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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-01-10
DREW THE COLOR LINE.
And Now Mrs. Nancy searcey Asks
$4,000 Damages.

~1O,VVV JHIHHSeb' ~
Cedar Rapids, Jan. s.-Mrs. Mamie
Searcey has sued the Northwestern
railway for $4,000 damages which
she claims because of misrepresen-
tation of contract she entered into
when she bought of the company a
first class ticket to Glover, Va. She
claims that on arrival in the state of
Virginia, because she was colored,
she was compelled to get off the
regular train and take accommoda-
tions in the coach provided for ne
groes on another
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-01-10

Eyes, Roberts is going home be-
cause the war is over.'' s.And Kitch-
ener? "oh, he's going to stay be.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-01-10

s3} 'e1AlS-AA1SS NAoiice lawyer mas called at.
ltention to the following extract from
e chapter on legislative intent in a
work entitled, "Outline of Criminal
Law and Procedure" written by JUS
tice Emlin McClain while he was
tchancellor of the University law
school:
Legislative Intent.-It is but put
ting the rule, requiring the purpose
4of the statute to be considered. in
another form to say that the legisla.
tive intent is to ascertain and follow,
This is the primary object of all rules
slof construction or Interpretation.
When that is made PLAIN by the signs
or indications which the law regards
ias authoritative, there is no further
room for such rules to operate.
Where the language is clear and ex-
:plicit, and susceptible of but one
meaning, and there is nothing incon-
gruous in the act, court is bound
TO suppose the legislature intended
what the language imports. 1 Bl,
Cow, 80 and Cooley's note"
The attorney thinks that inasmuch
as McClain is one of the three dis
interested judges who will pass on
the case, this little extract from a
work of his own preparation and
from which he has been engaged in
teaching for years may indicate the
way he will lean in preparing his
opinion on the Titus amendment.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-01-10
TURNS STATES EVIDENCE.
Kldnaper Agrees to "Peach" On tn.
Rest

Omaha, Neb., Sin letter mailed
at Lincoln, writer who represents
himself as one of the kidnapers of
Eddie Cudahy, has made a formal
offer to turn states evidence against
his confederates in return for inn
munity himself, and this guaranty
has been made by the chief OF police
md NJ. Cpdshy
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-01-10

The japanese, it is said, have ac-
cepted the kindergarten principles
with enthusiasm, and thus new
field of work is prepared for, Japan.
Ase women.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-01-10

All the worlds = staircase On
which men 60 either up or down
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-12-14
How Frederick Stopped Dueling.

AS the result Of drunken brawl an
other German officer has Jeen killed in a
duel. The kaiser, writes a correspond
ent, II he is in earnest in his expressed
desire to stamp out dueling in his army,
might profitably take a leaf out of the
military book of discipline of the most
iiiustrious Of his ancestors, Frederick the
Great. When that potentate assembled
the Prussian throne fatal duels among
officers were of uaily occurrence. He re-
we'd to put an end to the practice, and
he did-for time-as long as he reigned,
in fact. He issued an edict that any of
nicer lighting duel, and surviving, would
be shot or hanged. Two officers appealed
to him to be allowed to try to slay each
other. Granted, on two conditions-thaf
he the king) should choose the ground
and be present at the encounter. Accept
ed. Frederick chose the ground, attend
ed the meet" and took his seat behind
fine new gibbet he had erected in honor
of the occasion. The combatants ap-
preached his majesty, saw the gibbet, be-
came puzzled and embarrassed. What
may this mean, your gracious majesty?''
they ventured to ask. 1T means this. u
was the suave reply; that the man who
survives will be hanged as high as Ha-
man on that gibbet." There was no duel,
Pail Mall Gazette.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-12-14
Height Of Waves.

Vaughan Cornish. in a paper before
the British association, corrects the pop
ular impressions as to waves "moun-
tains high" He quotes the following
mean from independent sources, of the
measured height of waves in deep
water. far from land. in different kinds
of bad weather; Hurricane, 1882 feet /;
strong gale, 20.07 feet; gale, 14.T feet;
strong breeze. 9.42 feet. Records of
waves on the North Atlantic are in ex-
istence showing them to have reached
height of from 40 to so feet. These,
however, are exceptional and infre-
quent.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-12-14
"The Moon! the Moon!"

o foolish baby! Wharf.-The moon?''
Life's vainest longing walked so soon?
Your ball is round, your bells are bright
Both close to touch as we'll as sight.
The moons a great cold. empty thing;
1t will not bounce, it will not ring.
For ages it has hung on high,
To tempt poor bye-low babes to cry, :.
Go bye-low. baby; close your eyes
What! whimpering to the same old
tune
1.-The moon! the moon!"
O wisest babe. to want the moon! =
Life's subtest lesson learned so soon! "
When sawdust dolls and trampled joys
Have shattered all our baby joys
Unspoiled, unbroken, unattained.
BY feverish fingers unprofaned,
The lovely moon still swings on high,
That self-respecting babes may cry,
1t keeps US looking to the sky.
When he have pricked our last balloon
The moon! the moon!
Louise Belts Edwards in The Inde-
pendent.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-12-14
LEAGUE TO PUBLIC
ADDRESS TREATS ON THE TELE-
PHONE FRANCHISE.
GIFT REGARDED AS VALUABLE
Business Men Urged to Insist Upon
City's Rights in the Natter
Plain Facts Are Told.

Concerning the telephone franchise
which is pending before the city council.
the Municipal League has Issued an ad-
dress to the public. This is the way the
paper reads: h:
I'VE feel it but proper to state to the
public the reasons impelling us to maNC
the request of the city council that wa
did at the meeting OF the Judiciary coa.>
mittee of the council last week relative
to the new telephone franchise askek1
for. -.
The points made by the members Of
the league committee at that time We're
fairly reported by the daily papers on
Thursday morning. But there are still
other features that should be brought
out.
What would the plant be worth with
out the franchise? If the franchise and
plant are both equally necessary. might
it not with reason be argued that the
people are entitled to one-half the ben
etits arising from the JOINT operation?
Further. granting that it requires the
investment represented in the plant to
give commercial value to the now DOR
mant utility, it might not be doing vio-
lence to any equitable adjustm ent of tina
matter to look at the imposition in this
wise.
''Conceding that an investment of
money is entitled to a reasonable return,
of. say, to 10 per cent per annum,
why should not a reasonable percentage
OF at least the remaining net earnings
go to the city treasury?
This latter feature, however. to have
any value, would require close inspec-
ton, not only of the actual investment
of capital in the plant but also of it's
legitimate and conservative manage
ment.
This. of course. is practical, although
it requires time and attention to work it
out to a practical solution.
IF it is only a fair investment of 10
or II per cent per annum that is wanted
by the franchise seeker why not ar
range the matter in this way:
ALLOW the investors even II per cent
per annum for their share. the city to
get the balance of the net earnings,
under proper security and surveillance,
and the remainder, with Butte growing
as it is. might surprise our citizens at
the rapidity with which it would pay the
original cost of the plant.
The league has not as yet been able
to get the specific figures of the cost of
such a telephonic plant as would be re-
quired to meet the demands made upon
1t, but reliable estimates to that end are
being sought and will be ready in due
time.
sWith the evidence that TIN leesaaes has
been able to get 1t is satisfied that there
are sufficient profits in the telephone
business to make business men of Butte
very sorry when they learn the true facts
as to its earning qualities that they did
not take this utility a joint invest
ment among themselves. or else, at least.
insist on the city's acquiring the whole
plant through reasonable use of the
franchise in the entire interest of the
franchise DONE"
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-12-14
Epworth League Election,

The EpwOrth League of the Trinity
NJ. f. church held its regular business
meeting Monday evening, and elected
the following persons for Office for the
next six months: President. John CAL
low: first vice president. Annie Hosk-
ing: second vice president. Hugh
Wicks; third vice president, John Cole;
fourth vice president. Mable Martin;
secretary, Flossie Hooper; treasurer,
Cora Sermons; organist. Mable Martin;
choister, John Callow.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-12-14
DISSOLUTION -. NOTICE.

This Is to notify the public that the
partnership heretofore existing be-
tween Smith & Savlie IS hereby dis
solved by mutual consent. Smith col
lects all bills and assumes all indebted
ness. Signed,
EMERY SAVILLE.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-12-14
Alleged to Be Haunted.

The report soon got abroad that the
place was haunted and both the cow
boys and hunters avoid the place as if
it We're accursed. 1t has been half a
dozen years since the place was visited,
and at that time it was tumhled in and
fast decaying and looked little like the
habitation Of man.
Now the incident of the mysterious
fate of the Engishman is but a memory
among the old-tmers of the valley and
the peculiar name OF the creek causes
but a passing thought of curiosity in
the minds of the ''tenderfeet" who are
now filling up that valley.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-12-14

EMERY SAVILLE.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-12-26
FAREWELL TO TAFT.
Four Thousand Ti1ipinOs Wish Him
Safe Journey and Quick Return.

Four Thousand TilipinoS Wish Him
Safe Journey and Quick Return.
Manila, Dec. 22.-Over 1000 members
of the Federal party called on Gov.
Taft yesterday to bid him farewell and
to wish him a safe return. The gov
ernor addressed $50 of the most prom
inent of his visitors, saying that he was
touched and honored by their pres
ence. The organization, he added, had
done so much toward bringing about
peace and giving the country stable
party that it argues more for the sue
cess of American labor than anything
else during the recent critical times.
The reports circulated in the United
States, founded on incidents connected
with the war in Batangas province and
the Island of Samar, the governor said,
tend to convey a wrong impression Of
the situation, which is really hopeful.
The military disaster in Samar had, he
said, created an unfounded feeling of
uneasiness concerning the condition Of
the people of the rest of the archipela-
go. The war in Batangas and Samar,
kept up by misguided men, furnishes
the only obstacle TO obtaining liberal
legislation on the part of congress.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-12-26

O1scOveFs That = Child Actrea0 In
His. Daughter, for Whom He Had
Long Serrchcd.
Milwaukee, Dec 22.-Frank Dodge. q
well known theatrical manager with
"A Gamblers Daughter" has recog-
nized in Baby vavene, child actress
well known in Milwaukee. his daughter
for whom he has sought in vain for
nearly six years. After Vovene's birth
his wife secured divorce, but she died
five years ago. After her death Va
vene came to Milwaukee, where she
has been under the care of relatives.
Dodge visited the Academy Of Music
last night and recognized lis daughter
there. He will pay for her education,
though she will remain in the care of
relatives
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-12-26

There have been greater crowds at
football games this season than that
which witnessed the contest between
the elevens of the army and of the
navy at Philadelphia, but there have
been none more distinguished, includ-
ing, as it did. the president of the
United States, the veteran heroes of
the army and of the navy, not to men,
ton a vast array of statesmen, diplo-
mats and other eminent representa-
tives of military, naval and civil life.
The occasion marked the climax of a
notable football season, in which the
general public has taken an extraordi-
nary interest, not without ample COM
pepsation.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-12-26
WANTS TO KNOW now FAR TO GO
DOESN'T WANT TO GET TANGLED
UP IN ANY WAY WITH MON
ROE DOCTRINE.
VERY FRIENDLY OF WILLIAM
DIsPosEs OF SENSATIONAL RE-
PORTS ABOUT NORTH At
LANTIC SQUADRON.

washington, Dec. 81. = Through YER
bal diplomatic exchanges, which those
concerned prefer to designate as in
formal or unofficial, Germany and the
United States have had satisfactory
understanding as to how far Germany
may safely go in undertaking extreme
measures against Venezuela without
encroaching on the Monroe doctrine or
otherwise offending this government.
Germany's purposes have been dis
closed to the administration, but there
has been no installing the object of
her inquiries. In fact, it is under
stood that Germany has been very
frank in explaining that the collection
of debts due to German subjects by the
Venezuelan government
Will he Undertaken
If the measures planned by the i'm
perial government are not distasteful
to the United States. This govern
ment has not, Of course, entered into
any arrangement as to the character
and extent Of the proposed German
measures, as to do so would simply be
an act of hostility to Venezuela or an
assumption on the part OF the United
States of suzerainty over South Amer
JCd' OeIIudIy must conduct nef own
business with Venezuela independently
of the United States. It is only in the
event of the development of a pur-
pose on Germany's part to secure a
foothold in Venezuela that the United
States will take a hand in the matter,
except, perhaps, as a friendly mediator.
Germany has, however, assured this
government that she has
No Purpose Of Infringing
on the rule laid down by President
Monroe as interpreted by President
Roosevelt in his annual message. The
friendly spirit shown by Germany in
ascertaining the views of the United
States before taking any radical step
against Venezuela is source of graft
fication to the authorities here. The
assurance that Germany will not make
any move that will in any way violate
the spirit or the letter of the Monroe
doctrine disposes Of the sensational re-
ports that North Atlantic squadron,
which is engaged in it's regular winter
Maneuvers in the West Indias, is be-
Ing held ready for making a demon
stration against any German naval
force that may appear in Venezuelan
waters.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-12-26

When, as Prince of Wales, King Ed
ward visited the United States great
many years ago, he heard our great
national air on several occasions. A
few days ago when Sousa's band play
ed it in his presence he recognized it
at once and removed his hat. Many
things have transpired in forty wears
TO impress him with the belief that
THE Star Spangled Banner" is a much
greater tune than he once believed it
to be.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-12-26
SEVENTY COFflNS ARE BURIED
FCLFlLLS AGREEMENT DE1'WEEN
MISSIONARIES AND Of
FICIALS.
PROTECTION IS GUARANTEED
AN IMMENSE CROWD WITNESSES
THE CEREMONIES AT The
CEMETERY.

Pekin, Dec. 22.-The officials Of Tung
Chow have given a number of native
Christians who were massacred last
year a remarkable funeral. This action
was taken in accordance with an
agreement between the missionaries
and the officials, by which the mission
aries were to refrain from demanding
the punishment of those guilty of
numbering the Christians if the officials
would make public atonement for the
crimes and impress the people with
respect for missi onaries and converts.
The funeral procession traversed the
principal streets of the walled city of
Tung Chow. There were seventy cof-
fins to be buried, and these We're fol-
lowed by hundreds Of relatives Of the
victims The procession was composed
Of company of Chinese cavalry, a
company of infantry, several bands
and hundreds of men carrying gaudy
funeral emblems. The procession took
two hours to pass the reviewing stand,
where We're gathered the city officials,
Gen. Ma, commander Of the Chinese
trops who besieged Tien-tsin; Mr..
Conger, American minister to China,
and many American and English mis-
An immense crowd witnessed the
funeral services at the cemetery. The
Chinese troops, the police and the
funeral attendants formed in a square,
with the officials, the missionaries and
tn, Whitehead mourners in the center,
near the graves. Chinese officials from
fifty villages where the Christian con-
verts had been massaCred attended the
funeral, and bowed before banners, as
they eulogized the Christians for hav-
ing died in defense of their faith.
These officials subsequently signed doc
uments guaranteeing protection to the
Chinese Christians if they would re-
turn to their homes.
The missionaries and the Chinese
Christians travelled in a special train
from Pekin to Tung Chow. After the
funeral services in the temple the Chi
nese officials rendered banquet to the
missionaries and the converts Similar
funerals will be held in other towns.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-12-26

They Find Gold in the Crops of
Ducks and Start Prospecting.
ST. Charles, Iowa, Dec. 2l.-The dis
covery of gold in the crops of poultry
has caused Jacob w. Jones, a farmer
residing near here, to do much quiet
prospecting for the precious metal on
his land. Small particles of gold were
found in every duck he had killed,
which causes the belief in the existence
of gold deposits along the bank of
North river, in which the ducks spend
much of their time. Mr.. Jones asserts
that gold was found along the river
forty years ago, but not in paying
81 antilles. The farmers in this vicin-
ity are greatly excited by Jones' dis
covery, and Iowa is in the throes of
the first epidemic of gold fever in it's
history.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-12-26
y
BATTLE WITH WOLVES.

Cook In q Lumber Camp Has n rum
ming Ftbht With II Dozen Wolves.
Marinette. Wis. Dec. %. Claude
Frackleton, cook for the Sawyer Good
man company, was attacked by pack
Of wolves at Floodwood, Mich, last
night. For two miles he kept up a
running fight with a dozen of the
brutes, which did not cease to attack
him until his cries on nearing camp
brought some Of the other men at the
CAMP with guns, who drove the wolves
back. Frackleton had been out to a
party and was returning when the
wolves found his scent. He started to
run for camp, but had not gone far
when the hrutes overlook him. He
kept at the yelping pack with club
and killed one before aid came.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-12-26

CnknOwm Man Found STIFF in Death
Leaning Agalnst a Building.
Hibbine, Mimi, Dec. 81. As the
night Waterman at the Clark mine was
attending to his duties he came upon
man leaning against the side Of the
power house. Giving him a gentle push
and telling him to move on or he would
freeze. the Waterman was surprised to
see the man fall and to discover that
ne was already frozen and dead. So
Tar as can be learned no one here
KNOWS the man Or had ever seen him
before. A SO bill was found in his
pocket, but nothing by which he could
be identified.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-12-26
OVER SIXTY MILES AN HOUR.

Engineer of n Fast Mail Train Opens
the Throttle and Makes Up for Last
Time.
La Crosse, Wis, Dec. 22.-One of the
fastest railroad records ever made in
Wisconsin stands to the credit of the
Milwaukee road fast mail which left
st. Paul Thursday. On account Of
small wreck near La Crosse the train
was given the right of way south, and
made the seventy Eight miles between
La Crosse and Portage in seventy-four
minutes. The engineer was told when
he reached La Crosse that he would
have the right of way, and on leaving
that city he opened the throttle wide.
Shortly before reaching Portage his
traii made the speed of nearly eighty
miles an hour. This rate of speed was
maintained for about ten miles.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-12-26
Moving Cautiously.

st. Paul. Minn.-It is semi Officially
given out that the Minnesota Attorney
General will not take any action con-
corning the so-called merger until after.
Christmas, and perhaps not until after
New Years. He says no new legislation
is needed and hence he wants to take
time enough to investigate and ascer-
tain what existing laws, if any. are in
danger of being violated.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-12-26
ESCAPE IN NIGHT CLOTHES.

Wisconsin Couple Suffer Terribly
After Being Burned Out.
Grantsburg, Wis, Dec. 21.-At 4 a. m.
Wednesday the home of Guy Griffin, in
the extreme northern part of this
county, forty miles northeast of here.
was destroyed by fire. Griffin and his
wife walked through snow and across
a lake on the ice to their nearest neigh
Dor, where they were received in a.
frozen and exhausted condition. both
being In their night clothing and with
out shoes. Nothing was saved from
the home, and even the animals in the
corral near the house had narrow
escape.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-12-26
Aged Woman Missing.

Winona, Mimi, Dec. 81. = Diligent
search is being made for Mrs. Augusta
Schultz, who disappeared from her
home on East King street a short time
since. It was supposed she had gone
to the home of her son-in-law, Albert
Beck, at Utica, but this proves to be
erroneous. AS she was seventy-one,
years old, fears for her safety are en-
tertained. 1t is thought she may have
wandered into the country and have
been frozen to death.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-12-26
SOP FOR SCHLEY AND SAMPSON.
An Effort to Stop the WOrdy War
fare by Making Them Both Vice
n Il

Admirals.
Washington, Dec. 81. Representa-
tive Pearre of Maryland yesterday in
troduced q bill reviving the grade Of
vice admiral of the navy, and author
izing the appointment of William T.
Sampson, Winfield Scott Schley and
Charles E. Clark to the grade of vice
admiral. AS Mr.. Pearre represents the
district from which Admiral Schley
comes and has been an active adher-
ent Of the admiral, the proposition to
unite Admirals Sampson and Schley
and Capt Clark of the Oregon in ad-
vancement to the rank of vice admiral
is regarded as conciliatory step. In
the senate similar bill was introduced
by Senator Penrose. The navy de-
partment has not yet prepared it's an
swer to the bill of objections filed yes
terday by counsel for Admiral Schley,
but it is so advanced that it will be
ready for delivery to-day.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-12-26
ravor. Minnesota I.,u n,

Des Moines, Iowa, Dec. 21.-Judge G.
S. Robinson of Sioux City, member Of
the state board of control. yesterday
read before the state conference of
heads of state institutions, an impor-
tant paper in which he took advanced
ground in favor Of law in Iowa SINH
lar to the Minnesota law providing for
a state agent to investigate cases OF
dependents shipped into the state and
those where it IS claimed dependent
persons belong in this state.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-12-26
County Clerk Appointed.

Cumberland, Wis, Dec. q. = S. w.
Sparlon, a Democrat, was yesterday
afternoon appointed county clerk to
fill the vacancy occasioned by the
death Of William Simpson. Mr.. Spar
Ion is chairman of the Almena town
board