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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-05

Lamy. Dan was six feet one, brown as
leather and as tough, and incidentally
could drink more whisky than any
man this side of Phoenix. He spent
his mornings against the bar in Ger
man Joes place, cursing out the road,
from the president down. Then about
ten minutes before his run began he
would shuttle over to his machine and
get his orders. When these we're duly
scanned Dan would open up No. 20
gently and sneak out Of Lamy like a
snake, but before the whistling post
was passed he had her galloping over
the rails like frightened thing and
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-05

ting the ribs to thrust themselves
through the cover. A ball-bearing UNI
brella is now being manufactured
which disposes of this weak point by
doing away with the wire altogether.
In place Of the ordinary notch steel
cone. much like that used in the BALI
bearings of a bicycle and like it filed
with steel balls, is used. The ordinary
ribs, with the exception that they
holes countersunk in them, are in
serted into the cone through notches.
The balls fit into the countersunk
holes in the ribs and washer held
down by q screw cap holds the whole
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-05
co.ton-Growine Area Extending.

For many generations after the first
bale of cotton raised in the United
States was sent to market most of the
cotton plantations of the country were
east of the Mississippi. But now near
ly one-half of the entire American
crop of cotton comes from the terri
tory west OF the river.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-05
Harsh-voicaa sanarles Exilea.

"Moulting is tie crucial time for a
canary's voice" writes Ida Sharper
Hoxie in an article on The Singing
Village of Germany in the Ladies'
Home Journal. Some birds lose the
little that they have; others, of course,
blossom out into promising singers. AS
soon as harsh tone is heard out goes
that unfortunate bird, for promising
singers must never hear harsh chirp.
When I asked what became of the un-
fortunates was told by the fanciers,
oh, we sell them, of course. You know
they can sing in a way. and many peo-s
pie don't know the difference between
a good singer and a bad one.' My mind
went back to a certain canary / had
had to live with once in America! I
wondered what percentage Of these
outcasts, who are huddled together ips
a cage out of hearing Of the moH.>1a-
vored birds and allowed TO a. &c
they please, go to Amer. ,,yne to
the men who deyotes az TINS "a, sew
the canaries allowed me TO sps1l AT i
eral hours ari1nnx his biz ~ ex
long while tryine apa 81 3i;1IiI
quisite sounds that ffc
tiny cages with closed sfen
high on the wall,
to sleepA had chose
SO soft md sweet,
songs d the lusty-thi
birds"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-05
Krupp's Enormou. Income.

Baron Krupp, the head Of the great
gun works, has declared his annual
income for the purpose of taxation to
be s5,225, 0oo-21 100000 marks. There
are $4,000 employees of the Krupp
works. OF this number $1,000 are ar.
Sisans snd $4,000 clerks.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-05
WomanlIke.

Jones-our little brown mare kicked
like everything when we tried to make
her wear a straw hat. AT
Brown-She did?
Jones-Yes; but my wife sewed
some pink roses and blue chiffon on it,
and now she goes all right.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-05

thing together, vhls a I, &, ),
l.es - l. . o ~ AND down with perfect
ease ,., - Is claimed that this umbrella
i is stronger on and can be rolled closer
.nan =. sfie o,'' al Present in use. Also
lns'e - :. - breaks the owner can put
a new one in n, himself without hunting
up an umbrella expert
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-05
New York the sunniest CITY.

New York claims to be the sunnisst
of the large cities. The United States
weather bureau has charts in light and
shade showing, from 1870 to 1895, how
many days have been sunny in each
part OF the country. Although Arizona
has sometimes attained percentage
Of 80 and other parts Of the west have
seen very clear skies, New York city.
follows closely with a mean percent.
age Of 50.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-05
A FLoGG1NG.

church service; and the whole niRe
months of separates without speaking
a word to a fellow prisoner. The in
tention of this Imprisonment is to give
the prisoner a realizing sense of his
position, and it fetches him every
time by it's cold calm, silent, unchang-
ing oppression.
"The separates being finished, the
prisoner is transferred to the public
works prison, of which there are now
four in ngland-Dartmoor Portland,
Parkhurst and Borstal-with female
prison at Aylesbury, in Cxfordshire
Men who were engaged in the same Of
Tense, or brothers, are not sent to the
same prison.
THE transfer is made in prison
car, which is simply an exclusive car
riage, and the traveller is not made the
victim of public curiosity. Arriving
on the public works the prisoner is as
signed to outside labor and kept at it.
There is an average of one warder or
assistant warder to every 10 men, be-
sides a battalion of the Royal Infan-
try for guards at each station. These
Warders are long-serTice men with
first-class dis. harges FROM the army,
navy or marine corps, in which school
they have learned that an order from
superior authority is sacred. They
are forbidden to construe any offense
they may observe in any other way
than as subject of report, and report
means punishment in 999 cases out of
1000.
Punishment.
consists of confinement in separate
cells, light and warm, with one pound
of bread and one pint of water daily.
loss Of class, privileges Of writing or
receiving letters or visits. For as
saults on officers the penalty is fog
ging with either the cat or birch, not
more than 80 strokes of either; but no
man fails to be taken in the hospital
who has received 20 cuts of the cat.
The work is redeeming marsh land.
building fortresses, quarrying stone or
cutting it for building fortreeses, quar-
rylng stone or cutting for build
ing purposes. But the days work,
even in summer, is rarely more than
seven hours. Meals are taken in the
calls and the food is not sufficient.
There are no fat men in penal servi-
tude. 1t is prescribed to the fraction
of an ounce, and if the prisoners feels
that he has not his allowance, he can,
at all times, have it weighed or meas
ured in his own presence.
CAS- his sentence wears away the
prisoner passes into different classes,
which are shown by the facings on his
jacket, with increased privileges; and
the last year of his sentence, if he has
been a good-conduct man throughout,
may be spent in the special class,
which gives him blue dress, visits
every two months, and more frequent
letters. No man can go out of sight
of the officer in charge of his party
nor pass behind him. He must not
talk, laugh, nor even smile. He is not
allowed any other article in his pos
session than handkerchief. He can
have no paper nor pencil, but one
piece Of soap, one towel, one wooden
spoon, one plate. tin cup, and wash
basin. He must be silent, obedient
and although the rules do not say so,
he must look as miserable as 1t is in
tended to make him feel. The weekly
dietary scale never changes, except
Three Are No Holidays.
Good Friday and Christmas, and
these are only marked by chapel
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-05

To Judge Of the real Importance Of
an individual one should think Of the
effect his death would produce.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-05
SOMETHING NEW IN UMBRE11As

SOMETHING NEW IN UMBRELLAS.
Every one knows that the weak
point in an umbrella is the wire that
holds the ribs together at the notch
where they unite with the stick. This
wire soon rusts and breaks, permit
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-05
solENTrIIc alur!NGs.x


The total undeveloped energy of
Niagara Fails is estimated by electri-
cal experts to be 100000 horse power.
Of fifty-siX glaciers observed in 1897
thirty-nine were found to be decreas-
ing, while five were stationary ana
twelve We're increasing
The steam yacht Arrow, being built
by Iysander Wright, of Newark, for
Charles R. Flint is expected to de-
velop speed of forty knots an hour
A seyen-story building in Chicago
has just been raised with jacks TWEEN
ty-one and one-half feet without crack.
ing pane of glass or injuring wall.
A new line Of steamers to ply be-
tween Tacoma and Liverpool via the
Suez canal, touching at Manila and
other Philippine ports, comprising
nine ships, is announced.
The British parliament is busy at
present in investigating the various
electric railway schemes that have
been projected in all directions in Lon
don since the opening of the Central
London Electric Railway.
The experiments tried during tho
Ashantee campaign by the British Of
ficer with the megaphone for giving
orders We're unsuccessful, owing to the
thick jungle and winding paths pre-
venting the sound from travelling.
An attachment is provided in Swe-
den by which the secrecy of the tele-
phone line is assured. The apparatus
which is rented at moderate rate.
indicates whether the telephone op-
orator is listening to the converse
ton or not.
A German society Of engineers has
in contemplation the preparation of an
international technical dictionary. to
be published in English, French and
German. The object is to secure COM
pleteness and identity of meaning in
the use of technical words.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-05

"a sound discretion is not SO much
indicated wv never making a mistake
as by nevs Irepeating it.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-05

shots were fired from it at the rate OF
116 minute. This included the time
of removing two empty magazines and
inserting two loaded ones, so that the
rate of firing one magazine charge, or
eight shots, must of course be consid-
erably faster In the accuracy test
the mean deviation of the shots was
shown to be slightly more than 0.5
inch at range OF IS feet. 1t was
taken apart in 3sl seconds and reas-
sembled in 1214 seconds.
1T also stood the zmarlably severe
dust and rust TEXTS yary well and gave
every evidence }of being the very best
military piston presented before the
trial board After being immersed in
solution Of sal ammo1Ia6 and al
lowed 10 rsma4i /. u1sA thoroughly rust
ed, it was witlgI cleaning fred as a
single preeYSloaaer, and after being
simply ia, without disassembl III 8,
WORKED au4 omatioally as before. 1t is
thought probable that he United I.
states arm author lies win ADOPT y
1as ssn . use !. w. - VI. ::
iss@..ss
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-05

IA New Face Behind the Counter.
II in Lamy. Her sway was absolute.
1t was not long before every fire
Ind throttle man on the Division
M owz il1ai experience.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-09-06
The Air

xs full of politics just now, and there Is going to be great bargains for the ward "heelers'' between now and Oc- tober l, 1901. Any promises made by office seekers from now on are made in good faith. We remember one man who had nineteen delegates out of twenty-five promise their votes to him at a convention; when the ballots were counted he received four, and, queer to say. every solitary man of the nineteen waited on him next day and assured him they were sorry he was rejected, but they all swore they voted for him. He hasn't had that sickness called political fever" since. We'll, it does not matter whether our next mayor understands how to run postOfiiee, or run clothing store. or know how 10 prescribe for any kind of sickness, or even if he's a man equipped with instruments whereby he can move anything from the weight of feather to ten ton safe a thousand miles. our store will continue to sell first quality Tea and Coffee at very reasonable prices Four bars of soap with a pound of our warranted Tea Our Coffees are always fresh roasted, and if you try some of our 24-cent Butter you'll come back for more. The quail iry at the price is what will please you at
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-09-06
rbe board of fnance win meet to

The board of finance will meet to- night.
 Special forecast for Connecticut: Fair tonight and Saturday
 Dentist Frank Erbe and Miss Anne lia Mary bohl will be married Septem- Der IT at the brides home on the Wa tertown road.
 Patrick Cavanaugh of Bishop street, who has been in the local hospital for some time, returned home last even- ing. He is still i'll.
 This evening the members and offi- cers of the Catholic W0men's associa- ton will hold an important meeting. and it is necessary that all should at tend.
 The funeral of James M., infant child of Mir and Mrs John Dwyer of River side street. who died Wednesday, took place yesterday afternoon with inter ment in Calvary cemetery.
 Joseph O'Brien, who was bound over to the superior court some weeks ago charged with the theft of fowls was released from detention yester- day on bond of $500 furnished by Patrick Newman and Dennis Cum minS.
 ' A large crowd was present at the band concert last evening. The Ameri can band rendered the various selec tions in their usually excellent man ner. The concert was well enjoyed by the large audience.
 The commissioners upon the insol- vent estate of the late U G. Booth filed report in probate this morning showing common claims against the estate amounting to $1 .S56 and unpre- ferred claims of $112.50. The commits sioners are Attorney F. J. McMahon and John Gilmour.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-09-06
Q |T'be Miller &Peck to
  ruS4uu O- axxcksl
New Laces.

New Laces.
 Black silk Chantilly, Escurial and guipure -galoon bands, serpentine bands, insertions, edgings and all overs, white silk Chantilly and Escur- ial galoon bands and allovers, cream and ecru Venice bands, straight and serpentine effects and allovers to match, net top Venice and Oriental edgings, bands and aliovers.
 New Trimmings. Black and white silk applique bands from 39c to $1.5O a yard. Black, jet and spangle edgings, jet and spangle allovers.
 Black Bourbon and Escurial bolero jackets and collars.
 Cream and ecru Venice and Russian bolero jackets and collars.
 Black and white plain and fancy braids.
 Narrow black silk passementerie bands and edgings.
 New Buckles.
 Gilt, silver and oxidized belt buckles, .25c to 49c.
 A Bargain in Shifts. At 50c-Men's. white madras negligee shirts, were 75c. At 69c-Body Brussels remnants, 1K yard lengths. At $1.25-Fall horse blankets, S4x90. At 6s4c-Fancy figured denims At 127zc-Fancy pillow tops.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-09-06
School Shoe Offerings.

Children's kid shoes, patent tip,
 lace or button, sizes , to 8,
 from 75c, 59c Misses and chiIdren's kid shoes,
 patent tip, lace sor button,
 sizes 9 to ?, from soc, .69c Little Mems satin calf spring
 heel shoes, patent tip, lace or
 button, from $1 25, 9Sc 20 pair misses tan shoes, from
 $1O0 and $1.25, 73c Boys and Youths satin calf sohes,
 good and strong and wearers,
 from $1.25, 9Sc Boys and youths satin calf shoes,
 calf shoes, extra heavy, ex-
 tension soles, from $15O, SIPS Ladies' fine kid shoes, patent tip,
 from S1.0O. 93c Ladies' fine dongola kid shoes,
 patent tip, in lace or button,
 from $1.5O, $1.25 Ladies' fine kid shoes in regular
 and mannish lasts, from $2,
 $1.47 Ladies' fine kid and patent leather shoes, cloth or kid top, from
 $500, S1.9s
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-09-06
Jones, Morgan & Co, The "Varsity' Suif

For young men, like all good things, has it's imitators, but there's a deal of difference tWixt chalk and cheese, The product of such builders of good clothes
 as we show you---jaunty, stylish journeyman tailored garments, ! stands so far above the aver age ready-to-sell garments of the average stores that there is no trouble in picking out our kind in a crowd. Why not have the best? $1O to $25
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-09-06
M. Der gi11& Sons UNDERTAKERS.
 NOTICE.

To the People of Waterbury and Sur
 rounding Country:
 Having received in the past twenty years in our business a fattering pat ronage from our people, for which we are deeply grateful, we will make, on August 1, sweeping reduction III nrices. having everything the business reuuires-Hacks, Hearses and the largest and best selected stock of Un- .dertaking Goods in Connecticut, four competent men to do the work and to do it right Those are facts that we will live up to, and to be convinced of this when needing anything in our line see our goods and prices and save money.
 Rubber Tired Ambulance on call. Rubber Tired Hacks. Leave or tele- nhone orders. Night calls answered. Thomas F. Bergin, 75 South Elm street; residence 102 Walnut street; District Office East Main street:
 Telephone at warerooms, corner Sco- will and South Main streets and al residence. 1o2 Walnut street.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-09-06
CONLON BROS.
 NEW
 SHOPPING i
 MART 142-148 South Main Street
 GREAT
 @ M M a COMBINATION CLEARING SALE
 Is continued on e week longer to make Ia thorough clearing up of all summer cos> tunes, fabrics, rem naf1ts and, odds and ends combined with advance sale of fall fabrics and costumes. ge as5e SC

Children's y school ! dresses, IA to II years. r "" sgs Ps 49c Very fine durable dress, to 14 ! years, 9oc Children's finely tailored dresses,
 to IA years. now $1.50 Special drives in children's early
 fall reefers and jackets, at
 S1.25 up 300 yards shirting prints, value
 5c, 3hc POO yards indigo blue and choco-
 late prints, 312c Handsome fleece fannelette, per- feet imitation of French flannel, Sc 1000 yards heavy and fine outing
 flannel, neat designs for
 dresses, skirts and nightrobes, Se 10c yard, our price,! ? ? Sc ? bales extra heavy A sheeting, ; real value Sc, sale price, 6c 800 yards heavy sheeting, sale
 price, 41ac 200 yards nainsook checks, sale
 price, 41ac 400 yards kimona fannelette, real
 value 2oc up, 121Ac 300 yards mill remnants white
 lawns. 6c
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-09-06
Dress Goods.

1000 yards new fall plaids. serges
 and cheYiots, cheap for 15c to z q 20c, special, 12K 1000 yards heavy storm serges,
 Henriettas and 42'fnch fancy
 weave designs, at, choice, 2; 1000 yards allS wool Sserges, chev4 { iots, silk finish Henrietta and :.
 prunella cloth, special, 3! 900 yards all wool French alba
 trosses; also French 1annels,
 value COG, sale price, 4
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-09-06
Hosiery.

Children's heavy ribbed hose,
 very fine, fast black yarn,
 from 12lac, 3 for 25t Children's and boys extra heavy
 ribbed hose, double heel and
 toe, from 19c, for 25e Boys extra heavy ribbed hose,
 double sole and heel, rein
 forced knee, from 25c, pair
 for 45e Importers sample linen, ladies'
 fancy hose. lace stripe. fro1l
 75c and $1.OO, 25t EXCEPTIONAL LOW PRIC 5 IN LACES, BRAIDS AND Tl,lM-
 MINGS FOR THIS WEEK.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-10-15
WAR PREDICTED
HILL-MORGAN AGAINST HAIR
RIMAN-VADERBILT.
Burlington Building Into Union
Pacific Territory and N. P.
Into o. R. & N.

Portland, Ore, Oct. IA special
to the Evening Telegram from Aston
ia, Ore, says:
It is reported here that the North
ern Pacific Railroad company recent
ly offered A. B. Hammond SO, 500, 600
for the Astoria & Columbia. The of.
fer is said to have been declined.
Along with the story of the re
puted offer comes a statement to the
effect that the west will soon witness
a clash of railroad interests, the like
of which has never been seen before.
The contesting hosts will be Hill-Mor.
gan interests and Harriman-Vander.
bilt combination.
On one side are said to be arrayed
the Southern Pacific, Union Pacific
and Oregon Railway and Navigation
company, while on the other are the
Northern Pacific, Great Northern and
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy.
It is said that the Northern Pa
cific is now building into the Oregon
Railway & Navigation Co.'s extensive
wheat territory in the northwest
while the Burlington is building into
Union Pacific territory with an outlet
at Los Angeles.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-10-15
LONG LINE or DEP0SITORS AT BANK
Extra Paying TeIlers Installed and Windows Kept
Open an Extra Hour-Ofers Of Assistance
Declined by President.

Buffalo, Oct. IA run on the Fidel-
ity Trust company, a state banking in
shutting, began today. A long line of
anxious depositors stood for hours
waiting to withdraw their money. Elk
ira paying tellers We're installed and
their windows were kept open until
4 o'clock. Prominent bankers and
business men say that the rumor
which caused the run is groundless
and that only the small depositors are
withdrawing their accounts. Several
large deposits were made during the
day by business houses and large
sums OF money were sent to the Ftdel-
ity company's Office by the local
banks. The Erie County Savings
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-10-15
CARS CONTINUE TO RUN
BUT FEW PEOPLE PATRONIZE
THE LINE.
Board of Trade Pass Resolutions
Concerning Street Car
Strike.

Scranton, Pa, Oct. 14-At a special
meeting Of the select council tonight,
called to deal with the strike of the
street car men, a resolution asking
the Scranton Railway company to re-
move General Manager Frank Sill
man, Jr., was, after a lengthy discus
sion defeated by a vote of Z to 9 and
concurrence was given the common
council resolution calling for a spec
ial committee of three from each
branch of the councils to act as med
iators between the company and the
strikers.
The board Of trade at a special
meeting tonight adopted q resolution
deploring the loss to business men
occasioned by the strike, ~deprecating
violence that has attended it and call
ing On the city authorities to restore
and preserve order.
Tonight ends the second week of
the strike, yet cars continue to run
with very few passengers.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-10-15
HOTEL ARRIVALS.
The Grand.

Rufus B Thompson, Highfield; Thos
Murray, Lewistown; Chas Hahn, Chi
cago; G B Finch, st Paul; James
Richardson, Lavina; Frank Shelby,
Denver; w A Ridgeway, Chicago; T
Feeley, Minneapolis; John NJ Struck,
Kansas City; Minnie Miller, Laurel;
Rollo Whitcomb, Big Lake; M Wick
er, st Paul; A Mueller, Chicago; Ed
-Koochland, Wyoming; Henry A Bon
ner, Minneapolis; w r Westbrook
and wife, Laurel; E A Gray, Helena;
R Lee McCulloch, Hamilton; R w
Redman, Livingstone; w S Ferris,
Salt Lake; Chas e Birmingham,
Butte; L M Hughes, Helena; H r
Cocker, Bridger; R R Selway, Sheri-
dan; D B Palmer, Seward; j w Had
ley, Denver; G F Hamilton, Chris
Christensen, H G Jarvis, Sheridan; ]
E Edwards, Grow; E A Hough, Min
neapolis; A E Neate, Bridger; M M
Potter, H E Woodman, Helena; Chas
White and wife, Spokane; l. A Nut
ting and wife, Laurel.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-10-15

his family, is among the most respect.
ed residents of the place.
He caught a crowd of boys sup
posedly ~poaching on his rabbit pre-
serve, and jumping from his buggy he
started after them with a heavily
loaded shotgun in his hand. Sher-
man claims it was a%ccidently dis
charged while he was running.
Ed Darlington, 16 years of age, was
instantly killed; Earl King, II, is shot
through the right lung and is dying,
and James Considine, IA years, is
shot drought the back and hips.
Sherman Immediately brought the
wounded boys to town and then gave
himself up. He has been arrested on
the charge of murder. All of the
boys were running at the time of the
shooting and can give no account of
it excepting to say that he ordered
them to halt.
Mr.. Sherman and his family were
preparing to go abroad, expecting to
leave here tomorrow.
Considine made a statement tonight
to the effect that Sherman had threat
ened them before the shot was fired,
but as he was running at the time he
could not say how the shooting was
done.