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The Leon reporter., 1902-07-03
NEWS FROM THE
HAWKEYE STATE
What Has Happened in Iowa
During the Past
Week.
MAY REFUSE INFORMATION
Said That Railroads May Decline to Fur
nish Monthly Reports to the Executive
CounciI-Father Shoots Objectionable
Suitor.

| Des Moines, June 30-There is a
well defined rumor in political circles
that the railroads which do business
In Iowa may decline to furnish the
information asked from them by the
state executive council under the in
depreciation put on the English law
by the governor and members of the
council. This law gave the council
power to prescribe rules and regula-
lions governing the compilation and
furnishing of information concerning
the business of the roads in Iowa, as
a basis for railroad property assess.
ment.
Under this authority the council pre-
pared certain blanks and rules re-
quiring monthly reports from all of the
railroads respecting the detailed in
come from four classes of business:
The business originating in Iowa and
going out, that originating out and
coming in, and that wholly within
the state. The blanks for the first
monthly report on this line, for the
month of April, have been in the
OF the rules. While they were given
cAhCy odyS III WHICH W lllS lu6 IGpOELS
only two or three have been received
by the officers of the executive coun-
Gil.
Now arises the rumor that the roads
will find it impossible to furnish the
detailed information asked for. 1t is
said that they have been advised by
lhe legal departments of some of the
roads that the council is without the
authority to require this monthly in.
formation in the shape in which it is
solicited. 1t is even said that the
council might be resisted in the courts
If the reply of the railroads that they
are unable to furnish the information
Is taken at it's face AS a matter of
fact, it is further said, the roads do
not wish to furnish the information be.
cause the compilation of it would be
enormously exnensiye
The Leon reporter., 1902-07-03
CIVIL RULE OPENS JULY 4
MILITARY RULE WILL END ON
THAT DATE.
General chaffee Will Remain in Com.
nand OF Military Department.


n,and OF Military Department.
Washington, June 2S.-It was stat.
ed at the war department this after
noon that the entire Philippine archi
pelago will be placed under control
OF the civil authorities, as represented
by the civil governor and the Philip
pine commission, on the Fourth OF
July, and that General Chaffee's func.
tions as military governor of the pro.
Ylnces now under military control will
terminate on that date. General Chat.
fee, however, will remain in command
OF the military division of the Philip.
pines and will assist the civil authori.
ties in the preservation of peace
and good order whenever called upon
to do so. The effect of this policy
Will be the complete establishment Of
civil government throughout the en-.
tire Philippine archipelago on Ameri-
can Independence day. The military
will everywhere be subordinate to the
civil authorities as it is in the United
States.
1t was further stated that the Moros
will be allowed to continue their tribal
relations for the time being and will
be governed under practically the same
conditions as the American Indians
until it is demonstrated that civil gov
ernment may be advantageously estab-
llshed througout the province of Min.
danaO
The Leon reporter., 1902-07-03
SEVEN INCHES OF RAIN.
Downpour About Springfield Floods
Greeks and Rivers.

Springfield, ILL.,, June 3O-Rain has
fallen here and over central Illinois
since early Friday afternoon. Previous
to then rain fell almost every day
during the week, and the roads were
nearly impossible when the heavy
downpour commenced on Friday. The
former rains had little effect on the
rivers and creeks, but the fall since.
Friday has flooded every small stream
for miles. The full effect Of the,
storm was not felt in Springfield un,
til Saturday night, when the down.
pour began to tax the sewers and
flood cellars, and there is yet no indi.
cation of cessation of the downfall.
Taking into consideration the weather
reports of Friday and Saturday, no
report being made on Sunday, it Isl
estimated that nearly seven inches
of water fell since Friday. At several
points throughout central and south,
ern Illinois the rain was even heavier
There were a number of railroad
Washouts and trains were delayed.
The Leon reporter., 1902-07-03
OPPOSE ADJOURNMENT
DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS DEMANDS
ACTION BY. CONGRESS.
Relief for Cuba, Antitrust LesisIa.
tion and Reduction on Duties
on Trust Controlled Articles.

tion and Reduction on Duties
on Trust Controlled Articles.
Washington, June 28.-A caucus of
the democratic members of the house
Of representatives, held last night,
unanimously adopted the following
declaration:
Resolved, First-That we condemn
the republican majority in congress
for their failure to pass measure pro-
viding for reciprocity with Cuba.
The bill which passed the house of
representatives was heartily supported
by the democratic minority, after the
protection to the sugar trust had been
removed by the solid democratic aided
by the small minority of the repub-
lican members. AS 1t passed the
house, the bill carried relief to Cuba,
reduced the price of sugar to Amer
lean consumers and struck a heavy
blow at the notorious and obnoxious
sugar trust The refusal of the repub.
llcan senators to consider this meas
ure unless the protecIlon to the sugar
trust should be restored gives evidence
tnat the president and republican
party In congress are willing to refuse
relief to Cuba and totally ignore Amer.
lean consumers rather than abandon
their alliance with the trusts.
The failure of all reciprocity legis-
lation with Cuba rests upon the repub-
lican administration, which is willing
to reduce the duty on the raw sugar
of our producers, but unwilling to de.
stroy the sugar monopoly.
"Second-That the republican ma
jority in congress is dominated and
controlled by the trusts and mono.
poles, which have the great industries
of the country in their grasp, as shown
by its action in passing an antitrust
bill through the house of representa-.
tives in the Fifty-seventh congress in
the closing hours of the session, the
senate refusing to consider the same
as subterfuge to tide over the elec.
ton of 1900. That bill has been aban.
doned and they have since refused and
do now refuse and fail to bring in any
measure to suppress the trusts or to
fayorably report any of the numerous
antitrust bills introduced by demo.
cratic members during this congress.
Third-That we favor the imme.
diate passage of a measure to amend
the present antitrust law so as to
more fully protect the trade and com.
merce against unlawful restraints and
monopolies, and also measure to re.
duce the duties on all articles and
commodities manufactured and con.
trolled or produced in the United
States by trust or trusts so as to de.
strdy such illegal combinations, and
to reduce the rate of duty on any
article Or commodity manufactured IN
the United States and sold in for.
eign country more cheaply than in the
United States.
"Fourth-We oppose the adjourn
ment of congress until the measures
above mentioned have been enacted
into law"
The Leon reporter., 1902-07-03
DELAY in SMITH CASE.
Charges Against General Will Not Be
Acted Upon for Some paus.

Washington, June 3O.-It is an
nounced at the war department that
the case of General j. H. Smith will
mot be acted upon finally before the
end of this week at the earliest. Judge
Advocate General Davis has complet-
ed his review of the proceedings of the
court martial and the papers are now
lin the hands of Secretary Root, who is
SO busy with other matters that he has
not yet had time to give the case the
attention it deserves. 1t has been gen
orally understood that General Smith
was acquitted by the court, but it
transpired today that such was not the
case. the court, it is alleged, having
found General Smith guilty of violat-
ing the rules of war and sentenced
him to be reprimanded BY the review.
ing authorities, which in this case is
President Roosevelt. Inasmuch as the
case is considered strictly confidential
until finally acted on by the president,
it is impossible to obtain any official
information in regard to it,
The Leon reporter., 1902-07-03
storm CAUSES
MUCH DAMAGE
Extends from the Rockies to.
Alleghanies, and Over the
Central West.
RAILWAY TRACKS WASHED OUT
Rivers Overflow Their Banks and
Flood the Surrounding Country,
Causing Great Loss to Farmers and
Business Men. + +

The storm that has prevailed for.
several days is the most widespread
known in this country for many years.
according to weather bureau officials
in all sections, and great damage has
been caused.
!. The storm extends from the Rocky
mountains in the West to the Alle-'
ghanies in the East, and covers the
states of Illinois, Kansas, Iowa. Mis-
souri,, Indiana, Ohio, and Pennsylva-
MIA, as we'll as being more or less
seriously felt in many other states,
notably Texas and Tennessee.
In the states mentioned the rain
fall Saturday and Sunday averaged
from to inches. About an inch on
the average fell in the states north,
while in the states south the aver
age was less.
Railroad tracks have in many places
been washed out and trains wrecked:
rivers are overf1owing their banks
and flooding the surrounding coun-
try, causing untold loss to farmers.
and thousands of dollars damage has
been done by the flooding of base
ments and cellars where goods were
kept.
Up to the present time the storm
has been marked by comparatively
small loss of life. Danger signals
have, however, been raised along the
lake and ocean, and with the coming
OF the high winds that are expected
as climax to the storm, is feared
many fatalities will result.
The Leon reporter., 1902-07-03
DYNAMITE UNDER DRUG STORE.
Building Wrecked and Stock Damaoed
Motive Unknown.

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Building Wrecked and Stock DAMAGED
Motive Unknown.
Ottumwa, June 28.-For some mys.
terious reason which no one. either
through fear or disinclination. will re.
veal, charge of dynamite was placed
beneath the drug store of the Hamii.
ton Drug company, owned by J. HI.
Williams. of Hamilton, q little town
about twenty-five miles west of Ottum-
wa. About o'clock a. m. the charge
was exploded, tearing great hole out
of the glass front of the building and
wrecking the show cases and doing a
considerable amount of other damage,
inflicting a loss estimated by Mr.. Will.
liams at from $100 to $3.50.
Great indignation is manifested by
the people of that place over this ex-
hfbition of lawlessness, and it seems
that through fear there is no attempt
made by the people of Hamilton to
name the parties of the gang that per-
petrated this act. Several times dur
ing the last decade attempts have
been made to fire or destroy by explo-
sion different buildings. Mr.. Williams
has been in business in Hamilton for
the past two years, having resided for
several years previous at Eddysville,
and has always been known as a
peaceful and loyal citizen and the
reason for this attack upon him is 4
matter of the greatest mystery to the
people of that place.
The Leon reporter., 1902-07-03
RATHBoNE ASKS EXAMINATION.
Petitions Congress for an Investigation
of His Administration.

Washington, June 3O.-E. G. Rath.
bone, who was formerly director gem
eral of posts of Cuba and was con.
Vlcted IN Cuba on charges involving
maladministration of his office has
petitloned congress to order a con.
Eresslonal investigation of all his acts
IN Cuba. The petition is based on
allegations that the proceedings which
led to his conviction We're not judicial.
but were special and irregularly CON
quoted; ex parte evidence was ad.
mltted IN the absence OIL the petitioner,
and the trial court refused to summon
witnesses in his behalf; that evidence
vital and material to his defense was
Wlthheld and tnat .le evidence of the
principal witnesses OF the state was
not given under oatn.
Inc petition recites that under tha
Cuban laws defendant in criminal
trial is not required to be sworn. and
cannot be punished for perjury if he
gives false testimony. This witness.
the petition alleges, was convicted
under the same proceedings as the
petitioner, but was pardoned on turn.
ing states evidence. He also took ad.
vantage of his position as a witness
Tor the state to secure his pardon.
AS the result of eating some pressed
chicken at dinner party at Wright
twenty-five people are very sick, some
OF them dangerously so. The dinner
was served at the Ed Kent home and
the pressed chicken served was made
from fowls that had access to the barn
yard where cholera medicine had been
administered to hogs. There. seems
little doubt that this is the way the
poison was communicated, as the
agent who sold Mr.. Kent the medi-
cine told him it was poison. DR.. Sar.
baugh has charge Of .ue patients and
says that unless some unforeseen COM
plications arise they will all recover.
The Leon reporter., 1902-07-03
M'ARTHUR is COMING.
ne Will Accompany the President to
Council Bluffs Reunion.

Council Bluffs. June 3O.-Sumner
Knox, who has charge of the CORES
pondence of the local organization of
the National Society of the Army Of
the Philippines, has received letter
from Major General Arthur Macarthur
of the department of the lakes, stating
tnat he is planning to be here during
the entire three days of the third an
nual encampment of the society, which
is to be held here August 13, IA and Is.
President mas already signifed his
intention of being present and taking
an active part.
President Noyes G. Robinson of St.
Paul has also notified the local or.
ganization that he will be here with a
large delegation from hls state and
that an effort will be made to take
the fourth annual encampment of the
society to that city.
The Leon reporter., 1902-07-03
SHOOTING scRAPE AT NoDAwAY.
Samuel Mckown's Way of Keeping
Bows Awav From Daunh+er.

Creston, June 30-Much excitement
was created in the little town of Noda-
way, in Adams county, west of here,
by shooting affray in which one man
was shot in the left arm.
The shooting was done by Samuel
McCown, an old retired farmer, and
Chas. Todd, painter, was his victim.
McKown shot three times at Todd,
but only one shot took effect and that
is not very serious wound.
The shooting was the outcome OF
Todd's persistent attention to Nc.
kown's daughter against his wishes
and commands and contrary to his
warnings and threats. McKown was
arrested and bound over to the grand
jury under $4,000 bonds, which he
furnished
The Leon reporter., 1902-07-03
THE HUNT FOR STATISTICS.
Chicago, Burlington G Quincy Looking
For Eiuures

Keokuk, June 30.-As a result of the
agitation in Iowa regarding railroad
assessments, the Chicago, Burlington
& Quincy is inaugurating one of the
greatest pieces of statistical work that
was ever undertaken in the state. In
each of the thirty-four counties in
which it has tracks the company is
having men searching the records for
comparison of the market and as
sessed valuation of property. The re-
port will give the ratio of assessed
value to the actual market value dur.
ing the past eighteen months. Live
stock valuation is to be kept separate
ly in the statistics. The report is to
reach Presi.enC W. w. Baldwin by
.Tu1v
The Leon reporter., 1902-07-03
RIVER RISES.
VermiIion Enters DanviIle Water
Works, Cutting off Supply.


Works, Cutting off Supply.
Danville, ILL.,, June 30.-One man is
known to have been drowned and it
is believed that several others have
lost their lives as a result of the
storm and its attendant flood.
Ever since the rivers have began
to rise fears have been entertained
that the property loss would be heavy.
The fears We're realized, when sew
eral buildings were washed away, and
when two houses and several othet
buildings came floating down tha
north fork Of the Vermilion river fromA
some point up stream.
AS result of the unprecedented
rainfall the north fork and the VeG-}
million river, which join at this city,
have left their beds and thousands Of
dollars damage has been done by the
flood.
Water Supply Cut Off.
Denmark bridge, six miles north,
has been swept away. Sutherland
bridge, four miles north, is likely to
go at any moment, and all the Golfer
u@AAis, oSA1 1Sho, lOOl-uOuSSS, dIlQ IalS0
work used in the construction of the
new Big Four railroad bridge at the
western city limits have been carried
away.
The water rose to the waterworks
buildings, and within an hour stood
four feet deep in the engine rooms,N
where the fires were extinguished.
AS soon as the supply in the stand
pipe is exhausted the city will be
without water, and factories, the elec-
tric-light plant, and the power house
of the street car and interurban lines
will be forced to shut down.
The water entered Meneg's woolen
mill, and if the river rises much more
damage to materials and manufac-
tured product in this establishment
will reach thousands of dollars. The
machinery is of such character it will
be ruined by water. This mill has
stood on it's present site for thirty-fva
years and was never seriously threat
ened by flood before. !.
The Leon reporter., 1902-07-03
Bio Michiaan Ranch,

4 Niles, Mich. June 3o.-R. r. Worley
and r. 7. Conrad Of Chicago have
purchased 5000 acres Of valuable
marsh land in Ottawa county. They
Will supply the eastern markets with
hay and grain. Part Of the land will
be used as pasture. 1t Will take 10000
posts and fully twenty-five tons Of:
wire to fence the property.
The Leon reporter., 1902-07-03
Fire Loss at Cape Town.

Cape Town, June 3o.-There has
been big fire in the heart of the
city and several large business houses
have been destroyed. The loss is
very great.
The Leon reporter., 1902-07-03
Cannon Crackers on Hand EarIy.

Maquoketa, June 2s.-While playing
with another companion in Defmar
Ephram Mills had some giant fire.
crackers Not observing the custo-
mary caution written thereon, he at
tempted to explode one and was terri
bly, injured in and about the face,
severely burning his eyes. Medical
assistance soon arrived and the injured
boy was cared for as soon as possible.
One eye will probably be blind, while
the other will De Of no use to him for
some time.
The Leon reporter., 1902-07-03
THEY ATE POISONED CHICKEN
Twenty-Five People Made Very Sick,
Some QanuerouSlu

Oskaloosa, June 2S.-As the result
of eating some pressed chicken at a
dinner party at Wright twenty-five
people are very sick, some of them
dangerously SO. The dinner was sery-
ed at the Ed Kent home and the
pressed chicken served was made
from fowls that had access to the barn
yard where cholera meulcine had been
administered to nogs. There seems
little doubt that this is the way the
poison was communicated as the
agent who sold Mr.. Kent the medicine
told him it was poison. DR.. Sarbaugh
has charge of the patients and saws
that unless some unforeseen complica.
tions arise they will all recover.
The Leon reporter., 1902-07-03
General cronie Takes Oath.

Jamestown, st. Helena, July L.
General Cronje, the Boer commander,
who, with his army. was captured by
Lord Roberts at Paardeberg, Orange
Free State, in February, 1900, has
taken the oath of allegiance to King
Edward. Many Of the remaining pris.
oners are following his example.
The bride fails to observe her hus-
bands cloven hoof until after she gets
a Whit of his cloven breath.
The Leon reporter., 1902-07-03

A deal has been consummated by
which controlling interest in the Fort
Dodge Light and Power company, in.
Guiding the Fort Dodge street railway,
has been sold by A. F. and S. T. Me.
servey to. Healy Brothers & Kelleher.
a prominent legal firm of Fort Dodge.
The transaction involves the transfer
of $4,000 in stock of the total issue
of $125,000. 1t includes the gas and
electric light plant and three miles Of
street railway. The new management
announces that important improve
ments are contemplated.
If her heart is in the right place It
matters not whether woman Is
younger or older than she looks. s,
The Leon reporter., 1902-07-03
cal eeird Sentenced.

Keokul, June 27.--Cal. G. Beird was
sentenced to six and one-half years In
the penitentiaTy at Fort Madison by
Judge Bank. Notice of appeal to the
supremeAcourt was given by his attor-
neys, and his bond was fixed at 1000
for the Surrender Of his body at the
penitentiahy in case the supreme court
does not give him a new trial. A mo.
ton will pc made that the court order
his imprS Sonment in the Lee county
jail here, pending the decision of the
supreme Rurt.
Some pd Pple never take ats.hint, and
wouldn't pow what to do with 1t If
The Leon reporter., 1902-07-03

When a woman says unpleasant
things to a man she always ends by
confessing that what she told him was
for his own p0o6
The Leon reporter., 1902-07-03

Only man with a whole lot OF
money can afford to act as though he
hadn't cent.
The Leon reporter., 1902-07-03

You have no idea how many people
approach newspaper reporters and
ask them to take a shot at you
what has become of the old fashion
ed man who spat on his hands before
beginning a piece of work?
The baseball season is in its first
It isn't always safe to judge man
by the way he acts on Sunday.
The Leon reporter., 1902-07-03

Twenty members of the linemens
union employed by the two telephone
companies have quit work and noti.
lied the managers of the companies
that they will not return to work until
after the settlement of the operators
strike. This was the first step taken
uder the auspices of the Trades and
Labor Assembly toward enforcing the
demands of the operators through sym
pathetic strikes
The Leon reporter., 1902-07-03

Hon. Walter M. Chandler of the New
York bar will give two lectures,
Humorous Experiences abroad" and
Trial of Jesus, From a Lawyers
Standpoint before the Midland Chau.
tauqua, Des Moines. Mr.. Chandler is
"a master of the law and interprets it
without fault, and leads his hearers
from one sublime realm to another.
His lectures are commended as rare
treats of the best oratory. Mr.. Chand-
ler will be heard on Saturday and Sun.
day evenings, July 12 and 49,
The Leon reporter., 1902-07-03

Sam Roam, convicted of the murder
OF George Linn on the night of June 8,
In a row in the Whitechapel district,
was sentenced to thirty years in the
penitentiary at hard labor by Judge
Williamson.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-03-20
A View OF Touopah.

A letter from Tonopah brings the
news that the camp is full of "penni-
less but hopeful men who have a world
OF faith in the camps future The
new shaft Of the Mizpah claim, consid-
cred the richest in the camp, is down
about one hundred feet. About one
hundred and seven men are actively
employed in the several claims of the
camp. Meals and beds are fifty cents
apiece, both good but scarce The
writer believes that in two months
Tonopah will undoubtedly boom. The
discoveries at Ray are not, as yet,
very promising.-Carson News.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-03-20

Representatives from Oregon. Wash
den next Monday 10 arrange for es-
tablishing an exhibit OF products of
their States. This is the outcome of
the rivalry among Western States TO
secure settlers from among those who
E0ye on the part of Oregon, Washing
ton and Idaho representatives is to
counterfeit the influence Of the exhibit
which is TO be established in Ogden
by California. They expect to erect
ing at the Union depot.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-03-20
Death OF welI.known Neyadau.

Judge Charles N. Harris, a we'll
known jurist and politician of Nevada
in its early days, died in San Fran
cisco MONDAY of pneumonia. The dis
ease vas superinduced by a wound he
received in the lungs in the first bat
tie OF Bull Run.
Judge Harris came to this State in
1864. In 1867 he was elected District
Judge and served on the bench for
eight years. His home was in Carson,
where he also edited and published
a newspaper for several years, taking
a prominent part inState politics. He
was a brother Of Mrs. DR.. S. Bishop
and Mrs. DR.. Barnes of San Francisco.