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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-04-28
Morgan.

Josie Cozad visited at J. w. Osborne's
one day last week.
Eugene Massey and family visited at
]. w. Hubbard's last Saturday and Sun
day.
Henry Perkins baby is quite sick
with pneumonia.
A. b. McClaren and family visited at
Mrs. S. ]. Cozad's Sunday.
Y. T. Newcomer and daughter Lula
visited at M. L., Dale's Sunday.
Connie Farver has been quite sick the
past week.
John Robinson's family who have been
quite sick with the measles for some
time are slowly recovering.
Jess Fodder, of Lineville, had business
in this vicinity Saturday and took
dinner with M. L. Dale.
Bert Farver and wife attended the
funeral of Glen Warmers baby at the
Shields Cemetery Friday.
Mesdames Durham and Hubbard Wis.
tied the sick at Henry Perkins Sunday
orr Fisher made business call on D.
A. Robinson last week.
Nellie Dale returned from Leslie Tues
day where she has been visiting friends
Mesdames Hubbard and Dale called
on Mrs. Speed Hayes Monday.
q. Z. Newcomer had fine mare badly
cut on wire last week.
Charles Smallwood and wife visited
in Leon Saturday.
Merit Cozad sold fine horse at the
horse sale Thursday.
Clyde Durham assisted John Robinson
with his work last week.
Charlie Larkins is working for Mert
Cozad.
Bessie Gammill is assisting Mrs
Hattie Robinson with her homework.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-04-28
Garden Grove.

j. r. Chamberlin, of Des Moines, died
Tuesday morning of last week and was
buried here Thursday.
Edith Jennings, youngest daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Jennings, died last
Saturday morning and was buried Sun
day afternoon.
Philander Cater, an old settler of this
county, died last Friday and was buried
Sunday morning.
H. w. Potts went to Moulton Monday
on business.
Mrs. G. w. Murbarger went to st. Joe
Friday to visit her son.
A. K. Aten, of Charlton, came Friday
to visit his mother and attend to bust.
ness matters here.
Lizzie and Ruth Taylor and Miss
Smith, of Humeston, came Friday to at
tend the parlor concert.
Ernest Hammil, of Promise City, was
here Friday visiting his sister, Mrs
Harry Stearns.
Vim. Sinclair, of Humeston, was here
last week looking after business inter
ests.
Mary Arnold went to Davis City Sat
urday to spend Sunday at home.
James Gill, of Leon, came up Friday
on business. !
w. H. Wales went to Leon Friday or
business.
w. H. Howard and wife, who have
been visiting at the NJ. ]. McCaull home
returned to their home in Leon Satur
day.
Lewis and Rolla Stearns went to Leor
Saturday on business.
Newton Judd and wife went to Davis
City Saturday to visit his brother Oscar
G.P. Arnold was county seat visitor
Saturday.
Perry wolverton, Of Humeston, was
shaking hands with old friends here
Saturday.
Rev.. Q. Hall returned last Thurs
day from Des Moines, where he ha6
been attending Presbytery meeting.
H. 3. Aten, of Leon, was here last
| week visiting friends.
Mrs. Wiley and daughter, Hazel, who
have been visiting Mrs. Wileys daugh
ter, Alice Griswold, at Buffalo, and rela
tives in Vermont the past fall and win
ter, returned Monday.
While Walter Adams, assisted by G
w. Shaw, was putting tin roof on Muir
Barger's restaurant, the gasoline fur
mace, which was used to heat the soder
ing irons, exploded burning their faces
terribly.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-04-28
Round Knoll.

Warren Hall, from Indianola, is visit
ing his brother this week.
Mr.. Ben Elston had business in Leon
Saturday.
A. A. Armagost has traded his farm for
dry goods store at Pella and expects
to move there soon.
Lige Palmer and wife are the proud
parents of fine baby girl.
Mrs. Ben Elston is on the sick list.
Mrs. A. J. Warmers children, Wayne
and Elizabeth, are visiting at Joseph
Dobson's this week.
Media Elston is suffering with the
humps.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-04-28
Decatur.

Rev. VIM. G. Roby, M. d., of Mexico
City, Old Mexico, formerly of this ,vicin-
ity, an officially authorized lecturer in
Iowa for the nationwide Anti-Saloon-
League, will give an eloquent and profit
able lecture at the M. e. church in this
city Thursday and Friday evenings,
April % and 20, commencing at 1880 D.
m. Every body cordially invited to at
tend.
Mrs. B. Y. Walker, of Van Vert, who
has been visiting at the home of her son
Walter Bassett, returned home Friday.
Prof. w. III. Kalkofen, who was called
here the first of the week on account of
the death of his father-in-law, Wilson
Gardner, returned to Iowa City, Satur-
day, where he is attending school.
Mrs. Edd Milestone returned to her
home in Eft. Madison Friday after a
pleasant visit here with friends and rel
atives.
Grandma Black is quite sick at this
writing.
Russell Allen came down from Weldon
Tuesday returning the following day.
Miss Zetta Springer spent Saturday
and Sunday at home.
John Burkheart, Of Grand River, was
it town Saturday.
Mrs. Jamison is visiting her mother
Mrs. JAS. Hannah.
Mrs. j. w. Bowman is guest at the
Bassett home.
Miss Bessie Brazelton was a pas
senger for Leon Tuesday.
| Mrs. Lew Brown, who has been quite
sick, is now much better.
Miss Edna Hill is assisting in the
Bowman & Bassett store at this writing.
Miss Dimple Watson spent Sunday at
home.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-04-28
Pleasant Valley

Most everybody has sowed their oats
in this locality.
Mrs. Geo. Virden returned Tuesday
from Moweaqua, ILL.,, where she had
been to see her father who has been
very sick.
Mrs. Bonner called on Mrs. George
Virden Thursday.
Nina and Mary Robbs called on Julia
and Sarah Virden Sunday.
William Virden visited his sister, Mrs.
Campbell, Friday night.
Henry Quigley and wife were in Davis
City Saturday.
Mesdames Bonner and Virden were in
Decatur Saturday.
John Lunbeck was in Decatur Satur-
day.
Clyde Waller and his best girl passed
through this vicinity Sunday.
Mr.. Davenport is no better at this
writing.
If you want some bred Poland China
sows, have four or five good ones for
sale. r. A. SIGLRR.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-04-28
Homeseekers Rates to North and
South Dakota.

Every Tuesday until Oct. 25th, the
Chicago Great Western Railway will
sell round trip tickets to points in the
above named states at great reduction
from the usual fare. For further infor-
nation apply to any Great Western
Agent, or J. p. Elmer, G. P. A., Chicago
LII. Oct. 20
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-04-28
Resolutions of Respect.

WHEREAS, II has pleased our Heavenly father to
call from the home of sister, Paralee Moore her
daughter, Essie Moore therefore be it
RESOLVED, That we as corps tender heart
felt sympathy to our sister in her bereavement.
RESOLVED, That a copy Of these resolutions be
given to sister, and be 1t further resolved that
copy be sent to each OF county papers for publ
catonand also be spread upon the records of Decatur
Corps No. 1877 MRS. RACHEL CHAMBERLAIN,
MRS. CORA SHELTON,
MRS EMMA ORCHARD,
Committee. /
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-04-28

Money to loan on improved farms at
per cent interest for 5, 8 to 10 years.
time. S. VARGA.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-04-28

For Oklahoma real estate write or cal
on C. B. Jordan, Enid, O. T.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-12-15
BUBBLE HAS BURST.
CHADWICK MYSTERY OF MILL.
IONS ENDED.
In Eank's Strong Box Carnegie Name
Is Found on Paper of the Face Value
of $I6,496,OOO- Signature Is De-
clared Forgery.

The Chadwick bubble has burst CON-
pleteiy. In the history Of frenzied
finance it will form part of the chain
of wrecks that have strewn the path
of coveteousness since the fotation of
the great Mississippi Company by
John Law of Scotland and France.
Mrs. Chadwick's mysterious securi-
ties, when exposed to the light Of day,
instead of being worth millions Of dol
lars, were found to be nothing but so
many sheets of worthless paper.
Cleveland attorneys declare that it
was the evident purpose of Mrs. Chad
wick to borrow as large fortune as
possible on the notes signed Andrew
Carnegie evidently forgeries. expect
ing that before the expose came the
steel nagnate would de-. She was
sure, according to this theory, that a
settlement with his heirs would be a
very easy matter.
The bubble was prieked when A. A
Stearns, the Cleveland attorney for
Herbert D. Newton, Of Boston, the
creditor primarily responsible for
bringing the meteoric career Of Mrs.
Chadwick to an end, male an authori-
tative statement that, the mysterious
package of securities left with Iri
Reynolds included paper Of the face
value of 15.246,OOO, which bears the
signature Andrew Carnegie" and is
regarded as worthless.
There is note for the modest sum
of S5,OO0,O00, bearing the name ofJthe
Iron master, and the other $40. 246.0OO
is represented by trust agreement
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-12-15
LEADS DOUBLE LIFE.
superintendent of Printing Concern
Turns Highwayman at Night.

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Turns Highwayman at Night.
To furnish a pretty fiat for his young
wife and enable her to travel abroad with
him, Edward B. Clark of Chicago says
he supplemented his earnings as respec-
table workingman in the daytime by high
way robbery at night. With Herbert
Boyer he is locked up at police sta
ton, charged with four daring robberies.
Clark by day has been foreman in the
printing department of the Dennison Tag
Company. Boyer has been employed at
Rand, McNally & Co.'S. Both confessed
TO Inspector LAWN that they had COM
Ditted the following robberies in the last
few months: Hotel Cecil, $50; Frank
Leoni, $3.50; saloon 321O Cottage Grove
avenue, $50; saloon Thirty -ninth street
and Indiana avenue. Clark says the pro-
ceeds went to buy pretty things for his
home. Among the appointments OF has
apartments is a grand piano for which
his hlghwayman's pistol enabled him to
pay He has confessed that four years
ago, while travelling to Japan. he killed
sailor and threw his body overheard.
Clark Is 80 years of age. good looking.
and well dressed. None was more sur
prised when the news of his arrest as
robber became known than the men with
whom he worked daily in the printing
shop.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-12-15
MRS. CASSIE Il. CHADWICK.

stores Of the city began to consider
her their best customer, for she bought
in large amounts and always paid
cash. On a Christmas eve she invited
her husband to go to the theater. Be-
fore leaving the house she had talk
over the telephone with a furnishing
house. When DR.. Chadwick returned
home with her the interior of the house
had been completely transformed in
equipment, as though some fairy god
mother had waved her magic wand
over it. Not a piece of furniture, not
a hanging, rug, picture, ornament, rot
a single thing hat had formerly been
there remained. Everything was new.
This is your Christmas present." she
said to the doctor.
Some time ago she took twelve
young ladies out of Cleveland society
on a trip abroad. When they returned
she had q miniature on porcelain Of
each one. These she had framed in
1S-carat gold and presented to the
young ladies as souvenirs One Of her
tdVOf1Ie pdStIlucS was 70 Walk lltO q
store and ask to be shown diamond
rings. She would buy half the con-
tents Of tray-enough 70 pay the
rent of q castle. Once she sent To
ronto jeweler abroad to buy certain
gem for her and he travelled 12,400
niles to get it, she paying his expenses
and $1,000 for the gem. She bought
fifty-six rings of one firm. One day
she purchased eight pianos and had
them sent to friends. She gave her
cook a sealskin coat which reached to
the ground.
The tabled caves to which Aladdin's
lamp guided him were little richer
than this woman's surroundings at her
home in Cleveland. Bedrooms, hall
ways, parIors-all were covered with
articles of great value. Every inch OF
wall space was covered with costly
paintings, each one in frame of gold
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-12-15

concerning an alleged inheritance
placed in Mr.. Carnegie's keeping. the
estate of a supposed uncle Of Mrs.
Chadwick. named Frederick r. Mason.
In another packet there also is a
promissory note for $1,S00, signed by
Emily and Daniel Pine. and a mort
gage securing the same. This Carne-
gle paper with the $1,25O.OOO in notes
bearing the iron masters name previ-
ously accounted for bring the total Of
this class of securities" to Sic, 1876, 900.
With the denouement concerning tie
securities there comes the story of
ruin wrought by Mrs. Chadwick's oper-
ations and the consequent failure of
the Citizens National Bank of ODER
lin. Iri Reynolds, it is declared, is a
sufferer financially as well as other
wise through being the prize dupe of
the case. The faithful guardian Of the
securities on which the Chadwick
financial system was based for three
years or 50, it is stated. let Mrs. Chad
wick have nearly all the money he
possessed, but his entanglements are
personal and do not involve the Wade
Park Banking Company, of which he
is secretary and treasurer.
It is among those Of -neager cir
cumstances, however, that the greatest
real suffering falls. From Oberlin it
u reported that the student body of
the college located there has been hard
hit. At least fifty students had their
savings on deposit in the Citizens Ma
tional Bank, and these have been
wiped out. Many of these students,
some of whom are in their senior year,
will be obliged to leave their college
course uncompleted as result Of los
ing all. Several student boarding
house keepers also have been bank
rupted by the failure.
Coincident with the examination OF
the package of securities the Federal
authorities got busy with the organi.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-12-15
CONGRESSIONAL PROBABILITIES.

The principal subjects that probably
will be considered during the second
session Of the FifU-eighth Congress
are as follows:
Extra Session-May be called as re-
mote contingency to provide revenue leg
islation to meet increased appropriations.
Tariff-(feneral belief Of leaders that
the subject will not be considered.
eciprocity-Proposed treaties now In
Senate committee probably will not be
taken up owing to strong opposition.
Philippine Railroads-Bill to construct
roads with government guarantee to be
pressed by Senator Lodge. Other Phil
ippine legislation probable.
Statehood-Bill to combine Oklahoma
and Indian territory as one State and
pending in the Senate and win be fought.
against Judge Sawyer of Florida win
come up, but doubtless viii go over to
the next Congress.
Smoct-The proposition to eject Reed
Smoot from the Senate probably will 60
over to the next session
Merchant Marine-Report of the con-
gressional commission which has been in
vestigating the subject
Chinese Exclusion-New treaty being
negotiated and new law to replace law
expiring may be necessary.
Immigration-Bill providing a head
tax of 50 and a United States govern
ment agent at foreign ports to be pushed
In Senate.
Currency-Much talk probable, but no
action owing to wide range of senatorial
ideas.
Southern sentation-Proposed to
reduce representation of Southern States
to be discussed. but no action probable.
Trusts-Much debate promised, but
little effective legislation probable.
Interstate Commerce-Effort to en-
large powers of the commission assured,
with probably effective opposition by the
railroads
Eight Hour Day-Eill to limit time on
government contracts TO be pushed BY
Senate labor committee
Pure Food-Bill to protect food to
come up early with attempt to defeat II
by delay.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-12-15
Winnebagoes arc Uneasy.

Owing to the efforts of grafters to elect q
. new Indian council, members of the VIM
nebago tribe on the reservation at Winnie
bago, Neb., Sare on the verge of revolt.
President ROosevelt's promises to Father
School, the priest who has been making a
campaign for reform, that the reservation
would be cleansed, has resulted in frantic
efforts by the grafters to secure acknowl-
edgment from the Indians of bogus debts
amounting to many thousands. The In
dams refused to sign whereupon the graft
ers are attempting to elect new council to
act for them
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-12-15
MINE FIRE IMPERILS 100.
Flames Sweep Through Shaft Near
Peoria, ILL.,, Driving Men Out.

Flames Sweep Through Shaft Near
Peoria, ILL.,, Driving Men Out.
The Shell mine. at South Bartonville.
one mile south of Peoria. H.. was dis
covered to be on fire in the main entry
at the foot of the shaft at $50 o'clock
Friday morning. One hundred men were
at work in the mine at the time, and for
while great excitement prevailed The
men. however, were taken to second
shaft half mile distant and all made
their escape. some of them being over
come by smoke and gas. The origin OF
the fire is a mystery, but it is supposed
to have started from the lamp of the
trapper boy, igniting some straw. Eight
mules were overcome. The fire commu-
nicated itself to the woodwork of the
shaft and worked both ways from its
starting place, upward through the shaft
and toward the interior of the mine The
property loss will be heavy.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-12-15
FEATURES OF INTEREST
CONCERNING PEOPLE, PLACES
AND DOlNGS OF THE WORLD. /.
Courts and Crimes. Accidents and
Fires, Labor and Capital, GRAIN
Stock and Money Markets.
Awful Tragedy on Ohio River

Ashland (Ky) special: Three skiff loads
eff nitroglycerine. enroute from near Sis
tersville to Maysville. KY, exploded at
Cliff Side Park. There were two men in
each skiff and but very little is left to tell
the tale. Some pieces of flesh and bone
were picked up by s0me boys on the bank,
but there is absolutely nothing to be seer
where the skiffs were but the murky Ohio.
Great damage was done to property in Ash
land, Catletsburg and Huntington, some
buildings having every win dow broken.
In Ashland several chimneys were shaken
down and the damage to plate glass is
enormous. The shock from the explosion
was so great that many thought it was a
terrific earthquake. A telephone message
from Huntington is to the effect that about
twenty large plate glass windows were
broken. The men in the skiffs were all
strangers, and nothing of them will be
known until word is received from Sisters
Vile. The nitroglycerine was intended for
use In railroad construction near Maysville.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-12-15
EVANGELIST Is A FoRGER.
Confesses on Being Arrested for Utter
ing a Bogus $4,000 Draft.


A. A. Arthur, aged II, who has made
his home in Hiawatha, Kan, since last
September, representing himself as a re-
tired preacher and evangelist, was arrest
ed there by a st. Louis detective ON the
charge of forging check for $lO.OOO at
Paris, Texas. Later Arthur admitted his
guilt and agreed to return to Texas with
out a requisition. Under the name OF
III. IL. Boyd" Arthur conducted revival
meetings at Paris last summer. In Au-
gust he deposited a draft for $1,000
IN Paris bank. The draft was regular
~ made out to III. II. Boyd and bore
the signature of NJ. M. Stevenson. cash
Ter OF the Georgia National Bank at
Athens, Ga. Arthur drew out 5000
OF the money and disappeared, after
which it was discovered that the draft
had been forged. The detective who ar
rested Tim said that Arthur is we'll
known forger and is wanted in several
states; that he served sentence in the
Iowa State penitentiary and Served
term In a Chicago Jail before going to
Texas Arthur is 6 feet tall, weighs 200
pounds and has white HAIR and beard.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-12-15
SUPPOSED DEAD MAN ALIVE.
Fraternal Order Finds Him in Time
to Stop Wife's Suit.

to Stop Wife's Suif.
Three representatives of the Wood
.pen of the World, a fraterna society of
Omaha, Neb.. and two detectives left
Plattsbtrg, n. Y, the other night for
Cleburne, Texas, with a former private
soldier who enlisted under the name of
Henry Lennox and who was honorably
discharged on Nov. II last. B. Wood
Jewell of Omaha, chairman of the SOW
ereign finance committee of the Wood
men, who Was one of tbe party. admit
ted that Lennox is not the soldiers real
name This man disappeared from his
home in Cleburne. Texas, in 1901 under
circumstances that led his friends to be-
lieve he had been killed. said Mr.. jew
ell. Within the last year a suit was
brought by his wife against the Wood
men of the World on his certificate of
membership in the sum of $1,000. The
association employed detectives and To-
Gated the man. He willingly consented
to return and demonstrate that he is not
dead" According to the authorities
l.ennox is believed to be o. c. Hitler.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-12-15
Dynamiters Are Persistent.

For the fifth time within two months the
Newport Iron Foundry and Machine Com
pany's buildings, Twelfth and Brighton
Streets, Newport, KY. were dynamited.
The workmen in the place all escaped in
jury. Two men were seen running east
on Twelfth Street Immediately after the
explosion, but they eluded their pursuers
and disappeared. A great hole was torn
in the roof Of the coal room where the bomb
alighted. The walls of the pattern room
are so twisted and bulged that it Is feared
they will collapse. Every window in the
pattern room was broken.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-12-15
FINDS REMEDY FOR MENINGITIS,
Connecticut Bacteriologist Believes
Diphtheria Bacillus Is Autitoxin.

Connecticut Bacterio1ogist Believes
Diphtheria Bacillus Is Antitoxin.
remedy for cerebro-spinal meningitis,
commonly known as spotted fever, which,
should it prove su ,cessful, will be great
aid to the med cal profession, is an
nounced by DIR. Arthur ]. Wolff, bacte-
biologist of the Hartford, Conn.,. board
of health. DIR. Wolff believes the anti
toxin of spotted fever is found in the
diphtheria germ. He began experiments
with pure cultures obtained by punctures
made in the spinal canal. All these
lymphs so obtained were found to con-
tain the typical germ that causes the
disease. He reached the conclusion that
the diphtheria bacillus may be the much
wanted antitoxin.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-12-15

Announcement has been made officially
that a freshman has been expelled from
Princeton university for violating the
'shonor system"
George Rosenberg, cashier of the Pa
cifc Coast Steamship Company's ONCE
at Skaguay, Alaska, was robbed Of a
sum Of money estimated at $500 when
alone n the ONCE.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-12-15
THOUSANDS ARE OUT OF WORK.
New York Breaks All Its Records i'm
the Number of Idle Men.

New York Breaks All Its Records in
the Number of Idle Men.
Charitable institutions in New York
City report that never before have they
Teen called upon to assist so great a
number of unemployed men. According
to statistics at til municipal lodging
house IN LIST avenue nearly 40 per cent
more idle men needed help in November
than was the case year ago. During
that month 7,7S7 persons. 80 per cent
being men, were cared for. This is more
than 2, 100 over the corresponding period
last year and this month shows so far
even greater rate of increase. Belle
yne Hospital reports similar state of
affairs Officials connected with the char
liable organizations attribute much of the
increased distress to the completion of
the subway-not so much on account of
the completion of the construction work.
which of course threw men out of EN-
ployment, as to the fame of the tunnel.
which has attractd thousands to New
York in the belief that they could obtain
at once lucrative employment.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-12-15
Cotton Growers Absurd schem,

A report from Montgomery, Ala, says:
dozen merchants>and farmers of Scots
boro propose to burn 100000 bales of cot
ton to reduce the supply. They offer to
pro-rate share of fifty bales each with
planters in Alabama, Texas, Indian Terri
tory, Oklahoma, Mississippi and Georgia.
Farmers are organizing to hold the crop
fol- ten cents.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-12-15

TIE next annual reunion of Confed-
crete veterans, set for Louisville by the
last encampment, will be held in Nash
vile on June 5, 6 and z.
DR.. j. Macintosh Bell, instructor in the
mining department of Harvard Univer-
sity, has received the appointment Of
ofncial geologist for the government Of
New Zealand, to succeed Sir James Hec
toe.