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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-04-03
NO CHANGE IN LAW.
RAILWAY ASSESSMENT MEASURE
KILLED BY THE HOUSE.
Committee Report For indefinite Post
ponement Adopted, 81 to 80.

Committee heport FOR lndeHntte Post
ponement Adopted, 81 to 80.
Des MONIES. March 29.-The rail.
road assessment bill. lie dead for all
time. The report OF the committee on
ways and means which voteo ON the
bill and divided with the majority for
INDEFINITE postponement, was made yes.
terday. Three roll calis were had be-
fore the final vote which defeated the
bill. 81 to 30.
Wien the reports were made Chair.
man Temple Of the committee on ways
and means moved that the majority re.
port be adopted. Representative
Cowles lead the opposition and asked
that in as much as the measure was
one of great Importance that It be
made special order for Wednesday
at 1880. This was defeated, So to So.
Cowles then stated that he supposed
that it made little difference whether
lie vote was had to adopt the majority
report or to substitute the minority
but that all members would have the
opportunity of expressing themselves
on the question he moved to substitute
the minority report for adoption. The
AAAOS1SAA NsAC AOoSb ~ W VIZ. u
Speaker Eaton upon being asked nv
Cowles declared that the question at
that stage of the proceedings was a
debatable one and Mr.. Cowles then
discussed the question briefly. He
stated the matter was one that had so
.engrossedt public attention that it was
worthy of more consideration than the
votes taken would indicate the mem.
harc yuaro uyi11inr- IN
to the fact that the railroads are not
paying their just and equitabiee propor.
ton of taxes, and that this fact had
been under discussion during the last
campaign. He urged that whatever
the outcome of the vote about to be
taken, it would be one giving adequate
opportunity for fair consideration of
the bill. Following is the vote by
which the majority report, indefinitely
postponlng the bill, was adopted:
Yeas: Bailey, Barley, Bealer, Blake.
more. Boysen, Buchanan, Calderwood,
Garden, Cassell, Clarke, Coburn,
Grouse, Cummings, Davenport, Don.
ahue, Edwards, Eiker. English, Elem,
niken, Freeman, Graft. Greeley, Greene.
Hamann, Hasselquist, Hawk, Hilsing,
er, Keagy, Kerr, Killing, Koontz, Leech.
Lyman, mcclure, McClurk.n, Mates.
Meservey, Moore, Nagle, Nichols, Pat.
ton, Payne. Pipher,s Powers, Pritch,
ard. Robinson, Roome, Secot Sokol
Stratton, Stuckslager, Sweet, Teachout.
Temple. Townsend, Wilson Of Buena
Vista, Wilson Of Washington, Wise.
Wright, Mr.. Speaker-61.
Nays: Anderson, Barker, Black
Campbell. Carter, Cheney, Colclo
Cowles, Cruikshank, Durham, Fields.
Gilchrist, Hertert, Hufsschmidt
Hughes, Jaeger, JenKs, Jones, Langan
Of Clinton; Langan of Crawford; Lar
rabee, McNie, Mordhurst, Springer.
sweeley. Utterback. Walden, Warren,
Whiting-3O.
Absent or not voting: Christianson.
Dodds, Frudden, Head, Hurn. Kendall.
Marshall, Walters, ,yillett.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-04-03


It will be a cold day when YOU find
laundry starch anywhere near az
good as Defiance.
Lady-"Are your antiques all genu-
ine?" Clerk-"Yes, madam. and we
SO guarantee them" Lady-"Well. all
our furniture is antique, and wish to
get genuine antique Louis the Four.
teenth carpet sweeper"
The medical expert-"I'm sure your
baby shows what our modern methods
will do. Did you follow nv direc.
tlons?" Mother-"Oh, yes. First 1
skinned the milk and added two
parts of hygienic water and two parts
OF our celebrated modifier. Then
! carefully sterilized the whole" The
medical expert-"And then?" Moth.
EFT threw 1t out of the window and
gave the baby the cream"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-04-03
CECIL RHODES DIES.
NOTED PROMOTER is DEAD AT
CAPE TOWN.
Health Almost Completely Broken
Down During Last Two

Health Almost Completely Broken
Down During Last Two
Years.
Cape Town, March 27.-Cecil
Rhodes is dead. Mr.. Rhodes died
peacefully at 5:57 p. m. yesterday.
He slept during the afternoon. but
his breathing became more difficult
and his strength perceptibly diminish
ed until he passed away.
London, March 27.-The death of
Cecil Rhodes came as no great sur.
prise to those few who saw anything
of him during his last visit to London
during the winter. Whether it was
due to his experiences during the long
siege Of Kimberley, or the accumulated
anxieties regarding the war in South
Africa, with an accompanying change
of public feeling in England towards
him there is now doubt he was almost
completely broken down within the
last two years.
Even his appearance changed. His
once finely chlselled face had become
bloated and his always huge frame
filled out until he became so stout as
to make walking matter of great diff.
ficulty.
He was frequently attacked with
severe heart troubles, during which
he exhibited the stoicism which has
marked his extraordinary career.
Nor did he allow his bodily ailments
to interfere with business. Among
his associates in the city he never
mentioned them, nor did he permit
lAem to be mentioned to him Up to
the last Mr.. Rhodes kept firm grip
on all those vast South African inter.
ests created and controlled by him.
Except that he was more irritable and
more dictatorial there was no outward
change in his method Of handling men,
millions and empires.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-04-03
NOTES FROM THE CAPITAL
Des Moines, April i 1902,

Des Moines, April i, 1902.
To the surprise of the coal mine
operators the executive committee of
the United Mine Workers reported
to the miners convention in favor of
accepting the proposition made by the
operators and receding from the de.
mands made by the miners. The con-
Tention adopted the recommendation
without opposition and adjourned sine
tlie. The decision of the executive
committee effectually disposes of the
danger of strike of the miners of
Iowa tbs year. The proposition which
the miners agreed to accept commits
the operators to the employment of
shot examiners and permits the miners
to employ shot flrers. The acceptance
Of the miners is on condition that the
shot flrer question shall be settled 10.
cally. The miners confidently expect
the legislature to compel operators to
employ shot flrers, and accepted the
proposition in the belief that the law
will soon require the operators to do
what they demanded.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-04-03
DEIAREY's LUCKY ESCAPE.
Fifteen Hundred Beers Were Under
DeIarev Ri,f nniv 40 4. n%nrad

Fifteen Hundred Beers Were Under
Deiarey, But Only 179 Captured.
Pretoria, Transyaal Colony, March
a9.-About 1900 Beers under Delarey,
Liebonburg. Kemp and Wolmarans,
were within the area Of Lord Hitch.
ener's latest movement, but though
surprised by the rapidity displayed
by the British troops, gaps in the lat.
ter's lines enabled most of the
7Burghers to escape. The Boer prison.
ers totalled 179 men, including Com
mandant H. Kruger and former Land.
rost Neethling Of Klerksdrp.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-04-03
TWENTY-FoUR DROWNED.
Great Loss OF Life In The Tennessee
4 Eloodc

N'Sos .oss VI Lie IN Inc tennessee
Floods.
Nashville, March 31.-As additional
reports reach here the enormity OF the
damage from the floods of Friday and
the night before in middle Tennessee
continues to grow. 1t is known that
twenty-four lives have been lost Pro.
perty losses, the railroads being the
heaviest losers, are estimated at S2..
100000. Stories from nearby points
tell of rising waters and people being
driven from their homes, with many
narrow escapes from death. AT Nc
Minnville the number of drowned is
given as five; at Lewisburg four: at
Pulaski ten; at Mount Pleasant one:
at Hartman three. In most instances
the victims were negroes or laborers
and their names are not given. At
Petersburg, in Lincoln County. the
public square was flooded and a whole
negro settlement washed away. One
man is reported drowned. Two flour
mills were swept away. The damage
is very great throughout the country.
ONE THOUSAND CHINESE KILLED
Victims of Riots Caused by Attempt to
SSsaSSs sdSUiiiIIy dX0Ss
Picking. March 31.-Chinese officials
say that thousand people have been
killed in riots at Ia Ming Flu, the
southernmost prefecture Of the pro-
vince Of Chi Ii. This, perhaps. is
exaggerated, but the loss Of life was
undoubtedly great. The riots were
due to attempts of local officials to
collect indemnities for the Catholics.
as arranged between the officials and
the priests
Soldiers have been dispatched to
quell the disturbances and q taotai has
been sent to adjust the differences.
The officials warn the missionaries ia
keep out of the disturbed districts.
Such resistance to the payment OF mis-.
sionary claims is to be expected In
localities where the population is poor
and large sums are levied.
Colonel Nicholas Smith, SsonI.insiaw
OF Horace Greeley and the handsomest
man In the world, according to en-.
thusiasts Of a generation ago. has
been evicted from a New York fiat
with his two daughters for non.pay.
ment of rent.
Mrs. strongmipd-"As editor Of a
great newspaper and leader Of pub.
iic opinion. hope you take some In.
terest In the subject Of the enamel.
patton Of woman" Great editor with
enthusiasm Indeed, do, madam.
y have just this moment finished q
two-column article filed with anathe.
mas against tight lacing and heavy
skirts
New-York tribune., 1902-06-29

When the capstone is permanently adjusted III
position after the admirals death an appropri-
ate symbol Of his lifelong usefulness viii sur
mount the structure, and upon each Of the lour
facets there viii be incised his corps device III
the naval service and two five pointed stars IN
5icative Of his rank. The symbol proposed Tor
the top is a marble terrestrial globe three feet
in diameter, canted twenty-five degrees to snow
the arctic regions. In or ler that this mode OF
burial might be as perfect as possible from i
sanitary point of view there is q 6-inch hoie
bored from the base OF the sarcophagus through
the foundation deep into the earth. In speaking
Of this feature, the engineer in chief has laugh-
ingIy said that he did not believe this pro-
vision was actually necessary. since his personal
preference is for incineration- In the event that
his wishes in this respect are carried out, II Is
likely that the following lines Will be cut on
the monument:
Not here! The wild winds whistling blasts
Have strewu the heroic ashes Ger hill and dale:
New-York tribune., 1902-06-29

the features OF Washington IN the stone She
looked again and again, and the more carefully
she scrutinized the rock the more distinctly she
saw the features of the Father Of His Country
The woman toIH hnr friends Of her discovery,
and they told otneIo .1d within 4 month all
Orienta Point and most of Mamaroneck had
gazed upon the striking accidental likeness 1t
is not at all difficult to when one is told it
may be found there, and is in plain View for L
distance OF nearly a hundred yards to within
fourth as many feet The camera was, in fact
less than twenty feet away when the accom-
panying photograph was made. The image IS
about six feet the longest way and about four
the other way across.
The eyes nose and mouth are naturally darker
spots in the stone, which, being apparently
softer than the remainder of the mass. broke
out to a greater depth. so the image is there in
bass-relief as we'll as in color. The outline Of the
face is almost perfectly formed by the edges Of
the broken rock. The image is best lighted from
II o'clock until 1870 on sunny days
New-York tribune., 1902-06-29
ROUGH ON OATS.

United States Senator Henry M Teller OF
Colorado, who entered with much spirit into the
recent debate on the Philippine Tariff bin. is
proud of the achievements of the Rocky Noun
tain States. and loves to tell stories of the Wig
OrOus frontiersmen wto blazed the trail for
American empire, says The Philadelphia Post.
One story is of D farming community that had
established itself the sunset side of the
Rockies. number of farmers had gathered
around the stove at the village grocery. and one
of the company was reading aloud from news
paper.
On account of the swarming of emgrauts
toward the West, the paper stated oats had be
come so scarce that the price had gone up in
Denver to s. a busheI.
whats EN- grants" interrupted a farmer.
A significant silence demonstrated that the
query had stumped the community. Finally the
grocer whose reputation as the infallible oracle
of the countryside was at stake, spoke up
Il don't know zactly what these pesky en-
grants is" explained that worthy man, but
know they're powerful destructive on oats"
New-York tribune., 1902-06-29
PLANS OWN MONUMENT.
REAR ADMIRAL MELVILLE WILL REST
IN : TOMB THAT SUITS HIS TASTE.

Washington June 2S-With that habitual re-
gard for the future which has always enabled
him 10 keep abreast Of the worlds progress and
frequently to advance somewhat ahead Of the
LINES, Rear Admiral George Wallace Melville
engineer IL chief Of the navy, has caused to be
erected in the National Cemetery at Arlington
saTcoPhagus that is magnificent in its sim
phcity and thoroughly characteristic Of his
own vigorous Individuality. In every detail the
massive marble is the creation of his own brain,
designed to typify his OWE idea Of his claim to
remembrance and to avoid more pretentioUs
memorial such as his admirers might prefer to
RAISE after his death
In his modest way he explains that year or
r~o ago, when some friends had discussed the
subject Of his end with him and asked about his
WISHES he took The matter in hand. and designed
and built tomb that possessed the rare quality
OF suiting the man for whom it intended
10 forestau any indecision as to where his body
should lie if buried ashore, the admiral last
year took advantage CT that privilege accorded
10 every officer OF the army or navy who fought
% preserve the Union and selected the site
"nere the monument now stands a COM
Hianolng knoll near the graves Of Sheridan,
sampson and Crook, overlooking the Potomac
and Washington
Ihe sarcophagus combines architectural merit
win the soUndest engineering construction 1t
rests upon a foundation of concrete six feet
oeep twelve feet long and eight feet wide The
Hrst layer Of white marble is finished with
single curve from the base, and upon this rests
one hrst base stone. weighing about eight tons.
H4leen Inches thick, ten feet long and six feet
vice This supports the sarcophagus proper,
S'lo piece Of marble cored out by special
stone drilling machine. It's general dimensions
are such that it viii take in a steel burial case
VI The largest size, giving two inches of space
al around il, and then leave thirteen inches of
stone for the walls or sides and ends. The cap
stone, which weighs six and one-haIf tons, and
mas TO De handled with a derrick has four
oeSeied facets. and is made to 1T snugly- over
cne Top Of the sarcophagus with a joining of
'H"'- The weight Of the whole monument is
nearly fifty tons
New-York tribune., 1902-06-29

To tint the wild flowers varied hue,
To enrich the grass and make another blade TO
From useful life to useful eternity.
In any event, whether the sarCophagus be
ultimately utilized for actual burial not, II
forms notable addition TO the memorials al
ready raised in the classic grounds of the great
national cemetery, where other attracts more
attention to-day.
New-York tribune., 1902-06-29
W4SHINGTON,s FACE IN STONE.
FEATURES APPEAR IN A ROCKY WALL ON
THE BOSTON POST ROAD

Where the old Boston Post Road turns toward
Orienta Point just south of Mamaroneck, the
rock adjoining the old Disbrow House was blast
ed away about fifteen years ago to improve the
grade A ragged, rocky wall was left, and moth
ing peculiar noticed in ii until last August,
when the wife OF a well known resident on the
point while driving to the village, suddenly
New-York tribune., 1902-06-29
UNCERTAIN FOOT Il.
/ Louis Renublic.

From The St Louis Republic.
The fellow who stands on his dignity may
discover that dignity is just slippery q
banana skin
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-12-18

The court schedule for the year 1905
has been prepared by President Judge
II. NJ Edwards and is as follows:
January .. grand jury and equity term.
Edwards; IL, common pleas, first week,
Kelly. Newcomb 10, common pleas, sec.
ond week, Edwards, Kelly: 2G common
pleas. third week. Newcomb. Edwards.
February .. quarter sessions. first week.
Kelly, Newcomb; ., quarter sessions. Sec
ond week. Edwards, Kelly; ~. argument
court; %, Supreme court
March ., license court; 3. grand jury
and equity term. Kelly: 16, common pleas,
first week. Newcomb. Edwards; %. com.
mon pleas, second week. Kelly, Newcomb:
30, common pleas, third week. Edwards,
Kelly.
April &. quarter sessions, first week,
Newcomb, Edwards; 10. quarter sessions,
second week, Kelly, Newcomb: 20, argu-
ment court
May T. grand jury and equity term,
Newcomb: IL. common pleas first week,
Edwards. Kelly; IS. common pleas, see
ond week. Newcomb. Edwards; 25, COM
mon pleas, third week, Kelly. Newcomb.
June /. quarter sessions, first week. Ed
wards Kelly; s. quarter sessions. second
week. Newcomb. Edwards; il, argument
court
August 10. motion day
September I, grand jury and equity
term, Edwards; II, common pleas. first
week. Kelly. Newcomb: q. common pleas
second week. Edwards. Kelly; 2S. COM
mon pleas, third week, Newcomb, Ed
wards
October D. quarter sessions. first week,
Kelly. Newcomb; T.. quarter sessions.
second week, Edwards. Kelly: 10. argu-
ment court
November . grand jury and equity term,
Kelly; q, common pleas first week, New
comb, Edwards: III, common pleas, sec
ond week, Kelly, Newcomb: o. common
pleas, third week, Edwards, Kelly: 80,
quarter sessions, first week, Newcomb,
Edwards.
December :. quarter sessions. second
week. Kelly, Newcomb: II, argument
court.
January 4. 1904, grand jury and equity
term. Newcomb.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-12-18
In Quarter Sessions Court.

Michael Mastrio, Joseph Pase. Louis
kafer James Marsh. John Fiol, An
gelO ThrOms, Frank kumingofski, An
Sell Pierri and Louis PurllOs We're tried
before Judge Dunham yesterday, on
charges of riot and carrying concealed
weapons. On August 27 the defend
ants were acting as Dickets at the Mt.
Pleasant washery and succeeded in
causing some of their cOuntrymen who
were employed there from going to
their work.
There Was quite a row, and the police
reserves were rushed to the scene.
They arrested the defendants, all Of
whom were found to be armed with a
revolver. "A stilleto or a knife.
At the trial yesterday the men who
We're prevented from going to work
proved very reluctant witnesses and
could not be induced to say anything
more than that they had been turned
back by moral suasion. The case was
given to the jury at 4.30 p. IN.
Yesterday morning the jury in the
case of G. l.. Adams. who was tried
Tuesday on a charge of false pretense,
returned a verdict of not guilty, but
placed the costs on Adams.
\. j. Schnell. q Penn avenue black
smith, was tried for committing an as
sault and battery on James Roach.
The verdict was not guilty, and the
costs We're placed OIL Roach.
By agreement a verdict OF not guilty
was taken in the case of Michael For
cnce and John florence. charged with
aggravated assault and battery by An
thony Brown. A. verdict OF not guilty
was also taken in the case of George
Peril. charged with assault and bat
terry by Joseph Peril The county was
directed to pay the costs
Paul SkOda, the father Of the little
boy who disappeared Il month ago, had
Meredith Watkins. Charles Watkins
and Chester Knott arrested some time
ago. They are all boys, and had thrown
stones at the prosecutor and his little
son. Skoda, now bowed with grief, said
Yesterday he did not want to prose-
cute, and a verdict of not guilty was
taken and the costs placed on the
county.
Frank Noznoski and Anton Yogad-
sicuski We're indicted for riot, at the
instance of +. Il. Platt. Yesterday 1t
was shown that they We're not the men
who were guilty of the rioting, and a
verdict of not guilty was taken
\ mol pros, on payment of costs,
was taken as to Ferdinand Gardner,
charged with enticing females by Fred
eriCk Gardner.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-12-18
NOT DUE TO CLIMATE.
Catarrh Ia Found Evervwhe are.

Catarrh Is at home anywhere and
everywhere. While more common in
cold, changeable climates, IL Is by no
means confined to them, but Is preva-
| lent In every state and territory in the
| Union.
| The common definition of catarrh Is
"a chronic cold in the head, which IL
long neglected often destroys the sense
| of smell and hearing; but there are
| many other forms OF the disease, even
more obstinate and dangerous.
Catarrh of the throat and bronchial
tubes, as well as catarrh OF the stom-
ach and liver are almost as common
as nasal catarrh and generally more
difficult to cure.
Catarrh Is undoubtedly "a blood dis
ease and can only be successfully
| eradicated by an internal treatment
Sprays, washes and powders are use
less as far as reaching the real seat of
the disease is concerned.
DR.. McIverney advises catarrh suf-
ferers to use a new preparation, sold
by druggists, called Stuart's Catarrh
Tablets, because actual analysis has
shown these tablets to contain certain
anti-septic qualities of the highest
value and being an internal remedy.
pleasant to the taste, convenient and
harmless, can be used as freely as re-
qured, as well for children as for
adults.
An attorney and public speaker, who
had been catarrh sufferer for years,
says:
Every fall ] would catch q cold
which would settle in my head and
throat and hang on all winter long and
every winter it seemed to get little
worse l was continually clearing my
throat and my voice became affected
to such an extent as to interfere with
my public speaking.
Il tried troches and cheap cough
cures and sometimes got relief, but only
for a short time, until this winter when
learned of the new catarrh cure, Stu
arts Catarrh Tablets, through a news
paper advertisement. Two fifty-cent
boxes which 1 bought at my druggists,
cleared my head and throat in fine
shape and to guard against return of
my old trouble I keep box of the tab
let's on hand and whenever l catch q
little cold I take a tablet or two and
ward off any serious developments.
Stuart's Catarrh Tablets deserves to
head the list as a household remedy, to
check and break up coughs and colds,
because unlike many other catarrh and
cough cures these tablets contain no
opiate. cocaine or any injurious drug.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-12-18
A Dinner for 500.

The members of the local Salvation
Army corps. following the example set
by the branches of that organization in
Il number of the large cities throughout
the country, are planning to give Il tur-
key dinner OH Christmas day to 800 of
the city's deserving poor in the barracks
on Price street, West Scranton. TO OBJ
tain funds to carry out this purpose iron
pots suspended from II tripod have been
placed at several street corners in the
central city with u sign attached bearing
the inscription, Keep the Pot Boiling"
\ gOdly quantity of coins We're placed in
these yesterday by Christmas shoppers
and the charitable people of the'cty are
requested to still further loosen their
purse strings during the coming few
days.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-12-18
Has Approved Bill.

between City Controller Costello ana di-
rector of Public Works Roche. regarding
the bills contracted by the latter and
held up by the former because no con-
tracts for the material supplied or work
done We're entered into. Controller Co.'S
tello has agreed to approve the warrants
for the payment of the bills in question
with the understanding that in the flu
lure contracts shall be entered into and
filed for all expenditures of 800 and over.
The bills in question amount to about
600 and the various amounts are due
Spruks Brothers, John II. O'Neil. j. w.
Richards and the Black Creek Lumber
company.