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, 1901-06-13
Indians Present Passion p,ov

Vancouver, b. c.. June 1O.-The pre-.
sentation of the Passion Play. post.
pohed on account of heavy rain. was
gwen Saturday on the Indian reseryg.
ton at C~hllllwack. Five hundred 81.
wash Indians representing thirteen
lrlhes II speaking sever different dI.
play. ~
Inc Indians included 1000 Abort.
ElneS from all parts of the Pacific
coast all wearing brilliantly colored
costumes. The solcmnity of the occn.
sion was marked by the peculiarly do
yotlonal demeanor Of the Indians. ON.
door nltnrs had been erected ON The
reservation. the affairs being used In
the celebration Of the impressive
scenes IN the sacrament procession
-Four hours were occupied in present.
ing the plny.
The Passion Play was n solemn cul.
mination of the week of pilgrimage to
me new Sacred Heart Church IN Chill.
liwack.
, 1901-06-13

New York. June 1O-Thc Tribune
says that some physicians of this city
think the order issued 10y II. V. Pow
derby. commissioner general Of lmmi,
grafton. debnrring cmigrantS affected
with tuberculosis of the lungs from en-
tcriug this country. may result In some
countries adopting retaIiltury meas
uros.
They further think that these meas.
urps may he uf such an order that con-
sumptlyrs who might have been ben.
Gifted 10y a "trip abroad muy be COM
PEELED 60 stay here. and That tile stand
tuEcu hy this government in dealing
with Immigrants having tuberculosis
may, moreover, lead TO actiou by states
aud municipalities which would prac-
tieally keep consumptiyes al home.
, 1901-06-13
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.

-
A statement given out by the war
department shows the claims of the
various states for the fitting out of
volunteer troops during the Spanish
war, the amounts allowed and paid on
the claims. and the balance still due.
These balances will be paid and GER
titled. 1t is seen that of Colorado's
claim for S49,1i4, S22.7T0 has been paid
leaving S26.314 yet due. Wyoming's
claim FOR $9,O45 has all been paid eN-
c"ft SIG; Utah's claim for 1000 Is
paid MI but $6S. while $500 has been
paid to New Mexico on a claim of
S5,SSl. and $3.50 to Arizona on Il
claim of S2.G23.
The National museum will soon
place on exhibition the lock and key
10 the front gate of the sacred city
of Pekin. The gate is Immediately
in front of the imperial residence. The
Chinese inscription on the lock will
he translated. The lock is an iron
cylinder three feet and ten Inches
long. Extending from the cylinder is
an iron roo ben back that IL might
pass through the gate hasp and into
the lock guide. In the lock are four
tumblers. The key is of iron and is
about -four feet long. The lock and
key We're Sent through Minister Con-
ger As n gift to the National Museum
by Rev. w. T. Hobart, n Methodist
missionary in China.
A number Of petitions have been
presented to the general land office
for the purchase of dead timber with
in certain portions of the South Platte
forest reserve, Colorado. This timber
is represented to have been killed by
II forest fire, several years ago. lnas-
much rs it appears to be rapidly de-
%teriorating in value and quantity and
is n to the surrounding timber,
it is thought best to encourage its dis
posal, ms its removal will tend to pro-
mote the better growth of surround
ing trees. For these reasons Commits
sioner Hermann has directed that such
portions as are sound enough for com
mercial purpose shall he sold. without
advertisement, for one dollar per thou
sand feet, and that such timber as is
useful for firewood shall be sold for
IL cents per cord. The distance from
market and inaccessibility of the tim
her is taken into consideration in fix
ing these prices. There is over $1,000
feet of burned timber, good for lum-
her, II many hundreds of cords of
tirewoOd. Each purchaser will be lint
tied to 100 cords of tirpwOOd.
, 1901-06-13
The John Thompson SSSSp SIlESt
TRAINING THE CHILDREN.
Forcing the Child Too Young Decr,,s
by Doctors and Scientists,

by Doctors and Scientists,
Children of this generation, says an
educational observer Of things, are
educated n a manner as different from
hat pursued by the previous genera.
ton as a hippopotamus differs from a
flea. With our fathers the earlier A
child was taught his or her letters the
better it was considered to be for his
or her mind. Children were taught to
read as young as possible and pushed
in their studies as rapidly as might
be thereafter. Lately. however. the
medical fraternity and scientists have
advanced the theory that this system
was bad in the end for the develop.
ment of the mind and within certain
limits) and the later a child was taught
its letters and to read and write the
better. There would seem to be some
thing in the theory, when you take
into consideration that of all the ami
ma kingdom man is the slowest OF de-
velopment and requires longest the
fostering care of its parents. A child
of 5 cast out upon the world to feud
for itself would most probably fare but
i'll. And, from immature years, but lit
tie muscular exercise should be re-
quired, else stunted growth inevitably
results. If too early work stunts the
growth of an infants body, by analogy
1t seems not improbable that a like
effect may follow a too early working
of the infants mind. Certainly his
tory shows that some of our brainiest
men have developed late in childhood,
and / have in mind a certain Statesman
of worldwide reputation, who. up to
the g of 9, was looked on by his fam.
lily as a hopeless dullard and an i'm
possibility mentally. On the other
hand, the kindergarten and primary
school had one great recommendation
that this generation of mammas were
loath to give up, and that was that for
a certain number of hours a day II re-
lieved them from the care of their
young. a blessing not likely to be
thrown aside. Besides, 1t was felt
that while too much education for the
infant was bad, none at all was bad
also. Under the conditions a COM
promise system has grown up. Chill
dren receive what might be termed an
objective education. They are taught
what things are by handling and OBJ
serving the thing. They are taught car
pentry and manual arts and similar
things, but of books nothing. save
hat their elders may tell them. AS
FAR as 1t has gone, the system seems
10 have worked famously.-Utica
Globe.
, 1901-06-13

A new tirearm is being introduced
into the German army. 1t is of rather
a complicated design, but 1t is claimeu
to be a perfect weapon regarding Is
firing capabilities. The barrel has been
made more substantial than that oil tne
Mauser, while the soldiers magazine ID
protected from the heat of rapid nj
ing, The magazine is loaded from q
charger, instead of the clip, the au.
vantage of which innovation is MAJ II
a be loaded with great rapidly elm
er from the right or left.
, 1901-06-13
INN ENSE GROWTH OF
POPULATION IN CITIES

Washington, June 1O-The census
office has issued II bulletin giving the
population of incorporated places III
the country. The bulletin shows thnt
there are 1O.GO2 such places, as com.
pared with 1913 in 1890.
The bulletin shows thirty-cight cities
containing more than 100000 people
each. OF the large cities in 1900. three,
New, York, Chicago and Philadelphia.
contain more thun Il million inhabi-
tants, the same Ms in 1890. while for
cities having between 100000 and
100000 inhabitants those in 1900
number three, rs against one only in
1870. There Were no cities in 1900
containing between 100000 and 800
900 inhabitants. but at the census of
1870 there We're three cities i'm this
class. On the other hand. there are
five cities In 1900 with n population of
between 100000 and 100000. bur I'm
: y there We're no cities coming be
tween these limits of population. OF
the total number Of places in the list
almost one-half. OF 1,31S. contain moro
tllhn IOt people, while there are 2,OJ1
places of between 500 and 1000.
or the states. Illinois leads with g3O
incorporated towns. aud Pennsylvania
comes next with 1913. New York has
lbs such places, There are no Moor
p%orated municipalities in Alaska. The
incorporated places contain. in the ag.
gregatc, 35,Si1,5lG Inhabitants. ms com
pared with u total Of 2G.O79.S2S per.
sons living in Incorporated places IN
1880.
The combined population of iucor-
poratcd towns and cities constitutes
ioriy-srNcu per cent. of the population
of the entire country, rs against forty.
II per cent. in the towns i'm 1880. in
The state of New York, which takes
Ii lead In this respect, seventy-seyen
, 1901-06-13
SAYS THE BoERS WILL WIN.
Opinion of Capt. Turner Recently Ar
rived from South Africa.


Capt. Francis John Turner, recently
arrived in this country from South
Africa, talks Interestingly OF condi-
tons there. There Is no peace in sight,
he says. The Boer cause never looked
so bright as at the present time, and
although the burghers are sickening OF
the bloodshed that is darkening the
soil of the two little republics, they are
determined never to sign a peace IN
less absolute independence for their
countries ia granted. On that one con-
dition, and that alone, will the Beers
lay down their arms, and the treaty OF
peace must be signed by two world
powers as sponsor for its observance
by England. The reports of De Vets
insanity are absolutely baseless. In
stead OF being either physically,
mentally sick ne is as strong and Wig
orous as he eve has been, so much
so, in fact, that the general is avoiding
the British traps and continues to har-
rass their generals by his rapid move
ments. Capt. Turner bears the marks
of the bloody conflict raging in South
Africa: a little finger he left at the
battle of Abraham's Kreel and a burst
Ing shell crippled him temporarily
while a bursting charge OF lyddite tore
a Jagged hole in his left cheek. He
took part in the battles at Ladysmith,
Helpmakar, Poplar Grove. Bloemfon'
TEN water works, Vet river. Kip river
and San river, and with Gen De Wet
he swept through the Free State, tax
ing part in a number of that generals
successful raids. Utica Globe.
, 1901-06-13

immigration into Cuba continues tc
be almost exclusively from the Spanish
peninsula, 1904 persons out of a tota'
of 14,57S in the second half of 1906
having come from Spain. 1t is aston.
ishing to learn that in the same time
only seventeen immigrants to Cuba
were from the United States. The
situation reminds one of what the his.
torian Froude said years ago: What.
ever the eventual fate If Cuba, the
Spanish race has taken root there. and
is visibly destined to remain. Span,
ish, at any rate, they are to the bone
I'M marrow, and Spanish they will
continue"
, 1901-06-13

The electric street railroad is little
more than ten years old, and yet a
man whose business 1t was to inves.
tigate all the lines which were first
put in, says that almost nothing Of
what he then found is in use today
Practically all the appliances of cleo.
trio railroading of that time have
gone to the scrap-heap, so rapid have
been the improvements in this new
field. There is always an experimental
stage in new inventions, during which
changes take place rapidly. Then ex,
perience sits out the best, the forms Of
machinery become established, and
after that Improvements are compare.
lively rare.
, 1901-06-13

We are at the beginning of things,
a a captain of industry, not at the
ending. With scientific business
methods, he added, he would rather
have the dump" of the mines than
the mother vein" II he had to han
die the mother vein in ignorance
The principle is broader than any ap-
plication to a single sphere of opera.
lions. More than ever before, ignor.
ance means waste and extravaganza
even II it does not insure failure.
, 1901-06-13

DR.. John W. Hoffman, professor OF
agriculture in the Florida State Indus
trial College, is one of the most noted
negro scientists in the world. He has
Just been elected a member of the Mas
s~achusetts Horticultural Society, and
also belongs to the Royal Agricultural
Society of England and many other
similar organizations.
, 1901-06-13

A physician who has recently re.
turned from Persia says hat the ma,
tives still believe that human tears
are a 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 a 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
, 1901-06-13

The city of South Norwalk, Conn
keeps a part of its records In a
chimney. This unique safe is iounl
at the municipal electric lightins
plant. The space usually utilized as d
soot pit in the base of the 6OV-ioot
brick smokestack has been utilized iol
keeping the records and books oil wv
plant
, 1901-06-13

Miss Josephine Bowen Holman. an
Indianapolis girl who is to marry Mar
conf, is herself an enthusiastic labora-
tory worker and has devoted a great
deal of her attention in that line OF
electricity.
, 1901-06-13

The Cunard steamer Saxonia reached
Boston the other day with 2.172 pas
sengers from LIVERPOOL whole town
ship Of peoples 72 of them Storage.
Scandinayians and N~orweglans made
mp the largest factor Of them some 500
or 80, with S2G Irish immigrants. POS
English adults-not reckoning in
children and infants. some Films and
people Of other natiOnalities. There
were some 300 or more would-bc i'm
migrants left waiting at Queenstown
because the Cunard Company did not
care to take them in the Saxonia.
, 1901-06-13

The arrest of a thief in Madrid tht
other day shows hat Spain is still in
the race for progress. This gentleman
who was always elegantly dressed
carried in his overcoat a strong cleo,
trio battery, Joined by wires to :
metallic plate. which he held in the
palm of his hand. He would ap.
proach his victim with outstretched
hand, pretending to have had pre-,
vious acquaintanceship. Result, q
sharp electric shock. which rendered
the subject powerless. His pockets
were rihed of watch, purse. etc. in q
moment. The thief had followed this
profession during the last few years
in various European countries. and
confessed that his ingenious apparatus
had been made at Chemintz, Saxony
, 1901-06-13

Said a shrewd minister before the
collection was taken up: Those who
are in debt iced not place anything
on the plate" The collection was
double the usual amount.
, 1901-06-13

The repartee you think of when 1t
is everlastingly too late to work of
may save you a friend.
, 1901-06-13

Queen Wilhelmina is about to leave
her dominions with her husband for a
yachting cruise in Italian waters,
touching at Genoa. Naples. Palermo,
Sicily and Venice, embarking at Genoa
on board a yacht which has been char
tered for the purpose. The prince con-
sort will not return with her to Hol-
land, but will take his leave of her at
Venice, or perhaps at Port Said. II she
chooses to accompany him so far on
his voyage. and will then proceed on
board a m~an-of-war. escorted by two
cruisers, to the Dutch East Indies, re-
turning late in the autumn.
, 1901-06-13

The prize fighters whose plans for
a grand ''sparring exhibition" in Gin,
cinnati were thwarted by the prompt
action of the authorities have been
looking with considerable confidence
toward Mexico. They can hardly con.
slider the outlook encouraging. When
the matter was laid before President
Diaz he made this comment: III
prize fighting is too low and brutal for
the United States. and is offensive to
the best public opinion there, 1t is
too low and toe brutal for Mexico. The
military forces of this republic will be
instructed to arrest every person con.
nected with the proposed fight IL found
within our territorial limits" and
orders to that effect were promptly
transmitted to both civil and military
authorities on the frontier.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-19
TESTING NAvIEs.

Maneuvering of French and English
Fleets for Purpose.
The English and French naval
maneuvers took place recently at al
most the same time. The French ma
neuyers were planned to represent
conditions which might arise if there
were war between France and Eng
land. In that event, it was assumed
that the English channel Or home
squadron would try to join itself to
the English Mediterranean squadron.
The French Mediterranean fleet would
endeayor to prevent the junction. This
was the problem set to the French
commanders in the maneuvers. A
certain number of French battle-ships
and cruisers represented the English
channel squadron, and another fleet of
war-ships the English Mediterranean
squadron. A third fleet, representing
the French Mediterranean fleet, was
sent out to prevent the junction Of the
two English squadrons; and smaller
group, representing the French North
ern or Channel feet, sailed out to CO..
operate In tte movement. The Details
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-19

of this great naval game could be I'M
derstood only by naval experts, but the
result was that the fleets representing
the English squadrons effected the de-
sired union. In the case Of the Eng
lish maneuvers, in which one hundred
and seventy vessels participated, the
problem was to defend the English
channel and it's approaches and St.
Georges channel from the attack of a
hostile fleet, bent on destroying COM
merce. Here, as in the case OF the
French maneuvers, the victory rested
with the enemy. According to the cal
culated results, the attacking fleet lost
only three cruisers, three torpedo boat
destroyers and three torpedo boats,
while it sunk dozen cruisers, two
gunboats and eight torpedo-boat de-
stroyers of the defending fleet, and
captured an indefinite number OF mer-
chantmen. Both in England and
France there has been sharp criticism
recently on the efficiency of the navy.
The disappointing 9esult Of these
maneuvers is likely to strengthen the
demand for improved Construction and
9 reformed administration. Youths
Companion.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-19
MARIETTA DAVIS.
of the turmoil of the civil conflict this
curious memorandum was lost.
The End ora Lon6 conrroxe,e,

- ~'ss~ ~ - A~O'sS SSSsSS SSSsSJ
The controversy raised by the late
Rev. John Jasper of Richmond, Va,
who declared in his lifetime that "the
sun do move," is at last in shape for
a final decision. The colored Baptists
of Mount Calvary church in that city
have since Jasper's death become sore
ly divided on this momentous question,
The majority have held firmly to the
orthodox Jasperian doctrine, but nil
nority, led by Brother R. D. Smith, de-
scribed as "a leading member of the
church," have gradually grown bold
enough to assert that the earth re-
wolves around the sun, and not the
sun around the earth. To restore peace
to the distracted church and settle the
planetary system on permanent ba-
SIS, the congregation is to meet in sew
eral sessions and have the question
thoroughly thrashed out in joint de-
bate between the aforesaid Smith and
Brother A. d. Daniel, the latter de-
tending the astronomical views Of the
late Jasper
When the two orators have closed
the argument the CONGREGATION will
take vote and settle thel matter far-
ever. Thus it once more made NAH,
fest that the foolish things men 81
live after them, while the wise ON,
are oft forgotten. The Rev. Jasper nc
doubt said some wise things when he
was not talking of the sun.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-19

1860. Enters the junior class in AL
legheny college, Meadville, Pa, but
poor health prevents the completion Of
the course. Subsequently teaches in
a public school near Poland and later
becomes a clerk in the Poland post
Office.
Enlists AS Private.
1861. June II. Enlists as private
in Company E of the 23d Ohio Volun-
teer infantry.
1862. April Is. Promoted to COM
missary sergeant while in the winters
camp at Fayette, w. Va.
1862. Sept. a. Promoted to second
lieutenant, in recognition of services
at the battle Of Antietam. Wins the
highest esteem of the colonel of the
regiment, Rutherford B. Hayes, and
becomes member of his staff.
1868. Feb. Z. Promoted to first
lieutenant.
1864. July Is. Promoted to captain
for gallantry at the battle of Kerns-
town. near Winchester, Va.
1864. Oct. II. First vote for Presi-
dent cast, while on a march, for Abb
raham Lincoln.
1864. Shortly after the battle of Ce-
dar Creek (oct. 19), Capt. Mckinley
serves on the staffs of Gen. George
Crook and Gen. Winfield S. Hancock.
1865. Assigned as acting assistant
adjutant general on the staff of Gen.
Samuel S. Carroll, commanding the
veteran reserve corps at Washington.
President Lincoln Brevets Him.
1865. March Is. Commissioned by
President Lincoln as major by brevet
in the volunteer United States armv
for gallant and meritorious services
at the battles of Opequan, Cedar Creek
and Fishers HILL"
1865. July 26. Mustered out of the
army with his regiment, having never
been absent from his command on sick
leave during more than four years'
service.
1865. Returns to Poland and at once
begins the study of law.
1866. Enters the Albany IN. "
Law School.
1857 Admitted to the bar at War
rem, o., in March. Accepting the ad-
vice of an elder sister teaching in Can
ton, he begins the practice of law in
Canton and makes that place his
home.
His First Office.
1869. Elected prosecuting attorney
of Stark county on the Republican
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-19
Marr;ase at Sbirfn.

The celibacy question is delicate
one to discuss, but it seems to me that.
If by giving young workingmen a
chance of lodging themselves COM
fortably and respectively when they
drst become self-supporting you pre-
vent them from getting married to
girls as young as themselves and ac-
luiring quiyerful of babies before
they are we'll out of their teens, far
more good than harm is likely to re-
suit in the long run from this opera
ton. Young men of the middle class
at the present day rarely marry under
thirty, many of them not till they are
we'll past that age. So far as can
see, neither they nor society are the
worse for deferring their nuptials.
The lower you go in the social scale,
the stronger are the reasons against
a man marrying young.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-19

advantage by Democratic legisla-
ture.
1880. Reelected to Congress by
S,5H majority. Appointed member
of the ways and means committee to
succeed President Garfield.
1882. The Republicans suffer re-
verses throughout the country in the
congressional elections and Mckinley
is reelected by majority of only 8.
1884. Prominent in the opposition
to the proposed Morrison tariff" in
congress.
1884. AS delegate at large to the
Republican national convention in
Chicago, actively supports James G.
Blaine for the presidential nomina-
ton.
Again Elected to Congress.
1884 Re-elecled to Congress by
majority of 1000.
1885, Reelected to Congress by a
majority of 1850.
1885, Leads the minority opposition
in Congress against the 'Mills tariff
bill"
1885, Delegate at large to the ma
tional convention in Chicago that
nominated Benjamin Harrison, and
serves as chairman of the committee
on resolutions Many delegates wish
Mckinley to become a nominee, but he
stands firm in his support of John
Sherman.
1888. Elected to Congress for the
seventh successive time, receiving a
majority Of 400 votes.
1889. At the organization of the
51st Congress, is a candidate for
speaker of the House, but is defeated
on the third ballot in the Republican
caucus by Thomas B. Reed.
| Chairman of Ways and Means Com
| mittee.
1890. Upon the death of William D.
Kelley in January Mckinley becomes
chairman of the ways and means COM
mittee and leader of his party in the
House. He introduces bill "to sim
plify the laws in relation to the COL
lection of revenues" known as the
customs administration BILL" He al
so introduces general tariff bill. The
bill becomes law. on Oct. 6.
1890. AS result of the gerryman-
dered congressional district and the
reaction against the Republican party
throughout the country, caused by the
protracted struggle over the tariff bill,
| Mckinley is defeated in the election