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The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1901-04-18
The new White Star steamer Celtic

The new White Star steamer Celtic
which was launched In Belfast April 4th
is the largest vessel In the world, being
700 feet long, rs feet In breadth and 49
feet deep, with gross tonnage Of 90. S8C
tons. The Oceanic of the same line is
81 feet longer, but only SO feet in breadth,
with gross tonnage of 1874 tons. The
Great Eastern's length was 691 feet, S2.s
feet Wide aud 4S feet deep, with g ross
tonnage of 1918 tons.
At the Southern New England Method
list conference. In session at Taunton,
Mass, this week, the following presiding
elders were appointed: New Bedford
district, 8. U. Benton; Providence dis
trict, E. c. Bass Norwich district, J. 1.
Bartholomew. The appointments of pas
tors In ahis vicinity were as follows:
Eastford-Supplied by r. Knowles.
East Woodstock-Supplied by o., f..
Thsyer.
Gurleyville-supplied by G. G. Pratt.
Hazardville-W. j. Yates.
Mashapaug-Supplied by c. E. Bromley.
Norwich-North Main Street, supplied
by s. F. Maine.
Quarryville (P. U. Belknap)-Supplied
by ]. F. Alvey.
Rock ville-W. A. Luce.
South Coventry-To be supplied.
South Manchester-T. j. Everett.
Stafford Springs-C. 8. Davis.
Staffordville-To be supplied.
Tolland Lee church and Crystal Lake,
w. T. johnson.
Wlllington--To be.supplied.
Vernon-F. J. Follansbee.
Willimantic, L. u. Horton.
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A Gard.

We, the undersigned, do hereby agree
to refund the money on 5O-cent bottle of
Greene's Warranted Syrup Of Tar II it
fails to cure your cough or cold. We
also guarantee a rs cent bottle to prove
satisfactory, or money refunded.
w. d. HEALD, Stafford Springs.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1901-04-18

Libel once meant any little book, but
as many small tracts in the early days
OF printing were personal and offensive
In character the word acquired its pres
emit Significance. fas
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1901-04-18

Married.
Willipgson, 10th, by Rev G. L. Snow,
Willie H. Davis of Derby, VT, and Miss
Mary A. Francis of Wilmington.
Springfield. 10Th, by Rev. J. L r.
Trask, John Hermann Loud of Brookline,
Mass, and Miss Myrta hlsa Fiske Of
Springfield. ...
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OST.-A roll Of bills between Peoples
IL Market and East street. Finder will be re-
warded by leaving same at Press Ofice.
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They were two big, burly Indians.
The long eagle feather in the hat Of
one who is known as chief and the
bright red ostrich tip in the sombrero
Of the other would have told that If the
unmistakable features had not evil
denced it. A government employee. II
matters not who, but one who may pos
sibly In certain events happening make
stake out Of the tribe to which
these Indians belong, was doing the
honors OF the capitol and showing the
braves about the corridors. They left
the Indisn committee room and came
to the door Of the house restaurant.
Lets have o bite to eat" suggested
the man with the graft.
"An right was the quick reply OF
the aborigines. ..s,,ess
+ At the luncheop counter the one svho
could master the most English aaked.
|ssGhvmunt pay2''
sOh, yes," responded the hosk think
ing that the quickest way 30 Inform
them that they would not have % stand
good for the bill.
4 'Ughr' grunted the brave, eve eat
1OI, SUV pay anu S4AOJ Ss4SS
four cups Of coffee each, half dozen
hard boiled eggs. three ham sand
wiches,s one dozen doughnuts, whole
baked chicken, ice cream, whole pie
each and besides that a thirst for fre
water that was absolutely appalling.
The luncheon counter looked 40 though
cyclone might have paid it visit by
the time the Indians got through, and
the. bill that the ''guv' mint" clerk had
to foot made his weeks salary look
like Z cents.
"Guv'munt heap good" grunted the
brave as he picked his teeth in true
white brother fashion in the corridor.
1--WE eat here again" But it will not
be in company with that particular
clerk Washington Star.
ThOse Boston Girls.
Carrie-That awful Tom Browne Of
fered to kiss me.
Bertha-You don't mean it!
CARRIE do and I told him if he did
I'd slap his face.
Bertha-And what did he say to that
Carrie-He didn't say word. He
just kissed me.
Bertha-And you slapped his face?
Carrie-No: to tell the truth, was SO
fustered | forgot all about it.-Boston
Transcript. @5.*
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g ETTER Dogs. fine puppies,
~ two months old. for sale. Reasonable price.
L. Fl. SUENDERHAUF,
3-2Wt BOX 1875, STAFFORD Springs.
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: Died. .Ff
Knox City, Mo-, 4th, Catherine A.
Holt, widow Of the late Norman Holt.
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"AY For Sale.-A few tons of extra
III horse hay and some first quality rowen
TIMOTHY COLLINS, Staffard Hollow,
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II AIDES Saddle, Blanket and Bride
IL 4 For Sale. 3-4w+ MARY f. LATHROP.
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COTTAGE To RENT.
" Inquire at e. Z. TAFT'S Drug Store
F. WAYLAND PREsTON, .Auctione

F. WAYLAND PRESTON. .Auctioneer
DEAL Estate for Sale at Auction In
III West STAFFORD, Conn. ON Tuesday, April 23d,
1901, at o'clock p. m. have decided to sell my
House, barn and land belonging to it at auction
nicely arranged. two stories. with ell. Good
sized barn with basement. Running water in
house and barn. The land consists of four to
I'VE acres, half of which is of rich deep SOIL suit
able for market gardening. This property is
situated on an elevation of about sixty feet
above the valley of West STAFFORD village, and
commands fine view OF the same, also OF Stat
ford Spr gs, and an unobstructed view for
miles OF the rising. and setting sun-a healthy
buildings are newly shingled and in good repair,
with the exception Of painting, which would
same time and place lot of Household Furni-
ture and Farming Tools Sale rain or shine.
MRS. ELIZA A. HOLMES.
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Children who are delicate. feverish and cross
will get immediate relief from Mother Gray s
Sweet Powders for Children. They cleanse the
stomach, act on the liver, making stckly child
strong and healthy. A certain cure for worms.
Sold by all druggists, 25c. Sample FREE. Adj
dress, Allen 3. Olmsted, Leroy. N Y.
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Resolutions, obituaries or cards:of thanks In
serted at one-half advertising rates. Births,
marriages and deaths inserted free. Communi-
cations received without signature always COM
mitted to the waste basket without attention.
This paper ia mailed regularly to its suDscrib
ers until dennlte order to discontinue is re-
ceived and all arrears are paid In full.
THIS Paper and The Connecticut C0urant
semi-weekly, furnished for SAILS per year.
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At Variance.

"There's whole lot of difference"
remarked the freckled fanatic, lin
wishing you were dead and wishing
you were In heaven India napolis
Sun.
Yard was once any stick. rod or pole.
The expression is still used with this
meaning when applied to various parts
Of IA ships &c! ini"ent. "a yardarm. sail
yard and the ..c.
Il have been troubled with indigestion
for ten years, have tried many things and
spent much money to no purpose until
tried Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. l have
taken two bottles and gotten more relief
from them than all other medicines taken.
feel more like hoy than have felt In
twenty years. "-Anderson Riggs of Sunny
Lane, Tex. Thousands have testified as
did Mr.. Riggs. w. d Head.
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TOR SALE CHEAP-Two flrst-class
I Organs T. T. JORDAN.
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NTOOD Choppers wanted to chop 200
wv cords Of wood. Inquire Off. ID. BRAN
BL e, Morrow, or ADELBEkT N EEDHAM, Stat
ford springs.
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r AIDES BICYCLE-Asg good as new.
IL Has not been run rs miles. VIM be sold at
q bargain by WILLIAM ii. HEALD. 80
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IT ACE CURTAINS nicely launde red
- at MRS. CARDINALS, High Street.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-10-17
SteWart-EdWards.

Mr.. ALERT A. Stewart and Miss Gertie
Edwards, both of Centerville, were
united in marriage at the home of A. J..
Allen in this city last Thursday evening,
the ceremony being performed by Rev.
W. H. Ilsley.
There is just tinge of the romantic
in the marriage of these young people.
The bride is niece of Mrs. Allen, and
in company with her brother, Ira Ed
wards, wife and baby, had started on
Az overland trip to Arizona. She had
been engaged for some time to Mr..
Stewart, who is popular young rail-
road fireman, and by previous arrange
ment he met the party here and the
marriage was performed. Mr.. and Mrs.
Stewart will continue on to Arizona
with Mr.. and Mrs. Edwards.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-10-17
Jennlngs-Henry.

Mr.. d. o. jennings, of Bedford, and
Miss Iowa Henry of this city we're mar.
ried at noon yesterday at the residence
of the BRIDES parents, Mr.. and Mrs. R.
g. Henry, Rev. Julius Nelson officiating.
This couple is we'll known to our people,
Mr.. Jennings having at one time prac
ticed law here, but removed to Bedford
where he has built up good practice in
that profession.
Miss Iowa is the Oldest daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Il. G. Henry, and has
taught in our public schools for a num-
Der of years, and has host of friends
in the society circles of our city. THEFT
many friends extend hearty congratula.
tions and wish for them happy welded
life.-Mt. Ayr Journal.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-10-17

question in Jasper county at so per cent
of its actual value. If these assessments
are not presumptiyely covered in the
absence of any showing of fraud or fail
ure to return moneys and credits at
their real value, but may be revised now
by assessing as omitted property the
real value of the moneys and credits in
excess of the valuation fixed by the as
SCISSORS and boards of review, then We do
not see why any taxpayer may not now
be asked to pay taxes on the percentage
of his moneys and credits omitted from
assessment without lawful authority.
prior to the taking effect of the present
code and within the five years limit fixed
by the statutory provisions which we
are now considering or within any long.
er period which the legislature may here.
after fix upon. Notwithstanding such
percentage in valuation was voluntarily
omitted by the assessor in accordance
with the practice in any particular
county. Under the theory adopted by
the trial court this omitted percentage
would be omitted property although
there was no fraud on the part of the
tax payer and no concealment of the
true amount of his moneys and credits.
This danger may be imaginary and in
fact the trial court in this case did not
include this omitted percentage, but the
possibility illustrates the danger of over.
hauling the value of moneys and credits
in this way in the absence of proof of
concealment or failure to return moneys
and credits at their true value.
"We think it is not open to the court
to impose taxes for previous years on
the mere assumption that moneys and
credits were omitted from taxation with.
out any evidence that the action Of the
taxing officers for these years was enron.
eous as to specific clauses of property"
One of,the strongest points raised by
appellant was Judge Dewey's refusal of
the right of trial by jury. "This was
error" says the supreme court. "The
action is at law for, the recovery of
money. There is no element of account.
ing, Or other fact bringing the case with
in any recognized branch of ca uitable
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-10-17
MORTUARY.
Kit Laurance-Russel Mariner

died near Fairfield Oct. Z, 1901. The
former aged 16 years, 7 months and 20
days, the latter aged Is years, 8
months and Is days. These TWO young
men have lived in our vicinity; Kit
during his entire lifetime; Russell, for
the past four years. Their sad and un-
timely death has cast gloom over the
entire community.
They were strong and vigorous when
they left home and returned cold in the
silent embrace of death. They were
we'll behaved boys and took an active
part in Sunday School work and they
stood high in the regards of their teach
ers. Their remains were brought to
Lineville on the morning train, October
9th, by their fathers, G. w. Warner
and F. M. Laurance. The bodies lay in
state at the M. E. church South until 2
o'clock p. m. during which time they
were viewed by hundreds of Borrowing
friends. At 2 O'Clock Rev. 6. T. Trotter
delivered few very appropriate re-
marks from Amos 4: IL. "Prepare to
meet thy God" After the services
their bodies were taken to the Evergreen
cemetery followed by.a long concourse
Of relatives and friends, and their bodies
were laid side by side to await the COM
ing of the Lord. AS to their con-
ditlon we only know thew are In the
hands of just God, and their familiar
faces and cheering presence will be sad
ly missed in their homes and commun.
ity, having been kind and unseltish
brothers and obedient sons.
Kit leaves father, mother and sis
tiers, and Russell leaves father, mother
three sisters and four brothers. These
boys had given evidence of becoming
model young men and their sad death
should serve as warning to young
people to lead pure, noble and upright
| livoo
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-10-17
New Court Cases.

S. Meter vs.. w. j. Marsh and A. o.
Marsh. Suit is brought on three notes
aggregating 81 1897 20, and as defen-
dants are non residents of the state an
attachment has been issued against
their property. S. H. Amos attorney
for plaintiff.
James Cresswell VS.. Oscar j. Freeman
aud wife. Suit is brought to quiet title
to the south Is acres of the southwest
quarter of the northwest quarter of sec
ton %, township SO, range 26, Decatur
county,, Iowa. S. Varga attorney for
plaintiff.
Jennie Emmons VS.. Jordan Emmons.
Suit is brought for divorce. The parties
were married in Decatur county on
March 81, 1881, and lived together until
February l, 1901. The plaintiff alleges
her husband is man of violent temper
and has been guilty Of cruel and in
human treatment Of her, haying fire.
quently assaulted ner with his fist, a
stove poker, and curtain pole, and
has Uul0dICAOu W ldhC ACt nv houe
wants a decree Of divorce, 800 tempo
rary alimony, and the homestead in
Davis City, V. r. McGinnis attorney
for plaintiff.
j. N. Gates has been appointed elecu
tor of the will Of Orpha NJ. Turpen
deceased, with bond Of $500. Cedric
Gore, who was named in the will, hayins
declined to act.
Mrs. Mary A. Gibson has been ap
pointed administrator Of the estate O.
William Gibson, deceased, with bond Of
ST. 1000.
in Gates has been appointed guar
dian Of Carter H. Lorey with bond O
$1,000.
The last will Of H. S. Phelps has bee
filed with Clerk Keller for probate. Il
is dated August 10, 1901, being witnessed
by &. g. Jennings and j. w. Judd. He
bequeaths tract of 25 acres in Morgan
township to his wife, Lydia G. Phelps
and to his son, j. l.. Phelps, team.
Seth Sampson has been appointed ad
ministrator of the estate of Elizabeth
w. Dibble, deceased, with bond of $500
E. @. Mayhem has been appointed
guardian of William II. Mayhem, witt
bond Of $500.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-10-17
James Mendenhall Coffin

was born Oct. s, 1924, in Salem, Ohio,
and died at his home in Leon on Friday
evening, Oct. IL, 1901.
Mr.. Coffin was one of the pioneer
business men of Leon, having been en-.
gagged in the photograph business as
early as 1858. He was of Quaker par.
entage and came to Iowa at an early
date, settling in the eastern part of the
state, and came to Leon in 1857. He
was twice married and was the father
of twelve children. His second wife
was Mary E. Ellis, who died June "a,
1900. Six of his children survive him:
Edward, Frank, Vim and Ollie who re.
side in Leon; William, Of Wymore, Neb.,
and Cyrus, of Starbuck, Wash.
On Wednesday of last week Mr.
Coffin was stricken with paralysis from
which he never rallied. The funeral
was held from the home ON Sunday
afternoon at 9 O'Clock conducted by
Elder Castor, of the Christian church,
interment being in the Leon cemetery.
Tuesdays Des Moines Leader has the
following in regard to F. P. Cooper, who
owned store at Woodland which was
burned nearly two years ago:
Detective Eli Hardin yesterday
placed f. z. Cooper in the penitentiary
at TT. Madison to serve out the balance
of term of eighteen months imposed
upon him by the district court of Mad.
ison county in April, 1900. Cooper was
paroled year ago last August and it Is
claimed violated his parole. He went
to St. Joseph in an effort to evade the
officers and was located and arrested
there Sunday at the instance of Detec.
tive Hardin, who had been employed by
Governor Shaw to hunt him up.
Cooper was engaged in closing out a
clothing stock and moved about with
his goods from one town to another
While in the south part of the state he
insured with Des Moines companies and
shortly thereafter had a fire. There
were indications that he had set the fire
and Hardin was employed on the case
He discovered that Cooper had shipped
out a part of the goods on which in
surance W as claimed before the fire oc
cured. Before he Was indicted on this
charge the Madison county authorities
made dem and for him on the ground
of previous indictment for another
offense and h. was lurned over to them
tried, convicted, and sentenced.
Insist on having Maple City Soap. j
you want the best. If your dealer doe.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-10-17

Jurisdiction. Mere intricacy of the cal
culations necessary to the determination
of the amount of plaintiffs recovery will
not justify the trial court in treating the
case as one of equitable cognizance.
Moreover, the action, whatever its
nature, was brought and prosecuted az
law action, and the court was not
justified in hearing evidence without
calling jury as was demanded by ap-
RELIANT"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-10-17
Assignment Of Cases.

The following assignment of cases has
been made for the November term Of
court, the principal case being State vs.
DR.. j. w. Crofford, indicted for the muir.
der Of Maud Stone, which it is expected
will occupy almost the entire term.
Wednesday and Thursday, November
and z.
All probate matters, motions, defaults
and demurrers.
Wednesday, November 6.
Crevling vs.. Banta ct al.
Thursday, November Z.
State of Iowa vs.. ]. w. Croford.
The criminal cases are continued ex-
cept State of Iowa VS.. j. w. Croft ord,
individually, as to pleas.
Friday, November s.
All probate jury cases.
Gardner vs. Bradley.
Gould Wallace vs.. Joseph Edwards.
Goble VS., Downey.
Monday, November IL.
Maxwell We. Wolcott,
Briggs vs.. Mitchell.
I Tuesday, November 10.
T.J Grimes vs.. w. A. Ramsey.
E. J. sankey vs.. w. H. Frost.
Gates & Keller vs.. John Fettro.
Raglan vs.. 'Phipps and Young.
Marion stcokey and r. L. Parrish u.
Geo. Carter.
Wednesday, November ID.
Davenport vs.. Davenport.
Pray vs.. Barr.
We have just received car load Of
American Woven Wire Fence and barb
ed wire. Now is the time to buy your
] fence wire. BowsHER & B1DD1soN.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-10-17
MATRIMONIAL.
White-Goodman.

Mr., Clareuce G. White and Miss Maud
M. Goodman were united in marriage
at the home of the BRIDES parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Aaron Goodman three miles
north of Leon last evening at 6 O'Clock,
the ceremony being performed by Rev.
w. H. Ilsley. The contracting parties
are two of the best known young peo'
pie of Center township, and many
friends extend hearty congratulations
and wish them long and happy we'd
ded life.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-10-17

Insist on having Maple City Soap. j
you want the best. If your dealer does
not keep it he will get it for you.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-10-17

We have just received a car load Of
American Woven Wire Fence and barb
ed wire. Now is the time to buy your
fence wire. BowsHER & BIDD1soN.
Arizona republican., 1901-12-10

the mosquitoes settled on the dark cloth. but that they never did this when the person entering was clad in white fiannels. A numbe- of boxes lined with cloth of various colors were placed in rows on the floor and it was noticed that the mosquitoes would enter the box lined with dark blue in great num- bers and, in less numbers, would enter boxes lined with other colors, in the following order: dark red, brown. scar let. black. slate gray. olive green. violet leaf green. blue, pearl gray, pale green. light blue, ochre, white and orange. No mosquitoes were found in the box lined with yellow. As practical applications of these experiments 1t Is to be noted that the khaki uniform should offer ad- vantages in addition to being invisible to the human enemy. The number of insects congregating in dwellings might very well be lessened by the choice of suitable colors applied to the walls. A trap might be made, lined with dark blue in which the insects would con- gregate. so that they could be readily destroyed in large numbers.
 Have your mosquito bars yellow. The favorite blue seems to be also the mos- quito favorite.-British Medical Jour nal.
Arizona republican., 1901-12-10
A TEXAS BURGLAR.

A telegram was received late Thurs day night by Judge s. K. Williams from the sheriff of Fl Paso county tha | he had sent a deputy after T. J. Bent ley. who has been confined in the jail here for nearly three weeks. During most of this time Bentley has been shackled and his lot has been a very uncomfortable one while in durance vile. All necessary requisition papers have been secured and approved by Governor Murphy and the officers will arrive today and convey Bentley bacl, to Fl Paso, where he will be tried for burglary.-Bisbee Review.
Arizona republican., 1901-12-10
CHARLES H. ANDERSON.
Instantly Killed Last Friday by an Ex-
 plosion of Dynamite.

A sad accident occurred eight miles west of here last Friday. resulting in the death of a young man in the em- ploy of the Santa Fe Pacific by the name of Charles H. Anderson.
 It appears that Anderson. who was stranger in this section, had been working at that point for two or three days before the explosion in the capac- ity of powder man. It Is the duty of a powder man to keep the material in readiness for instant use in blasting, and as the weather has been rather cool recently it was necessary to warm the explosive before using. Anderson, to facilitate matters. it seems, had placed large piece of sheet iron over the fire Whether he dropped a stick of dyna- mite on the iron. or from what cause will never be known, but suddenly there was an explosion, resulting In the i'm stant death of the unfortunate man.
 The deceased has a mother and sister living at Newcastle. Colo. to whom the sad news was telegraphed. He was promising young man and had been volunteer in the war with spain. serving in Cuba throughout the campaign. His remains were inferred at the scene of the accident last Sat urday under the direction of Under taker J. s. Button.-Williams News
Arizona republican., 1901-12-10
TERRITORIAL NEWS
A HARD LUCK STORY.

Earl Harrison of the electric light plant has a hard luck hunting story he is telling nowadays. Last week, while he was out in the woods. after a hard days hunt. he lay down = beside his camp fire to rest. Quietly he dropped off to sleep and was dreaming of large buck deer, etc. when his dreams were suddenly broken by vivid realization that something was burning. He awoke none too soon. for his bed had caught from the fire and was almost consumed: the legs of his trousers were almost burned off and upon putting his hands in his pockets he was compelled to withdraw them very quickly as he had been carrying a number of smoke less powder cartridges in them and they were hot enough to burn the hand. He soon got rid of them, however. and upon taking an inventory also discov- cred that the stock of his rifle had been burned off He proudly boasts, though, that even in that crippled condition he killed the buck of which he was dream ing.-Williams News.