what to
him was villainous indecency. Again
on the eve of her own scheduled ap-
pearance in Vienna she renewed the
subject and asked him as favor to
attend the opening and see the re-
nowned Fanny Elssler. 81 will be
there" she added. The duke consent
ed, ignorant, of course, of the identity
Of Fanny Elssler.
The next night the wealth and fash
ion Of Vienna were present at the open
ing appearance of the famous danseuse.
The emperor himself was in attend
ance and to the surprise of all the duke
of Reichstadt entered and took seat
in prominent box. He swept the
audience looking for his inamorata and
not seeing her lapsed into an apathetic
state. Finally the curtain rolled up
and amid wild scene Of applause
Fanny Elssler, in the ravishing beauty
Of her art, came whirling down the
stage. The duke sat corpse-like. FL
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-09-20
.Fifty.eifhth Annual Session Be.
gins at Newton With Q
Full Attendance.
The District Includes All South.
eastern Iowa and Has
Large Membership.
Bishop Stephen NJ. Merrill Pre-.
siding Over the Conference
1.-The Proceedings.
ecial to Times-Republican.

|
Newton, Sept. 20.-The fifty-eighth
session of the Iowa conference of the
Methodist Episcopal church opened here
Wednesday for a five days session and
with an attendance of about $50. This
district includes and covers the entire
southeastern part of Iowa, Newton be-
ing on the extreme northwest appoints
ment The northern boundary of the
conference is the the line of the Rock
Island railroad on the north and the
western boundary being line directly
south from Newton to the Missouri line,
leaving Monroe in the Des Moines con-
ference and Knoxville in the Iowa.
There are 40 members of this confer
ence, 1856 of whom are actually in pas
toral charges. Many of the pastors are
bringing their wives and the sessions
will be held in the Methodist church.
On Tuesday evening DR.. d. A. Hayes, of
Garrett Biblical Institute. Chicago, gave
lecture in 1.-THE Ministry and Reform
Movements" DR.. Hays was very en-
Pertaining and his discussion was one of
deep thought. He took the position that
permanent reforms cannot be accom-
plished by legislation. This session Of
the annual conference is being presided
over by Bishop Stehen NJ. Merrill, who
presided over the conference fourteen
years ago, the last time that it was
held here. Mr.. Merrill is senior effective
bishop and the author Of a number of
several widely known books on Metho-
dism. 1t is too early to talk of the list
of appointments to be made, but 1t Is
given out that there will be many
changes at this session. Tho the time
limit has been removed from the law
of the church and preachers can stay
Indefinitely, the momentum for timer
ancy is so strong that in all probability
1t will work quite strongly for many
years