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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-16
Turks Show Great Brutality.

Sofia, Bulgaria, May 14.-It is re-
ported from Tilkvesh, a vilayet of Sa-
lonica, that the Turkish police in that
district are acting with great brutal-
ity toward the unfortunate inhabi-
tants. Many Bulgarian residents in
the Tikvesh district have been arrest
ed and cruelty tortured.
M. j. S. Guechoff, Bulgarian diplo-
matte agent at Constantinople, has
made strong representations to the
porte with regard to these charges,
and has also drawn the attention of
the foreign diplomatic corps in Con-
stantinople to the matter, for thel
purpose of having an end put to sIcH
atrocious proceedings.
Princess Louise of Bavaria, wife o.,
the heir presumptive, has formed
league for the curtailment of the
skirts of women's walking dresses.
The leading safety women of Mum
ich have joined the league and are
working strongly for dress reform.
This year the Duke and Duchess Of
Cornwall will see three winters, but
no summers. They will have first
spring, then an autumn, then win
ter, few days of another spring,
and then autumn again. Their win
ter especially that part between
Fremantle and Natal-will be excep.
tionally severe, though the visit to
Mauritius keeps them north of the
ordinary route.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-16
TRIED TO SELL orFIc1AL PAPERS
Trusted Employe of the War Department
Summary Dismissed.

Washington, May 12.-An attempt
to sell confidential communications
between the attorney general and the
secretary of war in the Medley case
has been unearthed by Chief Wilkie
of the secret service. Informa ton
had been obtained from Judge John
Lindsey, counsel for Neeley, in New
York, who had received a letter
signed John b. Dickinson, Offering
him copies of the correspondence.
Judge Lindsey turned the matter
over to the attorney general. The
latter called in Chief Willlie and
placed the matter in his hands. An
officer was sent to the general de-
livery of the postoffice, and when a
man presented himself and asked for
mail for John 3. Dickinson, he was
followed. He went direct to the in
sular division of the war department.
Shortly afterward conference be-
tween the secretary of war, Solicitor
General Richards, of the department
of justice, Colonel Edwards, chief of
the lnSular bureau, and Chief Willlie
was held, and it was discovered that
the man representing himself as John
B. Dickinson was William Davis Will
liams, the stenographer of Colonel
Edwards, q position which he has
held for year past. He formerly
was private secretary to Congress
man Brumm, of Pennsylvania. Will
liams volunteered to turn the CORE
spondence that he had endeavored to
sell to Judge Lindsay over to the au-
thorities. AS the sale had not been
completed. no charge was made
against Williams, but he was summa-
rily dismissed by the secretary of
war. Williams came here from Min
ersville, Pa.
The papers which Williams desired
to sell to Mr.. Lindsay consisted of the
draft of an opinion of the attorney
general upon questions submitted by
Mr.. Lindsay relative to requisition
testimony in the Neely case. The
opinion was prepared by an assistant
attorney familiar with the Nicely
case. The opinion was prepared by
an assistant attorney familiar with
the Nicely case, and was
submitted to Secretary Root
for consideration and observation.
There also was letter from
Secretary Root to the attorney gem
eral. These papers Williams offered
for sale for 5000.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-16


Madison, Wis, May ia mock
Fry of platform pledges and judicious
legislation alike" is the way Cover
nor LaFollette sums up his opinion
oof the Hagemeister primary cleo
ton bill, which he has vetoed. The
governors veto message was read at
the opening of the senate by Chief
Clerk Houser. At the conclusion of
the reading an effort was made to
pass the bill over the veto. The stall
warts held together and came with
in two votes of accomplishing this
by the necessary two-thirds ma
jority, the vote being IS to II.
Seventeen years ago a man in Bos-
ton county, Kansas, was bitten by q
snake. For remedy he took horn
of whisky three times day. He is
SO convinced that the remedy is eff
fectual that he still continues his tri-
daily dose.
A lamentable accident befell
Charles Shivley while pruning tree
at Madison, w. Va. He was seyering
a tough branch when the knife slip.
ped and struck him in the right eve,
cutting the ball in two. Instinctiyely
he placed his hand over the blinded
eye, and in SO doing jabbed the point
IF the knife into the other eve, cut
ting the ball of it so that the sight
vas completely destroyed. ii
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-16

The sumptuous chapel built to COM
memorate the many victims of the ter
rible fire which took place a few years
ago at the Charity Bazaar in Paris is
now finished, and is generally consid-
cred to be exceptionally artistic and
appropriate. 1t contains, however, a
very curious optical illusion. The dome
is painted by Maignan, and represents
the Virgin surrounded by angels car
rying the implements of the Passion,
with the victims Of the awful catas-
trophe rising from their graves at her
feet. Seen from the right-hand side
the Virgin and angels alone appear
but If the spectator goes to the left he
sees only the unfortunate victims as
cending to glory, the Madonna and he1
celestial host, by an ingenious arrange
ment Of the light, being no longe,
visible.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-16

A physician who has recently re-
turned from Persia says that the ma
tives still believe that human tears
are remedy for certain chronic dis
eases. At every funeral the bottling
OF mourners' tears is one Of the chief
features of the ceremony. Each of the
mourners is presented with sponge
with which to mop his face and eyes,
and after the burial these sponges are
presented to the priest, who squeezes
the tears into bottles, which he keeps.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-16

The Forestry Department of the St.
Louis fair intends to have an exhibit
ton that will be an object lesson to
all who see it of the practical side of
wood working in all it's phases and
branches. It will show the woods OF
the country and the uses to which
they are adapted; it will endeavor to
show where they grow, at what price
the standing timber can be bought,
the size OF the tract, accessibility, and
everything that a prospective pur.
chaser would want to know.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-16

1t is too soon to tell whether the
reduction in the size Of the page which
several metropolitan daily newspapers
are making is merely an advertising
experiment, or the beginning Of an
Important permanent change. The
daily newspapers are much too large:
they absorb SO much time as to leave
little for more serious reading.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-16
DEwET HUNTING THE BRITISH.
Boer Leader, With 1900 Men, Said to
Have Invaded the Transyaal

London, May 14.-General De Wet,
according to a dispatch to the Daily
Mail from Pretoria, has resumed OPP
erations, and is reported to have
crossed into the Transvaal with 1000
men. At a banquet of the Cornish
association General Pole-Carew said:
"At the beginning of the war had
the Beers fully realized their strength
and our unpreparedness we would
have been driven into Durham and
Cape Town, and we would have pre-
sented the spectacle of reconquering
South Africa from the sea coast"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-16

Sweden and Norway both boast sew
eral homes for unmarried women. One
OF these was endowed more than 200
years ago by man who left the bulk
OF his fortune to his spinster descend
ants The home is managed by sal
aried trustees, and the unmarried
woman who can prove kinship to the
founder is entitled to home there,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-16
Kitchener Rennrts.

London, May 13.-Lord Kitchener
reports to the war Office as follows:
'Since May 5, % Beers have been
killed, six wounded and 100 taken
prisoners, and 1873 have surrendered.
Nine thousand rounds of ammuni-
ton, 30 wagons, 1900 horses and
large quantities of grain and stock
have been captured"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-16
Minister Is Guilty of Rlottnp,

Topeka, KAN, May l3.-Rev. +. ".
Emerson, pastor of the principal
Christian church here, and DR.. M.
r. Mitchell, well known physician,
have been found guilty of precipi-
tating riot. The two were mem
bers of mob that broke into sa-
loon in North Topeka at the time
the Nation agitation was at it's
height.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-16
REMAIN IN FoRn1DDEN CITY.
American Forces Ignore Objections of the
Foreign Powers.

FOreisn TOWerS.
Picking, May 19.-The Americans
have evacuated the districts under
their control, with the exception of
the forbidden city, which they will
continue to occupy in spite of foreign
trary are received from Washington.
AS may be impossible to turn over
the American districts to the Chi
nese, who certainly would not be al
lowed to keep them Independently,
General Chatfee, in order to prevent
chaos, notified Count Won Waldersee
a week ago that he would evacuate
those portions adjoining the British
which were assigned to them and the
remainder portions assigned to the.
Gormans
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-16

In the new mint in Philadelphia the
United States will have the finest, cost
Hest, and most complete money-mak-
ing establishment Of it's kind in the
world. The granite structure was com
menced two years ago and will cost
about $2,0O0,Oo0, including the me-
chanical equipment, costing 100000.
There will be "A coming presses in the
new mint.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-16
Christian Klucker. Swiss guide in
the Rocky mountains. has record Of
1000 mountain ascents without an ac-
cident to himself or his party.

This Buffalo is the same sanguine
little city that was Dragging few
months ago that its fair should be-
ready when the opening day arrived,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-16

the last maneuvers, on reaching sfeep
and stony descent, Prince Alphonse or
dered the men to dismount, so that the
horses might be spared. 1t is claimed
the order completely upset the plan of
action. Popular feeling is intense
against the authorities who have
brought about the princes dismissal.
1t is believed to be the first time a
Bavarian prince has received the Blue
Letter"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-16

The most primitive hunter as well
as the most remarkable marksman in
Pennsylvania is Frederick Thomas, a
hermit who lives on the Gettysburg
battlefield. He shoots birds and rab-
bits with bow and arrow. So ex-
pert has he become that he seldom
misses shot. He subsists almost en-
tfreIy upon game killed in this man
ner. His first home was hole IN the
ground and small cave hut Three
years ago, entirely unsssisted Thomas
succeeded in building himself one
story cabin Of logs. He is wid0wer
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-16

The car of Russia is more afraid
of poison and bullets than of indiges-
ton; yet, to assist in keeping himself
in good physical condition, he has
twenty-saven physicians, chosen from
the medical celebrities of the coun.
try.
A stubborn horse, belonging to Ed
ward Bailey of New Utrecht, N. Y,
aroused the ire of it's master because
of it's unwillingness to draw we'll
loaded farm wagon along a heavy
road. Bailey gave expression to his
anger by kicking the animal in the
stomach. A little later, while Bailey
was adjusting the harness, the horse
retaliated by kicking him so savage,
ly that the mans nip was fracturedl
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-16
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Turkey MIST Yield.

Paris, May 14.-The correspondent
nere of the Associated Press learns on
trustworthy authority that unless the
sultan of Turkey yields on the ques-
ton of interference with the foreign
postof1ices the powers will present an
ultimatum in few days backed by
naval demonstration. The powers,
including Germany, are acting in per.
feet unison in this matter.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-16
Turkeys Reply Not Liked

Some people seem to have grudge
against all mankind.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-16

While crew Of stone laborers we're
working an excavation through the
Forman cliff, two miles east Of New
port, r. l.. for the bed Of the Tennessee
and North Carolina railroad, they found
a human female skeleton 10 inches in
height, in perfect state Of preserva-
ton. The only anomaly was the teeth,
which were 200 in number and had no
seekers, but were developed from and
grew upon the jaw bone with no adj
jacent valvular process. The bones
were Theoretically sealed and sent to
the Smithsonian Institution. The skel-
eton was found in solid rock ten feet
from the face and eight feet from the
top of cliff, in cavity two feet by Is
inches. About the cavity was no
opening crevice or aperture for the
skeleton to enter since the formation
Of the cliff, more than 1000 years ago
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-16

Constantinople, May 1.-THE Ger
man, Austrian, French and British
ambassadors promptly sent back the
porte's reply to their representations
on the subject of Turkish seizure of
the foreign mails, owing to the often
sive allegations that the foreign post
Offices facilitated smuggling. Pend
ing settlement of the question en-
bassy couriers are taking the Euro
pean mails to and from the Bulgar.
ian frontier.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-16

Since the day when Jesus Christ came
here to suffer poverty and painful
death. lived a life of absolute devo-
ton to the poor and to the weak. No
man. Of course, has emulated the ex-
ample which Christ set when he lived
with the poor, worked for the poor,
spoke for them, prayed for them and
died for them But no man succeeds
at all in big way unless in his ma
ture the dominant factor is sympathy
for the other little human beings fas-
tened to this globe as he is. and shar-
ing With him its hopes and troubles
and vicissitudes.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-16
Kitchener Blames No One.

New York. May 9.-Lord Kitchen
er's. long dispatch, dated March s,
describing in detail his futile endeav-
ors TO catch De Wet, apportions
neither blame nor praise to any com
handing officer of the British troops
in the operations, says the Tribune's
London correspondent. A careful Pc
rusal of the dispatch does not i'm
press one with the idea that HOSTILE
ties in South Africa are rapidly near.
ing conclusion.
Umbrellas were unknown in this
country until few years before the
revolutionary war.
A French alienist has discovered
that 166 out of every 100000 soldiers
and sailors become hopeless lunatics.
Among mechanics the average is but
&c per 100000.
A magic belt, which the inventor
declared would cure any disease from
bunion to cancer was tested by n
lady in New York city, a sufferer
from an internal malady. The inven-
tor compelled her to deposit $500 as
security for the return of the belt,
which was worth not more than
thirty cents. She wore the circlet for
month without deriving any bene-
ut from it. When she went in search
the inventor he had skipped to Chi
49,.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-16
The Old Boat Is Better.
La Toilette Flags Legislature.

London, May 14.-The Shamrock I
beat the Shamrock II by five minutes
over twenty mile course.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-16

Prince Alphonse, the nephew of the
Prince Regent of Bavaria, is the man
OF the hour in Bavaria. He has re-
ceived the blue Letter." which means
he has been officially degraded. He
was not selsre enough to please tt
military, and the mistake he made WI
to manifest too much. - -
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-16
The governor has named the fol

The governor has named the fol-
lowing gentlemen to represent Iowa
at the national conference on taxa
ton to be held at Buffalo, May 90 and
"a: John Herriott, Stuart; John
Cownie, Des Moines; w. /. Babb, Mt
Pleasant; w. w. Wilmer, Des Moines;
w. w. Baldwin, Burlington; George
D. Perkins, Sioux City; N. M. Pussy,
Council Bluffs; r. L. Chase, Des
Moines.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-16

Men are deathly afraid of women:
railroads are deathly afraid of legis-
latures.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-12-24
CLOTHES CAUGHT FIRE
Mt. Eaton Woman Has Narrow
Escape--Sustains Slight
Burns.

Mt. Eaton, Dec. 21.-Mrs. e. T. Gra-
Der, of this place was the victim Of
what might have been a serious acci-
dent on Thursday evening. The fam
lily have patent gasoline lamp in
their dwelling and some one had at
tempted to light it without first heat
ing the burner to generate the gas
with the result that the gasoline drop.
ped to the floor.
Mrs. Graber entered the room with
lighted lamp and stood near the
burner, some of the gasoline dropping
on her clothing. The fluid ignited and
in moment the carpet and clothing
of Mrs Graber were in flames. Her
screams attracted the attention of a
passer-by who rushed in and extin-
guished the flames by wrapping his
overcoat about the burning woman
She escaped with slight burns but the
damage to the furniture and carpets
will amount to about $100.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-12-24
THE PICTURE OF MkINLEY MAY
APPEAR ON NEW STAMP ISSUE
Franklin One Cent Stamp
MI to be Take Session
Of

Mr.. Mckinley has passed from this
life, he at once becomes eligible to q
place upon the postal issues Of the
government.
II the face of President Mckinley
shall supersede that of Franklin, which
has had a place upon the 1-cent stamp
for exactly fifty years. 1t is quite like
ly that Franklin woult in turn super
sede Danial Webster, who has had a
place on the 10-cent stamp since 1890.
In case Mr.. Mckinley should appear
on the 2-cent stamp Washington might
take Franklin's place one the 1-cent
stamp and Franklin succeed Webster
on the 10-cent.
While the preference seems always
to have been accorded the presidents
of the United States, yet presidents
have been, side racked for army and
naval heroes and statesmen. or the
dead presidents the faces of Washing
ton. Jefferson, Madison, jackson,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-12-24
WHACKS Dewey
Secretarylons Approves
Findings of Naval
Court Of Inquiry.

(News-Democrat Leased Wire Service.)
Washington, Dec. 21.-At noon to-
day Secretary of the Navy Long ap-
proved the findings of the Schley court
of inquiry.
In his report to the house, Secretary
Long, after approving the findings o.
the majority of the court, takes p
whack at Admiral Dewey by approving
the findings of the majority of the
court. in not expressing anything on
the question Of who was in command
at Santiago.
The secretary says the court could
not with propriety have done anything
else since no evidence on this point
was admitted during the inquiry. He
also recommends that no further pro-
ceedings be had in the premises, and
notifies Sampson that no action will
be taken on the brief filed in his be.
half.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-12-24
HALF MILLION
WILL BE RAISED
Encouraging Reports Coming
in to headquarters of the Me-
kiniey Memorial Association.

Cleveland, Dec. 21.-The Mckinley
Memorial association is receiving en-
couraging reports from all the states
and every confidence in the collection
of the half million asked for with
which to build the monument to the
late president. The association has
adopted a plan of Sollection, by which
each state is placed upon its honor
In the matter of subscriptions. At the
last meeting of the trustees an appor-
tionment of the total was made and
divided among the several states, the
population and location being made
the basis.
The largest sum sked from any state
is from New York, to which was given
the task of raising $150,00O. Ohio's ap~
portionment is 100000, while the other
states will be asked to contribute In
lesser sums. The southern states are
apportioned the least, North Carolina
being asked but for $1,000.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-12-24
The FARMERS.
They Are With the News De M
ocrat on Account of Its In
depe nd nee.

T.. w. Hershey, the well known news
paper solicitor, of North Lawrence, was
in Canton Friday and called at the
News-Democrat Office. Mr.. Hershey
stated that in his part of the country
nearly everybody is talking OF the in
dependence of the News-Democrat He
says the farmers particularly are pay
ing great attention to the attempted
control of the paper by certain COM
bine firms.
Keep 1t up" said Mr.. Hershey.
"You do not realize what reputation
you are making for yourselves. The
country people are saying that at last
they have paper at Canton that II
fearless and not controlled by some
clique or clan.
"The people are with you and they
glory in your independence"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-12-24

after the pickDocket was indicted on
another charge. thus making his bond
null and void. and he Immediately skip
ped. Deputy Auditor Joseph Tracy
will be asked to explain large mum
ber OF alleged illegas fees collected by
him but afterward returned.
The affairs of an ex-clerk of courts,
who explained his shortage by stating
that 1t was due to his inability to add
a cost bill. and an ex-clerk and an
ex-county treasurer, both of whom paid
money into the treasury at the end OF
their terms, will be looked into.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-12-24

The proposition is now being widely
discussed for new set of postage
stamps which shall bear upon their face
vignette Of the late President Will
liam Mckinley and IL any legislative
authorization Of such an issue is need
ed bill to give the postmaster gen.
eral the necessary authority will prob
ably be introduced during the coming
session of congress. It is not probable
that such proposition will call forth
the slightest opposition from any
source.
It has been the rule ever since the
establishment of the present postal
system in the United States that the
face Of no living man shall appear
upon postage stamps and, no matter
how popular the parsonage, this rule
has never been disregarded. Now that
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-12-24
Collision Between Milk
Wagon and Train.
DRIVER IS HURLED
High in the Air but Sustains
No Serious Injuries--Horse
Killed and Wagon OemoI.
ished.

In spectacular collision between a
milk wagon and Pennsylvania pas
senger train Friday morning at the
Hurford street crossing in this city,
Jacob Switzberger, the only occupant
of the wagon, had most miraculous
escape from death. He was thrown
twenty feet in the air and escaped with
a few bruises. One of the horses was
killed outright and the other so badly
injured that it may have to be shot.
The wagon was demolished and milk
was splashed over wide area
Switzberger is the owner of a dairy
farm four miles out of Canton on the
Louisville road. Friday morning he
was driving to Canton, as usual, to
supply his customers. Just at I o'clock
he approached the Fort Wayne tracks
at the Hurford street intersection and
waited while freight train pulled by.
AS the freight passed Swltzberger
whipped up his team, not noticing the
passenger train approaching on anothe
track. The wagon was struck fairly
amidshlps and Switzberger ascended
with his stock of milk He fell at
the side of the road out of the way OF
the wheels and was surprised to find
that he was able to pick himself up
and walk about.
The wagon was closed one, having
windows in front. On account of the
extreme cold these windows had be-
come almost Opaque, which is the rea-
son Switzberger gives for not seeing
the train. He rode into the city on the
passenger but returned short time
after to the scene of the accident.