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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-23

| chosen head center for the United
| States,
With the close of the civil war many
Irishmen who had won fame in the
Union army on southern battlefelds re-
| turned to Ireland, having been led to
believe through Stephens representa-
ton that good-sized army of Irish
patriots had already been organized
and equipped, and was only waiting for
competent commanders. Among those
who returned to Ireland at the time
were Gen. Michael Kerwin Gen. Den
mis- F. Burke, of the Irish Brigade;
Gen. William Halpin, Col. Thomas ].
Kelly, Capt. James Murphy and John
Nolan. When these distinguished SOL
diers had been in Dublin for time
they became dissatisfied with Stephens
methods. When it was urged upon him
that the time for action had arrived
Stephens insisted upon delay, and ne
was openly accused of being brag-
CART, of being vain and altogether in
competent.
What might have happened had the
revolution actually begun no one can
state. The fact is that the British gov
eminent got wind of Stephens plans,
found him in Fairfield House. Sandy
mount, suburb of Dublin, through the
skill of the famous detective, Dawson,
and on the morning of Saturday, No
vember II, 1865, the agitator was ar
rested and lodged in Richmond Bride
well prison. Three days later he was
arraigned before Magistrate Stronge.
He was remanded for examination
but before he could be brought into
court again he had escaped from
prison, chiefly through the efforts of
Capt. John Kerwin. who is now in New
York. Stephens made his way to
France and thence to the United
States. He was received with great
honor in New York by the Fenian
brotherhood. In November, 1866, when
it was reported that Stephens was to
sail from this country to again place
himself at the head of the movement
in Ireland, the British government Of
Tered reward Of $4,000 for his cap
ture. Stephens, however, did not sail
and this in the face of the fact that all
preparations had been made for his
departure lost him many friends and
admirers and earned for him, whether
deserved or not, the imputation of cow
ardice. The fact probably is that
Stephens was not coward; but while
being splendid organizer, he failed
to rise to the full height of leader
when the situation was ripe for action.
He was more man for the council
chamber than the field. Soon after this
he sailed for France, where he re-
NAMED until 1885. He then came to
the United States, where he was pre-
scented with purse of $40 1000. In 1891
he was unof1cially informed that if ae
would give up all further Fenian asi-
tation he might return to Ireland. He
accepted the offer and the closing DAYS
Of his life were spent In retirement il
Dublin. Ig
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-23
EtIlERa1gqkS73
! P@9R5j1lIZSz

the best billiard players in the United
States. He is Mr.. G. H. Sutton. a
Well-known Westerner of medium
height, 81 years of age. He has been
without hands for 20 years and has
played billiards for nine years. Among
the knights of the cue he ranks as a
thlrd-class player. This means a great
deal in billiards, for third-class play
er Is good deal better than a third
class Jockey, pugilist or baseball
player. In fact, it means that he could
not hope to defeat the great masters
OF the game such as Slosson and Schae-
fer, who are rated in the first class, or
such men as Cation, Carter, Gallagher,
Morningstar and Mclaughlin, who are
grouped as second-class experts.
Against all other men, however, in
Guiding the amateur champions, this
"armless wonder as he is called
would stand an even chance.
Sutton is comparatively as good at
pool as he is at billiards. He has de-
feated John DAILY, the champion of
Chicago, and many other noted play
ers. Sutton prefers billiards, however,
and intends to make it his speciality in
future.
Considering how he is handicapped,
he executes his shots with wonderful
rapidity. Necessarily he uses a bridge
frequently. One of the things he can
not explain himself is the ease with
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-23
AN ACTORS STORY.

The veteran French actor Frederic
Febvre, who retired from the Theater
Francois in 1898, contributes to the
Paris Gaulois an interesting reminis-
cence of a performance which he and
others gave at the Tuileries in 1867, in
the presence Of the emperor and en-
press, the king of Prussia, Bismarck
and others. A remarkable incident
happened as the emperor rose to 20
after the comedy was finished. The
Empress Eugene seemed fixed to her
seat, and it was only when her hus-
band looked at her in establishment
that she rose and took King William
arm. AS she went away she limped,
and the incident was remarked by
everybody. 1t was in 1879, at the Cam
den Place, Chiselhurst, that M. Febvre
had an explanation of the delay of the
empress in leaving her seat and of her
limp on the occasion of the theatrical
performance at the Tuileries in June,
1867. Conversation turned on that
year and the empress suddenly said
that the remembrance of the play
brought back the memory of critical
moment. While listening to the piece,
she cooled her feet on the waxed floor
by freeing them from the satin slip.
pers, according to a habit which she
described as blamable. When the
time came for leaving the room she
had trouble to find one of her slippers,
and at last as she put her foot in it
she felt that there was something there
which hurt her. All this caused the
delay and the limp. The object in the
slipper was nothing less than a large
pearl which had fallen from enc of the
earrings of grand duchess who was
present. The empress suffered pun
ishment all the evening and next day
sent the pearl back to its owner, ex-
planning by note that 1t had been pick.
ed up in salon Of the palace.
Some men are measured by feet and
some BY their heads.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-23
DuNKHoRsr HEARD FROM.

The mastodon of pugilism, Edward
Dunkhorst, known in ring annals as
the human freight car" through his
manager, one Ed Bennett, hurls def
that threatens to shake the pugilistic
world to its very foundations Bennett
offers to match his protege against any
man in the world, barring Bob Fitzsim-
mons. Dunk" is the largest specimen
that ever blew down the pugilistic
pike. He tips the beam at 265 pounds
at presest, which is a trifle over his
fighting weight. Mr.. Dunkhorst's chal-
lenge will not drive any Of the big
fighters to the woods, it is believed.
The former Syracusan has never set
the gladiatorial arena on fire by his
pugilistic ability; on the contrary, in
about all his contests he has acted as
a sort of human punching bag.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-23
FOUNDED FENIANS.
NOTED FIGURE OF FORTY
YEARS AGO.
When a Ful'-FIsdgei Revolution Facoe
England-James stephens in His Day
overshadowed o'ConnelI and other
Leaders of the Irish Cause.
Especial Letter.)

Especial Letter)
To those interested in the National
list movement in Ireland the name of
James Stephens, who died in Dublin
a few days ago, is little more than a
memory. They have heard of him as
great Fenian leader of other days, but
he Is not remembered as, for instance,
they remember O'Connell and Parnell
Nearly half century ago, however.
James Stephens was the most promin-
ent 1rishman in or out of Ireland. He
believed in liberating his country by
physical force, and at one time he was
oil but successful in launching a we'll.
developed revolution.
Stephens was born not far from Dub
lin and was educated at Dublin Uni
versity. He was a great linguist, a
fluent speaker, and is said TO have been
the greatest organizer which the Irish
Nationalist ever had. He had a pc
culiar faculty of convincing the masses
that what he said was right and that
what he promised would be fulfilled.
He was in the Young Ireland rebellion
of 1S4S, which began with splurge
and ended so vigorously. Fired by
his association with Irish patriots at
that time, Stephens began almost as
soon as the rebellion of '4S collapsed,
to plan for another. In 10 years his
plans had so far matused that drill
classes were meeting nightly in Dub
lin and vicinity, and young Irishmen
INDUCED high hopes of freeing their
native land.
What the Irish patriots needed
though, was skilled military leaders
These they had not, but the civil war
in the United States furnished school
for Irishmen on this side of the At
lantic in which to learn the art OF
war and the skill to command, which
they hoped to be able to practice in Ire,
land when the civil war was over
Under Stephens direction active en-
listment in the various F'enian soci-
cites was undertaken in 1864, and Sc
cret drillings were carried on all over
the island.
This activity had been preceded the
year before by a convention in the
United States, at which Stephens was
proclaimed the practical head of the
Irish nation, or, as he was called by
the Fenians, the central organizer of the
Irish republic. John OMahoney was
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-23
Thanked and Damned.

Gen. Felix Agnus, proprietor Of the
Baltimore American, and one of the
bravest and most popular Of Mary
lands soldiers in the Union army dur.
ing the war of the rebellion, tells this
story of his experiences during the
troublous times of the early eos: az
was wounded at the battle of Gaines
Mills. The bullet entered my chest
and shattered my shoulder bone and
fell unconscious. When my senses re-
turned found that Confederate, also
wounded, had fallen across me, for
the battle had been hand-to-hand af-
fair. The man was family whispering
for water. lifted up my canteen-it
was filled with cold coffee-and handed
it to him. He took long drink and
handed the canteen back to me. 'Yank,'
he said, thank you And then he add
ed, with equal sincerity: Damn you
Not long ago. continued Gen. Agnus,
Il was in the Carrollton hotel in Bal
timore, whe ma party of exConfeder-
ates, who were giving dinner, captured
me and took me as a prisoner into the
banquet room. They called on me for
a speech and l told them the story of
the man with whom l had shared my
canteen when we were both wounded
on the battlefield, expressing my adj
miration of the spirit which thanked
me and damned me in the same breath.
The next day fine looking gentleman
called upon me at my Office. He had
heard my story, he said, and had come
to tell me that he was the wounded
soldier From that day to this we
have been the best of friends"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-23
THE ACTRESS, STANDING.

Tile ACTRESS STANDING.
Notwithstanding that the interviewer
has been at large for several years,
there are people who believe that the
surroundings Of a stage life are so
bohemian as to unfit an actress to min
gle in good society, writes May Irwin
IN the Chicago American. wish these
people would make round of Chica-
COS first-class theaters some night AMI
point out the dreadful temptations that
Deset an actress. From my own ex-
perience would say that the visitor
would find number of business wom-
en- conducting themselves in a most
businesslike manner.
The social position of an actress is
IN her own hands. 1t is exactly what
she makes it. If she pursues her call
ing as workers in other branches of art
pursue theirs-modest, yet appreciat-
ing her own merits, avoiding notoriety
and leading an honorable life-her So
3cial position is ready for her. When
society says of an actress: 81 met Miss
Blank at dinner the other evening. I
was astonished! She was so unlike an
actress!" depend upon it there is no
question about the social status of that
woman. Miss Blank was dressed
quietly and in good taste; her voice
was subdued, her manners unobtrusive,
her appearance, conversation and de-
meanor just the same as those of any
other gentlewoman.
Ignorance in Society.
This formidable question has been
put to me: What is the social position
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-23

Tho Silent March.
When the march begins in the morning
And the heart and foot are light,
When the flags are all a-futter
And the world is gay and bright,
When the bugles lead the column,
And the drums are proud in the van,
It's shoulder to shoulder, forward
march!
All! let him lag who can.
For it's easy to march to music
With your comrades all in line,
And you don't get tired, you feel in
spired.
And life is draught divine.
When the march drags on at evening,
And the bearers gone,
When the merry strains are silent
That piped so brave in the dawn,
When you miss the dear old fellows
Who started out with you,
When it's stubborn and sturdy, for
ward march,
Though the ragged lines are few.
Then it's hard to march in silence,
And the road has lonesome grown,
And life is bitter cup to drink,
But the soldier must not mourn.
And this is the task before us,
A task we may never shirk,
In the gay time and the sorrowful
time
We must march and do our work.
We must march when the music cheers
us,
March when the strains are dumb,
Plucky and valiant, forward, march!
And smile, whatever may come.
For, whether life's hard or easy,
The strong man keeps his pace,
for the desolate march and the silent,
The strong soul finds the grace.
Margaret E. Sangster.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-23
DECLINE OF ENGLISH ruc111sm.

Of late years there has been a pain
full dearth Of good men in the heavy
grades of English pugilists. Since the
days when Mitchell was in his prime
not single middle-weight or heavy
weight who would be accounted better
than thirdrater in this country has
come to the front in the land where
pugilism was born. Good little men
there have been in plenty, although
during the past few years even the
lighter classes have betrayed signs of
retrogression, as is evidenced by the
fact that at the present time the cham
pionships Of every class, from heavy
weight to bantam are held by Ameri-
can boxers. During Charley Mitchell's
last visit to the states he expressed
himself as thoroughly Disguised with
the lack of ability shown by England's
present heavyweight representatives,
and wound up by remarking that Ter
ry McGoyern could go over there and
trim the best of the big fellows With
ease.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-23
A SENSIBLE PLAN.

Marvin Hart, the Louisville middle
weight who has come to the front with
a bound, announces that he will not do
any more fighting until next fall. He
gives AS his reasons that he does not
care to take any chances of hurting his
reputation by fighting top-notchers at
the present time. There is hardly any
one who will accuse Hart of not being
game, and it looks as though he is do
ing the proper thing in taking a rest
after making such creditable record
for himself in such a short space Of
time. He is said to be a hard worker
IN training and lad who takes great
pride in his profession. He should
give a grand account of himself when
the proper time come. Hart had a
chance to tackle kid" Mccoy, but
modestly declined, saying he was too
recently out of the kindergarten to
run up against such hard PROPOSE
ton.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-23
ISADORE RUSH.

of an actress?" The only excuse 1 can
find for answering is that society is
divided into two parts-those who
know all about the theatrical profess
sion and those who are ignorant of it.
The theater has long been out of it's
leading strings and actresses now en-
phatically object to being patronized
by the same people who foully asperse
their calling. The days are past when
society asked such profoundly silly
question as rs an actress a lady?"
The social position Of an actress today,
to broad-minded people. is assured, and
therefore need not be demonstrated.
There are people, ignorant of the life
OF an actress, who entertain toward
her blind prejudice, and honestly and
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-23
E5Y5I.:

actress as one burdened with stigma
which deprives her of social position,
and debars her from being received
upon equal terms. There are good peo-
woman of the stage, as compared with
the butterfly of society. Actresses
have vanities and ambitions, and they
have temptations that would crafty
one and achieve the other. Yet, with
all their vanities and foibles, have
reason to believe the actress would
compare most favorably with a,similar
member Of society for propriety of
conduct and cultivation of mind.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-23
ALBERT SHARPE.

doing fast time in any of the events.
He is fast, strong, hardy and uses his
head in everything he does. He is
very popular in New Haven and has
thousands of friends who rejoice in
seeing him so successful. He is a
modest fellow and his success has not
turned his head in the least. He is
rs years old and received his early
schooling in Hillhouse High School
and laid his foundation for athletic
work in the Y. M. C. A. of New Haven.
He intends to practice medicine.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-23

which he executes the most difficult
draw shots. He plays the line nurse"
from the lower rail, the balls being on
the upper chalk mark, in way no
other expert can initiate. He uses a
21-ounce cue of the regulation size. An
idea of his game can be gathered from
the fact that he averages about seven
at 14-inch bald line billiards and fire.
quently gets as high as H. At the
straight rail game he plays to score
100 points or no count.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-23
Not a Military Genius.

When his friends secured for him
commission in the army they conf
IDENTIFY expected him to develop mill
tary genius of the first order. Great
was their ch.grin, then, when, in the
thick of his first battle, courier hav-
ing dashed up and asked him how
long he could hold his position, he did
not reply: IT'LL hell freezes over"
But merely: "As long as may be nee
essary!" Now, Of course, there was
nothing for his friends to do, in simple
justice to themselves, but advise him
to resign and engage in trade, -De-
troit Journal.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-23

Bruce Edwards, who is managing
the Kelcey-shannon tour, says he is
we'll satisfied with "Manon Lescaut"
and will continue it the rest of tho
season.
One Of the characters in Betsy
Ross" is no less gigantic an historical
figure than George Washington. 10.
seph Holland has been engaged to Gre
ate the role.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-23
AFTER ENGLISH CHAMPIONSHIPS.

AFTER ENGLISH CHAMPIONSHIPS.
Five of the best American athletes
will make an effort to secure some of
the English championships next sum
mer. The team will be composed Of
Richard Sheldon, Yale University; l.
K. Baxter and Alexander Grant, Uni
versity of Pennsylvania; Maxey Long
and John Flanagan, former members
of the New York Athletic club. Each
member, of the team will pay his own
expenses and therefore will not be sub
ject to the jurisdiction or dictation of
athletic clubs or collegiate associa-
lions, and can compete when and
where his fancy may direct him
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-23
STAGE WHISPERS.

Augustus Thomas has completed his
play, Colorado" announced long ago,
and it will probably be produced next
season.
Amelia Bingham has resigned from
the Professional Women's League be-
cause she was accused of trying to buy
an election to the office Of president.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-23
YALE.s GREATEST ATHLETE.

lege has produced in many years is
Albert Sharpe, of New Haven. Sharpe
is star in every branch of athletics
that he has taken up. He entered the
medical school three years ago and
since that time he has devoted a part
of every college day to some form of
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-23
M,GovERN QUITS ACTING.

Terry McGovern has quit the stage
and returned to the profession where
he is, indeed, a star-boxing. Terry
has made considerable money from his
play and is grateful to the public for
the way he has been treated. The won
derful Brooklynite will undoubtedly
be seen in several matches on the
Pacific coast in the near future, Oscar
Gardner being booker for his first an
tagonist. There also seems every like
lihood that Frank Erne, the light
weight champion, will be given the
chance he has long looked for-of win.
ing out the defeat of last July in Madi-
son Square Garden.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-23

ing bit by bit on the needle and sew it'll
fast to the foundation, but an accu-
rate eye for proportions and steady
hand is needed to get the effect smooth
and symmetrical Once done wrong,
1t can't be altered. There are no flow
ing lines and fancy innovations as in
embroidery with silks or crewel.
Everything is exact, formal, disciplin-
ed, as in the military service"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-23
Gen. Grants Courtesy.


Ida Lord Reed gives in the Century
true account of "A Womans Expert
ences During the Siege of Vicksburg."
1t concludes with an extract from "a
letter which gives a graphic history
OF the rest OF our experiences with
General Grant and his army, and has
the advantage of having been written
and posted on the spot: George
came IN today, and such a description
as ne gave OF the destruction and DESC
lation in the county! Oakland, where
our things We're, was completely sack
ed. | had fitted up two rooms with
my own furniture, lace curtains. and
mantel and toilet ornaments. I left
pantry stocked with provisions foD<
many months, cedar chest full /of
handsome clothing, the rector's. fine
library packed in boxes, and even my
little trunk full of sewing materials,
and my writing desk and work table
just as they stood The soldiers cut
the carpets into strips with their pen
knives, and tore the lace curtains from
the windows with their bayonets Valu-
able books We're torn from their covers
and thrown to the winds. Our cloth
ing was piled in heap in the yard
and barrels of -four and molasses pour
ed over it. The men stirred the heap
with their bayonets, and called it
rebel stew They tore my bonnets
up, and tied the pieces to the bedposts,
and even went so far in wanton mis-
chief as to kill q sheep in the parlor.
and cut it up O. the handsome table:
had never believed the stories we
heard of such things, looked upon them
as newspaper items gotten up for ex-
citement, yet ours was one of many
cases. But | must tell you about our
interview with General Grant. After
much discussion it was decided that [
had better go to Grant, and ask him to
send us out with our soldiers as pris-
oners of war to New Orleans. We
feared the exposure of the children to
the heat of the July sun, after their
underground life and scant fare and
the hardships of travel in wagons. So
Jennie and | called upon General
Grant, who received us with every
courtesy, and gave US papers which
would secure US transportation
through his lines. He behaved through
out our interview like a brave soldier
and kindly gentleman He expressed
himself as b1ns anxious to aid the
people all he'eooid, admired the hero
ism and sslf-sacritice of our army as
much SIS ask, and "as for the
ysome snst...he said athey
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-23
Cuba's inhabitants.

Cuba has population of about
100000, of whom $4,000 are native
whites. $4,000 foreign whites, $4,000
pure blood negroes. $4,000 mulattoes
or half breeds and $4,000 Chinese, More
than so per cent are unable to read
or write.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-23

basketball team in the position Of
center, and was subsequently elected
captain. Then in the spring he played
base ball and rowed in the freshmen
crew. In the fall he was selected as a
member of the foot ball eleven and this
spring he is filling first base on the
Varsity nine with great success.
In track work Sharpe is capable of
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-23

Eddie Bald, the old bicycle cham
pion, once more makes the announce
ment that he will return to the bicycle
racing circuit. There are many who
believe that Eddie is still capable Of
keeping to the front of the bunch. His
experience with racing horses cost hin
considerable penny, SO tits said.
A nagging woman is bad, but nag
gine man Il worse than a gadfy.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-23

A considerable number Of cases of ty-
phoid fever IN several Paris hospitals
have been traced 10 bad water fun
nished to patients