The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-14

The official call for the congressional
be held in Des Moines June %, gives
Dallas county Ia delegates, Madison 13,
Marion IA, Polk 81, Story 16, Warren
10, making total of lo7.
SAMUEL T. DAVIS, one Of the earliest
settlers in northern Iowa, was struck
down by street car at Sioux City and
died an hour later, as a result of the
shock. He was struck in the head by
the fast moving car, and his skull was
fractured at the base of his brain. He
did not regain Consciousness.
FIRE at Alton a few nights ago des-
troyed Draper's three livery barns and
barns belonging to George Zaun and
Widow Luton. Loss, $4,000; insnr-
ance, 81, 400 on the Draper property.
Two horses were cremated. There
were twenty-five head of horses in the
barns when the fire broke out. Cres-
ton was appealed to for assistance.
JOHN P. SUTTMAN, former county
recorder of Grundy county, was killed
by hogs at Grundy Center. His daugh-
ter found the mutilated body in a pen
in the back yard. 1t is generally sup
posed that he went to feed the swine,
fell into the pen, and being unable to
help himself, was attacked by the
vicious animals. He was fifty years
old. Il,
AT Muscatine few days ago Peter
Van Doran committed suicide by hang
ing from rafter of his barn. He used
arope and nail key as a pedestal from
which he stepped down. He and his
brother-in-law some years ago set fire
to building occupied by them as a
meat market. He lately confessed to
this and troubles resulting from same
drove him to do this rash act.
FIRE started in a barn at Cedar Rap
ids few days ago by small boy
playing with matches, and, famed by
a strong wind, quickly spread to the
fine flats of Miss Carrie Barto and a
small cottage near by. 1t looked for
time as though there would be a dis
astrous conflagration on account of the
wind. The losses will aggregate $1o,-
or $4,000. Only partially insured.
HE general merchandise store of
II. Brooks & Son, at Dewar, was
broken into a few nights ago, the safe
dynamited and $3.50 in cash stolen.
Nhe robbery was the work of experts.
ThAexplosion of the safe was mufled
50 & Mas not heard through the town,
n;v;nr Me ROBBERS ample time to es-
cane "a ySYab'e papers and checks in
the safe wsre unmolested and the
goods in the SteIs were untouched.
There is no clye
GoyERNopS SHAW has appointed two
Eprovement commission To- aaraAa
lPlans for the improvement of the sta1
house. 1t is composed of Peter A. Bey
OF Iowa City, one of the original cap
itol commissions and former railway
commissioner; Charles A. Cumming of
Des MONIES, artist, and Henry S. Joss
lyn of Cedar Rapids, architect. The
commissioners to examine the voting
AAAeSSAAASS OALC4 Sel 1OA uSC Ill Iowa are
William Blake of Strawberry Point,
S. G. Osborne of Tabor, republicans.
and Henry M. Belvel, of Des Moines.
democrat.
Hon. A. j. HOLMES, of Boone, for
merly congressman from the Tenth
Iowa district, has been declared insane
and sent to the hospital at Clarinda.
The insanity commissioners found that
the case was more serious than they
had expected, and the only question
remaining for them was the determi-
nation of whether or not any relief
might be obtained at the hospital for
the insane. DR.. DeTar advised that
the only hope rested with the hospital,
and the board made an order for the
transfer of Major Holmes to the hos
pital at Clarinda. The mental blight
and misfortune.of Major Holmes is the
result of two causes, financial troubl e
and continued i'll health
A BAD wreck occurred near the tile
works in East Des Moines few nights
ago, when two Northwestern passen-
ger trains collided, head end. Both of
the engines are total wrecks, Engineer
Thomas Smith received injuries from
which he died two hours later, and
three other persons were injured:
Governor L. M. Shaw, slight cash on
temple and arm 1acerated; Mrs. b. +.
Jones, Ames, hurt IN eye, not serious;
w. F. Knight, conductor, Des Moines,
shoulder dislocated. Engineer Smith
lived at Boone, where he had a wife
and family. His legs were crushed
and his abdomen torn open. Governor
Shaw was going to Mount Vernon to
attend meeting of the college trus-
tees. He was not seriously injured.
His temple was cut when he fell for
ward, hitting the seat in front. The
regular passenger left the station on
time, but it is understood the special
bringing the mail from Ames had
orders to make Des Moines before the
passenger left.
The supreme circle Of the Royal
Circle, fraternal insurance order
with headquarters in Springfield, ILL.,,
is made the defendant in suit for
1000 brought by Miss Celia George, Of
Iowa Falls. The action is brought to
recover on policy issued by that
order through the local lodge to Evard
M. Munger, young man who died
suddenly last winter. Miss George; as
the promised wife of the deceased, was
the beneficiary named in the policy,
hut the order dec1inea navmant an ~