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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-02-13
In Memory of Little Harry Epperl,
There's a pair of little hands

There's pair of little hands
Laid to rest forever more;
There's two pearly dimpled cheeks
Whose rich blossoming is DER.
Death has sealed two little eyes
That shall no more smile nor weep,
Tiny windows of the soul,
Little Harry's gone to sleep.
He will wake in fairer land
Where the angels voices ring;
There the flowers shall expand.
There shall loves perfection bring.
Far beyond the azure sky
Where the tiny star-eyes peep,
Angels bore him safely there,
Darling Harry's gone to sleep.
We shall meet him that glad day
IF we only are prepared,
When our Master bids us come,
Then we all shall meet him there.
What a meeting that will be
When we all are gathered home,
In the land that God shall give,
Where no death nor partings come.
j, M, F,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-02-13
MORTUARY.
Merrill.

Grandpa Merrill passed to his heaven
ly home Friday morning, Feb. 9TH,
after several years of patient suffering.
He was SO years, 5 months and "a days
old. Grandpa made his home at Tus-
keego with his daughter, Mrs. j. NJ.
Smith. Short services were held at the
house Friday evening by Rev. Smith
after which the remains were taken to
Council Bluffs and laid to rest by his
wife. Many friends sympathize with
Mr.. Smith and family in their sad be-
reayement,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-02-13

in the Influence of her life upon theirs.
A large circle of friends attended the
remains to their last resting place in
Eden cemetery.
''ThanS God for grace
Ye who weep only; If. as some have done,
fe grope. tear blinded, in q desert place
And touch but tombs, up! Those tears
will run
Soon In long rivers down The lifted face,
And leave the vision clear for stars and sun"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-02-13
A Communications.

A few weeks ago an item appeare d in
this paper stating that robbery was
attempted at the residence of John
Cochran three miles west of Leon on
"Wednesday night. That statement we
will try to rectify. Two young men, of
near Decatur intending to go to church
at Palestine drove. over in sled as far
as Mr.. Cochran's but seeing no light in
the church stopped to inquire if the
meetings had closed. After rapping at
the front door and receiving no reply
went to the back door and repeated it.
AS no one here answered they went
back to the sled anu drove toward De-
catur. Half past seven is rather an
early hour for robbers but Mr.. Cochran
must have been expecting them or
otherwise we do do not see how he
could haye thought there was anything
SO outrageous about to happen and it
certainly would have been shame to
have shot two innocent church going
young men, since there are 50 few Of
them in the world.
\ .-.-------..----.-..
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-02-13
License to Wed.

The following marriage licences have
been issued by Clerk Keller since our
last issue:
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-06-12
WORK OF A TORNADO
Central Illinois Visited by the Most
Disastrous Storm ia Many Years.
PEORIA IN ITS GRASP.
Many Lives Lost, Hundreds Injured,
Great Property Loss.
A RIVER STEAMER WAS WRECKED.
Sister Boat with 500 Women on Board
finally Rescued.
BLOOMINGTON SUFFERS GREATLY.
Loss TO the Farmers Over Wide Stretch
of Country Can Hardly Be
Estimated.
A RIVER STEAMER WAS WRECKED.
Sister Boat with 800 Somea on Board
finally Rescued.
BLOOMINGTON SUFFERS GREATLY.

Peoria, Ill. june fl, Tho double storm
that struck Peoria at 10 o'clock last niEht
aud again Mt > O'Clock this morning. was
the worst Central. Illinois has experienced
since 1857. Rain fcll III torrents and tile
damage caused by the high winds Is not
cStimahle at this time bnt will amount TO
hundreds Of thousands OF dollars.
Every railroad entering the city Is Grip.
pied. Telegraph communication was cut
on and not resumed until 10 o'clock thia
morning lclephouic connection with tbc
outside world Is comNctcly severed. Fac.
tories throughout the city are completely
crippled and almost every smokestack Is
down, Tho cntlrc street railway system
was nut out " business for several Lcurs,
bu, at noon today operation was pdrtially
resumed
Probably the worst damage In proportion
60 tho siHo OF the town Was at Kingston
Mines. a small mining town twenty u,iles
below Peoria There three persons we're
allied outright and ten were injured. three
fatally
The dead are;
MRS. THOMAS MURRAY.
INFANT CHILD OF MRS. MURRAY.
MRS, ROBERT MELwEE.
The fatally injured arc;
Infant child OF Mrs McEwee,
Robert McElwce.
Thomas Murray
An electrical storm swept over the village
first followed by the tornado. The path
Of the storm was zoo feet wide sixteen
homes are completely demolished, as was
tho Methodist church
In Peoria George Riordan. an employe of
the electric company, was instantly killed
this morning white reparlng the storm
damage TT Glcndak PARK, lie wns caught
by a,live wire and died instantly, George
Astlock, another lincnan, was seriously
burned In attempting to extrlcate RIordar
from the wire.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-06-12

Developments It will not be ditGcut TO
draw the correct conclusion
1t is not altogether improbable that i'm
investigation will DO set on foot FOR .he
purpose OF ascertaning where senator
Teller obtained the voucher he pres nted
The president and his 'Grtaipers are thor
oughly exasperatod by tnis fresh evidence
of leak in the war department md they
viii make every effort to locate It.
Following Is u copy of the voucher;
Fern SNoCcher No. 81,
Abstract d. account Of month April, 1902.
New YORK. April p 1902
The un'ted states military governmeut
of the Island OF Cuba to the United States
Export association, Dr.
For sending third edition of 5000 circular
letters and accompanying publications 60
leaders of thought In the United States adj
vocating a reduction In the duties UpGn
Cuban products with reciprocal reduction
In the duties BON American products im-
Eorteds into Cuba $3.50
Received payment. United Sptes Export
Association
April .. 1902. F. b. Thurber. President
70 service as bill attached (sce nhove}
In support OF the applications Of tho In.
habltants of the Island % Cuba for rccipro-
cal tariff relations With the United states.
81 $50
Under authority Of General Wood, March
26. 1902.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-06-12
ants association Of New York clty

chHnts association or New York CITY
The senate committee has been attcmpt.
ing TO secure the attendance of Thurber for
some weeks past All such attempts have
been heretofore met with statements from
him to the effect that he was too busy to
appear before the committee. Recently
Thurber has been threatened with arrest
unless he complied with the summons OF
the committee, and today he appeared be.
fore It,
During the course Of his testimony he
stated, in answer to questions by Senator
Teller, that he had done considerable work
in the way Of distributing reciprocity propa-
eanda and that the cost Of this work has
been borne largely by the Cuban commit
tee" Thcreupon Mr. Teller produced n
voucher, secured presumably from the war
department, showing that by order OF
Governor General Wood $3.50 had bten
paid the United States Export association,
Of which Thurber Is president, for services
in distributing among leaders OF thought"
In this country a large number OF circular
letters advocating reciprocity with Cuba
Thurbcr admitted that the voucher was
genuine. Later he admitted that an az
glegatc sum OF about $4,000 for similar
services had been paid him by the milf
tary government Of the United States In
Cuba and by President Havemeycr Of the
American Sugar Refining company, other
wise known as the trust
The news OF the facts brought out iur.ng
the hearing caused more general interest
than any other one development in con
nection with the reciprocity matter, with
the possible exception OF the defeat of tho
administratlonists In the house by rhe beet
sugar men and the democrats
II is generally admitted that Senator Tel
ler's coup has given u death blow to all
reciprocity plans, nasmuch as It positively
shows that the sugar trust has been spend.
Ing money TO influence legislation In the
premises. The democrats have charged this
all along and they are, therefore, as highly
elated MS are the beet sugar men, who think
their battle Is now won.
The voucher brought 10 light by the Col
oradu senator will also. It is thought, have
the effect Of preventing the president from
carrying out his plan Of making Wood q
major general
Enough Information regarding Woods ex-
PEI dItuies In Cuba was brought out two
weeks or SO ago TO warrant an inyestIga-
tlon but Secretary Root assumed all respoD-
sibility for the matter and the republicans
In the house voted down the resolutions
providing for the investigation.
Now that Il has been shown that General
Wood used the funds OF the island IN at
tempting to influence legislation ~ Tho
United states 1t Is not thought that the
administration will dare continue Is spon-
sorship for Wood and that II can not re-
sist efforts 10 get at the facts regarding
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-06-12
THE CUBAN WAR CLAIMS
CLAIMANTS NUMBER 5oo-AMOUNT
ASKED FOR, $eo,ooo,ooo
First Case Heard Before Commission in
Havana--Will Take Two Years
to Hear All Claims.

New York, Jane 1.-THE first hearing in
Cuba before the subcommission appointed
10y the spanish claims commission at Wash
ugton, to Investigate the claims for dam.
ages suffered dullus the Spanish war, has
just been held before Commissioner j. Z.
Darling cables a Havana correspondent.
The case was that Of Walter Grant Dygert,
an American, who claims $4,000 as dam.
ages for imprisonment at Guines. being
mistaken for a young English rebel known
as lng.eslto. pygert came to Havana from
Idaho 10 conduct his case IN person. There
arc In an ahoBt j0O cases 10 be heard IN
tho Island, aggrrgailng Ss0O9u.OO which
viii require Two or three years TO- be heard.
The Dygrrt ease VIII have Ia 20 over until
the return of Ok Vice Consul Springer from
Washington, who is q witness for the com-
ulaiBant
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-06-12
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
COERCION IN PHILIPPINES.
President Roosevelt Assures the Unitarians There
Is Little eft

Boston "Therc otno.,
phoS OF coercion IN tho Philippines f
OF the American Unitarian
IN
uo aded at tue annual meeting
ing the stDatipn In the Philippines is as fllous;
sN i s peg TO thank you for kind
the American Unitarian nj
annual meeting May . 1902 am happy able
inc senate viii
MofE tAl and ont than hitherto peace
prosperity ana personal liberty
now ALMOST no policy coercion
nee SO entirely overcome a
the policy Of consultation ana WIN Pbiirpncs
THERE HAS NEVER RECN
LTELl INEVITABLE nm armed attack unon tho soy
EGNTf OF the United States which
age.
with Of
forth letter the unn
ISOLATION
rhnnInrn Rnnnrn
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-06-12
ANOTHER SECRETOUT
Wood Tried 10 Influeace Public SENT.
nlent for Rec prOcity.
USED GOVERNMENT FUND.
Ihurber Received the Cash and Was
Forced 10 Admit 1t.
TIE SUGAR TRUST ALSO PUT UP
For the Scheme Which Was Backed by
the Governor General.
THE ADMINISTRATION IS EXASPERATED
And Win Try to Locate the Leak in the
War Department tc Prevent Fur
t,cr Damage,
For the Scheme Which Vas Backed by
the Governor General.
THE ADMINISTRATION IS ExASPERATED
Especial to The posta

Washington, June IA sensation VIII ch
has been expected for the past two or three
days developed In the senate committee on
relations with Cuba this morning when sen.
ator Keller produced evidence showing that
81 least QUO man has received large sums of
money from President Hlvemeyrr Of the
sugar trust and from Leonard Wood. act.
lux in his capacity Of governor general Of
Cuba, for services n attempting to lnhn.
cncc legislation in favor of reduction in
the tarin on Cuban sugar.
The man in question Is Francis b. Thur
ber Of New York. who is well known in
Texas and who visited the State little
over a year ago with the delegation from
the Chamber of Commerce and the Mcr-
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-06-12
MIaslon of German crnlshrs.

Berlin, june 1i.-1hc German cruisers
GNzelle ana Fake have been sent to La
Guayra. Venezuela, AT the special request
Of the German charge d'ufurcs M Caracas,
Herr Won Bnliag2l To consequence
Of revolution having broken out Ia the
suburbs of La Guayrn leading to the bonn
hardment Of the town by the forts and
Venezuelan warships
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-06-12
Judae Reanan,a Condition.

Palestine, Texas, June 11.t-Judge Reagan
Is about the anme rs was reported yester-
day. The Post correspondent has just had
talk with Mrs. Reagan, aud she states
that the judge docs not rest well at night
and that naturally wcakrus him and he N
not feeling as well as wns hoped,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-06-12
A COMMITTEE APPOINTED
10 Investigate the Management of the Confed
crate Home at Austin

Fort Worth Texas June IL N Van zndt
vision Of the United Confederate the
tee Investigate the conduct Of Mott
Of For Worth II
w J. W. Kerr Of corsicnn and George H. o
to in
thorough Investigation
the
$ rized make
bcst FOL 10 of he cdcratc home
c dcempr ro ~"
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-06-12
RICE WILL HEARING.
Surrogate VIII Now Proceed with
the Hearing.

New York, june 11,-surrogate
Fitzgerald, after long discussion
today between John c. romlInson,
who is council for Albert r. Patrick,
aud William r. Iiornblower, counsel
for the proponents Of win executed
by William NJ. Rice ii 1896, decided
TO proceed 'vith intoxicating Of the
contest against this will by Patrick
and also With ,hc&ontest of the 1900
Will known as the Patrick" VIII,
ALLEGED to have been executed shortly
before Rice's death and under which
Patrick hecams rcsiduary lesatee Of
the eststc'orthe tcstGtor. valued ut
about 100000.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-06-12
CLAIMS OF TEXAS PosTMA8TgRs
Against the Government Now Amount
to a Large sum.

Washington. June ll.-seaator Culberson
today offered by request resolution calling
on The postmaster general TO report 10 the
seuate the amount Of back salary due to
postlnasters In Texas who have nj various
times made claims for tho respe-.ive
amounts alleged 10 be due them acc1m-
uanvlng the resolution Is schedule show.
Inc the amounts IN question, the aggregate
OF which Is between $4,000 and $1,000.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1902-03-20
MEXICAN RAILROADS
Vast Amount of Improvements
Being Made.

Monterey, Mexico, March IA .-More
than 300 miles of roadbed of the Mex
lean National and the Texas Mexican
have been widened and soon will be
ready for the change of gauge Of the
track from narrow to standard width.
The wooden bridges are rapidly being
superseded by substantial iron struc-
lures, the curves are being heightened
and vast amount of other improve
ment work is being done preparatory
to changing the gauge of the line.
The Texas Mexican runs from Laredo,
Texas, to Corpus Christi, Texas, con-
Meeting with the San Antonio and Ar
kansas Pass, which is southern Pa
.oifo property, both at Alice and Cor
pus Christi
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1902-03-20
DUNBAR A NEW
STATE OFFICER

Cofeeville, Miss, March 10. The
Mississippi Historical Society,
through its executive committee, has
elected Mr.. Dunbar Rowland, OF
Coffeeville, as director of the depart
men of history created under an act
passed at the recent season of the
Legislature. Mr.. Rowland now be.
comes State official for term of six
years at salary Of 81, 600 per annum,
and will at once assume charge Of the
archives of the society and all historic
cal documents in the keeping of the
State. An office for the department.
will be established in the State House
and the archives Immediately removed
from the University OF Mississippi
where they have been in the keeping
of DR.. Franklin J.. Riley, secretary
of the Mississippi Historical Society,
for the past several years.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1902-03-20
No Murder Cases.

Summit, Miss, March 15.-The Pike
county circuit court has adjourned af-
Ter a three weeks session, and for the
irst time in many years the criminal
locket did not contain murder or
nansIaughter case. In former years
Pike county has been noted for its
large number of murder cases at each
,ircuit court session. A good sized
mount of minor criminal business,
however, was disposed of, and seven
prisoners were sent to the penitentiary
20 serve short terms, and fines aggre-
eating over 81, in petty felony
Eases were imposed.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1902-03-20
Blind Tiger Run Down.

Waynesboro, Miss, March 10. -Sher-
IF Green raided white blind tiger at
Pewe, Miss, yesterday, few miles
below this place Ollie Byrd was the
man arrested. He was put under bond
or $3.50 for his appearance at court
lext Saturday. Fifty pint bottles of
whiskey were captured. 1t is said that
big box of the ardent was hidden in
she woods, which escaped the officers.
Byrd also ran a negro dance house, and
when the raid was made the house
was full of male and female negroes,
I'll more or less under the influence of
the blind tiger booze.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1902-03-20
Acquires Branch Line.

st. Louis, March 14.-The st.
Louis and Memphis line, extending
from Paw Paw Junction to Luxora,
a distance of 70 miles, has been turned
over to the st. Louis, Memphis and
southeastern, which was recently or
gaDized, and which will form the st.
Louis Memphis line of the Frisco sys-
tenn. The Frisco system has grown
to such an extent that, with it's recent
purchase of the Black we'll, Enid &,
Southwestern, it operates over 1900
miles of road and figures among the
strongest lines in the West.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1902-03-20
FLYING MACHINE
One Being Constructed for British
War Office.

New York, March l3.-Details OF a
flying machine which DR.. @. +. Bur
ton is constructing for the war office
were given by him in a paper read at
a meeting of the Aeronautical Society,
says the London correspondent OF the
+ Herald.
The machine, he explained, is a
combination of gas vessel and screw
propeller principles, the balloon being
fish shaped and divided internally into
four compartments, The driving
mechanism consists of SIX screw pro-
pellers coupled to motors.
Sir Hiram Maxim, who presided,
thought the model contained more
mechanism than it could carry.
Sir Hiram Maxim took occasion to
deny that he had offered prize OF
sl96;600 to be competed for at the St.
Louis Exposition air contests. He is
prepared, however, he said, to offer a
large sum of money for prize, if a
really practicable and tried air ship is
produced.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1902-03-20

The position of Commissioner Gen.
eral of immigration has been rendered
by the President to Frank P. Sargent,
chief of the Brotherhood of Locomo-
tiva Firemen to sncccel I. V. Pow
derby, the present incumbent. 1t is
understood that the reason for the
Presidents action in desiring to re-
lieve Mr.. Powderly is because he has
not worked in harmony with the
higher officials of the Treasury De-
partment, which has resulted in more
or less friction.
1t also has been determined to re-
lieve Thomas Fitchie. Commissioner
at New York, and his assistant, Ed
ward f. insolvency. The changes,
it is said, will take effect April l,
although it is not given out who will
succeed the two latter officials.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1902-03-20
DROUGHT WARNING
Spoken by a Kansas Baby Five
Weeks Old.

weeks O'G.
Lincoln, Neb, March IA dis
patch from Harper, Kan, says that
an alarm amounting among the more
superstitious to almost a panic has
spead here because of what are be-
lieved to be the prophetic inspired
words of a weeks-old- infant. The
child began talking at the age of three
weeks. It's first words were clear and
incisive, and it has kept repeating
them at irregular intervals during
wakefulness ever since. They are:
six years Of famine in Kansas.
The sentence is taken by many to
be a message from the Deity, to be
disregarded by hearers at their peril.
Already large number of farmers
are leaving the state, firm in the be-
lief that long drought is approach
ing. The child shows unusual signs
of intelligence, is we'll formed and of
normal growth, but parrots the words
like a photograph. 1t can say moth
ing else. The father, John Shelby, IS
a laboring man. Hundreds have tray
eled and waited for hours TO secure
confirmation of the story from the ba-
by's lips
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1902-03-20
MISSISSIPPI AND BRYAN
w. l.. Caruther Speaks 20
WASHINGTON Star Reporter.

Washington Star Reporter
"The action of the Legislature OF
my State in passing lresolution that
PRACTICAL repudiates Bryan and his
doctrines is nor surprising to me-,
said Mr.. W u. Caruth rs, OF Vioks-
burg, Mississippi, ut the Raleigh.
"The truth is shat this resolution
only voiced wha. aur people have
been thinking ever since the campaign
of 1900. We have grown weary of ad.
herence to leaders who led us only to
defeat. The idea OF q political alli-
ance between the South and West was
never anything but a delusion. The
cotton belt had but little in common
with Nebraska. The South has al
ways looked to the East, and New
York in particular, for capital in the
development Of the resources and NOV
ing of its crops. AS political ally,
the imperial State Of New York In
worth the entire West, for New York
is naturally Democratic and the West
is surely Republican except at rare
intervals when some wave of Popu-
lism may effect temporary ohange.a
81 think that now that one Of the
strongest Democratic States in the
Union has declared in favor of re-
nouncing Organism and cleaving to
our old-time Eastern friends, others
will not be slow to follow Mississip-
PTS example. The result will be the
nomination of either German or Da-
yid B. Hill as the next standard bear
er of the party Washington, d. O.
Star.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1902-03-20
Interesting Portraits.

Washington, March 14.-Portraits of
Mrs. and Miss Roosevelt, painted by
Chartran, were given private view at
the French en- bassy today and created
much favorable comment. Mrs,
Roosevelt's portrait shows the White
House circular portico with rear of
the mansion as the background. The
idea was never before selected by a
lady of the White House. Miss Roose
velt's portrait is girlish and simple in
effect. The portraits will be removed
to the White House from the EN- bassy.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1902-03-20
Smallpox in Copiah

Crystal Springs, Miss, March 10. -
twenty cases Of smallpox are reported
in Copiah county. The disease is prev
llent in quite number of counties in
The southern part of the state, partic-
1larly the piney woods section which
asst year was comparatively free from
infection. The type of the disease is
very mild, however, and the death
rate unusually low. The management
Of the disease is IN the hands of boards
Of supervisors and county hearth Off
sers.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1902-03-20
FROr1 THE "OLD SOD"
Irishmen Are Receiving Sham
rocks by Mail.

New York, March 14.-In the mails
from Europe this week were many
packages of shamrocks sent to Irish
men in America to aid in the proper
celebration of St. PatrioK's day. The
shamrocks were packed in damp earth
in tin boxes and were found when
opened to be as fresh as when pack ed.
The packages were consigned not only
to New York but to Chicago, Denver,
Minneapolis, st. Louis and other cities
throughout the country.