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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-19

evidence of the anarchist conspiracy.
This document binds it's members to-
gether to advocate and work for the
destruction of the existing social order,
and continues:
las in former times no privileged
class ever relinquished it's tyranny,
no more can we take it for granted
that the capitalists of the present day
will forego their privileges and their
authority without compulsion. 1t is,
therefore, self-evident that the fight of
the proletarian against the upper and
middle classes must be of violent
character and that mere wage con-
flicts can never lead to the goal.
Urges Force as Only Remedy.
1--WE show by numerous illustrations
that all attempts which have been
made in the past to do away with the
existing monstrous social system
through peaceful means for example,
the ballot box-haye been useless, and
will be so in the future.
"Force is the only remedy.
1--WE know. therefore, that the rul-
ing class will not voluntarily relin-
quish Its prsrogatives and will make
no concessions to ls. Undar all these
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-19
A Perfect Coy.

81 never heard of but one perfect
boy" said Johnny, pensively, as he
sat in the corner doing penance. "And
who was that" asked mamma. "Papa
when he was little" was the answer.
And silence reigned for the space Of
five minutes.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-19
GeDEATH on THE RE.YXI)F Mt *

not only the people of Buffalo, indig-
naht at the disgrace to their city, but
seiahgeGs, who had no neignborly re-
spect for the local authorities.
GOV odell pacted promptly and gave
oiuers TO protect the Jail. Thus the
assassin was safe from penalty for
.ne miserable death he had dealt out
10 the President
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-19
EMERGENCY HOSPITAL,

EMEHITNCI E1USFIIAL,
(Where the President was first taken
after the shooting.)
here of the arrest OF Edward VOL.
cizynski, Of this city. in Chicago, Sergt
Doran and Detective Schmunk were
detailed to search the house in which
he lived at 1870 Broadway. They
found stored away on top Of a cup.
board fifty feet Of fuse, such as is or,
dinarily used in the manufacture Of
dynamite bombs. (The information
was at once telegrapbed to the Chica,
60 authorities.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-19
Crowds Surround Jail.

During the early part of the evening
crowds began to gather about the sta
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. thn--nesns,si,.-c
gosz, was confined, and the purpose Of
their gathering was at no time pys-
FERROUS. People gathered rapidly,
who openly declared they intended to
lynch the assassin, if the President
died.
The authorities were fully alive to
the situation and agents of the secret
service reported that the people were
excited beyond measure. There were
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-19

full drafts of oxygen, seemed to fade
away soon after 10 o'clock, and con-
seriousness was lost permanently.
Around what was supposed to be the
actual deathbed, besides the surgeons
in the case, were Abner Mckinley, Miss
Helen Mckinley. and Mrs. Duncan, the
brother ana sisters of the President
They were hurriedly called to witness
!: the passing of brother and Presi-
dent Yet an hour seemed to be de-
layed from one brief moment to an
other
Members of Family Gathered.
Downstairs and in the hall were the
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-19
Ballet Fired BY Assassin Czolgosz Com
plefes Its Fo1tl Mission

during the night broke up, coming
down the walk singly and in pairs.
Men Weep as They Leave.
Everybody was deeply affected. Sew.
eral of the men were sobbing aloud
as they passed on their way to their
carriages.
Secretary Wilson says that the party
will go first to Washington, where the
body will lie in state in the Capitol
but fnterment will be in Canton, o.
The details of the Presidents funeral
VIII be in charge of the Secretary of
State. Through him notices and in
vltations to distinguished foreign rep
resentatives will be extended.
Congress May Attend Funeral.
The wishes Of the members of the
Presidents family will be observed
and the character Of the services will
depend entirely on them. Congress
will attend in body. if the services
are held at the national capital, but
If they are performed at Canton this
arrangement may be changed.
The House is not organized. and the
oath has not been administered to the
members elect, but they will be in
charge of the Sergeant-at-Arms of the
last House, who holds over in office.
The Senate, being a continuous body,
will be present officially, with Presi-
dent Pro TEN Frye at its head, and
the Sergeant-at-Arms in charge of the
details.
Secretary Root and Secretary Long
will detail suitable bodies of military
and naval forces to be present at the
funeral.
Death Caused by Hcnrt Trouble.
The President s heart gave trouble
from the beginning, but its cratic ac-
ton was at first thought to be due to
the shock of the wound, but when the
would had begun to progress favorably
the heart gave more trouble and anXi-
ETY. than ever. Its action became feeble
and finally gave out altogether.
The Presidents death was due to
heart exhaustion, but some Of the
physicians do not believe there was
organic heart trouble. The theory of
at least one Of the physicians is that
the original shock of the first bullet
over the heart had much to do with
the trouble which caused death.
Slayer Saved by Darkness.
noticeable theme of comment was
occasioned by the hour at which the
death occurred. 1t partook somewhat
of the providential that the event
should have come in the dead Of
night instead of the early evening,
when the thousands who gathered on
the streets of the city were in no ten
der mood Had the death come ear
lier it is possible that the authorities
would have had to cope with more or
less violence.
Crowds Surround Jail.
During the early part of the evening
crowds began to gather about the sta
ti0n- hnnsa.--1uhorn -tha--ne.ea4seir,,-
gosz, was confined, and the purpose OF
~,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-19
The Entire World Mourns til.
Fare Of TIE Victim Or
/, an Anarchist.

After every resource Was exhausted
for over twenty-four hours, after the
sinking spell early on Friday morning,
death came to William Mckinley, the
twenty-fifth president OF the United
States, at 2:15 o'clock Saturday morn
Ing at the AIilburn residence, Buffalo,
NJ
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-19
The Struggle With Death,

The Presidents turn for the worse
came at o'clock on Friday morning,
and it was almost exactly .wenty-four
hours later before the last flicker of
life had died away. 1t was the heart
which failed early in the morning fol-
lowing upon the partial collapse on
Thursday night, and all through the
terrible day into the night the heart Of
the good President beat with irregular
throbs which told of the inevitable
and
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-19
Mrs. Mckinley Informed.

Mrs. Mckinley was warned that it
was only question of minutes before
the end came, but as these minutes
drifted into hours her strength failed
completely and she was forced to re-
tire, under the commands of the physi-
clans, who alone could tell whether
life was extinct or not.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-19

NI4At 5ixY4s&%J w etAAiS .
quentlN ii4fs4ed in the cf 4hsI.
plate and the marking wasHs away
by the knife and fork. In sume ,n
stances entire sets Of china for diners,
ent courses are marked, and always
each piece of dish-the cover, the
dish itself, and, if soup tureen, the.
piece upon which it rests. The let-,
tiers for the marking are always the
initials of the mistress of the house.
and are put on in script in preferences
to the black letters. The lettering isl
usually in gold, but occasionally one
letter will be put in color and the
others in gold. The gold may be nat
or raised, and upon this VIII depend
largely the cost of the lettering Chi
cago Journal.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-19
Sad News Given to Public

Secretary Cortelyou came out of the
Milburn house about 2:2O a. M, and
in voice that trembled with emotion
announced:
THE President died at 2:15."
He then gave the names of the fam
lily and friends present at the bedside
when the end came and returned to
the house.
Immediately thereafter the party
that had been assembled in the house
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-19
Final Deathbed Scene.

The result was that when the end
really came, at 2:15 o'clock in the
gray, foggy morning, those present in
the death chamber were only Miss Hell
en- Mckinley, Mrs. Duncan, Abner Nc
Kinley. James Mckinley, John Barber,
and DR.. Rixey. The other physicians
had left the room when it was decided
that human skill could not save the
President
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-19
Fancies In China,

Much of the handsome china used
NOWADAYS is marked with the mono
gram crest Of the owner. It is a
distinctive mark that ditferentiates the,
china Pm all the other ware, and the
letter. s an ornament in itself. tt
is usually the moreAgimple china that
is ornaraented IN this as and an .
tempt iAwade alwaye. as, the letl4
NE side AspS No rtaLe,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-19
O'Clock, so that he was not prese,
when the end came.


when the end came.
Officials See the End.
Next in official Importance among
the watchers were Senator Hanna.
Controller Dawes, Senator Fairbanks,
Governor Yates of Illinois, ]. H. Mil
burn, President of the exposition, in
whose house tho Proaidens- diod,- -oo7-
onel Myron T. Herrick, with his wife;
and half score of others who came
and went. Included among these were
Colonel w. C. Brown, Abner McKin-
ley's law partner; Russell B. Harrison,
son of former President; Webb C.
Hayes, son of former President; and
many others whose figures could
scarcely be distinguished in the
gloom.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-19

Al1ls
Though Jacinta had had many low
ers at her feet, her own heart had
never yet been touched. Yet so
quick was her nature, so warm
her blood, that it needed but a
spark to kindle the flame. Love at first
sight is more than a possibility with
girls of Jacinta's temperament. 1t is
the rule. And when once that fathom-
less depth Of fire and passion should
spring into volcanic action, who can
tell the consequences of herself-and
others!
The castle of General Salvarez was,
like all other houses of wealthy men
in the Orinoco valley, situated on high
ground, to keep it up out of the floods
that sometimes cover the land 1t was
great square building, partly of stone,
partly Of iron, and partly of cement
But there was to come time when
this repose was to be rudely Interrupt
ted; when the soul of Jacinta was to be
torn by grief and anxiety; when for a
moment she was to know the consum-
ing power Of love; when the voice so
sweet in song would tremble as it
pleaded for mercy.
And there was coming time when
the peaceful valley Of the Coroni would
run with blood; when the hateful pas
sions of wicked men would wreck
peace and happiness; and when even
the Orinoco itself, as it flowed majes-
tically to the sea, would carry with it
the crimson testimony Of the conflict
between Right and Wrong, between
Passion and Patriotism, between Heav-
en- and He'll. For the hand of God is in
the battle, and when the swords of the
defenders of Right are weak. He
brings powerful sustenance to the
waning strength, or sends some mes
sage Of His power to stay the course
of the powers of Evil.
One day General Salvarez was sitting
on his shady porch, smoking his after
dinner cigar. When three horsemen.
covered with dust, and bearing other
evidence Of a long and hurrie& journey,
came up the shell road leading to the
castle and saluted the commSuder.
General Salvarez rose in soma .
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-19

during the night broke up, coming
down the walk singly and in pairs.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-19

- For many hours the Presidents hold
IS so slight that the work of
pms was. confined to watch
tckering spark without at
fan it into life artiicially.
Abandoned at Midnight.
ny all medicines and oxygen
Is were abandoned consider
e before midnight All hope
U0ghdoned thon and the only
hing left to do was to wait for the
Pm cut machinery to run down.
lrs. Mckinley had been with the
fsident twice during the early part
the evening.
ust before the President lost con-
BUSINESS Mrs. Mckinley knelt at his
He knew her and said: Good
all; good-by. 1t is Gods way; not
will, but Thine be DONE"
Loss of Consciousness.
he life of President Mckinley,
h had been sustained with power
-.
Ss
r .@TNA,
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m9m|1LIMN|nm
The Opelousas courier., 1901-05-04
beginnings of a Great Career.

What is the matter, my boy" asked
the elderly philanthropist, pausing il
his morning walk.
The boy who had been digging al
the edge of the wooden sidewalk turned
Q tear stained face upward and re,
sponded:
I'm huntin' for de penny I dropped
trough a hole in de walk. My mail
whip me il l don't find it."
rs that all?' the good man re
joined, feeling in his pocket for
coin. Dry your tears, little fellow
Here's another n just as good, anc
here's q nickel to go with it."
With the warm feeling at his hear,
that invariably accompanies the per
Torrance of a good deed he passed on
The next day, walking abroad at thu
same hour, he observed a boy digging
at the edge OF a wooden sidewalk.
whats the matter, little fellow"'
he asked.
I'm looking fur a half dollar ]
dropped trough a hole in de walk
and my mall whip me if | don't fine
II. "-Chicago Tribune. .
The Opelousas courier., 1901-05-04
A SchnnI for WaifArR.

In former times most things were
done by rule of thumb or after a Ions
apprenticeship. Now apprenticeship is
becoming a thing of the past and rule
of thumb is giving way to scientific
training. In Vienna there is O school
for walters. The first course is devoted
to a theoretical exposition Of the art
of serving at table. When the pupils
have sufficiently mastered the princi-
pies of the art they are allowed to
practise on two ladies and two gentle
men in evening dress who dine at one
table. The professor watches the op-
Grafton and sharply calls the waiter
to account If he uses an ordinary
corkscrew instead of an automatic one
Or carelessly puts his finger in the
soup. If he should be without gloves
he is shown how to conceal the fact
by means of the serviette, and SO
forth. There are 1900 pupils in this
school alone.-London Chronicle.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-05-04
wardrobe as a Gallery Adjunct.

An enterprising photographer in
Washington, D. c., who is making
money right and left, keeps an elabor-
ate equipment of opera cloaks, Par
isian hats, ball dresses and other FEM
mime apparel constantly on hand for
his s%itters, says the National Photo
News and Views. Thus, the young
woman who comes to him clad In a
homemade tailor gown and a fifty.
cent hat may appear before the eyes
OF admiring relatives and friends in
other cities arrayed in sable furs and
a beplumed chapeau. OF looking the
ingenue to perfection in a d~ebutante's
gown of white richly-trimmed with
pearls. which for all the fortunate ones
who receive the photographs know.
are of great price.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-05-04
Domestic Animals Gone Wild.

The bureau of American republics
the other day, received a statement
made to the government of Ecuador BY
Captain John Reiman. in which he
said that many hundreds Of black cats
whose ancestors had been brought te
the Galapagos islands by settlers who
afterward returned to the mainland
are now living there as wild as any
animals Of the woods. They subsist
on the fish and crabs they catch and
live in the crevices Of the lava forma
ton near the coast.
This is merely a new statement OF
a well-known fact. There Is probably
no other place in the world where
there are SO many animals in a per
fectly wild state that are descended
from common domestic animals. In
the interior of the islands, the OK, ass
pig, sheep. goat, cat and poultry have
completely reverted to wildness. and
an official report estimates at $4,000
the horn cattle that are now roaming
around the archipelago.
The Opelousas courier., 1901-05-04
Hedgehogs and NToles,

Writing to a sporting contemporary
a gentleman offers to receive any mum.
Der of h~edgepigs "up to a thousand"
as he believes they would do good on
his estates in Devonshire. Some peo-
pie may be disposed to wonder what
service can be rendered to agriculture
by creatures that do occasionally make
a late supper of chickens and part
ridges. The truth is, the hedgehog has
never received full justice. He is,
take him all in all, an admirable
beast. Everybody knows that the
hedgehog eats snails and slugs, but
few people, perhaps. have realized that
he is also a liberal consumer of moles.
Now, there are many estates in Devon.
shire where the mole employs a band
Of men to keep his family down, and
there are places in Surrey, quite near
London, where neither man MOI trap
can stop the rayages of these creatures
On what is intended to be the lawn.
Where the soil is sandy the mole lives
deep, and he will fling up a chain of
veritable mountains in his Journeys
under ones lawn in the course of a,
single night. This conduct may be
borne with in parks and meadows, but
in gardens it becomes intolerable. It
may be suggested, therefore, to those
h~ouseholders whose lawns are rayaged
by moles whom neither trap nor pro-
fessional trappist can control that a
few h%edgehogs in the garden might
bring the pestilential moles to some
sense Of the fitness of things.-London
Globe. q
The Opelousas courier., 1901-05-04
FUN IN CHINESE COLUMNS.

Curious Advertisements of the VIII.
Oriental.
A noticeable feature Of the China
newspapers is the ''exuberant verbose
ty" of their advertisements.
This is due to cheap advertising
rates, as we'll as to the flowery Ian.
guage Of the Kingdom. All sorts OF
communications get into the news
papers, but the business system of
Chinese editors is so admirable that
instead of airing private and public
grievances in letters to the editor"
they are inserted in the advertising
columns. and thus help the editor to
get an honest living.
An announcement inserted by n jilt-
ed swain whose lady love eloped with
Chou Ling, closes with these heartfelt
words:
Il cannot control my wrath and bit
| terness. My loved one has, it is plain,
been enticed away by this rascal's de-
ceit. How, l wonder, can a mere
t%ailor's dummy like this succeed in
winning her?
Surely he has no law or justice be-
fore his eyes. 1t is on this account
that l am advertising. Should any
kind-hearted gentlemen give me infor-
nation of her whereabouts by letter, I
will reward him with $40; should he
bring her back to her parents, l will
joyfully give him $40. 1 will most GER
tainly not eat my words. His kind
ness and benevolence for a myriad
generations, to all eternity, shall not
be forgotten"
Quacks in China advertise in beauti-
fui language. One such ad. reads:
Our recipe has come down to us
from a physician of the Ming Dynasty.
A certain Mandarin was journeying in
the hill country when he saw d woman
passing southwark over the noun
tains, as though flying.
I'm her hand she held a stick, and
she was pursuing an old fellow Of a
hundred years. The Mandarin asked:
Why do you beat the old man?' She
answered: He is my grandson, for I
am 500 years old and he is ia. He will
not purify himself by taking his medI-
cine, and so l am beating him.
The Mandarin alignted from his
horse and knelt down and did obeis.
ance to her, saying; Give me. l pray
you, this drug. that l may hand it
down to posterity for the salvation Of
mankind
Hence it got it's name-'Fairy Re-
ceipt for Lengthening Life Take it
for five days, and the body will feel
light; take it for ten days, and your
spirits will become brisk; for twenty
days, and the voice will be strong and
clear, and the hands and feet supple;
for one year, and white hairs will be-
come black again, and you move as
though flying.
Take it constantly, and ali troubles
will vanish, and you will pass a long
life without growing old. Two dollars
a bottle.''
The Opelousas courier., 1901-05-04

she hands him the choicest treasure
of all her treasures-the little blue
camel from the Noah's ark!
And here, almost half a century
later, he stands with something warm
and sticky held tightly in his hand
He opens 1t, and lying In his palm Ia
the little blue camel from Noah's ark
In all these years he had never for
gotten the little blue camel, and Its
companions have not changed. They
are the same now as then.
IN take that" lie said, shortly, as
he turned away.
. At home his wife laughed when she
saw the toy.
Baby is too young for a Noah's ark"
she said. "Why did you buy lit"
There was a little blue camel in It,"
he replied, vaguely.
The wife laughed as she kissed heI
husband.
Il fancy you bought that for another
baby" she said, tenderly, with per
feet Observation-Disclosures Maya
zine,
The Opelousas courier., 1901-05-04
VICTORIA AS AN AUTHORIZES.
The Late Queen of England Enjoyed
Novel Distinction.

The Late Queen of England Enjoyed .
l.. Novel Distinction.
Among the queens of England, both
cohsorts and those regnant In then
own right, Queen Victoria stands forth
as the, sole authoress.
Her efforts in this line have beet
modest enough, consisting merely q
a diary, faithfully kept, and valuable
not so much for it's literary worth al
because of the view 1t affords into he)
life not as queen, but as woman. Th1'
work, after some hesitation. she gaV'
to the public under the title. Leaves
from the Journal of Our Life in the
Highlands" a second edition being is
sued later, as More Leaves from the
Journal"
AS one historian comments, "roya
authors in the British Isles have beer
extremely few and far between
scarccr than comets" First OF those
to appear in literature vas the grea
Anglo-Saxon King, Alfred. the father
of his people, as he Is now styled. 1t 10
recorded that he was devoted to liter
airy pursuits, and that he translated
into Anglo-Saxon, Orosius, Bede, Boz
thus and the Parallels. In addition tt
these, he labored for some time on thu
translation into this tongue OF tht
hymns of David. but had not yet com
pleted the first part when fatal Illness
seized him.
Three Of Queen Victoria's ancestors
varied the cares of state by essays a
authorship. King James | of Scot
land adventured as a poet, and IL
simple and sentimental rhyming be
came popular with his people. Hs
never attempted more serious literary
labors.
James | Of England set himself thu
work of translating the Hebrew Psalms
into English. The first 80 CT these hi
rendered, the other TRANSACTIONS being
the work of scholarly Lord Sterling
The work of royalty was very thor
oUgh, and the poet Beattie commended
it as doing honor "to the learned mon
arch" asserting that it formed the
foundation of the metrical version ar
ranged at a later date by the Provost
of Elton. Lord Rouse. Gratitude must
also be rendered this king for the
special command" which set common
tators and translators ct work OF the
English Bible.
King Charles l. whose uneasy reign
and turbulent times might have ex
cused him from such labors. devoted
some considerable time to writing
upon polemical subjects, matters OF
controversy appertaining to the day
The Opelousas courier., 1901-05-04

Two magnificent carpets. presented
by the Infanta Donna Sanche to this
Royal Convent of st. Antonio in 1900,
have just been sold by auction at the
municipal chamber here to pay for re.
pairs at the convent and church. The
Gale of the carpets, which were Per.
Eian, about Is feet square, embroidered
with real gold, caused much excite.
ment. The most eager bidders were
two groups, French and German. Bid
ding began at e8Ss.. and the French.
men secured the. prize for 91708,
which is regarded as nearly $1,000
below the real value.-Liabon Core
spondence London Mail.