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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-14

HON. JAMES D. RICHARDSON.
throne in the Holy House of the TEN
pie at Washington overlooks a grand
hall known as the senate chamber OF
the supreme council Above it rises
a domed ceiling lined with electric
burners. The floor is covered by a
luxurious red carpet. The sides are
lined with high benches erected upon
platforms and reserved for visit ne
Masons of the "3Sd and last degree."
Just beneath are the thirty-th ee desks
Of the members of the senate OF the
supreme council.
Gorgeous Throneroom
Mr.. Richardson's throne is mai 8.
tic seat elevated upon a dias ap
preached by three steps. 1t is shell
tered by heavy canopy of purple
velvet and silk, bordered with COLO
fringe and gold tassels. Before it is
a gold and white pedestal with TRAN
gular top, holding a gavel. Upon the
floor stands an altar supporting a lamp
which will burn incense while Mr.
Richardson sits in state. Upoh tho
right and left of the .hrcne are two
"subthrones" for the grand cAancel-
lor and grand master of state"
While sitting upon this throne Mr.
Richardson will wear large tri ngu.
lar collar of white cloth embroidered
in gold. Placing his head through the
three-cornered aperture of this vest
ment he will arrange it so that the two
upper points extend over his shoulders
and the third hangs to his waist The
lower point will be embroidered win
a small triangle inclosing the number
"33" and surrounded by rayed sun
Upon the right will be embroi cred the
American and Scottish Rite flags
crossed; upon the left the eagle OF this
supreme council beneath jewel. APP
pended to the lower point Of the COL
lar will hang the sovereign grand COM
mander's jewel-a Masonic emblem
displayed upon an array of stars ard
rayed sun of silver two and a halt
inches in diameter, covered with dia
monds.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-14
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owners are carried out the new defend
er will be launched about May Is. The
name of the new craft has not yet been
decided.-Chicago Tribune.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-08
TOO COLD FOR THE PUGS.
Sea Coast Too Chilly For a Training
Ground.

New York, Jan. S.-One days training
at the seaShOre was enough for Ruhlin
and Jeffries. The weather was cold and
raw and neither man could do any work.
Rubin, who had planned to remain at
Bath beach until ten days before the
fight, which is to take place in Cincin-
natl on February 10, has changed his
mind and will leave for Covinston, Ky,
on Sunday.
Jeffries' experience with the seashore
winds at Loch Arbor convinced him that
a warmer climate would be more desir-
able, and he will move to West Baden,
Ind, within a few days if the cold
weather continues.
Speaking of his health, Jeffres said
that it was all that could be desired
and he was never really so anxious to
train hard for a battle. He said he
weighed $50 pounds in fighting costume.
and pointed to this fact as an indication
of his good condition at the present
time.
Tom Sharkey, who will meet Kid Nc
Coy in IA 20-round bout before the Twen-
tieth Century Athletic club of san Fran
cisco on February 2S, left for West
Baden last night. The sailor pugilist
will train at the Indiana health resort
until February l3, and will finish up at
Los Angeles.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-08
WAS A GREAT BATTLE.
Chinese Lost Hundreds at SEE Hal
Kong.

Pekin Jan. S.--A German expedition
in the northern district encountered at
SZe Hal Kong. twenty miles northwest
of the junction OF Great wall 5000 Chi
nese. The Germans retired toward Lui
Tin Flu, where they We're reinforced.
The country is exceedingly mountainous
and the village is in an enclosed valley
with walled entrance. The Germans
advanced to attack the wall. whereon
the Chinese had mounted ten cannon, in
Guiding four old krupps. mountain
battery bombarded the place for an hour,
and the position was then taken at the
point of the bayonet. Three hours fight
ing occurred before the enemy We're
out of the valley. The Chinese loss is
estimated at 200 and the Germans lost
one killed and four wounded. The Ger
mans. after destroying all the dwellings,,
retired to Ken Yen.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-08
EDISON FOR CONTEMPT.
Son of the Inventor Broke Faith With
g Promoter.

New York. Jan. S.--Thomas \. Edison
Jr, son of the inventor. and Wm Hol-
ger have been adjudged in contempt of
court by Justice Freedman in the SUI
preme court for not complying with the
terms of "a judgment obtained against
them last November by VIM. Mcmahon,
Il promoter.
This Judgment was for them to turn
over to McMahn stock valued at $780,
600, which he alleged to be due him for
forming company in which Holzer and
Edison Were interested. The company
was capitalized at 81 900 900 of which
stock worth 5000. 900 went into the treas
ury and of the balance. McMahou was to
receive one half for promoting the en-
terprise. He obtained his Judgment for
this amount by default. neither Edison
nor HolZer answering the complaint. In
court counsel for Edison said it was inn
possible for him to comply with the
terms of the judgment, as he held no
stock and that HolZer who did hold
stock was in England and out of ths
jurisdiction of the court.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-08

who was taking charge of two sick chill
en-.
The explosion, though of great force.
did not awaken the sleeping nurses The
ysmOke that began to pour into the cas-,
wing awakened the inmates to the real
ization of the situation with a sudden
ness which at once seemed to rob nearly
every one of judgment and mental fac
ulties. Cries and groans filled the air
il was impossible to see anything on
account of tie thick smoke.
Many children We're taken away early
sald the number saved and those dead
aad. injured could with great difficulty
b. counted.
.Ambulances from all the hospitals
were on the ground almost as soon as
the fire department companies and hous-
e. in the neighborhood We're thrown open
to receive the little ones who We're car
ried from the asylum.
Two young men. w. Clark and F..
oung, were coming down Plymouth
avenue at l o'clock this morning when
they saw the smoke issuing from the
asylum. Clark Immediately ran to q tire
alarm box and sent in an alarm. Then
he and his companion ran to the firc es-
cape to the roof OF the building farthest
the top terrific explosion occurred and
the flames burst forth with renewed Wig
o. In a few minutes half of the build
ing in which the hospital was situated
was mass of flames. The smoke poured
out from every window and frantic cries
could be heard coming from the inlpris-
Cned inmates. The long ladders were
run up and plunging into the sitting
smoke, fireman after fireman came Slid
ing down the ladders. bearing ilani
mate forms in their arms. Most of the
children and adults carried from The
burning building We're unconscious.
\ general alarm was sent in and
brought out the remainder of the de-
"A rtment The fire was fought from
every available point, but in spite Of tnat
| the building was almost completely de-
| s,roved before the blaze was finally
| brought under control.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-08
FLEECED BY BAD MEN.
Tammany Never Thought of Taxing
Dives and Gamblers.

New York; Jan.-The charges that
members of Tammany Hall and New
York city officials have been collecting
blood money" from gambling houses
and other disreputsble places of the eli V
is officially denied by the Tammany COM
mittee of five. Lewis Nixon, who is
chairman of the committee, has made
public a statement in which he says:
There is an organization OF men known
as the combine" that is organized for
systematic blackmail and they cloak the
workings by pretending to be paying
Tammany Hall the money they collect
for the protection they are supposed to
furnish in its name.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-08

Nor does Mr. Kilgallon care to thrust
himself into undue prominence. His ma
tural modesty asserted itself in spite Of
himself. When appointed on two COM
mittees he emphaticaly declared that he
didn't wish to hog everything. There
fore a substitute was found and with an
appointment on only one committee, Mr.
kilgallon cannot justly be accused of do
ing otherwise than living up to his pro-
fcssions.
Today the governors message will be
given forth to a waiting world. 1t is a
modest effort containing only about II,
Goo words. and is said totally to eschew
such irrelevant subjects as theosophy
electric science and the law of inertia
rlo, it is confidently asserted, will il
contain references to the subject of how
to accept an office gracefully after refus-
ing it.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-08
A DEADLYF|RE.
ROCHESTER ORPHAN ASYLUM
BURNS WITH TERRIBLE LOSS
OF LIFE.

Rochester, n. Y, Jan. S-By the burn
ing of the Rochester Orphan asylum ear.
ly today between twenty and thirty lives
were lost and many of the inmates will
die from burns or other injuries.
The asylum was three story structure
at the corner of Hubbell Park and EX-
change street, and it's occupants number
ed between 165 and 1873.
Dead and missing: Mrs. Martha Gillis,
a nurse; Charlotte Bryant Chas.. Brehm,
Bushnell Carry, Evelyn Carry, Evange
line Carey, Rhea Connell,, Mary AleXan-
DER Norton Howard Helen Hamilton,
Bertha Hall, Gladys Hill, Mary Kane,
Gertrude Mccall. Mary Mccall, Carl
Malster, Hasel Murray, Myrtle Patter-
son, Harry Paveosky, Earl Richards, AL
Ian Richards George Stuck, Violet Stuck
Lillian Stone, Herman Sapperstone. Mil
dred Slocum, Gertrude Toner, Minnie
Taffany, Mildred w. Wright. Otto Welch,
Arthur Kelly, Cora Potter. Fred Potter,
Susan Marthage. Ethel Wright, Alfred
Demorest.
The injured: Lorena Owen. serious:
Allan Belmore, Miss F. NJ Hibbard, SER
ious; Mrs. Cline, Miss Kate Catterill.
MOTIFS hedllIlS. III cIllbIi, IbidliN iC iAuul-
son, serious;; Poul Dunn, tcoloreD,, Miss
Brad, Miss Lawson, Mary Brown.
A few minutes after o'clock this
morning, a nurse. Miss Cine, snlel.cd
smoke. The matter was ilnmedi1.ely
reported to the matron, Miss l.. Dinne-
hart The smoke was located in the
boiler room. Word was sent to police
headquarters. Fire apparatus vas hur-
ried to the building, but before the first
engine arrived the structure was in
| flames. Scores of people Wee doing
| their best to rescue the inmates.
Shortly after the fire broke out a
! boiler exploded with terrific force, COM
| pletely blowing out the lower part OF
| the west end of the connecting wing.
thereby cutting off the escape of the
| children from the east end of the build
| ing.
| In the east wing We're the sleeping
| apartments, located mainly on the Sec
ond and third floors. The lower floor
! was known as the first nursery and the
upper as the second. Here We're forty
| children or more. Miss Sarah Ashdown
| was in charge of the latter, and with
her was Miss Bard of the hospital ward
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-08

The organization of the senate yester-
day was without any incident of note,
but not so the lower house. There Tom
Eilgallon furnished plenty of material
for amusement.
Mr.. Kilgallon made a great ado over
the failure of the assembly to open with
prayer. 1t was against precedent: it was
wrong; it was-here he quit. 1t is
basely asserted that Mr.. Kilgallon
was about to assert as third reason
that it was against commercial instinct
to let a chaplain idle his time away like
that when he was drawing salary for
doing something.
One dictum of Mr.. Kilgallon has sue
ceeded in giving the house an adequate
idea of it's own Importance.
I'VE are our own boss" he proudly eX-
claimed, land can make any rules we
like
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-08

here, but the fact that the other south-
ern viceroys also have protested, caus-
ing the court to instruct the plenipOten-
tlarleS not to sign the note, created u
great sensation in Pekin. The agree
ment has not yet been presented for
signature. The ministers believe, how
ever, that Prince Ching is too irrevoca-
bly, bound verbally and think he Will
sign tomorrow.
The objections of the southern vice.
ioys are precisely the same as those
which the court originally telegram phed
to Prince Ching. and concerning which.
on the representations of Prince Ching
ana LII Hung Chang, the court eventu-
ally agreed to endeavor to maxi, better
terms after the signing of the ncte.
The court doubtless was informed of
the protests from the south because if
was generally felt that dynasty had less
lnfluence there than in the noorth. Chang
81 IunS has strongly urged the court not
TO return to Pelin, but to establish "A
capita in the Yang tse valley. He saws
this will strengthen the south toward
the Chinese cause and that the signing
Oh the agreement as it exists at present
would be most serious menace to the
u!Hdsty as lne state of country is doubt
ful. The note will be signed if China is
very sincere in carrying out the provis-
IONS OF the agreement. Lii Hung Chang
is invisible to the public, His attendants
claim that he is suffering from a serious
relapse, though many persons think his
relapse is made a convenience so the
| signing of the note can be delayed until
the court can be heard from again.
Won Rogue. Il nephew of Count Won
Naidersee. rode seventy miles yester-
day, bringing the news OF a battle be.
tween the Chinese and German troops f.
the northeast of Pekn. Three. eompanie.
OF infantry and one troop nf lhlans met
2,oOO Chinese. An engagement ens,led in
which 200 Chinese We're killed and 900
We're wounded. Three German soldiers
We're killed and one officer and several
fen We're wounded. The Chinese fed.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-08
Joint Session Of House and Senate TODAY to
Hear Governors Message---|t Is
Long One.
CONTESTS FOR TOMORROW
hAvALL AND MEAGHER c0NTES rs WILL COME FRST-WLL BE
AMERRY WAR WHILE IT LASTS SENATORIAL
ASPIR ATOMS.
Special to the Inter Mountain.

Special to the Inter Mountain.
Helena, Jan. S.-The seventh leg
islative assembly of the state of Mon
tana is not exactly what would be called
a Christian body. It's best friends would
not care to accuse it of that.
But even recklessness has it's obliga-
tions, and the fusion members are unit
in the belief that no matter how many
wicked things this legislature may do,
an attempt must be made, at least, to
secure the divine sanction. Assemblyman
Kilgalon's rebuke has had it's effect. and
when the lower house again convened to-
day at 1915, Chaplain Price was called
upon for prayer before any matter OF
business was taken up.
Reading of the minutes followed after
which Secretary of State Hays filed the
documents in contests affecting seats IN
the house from Ravalli and Meagher
counties The contests are filed by B. A.
Landram and Thomas w. FLOWERS
against George r. Baggs and Aaron C,"-
ner. of Ravalli. and by H. NJ. Brooks
against Nathan Godfrey of Meagher.
On motion of Kilga!lon, the considera
ton of the charges was postponed uhtll
tomorrow.
Hitherto three members of the house.
Mcdonald and Brien, of Jefferson. ana
Dee. of Silver Bow, have taken part IN
the deliberations Of that body without
presenting their certificates or taking the
cath. Speaker Corbett drew their atten-
ton to this slight oversight today anu
the three were duly sworn in.
Assemblyman Hedges reported that tne
committee appointed yesterday had not'-
fled Governor Toole that the house had
organized and was ready for business
and had arranged with his eXceliency
that his official message should be READ
to the senate and house in joint assem-
blv at the Auditorium at 2:3o this AFTER
noon, An adjournment was then taken
to u. m. ,at which hour the senate also
convened. Through their committees d
formal agreement was reached. ana at
9.3O O'Clock this afternoon the legislative
bodies met in joint assembly at the Audi
torium to listen to the reading or GOV
ernor Too1e's mes sage.
1t contained about 10000 words. ana
was heard by a large number OF spec'a-
tors of both sexes who filed the gallery
to overfowing.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-08
WHAT WILL THEY D0e
Rumors of War to the Knife Over the
Senatorship.

Helena. Jan. SIN Helena, when the
sun is low, all bloodless lies the untroo-
den snow, and dark as amber IS the
flow of "firewater," vanishing rapidly
tnt Helena may see another sight Wheh
the gavel drops by day Or night. ana
.kicks, may mark the ''polly's' pllght'
as he stands round gaping vapldly'
"May"-that one word comes very
near being the whole situation al pres
ent, 1t can be marked Q. =. d. by
a logical system of reasoning If as an
hypothesis is taken the statement that
in imbibing the present legislature mas
already Knocked the drinking feat OF
Thor, the god of Morse mythology. into
the middle of next week; if such thing
as a ghost exists, there is little reason
for doubt that the seventh legislative
assembly of the State of Montana has
dealt the shade of Lindley Murray a
pIexus blow on the grammatical propo-
sition which must have necessitated the
services of an ethereal physician; but
when it comes to the question of hight
well, to fight or not to fight; that Is
the question proper.
1t is all up to Mr.. HeinZe. His lieuten-
ants declared in positive language that
if John MacGinnis were defeated for the
speakership of the house, Mr.. Heinze
would butcher the democratic ass, lay
impious hands on that sacred animals
jawbone and do worse things to the
Clarkites than Samson ever dreamed of
doing to the Philistines. John MacGin-
mis- has been defeated for the speaker
ship by Frank f. Corbett. a gentleman
whose name unconsciously calls up the
idea of scrap itself. and therefore it
remains to be seen whether Mr.. Heinez
is going to make good his promise. The
field is his; all that is necessary is for
him to take possession. He's a pretty
cool specimen of manhood, is the same
Heinze, and he keeps them all guessing
as to what he is going to do next. While
the Clark forces felt sure of "a votes for
Corbett in the caucus Sunday evening
and knew almost positively that three
which were going to Kilgallon could be
counted on in an emergency, yet they
felt nervous as the hour for the causus
approached, and many of them wore
their anxious thoughts on their faces.
you can never tell what that fellow is
going to spring on you," said Tom Kinds
Il think we will win out so far as the
speakership is concerned, but Heinze
may have something up his sleeve We al
know nothing about"
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-08
RAN INTO FURIOUS GALE.

san Francisco, Jan. S.-The schooner
Julia f. Whalen, which sailed from here
Jan for Apia, has returned in distress
anf without her mate. The vessel
r'unged into the thick of bad weather at
tha start. The gale continued 10 in
crease in violence and on tn morning Of
The third, mate Charles Oake was
washed from the deck into the sea.
IN schooner w. F. WitZman has ar
riyal here from San Marcos Island,
leaking at the rate of eight inches an
,ur The pumps had been kept going
) and night sine N0x. %.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-08
Washington Nav Be Selected as the Bases
for Chinese Negotiations---Wan
TO Hurry Matters.
GREAT BATTLE WITH BOXERS
GERMANS CAPTURE HEAVILY Fortified T0N-THE SOUTHERN
vICER0YS OBJECT TO SIGNING NOTE
OF THEP0WERS.

Paris, Jan. S.--As the result of inqui-
ries made in official circles the Asso-
cabled from Washington to the Daily
Mail of London) that the United States
has put forth a tentative suggestion that
peace negotiations be shifted FROM. Pekin
to Washington. The French govern
ment, has not yet received a formal pro-
position, and. therefore it's attitude on
the subject is not determined.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-08
MILLIONS FOR A NINE.
New York Syndicate Buy Valuable
Mexican Gold Property.

St. Louis. No. Jan. S.--A special to the
Globe Democrat from OaXaca, Mexico,
says: The F.Squadra gold mines. situ-
ated near Oactlan, state of OaXaca. has
just been sold to a New York syndicate
for $1,000, 600. J. $. F'assett is said to be
one of the purchasers.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-08
PLUMBERS WILL SECEDE.
Probably Have All the Money They
Want.

Chicago. Jan. S.-ChicaSo plumbers
decided last night TO quit the building
trades council. At meeting of the
journeymen plumbers union the inde-
pendent union came back ilreo the fold
of the Old organization and the ANAL
gamated union. with a membership OF
500, agreed TO Withdraw from the een-
trail body.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-08

of his effects in fire proof commandment
and holding the policy void if this were
not done. kearney and Wise We're hard-
ware dealers in .Ardmore L. r, and los.
their inventory. The circuit court Of
appeals for the eight circuit decided
that this occurrence did not invalidata
the policy and The supreme court affirms
ed this OniniOn
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-08

We MAY HAVE ANOTHER WAR

Washington s-Consul General Hodges ca
bles the Colombia
that the revoutonists
Panama and making preparations fight likely 1,
The state department intends taking vigorous
with
carry by treaty
fol protection of isthmus o Panama.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-08
GET THEIR INSURANCE.
Trick Clause Will Not Protect thu
Company.

Washington, Jan. S.-The supreme
court decided the case of the Liverpool
and London Globe Insurance Co., VS..
kearney and Wise. involving the validity
Of clause in a fire insurance policy re-
quiring the assured TO keep an inventory
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-08
PRINCE CHING is BOUND.
But His Signature May Be Disputed by
the Chinese.

Pekin, Jan. S.-The protest of the
viceroy Of Yangtse to the signing of the
Joint note has created little surprise
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-03-27

Ia ON. A fsllow with good speed
could turn out a good many more
~ them In q yenr than Marie eoralli
or Bertha NJ. clay even, though nhe
waa always good FOR our business.
They don't have much plot Al
you need iA some halrhrrndth chcaeK
u pretty, down siradden heroine. aud
minundarstooa hero. and lots ef red
fire. Then you have one. A fellow
could fake az "A good plot 60 0ns, aud
keep en turning EN- cut for yeatH
just changing the names and the
places of the atory a bit. II was dead
easy know OF one man who used
10 DO enc every two weeks. lie sold
'vm Tor SEQ fiat. no royalties and
thought he was doing well. too lie
wrote about 1000 words = day.
The typewriter Was a kpdssnd 70
these mon. They could then eit
dawn ana think out a haHy plot aud
let u grow az they wrote, ! used to
know "a fellow Ia kansas that did
one novel "A week. either railroad
yellow back or some nickel library.
lie would just cit down at the ma
chine, select good title Ike Dare
deNu Dick. or the Capture Of the Vel
ioWatane sfREe'-uud then he'd cat
loose. lie had no more idea than a
rabbit ~ what he was going 10 write,
bat he always knew he'd sell T.. and
Hn he'd hammer out something, aud
q would he n corksr when he'd get
lt dona. That fellow IL rich now. tie
ntlli keeps " ~. bat he uses aten.
oarapher aud dictates hir yarns.
But ltH the latest popular novel
nowadays that Hetls. We must have
'em, but there's nothing like the
money In en-. vish them good old
days eas back again"