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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-19

Charles Lamb divided the world into
to classs-the lenders and borrowers.
he first , described as morose and
Iiserabls the latter as extravagant,
Py and Appy.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-19

m English association regarding
mans happiness has offered a
ward Of l5OO for greater blessing to
pman t an Rocky Mountain Tea.
snsible hove. w. Q. Stempel.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-19

Ian is a fox. He sets in with a
fession that he is vile sinner so
u he may be able to explain away his
kedness if he is caught.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-19
AN EXTRAORDINARY FREAK.
it is a Twin Mule and Horse Colt.

There is now on exhibition at the fair
grounds something of most unique
character, and one that is seldom if ever
seen. In short it is freak of freaks.
1t is nothing less than twin colts, one
being horse and the other mule colt.
Both are well developed and possess the
usual strength, and will probably live
for years to come.
The owner of these curiosities is Jap
Sheep, who farms about eight miles
Aepatb&estt Of Bedford and the colts are
about one week old. Lovers Of the
curious will view with wonder these
pretty little aLlmals.-Bedford Free
Press.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-19
hnslness goes a long ways. 1t goes
ind the earth and back.

hen yo' want a pleasant physlc try
new REM ledy ,Chamberlain's Stomach
Liver Tablets. They are easy to
, and pleasant in effect. Price, 20
is. San Eples free at w. A. Alex
|er's drug store
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-15
WATER BACKED UP HIGH
DRIVEN LANDMARK ny A STORM
THAT Is RAGING IN THE GULF.
Mississippi Up Five Feet Below New
OrIeans-Damage by Floods in
the south at Arizona

NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 1.-THE storm
which has been raging at the Mississippis
mouth for over t~wenty-four hours has
backed the water in the river up fully five
feet. Many rice fields along the lower
coast are under water. and orange lands
will be damaged. Many people In that
section left their houses. There is prob
ably some loss OF life. but no definite re-
ports have reached here. Along the Mis-
sissippi gulf coast wind and water are
high, but no damage has been yet re-
ported.
Captain Zeiders. of the steamship Olym-
pia, which arrived here today, reports
that on Aug. IL he saw a small schooner
ashore outside of South Pass. which had
three persons on board. who were calling
for help. The pilots at South Pass had
made efforts 10 rescue them, but failed
owing TO the strong gale and high seas.
MOBILE, Ala, Aug. IA brisk gale OF
wind from the southeast blew all day, re-
sulting IN backing the water OF the bay at
this point and raising the water level some
five feet above average high tide. For "A
time IL looked as III the cotton wharf would
be Hooded, but at ] o'clock there was less
wind and the tide fell. No damage to
shipping is reported.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-15
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

The use of the II Pluribus Unum" on
coin was never authorized by law Its first
known use was on a New Jersey cent
struck off in 1776.
Emperor William knows personally the
thirty-four sculptors in Berlin. He visits
their studios and does not object at all to
DelhS photographed among the clay models.
Nicholas Muller. a ~well-known New York
politician. bought an animal picture the
other day. paying 800 for it. Il now turns
out 10 be the work of Jan Weenix. the
Dutch old master.
a Madonna by Sassoferrato has disap-
peared from the Church OF Santa Sabina
In Rome, and il is intimated that an Amer
lean woman is under suspicion, the custo-
nlan or the church testifying that she had
tried In vain TO buy the painting.
The oldest of the 'Immortals," or men,
bers of the French Academy. is Legouve,
who is ninety-four. The Paris Gaulois
thinks that the best thing he wrote is
this; 1T is often said hat God condemned
man to work. This Is absurd. God con-
demned man TO live. and gave him WORK
as a mitigating circumstance
Probably the inheritor of the largest por-
ton of the wealth of the Dowager Empress
Frederick is the Princess Frederick Charles
of Hesse. her daughter. Princess Charles,
as she is called. is the favorite sister OF
emperor William and is already. quite
wealthy IN her own right, besides the lor-
tune possessed by her husband.
Straw is put TO strange uses in Japan.
Most of the horses are shod with 1t. Even
the clumsiest Of cart horses wear straw
shoes. In their cases the shoes are tied
around the ankles with a straw rope, and
are made of the ordinary rice straw,
braided so hat they form a sole for the
foot about half an inch thick. When they
are worn out they are thrown away.
The millionaire Gavril Ssolodovnikon
who recently died at Moscow, left all his
possessions, valued at rs, 100000 rubles, fol-
the founding of high schools for girls
training schools for workmen, and cheaI
lodging houses for the poor. During MS
life he had already spent large sums Tor q
music school and a hospital. yet he was no.
esteemed because in private lie ne was
known as a miser and an inexoraDle cred
itor.
Miss Eleanor A. Ormerod, the accom-
plished entomologist, who died recently
came to her lifelong study of insects from
an incident of her childhood. One OF hei
earliest recolIections was that of being
placed in a chair to watch some large water
grubs-probably the larvae or a carnivorous
water beetle-when to her amaZement she
saw one of the creatures which had beer
injured devoured by its companions. This
observation whetted the appetite for further
knowledge, and her fathers Gloucestershirt
property, beautifully situated opposite
Chepstow. in M~onmouthshire. England
AFFORDED her abundant opportunities for the
study of plant, bird and insect life.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-15
THE LARGE CORPORATION AND


1t may do for those who follow demagogy
as a vocation TO assail large manufacturing
corporations in the hope of creating such a
prejudice against those who own and con-
troll them that they may ride into office on
an issue TO destroy them. That is their vo-
cation, and they may get Office by so doing.
But the last men in the world who should
assail extensive manufacturing or other
corporations employing large numbers of
men are those who work for wages and
are on their pay rolls or desire to be. for
the reason that the extensive corporation
is able to give the most continuous employ
ment and pay the highest wages. Even
President Gompers, in a guarded way, has
frequently said that the large and financial
ly strong corporation is generally more de-
sirable from the employees point of view
than are small concerns.
No employer Of labor can pay wages any
considerable length of time who does not
realize a profit in production. A small con-
Germ. as a rule. cannot be run as prohtably
as a large one. because the experimenting
expenses OF a small factory must be nearly
"a a &C do u Nv Ill kAh6 OuL LOQI VI
five times as many goods. a large corpora
ton can put goods upon the market at a
profit where a small concern would be
forced into bankruptcy by such meager
margins. To illustrates: The company man
ufacturins steam boilers ard turning out a
hundred a month can sell at a price tina
will afford a good profit. where another
company, whose output would be ten. could
not pay expenses. For three years the i'm
mense Carnegie iron mills made large
profits and paid the highest wages when
small concerns afforded only moderate
profits. The Carnegie company, by brains
and capital, was able to take advantage in
| the industry from the ore mines to the fin
ished material. Ii could mine and ship raw
material. At every step of production its
| cost was the lowest, and its machinery
made the labor OF every workman worth
more TO the company than similar labor TO
many of its competitors. 1t could put its
| goods upon the market at prices which af-
forded it a large profit because of the vast
quantity produced, but which would afford
little profit 10 competitors doing a limited
business. The immensely of the compary's
production enabled 1t 10 make a large profit
in the aggregate. and that large profit en-
abled II TO lead in advancing the prices OF
labor. The United States Steel Corpora
ton. which has absorbed the Carnegie in
dustry. must be able. because of the vast
ness OF its business. 10 make profits at the
! lower prices. which enable the corporation
10 pay the highest wages.
those who may inquire into the develop
ment OF the prosperous industries about
indianapolis will ind that the smaller
shops. employing a dozen men fifteen years
} ago. have. by a quiet process of consolida-
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ton through years. disappeared, having
been merged into two or three large COM
panies, employing many men, paying better
wages. giving fuller employment; they are
financially more prosperous, and. because
more prosperous. able to do better by the
men they employ.
So. whatever may be better for the voca-
ton Of the calamityite or the demagogue,
the disintegration Of the large corporations
employing hundreds OF men into concerns
employing a dozen each would be the most
deplorable change that could be conceived
for the men who work for wages. for the
one and sufficient reason that the profits or
the small concerns would be insufficient
with the competition, TO enable them to pay
a liberal scale of wages. Consequently.
when men rage against corporations indis-
criminately. let us remember that the hope
for good wages is in the much denounced
large manufacturing corporations.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-15

NAPLES, Aug. 1.-THE funeral of Signor
Crispi to-day was an imposing event. Cor
ions of troops lined the route, which was
through the principal streets, and present.
ed arms as the funeral car passed. The
car was drawn by eignt black horses With
sable trappings. The cords Of the pail were
held by the mayors of Rome. Naples,
Palermo and Ribera, Sicily (Crispi's birth
place., the vice president of the Chamber
of Deputies and other state officials. A
caisson draped with flags was followed by
cars piled high with floral tributes. The
procession included King Victor EN-
manuels aid-de-camp, representing the
King: the German consul. representing EN-
perOr William; senators, deputies, minis
ters. generals, adm trails, patriotic societies,
Caribaldian veterans and military and ma
val attachments. Immense crowds occupied
the streets, balconies and windows. All
present uncovered as the coffin passed. Al
the arsenal the remains were taken on
board the cruiser Varese, where there was
a short service, minute guns being fired
i'm the The Varese sails at
midnight, escorted by the armored cruiser
Marco Polo and the FL Ettori, conveying
the family of Signor Crispi and the gov
eminent representatives.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-15

The suit filed by John Ross. or "Mroz,"
against the persons responsible for his con-
perfectly Legitimate. Without passing on
the merits of the case. or whether there
was a technical conspiracy or not, every
citizen who has been arrested. confined or
deprived of his liberty has a right to know
whether it was done legally or not. In this
case the probability is it will appear that
legal forms were complied with. but if it
shall appear that the proceedings were
such as to justify a belief that they were
intended to accomplish a certain result re-
gardless of facts or equity. and that a num-
Der of persons lent themselves to the
scheme. the charge of conspiracy may be
maintained.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-15
Cable Notes.

The number of Finnish recruits. under
the new Russian system, has been nAed
preliminarily at 500.
Francis II. Loomis. the new United
States minister TO Portugal. had an au-
dience OF King Charles yesterday and pre-
sented his credentials
The Oceanic Steamship Company steamer
Ventura sailed from Sydney. n ;. w.
yesterday for San Francisco. having on
board s5O0.0O in gold.
The st. Petersburg Rossiya says the as
sistant minister OF nance. NJ. Romanon, Is
going TO Manchuria I'm August. instead OF
NJ. DE Witte. the Russian finance minister.
Owing TO the enormous supply of fruit I'm
Jamaica all the American companies have
materially reduced the purchase price and
culdvatOrs are expecting considerable loss.
Max Opitz. proprietor of a large private
bank In Berlin, was arrested yesterday.
charged with heavy defalcation and for
geries. His customers will lose several mil
lions OF marks.
The Peruvian Cabinet yesterday rendered
its resignation as a result OF the resolution
Of censure adopted by a majority OF one
vote in the Chamber OF Deputies, but Presi-
dent Romano declined 10 accept IL.
According TO statistics published by the
Ministry OF Agriculture, the Roumanian
wheat crop for the present year Is ~ per
cent above that of last year. The maize
crop is expected TO exceed all previous rec
ords.
Mrs. Dan r. Hanna is now at AK les
Baines with the Baroness Pallandt. She
left her children with a governess ar the
Carlton Hotel. London. After the vacation
they will be sent 10 a private school near
London.
The London Daily Mail reviVing specula-
ton as TO the date OF Lord kitchener's re-
turn from South Africa and 10 his success
sor, says it understands that he will return
10 England about the middle OF next month,
Lieutenant General Lyttleton assuming the
chief command.
A dispatch from Berlin says the Lokal
Anzeiger asserts that the Gar has con-
ferred on Field Marshal Count Won Valdez
see the Andreas order with diamonds and
swords, being the highest Russian Gecora-
cident r. regarded as emphasizing the ex-
cellent official relations between Germany
and Russia.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-15
MUNICIPAL EXPERIMENT IN WASH
INGTON.

Mr.. mcfarland, long the Washington
correspondent Of the Boston Herald, was
so we'll posted in municipal affairs that
President Mckinley made him one of the
three commissioners who administer the
government of the District of Columbia.
Mr.. mcfarland was not an applicant Tor
the position. So much is necessary to show
why Mr.. Macfarland is warranted in as
Stunning that a city managed by a commits
sion appointed by an Independent authority
is quite sure to have a better government
than one in which every officer in high au-
thority is elected by the people, which he
does in the last issue OF Everybody's Maya
zine. The writer does not take much space
in showing how defective the governments
of all the larger cities in the United States
are. He follows this by an intelligent de-
scription OF the government of the District
of Columbia, which is ruled by three COM
missioners appointed by the President, one
of whom must be an army engineer. The
experiment has been on trial a dozen years
or more. Everybody is not pleasti, par
ticularly those who are eager to have a
hand in city affairs. but IL can be said that
no scandal has attached to any branch of
the government of the District. Much
money has been expended on improvements
yet there has been no charge OF Irregular
ity; the police is effective because a sys-
tenn of promotion based upon merit pre-
walls. The lowest responsible bidder gets
the contract for city work, and no man or
number of men have a pull"
1t is unnecessary to say that the system
has been successful in Washington because
irst-class men have always been selected
for commissioners If it were otherwise
that method of city administration would
be the most corrupt that could be imagined.
Still, considering the quite general failure
of the people in large cities to secure eff
cient city government, something can be
said in favor of the Washington system.
Local self-government and the right of the
people to rule themselves by popular cleo
tions are theories to which the American
people cling and will be loath to relinquish.
But when an element in the large cities
which pays no taxes directly can be relied
upon to sustain a Tammany in New York
and a scarcely less Objectionable corrupt
combination under the name of Republican
in Philadelphia, those who see the evils or
such control can be pardoned if, in seeking
for relief, they should turn TO a commits
sion appointed by the Governor. Already.
in many States, the police boards are Sc
lected by the Governor from both parties.
Letting police commissioners has set it
aside. Such being the case, it should not
be cause of surprise if many thoughtful
people, satisfied with the utter failure of
popular rule in larger cities, should look
with favor upon the system so successful in
Washington.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-15
Evans Within His Rights.
Springfield Republican.

Springfield Republican.
Mr.. Chandler, former senator and secre-
tary of the navy, places the blame for
Rear Admiral Evans's removal from the
position of lighthouse inspector back in
1884 upon the shoulders OF the dead secre-
tary Folger, of the Treasury Department.
And he winds up his letter TO Secretary
Long. complaining of what Evans wrote
about him in his book, with a charater-
istic assault upon the admiral as having
been a Democratic naval officer. Chand.
lers letter will not tend 10 promote good
feeling. since IL introduces party rancor
into the affair. The question raised bv As
sistant Secretary Hackett's official repri-
mand of Evans. IL may be repeated. has
lothlng TO DO witt the correctness OF the
sailors criticism Of Chandler, but does con-
Germ entirely a naval officers right to criti-
else the conduct OF a former head OF the
department who long since ceased 20 be his
superior officer. Rear Admiral Evans might
be justified In asking for a court OF in
quiry in order to test this point. The pub
lie will see nothing very wrong or very
prejudicial to discipline IN the sailors ex-
preston OF his opinion OF a politician who
hasn't been connected with the department
for sixteen year..
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-15

Mr.. Lewis III. Holmes, of Springfield, Mo-,
declines to change his name for a monetary
consideration. Mrs. Louise Frisbie, who
died recently in New York. and who was
mentioned as long a familiar figure in Wall
street. left a will i'm which, among other
requests, was one of $500 for Lewis III.
Holmes, provided he would change his
name. Il have always called the boy
Luli, " said the t~estator in a will written
by herself, and l have told him that l
should give him something only on condi-
ton OF a change of name. This is the con-
dltion: hat he shall wholly give UP and
i~elinquish his present name and shall take
the name of Louis David Frisbie, to be
middle lawfully his by the action of the
Legislature or the courts. as the law may
require, and with the understanding that he
is to retain it all his life" Now comes
Mr.. Holmes and declines the bequest on
account of the condition. He says he was
born Holmes and will remain Holmes, and
his wife says she married a Holmes and
is not going to have a husband named
Frisbie. So the bequest will pass to Vas
sar College.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-15

BERLIN. Aug. 1.-THE most important
question of the meeting of the Geological
Congress came UP to-day In the
on nomenclature. Two propositions were
presented. The French delegation proposed
70 make the existing nomenclature con-
form with the classic Latin. dramatically
and etvmolOgically. The American dele
gates proposed TO make no changes. e1-
cent I'M the case OF obvious typographical
errors. The Germans made a compromise
proposition, which did not ind favor. After
a warm discussion the French proposition
was accepted. the Swiss delegates giving
the deciding vote for the proposal The
Dutch delegates and part OF the German
delegation voted with the Americans. The
British delegates voted with France.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-15

Ell PASO, Tex, Aug. H.-All the southern
portion OF Arizona has suffered from high
water for weeks. and the destruction OF
property, especially OF railroads. has been
The Southern Pacific ana the
small mineral roads have suffered many
washouts. The ''burro' road that runs
from Benson 10 Nogales has been unnt for
use for several weeks, and nearly every
day fresh floods come that destroy parts
of the tracks. In all over ten miles OF
the track has been swept away. and the
company has all its surplus help at work
repairing the damage. The Fl Paso ~
southwestern road has suffered severe
losses between Benson and Bisbee. and a
dozen bridget have been swept away. The
MaricOpa & Phoenix Railroad and the
Arizona & New Mexico have lost a great
deal of track ard trains are very irregular.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-15

forts to secure the defeat Of Mr.. Moore
In the primaries. To that end Mr.. Bell has
been dropped. Mr.. Appel has declined. and
now Mr.. Hoffman has the right OF way
unless the friends Of Judge Edgar y.
Brown should conclude that they have a
right to have his name put upon the list of
candidates. Doubtless many Democrats
are wondering why Chairman Tanning is
sitting In Judgment upon aspirants for the
nomination. The committee. as an official
body should not attempt 10 make candi-
dates.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-15

a Washington dispatch says that the
government authorities are taking steps TO
prevent the importation of European labor
10 take the place of strikers. in case it
should be attempted. This is right. as the
law against contract labor importation
should be strictly enforced. 1t should be
added. however, that the phrase imported
labor is very enormously applied 10
American workmen who may be hired and
transported from one State 10 another.
Not only is there no law against that, but
it is defensible by every principle of free
government.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-15
HEAVY DAMAGE BY FLOOD.
Large Portion of the Valley of the
Cumberland Under Water.

MIDDLEsBORO. KY, Aug. N-Damags
amounting 10 thousands Of dollars has been
done to citizens OF this section. especially
those who occupy the valley farms. II has
been raining for several days and there
are NJ signs of abatement. A large portion
Of this valley is inundated. A suburb of
age is slight. Stonega. Va. was visited by
q waterspout which compelled three
fourths of the inha bitants 10 nee for their
lives. The damage In that section Is beyond
estimation. Cumberland and Powell rivers
are on a rampage. but the damage is not
great in the higher section. The farmers
I'm this valley are losers 10 the amount Of
several hundred dollars and IL the rain
continues through the night the loss viii
be doubled. Similar reports Of foods come
from all parts OF the mountain districts.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-15

LONDON, Aug. H.-In the House of Com
mons to-day, during the discussion of the
naval works bill, Mr.. Prettyman (Conserva-
tive advanced as an argument in favor of
the expenditure for coaling facilities the
recent report of the United States Bureau
of Equipment saying Great Britain could
not afford TO be behind the United States i'm
this matter. The bill asks for a total of
G27, 500. 900 10 increase the docking accom-
notation, coal depots and reserves of am
munition. The construction OF the Malta
breakwater. which Will cost 91,00, 900, and
railroads, connecting the South Wales coal
fields with home ports and works. Is al
ready in progress.