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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-05-12
Quick. Arrest

J. A. Gulledge of verbena, Ala, was
twice iH-the hospital from sever case
Of piles. causing "a tumors. After doc
! TORS and all remedies failed, Backlen's
Arnica Salve quickly arrested further
Inflammation and cured him. 1t con.
.quers aches and kills pain 25c.. at. L
P. Van Werden Druggist.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-05-12
Sweet Creek

Nola Straight worked the past week
for Mrs. NJ. G. Ryan.
Dusky and Efie Gentry had business in
Lamont Saturday.
Fred Wion, wife and daughter Isabel
made a flying trip to Decatur Thursday.
Mr.. Straight called at John Wion's
Tuesday.
Joe Ryan spent Friday night with his
brother Mat.
! Fred Wion called at John Wion's Mon
day morning.
Mesdames Frank Noftsger and Jennie
johnson called at the home of their
uncle, Fred Wion, Saturday.
Mrs. Ed Fest visited Saturday with
her parents, Geo. Smith and wife.
Belle Smith visited with Gertie Bedell
Sunday.
John w. Wion and daughters, Myrtle
and Eva, went to Lamont Thursday.
M. G. Ryan called on his brother
Amos, Sunday.
John +. Wion and best girl called at
M. Q. Ryan's Sunday.
(Delayed.)
Isabel Wion spent Sunday at John
Wion's.
Myrtle Wion worked for Mrs. w. G.
Rhoades the past week.
Ollie Wiley spent Sunday with Jennie
Ryan.
W. G. Rhoades and wife visited with
the latter's parents, Cliff Brown and
wife.
Myrtle Wion and Helen Rhoades call
ed on Mrs. M. l.. Ryan Saturday even
ing.
Mrs. Ida Noftsger visited with
Marion Noftsger and wife Sunday.
John Cash and his sister Fora called
at John Wion's Sunday.
Eva Wion spent Sunday with her aunt,
Mrs. Marion Noftsger.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-05-12

For Oklahoma real estate write or cal
on G. B. Jordan, Enid, OF.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-05-12

A few choice bred Poland China sows
for sale. r. A. SIGLER.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-05-12
Cured His Mother of Rheumatism

"My mother has been sufferer for
many years with rheumatism" says w.
Fl. Howard, of Husband, Pa. "At times
all times walking was painful. l pre-
sented her with bottle of Chamber
lain's Pain Balm and after few appli-
cations she decided it was the most
wonderful pain reliever she had ever
tried, in fact, she is never without it
now and is at all times able to walk.
An occasional application of Pain Balm
keeps away the pain that she was form
erly troubled with" For sale by L. P.
Van Werden.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-21
S IN PURSUIT.
Ohio Town Greatly Excited Over an
Attempted Double Murder.

GAINESVILLE, Ohio, April 19.-Frank
Parks, twenty-four years old, a miner
of C~rooksville,s near here, yesterday
afternoon shot, and 1t is believed, IA
tally wounded his wife's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Sherwood Crooks.
Parks had been out of work for
some time. The loss Of his position
and the consequent hardship Is be-
lieved to have made him melancholy.
He had quarreled with his wife, who
had gone to live with her parents.
Parks called at the home of his wife's
parents yesterday morning n as the
result of a quarrel. picked up a pistol
and shot Mr.. and Mrs. Crooks in the
abdomen. Parks turned the weapon
upon his wife, but she held their sew
enteen-months-ol child in front OF
her and the father dared not fire. An
attempt to commit suicide was frus-
trated by his wife, who appealed to
him not to do SO. Parks left the
house and has not been overtaken.
Posse Quickly Formed.
All Crooksville is excited e the
attempted double murder. Immediate.
ly after the news became known q
| posse Of fifty men and boys was
formed. The trail was taken up at
| the Crooks home and was followed to
| the edge of a wood two miles north
of the city. There it is supposed Parks
| turned and after a circuitous route
secured a train for his home In Della
ware county. The police of surround
| ing towns have been notified and his
capture is expected within twenty
four hours. *
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-21
Resume 81 the News.
Personal.
Nv
g -

Julian Sturges, SO, the author, is
ton.
Sidney Meyer, a ne~wspaperman OF
Toronto, Ont, died at Kansas City OF
tuberculosis, aged forty-nine.
Richard Hospes, 81, cashier of a
German savings institution and one
of the best known fnanciers in st.
Louis, is dead.
Thomas F.. Watson, AZ years OF age,
writer of verse and paragraphs and
known to the reading public as
"%Tunnbling," died at Milwaukee from
pneumonia.
Capt. Hans d. Dexrud of the Red
Star steamer Kroonland has been dec
Grated with the Order of st. Olaf by
command of the king of Sweden and
Norway for saving 36S lives.
Maj. Ebenezer w. Stone, u. S. A.,
retired, died in Washington. He
served in Massachusetts regiments
during the war, after which he en-
tered the regular army. Maj. Stone
was the father of Surgeon Z. p. Stone,
u. S. A.
Rev. Clayton Hall, a w~ell-known
minister of the Christian church,
dropped dead at his home i've miles
north Of Athens, III. He was "a years
OF age and was one of the earliest set
tiers of Illinois. coming from Virginia
to Menard county in 1880.
won ID. Heath, who gained some no.
toriety years ago through his explora-
tons of South and Central America,
died at his home in Kansas City,
Kan, aged 67 years. He was a broth
er of DR.. Edwin r. Heath, also a we'll
known traveller and explorer.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-21
Crimes and Criminals.

Thomas Paine, rs, a wealthy form
er, is under arrest at Benton Harbor,
Mich, charged with numbering his
wife.
Mrs. Elsie Schaaf, aged so, formerly
a prominent advocate of woman's
rights, committed suicide with a re-
volver at her home in Charloteenburg,
near Berlin.
With a baby in her arms, Mrs. Cath
crime Bruncardo, aged 81, of Brook
lyn, jumped from a second-story win
dow. She may % The child
was not hurt.
In revenge for an alleged betrayal,
George Duncan, a prisoner, fatally
wounded Burglar Jim" Anderson, an.
other prisoner, at the Ohio peniten-
tiary at Columbus.
Policeman Charles Buckholtz of
Chicago shot and fatally wounded
Frederick Shall, a fugitive from JUS
tice, without aiming at the man or in
tending to injure him.
The murder of John Thomas. night
Waterman at the Houston club of the
University of Pennsylvania, has been
cleared up by the arrest and confess
sion of Lawrence Gibson.
Frederick Wilke, 60 years old,
hanged himself at his home in Gut,
tenberg, N. J.. He was always inter
ested in the career of William J.. Bry-
an, and told his friends that as Bryan
was out of the race there was no use
of living. -,
David Kelly, aged 90 years. is in
Jail at Smithton, Pa, sharged with
the killing of Shepherd Moore, aged
IS years. Kelly was employed as a
porter and had been tainted by a
crowd of boys who called him awhile
niger" on account of his occupation.
MRS. Ella Graham and Mrs. Victor
Robinson of Wheeling, w Va, dis
agreed and quarreled over the atten-
tionss Mr.. Robinson was alleged to
have lavished upon Mrs. Graham, and
in consequence Mrs. Robinson is dead
and Mrs. Graham is in Jail charged
with murder.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-21

Impelled by an increase Of I per
cent in the retail price of bread, 200
Chicago grocers have organized to
be their own bakers.
A thousand residents of Cleveland
have protested against the erection of
a monument t oGen. Tadeusz Kossciu-
sko, the Polish patriot.
Experiments on the efficacy of an
old formula known as the Bordeaux
mixture for the publication Of water
is under way in New York.
The Kansas supreme court has rem
dered an opinion which in effect de-
clares that the Bible may be read in
the public schools OF Kansas.
Physicians and others interested in
the prevention or control of tubercu-
losis have formed the st. Louis So
ciety for the Prevention Of Tubercu-
losis.
State Railroad Commissioner John
w. Thomas OF Wisconsin has reported
that four railroads operating In Wis
consin owe the state $67. s23.07 in back
taxes.
The st. Louis court of appeals has
handed down q decision that when
hop tea causes intoxication the pro
sumption that hop tea is beer is strong
enough to warrant a conviction.
The next general convention of the
Episcopal church will be held IA Eos-
ton. Oct. 5-25. 1t is estimated that
some 1000 people will attend. The
woman's auxiliary will also hold its
triennial convention in that city, Oct,
6-10.
The oficials Of the Great Lakes
Towing company and the representa-
tives OF the Linseed Tugmen's Pro
tective association at Cleveland have
agreed on the several points in dis
pute and only the question Of wagss
remains
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-21
NOVEL WAY TO CATCH PuMAa
Dummy Leaves Cause DO ~nfaIT Of
prowiinq Beast Of Prey.

prowiing Beast Of Prey.
About 200 miles up the Amazon
there Is q tribe Of Indians who are
expert hunters Of big game. They
have q remarkable way OF capturing
puma
A young pig or goat is tied to a
tree before night. For yards around
this tree the Indians scatter leaves
covered with a preparation made
from the sap OF the gum tree.
When night comes, the puma crawls
up to the bait and devours 1t. Hav-
ing finished he discovers that his paws
are covered with leaves. He tries to
rub them on with his nose and they
stick all w his face. Then. in des-
peration. he rolls about and becomes
literally caked in the gummy leaves.
About this time the natives charge
with torches and ropes. and the puma
Is so helpless and blind that he can
make no serious resistance. Then he
- carried alive to the village.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-21
AGAIN OBSERVES COMET.
Prof. Brooks Learns More About HE
stelIer Discovery.

Geneva, N. ", April 10. - Prof.
Brooks. director Of Smith observatory,
last night made a second observation
OF his new comet in Hercules. It's po-
sition last night was right ascension
16 hours, So minutes. 5 seconds; dec
lination. north A degrees and As min
utes. This gives a daily motion OF
about three.quarters Of q degree
northwest. This comet has q steller
nuclues and q short tail.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-21
HERERos KILL NINE MEN.
Two German offcers and Seven Mer
Fall In Battle.

Berlin. April ia dispatch from
Col. Leutwein, governor Of German
Southwest Africa. reports that q su-
perior force Of Hereros a..acked his
column, which was advancing on Owl
jumbo. April 10. The attacking force
was fepulsed with loss. Two officers
and seven troopers were killed In the
fight with the Hereros. which lasted
ten hours. Fourteen men OF the Ger
man force we're wounded.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-21

A wolf entered Minsk, Russia, and
attacked and bit six people before it
was killed.
Some slight disturbances followed a
demonstration at Barcelona. and sew
eral persons were injured in a conflict
with the police.
At Antofagasta, Chile, there have
been twenty-five deaths from bubonic
plague and ffty-one persons are now
suffering from the disease.
The results Of elections for the cleo.
tors for president Of Argentina are
favorable to Manuel Quinatsna. whose
election is practically assured.
The London board Of trade returns
for the month OF March show an In
crease in the imports Of $s.879. 00o
and . decrease in exports OF $3.50.
600.
The British house Of commons, by
ITO to 81 votes, adopted q resolution
sanctioning the employment OF Indian
troops for the protection Of the "po
iitica1 mission to Tibet"
Col. Marchand, the hero Of .ths
Fashoda affair. has written . bitter
open letter. denying that his al
preaching marriage induced his resig
nation from the French army. He de
clares that he is suffering from mill
tary ostracism.
King Christian a. nenmava -~ao.cta,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-21

Dead Woman's Throat 10 Bruised and
Other Clues Are Found.

Other Clues Are Found.
Helena, Mont, April 19. Mrs. Ed
Jackson, wife of a mining a was
probably murdered in her home at
Belt. Her body was found late yes
terday and the authorities are now
conducting an investigation. 1t is
probable that a charge of murder will
be preferred. as her throat was
bruised and other circumstances lead
to the belief hat a murder may have
been committed.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-21
The state of South Dakota.
Department OF Insurance.

Coz .pany's Certificate OF Authority.
Whereas, The German Alliance Insur-
ance Company, a corporation organized
under the laws of New York. has filed In
this office a sworn statement exhibiting
its condition and business for the year
ending December 81. 1903. conformable to
the requirements of the laws OF this
State regulating the busines OF insur-
ance. md.
Whereas, The said Company has filed
in this office a duly certified copy of its
charter. with certificate Of organization,
I'm compliance with the requirements OF
abe Insurance law aforesaid;
Now. therefore. j. John {. Perkins,
Commissioned OF Insurance OF the State
OF South Dakota. pursuant to the provis-
ions OF said laws, do hereby certify that
the above named Company is fully en-
powered. through its authorized agents,
70 transact its appropriate business OF
Fire Insurance in this State. according
TO laws thereof, until the 31st day OF
December. A. ID. 1904.
In testimony whereof. I have h~ereunts
set my hand and Official seal at. Pierre,
this 10th day OF February. A. ID. 1904.
(Ssal) JOHN G.. PERKINS,
Commissioner OF Insurance.
ny f. Hendriksen, chief Clerk.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-21
BOMB AT BARCELONA.
Explosion Caused No Damage, but
Created q Panic.

Barcelona, Spain, April IA bomb
exploded at 8 o'clock last evening in
the Plaza del Toros. The result was
harmless but the explosion created a
panic owing to the fact that King Al
fonso and Premier Maura are still
here.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-21
Casualties.

A large portion of the business sec
ton OF Winona, Miss, has been de-
stroyed by fire. Loss, l 100000.
Jack Tennill. Charles Haskins and
Smiley Baxter were drowned in Lake
Manawa, near Council Bluffs. while
hunting ducks.
Tony Carrello, aged 80 years, of
Kenosha, was shot and seriously if
not fatally wounded by the accidental
discharge of a revolver which he was
cleaning.
After living for a day in a diving
suit, imprisoned in seventy-three feet
of water in the great reservoir az
Boonton. N. j.. a diver succumbed to
the continued air pressure.
The n%orth-bound Pan-American ex.
press, Queen and Crescent, ran into
an open switch while going fifty miles
an hour at Arklet. Miss, and was
wrecked. Engineer Chiles was killed.
Rev. John Long, seventy years old,
pastor of the Pine Bush Methodist
church, died of asphixiation a ia no.
tel in West twenty-sixth street. where
he was staying during the New York
conference.
A prairie fire started near Brewster
Ing clear across Loup county and into
Garfield, burning all the range be-
tween the North Loup and the Gala
mus rivers. a distance Of twenty miles
In width.
The Cadillac Automobile works at
Detroit, the largest plant of its kind
In the United States, was totally de-
stroyed by fire. The loss to buildings
and materials will reach $4,000 The
firm had orders for 5000, 900 of work
on hand.
A street car loaded with passengers
returning to town from the Old Mis-
sion ran on the track at the intersec-
ton Of Garden and Mission streets at
Santa Barbara, CAL, and FIVE deaths
have resulted. All of the dead were
Santa Barbara people.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-21
r,sErAN NEW YEARS Jay.
Characteristic Ceremonies That Mark
lie Celebration.

-
February Is is New Years day In
Tibet, and for the succeeding three
weeks Lassa IL the scene Of strange
PROCEEDINGS. Its government PASSES
from the lama to . monk q the De.
hang monastery. who buys the right
q rn1e by auction. He is called the
toIno and. receiving the homage Of al.
~>xercises his authority by imposing
heavy lnes for his own proft. His
NEE visit every home IN LAssa to col.
Let heayy taxes and nnes. 20 that AL
~ poorer people leave the city at the
Nov Year. From the country round
yriooto lock In for numerous religious
ooromonies. which eliminate In thu
ooloc<ion Of = human scapegoat fol
Sins o. Lassa. The face OF I'll,
v1otlm y painted half black and hal
Wh1to and after he haa been heater
" the populace q 3 symbol Of tn
transference to him of the uins .
~ people he - hooted and mobbe'
CT q Iossa, whittier. he may -
rcErrn 1pr aeyeax.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-21

st. Petersburg, April ia dispatch
from Port Arthur says several eye
witnesses assert that a Japanese
cruiser was lost outside Port Arthur
April IL by striking n of it's own
floating mines.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-21
Washington Notes.

The general deficiency appropria'
tion bill was reported to the house by
bill carries s10,3S8, 744.
Consul Davidson of Minnesota has
been assigned to duty at Shanghai,
China, until the close of the Russo
Japanese war.
The Mccall special committee &C
quits members of the house Of repre-
sentatives Of guilt in connection with
the influence" report.
Representative Lind has resigned
his position on the committee on
claims in favor of Representative Mar
tin Emerich of Chicago.
The senate has received a com
%munication requesting an a%ppropria-
ton of $780, 900 for the purchase of a
site and the construction of a capitol
building at Juneau. Alaska.
Senator Clapp has secured the pas
sage in the senate of his bill propos-
ing to pension the surviving defend
ers at New Ulm and Fort Ridgley at
the time of the Indian massacre in
that region forty years ago.
Six Of the twelve Mormon wit
nesses for whom were is
sued by the senate committee to APP
pear in the Smoot case have disap-
peared. All efforts to find them have
been vain, although a search is being
kept up.
Senator Hansbrough has secured
The passage of a bill to reimburse the
settlers on Fort Lincoln reservation,
North Dakota. for the appraised value
of their entries, which paid In addition
to the homestead price of S1.25 per
acre. The reservation was opened to
settlement Aug. %, 1894.
The bubonic plague is spreading in
alarming fashion along the west coast
Of South America. The state depart.
ment has received the following ca
blegram from United States Minister
Wilson At Santiago de Chile: "Exten-
sive epidemic of bubonic plague at
Anafogasta." This is one Of the most
important shipping ports on the west
coast north of Valparaiso.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-04-21
Japanese Transports Sighted.

Pert Arthur, April 19.-Rumors are
current here that twenty japanese
transports conveying troops have
been sighted steaming in the direction
of Yinkow. The rumors cannot be
confirmed. The Russians are impa'
tiently awaiting a Japanese landing.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-12-19
CHRISTMAS
CANDIES AND FRUITS.

You remember what we did for
you last year on this line. We still
have better bargains and larger
stock than ever before. Get our
prices before you buy a pound of
Xmas candy.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-12-19
HAND-PAINTED CHINA.

My line of fine hand-painted
china has just arrived-having
been delayed by the customs
the only line of hand-painted
china in town, and at prices but
a trife above the ordinary kind.
See this line before you purchase
the common kind.
TYPOGRAPHY.
or wood burning, is becoming the
great craze. Nothing nicer for
an inexpensive present. We
have a big line of three-ply
PLAQUES, from 10 cents up. Our
line of fine diamond jewelry,
watches, rings, link buttons, scarf
pins, sterling silverware, fine cut
glass, chains, ETC., is now COM
plete.
UMBRELLAS.
Buy a detachable handle UNI
brella. Stronger, handler and
most convenient in travelling.
Gas good as the best, and bet
ter than the rest. "
Abner G. Thomas
JEWELER.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-12-19

FOR SALE-Fine stock farm ;
$50 acres river bottom: Is acres
upland; fifteen minutes ride by
rail from GAINESVILLE; st2tion on
farm; .six-room frame house and
suitable outbuildings. For full
particulars address Brown Manu-
featuring company; ZGnesvillc, o,
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-12-19

Cutler & Pomeroy have receiv-
ed today a new and complete line
of cushion tops to linens; they are
also sole agents for Brainerd e.
Armstrong silks. 12,19-1t
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-12-19

Those people who are indebted
to merchants in this city should
cancel their obligations before
making an outlay with money
which does not rightfully belong
to them.
Heaters will be put in the street
cars this week. The managers
had to wait forG hangers before
heating up the cars, but they ar
rived Saturday. In day or two
the cars will be red hot.
Capt. J. T. Jones spent Sunday
in the city with w. l.. Armstrong.
Capt. Jones was on his way from
Gulfport, Miss, to his home at
Buffalo, n. Y. He has extensive
oil interests in this section.
Engineer Benton says cars will
be running to Friendly some
time in March, 1905. The work
is going along fairly well, but is
being delayed on account of the
delay in getting bridge timber,
Judge Willis has very wisely
decided to have no grand nor
petit jury at the February term
of court. The roads are almost
impossible at that time, so it's
really cruel to force people to 60
to court in that month.
F. E. Mccoy, brother of Henry,
of this city, has been suggested
as a candidate for Council in his
home ward on Wheeling Island
on the Democratic ticket. He
has declined to make the canvas.
A big lot of machinery for the
steel plant at Paden City has ar
rived and is being placed in Or
der. The plant is being put IN
shape to make steel, and inside OF
the next six weeks the company
expect to employ at least 300 men
in the plant.
| STOCK SALESMAN-A prom
inent Cleveland brokerage house
desires a frst-class representa-
tive for Sistersville and vicinity,
to handle high-grade dividend
paying zinc mining stocks; excep-
tional references required; this is
an unusually remunerative oppor-
tunity for a gentleman of address
and ability. Address Salesman,
care w. n. Gates & company
Cleveland, 0. II, l4-6t
Mrs. Nellie Jarvis rendered a
farewell party to little Miss Vera
and Master Leo McAnalen Satur'
day evening at the home OF Al
IMcMullin of Williamson Place
Quite a number Of little folks were
present and the evening was very
pleasantly whiled away. One OF
the pleasing features of the even.
ing'S entertainment was a sled
ride, which was given the chill
dren by Mrs. Jarvis in huge bob
sled. The McAnalen children will
leave for their new home in Mis-
sissippi tomorrow.
P. G. Smith, formerly of Wash,
ingtOn, but now Of Smithtield, w
Va, was married on December Il
to Miss Muree Wines of Sisters,
vile, w. Va. The ceremony was
performed at New Martinsville
w. Va. Mr.. Smith was a resident
of Washington until short time
ago, and has many friends here
The bride is one of the most pop.
ular young women of Sistersville
After the marriage ceremony was
performed the couple left on a
short wedding trip to Columbus,
O., where they will spend a few
days. On their return they will
make their home near Smithfeld,
where Mr.. Smith is now employ
ed.-Washington (Pa.) Reporter,
According to the reports and
investigations of the Salvation
Army workers and the agents of
the various charitable organiza-
lions this Christmas will greet
more hungry and unemployed
than ever before. 1t is not so
II