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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-08
FIERCE BATTLE
WITH THE MOR0S
American Troops Capture a
Fort After Desperate Fight
with Fanatics.
RAISE FLAG OF THE PROPHET
Only After a Hand-to-H Hand Encounter
Do the United States Soldiers Succeed
in storming the Battlements and See
Victory Perch on Their Banners.

Manila, May 5.-Col. Frank D. Bald
win, with the Twenty-fifth Battery and
seven companies of the Twenty-sev-
enth Infantry, attacked and captured
the Moro fort at Bayan, Island of
Mindinao, after a desperate engage
ment in which one American officer
and seven enlisted men were killed
and four officers and thirty-seven men
wounded.
The American loss was eight killed
forty-one wounded. The Moros lost
more than 200 killed and at the end of
the battle the survivors, eighty-four in
number, surrendered Internationally.
OF the Americans Lieut. Bovars was
killed and Capt. Moore, Lieut.. Joss
man and Surgeon Major Porter were
wounded.
The principal Moro leaders were
killed, including the Sultan of Bayan
Raja Muda of Bayan, the Sultan of
Panda Patan and many OF the leading
dattos.
The capture of the fort and the sur
render OF the surviving members is
a severe blow to the Moro rebellion
against American sovereignty in the
most savage part of Mindanao, al
though the military authorities realize
that the cooperation of the sultans
and chiefs is general when the flag
of the prophet is raised in jehad or
holy war.
The battle was hand-to-hand one.
The fort was defended by fully 300
men and was surrounded by four
trenches.
The mountain guns fired 12O rounds
at range of 400 yards, but the Moro
Notifications withstood the lombard
ment and Col. Baldwin ordered the
lnfahtrymen to take the fort by storm.
The Americans were compelled to
work their way forward through suc-
cessive entanglements of grasses and
took the successive trenches after
hand-to-hand encounters. The Moros
fought furiously. After exhausting
their ammunition they resorted to
krisses, barongs and kampilans. Sew
eral wounded Moros who were hidden
in the high grass attacked the mem.
bers of the hospital corps, who were
seeking the wounded to succor them
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-08
WAS NOT THE SNAP HE EXPECTED

Tramp Finds Region Whore Snow
shoveling Was Continuous.
Speaking about snow" said tia
tramp, who was hunting for job with
a shovel on his shoulder. puts me in
mind Of three years ago when hired
out to farmer up in Vermont-that
is. I was to have my board during the
winter for shoveling snow during the
winter, and I thought I had struck a
soft snap.
II had nothing to do but eat and
loaf around during the first two weeks.
but one morning the farmer reused me
up and said there was trihe Of work
for me. stepped out to find the snow
four feet deep on the level and still
falling but I tackled the job with
proper ambition.
II believe lifted fifty tons Of snow
that day, but when night came was
not much ahead of the storm. 1t was
the same the next day and the next,
and after five days of it, with no signs
OF letting UP and every rail fence
buried out of sight, / stopped work
long enough to ask the farmer, rs this
thing going to keep right on for a
week longer?'
"a week longer? he replied, with a
broad grin on his face. why, man,
this is only Dec. 3, and we never figure
on stopping work before April 10. Just
buckle right into it and keep up your
appetite
II thought the matter over that
night" said the tramp, "and in the
morning dug tunnel to the nearest
village and escaped and asked to be
sent to Jail. They didn't turn me out
till July l, and the first man met was
my old farmer.
'How's snow up your way?' says I.
Nothing to brag Of says he. The
late rains and warm suns have taken 1t
off till I don't believe we've got two
feet left.'''
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-08
Indian Etiquette.

The Red Man and Helper, published
by the students at the Carlisle (Pa.)
Indian school has this to say on In
dian etiquette: cit was an actual de-
sire for information and no attempt
to be funny that boy in looking up
from reading about 'squaw men ask
ed If the white women who marry
Indian men were called buck women
We could not answer why they were
not Such name would be more in
sulting to woman than the first ap-
pellation is to a man. All Indian
women are no more squaws than
white women are wenches. The name
squaw emanated from 'squa,' an In
dian word Of Massachusetts tribe
meaning woman, but it has since
come to be used commonly by Hitter
ate people for Indian women Of any
tribe. No educated or refined people
use the words 'squaw' or buck and
we advise our students when they
hear them not to pay any attention to
the speaker, but to mark him or her
down in their minds as person OF
low breeding.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-08

bore like women who are too obviously
pretty"
She WINGED. but the remark was
naturally not one she might appro-
pirate.
ut isn't jealousy that causes me to
speak to you this way" she began.
"Of course not" without looking at
her.
81 tell you It is not" 1t was futile
to waste words, and yet she must show
him how little she cared. II will miss
you-T can't help missing your-your
friendship. Five years is long time,
you know. I have almost given you
those five years. If 1t had not been
for you might have-well, amounted
to something"
sit was always for you to say, you
know" His tone was courteous, even
kind. ri often asked you If you would
be happier il stayed away. You
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-08
Missouri Strawberry Crop.

Springfield, May 5.-Dr. e. Beal, one
of the leading strawberry growers of
Greene county said that the strawber-
ry crop would be two-thirds as large
as it was last year. The drouth of
last year killed some of the plants,
but improved the quality of those
which survived, and the berries will
be finer than they were last year. The
strawberry crop at Republic, in Greene
county, has already been sold at a
good price. and will be shipped to
Denver, Colo. The harvest will begin
ahol1t Nav TX
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-08
WHY, OF COURSE HE WAS INNOCENT
Jury Decided Unanimously that Jim
O'Dell Was a Fool.

Jury Decided Unanimously that Jim
O'Dell Was Fool.
"The first time I was ever in the
far west" said Philadelphia, "they
got me on jury in Montana. 1t
was a case of shooting with fatal re-
suits, and there was no doubt in my
mind that the defendant was guilty.
"a man named Brewer had ridden
up to the cabin of man named
O'Dell and called him out and shot
him down, and there were three wit
nesses to the fact.
'The case occupied three days, and
supposed every juryman had made
up his mind as had. When we re-
tired to ballot, however, I found my
self the only one voting guilty.
"The other eleven looked at me for
while. and then the foreman blandly
said:
Stranger, you don't appear to
make allowances
Allowances for what?' asked.
Allowances for the fact that il
that blamed Jim O'Dell had poked his
sun OuI VI IAS W1AuO1 AAoLSou VI SoAh-
ing to the door he might have pumped
pound of lead into Tom Brewer in
side Of 80 seconds. We are here not to
decide who killed Jim, but to find
whether he was fool or not in acting
as he did, and guess we'd better be
considerably unanimous about it.
II didn't want to be the one to
interrupt the harmony of the occa-
sion.". said the traveller, "and so we
speedily came to what the forman an
nounced as a chorus of conclusion,
and Tom Brewer was acquitted with
out stain on his character
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-08

never seemed anxious to say the
word" He opened and shut the lid
of stein thoughtfully. and then added
with some abruptness: IT often won
dered why you never married"
The woman gasped. "You-won-
-I-never-married!"
ITO be sure, you always told me
that you never meant to marry"
II meant it. but
He seemed not to hear her. "Then
you insisted on our never speaking
Of love or that sort of thing"
ut was not necessary for you to
speak things"
"And now that am going to settle
down into mediocre comfort you are
the first one come to-naturally. It's
fair" He spoke in an even voice as
though desiring to calm her.
The monotonous incubation had
the opposite effect. She was the in
carnation of repressed fury. Leaning
across the table as she was, her words
poured forth like torrent. cit was
for me to say during all those years
whether we should separate. Mine
was the responsibility. You had none.
Your wealth, education, station, freed
you. You were not to blame for the
suffering you sowed. You were put
in the world only to pray for your
comfort, your peace. You came to
me holding out bait for my ambition.
You had influence; I was talented.
That talent tickled your thirst for
something new in life, and so you pro-
ceeded to appropriate it as your own.
You never spoke of love, oh. no. You
only lived and breathed 1t in my
presence-and I, poor fool, lived in
paradise until-until-I tell you I for
bid this marriage"
The words ended in a futile, foolish
laugh. She put her hands to her face;
touched her front hair, laughing more
softly all the time until the mirthless
tones seemed to trail themselves in
her next words: "How perfectly
frightened you look. Can't you take
a joke-I'm joking-can't you see 1t
was a joke? am laughing
ing because it is so very, very funny
that you cannot take joke"
The clock struck eight. Just then
tap came at the door. Hastily she
lighted gas jet and threw open the
door.
81 told you would come again, and
here am said CHEEKY masculine
voice at the threshold.
"And told you not to come except
on business, but am glad to see you,"
she replied.
why shouldn't come to see you?"
"Why should you?"
Because / like you. I'm coming
just as often as I can. Don't you
want me to call often?" He spoke
over his shoulder as he reached for
match to rekindle the fire. II would
rather talk to you than to a girl of
my own age anyway, and then-well,
why not-there isn't much is this old
world at best" He had dropped the
kindling and lay one hand on her
shoulder. Their eyes met and she
turned hurriedly away from him.
"And If we drift on like this-you
know am very much alone-some day
might miss you, and then" she
finished abruptly with a laugh.
"Ah, wouldn't be lucky II you
missed me! It would be too good, =
he talked on, still standing directly
under the gas jet. In the strong light
she noticed the wave in his hair Just
where his hat came down, and that
his mouth was particularly sensitive
and boyish. His hand rested on her
shoulder again.
"Why should not call, dear?" he
was whispering, with his lips upon
hers.
| Presently he was saying goodnight
Goodbye" she answered.
you mean it?'
Yes"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-08
WRECK ON THE ALTON ROAD
sines Overturned and Baggage and
Smoking Cars Demolished.

Smoking Cars Demolished.
Joliet, ILL.,, May 5.-The Chicago
springfield passenger train on the
Alton road was wrecked near here
while passing through the steel mill
yards at the rate of thirty-five miles
an hour, the locomotive striking a
switch engine running onto the main
track from siding. The shock was
terrific, both engines being overturned
and the baggage and smoking cars de-
molished. The other coaches, con-
tanning $50 passengers, remained on
the tracks. Escaping steam enveloped
the train, and for time there was
a panic. Robert H. Wilson of Quincy
was the only passenger hurt.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-08
Cloths OF Clothes.

One learns many strange uses and
misuses of things at country inns, but
let us hope that the following expe-
rience related by a friend Of mine as
having happened to himself is rare
one. He had gone to bed in an Irish
inn, bidding the landlady to have him
called at 8. At 6, however, next morn.
ing she knocked at his door.
'tYe've to git up" she said.
what o'clock is it?"
"six, Surf"
Go away, I am not going to get up
till g."
At z she reappeared. "Indade. and
ye must get up now, It's T." Finding
him unmoved at her next return, she
said: "Git up, there's a sweet gintel-
man: there's two commercial gentle
men waiting for their breakfast, and
can't lay the cloth till have yer
honor's top sheet"
Conservation is our qrswer to Gods
| call.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-08
Fights His Last Round.

Allentown, Pa, May 5.-Frank
Smith, who was injured in boxing
match with Hans Hartranft before the
Keystone Athletic Club, died from a
clot on the brain. The boys were to
fight eight rounds, but in the seventh
Smith received a hard blow on the
chin and fell heavily.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-08
Government Grants Rehearinq.

Madison, May 5.-A ,rehearing has
been granteu by the interior depart
ment on the claim of theWiseonsin
Oneida Indians for about 100000
from the government for Kansas lands
ceded to them in 1888, but which they
never occupied. Assistant General
Buell., who returned today from Wash
ington where he was looking after
the matter, is confident of securing
reversal of the ruling and the allow.
ance of the claim.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-08
oneida Indian Claim,

Madison, Wis, May 5.-A rehearing
has been granted by the Interior De-
'partment on the claim of the Wiscon-
sin Oneida Indians for about $1,000
600 from the government for kansas
lands coded to them in 1888, but which
they never occupied.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-08
Gold In Kansas shale,

Topeka, Kan, May 5.-As the result
of tests made by Prof. E. Fahrig of the
Commercial Museum, Philadelphia, the
great body of shale lands in Trego.
Ellis and other counties of western
Kansas is found to contain gold in
paving quantities
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-08
ssrikers Return to Work,

Marblehead. Wis, May 5.-The fifty
striking workmen employed by Mast
Brothers returned to work at the old
scale Of $1.60 day. The strikers from
the Marble Head Lime Company have
made another demand fr an increase
of 10 cents a day.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-08
Two DIE In Feud.

Ola, KY, May Sin a feud fight on
Beaver Creek, near the border Of
Knott and Letcher counties, William
Osborne and Hiram Little were killed
Samuel Cook badly injured and George
Reedy slightly injured.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-08
Ta.en 1t Rainsd.

Clay Center. Kan, May 5.-Despond-
ent over the continued drought and
the possibility of entire loss Of his
crops, T, A. Coatsworth, a farmer liy-
ing near Broughton, committed sui
eide by hanging himself. Then it
rained.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-08
Railroad COMPANY LiahIe.

Dubuque, May 2.-The widow Of
switchman Volker, who was killed
here in the Milwaukee yards while
coupling cars, has been awarded a
verdict for $4,000 in the federal court.
The jury was out only twenty minutes.
The verdict shows that where it is
proven that railroad company does
not provide its cars with patent
couplers and loss of life results from
said negligence, the company is liable.
These facts were clearly shown during
the. trial.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-08
Bank Run Stops.

Cripple Creek, Colo, May 5.-The
run on the Bimetallic bank has sub
sided. Some Of those who withdrew
their money redeposited it at the bank
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-08
soUIREs MINISTER TO CUBA.

Secretary Pekin Legation Is Presi.
dents Choice for the Place.
Washington, May 6.-H. G. Squires,
secretary of the legation at Pekin, has
been selected by the president to be
minister to Cuba, and General E. S.
Bragg, of Wisconsin, has been select
ed as consul general at Havana.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-08
II am sorry" he replied. y don, /
see why can't come"

AS the door closed Trina stopped
and tenderly gathered the old gray
cat in her arms, murmuring, as she
choked back the old unreasonable sob.
Just one more yesterday for VI. my
friend: that is all it means"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-08

If you do your part we'll you will DO
rewarded,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-08
She painted saints for a living.

She painted saints for living. :
mast middle life and young woman.
The two were gazing abstractedly
over one another's shoulder. She spoke
Arst, continuing her desultory OBJ
servations.
q do not believe you know what
you are doing"
He moved impatiently.
"she Will never make you happy"
Happiness isn't everything"
1T thought It was-to you"
p "Comfort-peace. is all that's worth
while, Happiness would get to be .
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-05-08

Conservation is our answer to Gods
call.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-09-05
THE BALLOON COLLAPSED.
Tho Adventurous Aeronauts Who
Left Denver In the btx \srs"'r
Have . Terrible Experience.

Denver. Col. sept. 2.-After a lapse
Of more than 'wenty-four hours. our
ing which no word was received from
each Of the three afonauts who lett
Denver Sunday to try for q trans
balloon voyage, tele'
gram came Monday night announc-
ing that the airship had been wrecked
in a storm - miles north of Florence
Col. Although severely bruised ana
somewhat froSt-bitten. the occupants
were not seriously hurt.
The storm first struck the balloon
at $50 Sunday night, and between
that hour and daylight the experience
of the aeronauts was terrible IN 'he
extreme. Three times the balloon was
carried over Pixies peak. and the las,
time il was necessary 10 throw ou'
all the water. provisions and instrn-
ments in order to clear the ROCKY
summit Of the mountain ~ daylight
= landing was made, and Monda!
night the men reached Florence.
The adventurous men are Thomas
Baldwin and Percy Hudson, both ex'
pcrienced balloonists, and {. l.. Sner'
man. a Post artist.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-09-05
THE FATE OF A PEACEMAKER'
GINS sjostron Attempts 10 MsHe
p..c. uesxv~en Two Men and 10
kIlIed-Two Others W"u""e"'

Winfield. Col. Sept. 2.-ln revol'ei
and rifle duel on Main street. Monday
Gus Sjostron. aged 30. Swede miner
was killed; Sim Amsdon. aged 80 a'so
a miner. was shot through the ie',
breast and mortally wounded anu
Chauncey Bennett. bartender Wa
shot in the groin and perhaps fa'ails
wounded.
The shooting was the direct resu''
Of Amsdon's jealousy OF at'eh'ionN
paid by Andy Maloy, young m'"e,'
10 ANY Butts. a i5-year-oid girl WI"
whom Amsdon was in love. Amsuon'
armed with rife. went on a num-
FOR Maloy. lie saw his rival on .ne
street and fired two shots ~ h,'"
Neither reached its mark and Ma'os
escaped. Sjostron later attempted !.
rake peace between the two men
Amsdon resented the interference 'n'
the shooting followed. Burnett was
an innocent bystander.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-09-05

While harold Pierce. who wss "r
rested az Sylvia. kas.. on u charge %
forgery. WAS being taken 10 hutsnin'
son for trial. ne leaped from tram
Running at the rate OF 40 miies AN
hour and made his escape.
Joseph WIN. Jacques was assauiteo
and murdered by man nance
O'keefe. at 81. Paul. Mimi, on the
10th. as "A result Of trouble growing
out If a strike at railroad shops there
some weeks ago.
Col. VIM. &. Cooper. for many years
prominent in Ohio politics, died ~
Mount Vernon. o.. on the Goth.
The Texas fever has broken ou'
among the cattle of southern liii
nois. aud DR.. Tiffany. assistant stare
veterinarian, pronounccs IL OF seri
Gus type.
Fire Of an incendiary origin de
strn,ed 20 business houses at Livings
ton. Ten. on the aoth, causing l"s'
o. $4,000. with insurance of 20 pei
cent.
George &. Rice. prominent citilen
was smothcrcd TO death in corr
hopper az lakewood, H.. on the 2stp
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-09-05
pensions NoT VET RAISED.
status Of the NH Proposing "es
.r.l Increase Of Pensions.

Washington. Sept. 2.-The pension
hureau has received several thousand
letters from old soldiers who seek m
formation regarding bill when
nassed the senate and house at the
late session Of congress. increasing
IN. nensions Of all Union soldiers
who served one year or more 70 81
n month. regardless Of disabilities.
This measure also increases the
ncnsions of those who have lost limns
and suffered other disabilities.
The measure in question ana not
hec,m. n law, a. there was disa-
yreeInent between the house and sen
ate over the proposition 70 increase
the allowance of all pensioners under
IN. general dependent law to Sl2
month.
The senate declined 10 agree to the
increase. and the measure - now III
commencement least. il will he when
congress rcasScmbles.
IL The next session will be con
tinuation of the congress when au'
;ourncd this summer. il viii not DC
necessary 10 put the bin through the
two houses again. and all that = nee
cSsary 10 enact il will be for the con
ferecs TO reach an agreement, whici
would be ratified by both houses ant
receive the presidents approval.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-09-05
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
What the Annual Report OF tho
Civil Service Commission
Will Show.
the NEW MAINE NOT UP 10 CONTRACT.
ssss". az the NH rr"p"si"s Cen
rraI increase az Pe"sto"s-tivi-
deuce AccumulHtes ss Z" thu EVIL
Effects Of the Abolition of the
Arms GanteeW.

Washington, Sept. 2.-Thc annual
report of the civil service commits
sion. now nearing completion. will
show that during the fiscal year end
ing June 30, 1902. a total of 4T.015 per-
sons were examined. OF these 2i.-
Oas were examined for the depart
mental service, which includes all the
classified Offices both here and else
where except the postal. customs, in
ternal revenue and government print
ing services.
The Philippine service and the Dis
trict of Columbia are not subject To
the civil service commission. About
sixty-nine per cent, or 33,13o OF those
taking examinations passed and H.
$50 failed. Compared with the year
previous. this represented an increase
of a.ll2 in the number Of persons eN-
amined. a decrease of 1.29s in the
number who passed and an increase
OF 3,4i0 in the number who failed.
From the eligible lists $50 APP
pointments were made during the
year Veterans of the army and navy
were given appointments TO the mum
Der Of A.. The average age OF these
preference appointces was less than
80 wears. II shows that 13l persons
were reinstated because Of preference
shown veterans Of the Spanlsh-\mer
lean war.
The report will show that in thu
entire executive service of the gov
eminent there are. in round numbers
235o0O places. Of which number abou
Tel 900 are classified. OF the lli,oo
remaining uncla~siied, s2.ios ar
those of fonr,h-class postmasterS
The annual expenditure for salarie
stated t. be about Sl30.ooo.ooo. ana
/ this SSjOoOoOo. or nearly two-third>
! goes to salaries for positions snpJec
10 the civil service rules
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-09-05
ABOLITION or THE CANTEEN.
Evidence AccWmulates A. 20 t"e
EVIL Effects Of the Law.

Washington, Sept. 2.--Evidence con
,;,,,es TO accumulate at the war de-
M, tment that the abolition OF the
aant.en has been responsible for de-
scrtions. Information has just been
received from st. Paul that during
The past seven weeks six members OF
the Twcnty-first regiment OF infan-
try stationed at Fort Smelling. have
deserted. This record, many men say
was never before equaled at any post
,n The United States. Out of this mum
her only one has been returned 10
the fort.
A Company b officer Of that req
mont. who has been in the service ~
wears. saws dcsertions would he re-
duced to minimum II canteen
could be maintained at the post. Com
mcnting upon the subject this ohicer
says:
at would keep the boys away from
town. and when they got all thcy
wanted to drink Mt the post they
would 20 to bed. The guards at the
fort would care for those who oe'
came intoxicated and the army UNI
forms would not be disgraccd ~
drunken soldiers lying in the gussss'
along the CITY streets.