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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-04-16

Mrs. A. G. DAVIS, Of Garden Grove,
was called to TT. Lupton, Colorado, a
few weeks ago on account Of the danger
Gus illness of her father, Lester H..
Northrup, who was at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Arlon Hendricks. Soon after
her arrival Mr.. Hendricks was taken
sick and lived only little over two
weeks, his death occurring on April 9Th.
The sad news has spread gloom over
many friends in this county, the former
home of the Northrup family. Mrs.
Hattie Davis and Mrs. Edna Hendricks
are the only children of Mr.. Northrup
and are hopeful that their father is some
better and may recover.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-04-16

The spring meeting of the South
western Iowa Editorial Association
which will be held at Glenwood on Fri
day, April Oath, will without question
be the best meeting ever held by the
association. The press and citizens of
Fleetwood are arranging for an elabor
ate entertainment of the editors and
every editor IN southwestern Iowa
should attend this meeting. The pro-
gram covers an extensive field and there
will be "a general discussion of many
things which are of vital interest to the
fraternity. The Burlington road has
kindly consented to stop No. ~ at
Glenwood Frid ay night 80 that the Wis.
itors can all get away from Glenwood
that evening.
Mrs. w. P. Clark entertained about
forty ladies at an Easter reception at
her palatial home Saturday afternoon
in honor of her sister, Mrs. w. P. Hall,
Of Denver. The parlors were beautifully
decea ,ted in yellow and white, Easter
lilies and Jonquilles being used with
splendid effect. Delicious refreshments
in the, same eolors were served, followed
by ! bird contest which was quite
unique.( Each lady was given Is candy
eggs to each Of which was attached 8
verse describing bird and they were
asked to name the bird described. Mrs.
G. w. Hoffman won the prize hand
some Ea,ster Cross filled with CONNECTIONS
by correctly naming "a Of the % birds.
There wais also an Easter bonnet contest
which wals won by Mrs. I. ]. McClellaud
of Jopiinl Mo-, who was awarded q
beautiful AIaster egg box Of bonbons fol
making thu prettisst bonnet. Mrs. G,
E. Gardiner and Mrs. 7. J. McCielland
rendered bsAautiful music and Miss Eta
CLARK sang 4 pretty little bird song,
THE guests H\ers presented With Easter
sream eggs al souvenirs,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-04-16

See our Blees buggies.
~. BowsHER & BIDDIsoN.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-04-16

Ed Stanley, who is employed with a
bridge gang on the U. P. at Omaha, had
a narrow escape from death last week,
While working on the top of the derrick
Of pile driver near Grand Island, he
fell off and fell nearly forty feet, but
miracuously escaped death, although he
injured his back quite badly. He arriy
ed here Saturday and will visit at the
home of his mother while recovering
from the accident.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-04-16

MIR. and Mrs. Enos Davis, of Garden
Grove township expect to celebrate in
a quiet way on the Goth of this month,
that rare pleasure which is accorded but
few couples, the celebration of the Goth
anniversary of their wedding, having
been married on April 26, 1913. We be-
lieve they are the oldest married couple
in the county and certainly there is no
couple who have more or dearer friends
that these venerable people.
When Judge Towner left for his home
at Corning last Friday he was suffering
from severe cold which prevented him
from talking much above whisper.
Both of our judges dread holding court
in this city for they invariably contract
severe colds. Our old court house is
not fit to hold court in and it is very
probable that the judges will refuse to
hold court any more it. Decatur county
is the only county in this judicial dis
trict which has not built modern court
house and this county certainly needs
a new court house badly.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-04-16

A lady reader of The REpoRER tells US
of a case Of cruelty to animals which it
would have been we'll for the authori.
ties to have prosecuted. In the alley
near the residence of LATE Weaver a
man with small team and load of wood
mired down, and as the horses would
not or could not pull the load out one
of them was unhitched and a rope at
tac:ed to the wagon tied to its tail and
then the brute driving the horse beat it
shamefully with board. Finally the
horse made lunge and succeeded in
pulling the wagon out of the mud hole,
but In doing SO the wagon was over
turned and the load of wood thrown in
all directions 50 he had a hard time
| picking it out of the mud, but it served
him right.
A head end collision occurred Monday
evening about 5 O'Clock at the overhead
bridge, about one mile west of Prince
ton, between No. SO, in charge of Bert
Bloom conductor, and James Ringe
engineer, and an extra coming east in
charge If "Burke'' conductor, and Pat
| McDuall engineer. The blame is placed
on operator Elmer Anderson at Prince
ton, although there are mitigating cir
cumstances connected with The fault.
Engine-. Ringe was bao hurt, having
one leg broken and his head and face
badly cut Nine or ten cars were piled
up in the cut. The News editor visited
the scene of the wreck Tuesday morning
and was shown many courtesies by
Asst Supt Dennis, not the least of
which was a trip to Trenton in Sup't
Molls private car and the partaking of
an elegant repast served in the car at
the noon hour. A. Mol, sup't, E. Den
mis-, asst. supt., w. Bunch chief dis
patcher, Mr.. Mitchell chief clerk, 0.
Johnson roadmaster, Mr.. Monroe mas
ter mechanic, are all very intelligent,
thoroughly competent and most pleas
ant gentlemen to meet and are equally
as popular With employees, heads of de-
!, partments and the public at large
Lineville News.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-17
FOUR PERSONS BURNED
persisted IN THE SANATORIUM AT
BONNER SPRINGS, KANSAS.
genarian and Wife Burned in
Their Philadelphia Home.

BONNER SPRINGS, Kas.. July 16.-Four
persons lost their lives In a fire early this
morning which destroyed Bonner Springs
Sanatorium, at Bonner Springs, Kansas,
seventeen miles west of Kansas City. The
dead are:
CAPT. J. A. MCCLURE, Junction City,
Kas., former attorney for the Union
Pacific Railroad.
MISS JENNIE CAMPBELL, patient,
lola, Kas.
MRS A. A. COOK, patient. Lawrence.
KaS.
DR.. E. ROGERS, the steward.
The fire started in the laundry at the west
end of the building and reached the room
of the main structure before 1t was discov-
cred. A light wind drove the blaze in the
halls and rooms on every floor. The build
ing was filled with smoke before the in
mates, some thirty in number, were
awakened. The bodies of DR.. Rogers and
one of the women have been recovered.
Workmen are searching for the other The
fire was first discovered at o'clock. Thirty
minutes later there was nothing except the
foundation standing. The building was
three stories high and contained sixty
rooms. Loss, $4,000.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-17
MINE GAZING IN.
New Catholic Church and other Prop
erty on the Surface Damaged.

SCRANTON, Pa, July 16.-The new
Catholic church of ST. Lawrence O'Toole,
near Rendham, near here, was badly dam
aged by a cave-in of the top vein at the No.
mine to-day. There is big crack in the
masonry, reaching from the foundation di
agonally across the end nearly to the roof.
Much private property has been damaged in
the neighborhOod also.
The residents of Rendham were awakened
between and O'Clock this morning by the
creaking timbers of their houses that were
rapidly settling to the new level made by
the cave-in. In one place a deep crevasse
extends for half mile and a long section of
one of the streets is rendered unsafe for
travel by great breaks running lengthwise
and extending down to a depth of twelve
or fifteen feet. Four miners were caught in
the cave-in at the No. mine
One of them is seriously injured and the
others only slightly hurt. A rescuing party
of thirty-SiX men searched for two or three
hours for the men before finding them.
There are rumors that other miners are still
in the workings. but this is not credited by
the mine officials.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-17
Opening of Their Annual Convention
Marked by the Holding of Four
PentecOstaI Meetings.
BISHOP GALLOWAY'S ADDRESS
ELOQUENT TRIBUTE TO METHODIsM
BY A SOUTHERNER.
Rally Held by Indiana Delegates
Illinois Preacher Injured-YOung
Women's Conference.

DETROIT. Mich, July 16.-Epworth
Leaguers. 1900 of whom are in
Detroit for their annual conven-
ton. tonight held four pentecostal
meetings in Tent Ontario. the Central
NJ. E. Church. the Detroit Opera House and
the Fort-street Presbyterian Church. Tent
Ontario, with seating capacity of 5000
was damned to suffocation. and the opera
house and the Central M E. Church were
crowded while the Fort-street Church was
well filed.
At Tent Ontario Bishop c.. b. Galloway,
of Jackson Miss. bishop of the Methodist
Church South, was the first speaker on
THE Twentieth Century Pentecost" His
splendid eloquence called forth "Amens''
and "Hallelujahs" from all parts of the
tent. Bishop Galloway described the pente-
costal meetings in 1879 that resulted in
the founding of Methodism by John Wes-
ley and his coadjutors. They were guided
by the divine spirit in their founding of
the church, he said, for nothing conceived
entirely by human fundamentally could
have achieved such mighty things as
Methodism has. Men talk" the bishop
said, '-of the wonderful organization of
the Methodist Church, but our wonderful
system OF tneOlOgy mas done more imam
even our great church organization" He
spoke of the bicentenary of John Wesley
and said: LET the spirit of those biecn-
tenary days bring closer together as
members of one great family. There is a
spirit abroad that calls on US, North and
South, and demands that we lock shields
and unite together against the common
foe"
Bishop Galloway referred TO the late
President William Mckinley's declaration,
while in the South that the Confederate
graves should be decorated on Memorial
day as well as the Federal.
DIR. j. +. Berry, general secretary OF the
Epworth League, presided over the Detroit
Opera House meeting. Among the speake
was the Rev. j. T.. w. Bowen, of Atlanta,
Ga.
Church, ]. A. Patten, of Chattanooga,
Tenn, was chairman. The Rev. M. H..
Dubois. of Nashville, general secretary of
the Epworth League of the NJ. T.. Church
South. spoke of the Eighteenth Century
Petecost.
Rev. j. NJ King, of Philadelphia, was
chairman of the Fort-street meeting. Adj
dresses were delivered by the Rev. c. o:
Jones. Knoxville, Tenn, and the Rev. Levi
Gilber, Cincinnati.
During the day State rallies were held
by the delegates from Minnesota, Indiana
and Wisconsin.
A number of the leaguers from Illinois
and New York who arrived after midnight
last night were compelled to sleep in the
Central NJ +. Church. When cay broke
some 100 were sleeping on the cushions in
the pews. 1t was so late when their trains
arrived that the entertainment committee
could not send them TO their stopping places
and they therefore made the best of the
situation and camped in the church.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-17
BUNCOED AN OLD LADY.
Man Calling Himself Ryan Worked
New Game.


A man giving his name as Ryan, through
a carefully planned scheme victimized the
aged mother of Edward Wheeler of 2l26
Wheeler street out Of 81 yesterday after
noon and up to the present time has evaded
arrest.
Shortly after noon Ryan went to the
Wheeler home and told Mrs. Wheeler, who
came to the door, that he came from the
Atlas Engine Works to get her son. He
said they needed a night Waterman at the
works and wanted to give the position to
Edward. Mrs. Wheeler called her son and
with the man giving his name as Ryan he
started for the plant of the Atlas Engine
Works. They had gone but a block when
Ryan announced that he had lost his tape
line and telling Wheeler TO wait for him
he started back to the house to look for il.
On arriving at the house he asked Mrs.
Wheeler for change for a $40 bill. The old
lady told him that all she had was 81 so he
would send il back to her by her son when
he came home from work that night. Ryan
then met the son and they again started
for the engine works. They had gone but
a block or so when Ryan said he believed
he would go to nearby livery barn and
corner for him until he returned. Wheeler
waited half an hour and then telephoned
to the engine works and found that he had
never been considered for the position of
night watchmanJ When he went home his
mother told about the s. she loaned TO
Ryan and was soon convinced that she had
been made the victim of sharper. She
Immediately notified the police and gave a
description of Ryan. but all efforts to locate
him have failed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-17
TO TUNNEL CHICAGO.
Company Given the Right to Operate
Telephone Lines and Carry Parcels.

CHICAGO. July 16.-The City Council. by
a vote of 80 to IA. early this morning passed
an amendatory ordinance giving the Illinois
Telephone and Telegraph Company the right
to construct and operate for twenty-six
years tunnels for the transmission of par
cells and merchandise, as well as for tele-
phone business.
All the amendments suggested by the
mayor and corporation counsel were adopted
without discussion. The two principal ones
were those providing that ar the expiration
of the grant, when the tunnels of the COM
pany are TO revert to the city, If the COM
pany makes as good bid for their use as
any competitor IL shall have the preference,
and providing the company shall have fifty
miles of tunnels constructed inside of ten
years. and seeking to compel the company
to have in operation within five years of the
passage OF this ordinance telephone sys-
tenn with 10000 subscribers.
The ordinance is the most important meas
ure passed by the Council since the first
measure giving the same company the right
to do a telephone business was granted,
Feb. 20, 1899.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-17
CORN CROP SHORT.
Secretary Wilson Says Ii Has Been Re-
tarded by Cool weather.

WASHINGTON. July 16.-Secretary Will
son. who has just returned from trip that
included Ohio. Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Min
nesota and South Dakota, said to-day that
while the farming conditions are generally
good and some of the crops have a large
yield the corn crop was short. 1.-THE alb
normally cool weather" he said. has re-
tarded the development of the corn crop.
Along the valleys and high waters the crop
has been destroyed and on the level lands
that have been saturated the corn will not
mature. The best corn is along the dry roll
ing lands. but even there the cool season has
prevented the crop from being what ii
shouldd be AT this time. We may have an
average crop. IL the weather in the future is
favorable, but III IL continues cold. IL is hard
TO say to what extent there will be short
age. The grass crop will be the finest for
many years. The cool weather has favored
the growth of oats, wheat and barley and
that class of products. The wheat crop is
generally good Altogether the outlook for
the farmer is good. We have been paying
$s.0o0OC0 annually for macaroni. We are
growing all our own macaroni this year."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-17
CITY NEWS NOTES.

S. NJ. Pouder has sold his Photo Studio
and Art Gallery at 229 Massachusetts, avenue
TO A NJ Thompson. Mr.. Thompson Is now
in possession and will continue the bust
ness.
Mrs. Catherine Dono, sixty-one years old,
died yesterday at her home, 515 Birch ave-
nue.. Another death was that of Melissa II.
Taggert, fifty-two years old, at 101 Bloom
ington street.
From the effects of old age the Rev. John
B. H. Scope passed away at st. Edwards
Hospital in New Albany yesterday. The
Rev. Scope was seventy-two years old,
and until month ago was pastor of ST.
Mary's Church at Madison. Ind. but re-
signed his charge and had been in the hos
pital for treatment.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-17
Young women's Conference.

EAST NORTHFIELD, Mass, July To-
The Mortified young women's conference.
which closed yesterday, was attended by
many young women. DR.. Frank Gunsaulus,
president of Armour Institute. OF Chicago.
delivered several striking addresses. His
Sunday night address contained a caustic
estimation of the present social and re-
ligious tendencies of American civilization.
He was followed on Monday by Robert E.
Speer, secretary of the Presbyterian Board
of Missions. Mr.. Speer spoke at both the
round-top meeting and the service held in
the A[ditorium. His topic was THE Value
of the Worlds; This World and the World
Beyond" The programme for Tuesday and
Wednesday was a lecture at by Rev. G.
Campbell Morgan, who is now delivering a
series of addresses in Carnegie Hall, New
York, and talk by Miss Margaret Slattery,
of Pittsburg. on the subjects: What is
Worth While?" "A Girl, a World, Life -
with another sermon in the evening by Mr..
Morgan. Mr.. w. r. Moody, son of the late
u. l.. Moody, presided.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-17
Comment of the London Press.

LONDON, July 1.-THE few morning
papers which comment on the announce
ment that the State Department at WASH
ington has received assurances from the
Chinese government that it will shortly
open several ports to the worlds trade
congratulate Secretary Hay on the success
he has gained in the admission of the prin-
ciple of the open door in China. and while
expressing great suspicion that Russian
diplomacy has left some troublesome con-
ditions in reserve, they are inclined to be-
lieve that Secretary Hay is too astute to
be put off with mere paper concession.
The Daily Graphic says while the
realization of the policy which Mr. Hay
has pursued with such signal ability is
perhaps still remote, the concession OBJ
tanned is valuable as showing on which
side are the trump cards.
The Daily News says the United States
has shown wisdom in rejecting the offer
of special privileges.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-17
1922 Madison Ave-, New York City,
Writes Of the Virtues Of
Cuticura.

"To-day I am thankful to say my
boys are hearty and strong as any chill
dren in the city, but I had my fair share
Of care and work when they were
babies. An infants skin Is so delicate
and fine that the least thing win hurt 1t.
For chatting, for all eruptions and out
breaks on the skin, for roughness and
chapping, I always used Cuticura.
"If my boys all passed through baby
hood without any serious or alarming
skin trouble, attribute that circum-
stance to the prompt and free use Of
Cuticura when the first sign of disease
appeared. Ishould add that we always
used Cuticura Soap In bathing the chill
dren. 1t seems to get all the impuri-
ties out Of the skin, and II there 10
single ingredient In 1t that can possibly
do harm, have never found a trace Of
It. Sometimes ] read in papers Of
babies who have been allowed to suffer
long time with terrible disease be-
fore their mothers started to use Cuti-
cura. think such cases es strange as
they are sad for by this time everybody
ought to know about Cuticura and
nobody ought to wait for weeks and
even months to pass before resorting to
this remedy.
81 wish every mother In the world
could learn what splendid thing Cuti-
cura Is. Then we should have vastly
fewer sick, disfgured babies and vastly
fewer parents tortured with anxiety"
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Gin form Of Chocolate Coated Pilis s< per vsl OF COZ
ointment Sc, soap. 23c. Depot London. 81 Charter
bus Ave. Potter Drug Chem Corp. Sole frops-
- esn1 for " How = Cure skin piseasss-"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-17
Terminal station Hardware.

The Vonnegut Hardware Company yes
terday received the contract for the finish
ing hardware of the new terminal station
TO be located on Illinois and Market streets.
The contract involves in round numbers
$4,000. There were several competitors for
the contract. including p. & f. Corbin. of
New Britain, Conn; Russell & Erwin. of
the same place; Reading Hardware Com
pany. of Reading. Pa: Sargent Hardware
Company of New Haven. Conn. Chicago
Hardware Company. OF Chicago: Lilly &
Stainaker. OF Indianapolis. and the Francke
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-17
MAY GET VICTIMS MONEY.
Vanwormer Boys Are Heirs of p. A
HolIenbeck, Whom They Slew.

KENDERHOOK. n. Y. July 16-It is
probable that the three Van Wormer boys
Willis. Burton and Frederick-now await
ing death at Dannemora. will come in for
a share OF the estate of their uncle, Peter
A. Hallenbeck. whom they were convicted
OF having murdered year ago last Christ
mas. Hallenbeck died intestate Besides
considerable real estate he left about 5,0O0
In personal property. Mrs. Hallenbeck the
widow, died last week and il has been
found left no will. The Van Wormer boys
as nephews, will have claim on the estate.
They are likely to secure an appeal IL the
funds at hand.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-17
KILLED HER WITH A CHIsEL.
Says He Was Forced to Stay His Wife
TO Save His Own Life

NEW YORK, July 16.-In the presence of
their twelve-year-old daughter, Enrico
Canapa and his wife Emma fought and
slashed each other with a chisel in their
apartments to-day, the duel finally ending
in the death Of the woman, who was
stabbed in the right temple with the chisel
by her husband. The man received several
stab wounds on the chest before he gained
possession OF the instrument, and was
found staggering in the street. his clothes
covered with blood. At the police head
quarters the man admitted, the police
say, having killed his wife. but said he had
TO do II 70 save his own life.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-17

An adjourned meeting Of the congregation
of Plymouth Church was held at the resi-
dence of Joseph Allerdice, 1912 Park avenue,
last night. The purpose of the meeting was
to consider plans for contemplated repairs
to be made on the Seventh Day Adventist
Church on Central avenue, which was re-
Gently purchased by the Plymouth Church
people. 1t was reported that the matter of
selecting a new pastor would be considered.
but no reference was made to the subject.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-17
Escaped from Reform school.

Clarence Smith. a sixteen-year-old boy,
who for the last year has been an inmate
of the Reform School at Plainfield, Ind,
made his escape from that institution yes
terday, and it is thought came to Indian
apolis. The police here were notified, and
are looking for him. Smith lives in Plym-
outh, Ind, and sent 70 Plainfield on
the recommendation of his parents
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-17
GIRLS ASSAILANT CAUGHT.


INDIANA, Pa, July 16-Margaret Bark
ley. aged eleven years. daughter of John NJ.
Barley, farmer, was assaulted last night
by Frank Will, tramp, while she was re-
turning from the postoffice. The child
crawled to her parents home after the out
rage, and her father, accompanied by a
number of others. started in pursuit of the
man. He was found secreted In a house
near by and in attempting to escape was
probably fatally shot by Barley. The
wounded man was conveyed to Craft post
office where posse of deputies guarded him
all night to prevent lynching by indignant
neighbors. Early this morning Will was
brought to Indiana and placed in the county
JAIL The girls condition is serious.