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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-05-20
CORRESPONDENCE.
Garden Grove.

.
of Leon, operated on Rolla Leonardo
leg last Thursday. The previous oper-
alton was on the small bone of the leg
near the ankle which seems to have
healed up in good condition and it was
the large bone that was operated on
1 this time which was diseased. This
limb has caused the boy much trouble
and it is to be hoped he will recover
from this operation in good condition.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Farquhar and
daughter Ruth, of Leon, were here Sun
day visiting with Mr.. and Mrs. G.. G.
Dilsaver and family.
/, Harvey Wilson, of Omaha, came last
Saturday for short visit with his sis
ter, Mrs. 7. j. Shelter, and returned
Monday.
Mrs. Umphress and Mrs. James Trisler
were visitors in Leon Saturday.
G. d. Mallette was Leon visitor last
Friday.
Miss Sadie Radnich, of Davis City,
who was guest at the home Of her
cousin, Mrs. Reick, returned Thursday.
Mrs. John Duffield was Leon visitor
last Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Craigo returned
from trip to Leon Friday.
Mrs. Albert Northrup and Miss Esther
Burrell were Leon visitors Thursday.
Loren Young went to Burlington Fri
day where he will take his first examin-
alton to enter the railway mail service.
Mrs. Lightly, accompanied by her son
Chester, went to Leon Monday.
Miss May Waters was passenger for
the county seat Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. D. Wheeland went to
Charlton Saturday to visit their daugh-
ter, Mrs. Harry Culver.
Mrs. G. NJ. Shaw went to Chillicothe,
Mo-, Thursday to visit her father, Mr..
Monroe.
Prof. F. P. Reed has rented the Fl. J.
Culver property in the north part of
town and took possession the first of
the week.
DIR. Coontz went to Dubuque last
Monday to attend a meeting of the
state medical society.
d. W. Potts has bought the w. H.
Stiles drug store and will consolidate
it with his store with the exception of
the greater part of the fixtures which
he will offer for sale. MIR. Stiles ex-
poets to leave in short time for Cali
fornia.
Jack Sankey, of Leon, was visiting
with friends in this city last Friday.
Mrs. ). D. Brown, of Leon, was Wis
iting at the home of Mrs. Northrup last
Friday.
Mrs. G. W. Hoadley spent several days
in Des Moines, the past week at the
home Of her nephew, Frank Chamberlin,
and family. She visited her daughter,
Mrs. G. E. Wood, OF Weldon, on her re-
turn home.
DR.. Wilkins has rented the lower part
OF the r. D. Young residence north of
the school house and moved in last
week. MIR. Young and family have moved
to the farm for the summer and fall.
Miss Laura Aten went to Northbor-
ough last week to visit at the home OF
her uncle, Mr.. Scott.
Mrs. Filter returned Saturday from
o visit at the home of her daughter
Mrs. Ryan, of Humeston.
Fred Still was Leon visitor Satur.
day.
Mr.. Wagner, accompanied by his
daughter Gladys, went to Marengo
Saturday to visit friends and relatives
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-05-20
THE LEON REPORTER THURSDAY. NAY 20. 1909.

Lloyd Hamilton spent Sunday with
Lester Hullinger.
Willie Moore and best girl were out
trying the good roads Sunday.
Mr.. Schoonover and wife were Leon
callers Saturday.
Elmer Little and mother spent Sun
day at j. B. Dale's.
George Blakesley and wife spent Sun
day at A. G. Dale's.
VerIie Brown took dinner with Orville
Spencer Sunday.
Homer Davis accompanied by Miss
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-05-20
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Mrs. Kate Griffin and Annie Owens
were Sunday visitors with the formers
parents, Pat Flynn and wife.
Fred Potter and wife had business at
Leon Saturday.
Mike Sullivan visited at Kellerton
q few days last week.
Miss Olive Evans visited over Sunday
with her parents in Leon.
]. O. Garner and daughter Miss Grace,
had business at Davis City one day last
week.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-05-20
Salem.
linden and HI. r. Str

NJ. Linden and H. r. Slower were
Leon callers Saturday.
Sunday with Verna and Fay Linden.
Chester Merl and Pearl Dale and
Grace Spencer took dinner with Ray
and Lulu Marvin Sunday.
George Slower spent Saturday night
and Sunday with Jim Morey.
Nellie Pullin spent Saturday night
and Sunday with home folks.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-05-20
Floa Hamilton and Beulah Drury went
to Andover, Mo-, Sunday to attend the
funeral of Miss Grace O'Brien.

Hoarseness, bronchitis and other
throat troubles are quickly cured by
Foley's Honey and Tar as it soothes and
heals the inflamed throat and bronchial
tubes and the most obstinate cough
disappears. Insist upon having the
genuine Foley's Honey and Tar. Bell
& Robinson.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-14
TRADE AND INDUSTRY.

Representatives of State banks of Min
nesota and Wisconsin favor the organiza-
ton of a new State bank with a capital
of S1.O0O,000 and estimated aggregate de-
posias of S10.OO0.0O0 to be located in
Minneapolis The need of such a bank
has been created by the organization of
the Security National bank. which. pre-
vious to its becoming a national bank,
was a depositary for the State banks of
Minnesota. 1t was felt that caring times
OF panic or stringency the tendency has
been for national banks to help each other
in fraternal spirit. and leave the State
banks to shift for themselves.
i. Public Examiner Schaefer of Minnesota
urges that the railroads be required 10
pay their gross earnings taxes in semi
annual installments, instead of annually,
on the ground that it would save the State
$4,000 per year i'm interest paid for
money now borrowed during the period
when no payments are made.
A transaction involving millions of dol
lers has just been closed in New York
City whereby the United States Steel
Corporation takes over the Standard
Steel Car Company, with plants at But
Ter and Newcastle. Pa. and Hammond,
Ind, and the Pressed Steel Car Com
pany with plants at McKees Rock and
Pittsburg.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-14
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Chicago-Cattle, common 10 prime,
500 TO $50: hogs. prime heavy, $40
to $3.50; sheep. fair to choice, $500
to $50; wheat, No. ,, S1.05 to Sf.06;
corn, No. ., 5Sc TO 59c: oats. standard,
4Se to 49c; rye, No. 2, Toe TO &c; hay,
timothy. $500 to Sl3.J0; prairie. $500
20 $12.O0; butter. choice creamery, 29c
to BE; eggs. fresh. 26c TO 3lc; potatoes,
per bushel. Coo to &c.
Indianapolis-Cattle, shipping. $500
to 500: hogs. good to choice heavy,
$3.50 to $500; sheep. good to Choice.
$3.50 to $500; wheat. No. ,. S1O3 to
81 Oh: corn. No. = white. 59c to 60c;
oats, No. white, 49c to Ole.
St. Louis-Cattle. $40 to $500: hogs,
$500 to $3.50: sheep. $500 TO $500;
wheat, No. 2. Sl.1O to SLIP; corn, No. 2,
SIC to 59c: oats. No. .. sic to sc; rye,
No. 2. Toe &c &c.
Cincinnati-Cattle. 500 TO 1928:
hogs. S4.00 to s6.35: sheep. $500 to
$4.2J; wheat, No. =. Sl.OS to S1.O9; corn,
No. = mixed. Gle to 62c; oats. No. 2
mixed, Ole to 52c; rye. No. ?, sc TO soc.
Detroit-Cattle. $500 to 500; hogs,
$500 to $3.50: sheep. $3.50 to $3.50:
wheat. No. ., Sl.03 to $1.05: corn. No. 3
yellow. 6Oc to Gle: oats. No 3 white,
Sic to 53c: rye, No. 2. 7Je to 77c.
Milwaukee-Wheat, No. . nortoern,
S1.0T to S1.10: corn, No. 3. 59c TO Gle;
oats. standard. 49c to 51c; rye, No. l.,
74c to Zoe: barley. No. I. 65c to SIC;
pork, mess, S15.10.
Buffllo-Cattle, choice shipping steers,
500 to S6.T5: hogs. fair'to choice. 500
to $685.; sheep. common to good mixed,
S4.O0 TO $40; lambs, fair TO choice,
$500 to $50.
New York-Cattle. $500 to $3.50;
hogs. $3.50 to $685.: sheep. $500 to
$40: wheat, No. red. S106 to S1-oS;
corn, No. 2, 66c to &c: oats. natural
white. soc to SIC: butter. crea merry, DC
to 32c; eggs. western. 2Ic to SIC.
Toledo-Wheat. No. , mixed. S1.04 to
Sl.O6: corn, No mixed. 59c to Gle;
oats. No. 2 mixed. sic TO 32c: rye. No.
.. Tie to 7Sc: clover seed. $5.61.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-14
TRAGEDY at Marion, Indiana.

A mysterious murder was uncovered
at Marion, Ind, when the charred body
of Mrs Rosa Kicks, aged %, the wife
of a timber buyer for a Marion factory,
was discovered In the hay loft of a
barn in the rear of the residence of
Thomas Wilson. A city fireman found
the remains after fire which partly
destroyed the structure had been ex-
tinguished. Indications are the woman
was done away with and the murderer
expected to cover up lis crime by
burning the body. The scene of the
fire is but two blocks from the muir
dered woman's home. The husband of
the woman, who separated from her a
week ago, and Levi Sutton, who is
charged by Kicks with alternating his
wife's affections. have been placed I'M
der arrest
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-14
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kid" Mccoy says he will fight no
more but will drive racing automobiles
for a living hereafter.
Percy Sr llwood, the Welsh runner.
who is matched to race Dorando at st.
Louis, defeated Robert Hallen of New
York and Michael Spring of Brooklyn.
in Il ten-mile relay race.
At Sydney, y. S. W., Jack johnson.
the Texas negro pugilist. defeated Tommy
Burns, the Canadian, and took away the
latter's title of heavyweight champion.
Police stopped the fight in the fourteenth
round.
In n twelve-mle exhibition relay race
at the athletic grounds in Fall River.
Mass, Dorando Pietri, the Italian Mara
thon runner, defeated Floyd Doughty of
Providence, and Samupel Myers of Cam.
bridge, by half lap. Dorandos time
was | :03 80 that of the Doughty Myers
team was :0i rs.
After struggling thirty-eight minutes
for the third fall, wild Joe" Collins of
Canada, at Cairo, ILL.,, agreed to give thu
wrestling match for the mddleweight
championship to George Baptiste of st.
Louis, on condition that all bets be called
off Daptiste took the first fall in 81
minutes, and Collins the second in 81
minutes.
Tommy Mowatt of Chicago was knock.
ed out in the third round by Young Don
ahue of Boston before the Royal Athletic
Club at New Orleans.
Duluth and Fargo will not figure in the
Northern League baseball next year if
plans now being arranged by w. j.
Lamb. president of the league. are brought
to an issue, which present negotiations
suggest.
Centershot created new worlds record
for one mile, circular course. at Santa
Anita Park She ran the distance in
81 ID. which is 10 of a second faster
than the best previous time. held jointly
by Dick Wells and Kiamesha.
DIR. r. II. Baldwin of Eau Claire. Wis.
has been notified by the board of appeals
of the American Trotting Association that
his protest Of the first and third moneys
in the Commercial Travellers Free-for-All
| at the Chippewa Falls fair, Sept. Is,
1903, has been allowed.
The three entries of II. f. Carman at
Santa Anita track were scratched and
his horses will be refused entry until an
| investigation has been made by the OIL
| Gals of the racing association into an
affair in which Matt Dooley. former train
| er for Carman, was so badly beaten chat
he is now in the hospital. Dooley claims
he was beaten by Carman and the latter's
employees.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-14
CHICAGO.

Commercial defaults have diminish
ed. while payments through the banks
rose to proportions surprising all for
mer records. These evidences Carry
encouragement and the new year has
opened with business conditions more
distinct for betterment Little time
was lost by the leading industries in
making inventories and repairs. and
preparations. indicate an effort toward
increasing production.
Notable improvement thus far con-
tracted for make certain work for
large forces of labor and unusual in
vestment of capital. Some addition in
tanning capacity is under way, shoe
factories report ample orders for flu
ture completion and the leather work
ing trades generally move forward.
An indication of returning prosper
ity is Seen i'm wider request for the
principal raw materials.
Wintry weather favored retail and
fuel distribution. The January clear
ance sales made good progress, the ex-
IRENE cold inducing a sharp demand
for heavyweight apparel and other
necessaries. Wholesale branches re-
ceive ample mail orders for dry goods,
footwear. clothing. household needs and
food products. Travelling statesmen in
large numbers have departed for the
interior with prospects well defined for
an extended trade in spring and sum-
mer merchandise.
Mercantile collections at Western
points continue to be prompt. Heavy
January disbursements caused unusual
activity at the banks.
Failures reported i'm the Chicago dis
trict number twenty-one, against forty
three last week. thirty-six in 1908 and
twenty-six in 1907. Those with liabil-
tiles oTer 5000 number five. against
eleven last week. seven i'm 1908 and
eight IN 1907.-Dun's Weekly Review.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-14
KNOW CHURCH VICTIM.
Man Murdered in Michigan Identi-
fed as G. Browning.

fed as G. Browning.
BY means of two false teeth it has
been definitely established that Gideon
Browning, of Adair village, was the
man who was butchered Tuesday even
ing in the little Rattle Run" Metho-
dist Church in Columbus township,
near Port Huron, Mich. With part Of
the mystery which has enshrouded the
brutal crime thus cleared, the super
visors of-St. Clair County Immediately
offered Il reward of $500 for the arrest
or Rev. John Ii. Carmichael. of Adair,
pastor of the little church and the man
who at first was supposed to have been
killed. dismembered and then burned
i'm the church stove. The teeth which
identified the dead man were found
sifted.
The minister is n man over six feet
tall, weighing more than 200 pounds,
and the description says: Both legs
have been broken and he walks with a
decided limp. Both his feet turn out
noticeably, one at an angle of 40 de-
grees. He has scar on the upper lip
and another on the side Of his nose.
His eyes are light blue or gray
Strenuous efforts to discover some
motive for the killing of the carpenter
by the minister were fruitless. Rumors
that Carmichael he'd been seen crossing
the st. Clair River into Canada could
not be corroborated. Az officer sent to
St Thomas, Ont, reported nc trace OF
him there.
Mrs. Carmichael and Miss Carmi-
chael, wife and daughter of the min
lister, were examined by the prosecut-
ing attorney, and he stated afterward
that he was convinced that they knew
nothing of the murder nor the mans
disappearance. A statement by Mrs
Carmichael that her husbands sister
Is AN inmate of an insane asylum in
West Virginia may explain some of the
features of the crime.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-14
NEW YORK.

Postioiday quiet rules as yet in
general trade. but active preparations
are making for the spring seasons
trade by jobbers. while retailers are
announcing reduction sales to clear ac-
cumulated stocks of winter goods.
Temporarily. trade has been retarded
by storms, followed by zero tempera-
ture, extending from the Canadian line
south to Texas and east to the Allie
ghanies. bat good effects from the ar
rival of the long-expected cold weather
are already noted at the West.
In wholesale and jobbing line inven-
tories have been finished and prepara-
lions for spring are actively under way.
In fact, trevalers from many cities are
already on the road with, i'm many
cases. fair results reported for the
short time they have been out
Collections show little change from
previous reports. being still slow at the
South, but better at some Western
points. Generally speaking. the outlook
is one of cheerfulness tempered by con-
servatism.
Business failures i'm the United
States for week ending Jan. Z number
800. against 300 last week. 435 in the
like week of 1908. 2s3 in 1907, 2s6 in
1906 and 295 in 1905. Business fail
ures in Canada during the week num-
Der Al, which compares with % last
week and 63 in this week lest year
Bradstreet's.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-14
ORDERS SIX TO GALLOWS.
Night Riders Sentenced to Pay Ex-
treme Penalty for Murder.

Night Riders Sentenced to Pay Ex-
treme Penalty for Murder.
Without a tremor six men of Reel
foot Lake heard judgment passed in
Union City, Tenn, condemning them to
pay with their lives the penalty for the
part they had in the putting to death
of Captain Quentin Ranken at Walnut
Log. the deed of a band of so-called
night riders, Of which the six men
were declared to be the leaders. What
ever may have been their emotion. they
faced the court TO receive sentence with
the same stoical expression that has
been their marked characteristic during
the sensational trial of which this &C.
ton was the climax.
When court convened the room was
crowded with people from Reelfoot
Lake. The motion of the defense for a
new trial was promptly overruled by
Judge Jones. Then amid death-like
quiet, the six men, Garrett Johnson.
Sam Applewhite, It'd Burton, Roy Ran
som, Arthur Cloar and Fred PiniOn,
convicted of murder in the first de
gree, each in his turn, faced Judge
Jones 10 hear the sentence of the court
setting Friday, Feb. 10, as the day of
their execution.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-14
CONGRESS HURLS BACK
PRESIDENTS BIG STICK
Special Committee OF House Pre-
sents Report Refusing to Ac-
oept Roosevelt's Attack.
REPLY vITRIOLIC IN EXTREME.
Charges Are Termed Disrespectful
Dangerous to Destroy Conf
dence in lawmakers

Congress has hurled the big stick"
back at President Roosevelt. In the
House of Representatives Thursday af-
ternoOn bitter attack was made on
the chief executive. \ special commit
tee appointed to deal with the Presi-
dents message on the secret service,
submitted Monday, brought in its re-
port, which is vitriolic in the extreme.
The report and the resolution accom-
panying it were thought likely to make
the President furious, for they say in
effect:
Portions of the message are beneath
the dignity of Congress and should not
be received
These portions constitute a breach
of the privileges of the house.
ut is dangerous to the republic that
the. confidence of the people should be
impaired in those who enact the laws,
and it is for this reason that the duty
evolves on the lawmakers not to allow
the integrity Of their motives to be
lightly questioned.
BE it resolved, That the House in
the exercise of its constitutional prerog-
atives declines TO consider any commu-
nication from any source which is not
in its own judgment Aspectful.'
The committee caused q sensation by
its recommendation that the objection
able portion of the Presidents annual
message be laid on the table" and that
similar action be taken with respect to
the message of last Monday because of
its being ''unresponsive to the inquiry
of the house as TO what the President
meant when he said. referring to the
limitation placed on the field of opera
tiOns of the secret service. that the
chief argument in favor of the provis-
ion was that the Congressman did not
themselves wish to be investigated"
When Chairman Perkins of the spe-
cial committee arose to make his re-
port, he faced an almost full member
ship, while the galleries were packed
with interested spectators. Messrs
Tawney, Smith of Iowa, Sherley and
Fitzgerald were on the floor. prepared
TO resent what they deemed to be the
insinuations of the President on them
as members of the committee on appro-
priations They were not alone in their
Indignation. The feelings of other mem
bers had been growing more intense.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-14
FIND NIGHT RIDERS
GUILTY OF MURDER
SIX Men Face Death Sentence,
While Two Escape with 70
Years i'm Prison.
BRIEF STORY OF THEIR CRIME.
Two Men Hauled Off to Woods by
Masked Assassins-One Victim
Hanged-Other Escaped.

With q verdict of guilty in varying
degrees, the jury in the night rider
trials in Union City, Tenn, reported at
Ola o'clock Thursday night. The
twelve men found Garrett Johnson. lid
Burton, Roy Ransom, Fred Pinion, Ar
thur Cloar and Sam Applewhite guilty
of murder in the first degree with nit
igating circumstances, and Bud Morris
and Bob Huffman. the other defend
ants, guilty of murder in the second de
gree, and fixed their punishment at
twenty years in the penitentiary.
The punishment of the six first
named defendants was left to the court,
and may be death or life Imprisonment.
1t is understood the court will sei.-
sence the six first-named defendants to
death.
The defendants took the verdict with
calmness, as they had been expecting
it since the closing of the arguments.
Attorney Pierce turned to them when
it was announced and said: I'VE will
tear this case to pieces in the Supreme
Court"
The crime for which the night riders
must suffer followed the visit of Col
II. u. Taylor and Capt. Quentin Ran
ken to Reel Foot lake to lease some
land Taylor and Ranken drove over
the proposed property, known as Grassy
island, returned to the hotel on The
night Of Oct 10, and left orders ior
horses for another trip on the day fol-
lowing. Then they retired.
Col. Taylor was awakened by the
tavern keepers call, and a rear win
dow of his room was raised. Two guns
were thrust in. followed by two masked
heads. Taylor and Ranken were forth
with hustled out into the night.
When the company reached me forked
ash tree on the bank of the slough
they halted Taylor and marched Ran
ken, with a rope around his neck. to
the foot Of tree. Some one Of tile
masked band seized the rope and drew
Ranken up. Then one Of the riders
fired shot into the body. Instantly
a fusillade came most of the riders
however, shooting into the air.
Taylor crouched to his knees waited
until the guns were empty, then jumped
into the waters of the slough. Instant
ly the firing was renewed. Taylor
dived, but heard the bullets striking
the water. He swan under water to a
big log. For two hours he lay in thu
water, grasping the log. and when al
sounds had ceased he swan to the op
posite bank and took to the wooos
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-14

The President in effect Wednesday
told the Senate TO mind it's own bust
ness. In Il message to the upper cham
Der he informed the body that it has
no authority TO call on the heads of ex-
ecutive departments for their reasons
in not performing specific acts The
message suggests that the Senate mas
no right to call OH executive depart
ment heads for anything 1T all. Cabi-
net officers, he told the Senate, are sub
ject to specific laws specified by Con-
greSs in pursuance of the constitution
and TO the direction of the President,
but TO no other direction whatever"
This was his reply to the resolution
introduced by Senator Culberson on
Monday and adopted by the Senate de-
handing of Attorney General Bona
parte his reasons for not having pro-
ceeded legally against the steel corpo-
ration because of its requirement of
the Tennessee Coal & Iron Company in
1907.
Instead OF replying to the Senate III
rect, as other Cabinet officers have Gone
since the formation of government. Mr..
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-14

Bonaparte turned the resolution over
to the President. The answer Of the
President was short and direct.
The President told the Senate that
the merger was made with his consent.
or at least after an explanation had
been made to him by Judge Gary and
III. c. Frick. He told them he saw no
reason why the Steel Corporation
should not take over the Tennessee
Company. The President said the steel
trust made the purchase at the earnest
solicitation of the big bankers of New
York; that If the sale had not been
made one of the largest and most influ-
entail houses in New York would have
been driven to the wall and thus
crushed other concerns and created VII
told financial distress.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-14

built upon a foundation of error" He
declared that the teachings of Mrs. Mary
Baker Eddy were those of "A physician
with whom she formerly was associated
and whose teachings were also "a pack of
lies" And, last but not least, he declar-
ed that to his own personal knowledge
this delusion" was responsible for scores
of deaths. He himself had charge of at
least one funeral a month, said he. which
was directly chargeable to Christian Sci
ence. These accusations were laid at the
door of Mrs. Eddy's cult in the course OF
an address on Christian psychology in
which DIR. Myers advocated the program
of mental treatment. which also includes
drugs and physicians, as outlined by
Bishop Fallows.