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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-01-15
RAILROAD TARIFF RATES.
Reductions on Great Northern and
Northern Pacific Effective Feb, |.

ST PAUL. Jan l4-The tariff re-
ductions on the Great Northern and
Northern Pacific will 70 into effect
February /. The reductions, which
vary from . to Is Aer cent, effect main
~ the ten classes" Commodity rates
on coal, lumber, lour and wheat re-
main unchanged
The reductions In wheat rates are
postponed until later in the year. as
It is President Hnrs idea that the
reductions now would not help farm
ers, since most Of the wheat has left
their hands.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1902-01-15
SUFFERED ROUGH TREATMENT


BERKELEY. Cal, Jan 14.-While
returning to her home in Oakland aft
er having made a few purchases at q
grocery store, l9 year old Florence
White was carried away in a wagon
and later was left bound hand and
foot in vacant lot.
The child was found about an hour
later. but it vas sometime before the
regained consciousness. She says that
while walking along the street she
was attacked from behind by a mask
ed man who had gray hair. Smother
ing her screams he threw her into a
wagon and started Off. Once in the
shadow which developed the lot, the
childs shoes were unlaced and the
strings used to bind her hands and
feet. The girl was then left. the be-
lief Of the police being that the man
was frightened away from his In
tended victim. She was badly bruised.
evidently from rough handling, but
otherwise was uninjured.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-06-19
JAS. o'MEARA MURDERED.
Was for Thirteen Years in the Cover.
nor's Office.

Cernelos, N. M, June Wv. w.
Atohison, a saloon keeper, shot and
killed James O'Meara, and wounded
William Thayer. after a quarrel in
Atchison's saloon at San Pedro. At.
Gibson had been drinking and was
flourishing a revolver when O,Meara
took it away from him. Atchison went
home and secured rifle and began
to shoot, with the above results.
!O'Meara was bookkeeper for the
Santa Fe Gold and Copper Mining
company, and his home was in New
York, where his body will be sent.
Des Moines, June Thames O'Mea.
ra was brought up in Des Moines and
has many acquaintances who have
known him from boyhood. When 18
years old he entered the office of Gov.
Sherman. The executive ONCE was
then in the old state house. He was
with the governor when the office
was moved into the new capitol. AT
first O'Meara was simply messenger
at the governors Office, but upon GO
ing to the new office he was appointed
stenographer and was the first to fill
position Of that character for the
state. He was made a confidential
clerk as we'll and remained in the office
for thirteen years-throughout the ad-
ministrations of Sherman, Larrabee
and Boise, and part Of Jackson's..
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-06-19
WILL SHORTEN ITS LINE.
Great Western Plans an oelwein and
Waverly Cutoff.

WaverIy Cutoff.
Des Moines, June 14.-Articles of
Incorporation of the Mason City & Ft.
Dodge Railway Co. have been filed
with the secretary of state. The com
pany is formed for the purpose Of
constructing for the Great Western
a line between Oelwein in Fayette
county and Waverly in Bremen coun-
ty. The new line will be about thirty
miles in length and will shorten con.
sfderably the connection between DEL
vein and points west in the direction
of Ft. Dodge. At the present time the
connection between Waverly and Gel
vein is made by way of Sumner. The
new line will shorten the route about
ten miles. The line that now extends
from Sumner to Waverly, it is under
stood, will be abandoned as a steam
road 1t will be sold by the Great
Western to that company that is now
operating the electric line between
Waterloo and Sioux Falls. This COM
pany has line built north already
from Waterloo as far as Denver. It
is proposed to extend this north until
it strikes the present line of the Great
Western between Waverly and Sum-
ner.
Oelwein is named as the principal
place of business of the new company.
The capital is 100000. The incorpo-
rators are John L. Pratt, R. G. Wright
and R. B. friedrich.
The Great Western has applied 20
the railroad commission for the con-
demnation Of additional depot grounds
and yard room at Oelwein, also for
depot grounds at Marshalltown and
grounds for double track from STAN
ley to Oelwein
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-06-19
MURDER OF BLIND PREACHER
Two Arrests are Made at Elkader for
the Crime,

Orange City, June 14.-News has
been received here which indicates a
possible clearing up of the mysterious
killing of Samuel Crofton near Ireton
last August. At Elkader a negro and
white man, travelling together, have
been arrested, and an effort made to
sweat from them where they were
when the Sioux City crime was COM
mitted Witnesses will go from here
to identify them if possible.
Crofton was an aged, blind, colored
preacher who carried much wealth on
his person. He was found dead in a
corn field west Of Ireton, probably q
month after he had been killed by a
blow on the head. William Reynolds
was arrested and his trial caused wide
difference Of opinion, ending in &C.
quittal. Reynolds said on the stand
that he had turned Crofton over to the
care of a negro and white man who
were travelling together and camping
as they travelled. Other witnesses
confirmed this by saying that they
had seen the negro and white man in
that neighborhood at the time. This
testimony is thought to have caused
Reynolds acquittal.
1t is said that the men arrested at
Elkader answer, generally, the descrip-
ton of the ones wanted here.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-06-19
NEWS FROM THE
HAWKEYE STATE
What Has Happened in Iowa
During the Past
Week.
TO INSURE AGAINST BURGLARY
Company Now Being Formed in Des
Moines for That Purpose-Stabbing At
fray at Des Moines-Haugen Has a
Clear Field.

Des Moines, June 16.-Articles of
incorporation for new insurance
company will be filed for record with
in the next few days. A number of
Des Moines insurance men and capital
lists will be among the incorporators.
The new company will be organized
for the purpose of insuring merchan-
Use and household goods against loss
by burglary.
The new company will be organized
on stock basis, but the amount of the
capital stock has not been fully deter
mined, though in all probability bust
ness well be commenced with a paid
in capital stock of $4,000, with the
intention of increasing this amount to
100000 later on if it is found tnat
the business will warrant it and that
1t is up to the expectations of the pro-
moters.
1t is the intention of the company to
write two classes of policies and to
adopt plan of insurance in confor-
nifty with that of some eastern COM
panies who submitted proposals last
winter for entering the Iowa field
with this class of insurance. The
plans were submitted to the insurance
committee OF the house and it reported
on them, rejecting some forms and ap.
proving others.
One policy will insure against burg
larry only. Persons sustaining loss
will be compelled to submit proofs of
burglary. That is. they will have to
show that proper precautions were
taken to protect their goods and that
.le burglars and thieves in gaining &C.
cess to them, broke locks, forced win
dows or in some other way secured
admission to the premises by force.
This class of business will probably
be written at the rate of IS per $1,000
The second class will be written on
a policy form that will cover all kinds
of loss, whether through the efforts
of burglars or sneak thieves and will
be written at rate Of $40 per thous-
and
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-06-19
STORM IN WESTERN IOWA.
Wires are Down Throughout Missouri
Valley.

Council Bluffs, June 15.-At eight
o'clock last evening a bad looking
cloud appeared in the northwest and
for some minutes it looked like the
city was going to have taste of what
st. Louis underwent some years ago.
The clouds were close to the ground
and were very black and threatening.
"A heavy wind blew for about twenty
minutes and some damage was done
about town. IT'S
The ruins of the school for the deaf
were RACED to the ground.
Telephone lines were put out Of
order all up and down the valley from
Hamburg to Onawa and east as far as
Atlantic and Red Oak, so that it was
impossible at ten o'clock to learn it
any other damage was done in other
neighborhoods. The day had been a
very sultry one and the conditions
were considered favorable to cyclones
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-06-19
3Hsuoen Carries lFavette

Des Moines, June l1.-Fayette coun-
ty instructed It's delegates to the con
vention of the Fourth congressional
district to support. Hon. g. N. Haugen
for denomination. There was no oppo.
sition to Haugen, the caucusess having
demonstrated that Rule had little
strength in the county. Delegates were
selected to the congressional, state
and judicial conventions. Judges L.
e. Fellows and A. N. Hobson received
instructions Of the county for renomi-
nation by the judicial convention.
y The man who tries to exist on faith
and hope usually winds up by living
on charity.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-06-19
AFTER GEN. WOOD NOW
AN INQUIRY CERTAIN REGARDING
CUBAN EXPENDITURES.
Every Item, Some as Unusual as tho
Conditions Existing, Will Be Drag
qed Before the Public,

Washington, June 14.-However
opinions may differ regarding the effect
the disclosures before the Cuban re.
lations committee will have on the re-
ciprocity bill there is but one opinion
regarding the sugar trusts policy. It
has made stupendous blunders from
which 1t cannot escape. General Wood
mas also placed himself and his friends
in an embarrassing position. Even be-
fore it was known that he had used Gu
ban funds to conduct a political propa.
ganda ne had been severely criticized
for some Of his expenditures. On ac-
count of the delicate task he had to
perform in Cuba it was necessary to
give General Wood the widest possible
latitude. The Cubans were accustomed
to the grandeur of Spanish official life.
Large sums of money were placed at
General Woods disposal and the gov.
eminent of the United States relied up
on his discretion in the expenditure
Some of the items of expenses have
already been printed in unfriendly
newspapers. They were unusual, but
so We're the conditions.
Mrs. Jacob Spooner Of Kerr's Cor.
ners, N. VI during the absence Of her
son and husband, went into a corn
crib. The door closed with spring
lock, making her a prisoner. When
the son and husband returned, late in
the evening, they found her frozen to
death.
>>>1 m,
The most rapid talker in the house
OF representatives. is Charles 3. Lit.
tlefield of Maine. He is a terror to the
official stenographer, sometimes get.
ting very close to the 800 words Z
minute record, established by Henry
u. Johnson Of Indiana, who served
several terms in congress.
AT congress of mothers in Wash.
ington, D. c., the unmarried women
seemed to be. full of advice regarding
the rearing and training Of children.
while the mothers started thoughtful.
|, ", and wondered how the inexperienc-
to know.
It takes sand to propose to girl.
but 1t takes rocks to marry her,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-06-19
money WAS
PAID TO GOMEZ
Secretary Root Accepts Re-
sponsibi|ity and Defends
the Payment.
WAS WISE CRAFTSMANSHIP
Gen. Wood Thought and Convinced sec-l
Rotary Root That Gomez Was Entitled
to Consideration, Therefore He Was
Given a Home and an Income.

Washington, June 17.-Secretarys
Root has assumed full responsibility
for the payment Of $4,000 to General
Gomez by General Wood during the
American occupation of Cuba and il
congress asks for an explanation Of
the matter he stands prepared to fur;
nish what he regards as the most con-
yincing proofs that the payments were
dictated by the wisest craftsmanship
AT the war department a, high Off
clal stated the position of the depart.
ment in the matter as follows:
The conditions in Cuba two years
ago were precarious. Not a Cuban
believed that the United States gov.
eminent ever would withdraw from
cuba, and the half famished veterans
OF the Cuban army were in danger.
Gus mood and clamoring for their prey.
General Gomez was the head and
front Of their army, and had served
the revolutionary cause as its prin.
cipal leader without having received
a cent of pay. General Wood thought.
and Secretary Root thought likewise,
tnat General Gomez was entitled to
consideration; to home which was
supplied him and in which he enter
tanned his comrades, and to an income.
which last might be set down as a
small Offset to the money due Gomez
from the Cuban republic. That the
Cubans themselves regarded the mat.
ter in the same light was shown by the
passage by the Cuban congress, among
the very first Of It's acts, of bill pro.
viding liberal pension for General
Gomez. 1t is believed but for this as
sumption Of the costs of Gomez living
expenses, the conditions in Cuba must
have paralleled those in the Philip
pines, and the Omitted States govern.
ment, after fighting Spain to secure
freedom for the Cubans, might have
been obliged to turn on them the force
of her armies.
THE necessity being present, in
Secretary Roots view, the only other
principle was the legality and pro.
priety of the payments. He soon salts
fed himself that there was not the
slightest doubt on that score. The
military governor was obliged to as
sumo the responsibility for his dis.
bursements and to exercise his dis
erection. General Brooke did this and
after him General Wood, and Secre.
tary Root now fully approves of every
thing they did, including the payments
to Gomez
It is pointed out at the war depart.
ment as curious fact that congress
has been in full possession Of thel In.
formation that Gomez had been Fe.
ceiving those payments for no less
than two years past. The war depart
ment that far back submitted to con-
gress the full statement of all ex.
penses in Cuba and included in the list
was acknowledgements of the pay
ments to General Gomez.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-06-19
ALBERT HEFLEY MAY DIE.
Probably Fatally Stabbed BY Robert
Morris.

Des Moines, June 16.-Albert Hef.
ley, a driver employed by the White
Line Transfer Company, was stabbed.
probably fatally, at his home, two
blocks west of the Greenwood park
car station, by Robert Morris, cook.
Morris disappeared after the stabbing
and has not been apprehended. Hef-
ley, who was cut in both arms and in
the breast, is very low. Dr. Linn ex-
pressed the opinion that he has but
one chance in twenty-five to live
The trouble between the two men
arose over a third party, Samuel Wei.
lington, who had trouble with Morris
earlier in the evening concerning a
girl. Morris went to Hefey's home to
find Wellington, and the fatal quarrel
followed Hefey's orders to leave the
premises
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-06-19
ABOUT NEW CABINET OFFICE.
chairman Hepburn and sub-Commit.
tee Confer With President.

Washington, June 16.-Representa-
Ave Hepburn, chairman of the house.
committee on interstate and foreign
NQmmerce, together with the members
OF the subcommittee appointed to con.
fer with the president in regard to the
new department of commerce bill, now
before the committee, conferred with
the president Saturday on that sub
9ect: The president told them that he
had not given the matter sufficient at
tention to warrant him expressing any
opinion at to what bureaus should be
included in the new department, and
Ut was decided that he should recon-
mend to the several cabinet officers
the selection by them of someone in
each department competent to confer
with the committee as to what bureaus
should be detached from the several
departments and included in the new
department.
After the conference Mr.. Hepburn
stated that there would not be time
for this contemplated action at the
present session of congress and it was
would go over until the next session.
DEWEY ORDERED OUT AGAIN.
Will Actively Command the Greatest
Fleet Uncle Sam Ever Owned.
Washington, June 16. - Admiral
Dewey will go to sea again, flying his
flag with the four stars in command
Of the greatest fleet in numbers the
United States has gotten together
since the days of the civil war, and
far more powerful in offense and de-
tense than any of these war fleets.
Secretary Moody has conceived the
idea and after consulting the pleasure
of Admiral Dewey, it has been arrang.
cd that he shall be placed in supreme
command Of the fleet comprising the
North Atlantic, the European, and the
South Atlantic Spuadrons), which is
to assemble near the Culebra Island
In the West Indies next December for
the winter maneuvers. Secretary
Moody himself desires to witness these
maneuvers and it is even possible that
the president may find time to make
voyage to the south to see the big
ironclads in war movements.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-06-19
THREW PELL OUT OF DRAKE.
Games Committee Forced to Declare
Him Not an Amateur.

Des Moines, June 14.-Pell, of Drake
University, admitted before the inter
collegiate games committee that he
had run in an open race in Perry IN
1898. Under the admission the com
mlttee was forced to declare him not
entitled to participate in the track
events of the college association. The
vote was to 1, brakes representative
voting with him despite his admission.
Young, Of Grinnell, was sustained by
q vote of 3 to 2. He was charged with
having participated in open contests
In Angus, Perry and Carroll in 1898.
The charges were not sustained by suf-
ficient evidence to warrant his CON
viction. He retains his position as an
amateur.
Throwing Pell out does not change
the result of the recent intercollegiate
field meet in any way, although it re-
duces brakes points and increases
those of other colleges. But the order
remains the same, and Drake is still
the winner by long odds
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-06-19
Capt. King is Sentenced,

Mobile, Ala, June 11.-Capt. King,
the United States army officer who
was convicted in the United States
court in Mobile last year on the
charge of accepting a bride, arrived
here from his home in Fort Dodge,
Iowa, and was sentenced to pay fine
of $4,000 and to serve thirteen months
in prison. ia ss III Il
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-06-19
Return of ExiIes

st. Petersburg, June 16.-Many per.
sons ,exiled or banished from the rural
districts in 1901 are being allowed to
return to their homes. Mr.. Won Pleh.
we. the minister; of the interior. is
encouraging petitions from such peo.
pie for permission to go back to their
former residences. Among those who
have returned is Prof. Leshoft. the
celebrated educationalist, who became
mixed up in the disorders at Saratoff
and whose punishment included p
whipping.
The children of parents who are both
red-haired become gray at an early
age.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-06-19
earnum EIephant is Killed.

Tours, France. June ia crowd
OF about 5000 persons witnessed the
execution at midnight in the city park
Of the largest of Barnum and Bailey's
performing elephants. While on the
way, to the railway station the animal
suddenly went mad, broke it's chains,
tried to kill its keeper and had to be
killed Immediately. Two hundred
men tugged at the rope which strang.
led aSthe elephant
The best lubricant for the organs Of
the throat is pineapple juice. It ID
SAID that. people living. in countries
where the cone-shaped fruit is grown
never suffer from bronchial affections.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-06-19
Mike Mccarthy Killed.

Mason City, June 11.-Mike McCar-
thy, while sitting on an iron railing
on Main street lost his balance and
fell backwards down stairs, breaking
his neck. He was railroad employ.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-06-19
STEEL TRUST LOSES.
Court lnterferes With The Corpora
TONS Plans.

TONS PlanS.
Newark, N. j., June 17.-Vice Chan
cellor Emery yesterday gave an oral
opinion making a temporary injunc-
ton secured week ago by Miriam
Berger of Sullivan county, N. Y, per-
manent. The Injunction restraints the
United States Steel corporation from
retiring $200,000,000 of preferred stock
and issuing $250,OOO,0OO in bonds in
stead. R. V. Lindebury counsel for
the steel corporation, gave notice OF
appeal.
1t was agreed by counsel for both
sides that the form of order for the APP
peal would be submitted to the court
yesterday afternoon. In his opinion
the vice chancellor held that the retire.
went Of preferred stock constituted
preferential reduction of the cor
poration's capital among those assent
Ing to the plan and corresponding
impairment Of the right Of those not
asserting. According to the vice
chancellor's decision preferred stock
holders have vested property rights,
which cannot be impaired by board
of directors without the consent OF
holders of preferred shares.
New York, June 17.-Francis Lindes
Stetson, counsel for the United States
Steel Corporation, said of Vice Chan
ce1lor Eznorys decision:
An appeal has been entered from
the judgment Of the court ordering
the permanent Injunction. Argument
on the appeal will be herd by the court
of errors and appeals Of New Jersey
about the last of next week. Beyond
this we cannot say just what course.
will he nlrSued -
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-06-19
CHARGED WITH MURDER.
Franklin County Farmer is Under
Heavy Bonds.

Heavy Bonds.
Iowa Falls, June 17-As result Of
quarrel in Grant township, Frank
lin county, Bine Wilder has been
bound over to the grand jury under
$500 bonds. 1t appears that Edgar
Dolson and Fred Dewey stopped at a
party at the Wilder place. The WIS.,
itors were invited to drink some beer
and the conference terminated in Will
der ordering the men off the ,place.
1t is reported that his commands were
Got acceded to as quickly as Wilder
thought they should be, and shot gun
was brought into play, the visitors be-
ing shot in the legs. Dolson received
lie bulk of the charge, resulting,in the
amputation of his leg. Blood poison
ing set in and Dolson died. ~
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-06-19
j. 1e,5oo Beers Surrendered.

London. June Dispatches from
South Africa show that the surrendersI
of the Beers are proceeding with the
greatest good will. The total of these
who have already surrendered num-.
bers 1890
Bloomfbntein, June 17.-George
Dewet and Delary and Louis Botha,
the Boer commanders, will start for.
Europe soon. The surrender of the
Beers continues and there is apparent
ly no holding back on the part of the.
Boer forces. Some Beers are already
at work repairing their former homes.
esslendsr Is the moth that eats holes:
in al good name.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-06-19
HAuGEN HAS CLEAR LEAD.
Rule Out of the Race for Nomination
for Connress *

Mason City, June Allamakee,
Clayton, Winneshiek and Mitchell
county republicans ueld conventions
Saturday and all chose Haugen dele.
gates to the congressional convention.
This insures his nomination 1t is
altogether probable that the demo-
Gratis will nominate Col. A. L. Starter
Of the National Memorial university.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-06-19
Girl Bitten by RattIesnake.

Hastings, June 15.--Mabel Wilson.
daughter of Perry Wilson, prominent
farmer near here. was twice bitten on
the hand by rattlesnake yesterday.
Her condition is serious but recovery
is thought quite probable.