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The Irish standard., 1903-01-03

wreck, whose failure TO deliver orders
to Conductor McAuliffe, of the Pacific
express, to pass the freight at Wan
stead, is said by the Grand Trunk Off
Gals to have caused the wreck, Sunday
afternoon made his first statement
since the wreck. He says he received
the order for No. S, the express, to pass
the freight at Wanstead at 9:4s o'clock,
but declares positively that a few min
utes later Dispatcher j. G. Kerr, at
London, called him and ordered him
to "bust" or cancel the order. He
said: "About 1854, after calling Wyom-
ing and ascertaining that the freight
was there, the dispatcher called me
rapidly a half dozen times. When l
answered on the wire, he told me to
:'bust" this order. I wrote "bust it,
across the order just as No. S was COM
ing in. Conductor McAuliffe came in
and asked me what the order board
was out against him for. 1 told him
that we had had an order for him, but
the dispatcher had busted it. He
asked me to hurry and write him a
clearance order, which l did. After
the train had started and was out OF
my reach the dispatcher learned that
the freight had left Wyoming. 1 told
him could not stop No. S, as it had left
He Immediately began calling Kings
court Junction, the station between
Watford and Wanstead, on the rail
road wire, and tried to raise them
on a commercial wire. We both failed
to do this, however. until after the ex-
press had passed the junction"
Carson admitted that he knew it
was against the rules of the company
to cancel train order without send
ing substitute for it, but said that
the dispatcher was his superior Off
Ger and he disliked to question his
order or dispute his authority to take
this action. Dispatcher Kerr's order
book in the local Grand Trunk office
does not show that the order was
"busted" or cancelled, as Carson
claims. According to the book, it was
still in force and should have been de-
livered to the conductor of the ex-
press. Kerr has not made any state
ment, even to the railroad officials,
and will not until he takes the stand
at the inquest.
The Irish standard., 1903-01-03
MRS. FREMONT DEAD.
Succumbs to Pneumonia ut Her
Los Angeles Home.

Los Angeles. Cal. Dec. 30. - Mrs
Jessie Benton Fremont, widow of Gen.
John C. Fremont, died Saturday night
vt pneumonia at her home in this city
at the age of 70 years. She had been
in very feeble condition for the last
three years, her naturally strong con-
stitution having been broken by Sc
we're accident when she slipped and
fell, dislocating her hip bone. Since
that time she had been unable to walk
alone, and two nurses had been en-
ployed most of the time to attend her.
1t was known that she was failing,
but her passing away comes as a
shock to her many friends.
Mrs. Fremont had known every pres
'dent of the United States since Jack
son. and was connected by birth and
marriage with half the early aristoc-
racy of the country. Few women have
had Il more evcntful life. A daughter
of the famous Senator Thomas II. Ben
ton, of Missouri, she early became an
The Irish standard., 1903-01-03
MANY PERSONS PERISH
I'm A RAILWAY WRECK.
Terrible Results of Collision on the Grand
Trunk Road at Wanstead. Canada---Death
List Numbers Thirty. While Many
Others Are Badly Injured

London, Ont, Dec. 29.-Tiirty per-
sons are known to have persisted and at
least IS were injured in the wreck of
the Pacific express of the Grand
Trunk railway which crashed into an
east-bound freight at Wanstead Fri
day night. The express, rushing west
ward GO miles an hour, to make up
lost time, driving onward through a
terrific blizzard, collided head-on with
heavy freight train. The express was
crowded with persons returning from
holiday visits in Canada. The day
coaches were ground to splinters. Fire
started and above the roaring of the
blizzard the shr;eks Of the injured,
pinned down under the shattered cars,
could be heard. The thermometer was
near zero. and before help could ar
rive many Of tic injured persisted from
cold. The fire was eXtinguished be-
fore ii reached any of Tie injured, all
though the bodies of some of the dead
were hiackeneG by fire.
Following is Il partial and official
list of identified dead: Alex Stew
art, Petrola, Ont; Mrs. Alex Stew
art, Petr"lia, Ont, A. l;ickctGs, Sar-
mia Tunnel, fireman; j. Gillies. Sar-
Liza, tunnel engineer; Mrs. Trotter,
Pe;rolia, Ont; Mr.. Lawrcnc4, Wat
ford, Ont; +. S. Freeman, Oil Springs
or Hensall, Ont.;, - Jeffrey, LORI
don, Ont; Glen Policy, Port Huron,
Mich; Gay Debenier, ticketed to La
Crosse, WASH; DR.. Penwarden. tick
eted to Petrolia, Ont; woman, sup
posed to be Penwarden's wife; ]. ii.
brock, Brucefeld: o. b. Burwcll, Port
Huron; Wilson Morton, Chicago; Mrs.
j. Il. Barnes, Woodstock, Ont; Ed
ward Boyse, Prescott, Ont; Violet
Brock. Chicago; George Burkholder,
Sarnia, Ont; Alex Cameron, Petrolia,
Ont; Edward Debeau, Prescott, Ont;
Archie Douglass, Alviston, Ont; Nell
lie Geddes, Sarnia, Ont; Nicholas JEFF
frey, London, Ont; w. J. Lucas,
strathroy, Ont; Lottie Lynch, Port
Huron, Mich; Mrs. Rodley, Port
Huron, Mich; three unidentified.
Failed to Deliver Orders.
Andrew Carson, the operator at
Wa'for'!. the first station east of the
The Irish standard., 1903-01-03
PRESIDENT WOUNDED.
Mr.. Roosevelt Receives Cut from q
Rapier During a Fencing Bout
with Gen. Wood.

Washington, Dec. ga wound re-
ceived by President Roosevelt in a
fencing bout with Gen. Leonard
Wood day or two ago, though spo-
ken of lightly by the president, turns
out to have been a narrow escape
from the loss of the left eye. The
rapier of Gen. Wood, who is an expert
fencer and who is teaching the pres
ident the art, penetrated the presi-
dents mask, inflicting a wound just
above the eyebrow. The deviation
of an inch would have cost Presi.
dent Roosevelt the sight of that eye.
The Irish standard., 1903-01-03
MARY HARrwELL cArHERwooD.

to her illness Mrs. Catherwood was
engaged on novel which she expected
to send to her publishers in March. II
is story of which Robert Owen, who
founded colony in Poscy county, Ind,
was the hero. No arrangements have
been made for the completion of the
work. Some of the most notable of her
works were "Cracque O DOOM"
"Rocky Fork" "Old Caravan Days"
"rhe Romance of Dollard," "Stories
of Tonty," "Old Kaskaskia," "Thc
White Islander" days of Jeanne
Dare" Spanish Peggy" and
"Lazarre." The latter has been drama
tiZcd.
The Irish standard., 1903-01-03
Tragedy ut Three Lakes, Wis.

Milwaukee. Dec. 27.-An Evening
Wisconsin special from Three Lakes,
Wis, says: During a quarrel in Dins.
ler's saloon Frank Schmidt sho,
George Villain in the stomach, fatally
wounding him. Villain, it is said, was
intoxicated and had assaulted Schmidt
and came back, it if alleged, for sec.
ond attack, when the shooting &C.
CURED.
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IN. Coal Firm. for s21o.ooo.

Springfield, ILL.,, Dec. 26.-Suits ag.
gregating 100000 against the Victor
Coal company, Of Pawnee, were be.
gun in the circuit court. The suits are
for personal damages suffered by en-
ploycs October II, when an explosion
of gas caused the death of three men
and injured a score Of others.
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TO Advance Price Of shoes.

Vienna, Dec. 27.-The Austrian
manufacturers have decided to ad.
vance the price Of shoes ten per cent
on account of the higher cost of leath.
er. They claim this step is due to ex.
tensive purchases of hides in the Euro.
pean markets by Americans, who have
practically cleaned out the continental
stocks.
The Irish standard., 1903-01-03
un q Iec1ure Tour.

Ithaca, N. Y, Dec. 30.-President
Jacob Gould Schurman left Ithaca
Monday night for an extended west
ern trip. He will visit several of the
larger cities and will speak on po-
litical and educational topics. The
cities where he is already scheduled
to speak include Omaha, St. Louis.
Chicago and Lincoln, Neb. President
Schurman will speak in Lincoln
Thursday on "Our Philippine Prob
lem"
The Irish standard., 1903-01-03
Coal Famine In Cleveland.

Cleveland, o., Dec. 29.-As a result
of failure to secure fuel and the Bit
terly cold weather the county build
ings here were abandoned and the
various public Offices and courts
closed. Coal dealers who hold con-
tracts to furnish fuel for the county
buildings declared that they were
unable to secure the same.
The Irish standard., 1903-01-03
Three Lives Lost,

Gaincsboro, Tenn, Dec. 29.-While
attempting to cross Cumberland river
near here in a canoe, Miss Verdi Rich,
Miss Hattie Rose and Walter Rich
were drowned, while Rufus Bailey and
Alfred Crowder had narrow escapes.
The canoe was overcrowded, and when
the current of the swollen stream
struck it the frail craft swerved and
rocked. One of the frightened girls
jumped into the water. causing the
canoe to capsize and throwing all of
the occupants into the river.
The Irish standard., 1903-01-03
Fire sweeps q Business Block,

San Pedro, Cal, Dec. 29.-Fire in
the center of the business district
destroyed about $4,000 worth of
property. One-half of the most prom
inent business block in the city was
burned out. B. Swift, laborer, and
N. G. Andfinsen, retired capitalist,
persisted.
The Irish standard., 1903-01-03
To Guard McKinley's Tomb.

Cincinnati, Dec. 27.-Lieuts. Reece
md Inglehart, with two sergeants
and four corporals and 30 privates
Of company NJ, Third United States
infantry, left Fort Thomas, Ky, Fri
day, for Canton, O.. where they will
serve as the special guard around
McKinley's tomb. They relieved q
detachment of the Fourteenth infan-
The Irish standard., 1903-01-03
Victims Of Earthqu ake.

st. Petersburg, Dec. 30.-Furthcr
adviccs from Andijan say the earth
quake victims number 4,sO0, of which
1000 persons were killed in the town
of Andijan and the rest in the ada
cent country. About 1000 square
miles were affected.
The Irish standard., 1903-01-03
New Secretary.

Washington, Dec. 3O.-Robert B.
Armstrong, private secretary to the
secretary of the treasury, will be ap-
pointed assistant secretary of the
treasury on the rcassembling of con-
gress, to succeed Gen. Spaulding,
whose resignation has been in the
hands of Secretary Shaw for some
time
The Irish standard., 1903-01-03
Academy in Ashes,

Littleton, N. H.. Dec. 29.-Dow
academy, at Franconia, named for the
late Moses A. Dow. of Charlestown,
Mass, has been burned. Mr.. Dow
presented the academy to the town
rs years ago, and at his death, in
1886, he left it 100000.
The Irish standard., 1903-01-03
Mob Hangs Negro and Wife.

Columbia, S. C., Dec. 20.-The first
woman t" he lynchcd in South Caro-
lima died with her husband, Oliver
Wideman. near Troy, AbbcviIlc coun.
ty, Friday night. A crowd of friends
of William X. Jay, farmer, commit
ted the deed. Jay, n member of the
Masonic, Pythian and Woodmcn of
the World fraternities, was muir.
dered by one of the mob's victims,
The Irish standard., 1903-01-03
Victim of Heart Failure.

Carlsbad, N. NJ, Dec. 3O.-R. w. Tan
sill, the well-known millionaire cigar
manufacturer, died here Monday of
heart failure. Mr.. Tansill came here
for his health several years ago and
has been very active in his efforts for
the advancement of the territory.
The Irish standard., 1903-01-03

No man, not even the impuCent
jumping jacks who ply their poor
trade In our provincial thcatcrs from
time to time, ever dare to insult u
Scottish audience by ridiculing their
national customs. And If lrishmcn
are more good naturcd, it is with the
good nature of folly and not of sense.
The Irish standard., 1903-01-03
Engineer Killed.

San Bernardino, Cal, Dec. 3O.-Sunta
Fe overland train No. crashed into
u light engine sidetracked at Siam, u
station between Dandy and Needles,
Monday, killing Engineer Charles Hay
ward and badly injuring Fireman A.
Arkills.
The Irish standard., 1903-01-03
NOTED NOVELIST DIES.
Mary Hnrtwell Cnthcr,vood Paxses
Away at Her Home in
Chicago.

Chicago, Dec. 27.-Mary Hartwell
Cathcrwood, thcnovclist, died of cancer
after an illness of three months. The
remains are to be inferred at Hopes
ton, Ill. Mrs. Catherwood had just
passed her fifty-tifth birthday, having
been born December 1G, 1S47, in Luray,
o. She was one of the most widely
read novrlists in the country. Prior
The Irish standard., 1903-01-03
Shot In self-Defense.

Kansas City, Mo-, Dec. 30. = Louis
Burton, of Louisville, KY, the re-
turned Philippine soldier who killed
q negro, Frank Walker, in this city
Sunday night, was released Monday,
the coroner's jury finding that Bur
ton acted in self-defense.
The Irish standard., 1903-01-03
VIII Investigate,

Chicago, Dec. 27.-Attorney Gen.
eral Hamlin will investigate charge
that Chicago coal retailers volun-
tarily pay demurrage on cars, delay.
ing unloading and increasing the
shortage SO that high prices may be
asked.
The Irish standard., 1903-01-03
New Land Com m issI oner.

Washington, Dec. 3O.-Binger Herr.
mann, commissioner of the general
land Office, has resigned and will be
succeeded by William A. Richards, now
the assistant commissioner of the
general land Office. The change will
take effect probably January Is.
The Irish standard., 1903-01-03
Over 300 Children Killed.

Victoria, B. c., Dec. 29.--Corres-
pondencc received from Yokohama by
the steamer Tartar includes details
of horrible baby farming conspir.
acy in Osaka. An elderly woman, her
married daughter. husband and two
other persons have been arrested for
lnfanticide, and it is learned that
since they started operations this
year 800 children were killed.
The Irish standard., 1903-01-03
Killed Wife and Self.

Sioux City, Ia, Dec. 26--At Algona,
Ia. Thursday afternoon Harry Adams
killed his wife with shotgun and then
blew his own brains out. The couple
had been qnarreling for six months,
and at one time she ran away with an
other man, but afterward returned
to Adams. She leaves two young chill
dren
The Irish standard., 1903-01-03
Prince 10 Come Again,

Berlin, Dec. 3o.-The papers here
say Prince Henry, of Prussia, is 60
ing to the United States in 1904 to
visit The St. Louis exposition and un-
veil the veterans monument in Phil.
a6elnhia
The Irish standard., 1903-01-03
SIX Perish by Fire.

London, Dec. 3o.-As result of a
fire in a small house in Stepney Mon
day, Mrs. Schlessinger and her five
young children were burned to
death.
The Irish standard., 1903-01-03
Roo.eveh,x I,ictur..

Washington, Dec. 3O.-A new oil
painting of President Roosevelt now
decorates the private dining-room at
the white house. 1t is life size and
shows the president in his rough
riders uniform. He stands in an easy
position, holding his hat in his hand.
The Irish standard., 1903-01-03

"WhO in the winters night,
SOggarth arOOn,
When the cold blast did bite.
SOggarth arO0n,
Came to my cabin door
And on the carthcn floor
knclt by me, sick ana poor.
SOggarth arOon."
The Irish standard., 1903-01-03
THE STAGE BABooN.
The Irish Themselves Enioy the
Carlcature.

S~A SotUlCs
n fourth rate strolling company oc-
cupied the stage at the Academy Of
Music at Halifax a short time ago
says the Antagonist Casket, and their
presentation of one Of the we'll and un-
favorably class of plays, by dis
courtesy Ito the Irish race) called
Irish" procured them a rebuke from
Father O'Sullivan, of st. Mary's Ca.
thedral. The reverend father was
born and lived in Ireland, but, strange
to say, he never had seen III that little
green island any Catholic priest drink.
ing whiskey beside coffin, or heard
one pass smutty joke. lie was nat
urally a little surprised to learn from
the aforesaid strolling players that
Irish priests are in the habit Of behay-
ing in that manner. But he found
greater surprise in the attitude Of an
audience. largely composed of Irish
'S"' apparently. Auu here 10
the real occasion for astonishment.
That band of wandering players
should present an INSCRIPTIONS carl
cature of Irish life and manners to the
public Is not 80 very surprising.
These poor things do not get their
bread by being overnice about dccepcy
or truth, In one way or another. But
every lrishman who respects his ma
tionality and his manhood, who has
ever given one moments thought to
the grand achievements of his race in
the service OF religion and morality.
who has preserved In him even q few
OF the characteristics that made the
Irish race so noble that the greatest
human power ever cxertcd, the power
OF the mightiest nation that ever op-
pressed another, could not degrade
that race.-every such lrishman must
feel Inundated and ashamed when
men Of Irish blood sit down in q
thcater TO applaud backguardly In.
suits to their race and religion. It te
simply the depth of Irish good humor
that raises laugh at anything having
the taintest resemblance to wit when
given in the Irish broguc, but that
does not excuse their folly, to use a
mild term. We trust, nevertheless.
that Father O'Sullivan was mistaken
IN supposng that any respectable
lrishman laughed ut or applaudcd the
presentation of Il whiSkcy- drinking
rake III the apparel and guise of an
| Irish priest. For we should think If
time to designate Il man by some
other description than Irish when he
| forgrtS that which has ALWAYS been 4
characteristic of an honest Lrishman
respect for the "Ssgg:lrtll" and the
character of the priesthood. The
picture of the Irish priest that every
true man or that race holds deep in
his heart is simply and touchingly
hlaWn in words by the poet:
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-12-10

pressed recently at the meeting Of the
secondary school men in Des Moines to
such measure. The measure will prob
ably be taken up by the legislature.
The plan which Superintendent Bar
rett urges is similar to that in vogue
in Minnesota, where it has been pro-
nounced success, where the necessity of
paying tuition by country boys and
girls in high schools is obvated by
throwing open the city schools to them
To meet the extra expense incurred
the state would pay the schools stat
ed sum annually, thus making it pos.
sible for every county boy and girl tc
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-12-10
have high school education free Of

nave nigh School education free OF
charge.
He says the making Of better arrange
ments for the advanced education of
pupils residing beyond the city and
town districts is absolutely imperative,
and concerning the free high school,
says: Among the plans proposed to
improve the school system of the state
and to provide equal school privileges
for country boys and girls, is for the
state to appropriate to certain high
schools, which meet such requirements
as may be fixed by law, or the body
governing the schools designated, a
I reasonable sum to pay expenses incur
red by increased attendance.
"The theory advanced by those who
look with favor upon the EMANCIPATION
of the system is that the property of
the state should be taxed to educate
the children of the state. The fact that
the state taxes itself to support higher
institutions of learning, where COM
paratively small number is given in
struction, is cited as an illustration of
the states wisdom, and it is urged that
the time has come for the state to
assist in providing high school advan-
tages for the masses"
BARRETT's LAST WORD.
The report which Superintendent
Barrett submitted Thudrsday is sort Of
valedictory. 1t is the last official word
which Mr.. Barrett will give to the
public, after three terms of administra-
ton as state superintendent Of public
instruction.
During that time much advanced
school Legislation has been passed. The
six years has marked wide extension
of the school library system through
the Trewin law, until now it is possible
for the pupils of the most obscure COM
munities to read good books and to Sc
cure the education and culture that
comes from reading.
The report is a review of the history
of education in Iowa. AS state which
boasts of being the Massachusetts, of
the west, the history is large part Of
the Iowa annals.
In the Introductory chapter the SUI
perintendent among other things, says:
Friends Of public education have
every reason to congratulate themselves
on the general showing presented.
Fifty years ago the annual school
session for the state was Y days; today
it is 160 Then there was not single
graded school; now there are thousands.
Then the total enrolment was 42,442;
of school houses was S144,979; now it is
more than S20O0O,O00.
"The total amount expended annually
for public schools during the past five
years has increased from 1881 ,489 to
$10,284,642. The number of volumes in
public school libraries has increased
from SOC, 795 to 642,77S; and tho value o.
school houses from $16,9O8O76 to $50,
3S9,5O5.
Several thousand rural schools follow
a course of study as regularly and com.
pletely as do town schools. Pupils fin
ishing the course Of study and granted
diplomas Of graduation the same as
those who complete al high schoo
course.
High school statistics from 1877 cite.
an6 townc ha vino q nopulotiop of O0l
or more by the census Of 1900 give al
enrolment in high schools Of 21,512 il
1001-1902. Of this number S,737 were
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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-12-10

boys and 1906 were girls. The number
of graduates reported for the above
year is 1856.
WHAT SCHOOL SHALL TEACH.
Under the heading. "What Shall Our
Schools Teach?" the report says:
"There has been considerable discus
sion Of the teaching Of the elements ct
agriculture in rural schools, and more
recently introduction Of the study in the
high schools has been proposed.
"The value Of emphasizing subjects
closely related to the life of the people
| is not underestimate. Each succeed
ing year high schools teach more of the
practical; and as laboratories multiply
and professionally trained teachers in
crease, there is likely to be still less of
theory and more instruction in how to
do the work of the world.
"Public school education cost the cit
liens of Iowa s1O,2s4,0Oo last year. The
total amount estimated by the state au-
ditor to operate the affairs of the state
in all departments, including the educa-
tional, penal and charitable institutions,
is about $2,315,000 annually. This is
less than one mill on the dollar of the
taxable wealth Of the state. 1t is thus
seen that the cost of public education
in commons schools is, from the financial
point of view, relatively Of far greater
| Importance than all the combined
branches of the state work.
| ATTENDANCE.
| The table Of statistics contained in
the report shows marvellous increase
| in the school attendance. In 1848 there
was an attendance of 7,077 in the public
schools. In 1903 the attendance was
550,202. The same period marked an
increase of school buildings from 105 to
1868. The value of the school houses
in 1903 was $2O,2S4,9S7. There was
expended for school during that year,
S1O,2S4,9S9.
The following table will show the
manner in which the school population
| has increased in Iowa.
Number of Enrolled in
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-12-10
AID FOR HIGH SCHOOLS
Superintendent Barrett Recon-
mends Adoption of System in
Vogue in Minnesota

In his biennial report submitted to
the governor, Richard G. Barrett, state
superintendent of public instruction,
makes an important recommendation for
the establishment of free public high
schools through state aid. The recon-
mendation is of the greater Importance
because of the implied opposition ex-
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-12-10
ORIGINAL NOTICE.

In the District Court Of Decatur county Iowa. jan
uary term, A. D. 1908
iona Housh plaintiff,
Nancy Housh, defendant.
To Said Defendant
You hereby notified that there is now on file in
the Office OF the Clerk Of the District Court of Deca
tur county, rowa the petition of the plaintiff afore-
said, claiming Of You decree of divorce and for
states that defendant has deem guilty of cruel
crime Of adultery. For full particulars see petition
You also notified that unless you appear there
to and defend before Of the second day of the
said District Court of Decatur county be held on
the 4th day OF January, A. d. 1908, default will be
entered against you and judgment rendered thereon.
HOFFMAN, & JACKSON,
15-4t Attorneys for Plaintiff.