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ESTABLISHED 1854.
THE LEON REPORTER.
O. E. HULL, Published.
LEON,
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ICntered a* second class matter at the
LeotiJova,PoBtoffiee.
Jefferson said: "Banking establish
ments are more dangerous than stand
ins armies,"
"Trade follows the flag.'' said McKin
l,ey, and the swelling thought has fur
nished a theme for jingoes ever since.
And now comes along a plain, (natter-of
fact trader, Charles tf. Flint, for ye^rs
in the export business, who says in the
Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post:
"It is the favorite cry of subsidy-seekers
but the experienced merchant knows
that trade follows the price, and the flag
follows the trade." Another fallacy of
McKinley's busted—and good and hard
too—Verdict.
jRaafiaS^r-j "J «s3fc!K.
Senator Penrose has introduced a
1.411 tp ompp4 code relative to the
collection of tayes t'of the hnilding of
sidewalks. The hill proyides that the
city lerk
ihall certify to the county
nuditor the expense of popetructing
jiermanent sidewalks, where the same
is done by the city, and that the ex
pense shall be taxed up against the
abutting property, the same as has
been done in the case of paying and
Umporary sidewalks, The preseBt
code provides no method of collecting
for the building of permanent side
walks if the property owner refuses to
pay-
owner refuses
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Representative Temple, of Clarke
county, has introduced a bill prohibit
ing counties from hiring non-residents
to-ferret out tax-dodgers, alleging that
in some counties from $3,000 to $4,000 is
taken out in a year by these fellows,
Mr. Temple Is reported as saying that if
gtfppgers city} coUScjt' these taxft tl»
"i
eglhcl^^ect^ur
Ofoceta.
can do^it,
the county would tfifch
Louis Globc-Democrat.
xmli
Temple's bill is in the interest of the
tax-dodger,—Red Oak Express,
TEXAS HAS BEEN UNDER SIX FLAGS,
Scarcely another state in the Union
has as remarkable and interesting
history as Texas. In one respect at
least it occupies a unique position in
the history of American (States. Since
its discovery six different governments
have at different times claimed its al'
legiance and as many different flags
jjavp wayed oypr it, those of France
gipain, Mexico, independent Texas,
the United States and the Confeder
ate States. The foundatioif of Texas
statehood was not laid as a British
colony, nor under the grant or control
of the British crown, as were those of
the original thirteen states, Its first
settlement dates back more than two
hundred years, and its first American
colonists went there nnder terms and
conditions imposed by a foreign state,
to whose lanuage, laws and institu
tions they were total strangers.—St.
SJ*cp|F|CEp CpNSTITUTjO^ TO
Be^ERT^
f"1 -"Mpaafi
save the 50 per
'cent, thus paid in fees. The trouble is
that local officials cannot or will not
unearth the tax-dodgers. The tax
dodger is a sly fox, and in order to
catch him it is necessary to unusual
methods. Another thing, Mr, Temple
overlooks the fact that once a tax
dodger is cornered and made to pay
back taxes, it will le more difficult for
him to dodge his taxes in the future
when there are no expert fees to be
paid. VVe believe that every man
should pay his just taxes, and that the
tax-dodgef is a public enemy who should
be hunted down like any other crim
inal. It looks to us as though Mr.
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Congressmen almost broke their necks
Thursday in their eagerness to eject p0
lygamist Roberts through the breach
they tore in the Constitution. The vote
888 to 50, proves that the house ot rep*
resentatives can be stampeded by a wave
of sentimentalism to commit an un
necessary lolly.
That the election of Roberts was an
open affront to the popular sentiment
against polygamy does not admit of a
moment's question. But being elected,
it was his constitutional right to take
fois Best, frofp which fie copld ftavp |$pn
flstyntfy ani ignomin|ou»ly expelled
'j?hen he wonldfaavegane forth branded
And without a grievance,
To-day Roberts can stqnd before the
American people and justly claim ttwt
the United States Constitution has been
violated to deprive him of his seat,
There wlll be no regrets fois Roberts,
He courted the harsh reception he has
met.
But the precedent set in his case to
express national detestation of polyg
amy may return to justify like violations
of constitutional rights' for partisan
ends.-rChlcago Times Herald
ABMBmcDr^mtE
Makes the food more delicious and wholesome
Since 188SS when Rockefeller got the
whole oil field under his control a hun.
dred dollar certificate has become worth
$520. The distributed profits, nine
tenths of it to Rockefeller since 1882
have been $222,250,000. He is a good
fellow and evidently rocky. He raises
the price of oil a mill a gallon every
time he makes a million dollar gift to
some Baptist republican university,
WE Slt/E IT UP.
Can yon name a singly trust th»t has
voluntarily or involuntarily benefited
the consumer by a reduction of its
prices to the consumer?—Dps Moines
News. .r.
AN UNHAPPY TREND.
WOVM. tWdWft POVtPiR CO.. HEW VOWK.
President McKinley is rapidljjf accu
mulating objections to his own re-elec
tion. He finds himself in embarrass
ment asVto the tariff on shipments from
Porto Rico, and is unprogressive and
help Ipsa touching },|)p \yhole manage
ment of our "new possessions.'' The
Treasury Department offers the strong
est evidence of partiality to the rich
men trbq pontp}u}£d heavily to the
Republican campaign fund of
Congress [a engaged in financial legisla
tion for the accommodation and enrich
ment of this samp contributing plptpeat.
There is a lafpp prosecution of the war
in the Philippine Islands, and a fear to
ask for a military establishment large
enough to close It up quickly. Already
the tendency is to defy the long stands
ing traditions and principle ftgainpt a
large standing army. The trusts fur
nish their share ot the ropes that bind
the Administration in inactivity. There
is a gross and pppn dependence on a
large campaign fund, rather tb*n upon
principle or perforjnanpe, to re-elect the
president. BebitwL all thip there is a
tidn growing out oKKeoonduct of the
war with Soain thW has never been
closed up, and canqot be ignored,
Worse than all this,) the Administration
is over a magazine or w&ml al that may
explode with ftwfttl JeQeot at any mo=
ment, There is an atmosphere of fa
vorltism and jobbery that is getting too
thick for comfortable breathing. "One
of the "signs of the times" is that Wil
liam McKinley will be re-nominated for
President by acclamation, Another
sign, just as plain, is thut by midsum
mer he will have amassed a stock of
mijtattes, jobs and scandals for which
he, lead?? of his party and Chief
Exepnfjv^ of t^e Government, will be
held responsible, aftd wfriph will be
portentous enough to assure his defeat
by jipy man the PemocratB may place
in nomination.—Cincinnati Enquirer.
Did you ever try to dodge
Fain-drops Did not swem.'?
very well, did you? It'9 Just
as
useless to try to «se«pe from
tbi gorms of consumption. You
can't do it. They are about ua
on every band and we are con*
stantly taking them into our
lungs.
Then why don't we all have
this disease? Simply because
these germs cannot gain a foot
hold in a strong tbragg
np. jt's VMft wfw un
^eak that the germ* ra«9tOC«
The body must be well supplied
with tat The danger comet
when the blood Is poor and the
body is thin. It your cough doea
not yield, end your throat and
lungs feel raw »nd #omt you
should not delay another oay.
Take
ot Cod-yyef: Gjl with Hypophost
phites at'faode, |t will heal the
Inflamied membrines and greatly
strengthen them as well, TN
digestion becomes stronger, the
appetite fetter antf the wei:
increases, The whole body
comes well fortified and the
germs of consumption cannot
gain^ a foothold.
It's this nourishing, sustain
ing and strengthening power
of scorrs EMULSION that
has made. Jt of such value In
WATTEPSON'S EULOSY OP OOEBEL.
Louisville Courier-Journal: There have
been so much of passion and so little
of reason dominating the politics of
Kentucky the last few years that, in
the presence of the awful tragedy before
which all true Kentuckians of all parties
and all factions stand reverent and un
covered, it is hard to speak without
misconstruction, impossible to speak
without misrepresentation. Yet, in the
presence of those troubles that have
come upon us almost unawitres, we ve^
ture to ask a parley, with our bitterest
enemyi and, before he lifts his name
to strike-ns down, to entreat him to
pause just for a moment, and then if he
wants to strike, let him strike and let
the strike be mortal. It is of William
Goebel that we wish to speak,
He lies dead at Frankfort. He can
never again speak for himself. We take
leave to speak, not for him, but in his
behalf in the defense of the good ^name
which he wished to leave Itehind him,
now dear only to the bereaved ones of
his own family, though honored by his
ppljitipai assppjfttpsj for fop lived a tangly,
isolated life »as cheek by jowl with no
one a simple student who aspired to be
a {pader and a statesman. He wag am
bitious. Th? eiilogint ot Caespr called it
a grievous fault, and grievously has Wil
Ijam Cjoebpi appyyprpd it. But there are
kinds apd degrees of ambition. He
wished do. the Dt^t^ mpm§ service,
He thought the best way to attain this
end wa» to represent the interests of the
great body pf the ppople ngpinrt the
graving aggressions of the chartered
companies, It cost him his life. He
has paid the debt, He Is gone-
But being a student, sustained by the
recitude of bis convictions ftlong with
the knowledge of his set
himself against the g^^gions pf the
chartered jo^)pan|es l||c^ a statesman,
ii$t liltft^sniwn|i|istiv -teek
ratUeriTte
excess, to restrain them within the
bounds of their chartered rights. To
accomplish task so needful {^nd diffi'
cult required not merely legal learning
and acumen, but personal courage of
the first order because in the capitals
of all our states there are lobbies,
which, when the artifices of corruption
fail, know how to handle appliances
of intimidation in the older stateB the
machinery is tilackmail in the newer,
the menace of personal danger. Mr.
Goebel feared none of these. He went
his way, disdaining them. He did his
work in their (lespitf. Pepausp of this
hp became lpadpr, and the only lead
er in Kentucky whom corruption and
corrupUqnists seriously feared.. They
could not buy him end they could not
bully him. They bad to cause him to
be killed and like the blowing up of
the Maine in Havana harbor, his death
will bfc the signal for suoh just retribu
tion to them as came to Spain. It
throws a flashlight upon the whole
subject of the relation of the public
corporations to the state and to the
people. It is as a signal la honest and
patriotic men of all parties to unite
against the growing danger and mon
oply.
LEON, IOWA. THURSDAY. FEBllUARY 15.1900.
If William Goebel had sumyed these
tragical times nothing could have stood
the way of his going to the head of
people's column for physical and.
emancipation Irom the brute
of money. His death unites the
deSuts of the United States. All of
Maine to Texas, from New
Y°rk California, will dip our hand
kercbi^in hisc blood, sworn- to fight
the fighMut on that line if it takes the
whole of Cn^taning century. That is
all that we do for hjm flowj but
standing ovemhe grave ot this brave,
and pure,youngVirit—maligned beyond
recall, hounded Vn that grave by men
who knewbettAhig
we
ean pledge
ourselves to do. grief, ot (ioebel's
taking oft is dot^ic, The issue is
national .'
William-. Goebel w^^t
a
man to at­
tract the public. He IHnot a man to
convulse an audience onUt the table
in a roar. But his broti^Hand sisters
loved him and he was B»aod a son
that,'after his mother's de& he kept
her membership of her churckiive, and
paid for her pew, as if she Anlf'had
been still l^ng. He hft4 tnlbiialor-.
tunp |o he hnm of poor, ^erq^Xu»n.
tage, Before he was five and tlnty,
he was the. law partner of thekute
Cloyernor |tepbenson, the very U\»n
Thnle of the patirioianism of Vi:
and Kentucky who, dying left
his great estate
"to manage without
'bond and, later, the law partner
John G. Carlisle, who did little credit1
to himself and his real friends in. Ken
tucky, when during the late campaign,
he permitted himself, to be quoted even
seemingly against Mr. Goebel, for Mr.
Carlisle knows, and so doea the editor
of the Oowter-journal, Mr. OiarUsle'a
stead^a« .friend, tbat^ in J^Mdr. Uoe.
bls didiah Cart^le Qo wroijf jrbaterw
ThekiiUiv of if*.
Goebel is't'
fwssa'
Mr. Goebel's character has been ar
raigned. It was a street dnei. Mr.
Sandford was a dead shot. But when the
bullets pasBed, Goebel's bullet hit and
Sandford's bullet missetl. It was so
clear a case of self-defense that in a
city where Sandford had ten devoted
friends to Goebel's one, nobodv serious
ly thought of indicting Goebel.
In the convention that nominated
Mr. Goebel for governor the Louisville
& Nashville railroad was the main fact
or. After a week of battle day and
night, Mr. Goebel beat the conbination
of brute force and money, and won the
nomination doing nothing to his com
petitors—whatever be did to them—
that they were not ready to do him.
Every man, woman and child in Ken
tucky knows this to be the truth.
The one .jjus^ accusation against Mr.
Goebel is. the election law that bears his
name. The Courier Journal opposed it
earnestly. M?. Goebel himself doubted
\fs wisdoffl. The law was not of his
origination. His instincts and his in
tpligence were against it. He found it
to be a stumbling black in his canvass
for governor. He became oonyince.l
that it was an ill-judged law. He stood
ready to have it so modified a« to make
it a good law. But, during the period
of its passage^when the Courier-Jour
nal pleaded with him— never uttering
a word against him, for we recognized
him then as the one promising force in
Kentucky politics—the one leader who
had opinions, and who was ready to
fight for them—the very embodiment
and inparnation o} all the Courier-Jour
naLhas fought
foe
these thirty years—
he could not see things, and .so
the Goebel bill, v/as enacted into law
and all the efforts oj the Courier Journal
$o prevent it were futile, Even the re
publicans did not think enough of the
dangers it embodied to get up public
meetings ng^lhst it, QuttiMe" of the
legislature^-with the Uourierjournal
making a daily expo^tion of its object
ion#! features4.it passed against a weak
and scattered protest. It showed itself
a very poor law indeed beoause, 'admit
ing its purpose, it failed signally it
proved to be full of holes and induct
ly, has been otf| o| provoking
oaqses of t^ft tlf^th of the brave and
noble young
man,
gave it hU "haw, assuiedly, the
hiim in^the
of the case is right and proper. We
have no oonorete interests at stake. It
is the prosperity of this community and
the honor *and fame o| the state,
that concern us and we entreat all
men—but chiefly the republican? of
Kentucky, who have he«n lured into
a false position^who know that we are
inoapable of doing them anv private
wrong, however our opinions may diflar
and our paths diverge—to stop exactly
where they are and to ask them
selves whether they be indeed, repub
:r
u/
iMuecu. nspuo-
licans. The proceedings done at Frank,
fort their name would lead the world
to suspect them of being savages.
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Fruits,
Veget
Fresh
Fancy
Goods,
Meats,
Flour,
Staple
Groceries!
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25c.
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LEON QUEENSWARE CO.
'Phone 59. Opera House Block.
A Host!
5 25c. 1 pail peach butter,"
six
pocketbook,
you want
food cheap
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Of Genuine Bargains for Decatur
Couny Shoppers.
A Big Snap!
I Rock Boltom Grocery Prices.
S 50°- for sacks Clark's special flour
2 $1.00
for 1 sack gold uiedal flour.
tor 5 pounds pure home ground buckwheat
for 5 pounds fancy broken rice,
for 1 gallon paii Clover brand syrup,
for 1 gallon extra farcy sarghum,
15c, or 9 pound can California table peaches."
for 3 pound can California apricots.
for 3 pound can Blackberries.
for S pound can raspberries.
for 1 glass of pure honey.
for 1 glass of home made jell.'
10c. for 1 glass jam, assorted flavor.
fpr 10 ba. cream floating soap
for 10 bars Something Good soap,
for 1 gallon pure ciday vinegar,
25 i5c. for 2 paqkages (lostan rolled oats
JMOc. for pajkage None Suoh mince meat,
pound package currants.
!Qc, for 1 pound fancy dried peaches,
for 1 pound Peaberry coffee. IH|%
fori good broom.
for 1 pail jell,
for 1 packages toath j»ick»..
—»c.
for ten quart pa^fT
25c-
for Ci packages golfi dust.
10^,
E 25c.
for 1200 best parlor matches.
le, for 2 sacks corn meal.
25c.
for pound best Japan" tea,?
for 8 pounds hominy.
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Fancy California evaporated ppaches...
Fancy California prunes per pound
2 pound ean cove oysters pier can
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1 Japan Rice per pound.........'.."
Jam and preserves per jar or can...
Fancy sorghum per gallon
Fancy Syrnp per gallon...."..
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OPERA HOUSE BLOCK.
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THE RIG CASH
LOW PRICED
Meat Department.
Spare ribs per pound.....:..............'/.....
Dry salt meat fine per pound
'Fancy smoked plates per pound...
Short fat backs fine per pound
Fancy streaked sides per pound...........
Fancy breaklast bacon per pouud
Special Price on Cooked Ham Per Pound
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Passenger....7:00a.m. Passenger 2:38p. ml
Freight ncsiO a. m. Freight 8:00 p. m.
Passenger. .11:57 a.m Freight 4:50 p. m.
Freight 12:85p.m. Passenger. ..8:11 p. n.
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Passenger 11:45a.m. Freight 9:20 aw
Freight 4:S0p.m. Passenger 3:4&j
No. IT Stock express going, north, Su
»?.!«. Due7:15a.m.
No. ID. .Freight on Wednesday onl]|
m, Takei the place of No. 13.
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Coupon tickets on sale to
for then afce. have
nation,
a.
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Makers of
Paint!
White lead and zinc, keef
talking about strictly pure},
no matter how. bad the
stuff is, "it's* strictly pure."
Somebody gets a chemical
analysis, usually to provf
that the other fellow's atuff
isn't strictly pure. What
do you care for strictly pure
paint if it doesn't do what.
paint is for? Paint is good
for what it does, not what
it is. We sell the
Devoe Ready Paint v,\y
we don't know whether its
Strictly pure or not, and
don't care. The makers
saj'
,lIf
anv body has any
fault to find wilt it, make
it good at our expense,
garantee results." WJ
(got the paint, and we'll
make that guaranty good.
O W.E.MYERS&C0.
NoithSlde Druggists.
EXECUTOR'S NOTICE.
Estate of John Wood, deceased.
Notice is hereby given to all persons inter
ested that on the Ht)i clay of January. A. i.
1900, the undersigned was appointed by
the .district court, of Decatur ounty
Iowa, administrator of the estate of John
Wood tteooased, late til said county. All
persons indebted to said estate will make
payment to the undersigned, and those having
claU&s against the same will present them
legally authenticated, to said court lor allow
ance.
Dated January.23, 1900
2831
ira McLain,
Exeouvoi
EXGCUTOK'S NOTICE.
Estate of.Wm. H.Knight, deceased.
Notice in hereby given to all persons Inters
id, that on the 15th day of January. A. D.?
the undersigned vas appointed by'
strict conrV ot Decatur oounty,-:
ol the estate
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Wm.
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ulalml against the same will present them|
legally authenticated to said court for allow
ance.
Dated Jan. 25, 1900,
28-3t Minerva E Knight, Executrix.
4 BUGGY WHEELS J6.90
H1RH OKAOK. UITKX-8 PiTIST, IM ma
tuM, heights ft. ln.,3 ft.tin. or4 ft.
Spokes ll-l(
or 11-S in. For any. other
aixesnndforeatalogue. Cut thl»
aa. out
and send to us with OMK DOUliK, st&te
size wheel
wanted and we will send-then*
by freight C. O. ». CXABIKI THSM at
your freight depot and then pay fielfk*
imtkalaMh U.SOanil freight charifet,
ILL.
Mather—the 30 years dentist of over
30 years experience is at J^on on the
morning of the 27th and tviJL remain
until the last of every luont i.bs
"W" -\r 7 ft
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Wilt prove
worth of
goods and
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the
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7%
OF
Decatur Connty.
Coffee,
LOWER PRICES MADE
THAN ANY
FIRM IN THIS
THE BI6 CASH STORE
Corner 8th and Main,
Telephone No. I.
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