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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-06-19
HOME AND FASHIONS.
TIMELY TOPICS OF INTEREST TO
OUR FEMININE READERS.
Illustrations Of the Latest Costumes
Worn by Leaders Of society-Value
OF an Optimistic temperament
Charming and Simple Toque.
An Optimistic Temperament.

iSiuHVi
II a woman wants to retain her
youthful appearance she must mingle
with other people, read good books
ana cultivate an optimistic tempera-
ment. Nothing so destroys the youth
lul contour of the face as taking the
cares OF life too seriously. House
wives of the Martha type who ARE
troubled about many things" have
rigid, set lips that plainly reveal the
loss of those qualities that make a
woman lovable. When our characters
lack cheerfulness and amiability our
feathers will unconsciously lose those
soft curves which are the outward
signs OF inward beauty of thought and
feeling, says Julia Teresa Butler in
the Pittsburg Observer. The best
workers. the ones who accomplish the
most good, are those whose useful
ness is conductive of much happiness
TO others as well as themselves. The
secret of true success lies in making
our lives beautiful in that kindness of
spirit which makes US creatures Of
purer mould.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-06-19
A Stylish Toque.

A charming toque could be made O.
crisp white gauze, shirred and
threaded with narrow black chenille.
A scarf effect of black chantilly lace,
faces the front of the toque, the ends
falling well down on the hair; black
velvet loops on top, and jet ornaments
trimmed with white to initiate daisies.
Returning to the droop in the back,
rare is the hat this season that does
not have it.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-06-19
(To be continued.)
A NERvY SCOUNDREL.
Served Three Years in Prison. but Made

Served Three Years In Prison. but Made
$4,000 by 1t.
zone of the nerviest and at the
same time one of the most daredevil
escapades I ever heard of was pulled
off out in Akron several years ago."
remarked D. S. Blodgett, an attorney
from the oatmeal metropolis, at the
New Willard the other evening. "There
used to be fellow in Akron who was
crook, if there ever was one, and yet
he was a man of honor. He could
borrow $4,000 from any bank in town
on his word, and nobody would ever
lose by loaning to him, but if he got
chance to do man or an institution
that could afford to be done he never
failed to make the best of it. His
motto was Never beat anyone on an
honest debt
Gone evening he was at the depot
talking to the express messenger, who
was friend of his. The messenger
pushed an iron box into the wagon and
said: There's $4,000 in that box; don't
you wish you had it?' That night the
gentlemanly crook entered the express
company's Office and cracked the safe,
securing the money, which he took
home and buried in sealed tomato
cans in his back yard. OF course, he
was arrested, and after long trial
was sentenced to five years, his record
and the messengers story convicting
him. He was pardoned after serving
three years, came home, and dug up
the money. 1t was in big, yellow boys,
and that evening he walked over to
the messengers house, rang the bell
and shook the notes in his face, saying,
There's your $4,000; let's see you get
it, Philadelphia Times.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-06-19
Timely Tins.

According to a housewife who has
made the experiment, thin coating of
,varnish applied to ordinary straw mat.
ting will keep it looking fresh and
new and add to it's durability.
A vegetable strainer of enamel that
may easily be clamped to the side of
the sink is one of the genuine con.
veniences for the housewife now on
the market.
To take fruit stains from cotton
muslin or any light article take the
stained article and dampen it. Then
burn little sulphur. holding it under
the damp portion of the cloth and the
stain will vanish.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-06-19

different ways. other with curved
seams or with hounce, and is some
times still further increased with
clusters Of tucks, or with small inset
panels at the hem of contrasting ma.
terial and color. 1t stands to reason
that heavy goods like homespun,
tweed and mixed fabrics in general
will make up much more satisfactor.
lily in plain, gored skirt.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-06-19
Gown of Dark s.ue zibeljne,

For early spring wear the tailor
made ideal still prevails, the gowns on
the whole showing far greater sim
pl1city than has been the case for
the last few seasons. Our illustration
shows a gown of dark blue zibeline,
the Elton showing a very novel effect
IN the way of stitching. The jacket is
cut without collar and the revers
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-06-19

The first gown is of lavender fou.
lard, figured with little black rings,
and trimmed with applications and
bands OF yellow lace. The blouse bod
Ice is shirred and pulled at the top
and trimmed with bands of the lace,
In which black velvet ribbon is run.
The elbow sleeves, finished with a
frill OF the silk, are trimmed to cozse-
spond. The girdle is of black veistr
The coat of the second gown IL of
black silk, embroidered in vatican
style in delicate colors. The collar is
Of yellow lace the revers and odd
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-06-19

may be either of striped silk or
trimmed with straps. The skirt is
cut with yoke below which are wide
tucks stitched down with white Corti-
celli stitching silk.
Quite new material is the double.
faced linen which will undoubtedly
arrive at the height of popularity dur.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-06-19

ing the summer and will be employed
to evolve some very fetching gowns.
Very little trimming is required on
them as the reverse side of the linen
will answer admirably for this pur-
pose. A. wide latitude is given the
skirts, although the fundamental prin.
ciple-faring at the hem-is still ad-
hered to. This effect is gained in
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-06-19

A man may scott, but the last thing
he does on earth is to call for a
preacher.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-06-19


tasteful garniture in white appears on
the ruffles around the bottom. All
the stitching is done with Corticelli
stitching silk in black and in white
and the garment is lined throughout
with white satin.
Some yokes are made of lace and
rather a pretty effect is gained by
adding row of lace insertion an
inch or so below the yoke and joining
1T with lattice of narrow velvet rib
bon. The fancy for black and white
effects is evidenced in the number of
white lawn, organdy and null gowns
trimmed with black lace, both edging
and insertion, and the quantity of
black and white effects, running from
lawns and mulls through the various
mercerized fabrics to foulards and
silks.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-01
INSTRUMENTATION ON
PRESIDENTS YACHT
Members of the Crew Desert-Execu-
tive Officer Charged With
Tyranny.

OYSTER BAY, N. Y, July 31.-Se-
rious trouble has developed in the
Mayf1ower, the presidents official
yacht During the past few days nine
desertions have occurred among the
crew. A member of the crew. said to-
day that not less than seventy men
on board the ship We're awaiting a ia
vorable opportunity, after pay day, to
take French leave" of the vessel
Primarily the trouble seems to re-
volve around the executive officer of
the ship, Lieut.. w. w. Phelps, who,
the men assert, is overbearing and
tyrannical. Ordinary privileges, it is
alleged, have been curtailed seriously.
The men are oVwatch eight hours and
off four, and when on watch are kept
hustling all the time. Smoking is prac-
tically prohibited on board ship, and
shore leave is difficult to obtain.
The men are proud to be aboard the
presidents official vessel, but they de-
clare they cannot endure the racking
discipline forced upon them, not, they
say, by Lieut. Commander Albert
Gleaves, in command, but by Lieut..
Phelps.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-01
MINNESOTA BOY
ACCUSED OF ROBBERY
He, With Two Others, Is Said to Have
Held Up a Massachusetts,
Youth.

Special to The Globe.
GARDNER, Mass, July 31.-In true
Deadwood Dick style three voting men
today held up Peter LareauX, sixteen
years DID, and took from him a re-
volver, belt and some money, the
amount unknown, leaving him bound
and gagged in the woods.
After a hot chase for two hours, the
police arrested George Wilson, of
Preston, Mimi, aged sixteen; George
Howard, aged sixteen, and Fred How
ard, twenty -four, of New York, on the
charge of highway robbery and theft.
Lareaux met the three young men
while walking on the railroad racks
near Crystal lake. They offered to buy
his shooting outfit and actually passed
him the money. Then they overpow-
ed, bound and gagged him. One held
a loaded revolver at the boys head,
threatening to blow out his brains
After going through his pockets they
decamped. The men claimed to belong
to Pawnee Bills show.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-01
WOULD HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED
AS CURED LONG AGO HAD HE
BEEN COMMON MAN
NO NECESSITY FOR
A SECOND OPERATION
True Cause of His Present Illness Has
Not Been Discovered by His Doctors
HE Will Soon Be a Well Man
London Anxious to Have the Coro-
nation Fuss Over.
Special Cable to The Globe.

Special Cable to The Globe.
LONDON, July 31.-ApropoS of ru-
mors that the coronation may again
at the eleventh hour be postponed on
account of the enfeebled condition of
the king, the Lancet, Great Britain's
leading medical authority, authorizes
the following statement:
IF King Edward were an ordinary
hospital patient he would have been
discharged cured several days ago,
with mild caution to be careful. 1t
must be remembered that the incision
in the side is extremely deep. The
rigid precautions of the kings medical
advisers in declining to allow his maj
esty to move about as soon as might
have been expected was dictated mere
ly by a desire to give the healing
process ample time to consolidate.
There has been at no time the re-
motest sign Of anything pointing to
malignancy and all talk of a second
operation is without the slightest foun-
dation.
From other well-informed medical
sources it has been ascertained that
while the kings physicians and sur
geons entirely relieved his ailment, the
actual cause of the illness has never
been definitely determined. Nothing
whatever developed in his majesty's
six-week illness to prove that he suf-
fered from appendicitis. The appendix
was neither seen nor sought, for all
that is known. All that Lister, Bar
low, Laking and Treves are believed
to know themselves is that they sue
cessfully removed a dangerous alb
scess. Having accomplished that re-
suit, it seems they are content to ig-
more the cause in the absence of COM
plicating possibilities.
Edward will require protracted pc
riod of convalescence after the corona
tion, but there is every human assur-
ance that when he is crowned he will
be practically a well man. Popular in
terest in the ceremony flags as the
date approaches. The glamor of the
event is gone and London is anxious
that it should become history as unos-
tentatiously as possible.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-01
WHAT HAS BECOME
OF THE FARMERS ?
Three Wisconsin Men Disappear and
There Are Suspicious of
Foul Play.

Special to The Globe.
LA CROSSE, Wis, July 91.-A
strange case has come to light in Bost-
wick Valley, few miles south of here,
in the form of the complete and mys-
terious disappearance of three promi-
nent farmers. They are Orien Hanson,
George Bremen and Henry Goldnic.
A little over a week ago they attend
ed party at town hall, where near
ly hundred guests were present.
Late at night they set out for home
afoot, all living in the same direction.
Not the slightest trace has since been
found Of them and their families are
firm in the belief that they have met
with foul play.
The case has excited much anxiety
in Bostwick Valley, and though
searches have been instituted, no clue
has been unearthed.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-01
FITZ CONVINCES
MAYOR SCHMITZ
Latter Expresses the Belief That the
Recent Fight Was Not
Fake.

Special to The Globe.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL, July 81
Mayor Schmitz is at last convinced
that Fitzsimmons was fairly beaten by
Jeffries, and he now places the stamp
of disapproval on the story that the
tight was a fake. Monday it was an
nounced that the mayor would grant
the fighters hearing and sift the fake
story down to the truth. Then the
mayor said that he had graver things
occupying his attention and that he
had no time to listen to the troubles Of
the prize ring.
This afternoon Fitz, accompanied by
George Dawson, his trainer, went to
the city hall. The mayor received
Fitzsimmons and at once the corver-
sation turned to the charge that the
Cornishman had deliberately thrown
the fight in the eighth round. F'itzsim-
mons vehemently denied that he had
done anything that was dishonest in
the contest and entreated Schmitz to
give the matter thorough investiga-
ton.
you have not the 'countenance of a
man who would fake" was the mayors
comment after he has listened to the
big fighters appeal.
Fitzsfmmons then explained the fight
in detail during the eighth round. The
mayor was an intent listener to the
story, and at its conclusion he as
sured Fftzsimmons that it was his
opinion that the fight was on the
square.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-01
HOW PERKINS
WORKED THINGS
DefaIcation Of Cedar Rapids Insurance
Agent Thought to Be at
Least 100000.

Special to The Globe.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, July 31.-H.
A. Munger, general agent for the
Northwestern Life Insurance company,
from a conference with the officials in
Milwaukee today, and said that Per-
kins had signed a document admitting
the taking of $4,000. Mr.. Munger
thinks the amount will exceed 100000.
Mr.. Mungers net income for the past
ten years, after paying all expenses,
is estimated by him at nearly $4,000
annually. All this amount has been
taken by Perkins and Munger is be-
hind in remittances to the company
somewhere between $4,000 and $4,000.
Perkins had so misrepresented the
facts and juggled the books that Mum
ger has been toiling to get ahead and
practicing economy, while Perkins has
been taking the profits for his specula-
tions.
The company will not lose a cent.
Mr.. Munger will pay it all, and the
company in the meantime will hold the
securities to be sold as Munger may
direct They include million shares
in various mining stocks, shares in a
big olive ranch in Arizona and rubber
and coffee plantations in Mexico.
The estimated value is $4,000, but
Munger says he would be glad to take
$4,000 cash for all of them, including
Perkins house, which has been trans
ferred to him.
Perkins method was to draw a check
for $4,000, buy two drafts at the bank,
one for $4,000 and one for $1,000. The
$4,000 one he sent to the home office at
Milwaukee and the other he used for
his own investments, juggling the
books accordingly.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-01
MUST BRING THEIR
BOOKS INTO COURT
Writ Granted in Denver AGAINST the
Officers of the Colorado Fuel and
Iron Company.

DENVER, Col, July 31.-On appli-
cation of Geo1~e H. Doneghan and
Fuel and Iron company, the district
court here today granted an alterna-
tive writ, returnable tomorrow, COM
pelling the officers of the concern to
bring their books into court
The court will then decide If the
mandamus is to be peremptory. If it
is so made the petitioners will then
have an opportunity to look at the
books. If they are given that oppor-
,tunity the court will extend the time
for transfer of stock.
David H. Dougan, cashier of the Ma
tional Bank of Commerce, represents
John w. Gates in his fight for posses
sion of the books and list of the
names of the stockholders of the COM
pany.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-01
SETTLEMENT OF SUITS
AGAINST THE CASTELLANES
Countess to Pay 100000 Year, to Be
Taken Out of Her Income,

PARIS, July 31.-It is stated that
Samuel Untermeyer, of New York, eff
fected a settlement of the long pend
ing litigation of Asher Wertheimer,
the London antiquity dealer, and
Count and Countess de Castellane
Suits have been before the American
courts for more than a year and are
still undecided.
The case is now on appeal to the
highest court of New York BY the
terms of the reported settlement Vert
heimer's claim is admitted for the full
amount with interest at per cent
Countess Boni de Castellane agrees to
pay at the rate of 100000 per year.
The claim, with interest, amounts to
about 100000. To secure the pay
ments the American courts are to make
an order for the installments to be
paid out of the income in the hands
of George ]. Gould as trustee.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-01
1T SEEMS THAT THERE
REALLY IS AN3oIL COMBINE
ST. Petersburg Recital of What Are
Claimed to Be Facts.

ST. PETERSBURG, July 31.-The
facts of the reported oil combination
between the Rockefeller, Rothschild
and Nobel interests are:la
The Russian oil companies and the
English oil companies at Baku have
been attempting all winter long to
combine for export in competition with
the Rockefeller, Rothschild and Nobel
interests. The projected combine de-
manded preferential shipping rates
from Baku and Batoum, which the
government refused. The existing
combine then offered to take in the
projected combination at the initiative
of the latter, but owing to the inability
of the English companies at Baku and
the Russian companies to agree among
themselves the conferences to this end
failed months ago.
The existing combination divides the
English market on percentage basis.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-01
MIR. BRYAN SAILS
INTO MR.. MORGAN
Pronounces the Financier the Most
Dangerous Man in the
United States.
Special to The Globe.

Special to The Globe.
LINCOLN, Neb., July 31.-According
to w. J. Bryan, J. P. Morgan is the
most dangerous man in the United
States. Mr.. Bryan will devote some
space in his editorial tomorrow indors
ing the criticism of the German empe-
ror in his estimate of Mr. Morgan, and
then goes the kaiser one better. He
says:
''The kaiser is discerning man. In
a short visit with Mr.. Morgan he
found out what seems to be ANYTHING
but apparent to many Americans.
namely, that the great fnancier is
perfectly blind to the natural and nee
essary consequences that will follow
his schemes. If Morgan were phi
losopher or a student of human nature
he would know that evil and only evil
can follow from the monopolies which
he has helped to organize He is either
without conscience or without judg-
ment, and it is more charitable to take
the kaiser's view and consider him in
capable of seeing consequences far
ahead.
He is on a par with the drayman
who starves his horse or the farmer
who impoverishes the soil or the mer-
chant who extorts from his customer
or the parent who allows his child to
work in the factory when it ought to
be in school, only he cannot plead ne
cessity as an excuse. America has no
foreign foe half SO dangerous as Mr..
Morgan and the plutocracy for which
he stands. 1t would besfortunate for
this country if all our people under
stood Mr.. Morgan as well as Germany's
monarch Goes"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-01
DOWN THE INCLINE
AT DULUTH
One Woman Killed and Another Sc
riously Injured in a Run
away.

DULUTH, Mimi, July 31.-Mrs
Mary Barker, of Superior, was instant
ly killed, and Miss Blanche Kiltin, of
West Duluth, seriously injured in a
runaway here tonight
The horses became frightened at the
top of a hill and dashed down the
steep incline. The rig was overturned
and Mrs. Barker was thrown to the
ground. Her neck was broken.
Five other occupants of the carriage
escaped with slight bruises.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-01
MINE EXPLOSION
IN AUSTRALIA
Bodies of Twenty-seven Men Recov-
cred and Hundred More Are
Still Entombed.

SYDNEY, N. S. W., July 31.-An ex-
plosion resulting in heavy loss of life
has occurred at the Mount Kimbla
colliery at Wollongong, a port forty
miles from here. Twenty-seven bodies
have been recovered.
were rescued, but a hundred are still
entombed.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-01
Acquired by the Armours

CHICAGO, July 31.-The transfer Of the
controlling interest of the G. H. Ham
mond company and the Hammond Pack
ing company to Armour & Co., or indi-
vidual members of the Armour firm is
now practically completed. The amount
the Hammond companies have plants at
st. Joseph, Mo-, and G. H. Hammond in
South Omaha, Neb.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-01
BECAUSE COPPER is TOO CHEAP.
No. 1 Shaft of the Isle of Royale Min
ina COMPANY Closed,

HOUGHTON, Mich, July 31.-Isle
Royale Mining company, of Houghton,
discharged 100 men today, closing down
it's No. 1 shaft and stopping two of it's
mill heads.
The cause is said to be the low price
of copper, as the mine has been making
a fine record in output of late.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-01
INSISTS THAT CATHOLICS
ARE BEING PROSELYTIZED
Bishop McFaul on the Coming Catholic
Convention.

TRENTON, N. j., July 31.-Bishop
McFaul, of the Roman Catholic diocese
Of Trenton, who will attend the ma
tional convention Of the American Fed
Grafton of Catholic Societies, which
which will be held in Chicago in Au-
gust, said tonight that among the mat
ters to be considered by the conven-
ton were the friar and educational
questions in the Philippines.
The contention, the bishop said,
would take the position that the edu-
cational system in the Philippines was
calculated to proselytize the Catholics.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-01
LORD KITCHENER RECEIVES A
SWORD FROM CAPE TOWN
He Hopes the Blade Will Not Again
Be Drawn in South Africa.

LONDON, July 31.-Amidst tremen-
dous enthusiasm Lord Kitchener was
tonight presented with a sword Of
honor. the gift of Cape Town. Sir John
Dimsdale, lord mayor of London, made
the presentation in a South African
dinner, which was attended by MANY
notable persons.
Lord Kitchener modestly returned
thanks for the gift, and expressed the
confident hope that in South Africa
at any rate, the sword would not again
be drawn from it's scabbard.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-01
Eleven Men Burned.

DAYTON, Ohio, July 31-Eleven
men were frightfully burned today by
an explosion in one of the buildings
of the Stoddard Manufacturing works.
Three will probably die. The explo-
sion was caused by leakage of nat
ural gas.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-01
Another President schwab.

NEW YORK, July 31.-At a meeting
of the new American Steel Foundries
company here today the organization
of the concern was completed. Joseph
e. Schwab, brother of Charles M.
Schwab, president of the United States
Steel corporation, was elected presi-
dent.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-01
Eye Diseases in Schools.

NEW YORK, July 31.-Contagious
eye diseases have reached the propor-
tions of a full fledged epidemic among
the school children of Manhattan, ac-
cording to a report by Health Com
missioner Lederly.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-01
Accused of Postal Frauds.

BUTLER, Ind, July S1.-Mrs. Vic
toria Gibson is under arrest here,
mails in conducting matrimonial
bureau.