The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-20
THE NEWS in IOWA

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She tried to start fire with kero-
sene.
Six of the principal business build
ings and one residence were de-
stroyed by fire at N[uchakinock q
few days ago, entailing a loss of
about 100000. The heat was intense
and the entire town was threatened
before the flames were finally got
under control.
The recent enlargement of the Des
Moines Daily News to eight pages
appears to be only the beginning of
that wonderful newspapers growth
many of its recent issues having
been twelve and even sixteen pages.
The astonishment among publishers
at this growth is increased by the
fact that the subscription price of
the Daily News is ST year, rs cents
for six months, SO cents for three
months.
In the case against Chris Lund,
charged with assault with intent to
commit murder, the jury returned a
verdict of not guilty. When the wit
nesses for the state, the man assault
ed and a neighbor, were called, they
came into court intoxicated. Court
was adjourned and the witnesses
locked up. Later they We're placed
upon the stand, but their own testi-
mony showed Burke was as much to
blame in the row as the man who did
the shooting, and hence the verdict.
The famous Geo. Baker $4,000 dam
age case VS.. the c., B. & @. railroad
has at last been completed. This.
case involved damages sustained
while crossing the railroad track
near Lucas last February when
Baker was hit by moving train. 1t
was tried at the last term of court
and verdict of $4,000 and interest
was returned, but new trial was
granted. This time the trial occu-
pied whole week, much of the evil
dence being contradictory to that
given by the same witnesses at the
previous trial. This caused much
talk of fixed" witnesses. The jury
after being out twenty-eight hours
in the last trial returned a verdict of
$500 damages for Baker.
Mrs. Jeanette Broadbent, profess
sional nurse, who achieved promi-
nence in the Richardson divorce trial
at Des Moines by testifying regard
ing certain damaging admissions al
legged tt have been made to her by
Mrs. Richardson concerning the pat
ernity of the youngest Richardson
child, was shot and perhaps fatally
wounded at her home in Des Moines
few nights ago. Mrs. Broadbent in
sists that an attempt was made to
murder her. She holds that she was
wounded by man, who disappeared
as soon as the shot was fired, and
that the shooting was due to a de-
sire for revenge on the part of some
one because of her testimony in the
Richardson case. She claims to have
been informed that her life was in
danger and says one intimation came
from Mrs. Richardson. Because of
the circumstances surrounding the
shooting the police hold that Mrs.
Broadbent attempted suicide.
The grand jury of Howard county
has indicted Lewis Eide, II years old,
charging him with the crime of man
slaughter. The tragedy which re-
suited in the Indictment occurred De-
cember at the home of the Eide
family, about fifteen miles southwest
OF Cresco. On that morning an~ry
1erds passed between young Eide
Is father, and the former left
No1aes not returning until dusk in the
evening. While his father was stand
ing by a cupboard, examining but
cher knife, the boy got shotgun
and placed two cartridges in it, warn
ing the younger children to keep out
of the way. The father advanced to
the middle of the room, and the boy
aimed the gun at him. The farmer
knocked the muzzle to one side just
as the gun was discharged, and the
shot killed Ole Eide, 9-year-old
brother of Lewis. 1t is generally be-
ieved that the boy had no intention
Of killing his brother, but had brood
ed over the wrongs of 16-year-old
sister, who is said to be in a delicate
condition brought on by her father,
until he had become temporarily in
sane and determined to avenge his
sisters wrongs. Indictments against
the father are expected to follow.
A dispatch from Des Moines says:
The last obstacle in the way of the
establishment of military post at
Des Moines was removed when the
board of army officers appointed to
inspect proposed sites in or near this
city visited the Briscoe-Denny tract,
four miles south of town, and sent
to Secretary of War Root at Wash
angton its unanimous approval of
that location and the recommends
ton that it be accepted by the gov
eminent. This positively settles the
army post question, as there is no
doubt but the recommendations of
the board will be followed. Congress-
man Hull has been noIlfied of the ac-
ton, and it is expected he will ascer-
tain at the earliest possible moment
the action of the secretary of war
and communicate it to the citizens
of Des Moines. 1t is further expect
ed that the formal acceptance of the
site will be received by the CONNER
cial Exchange within the next two
weeks, and the property transferred
before January 1. The government,
it is understood, will begin prepara-
tions for the establishment of the
post as soon as weather will permit
next spring, making it probable that
by this time next year the post will
be established. General Elwell S.
Otis and aide, Captain c. II. Murray
of Chicago, Lieutenant James P. Kim
ball of Omaha and Major Geo. E.
Pond of ST.. Paul constituted the
army post board.
The safe in .the postoffice at Ell
wood, Clinton county, was blown
open and $500 worth of stamps, SO in
money and between $500 and $500 in
notes were stolen There is no clue