The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-30

Geo. Ashworth, mate on the VERNE
Swain, running on the Mississippi,
VS. shot in the leg by Engineer
Wheeler of the same boat, while quar-.
reling. Ashworth is in the hospital
at Clinton and Wheeler left with the
boat.
In the Tenth district democratic
congressional convention Robert j.
Dale was nominated on the first bal
lot. Other candidates were Horace
Mann and S. E. McMahan. w. I.
Brannigan of Emmetsburg presided
over the convention.
Western Union college of LeMars
was totally destroyed by fire few
days ago during heavy rain storm,
inf1icting a loss of $4,000 upon the
German Evangelical church society.
Lightning is supposed to have struck
the building. When the blaze was
discovered it had made such progress
that the apparatus at the service of
the LeMars fremen could not save
the building and in little while it
was in ruins. The German Evangeli-
cal society purchased the building
short time ago from the LeMars Nor
NAL association for the purpose of
transforming it into a theological
seminary and German college. The in,
surance was only $4,000 and there is
doubt as to the future of the new
college, as this church just made
hard crusade to raise money to buy
the building.
The state executive council at re-
cent session assessed the express com.
panies under the Cheshire law. Gov,
ernor Shaw, Auditor Merriam and
Secretary Dobson formed majority
of the council as against Treasurer
Herriott, who voted no or not at all
on all propositions except one. The
companies We're finally assessed per
mile as follows, for the levying of tax
in Iowa: Wells-Fargo, 500; Pacific,
500; Great Northern, $148; American,
$132; United States, 500; Adams, $500.
The controversy related to the reduc,
ton of the visible assets of the com.
panies on account of securities and
bonds owned by them, but used eXclu
sively outside of their business, as
shown by their sworn reports ac-
companied by affidavits. Treasurer
Herriott and Senator Cheshire, the
author of the bill, insisted that the
companies could have no securities
which were not used in their busi-
ness and therefore they should not be
allowed this Offset, which amounts to
about $2S,000,OOO for all companies.
Mr.. Herriott proposed an amendment
OF $559.46 per mile on the American.
all assessment of $123.35 on the United
States, $2S5.46 on the Adams, and $162
on the Great Northern. Mr. Herriott
did not vote for OF against the 500
assessment of the Wells-Fargo and
he voted for the 500 assessment of the
Pacific.
Little Dorothy Haight of Winfield
got a hazel nut lodged in her wind
pipe, which finally got to her lung.
forming an abscess. In a violent fit of
coughing she choked to death.
Mason City on the fourth ballot in
tie convention at Charles City.
Four tramps insulted two young
girls in the outskirts of MARSHALL
town few days since. A colored
sdrayman named Williams went to
their rescue. when two of the tramps
shot him to death A posse started
in pursuit and the entire colored pop
ulation is aroused. Mr.. Williams was
an inotfensive citizen and leaves
family.
John Foley of New Hampton was
nominated by the democrats for cor
gress in the Fourth district over Al.
Sorter of Mason City on the fourth
ballot in the convention at Charles
City.
Leslie Eastburn is now on trial in
the district court at Bloomfield charg-
ed with the murder of Jasper Sutton
at that place last February. The
motive of the crime is said to be that
Sutton objected to Eastburn's atten-
lions to his daughter. The killing
took place shortly after Sutton had
thrown Eastburn out of the house
because he had attempted to elope
with Eastburn's daughter.