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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-08-10
Center

Frank Gittinger has new carriage.
Fred Martin has been helping his
father put up hay.
Geo. Wadsworth had a gentleman
friend visiting him last week.
W. A. Albaugh had Mr.. Fulton bind
and thresh his hay.
Frank Long sold his cattle to Brice
McDonough.
Fred Martin spent Sunday at home.
B. McDonough has been sick but was
able to ship his cattle Tuesday,
The young folks gave Garfield Bunch
a surprise birthday party and all report
a good time.
John Chastain and family certainly
get some of the good out of life, their
farm being in a good state of cultiva-
tion and their home fitted with modern
conveniences.
Mrs. Maggie Sears has new cave.
MIR. Hughes helped to dig it.
IMPROVED FARMS For SALR-In North
Central Missouri, 100, 80, 70. Price of
each is $22 per acre. Easy terms. Adj
press Box LII, LineviIle, Iowa. 26-tf
To Cure a Cold In One Day
Fake LAXATIVE BR0MO QUININE Tablets.
druggists refund the money II 1t fails to cure. e.
Groves sgnature on each boz. Csc. 7-1yr
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-08-10
To Land Agents and tiomsssskers.

The Chicago Great Western Railway
will on the first and third Tuesday of
each month to December inclusive sell
round trip tickets at only one fare plus.
$500 to points in the following states:
Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado.
Florida, Georgia, Indian Territory.
Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mexico,
Minnesota, Mississippi Missouri, Ne
vada, New Mexico, North Carolina, North.
Dakota, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah,
Texas, Wyoming, and Virginia; also to.
alberta, Assinibain, Canadian Northwest,
Manitoba, Western Ontario and saskat-
chewan. For further information apply
to any Great Western Agent or j. p.
Elmer, g. PA, st. Paul, MINI. Dec. 49,.
Itching piles? Never mind if every
thing else failed to cure you. TrW
Doan's Ointments. No failure there. 5N
cents, at any drug store.
yelie Buggies.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-08-10

FAKE LAXATIVE BRoMo QUININE Tablets. A
druggists refund the money II 1t fails to cure. e.
Groves signature on each box. Csc. 7-1yr
The Springfield herald., 1905-08-25
RAILROAD STATISTICS.
Gross Earnings Were Nearly Two BIZ
lion Dollars.

Washington, Aug. 1S.-The annual
report of the Interstate Commerce
Commission, giving the railroad sta
tistics for the year 1904, shows that
there were at the end of that year 297.-
073 miles of railroad in the United
States.
The number of railway corporations
included in the report was 2,104.
In the course of the year railway
companies owning 5000 miles of line
were raorganized, merged, etc.
The number of persons on the pay
rolls of the railways in the United
States, as returned for June 80, 1904.
was 1,296,121, or GIL per 100 miles Of
line, a decrease for the year of 1G,41G,
or IS per hundred miles. The wages
and salaries paid for the year amounted
TO sS17, 7,59S,S10.
The par value of the amount of rail-
way capital outstanding June so, 1904.
was $13,213, ,G79, which represents
capitalization of sG4,2G5 per mile.
OF the total capital stock outstand-
ing. $2,G96,472 ,010, or 42.63 per cent.
paid no dividends. The amount of div.
idends declared during the year was
1921, 1,941 ,049. being equivalent to coo
per cent. on dividend-paying stock.
The gross earnings were $l,974 ,114,-
09l, being s74,327, ,1S4 greater than for
the previous year. Their operating ex-
penses were s1,S3S, ,S9G, ,253, an increase
of $91 ,357 ,401.
The total of casualties to persons on
the railways was 94.201. of which 10,-
046 represented the number of persons
killed.
The Springfield herald., 1905-08-25
Bombs for schitf and euss senheim.

New York, Aug. 19.-An explosive
package capable OF causing death was
sent to Jacob II. Schiff, the banker. to-
day, at the Office of Kuhn, Loeb & Co..
of which he is member.
Mr.. Schff was at Bar Harbor. and
when the machine enclosed in a
wooden box about six inches long, was
received at his office. clerks imme-
diately sent it to the police.
At first the police reported that the
affair was joke. but further investiga-
tion by an expert revealed the pres
ence of thirty -one grains of high ex-
plosive powder and two 32-calibre
loaded cartridges.
A second internal machine, resem-
bling that sent to Jacob II. Schiff. was
received through the mail to-day at the
office of NJ Guggenheim' Sons. at No.
II Broadway. The contents were
nearly the same as those OF the Schiff
bomb.
The Springfield herald., 1905-08-25
rRANsmlssIssIPPI CONGRESS.
Chinese Exclusion Law and Its Re'
suits Chief Topic of Discussion.

Portland. Ore, Aug. 1S.-The Trans
mississippi Congress opened hero
Wednesday ard at once the Chinese
exclusion law and its results came up
for discussion. Governor Chamber
lain of Oregon had hardly finished the
perfunctory welcome to the congress
when he launched an emphatic dictum
to the effect that while the commercial
interests of China are valuable, the in
nux of horde of Chinese coolies into
the Pacific coast states is too high
price to pay for. 1t, and this, he said In
effect, would be the result IL the ex-
clusion laws were not administered
with the utmost stringency.
Though not so emphatic in his dec
larations, Governor Mead expressed
similar views on the subject. The rep
resentatives in the congress OF Ore
gon and Washington heartily ap-
plauded this sentiment, but the Cali
fornians, whose metropolis is credited
with almost n monopoly of the $780,
100000 import trade OF China, We're
conspicuously silent.
That the better classes of Chinese
are Disseminated against to an unwar-
ranted extent, that a less stringent ad-
ministration of the exclusion law, or II
necessary, limited reconstruction, is
advisable, was urged by the speakers
on oriental trade at the second days
session of the TransmisSlssippi Com
mercial congress to-day.
These ideas wIre brought out with
especial force by Hon. John II. Barrett.
United States Minister to Colombia,
and Theodore b. Wilcox, president OF
the congress.
Mr. Barrett. during the course Of his
address, emphasized the point that 1t
is not to compel the introduction OF
Coolie labor which the Chinese are
demonstrating against, but quite the
contrary. The boycott is remon-
STRANGE because the sons of noblemen,
refined and well educated gentlemen.
are held in the detention quarters by
unwise immigration officials at our
ports of entry for period of ten days
at a time. and compelled to herd with
the lowest classes of their country
men during that time.
The congress listened to a number
of addresses on various topics.
The Springfield herald., 1905-08-25
EAGLES ELECT OFFICERS.
Davis Is President and Milwaukee
Gets Next Meeting.

Denver, Aug. 20.-After balloting all
day the national convention of Eagles
adjourned at an early hour this morn
ing after patiently struggling through
the most tiresome election that the or
der has known. Shouts rent the air
all night whenever any one voted and
the chair had difficulty maintaining or.
der. The strife. however, was good ma
tured throughout, only everybody
seemed imbued with the idea that he
ought to make a racket.
Milwaukee secured the next con
vention after hard fight with San
Francisco.
At the close of Fridays business ses-
sions the Eagles had elected Hyman ID.
Davis grand worthy president, A. L.
Partridge, grand worthy secretary to
succeed himself. and Edward Krause,
vice president. the latter having been
chaplain during the last year.
The Davis slate apparently swept
everything before it with the excep-
ton of the grand worthy treasureship.
Frank Herring of South Bent. Indi.
ana, conceded the victor in this con
test over C. A. Stephens of Iowa, al
though the vote was exceedingly close.
NJ. p. Connolly of Springfield, Massa-
chusetts. had the largest vote Of any of
the officers elected yesterday sub
merging his opponents.
The ticket stood as follows. the Da-
Wis men being the winning candidates:
Grand Worthy Chaplain-Joseph T.
Hinkle of Oregon.
Grand Worthy Treasurer-Frank +.
Herring. Indiana.
Grand Worthy Conductor-M. F.
Connolly of Massachusetts.
Grand Worthy Inside Guard-W. G.
Pettis of Virginia.
For grand worthy trustees, Joseph
Ellis of Minnesota, w. n. Carr of
Pennsylvania, r. NJ. Minnehan of IL
linois, NJ. II. McNabb of West Virginia,
J. j. Kennedy of New York.
The following report was submitted
last night by the committee of award
on degree team floor work contest. The
prize awarded was $3.50 banner.
I'VE the undersigned committee on
floor work of the contesting degree
teams respectfully report our findings
as follows:
kansas City. 80.
Fort Worth, rs.
"One hundred per cent. the stand
ard of perfection"
Signed by. b. j. Monahan, Finley
McRae and L. p. Edsen, committee.
The Springfield herald., 1905-08-25
PEACE ENJOYS TO VISIT RoosE
WELT.
Apparently Little Hope Of An Adjust.
ment of Their Differences.

Portsmouth. N. H., Aug. 19.-M.
Witte. last night made the following
statement:
II cannot say positively, because all
things are possible, but fear that the
meeting on Tuesday will be the fare
well session OF the Washington confer
ence. Russia has done her utmost for
peace. She now knows Japan's ir
reducible minimum"
After the adjournment Secretary
Peirce went to the telegraph office and
got the President on the other end OF
the wire. 1t is understood he ar.
ranged with the President for the Rus
SLAMS to go to Oyster Bay. Arrange
ments were made by Baron kaneko to-
day for the Japanese to go there. con
sequently it is believed the ENJOYS re-
alize the last hope of peace lies with
the President.
Black pessimism reigns at Ports
mouth tonight. The prevailing view
is that the fate of the peace conference
is already sealed that it has ended in
failure, and that all that now remains
is for the plenipotentiaries to meet on
tuesday, 10 which day they adjourned
this evening upon completing the Sc
riatim consideration of the Japanese
terms, sign the final protocol, 90
through the conventions, ana bid each
other farewell.
In other words, that the meeting
Tuesday will be what diplomacy calls
the "seance d'adieu." But there is still
room for hope OF compromise.
Neither President Roosevelt nor the
powers will see the chance of peace
shipwrecked without final effort, and
that pressure is being eNerted, espe.
cially at Toxic, to induce Japan to
moderate her terms, is beyond ques-
tion. Just what Is being done or what
is to be done has not transpired. King
Edward is understood to be now lend.
ing a helping hand and the tinanciers
or the world are known to be exerting
all their influences.
At Toxic and st. Petersburg the final
issue will be decided. The Japanese
have been implacable throughout the
six days sittings. They have listened
and explained but they have yielded
not an iota of the substance of their
original demands.
The Springfield herald., 1905-08-25
Fatally Hurt in Auto Race.

Buffalo, n. Y, Aug. 19.-Webb Jay
of Cleveland was probably fatally in
jured at Kenilworth Park yesterday in
the ten mile automobile race.
At the three-quarters of mile Jay s
machine crashed through the fence,
down an embanlsment of fifteen feet
and into pond of water.
What caused the accident is not
known. 1t is believed, however, that
Jay was blinded by dust and steered
into the fence. He was driving about
n mile a minute when the accident hap
pened.
Jay was racing with I.ytle and Bur
man. At tbree-quarters Jay was third
and the dust cloud of the other cars
hung over him, probably binding him.
The Springfield herald., 1905-08-25
HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS
REACHED BY MoFTA1 RAILWAY
First Trip to the Springs Made by
President q. II. Moffat and
Party Of Friends.

Denver. Colo. Aug. 21-DavId II.
Moffat. builder OF the Denver & North
western railroad, familiarly called the
"Moffat' road. took a party OF friends
over the line yesterday. making the
first trip into Hot Sulphur Springs.
The road now extends up to within a
mile OF the growing little city. which
contains seventy-five buildings. and
will be laid up to the town itself to-day.
In the party entertained on the trip
by Mr. Motfat were Mayor Speer. w.
A. Deuel., w. F.. Jones. II. A. Sumner.
Walter s. Cheesman, John f. Campion.
Col. William Stapleton. Lawrence c..
Phipps. John Cary. John B. Hunter. A.
C. Ridgway, George Vallery, Frank b.
Gibson, 8. ID. Reeve, Congressman
Bonynge. former Lieutenant Governor
Smith, Fred Moffat. j. A. McClurg.
Charles J. Hughes, Jr.. s. N. Wood and
j. A. McMurtrie.
The party was met at the end of the
road by citizens in carriages and light
spring wagons and driven about the
town. The buildings are freshly
painted and much admiration was ex-
pressed for the enterprise of the little
city. The 1S0-foot bridge over tho
Grande river had been completed in
the morning.
The special train of two cars left
Denver at Z O'Clock in the morning
and returned at 3 O'Clock in the even-
ing. The members thoroughly enjoyed
every moment of the trip and pro-
nouEce the Moffat road as the most
picturesque mountain trip to be found
anywhere. The road is well laid and
operates with wonderful ease even
while new. Rails are now being laid
at the rate of one and one-half miles
per day. The contract has now been
let to build right up to Gore canon and
the work will be pushed rapidly.
Hot Sulphur Springs was delighted
with the visit of the party Of distin-
guished men, The residents are greatly
pleased with the completion of the
railroad into their city, may of them
having looked forward for years to the
proud day when such an engineering
feat would be accomplished.
Railroad day, September 18th. will
be a day of general celebration at Hot
Sulphur Springs. On that day, the
opening of the road into the town will
be commemorated and program of
sports and festivities has been ar
ranged. There will be horse racing.
broncho busting contests and an old.
fashioned barbecue and grand ball.
The Denver Chamber OF Commerce
will attend in a body. and fully thou.
sand visitors will be entertained. The
executive committee in charge OF the
events is composed OF w. p. Farris,
II. r. Adams. ]. N. Pettingell. ID. y.
Howard and F. NJ. Briggs. A thousand
dollars has already been raised for tho
occasion,
The Springfield herald., 1905-08-25
RUSSIAN ASSEM- bly,
CAR AUTHORIZES 1T TO MEET
II viii Have Little Direct Fower, but
Its Influence viii Doubtless Be

It Will Have Little Direct Fower, but
Its Influence viii Doubtless Be
Great.
st. Petersburg. Aug. 19.-Emperor
Nicholas has to-day announced the
grant to the people of Russia Of ma
tional consultative assembly to be
formed by elected representatives
from the whole of Russia.
The new national assembly will be
consultative organization in connection
with the Council of the Empire and
not u legislative body. Tne powers OF
the Emperor remain theoretically abb
solute. AS the Emperor Is the su-
preme lawgiver and autocrat, the de-
cisions of the Douma have only rec
ommendatory and not a binding force,
though the rejection of any legislative
measures by two-thirds majority of
both houses is sufficient to prevent
that measure from becoming law.
The representatives of the people
will have not only the right to be heard
on any legislation proposed by the
government but also can voice their
desires on new laws and will have the
right to exert certain supervision
over budgetary expenditures.
The suffrage, though wide, is not
universal 1t is based on property
qualifications, the peasantry having a
vote through membership in communal
organizations. A considerable portion
of the residents of the cities. possess
ing no lands, together with women, SO
diers, civil functionaries, etc, are with
out suffrage.
The term OF the Douma is to be five
years, but it can be dissolved by the
Emperor. There is to be general ses-
sion, but the Douma will also meet
by sections, the length of the sessions
being determined by the Emperor. The
president and other officials are to be
elected by the members.
Paragraph 10 of Section provides
members of the Douma shall enjoy
freedom in exchanging their opinions
on matters within the competence Of
the body and are not to be responsible
to the electors"
Several sections are devoted to the
exemptions to be enjoyed by the mem
bers and the reasons for and the oc-
casions on whihc they can be deprived
of their membership. The Douma can
demand explanations from the minis
ters.
The Springfield herald., 1905-08-25
Attempt to Kill Queen of italy.

Turin. Aug. 2l.-A dastardly attempt
has just been made to assassinate
Queen Margherita, mother of King Vic
tor Emmanuel who is making a tour
of the Alps in an automobile. This
news is contained in telegram re-
ceived yesterday from Aosta at the
royal palace of Racconigl. near here.
Queen Margherita was ascending the
little st. Bernard in her, automobile
accompanied by the Marquise Divilla
Marina, another lady of the court, and
two gentlemen, when the machine sud
denly struck a stone barricade that
had been erected in the middle of the
road and was overturned.
Fortunately no one was injured but
the five occupants were greatly
alarmed. The barricade had been
placed at dangerous turning where
it was impossible to see the road more
than a few feet in advance.
The Springfield herald., 1905-08-25
Coming to Colorado Next Year.

Toronto, Ont, Aug. 1S.-The conven.
tion of the International Typographical
Union decided to-day to meet in Colo
rado Springs next year.
Detroit, Mich. Aug. 1S.-The Dra-
matte Order of Knights of Khorassan,
which has been in convention here for
three days, to-day decided to hold its
next session in two years at Colorado
Springs
The Springfield herald., 1905-08-25
Booker Washinston's Denial.

birmingham, Ala. Aug. 2l.-Presi-
dent Booker r, Washington has ad-
dressed letter under a New York
date to the Age Herald of this city con
cerning his recent visit to John Wana-
maker at Saratoga. He says:
Il did not escort any female member
of Mr.. Wanamaker's family to or OUT
of the dining room. ! did dine with
Mr.. Wanamaker and members of his
family at hotel at his request-for
the purpose OF talking on business
but at the time was guest myself at
a colored hotel in Saratoga"
The Springfield herald., 1905-08-25
Track Laborers Killed in Collision.

San Bernardino. Cal. Aug. 17.-Six
Mexican track laborers were killed and
six or seven fatally. injured as result
of a rear-end collision between Santa
Fe work train and an extra south.
bound freight at Horseshoe Bend.
twelve miles south of Carona, at 6
O'Clock last evening.
Five were killed instantly and one
died later. Other deaths will occur
before morning. All of the Mexicans
reside in San Bernardino. number OF
them having families here.
The Springfield herald., 1905-08-25
euildinu MANY Steel Mills.

Pittsburg. Pa, Aug. lS.-Never be-
fore, it is said, has such activity been
witnessed in the erection of steel mills.
furnaces and shops as is now seen in
Pittsburg and the Monongahela valley.
The total cost of plants just com
pleted, in course of erection or for
which plans have been perfected, is
more than s2,000,000 and the capacity
of the iron. steel wire plants along the
Monongahela river will me almost
doubled when all plans are completed.
Over $4,000 men will soon be given EN-
ployment in these plants in addition
to the present working force of almost
80 600 men.
The Springfield herald., 1905-08-25
No. 1se -Jim Conway, Grand Juno.

No. 1SH ~Jim Conway, Grand Juno.
ton.
No. 1s1--Joseph B. Hull. Aspen.
No. lS2--George II. Dugray, Aspen.
No. lS5-Iierman Il. Barlup. Grand
Junction.
No. 1SG-Ralph Bartlett. Grand juno
ton.
No. 1S7-Price Wycliffe, Rife.
No. 190-George w. Strong, Grand
Junction.
No. l91-Edwin Ange. Breckenridge.
No. 195-Charles w. Pace, Montrose.
No. 19G-Leander Ranta, Telluride.
No. 19S-Hans G. Olson, Grand
Junction.
The Springfield herald., 1905-08-25
Killed in Trolley Collision.

Cincinnati, o.. August 17.-Through
the mistake or negligence Of some one,
n fast running through express from
New York to Cincinnati on the Balti-
more e. Ohio Southwestern crashed
into Winton Place trolley ca, on the
grade crossing at Mitchell avenue.
Winton Place, suburb of this city,
last night. and three people were killed
and ten injured.
The Springfield herald., 1905-08-25
Great Northern Operators End Strike.

St. Paul. Mimi. Aug. 19.-The strike
of telegraphers on the Great Northern
system was officially called of at 9:15
tonight, the men on that line having
voted by large majority TO return to
work.
The question of continuing on strike
Or returning to work is being voted
upon by the Northern Pacific teleg-
,aphers
The Springfield herald., 1905-08-25

An Englishman writes to the West
minister Gazette explaining that the
word "gerrymander' is derived from
the name Of former member of par
lament, Gerald Mander. This would
no doubt astonish Elbridge Gerry if
he were alive.
The Springfield herald., 1905-08-25

One "V. r." writes to the New YORK
Times as follows: 1T is hard work
for an educated man trying to keep
tab on the inaccuracies of the press"
His beautifully rounded statement is
evidence that he writes from personal
eXperie ncc.
The Springfield herald., 1905-08-25
Tidal Wave browns Hundred.

Sydney. n. S. W., Aug. 1S.-Con-
firnation of the report that the Mar
shall Islands were visited by hurri-
cane and tidal wave on June goth has
been received here. One hH:i1red
lives were lost.
The Springfield herald., 1905-08-25

Ten powers have officially accepted
the sultan's invitation to the interna-
tional Moroccan conference, with the
United States, Sweden. Norway and
Portugal yet to hear from. 1t is evil
IDENTIFY going to be good place TO
study modern languages.
The Springfield herald., 1905-08-25

"All the members of the Dutch cabi-
net have resigned" 1t takes some
thing of that sort occasionally to re
mind us that there is such place as
Observation-Disclosures News-Leader
And yet The Hague is there
The Springfield herald., 1905-08-25

1t grows increasingly difficult to get
into society. AT one time whiff of
gasoline was almost an open sesame,
but now it is necessary 10 have been
mutilated in an automobile collision.
The Springfield herald., 1905-08-25

The eight Pittsburg women who
were seriously hurt in bargain coun-
ter rush for mems 10-cent overalls and
shirts were obviously influenced by
the unselish desire hat every woman
has to sacrifice herself for her hus-
bands sake.
The Springfield herald., 1905-08-25

1t is something to the credit of Mr..
William Waldorf Astor that he was
the only man in the Vanderbilt and
Astor families that declined to be-
come a subscriber for the famous
'"Fads and Fancies%. book. -.
The Springfield herald., 1905-08-25

Being an inland country saves Swift
zerland n lot of trouble. She hasn't
even been invited to take part in the
Moroccan conference.
The Springfield herald., 1905-08-25

Statistics show that only 10 per cent
of the people who are run over by au
tomobiles receive fatal injuries. Still,
the distinction of having been run
over by an automobile is hardly worth
even that risk. :
The Springfield herald., 1905-08-25

Handicapped as they are By being
called "the senator's" how could any
body expect the members of the Wash
ington baseball club to put any ginger
into their playing.
The Springfield herald., 1905-08-25

Wizard Burbank says perfect men
may be produced in the same way
that he is producing superior fruit.
Evidently the wizard has never
tackled an unruly boy.
The Springfield herald., 1905-08-25

It was the woman who dreamed
that her husband had given her the
goods for new gown who walked TO
realizing sense of what the poet
meant by the baseless fabric OF this
vision
The Springfield herald., 1905-08-25

Gen. Chreschchatitzki will never get
himself mentioned often by the Eng
disappearing world. even If he does
prove hero.
The Springfield herald., 1905-08-25

New Jersey is making n strenuous
war on mosquitoes. but there will be
enough of them left, undoubtedly, to
convey the idea.
The Springfield herald., 1905-08-25

Unless the "Fads and Fancies" book
contains at least one chapter on mon
key dinners 1t cannot be considered
really representative work.
The Springfield herald., 1905-08-25

Quite possibly it is n wise provision
OF nature that most millionalres are
disinclined to work. If they were
not. we might be affected with billion
aires.
The Springfield herald., 1905-08-25

Although small nation. Holland
bears more than its share of the white
mans burden. A Dutch expedition
has Just killed 260 natives of Celebes.