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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-22
GIRL IS SLAIN.
Sitting Near the Door. She Is Shot sy
Unknown Person.

South McAlcster %. r.. Aug. Misc
Lena Dick. 2o-ycar-oll girl, was as-
sassinatcd at Wiiburton. She wat Eitting
near the door ~ her fathers home when
someone placed a Winchester ia The doSy.
firing The same The ban struck the gtsl
In tho back. coming out near her heart.
A posse WAS organized 90 find The as
sassin but no clue could be secured.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-04-16


lowered from one level to another. The
difference in the height Of these levels
is about twenty feet.
There are three canals, two on the
American and one on the Canadian
side of the falls. The Poe lock is the
largest in the world. 1t is 800 feet
long by 100 feet wide and has depth
of twenty feet. The Weitzel lock is q
little more than 500 feet long and is
80 feet wide. The other lock in the
500 is in the Canadian canal and is
longer than either Of the American
locks, but is not nearly so wide. The
vessel interests are arranging to place
upon the Poe lock at the time of the
celebration plate in honor Of General
Poe, who designed and built the lock
which is named for him.
In volume Of traffic the American
500 canals far surpass the Suez canal.
Last year 35,961, 146 tons Of freight
passed through. This is at least 25,OOO,-
600 tons in excess Of the Suez traffic.
The volume on the Canadian side is
much less. Since 1870 the American
canals have been in charge Of the
United States government.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-04-16

the Korean embassy at the national
capital. Part Of last year they were
students in the university at Roanoke,
Va, but through the influence of H. N.
Allen, minister plenipotentiary of the
United States to the court of Korea,
and President Bashford of the univer-
sity the prince and his secretary trans
ferred to the Ohio Wesleyan university.
They live in Delaware pretty much
as the other students do, though they
have apartments consisting of four or
five room, which are comfortably but
not extravagantly furnished. They are
much interested in college sports and
are favorites with the other students
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-04-16

Ted Morris, the genial democratic
| member of the board of supervisors re-
turned to his home at High Point Satur-.
day after being here week attending the
| April session Of the board.
| A. Fl. Lowe, assistant agent at the @.
depot left Saturday night for Burr Gag,
Michigan, to attend the funeral of his
grandmother. W. L. Wickersham, of
GAINESVILLE, is taking his place during his
absence.
Mrs. T. w. silvers, of Butler, Mo-, and
her daughter, Mrs. T. J. McClelland, of
Joplin, Mo-, returned home Monday after
a pleasant visit at the home of Mrs. Sill
| vers' mother, Mrs. F. F. Thompson, in
this city.
g. d. Whitaker, of Colony, Kansas, is in
| Leon this week in the interest of the Al
| len and Anderson County Oil and Gas Co.,
of Colony, Kansas, and is trying to inter-
est some of our citizens in stock in the
company.
Owen Depew returned Thursday from
trip to Clarinda and Creston looking after
baseball business. He will play ball this
year with one of the clubs In the southern
Iowa Leagues, but has not yet decided
which one.
Will Lindsey manager of the Old Ar
kansaw Co. which played last week in
Kansas City, came In Saturday night and
made short visit with his Leon friends,
leaving Sunday to join his Company at
Rogers, Ark.
Jefferson west, of Corydon, passed
through this city Tuesday on his way to
Eureka, Kas., to look at the country with
q view of locating. Mr.. West was resi-
dent of this city for several years prior to
removing to Corydon.
Joe Osborn and family and Walter
Farnes left Thursday for their new home
near Billings, Montana, stopping few
days at Des Moines on the way to visit
relatives. They have secured employ
ment on large sheep ranch.
G. v. Humphrey, editor of the Van
Vert RECORD, accompanied by his brother.
F. w. Humphrey, who is a linotype
operator on the Omaha World Herald,
were in Leon yesterday and made pleas
ant call. at The REPORTER Office.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-04-16
LIKES AMERICAN CLOTHES,
Prince of ,Kerea, Who Is Attending
School In This Country,

Prince of Kerea, Who Is Attending
School In This Country.
Prince Euiwha, second son Of the
king of Korea, who is now attending
the Ohio Wesleyan university at Della
ware, O., may some day be called to
reign over the Hermit Kingdom. His
family, the house of Ye, has furnished
the rulers Of Korea for over 500 years,
and there are but two lives between
Prince Euiwha and the throne.
The prince is bright, active young
man Of twenty-five, with pleasing man
ners and happy disposition. Like the
people Of his race, he is small Of
stature, but bears himself with becom-
Ing dignity. He dresses in the height
Of American fashion. He thinks Amer
lean clothes are much more convenient
than the costume Of Korea.
In his university work Prince Eui-
wha is associated with his secretary,
Mr.. Eungni Hahn. The two young
men have been together since they
were boys in the royal palace. First
they were sent to Japan, where they
studied military tactics and Japanese
customs. Afterward they came to
America and spent year in Washing
ton.
They then returned to Korea, where
they remained but short time, coming
back to this country about two years
ago. For a time they were guests at
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-04-16
500 CANALS BIRTHDAY.
How the semice4tennial of. the Big
Waterway win he Celebrated.

How the Semice4tennial of the Big
Waterway Will BE Celebrated.
From the magnitude of the arrange.
ments now under way it would appear
that the celebra ton Of the fiftieth an
niversary of the opening of the Sault
Ste. Marie canals on June next will
be an affair Of international impor-
lance. Not only have the lake cities
taken hold of the project with enthu-
siasm, but the mine and vessel inter
ests and the adjacent provinces Of
Canada will participate. Congress has
been asked for an appropriation of
$4,000 to make the celebration
grand success.
The 500 canals are situated at the
falls of St Mary's river, which con-
meets Lake Superior and Lake Huron.
These canals are more than q mile in
length. In them vessels are raised and
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-04-16
REPORT
Of the condition Of the
EXCHANGE NATIONAL BANK

OF LEON, iowa.
at the close of business, April 8. 1908.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-04-16
PURELY PERSONAL.

Persons having friends visiting them or
Z growing of strangers visiting in the city
will confer great favor upon the Editor
bslnforming him either in person or by
uJte. ..g
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-04-16
Spring Humors

Come to most people and cause many
troubles, pimples, boils and other
eruptions, besides loss of appetite,
that tired feeling, fits of biliousness,
indigestion and headache.
The sooner one gets rid of them the
better, and the way to get rid of them
and to build up the system that has
suffered from them is to take
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-04-16
Not He.

do you take this internally?" asked
the customer as he put the bottle in his
pocket and handed over the change.
Me" said the druggists new as
sistant. Great Scott, no! I sell it!'-
Chicago Tribune.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-04-16
What have you been, my poor fell
A south Carolina Finding.

What was the verdict that the cor
oner's jury rendered."
"WillfA neglect of duty on the part
of the deceased. He went out unarmed
knowing the other fellow was in town.
Record Herald.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-04-16
diamonds Are Carbon

Nabob-Put some coal on the fire.
There Is no coal. sah."
Nabob-Confound it! Then we'll have
to use sNne more of my wifes dta-
monds as fuel. = Philadelphia North
American
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-04-16

Its no use for man to pray to his
Father as long as he preys on his broth.
er.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-04-16
Jarsapdrilla
and Pills

Forming in combination the Spring
Medicine par excellence, of unequalled
strength in purifying the blood as
shown by unequalled, radical and per-
manent cures Of
ScrofuIa Salt Rheum
Scaid Head RofIs, Pimples
All Kinda Of Hunor Psoriasis
Blood Poisoning rheumatism
catarrh Dyspepsia, Etc
Accept no substitute, but be sure to
get Hoods, aRa Sc i today,
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-02-03

Record of Accidents on Railroads
for July, August and september.

The accident bulletin" just issued by
the interstate commission
carries the grim record along through
the months of July. August, and Sep
tember, last year. OF course, the kill
ings and maimings On railroads not
engaged in interstate find
NO place in it.
The roads that cross state lines re-
port 2,448 accidents in three months
covered. In f,434 Of these, trains
bumped or smashed together: in LOLA,
trains left the rails.
F~ffty-one passenger trains suffered
in collisions, and so in the derailments.
SeVenty-nine passengers were killed in
the three months, and 1869 were hurt.
The total number of trainmen killed
was 468; hurt, 5,427. The total num-
Der of railroad servants (all sorts)
killed was 766; hurt, 9,193. A %footnote
informs us that "accidents to employees
resulting in slight injuries which do not
prevent the emplOye from performing
his accustomed service for more tina
three days in the aggregate during the
ten days Immediately following the &C
cident are not reported" we see that
20 passengers were killed and 359 hurt
in falls-a rather impressive warning
against the folly of taking aVOid2bla
risks in getting on or off the cars. We
notice that, while 80 railroad s%ervants
were killed and So hurt in coupling or
~uncoupIing cars. 161 were killed and
1,765 hurt in falls. The old story; lam
fiarity with danger, OvercOnfid nee,
careiessness, a misstep or slip. and the
surgeon or the undertaken.
The railroad companies report that
the accidents of the three months dam
aged their rolling stock, roadbeds. etc,
TO the extent of 81. 1885, I2.
The forgetting by conductors Of writ
ten orders in their pockets caused tour
OF the accidents; malicious human
wickedness caused three. Here's TIE
story of another: "A freight train was
having been or duty twenty-four
hOurs-fell asleep. On awakening.
these men thought or assumed that the
two trains which they were expecting
had passed them when, in fact. one Of
the two was yet to come" The worst
Of all the quarters accidents is wholly
unexplained. An excursion train,
running at the rate of t~hirty-five miles
an hour jump>d the track; 81 passen-
gers were killed. All Of them, it is
noted, were at the time on the Car
platforms. Investigation failed to
bring to light any defect in track. en-
CINE or cars. '"The cause of the derail-
ment is reported as undiscoverahin,'
note the commissioners.-Hartford
Courier.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-02-03
SUPERIOR COURT
Compromise in the Hutaff Damage
Suit Yesterdny-The Wilmington
Sewerage COMPANY Agreed to Pay
Him S4.OGO-The Plaintiffs Attor-
reys Advised Him to Accept.

Pursuant to recess on Friday even
the superior court of New Hanover
county met yesterday at 10 a. m. his
honor Judge r. B. PEBBLES presiding.
The court resumed the case of George
lH. Hutaff who sued the Wilmington
Sewerage Company for sS5, 600 damages
flor personal injuries received March
End last year by his falling into an ex-
lcavation. This case has been on trial
since last Monday, and a great volume
Of testimony was taken and arguments
lwere made by four Of the counsel on
both sides on Friday. The argument
Imornings but the defendant offered
Ia compromise. An hour was granted
Ito the opposing counsel for a confer
lence, and they finally agreed that the
defendant should pay the plaintiff $4,000
land the plaintiff should pay the coun-
lsel and witnesses fees, excepting the
lfees of three. Of the defendants wit
I~aesses.
After the compromise a been eff
lfected, the counsel informed Judge
IPeebles and upon his instruction the
Jury returned the following verdict on
1.-The issues as follows:
/. Was the plaintiff injured by the
Negligence Of the defendant? Answer,
Ives"
>. Did the plaintiff contribute TO his
Injury by his own negligence? Ans
liver. No"
;. What damage has the plaintiff
Sustained, if any? Answer, $4,000.
In accordance with the agreement
Judgment that the plaintiff recover
$4,000 was entered upon the records OF
1.-THE court and the judgment was sup
lplemented as follow: 1T is by con
lsent of both counsel for the plaintiff
land the defendant further ordered. ad'
Judged and decreed by the court tina
1.-THE plaintiff pay the costs of this &C
ltion. except the witness fees o
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-02-03
False Security.

notwithstanding all that has recent
~ happened, we find newspapers Of
such pronounced editorial ability as
thu New York World printing argu-
ments of this sort:
The most common argument in IA
vor of q mammoth navy is that it is
our Only guarantee of peace. Except
Tor the brush with Mexico n the little
scrap with Spain, the United States
has, in the language of President Zach
airy Taylor, been at peace with all the
world and the rest of mankind for
nearly a hundred years. DUNG this
long peiOd many threatening compli-
cations have arisen-as with Great
Britain over the Mason-Slidall incident.
with France over the Mexican inVa-
ton, and again with England in the
first Venezuela episode.
"Yet never in all his time has war
been aVerted or las our just demand
been granted on account or u naval
strength. And in the present trouble
in Venezuela the readiness Of all the
European powers to accept the good
offices of the United States in securing
= neaceful settlement is not due to our
naval power, which is outclassed by
that of England or Germany separate
4S- ~ VI iACo IN
the Monroe doctrine. In fact, both OF
them have disayowed n such inten-
ton, and the government Of Great
Britain has officially announced its as
sent to and interest in the mainten-
ance of that doctrine.
THE best guarantee of peace for ma
tions. as for individuals. is a peaceable
disposition. a just attitude toward the
rights of others and the moral power
Of reserved strength
How 4 sensible American can hold
the theory now ii is hard to under
stand. The conduct Of Germany has
Convinced nine Americans out Of ter
tina the kaiser Chafes under the Mon
roe doctrine and yearns to kill it
Spain would have beaten us if she
could. The purpose OF having a strong
navy is to avoid the necessity OF fight
ing. Reserved strength is nothing IN
less the means for It's use are at hand
What is the nance of an unarme6
giant against = pigmy who can shoot
and has z gun?-Norfolk Landmark
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-02-03
TREATMENT OF PAYMENTS.

They took a little gravel
And they took a little tar,
With various ingredients
Imported from afar.
They hammered it and rolled it,
And when they went away
they said they had a pavement
That would last for a many a day.
But they came with picks and smote
To lay a water main:
And then they called the workmen
To put it back again.
To run q railway cable
They took it up some more:
And then they put it back again
Just where it was before.
The took it up for conduits
To run the telephone;
And then they put it back again
AS hard as any stone.
They took it up for wires
To feed the electric light,
And then they put it back again
Which was no more thar right.
lOh. the pavement's full of burrows;
There are patches everywhere;
You'd like to ride upon it,
But it's seldom that you dare.
It's a very handsome pavement;
A credit to the town;
They're always diggin' of it Up
Or putin OF it down..
Memphis Commercial-Appea1.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-02-03

Members of Governor Aycoch's stan
in Wilmington and the commissioned
officers of the Wilmington Light In
.fantry and the Naval Reserves here
have received a request from Adjutant
General Register to attend a meeting
of the officers of the State Guar to
be held on the 18th in Raleigh, to con-
slider the changes made necessary by
the recent bill passed by congress-.
1t is expected hat the officers who
will go up from Wilmington will be
Lieutenant Colonel T. c. James, Of the
Second regiment, N. c. S. g.; Col.
Walker Taylor, paymaster general;
Major w. F. Robertson, assistant pay
master general; Major c. H. White,
assistant inspector of small arms prac-
tice; Capt. A. P. Adrian, of the Will
mington Light Infantry, and either
Lieutenant H. NJ. Chase or Lieutenant
N. N. Davis, of the Naval Reserves.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-02-03
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.
FINANCIAL.

New York, January 31.-Money on
call steady. all loans at 8 per cent,
closed offered at 3 per cent. Time
money easier, sixty days 4 to ~ per
cent, ninety days AZ TO AZ per cent,
six months ~ to ~ per cent. Prime
mercantile paper ~ to 5 per cent.
Sterling exchange firm with actual
business IN bankers bills at s4.S6.S15
to $4.s7 for demand and at A.S3.S75 to
S4.s4 for sixty days; posted rates $4.S4k
to s4.s7k to SASS; commercial bills
$4.S7?; bar silver ATS; Mexican dollars
37h; government bonds steady: rail
road bonds steady.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-02-03
ne..er to Geo. r.. -rench & Son., OF
Wilmington.

1ln1nStOn
Dear Sirs: You know all about shoes,
How many customers have you who
know anything about EN-?
You have bought and sold shoes for
lyears. and have learned what you
know by your customers liking one
sort, and not liking another. They
find out by wearing EN-.
So with paint; but we go deeper.
We are 149 years old in the business;
and we make, not buy-we make a
lgood deal of paint.
We paint a good share of the railroad
land steamer property in the United
Estates, and may as we'll paint the pri-
Ivate property. Yours as we'll as any,
body else's.
Devoe Lead and Zinc is your paint.
ICosts half as much as mixed paint or
Head and Oil because it takes fewer
Igallons and wears twice as long.
Beck Bros. & Co., Williamsport, Pa,
write:
Mr.. Ezra Rathmell a used II gal
lions Of a well-known mixed paint for
his house; he repainted It this year
with Devoe Lead and Zinc; bought II
Igallons and had 5 gallons left.
Yours truly,
F. W. DEVOE & &C.
New York.
F. S.-M. w. Divine & Co. sell our
fpaipt
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-02-03

Chauncey Ives, William Mclean
and the witness Gamble. It is adjudg-
ed that DR.. T. S. Burbank be allowed
$40 as expert fees in lieu Of witness
fees"
After the compromise, we learned
that the case would nave been a mis-
trial if it had gone to the jury, as one
Juror would have stuck out against a
verdict for damages.
It is understood that after attorneys
and witness fees are paid Mr.. Hutaf
will get 49, 500 as his share.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-02-03

True hearted undetermined gentleman
and friend "a word to his memory Is
all that is left for us to say o. do who
knew and loved him we'll. He was born
at Butler, Pa, in October, 1864, and
though connected with family of wealth
and influence he was intent to become
the architest of his own fortune. He
began his career at the age Of IA years,
and at the age of q was the owner
and master of his business. Long
known to the country In association
with his far-famed menagerie, he was
unknown to US In person., purpose o.
chracter until January, 1901. From
that moment when his wonderfully
strong and attractive personality first
came in ouch with III people, he has
grown more and more on all who knew
him.; but most upon those who knew
him best.
Successful In enterprise, he had early
in life won fortune and made his ca
reers q notable and honorable example
of the rewards which industry and in
tegrity offer to all. Generous. gentle,
true, without effort on his part, friend
ships clustered about him and q thou-
sand arms embraced in death.
We have lost more than we knew; his
life anchor had been cast amongst our
beautiful hills which he aspired to
make more beautiful still. His large
plans and high purposes outran the
practical results which were immedi-
ately attainable. He had the virtue OF
patience no less thar the genius of Ia
Dor and he had come to stay. After q
short but heroic voyage over Ife's un-
certain sea, he had found in the noun
tains of North Carolina the haven OF
his hopes, and there q labor OF love In
sured not only his own happiness, but
that great boon to others, which In
, dustrial enterprise, education, religion
and charity vouchSafe. Schools.
. churches, roads and indeed every
worthy object had come to rely on his
I ample means and generous liberallty
and not without u Our sister
: county of Stokes has lost the one man
who stood for more in her struggle up
: ward than any man who lives. Know
ing him as we did, his loss to many
seems irreparable; to his devoted wife
and loving children what must 1t be?
OF all this beautiful n blushine
promise something will remain and his
memory will linger longer h The
labor of his hands, for assuredfF
None knew him but to love him.
None named but to praise"
A. n. ELLER. in Winston Sentinel
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-02-03
Saved ny Il Picture.

Several lawyers were seated around
a table. on which were various bottles
and glasses. and the conversation. by
some reason or other. had drifted to
the subject of actresses, says the Phil
adelphia Record. a photograph of
Fanny Davenport one saved a case for
me-" said one Of the lawyers. TT was
when Wayne MaCVeagh was counse
for the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany. \ client Of mine, n widow, was
Suetng the company for $500 damages
for The death OF her husband. She had
4 clear case. and I thought it was q
cinch, when just a few days before the
case was to have come up. h ham
paned into my office and announced
that she had married again. / was
dabbergaSted Good Lord, madam, /
gasped why couldn't you have waited
until your case came up. It's next to
impossible for NE to get damages for
you now: She said she didn't care
very much, and went out. seeming verv
happy. Well, il just happened that /
had 4 photograph OF Fanny Davenport
on my desk, and when the next day
Wayne MacEcagh happened into my
Office 20 discuss quite another matter.
he picked UP the photo and admired It.
Who's your friend? ne asked. 1 had
a sudden inspiration and I said: Why,
that's the lady who is sueing your COM
pany for $500 The deuce you say,
said he. Handsome wonan isn't
she?' She is, indeed 1 replied.
'H-m!' he exclaimed. looking at the
picture closely. A deuced handsome
woman There was a slight pause,
'WhatN you take to settle this case?'
he asked. I thought of my clients
second marriage and I fixed the figure
1T 5000. The deal vas contaminated
and the case never came to court
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-02-03
Combinations by the Senate.

Washington, January 31.-The senate
today confirmed these nominations:
Pcstmasters: Georgia.. R. Win1ber-
ley, Abbeville; j. B. Crawford, caro-
A.. B. Finley, Douglas; c. c. Alexander.
Harmony Grove; J. G. Massey, Hart
we'll; n. T. Jones, Pelham; ]. r. Smith,
Winder; S.. NJ. Davis, Jr., Calhoun; Z.
Y. Swanson, Monticello.