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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-01-16
THOMAS is in CUSTODY
CHARGED WITH THE MURDER OF
MABEL scHoFlELD.
Thomas Purchased Poison on the Day
Before She Died-other
Incriminatinq Evidence.

discriminating Evidence.
Des Moines, Jan. 13.-Charles Thorn
as of 1016 Woodland avenue, has been
arrested on the charge OF murder, on
a warrant sworn out by G.. A. Crawford
i'm the court of Justice Iris. He is
accused of having murdered Mable
;Schofeld on or about October q, 1899,
by the use of poisonous drugs, towit:
chloroform, choral and knockout
drops. Judge W. A. Spurrier has been
retained to prosecute and it was he
who drew the information and upon
whose advice the warrant was issued.
Thomas was arraigned and asked for
time to prepare for preliminary hear
ing. The case was set down for pre-
liminary hearing February IT, Justice
Iris told the defendant he would be
admitted to bail in the sum of $4,000,
but in default Thomas was locked up
in the county Jail to await the hearing.
The evidence upon which the war
rant was issued as recited by Judge
Spurrier, strongly supports the theory
OF murder which was advanced at the
time of the finding of the body of
Mabel Schofield in the Des Moines
river east of the public bath house.
In short, Judge Spurrier's is the only
tangible recital OF facts and circum-
stances that has been given since
October 81, 1899, in support of the
theory of murder.
Thomas, who is accused of the muir
der, is the son of Jasper N. and Mar
garet E. Thomas of 1016 Woodland
avenue, with whom Mabel Schofield
made her home while in Des Moines.
1t was from this house that she started
with her mother to go to the Chicago
Great Western depot the day she dis
Lappeared, and it was at the depot
tnat she was last seen alive. On that
day Mr.. Thomas was absent from the
house working at his trade and Mrs.
Thomas, who is a nurse, was not at
home.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-01-16
ANeLo-eERMAN AGITATION.
Remarkable Article Published by the
London Times,

London Times.
London, Jan. IA remarkable ar
ticle appears in yesterdays Times,
under the caption Of Literature of
German Anglophobia," recounting the
character of the anti-British cartoons
which have appeared in the German
newspapers which, the Times says,
lin coarseness, obscenity and venom
are without parallel in modern
times" The wisdom of the publica-
ton of the article at this juncture is
much questioned. The Star Says:
The Times today of all days begins
series of articles on the offensive Ger
man caricatures. Every newspaper
has long been aware of these carl
catures, but the responsible journals
have not advertised these insults,
simply because no good could be done
by setting the British and German
peoples by the ears. The Times ought
to hesitate before it deliberately flogs
the passion of the people. Are our
publicists dead? Cannot they see the
abyss towards which they are hound
ing this long suffering nation?"
The Times article, which is two
columns long, says: "These papers
are not guttersheets, but are sold
everywhere at the stations, even at
Potsdam station, where the emperor
is constantly travelling. He was final.
ly obliged to personally order their
removal. Never are these papers an
onymous. One of the most infamous
of all, entitled The Boer War; bears
on the title pages the names of per-
sons distinguished in the literary and
artistic world of Germany From a
purely technical standpoint the paper
is an art production; but it is difficult
to find words to convey a notion of
the filth which it's cultured artists and
writer's ventures to lay before it's cul-
tured German readers. British sol
diers are represented as robbing the
dead; Mr.. Chamberlain's state coach
is depicted as cart laden with the
skeletons, and King Edward is shown
dead drunk in his bed room, receiving
the news of Cronje's surrender But
the crowning piece is a cartoon en-
titled Hero Worship. The then Prin-
cess of Wales, with Queen Victoria.
the Prince Of Wales and the Young
princess by her side, is decorating
youthful soldier The legend under
meath reads, textually: An English
princess decorating the youngest SOL.
der in the British army with the Vic.
toria cross, because, although only 10,
he has already outraged eight Boer
women. This obscenity, sold in re-
spectacle shops, was eagerly bought
by the public and lies on fashionable
drawing room tables.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-01-16
NO RESPONSE TO CALL.
Ensishmen Universally Decline to
Volunteer

London, Jan. 13.-The British war
office is confronted with most SER
ious circumstance of affairs. It's call
for volunteers to relieve the regiments
at the front, has so far. met with abso-
lutely no response, and has served to
intensity the widespread indignation
existing among all volunteer regi-
ments.
In the first place, volunteers answer
ing the call could only receive shil-
ling day, while the yeomanry, in
which many volunteers have already
enlisted, receive five shillings day.
The only solution for the deadlock
appears to be for the war office to
Introduce CONSUMPTION or withdraw the
new regulations. They have STIR
red up strife to an extent which
has not existed for many a year
between the government officials
and the voluntary arm of the
service, and, according to many high
officers, will bankrupt a majority of
the regiments.
According to the new rules, every
regiment must go into camp for one
week each year, and the government
grant will be reduced in proportion to
the number of absentees from the
camp. The volunteer commanders say
it is impossible to get more than 40
per cent of the men together the same
week, so different are the occupa.
lions of the volunteers. In addition the
war office refuses to recognize drills
which are not attended by percent.
age of men, which it has hitherto
been found quite impossible to attain,
and imposes battalion drill of such
strength that there is no drill hall or
parade ground in London large
enough to enable the battalions to
maneuver.
Among those who condemn the new
regulations is Colonel Balfour, broth.
er of the cabinet minister, A. j. Bal
four, who commands the London Scot.
fish. The matter will be brought to
the attention of parliament, and if the
order of the secretary, Mr.. Broderick,
is not amended, the volunteer force,
so the colonel of one of the strongest
London regiments says, will dwindle
to nothing. In the meanwhile the war
office is still awaiting anxiously for an
answer to it's call for additional troops
for service in South Africa.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-01-16
States 60 THROUGH.
Republican Caucus Results in Election
of Officials Agreed Upon.


| Des Moines, Jan. 13.-The republi
can caucus OF the lower house was
called to order at the state house Sat
drday afternoon. Payne of Appanoose
was chosen as chairman, William Lar
rabee, Jr., of Fayette, secretary, and
Maggie of VanBuren, assistant secre-
tary. The slate as agreed upon was
then presented for the election of Of
ficers of the house. 1t was carried
without opposition and is as follows:
Speaker-W. l.. Eaton, Usage.
Chief clerll-Rush Benedict, Harlan.
First assistant-John c. Crockett,
Eldora.
Second assistant-John A. Cook,
Hampton.
Engrossing clerk-Mollie Heist,
Corydon.
Enrolling clerk-Ella Wheeler, Ma
son City.
Journal clerks-Ford Howell, Des
Moines; Harry Griffin, Maquoketa.
File clerk-C. F. Schell, Hancock
county
Bill clerk-Bessie Conger, Washing
ton.
Assistant Hester Run
yon, Odebolt.
|. Sergeant-at-arms-C w. Reynolds,
Grundy Center.
Chief doorkeeper-J. B. Lewis,
Spencer.
Assistant doorkeepers-Joh De
Boos, Sibley; T. w. Hazelton, Winnie
shiell county; Michael Fitzpatrick, Will
liamsburg; R. P. Harris, Polk; Robert
Blizzard. Jasper; j. A. Wilson, Buena
Vista; w. S. Page, Clayton; j. o. Lias,
O'Brien; F. G. Fitz, Guthrie.
Janitors-N Middleton, Hamilton;
c. F. Wright. Scott; Ed. Ross, Sioux
City; r. N. Hyde, Polk.
Pages-Samuel f. Moore, Davis;
Earl w. Riley, Decatur; Wilmot j..
Long, Des Moines; Harry Sokol, Jack
son; Larl1in Crawford, Des Moines;
Clarence Miller, Ames; Bert H. Wins
low, Des Moines.
A house caucus committee to serve
during the entire session was then
selected as follows: jerks of Potta
watomie, Merservy of Webster, Eng
lish of Polk, Coburn of Cherokee and
Calderwood OF Scott.
In the senate caucus the following
nominations were made and the candi
dates selected:
Secretary-G. A. Newman of Cedar
Falls.
First assistants. D. Alexander of
Madison.
Second assistant-H. c. Lounsberry,
of Marshalltown.
Engrossing clerk-Lois NJ. Rigby of
Davenport.
Enrolling clerk-Ella Christie of
Oskaloosa.
Bill clerk-Kate Shelby of Boone.
pendence.
Journal clerks-Cecil Dixon of Fort
Dodge and John Connolly Of Des
Moines.
Sergeant-at-arms-E c. Collins of
Garner
Chief doorkeeper-J H. Serene of
Lansing.
Postmistress-Edith Lefingwell of
Clidden.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-01-16
Affair Of No Consequence.

Washington, Jan. 14.-Secretary
Long received the following cablegram
from Commander Edward d. Barry of
the gunboat Vicksburg. in answer to
the departments inquiry regarding
the recently reported clash at Niu
Chwang between sailors of the Vicks-
burg and Russian soldiers:
Wing Yang (no date) Secretary
Navy, Washington: Nothing serious:
crew orderly.
(Signed.) Barry"
When a plain woman marries well
how the women sniff!
Charles Thomas, under arrest and
detained in the county Jail at Des
Moihes, to await preliminary hear
ing on the charge of numbering Mabel
Scofeld, will plead an alibi. 1t is said
Thomas has established what appears
to be complete alibi as to his where
abouts up to 1890 of October 21, 1893,
the day upon which it is charged he
murdered Mabel Scofield. Beyond that
time members of his family and a
relative, cousin, will testify to his
whereabouts, but the fact that they
are relatives weakens his alibi. Up
to 1890, however, his alibi is proven
by witnesses who have no interest in
the case.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-01-16
MASON ON RECIPROCITY.
Offers Resolution Declaring It to 3
the True Policy,

tne true Foiicy.
Washington. Jan. 14.-Mr. Mason
introduced in the senate the following
resolution:
Resolved, That the doctrine of re-
ciprocity as stated in the act of 1890
known as the Mckinley bill, and act
OF 1897, known as the Dingley bill. IS
the true doctrine, and in the interest
OF the prosperity of the United States.
and that the treaties pending in the
senate should receive consideration
and action at the present session oi
congress.
Resolved, further, That the United
States should give to the Island Of
cuba broad reciprocal trade, which
VIII be OF advantage to the commerce
OF this country and the discharge Of
our duty toward the people of that
island"
Col. Henry Watterson, the veteran
journalist, editor of the Louisville
Courier-Journal, is one of the hardest
working men in the newspaper pro.
fession. Though well advanced in
years, he gets to his office every morn.
ing at z o'clock, which necessitate.
very early rising, as he lives twenty
miles from Louisville and drives to
his office. behind a spirited pair o.
Kentucky mares.
The Shah of Persia is said to have
once told the Duchess of Westminster
that the fame Of her beauty had
reached Teheran. All" said she to
some one who stood by, "he takes me
for Westminster Abbey"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-01-16
NOTES FROM THE CAPiTA..
Des Moines. Jan. IA 1000

81 = F..
Des Moines. Jan. IA, 1909.
It Is said the slack water canal
scheme will be allowed to rest for s
time. Owing to the opposition of the
railroads that do business in Iowa the
scheme to make the Des MONIES river
a slack water canal has not been push
ed as rapidly as first intended,
though the projectors have not lost
hope. 1t is said that the railroads
were preparing to send strong lob
by to Washington to fight any bill
that proposed making the river into
a water way for the transportation Of
freight. The Commercial Exchange
through committees had endorsed the
scheme, but IL is understood that out
side parties have advised letting the
subject drop for few months at
least.
Superintendent Barrett has just sent
out circular to the county superin-
tendents in which he considered
number of important educational mat
tiers. He asks the cooperation of the
county superintendent in the work Of
the department superintendent. He
notes the fact that his recent biennial
report shows a decrease in school at
tendance and urges that this falling
off and the remedies Therefore be con
sidered. The library work is com
mended. County superintendent are
asked to promote this work SO far as
is in their power. Advice is given on
examinations, and, it is said, lists Of
the examination questions for Feb
ruary, March, April July, August.
hnr
to superintendent for the purpose Of
harmonizing the conduct of examina-
lions throughout the state. Visitations
OF schools is urged and many other
matters are touched upon.
A decisions rendered in Judge
Holmes court is of much interest to
tax collectors and tax payers. 1t is
In regard to the constitutionality Of
chapter so, of the acts of the Twenty.
eigth General Assembly, relative to the
manner of collecting taxes on property
not previously listed or assessed, as,
for instance, where through oversight
no record had been made of a certain
property, by reason of such oversight,
taxes had not been collected upon the
property. Under the decision, the as
oCoeol may, upon ulQlng ClaC SuCh an
error has been made. go back as far
as five years and levy such assess
ment as is equitable for each year Of
that time.
Attorney General Mullan has re.
ceived a letter from F. e. Rittman.
auditor for the war department in the
federal treasury department, in which
it was stated that the claims filed by
the state of Iowa for interest on it's
war bonds and war warrants would be
disposed of by the court of claims. It
has been expected by Mr. Mullan for
some time that these claims would not
be settled in the treasury department.
directly, but that they would be refer
red to the court of claims for adiudica-
ton. More especially has this been
the case since the appointment of
Governor Shaw as secretary of the
treasury, as it was anticipated that
the governor would not deem it best
to permit the department of which he
is to he the head to Moss Sr. o1oi,,,C
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-01-16

ion at tne close or business September
30 of last year. At that time there
were 495 state and savings banks in
Iowa. At the close of business De.
cember 10 there were sol banks transr
acting business, 281 savings banks anee
s20 state banks. The amount of money
on deposit in the state and savings
banks September 80, 1901, was $780,
466,645.42. At the close of business
December 10 the amount on deposit
was 21,S52,942.7b, an increase Of
nearly a million and half of dollars.
Speaker Eaton has announced house
chairmanships as follows: Ways and
means, Temple of Clarke; judiciary,
Clarke of Dallas; appropriations,
Hughes of Iowa; railroads and COM
merce, Wise CT Black Hawk; municipal
corporations. Carter of Sioux; con-
gressional districts, Furry of Hardin.
Inc Lincoln hussars of this city will
shortly hand in their equipment to
the adjutant general as recommended
by Col. j. A. Olmsted, the inspector
general, in his report. The hussars
are practically a defunct organization,
and, according to Col Olmsted's re-
port, could not legally use the states
equipment.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-01-16
Special Session Called,

st. Paul, Mimi, Jan. 13.-Governor
Van SAINT has issued formal call for
an extraordinary session of the state
legislature, to assemble Tuesday, Feb
ruary 4. The call sets forth that the
tax commission appointed at the last
session to revise and codify the laws
relative to taxation has completed It's
work, and its report is now ready for
submission. The session is Therefore
called upon to consider this report and
enact such tax laws as may be deemed
best.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-01-16

Vienna has school for walters,
with three years course. Among
TIE subjects is French
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-01-16

ever, the course to be folloy
Dictated plainly in the stat
that the law supposes that the
shall be adjusted by the
claims.
The Continental Biscuit
whose officers decided sevel
ago to establish a mammot
in Des Moines from which
it's Iowa trade, has closed a
+. M. Hubbell, Son & Co.
and will commence work of
ton at once.
The city of Des Moines, ac|
the present plans of the locd
tee on arrangements, will
with natural corp badges
State G.. A. r. encampmel
here May 81, % and %, the
on yesterday. 1t is the i'm
grow badges of the differei
corps of the rebellion wit
plants set out in the park
river front. in the yards d
homes and wherever opporI
fers.
The statement of the cor
he state and savings banks
tie close of business Decemb
been isseud from the office O
Of State Merriman. 1t shows
Increase in the business trans
The banks. The statement !,
In c,E i z J
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-06

7,343. 247 tons, made three times as much as
the entire south, while Ohio produced
three quarters Of million more at
3,326,425 tons. That the south has made
such relatively small progress, Is due in
some degree to the fact that the southern
producers have had to go outside their
borders to market the bulk Of their pig
iron, while in the north much of lit is con-
verified into steel and finished products in
which form it comes on SALE Steel works
are now being erected in the south with
view to overcoming this handicap! and
future years may show a change in the re-
lative producing Importance Of the two
sections. One striking feature Of the past
years review in iron is the fact that with
the most urgent demand ever known,
prices were held within reasonable
bounds. This was due principally to the
efforts of the United States Steel corpor-
alton, which company desiring to keep all
of it's mills steadily in operation on a
dividend paying basis, threw it's influence
towards the maintenance of stable prices,
in order to prevent a boom, with the sub
sequent disastrous price reactions that in
variably follow.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-06
A MASTER OF DISGUISE
I.ondon Mail.

sTrs LONDON Mall.
The most sensational trial of smugglers
which has taken place for many years has
commenced at Pontarlier, on the Franco
Swiss frontier.
The leader Of the band, a man named DerO-
bert, and 224 OF his associates, are charged
with attempting to clandestinely pass large
quantity of tobacco and phosphorus across
the French frontier. Seventy-eight French
and Swiss customs officials are cited as wit
nesses.
Derobert, man of extraordinary cunning,
was known on the frontier as the king OF
smugglers His ingenious rpses were worthy
OF Sherlock Holmes. At his house were dis
covered hundreds of DISCUSSES, consisting OF
false boards and moustaches wigs and COM
plete suits Of clothes representing workmen,
gentlemen, commercial travellers, etc.. IN
every. detail.
Deroberts method was daring and most
cunning Accompanied by single confeder-
ate he would disguise himself and take first
second. or third-class railway ticket tac-
cording to his disguised. He would tnen take
the train at a Swiss station, generally at
Geneva or Lausanne, where contederatea
awaited him with large quantities OF tc-
bacco and phosphorus carefully concealed IN
boxes as baggage,
Az soon as the train started he would COM
mence concealing the duitab!e goods Cush-
ions would be ripped open, beams would DC
tdrilIed through, the floor of the carriage taken
up and carefully readjusted AFTER the TOBACCO
had been put out of sight. Derobert even hae
false, KEYS for opening the guards private
| drawers and boxes In which he often con.
lScealed his goods.
! Tho smuggler generally took by preferences
| ! fast night train. When the frontier was
| crossed and the customhouse passed he woule
: replace the tobacco, etc, in his boxes O
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-06
IRON THE BAROMETER OF TRADE

IRON has long been considered the oaro-
-, ~ ar If the business world. What iron
doos the country does. In no other line
are the changes in productivity SO sure an
index of corresponding changes IN the
general prosperity Of the country.
II is interesting in this connection to
note. from the statistical report 1or last
wear lust completed by Mr.. James M
swank of the American Iron & Steel asso-
citation, that the United States produced
last year 2,OS9,11 tons more pig iron than
ever before. For the first time in our his
tory we made as much iron as england
and Germany combined. We turned out
last year, Is, S7S, 1854 tons. It might be
supposed that with this increased produce
ton larger visible supply of pig iron
would be in evidence, but consumption has
kent pace with demand, and at the close
OF 1901, there were only 1854 tons car
ried unsold In first hands,, compared with
s446, O2O tons in 1900. One surprising thing
in connection with this report, is the
showing that the southern states made
less iron in 1901 than in the preceding
year, having turned out only 2.57S, 1864 tons
compared with 2,604,671.
few years ago when the southern iron
fields were being opened, the prediction
was freely made that thu iron industry
!! with fuel, ore and fax in close proximity
J the south had evident advantages. This
has not followed. Pennsylvania will
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-06
The DAMNATION OF PAYNE

Lumber jumped up the other day from
so cents to 81 per thousand. This fact will
not tend to make unpopular Representa-
tive Babcock's remark to Representative
Serene Payne about going up into Wis
consin to seek perdition. The awful, the
portentious suggestion of the fat con-
gresham from New York, whose bulky
frame caused "our plain duty toward
Porto Rico to come to grief, arouses,
strangely enough. one vast grin through
out the northwestern lumber producing
states.
Come on, Serene; come on, invade Wis
consin and exc Minnesota and Michigan,
breathing disaster and destruction to the
lumber tariffs, and you will find none to
stay your hand Ourslumbermen are too
busy filling orders to think about tariffs,
and our people are too busy trying to
catch up with the ascending lumber prices
to do aught to interfere with the man who
would knock out the lumber tariff.
When Serene starts out to accept the
cordial invitation from the gentleman
of Wisconsin as to choosing location
for his damnation we would be in favor OF
sending "a silver helicon band" and del
egation of prom. cts. to meet him at
Chicago and receive him with honor. We
even think there would be little objection
if the band should play The Conquering
Hero Comes" as the train bearing the
iconoclastic Payne on his mission of de-
struction goes cup into Wisconsin"